PART 4 A YEAR AFTER: MAIN VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN CRIMEA 4.13. Victims of the ‘Russian Justice’ in Moscow Crimean activists have not only become political prisoners in the Crimea, but have also been taken to Russia, and placed in custody. The exact number of Crimeans currently imprisoned in Russia is unknown. ‘The Sentsov – Kolchenko Case’ Charges: Act of terrorism (part 2, Article 205 of the RF Criminal Code), or- ganization of a terrorist group and participation in it (part 2, Article 205.4 of the RF Criminal Code), illegal acquisition, transfer, sale, storage, transpor- tation, or possession of weapons, basic parts of weapons, or ammunition (part 3, Article 222 of the RF Criminal Code), punishable by up to 20 years of imprisonment. The arrested: Oleg Sentsov was arrested on May 10, Aleksandr Kolchenko on May 16. Oleg Sentsov is a Ukrainian R lm director and screenwriter, a Maidan activist who openly opposed the Russian occupation of the Crimea, took part in human- itarian aid to the Ukrainian military servicemen in the Crimea in February and March 2014. Aleksandr Kolchenko is a Ukrainian activist, member of an anti-fascist movement, participant of many students’ and environmental campaigns in the Crimea, who openly opposed the occupation of the Crimea. On May 10, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) conducted a search in Sentsov’s apartment in Simferopol and arrested him. On May 16, Oleg Sentsov’s friend, Alek- sandr Kolchenko, was arrested in Simferopol. After Sentsov and Kolchenko’s arrest, they were not presented with charges, and the investigation o7 cers precluded the attorneys from meeting the arrested. On May 23, the Russian FSB o7 cers moved Aleksandr Kolchenko and Oleg Sentsov, both Ukrainian citizens, to a pre-trial de- tention facility in Moscow. On May 30, FSB announced that its o7 cers apprehended members of a sabotage and terrorism group of the Right Sector in the Crimea, who allegedly were pre- paring terrorist acts in Simferopol, Yalta, and Sevastopol. The Right Sector denied Sentsov’s a7 liation with it. 132

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