Sentsov ready to help develop strategy for Crimea return

He stated this during the presentation of his book "Marketer" at the 26th Book Forum in Lviv on Sunday, September 22.

“I am ready to help in developing a strategy for the return of Crimea. But this is not the case when you say “yes” and everything is decided immediately,” Sentsov said.

He also added that noticeable changes took place in Ukraine while he was in captivity. However, the country needs more changes.

As reported, the prisoner swap between Ukraine and the Russian Federation took place on September 7. In particular, 24 Ukrainian sailors - prisoners of war and 11 political prisoners, including film director Oleg Sentsov and activist Oleksandr Kolchenko, returned to Ukraine. They were detained by representatives of Russian special services in Crimea in May 2014 on charges of allegedly plotting terrorist attacks on the peninsula.

In August 2015, the North Caucasus District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced Sentsov to 20 years in maximum security penal colony and Kolchenko to 10 years on trumped-up charges of plotting terrorist attacks in the territory of Crimea. Both denied their guilt.

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