“Ukraine Will Hand Over Real Killers for This”: Sentsov Criticizes Authorities’ Prisoner Swap Actions
According to him, “this step deprives us of justice.”
Oleg Sentsov, freed during the previous prisoner exchange, criticized the authorities’ actions regarding today’s exchange. He wrote about this on his Facebook page.
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“Some of our prisoners will return home. But only some. Not all the guys will be freed, even from ORDLO — some will remain in the hands of militants. Crimean Tatars and our other political prisoners will continue to sit in Russian prisons. Innocent people. In exchange, Ukraine will hand over real killers: Russian mercenaries, Kharkiv terrorists and five Berkut officers,” Sentsov wrote.
He also added: “It’s not only that we have almost no ‘human exchange fund’ (a very cynical and practical expression) left for a new return of our hostages, and the Ukrainian government will be forced to keep trading the country’s interests with the enemy. It’s that this step deprives us of the main thing — justice.”
Oleg Sentsov
former political prisonerWe stood on the Maidan for this justice and were able to win. We continue to fight for this justice against the occupiers: some have laid down their heads, some sit in the trenches, and some are in prison. I am very glad for these guys and their families, who are due to meet today. The country must bring back its heroes, but not at the cost of destroying the values for which these heroes fought. Because they will not say thank you for the fact that the case of the shooting of people on the Maidan was not concluded, not even with a verdict for the guilty. That almost 6 years later we have begun returning to the point from which everything started. That what Ukrainians fought for is going to waste.
Oleg Sentsov returned to Ukraine on September 7 during an exchange of prisoners between Ukraine and Russia. The same day, Russia received back Vladimir Tsemakh, an important witness in the MH17 case.
After returning, Sentsov gave testimony to the UN about his imprisonment in Russia and commented on the “Steinmeier formula”. He also received the Polish Film Academy’s “For Courage and Invincibility” award and the Magnitsky Prize for human rights protection.
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