18:09 15.12.2016

Ukrainian filmmaker Sentsov wrote five scripts in jail

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Ukrainian filmmaker Sentsov wrote five scripts in jail

Ukrainian political prisoner Oleh Sentsov, who has been convicted by the Russian authorities to 20 years in prison and is serving his sentence in a high-security colony in the Republic of Sakha (Russia), is actively writing while he is waiting to be exchanged and return to Ukraine, according to his lawyer Dmitry Dinze who visited his defendant in prison.

"Oleh has asked to say hello to everyone, he has already written five scripts and a short novel... In general, the conditions in colony are okay, the jail governor is adequate. There have been no problems so far. The only thing is that the letters do not arrive regularly, there are many delays and there are really not so many of them," Dinze wrote on his Facebook page on Thursday.

He said Sentsov is imprisoned in a penal colony in the town of Yakutsk, the capital of Sakha Republic.

"Weather for the past five months has varied from minus 20 to minus 50 degrees Centigrade. At the moment it is minus 35, which is considered to be warm. A week ago it was minus 47, and that's when it was really cold, as a waitress in a café told me. The colony is located within the city limit, it can be reached by a taxi or a bus," the lawyer said.

According to him, Sentsov refused to answer journalists' questions: "He said there is nothing to say or write about." "Of course, he is waiting to be exchanged, and hopes for Ukraine. He wishes everyone Happy New Year and sends hugs," Dinze wrote.

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