Oleg Sentsov - H 2015
AP ImagesRussia’s prison system is contradicting claims about the worsening condition of Oleg Sentsov, a Ukrainian filmmaker imprisoned on a terrorism conviction who has been on a hunger strike for 90 days.
Sentsov is demanding that he and 64 other Ukrainians who he considers political prisoners be released. The case has attracted considerable international attention, with Western nations campaigning for his release.
His lawyer Dmitry Dinze said this week that Sentsov has become increasingly frail and now has a low hemoglobin level.
The Federal Penitentiary Service said Saturday in a statement that Sentsov is being given a nutritious formula daily and “as of today, no deficit in body mass or worsening of his health has been observed.”
Sentsov, an opponent of Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea, was sentenced to 20 years in 2015.
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