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6 of May, 04:00

The court will look at the question on prolongation of arrest of Ukrainian film Director Sentsov
The Moscow city court on Wednesday will see the motion of the investigation on the extension of detention of Ukrainian Director Oleg Sentsov, accused of plotting terrorist attacks in Crimea, said Last news the press-service of the court.

"The court on may 6 will see the motion of the investigation on the extension of the arrest Sentsova," - said the head of the Department.

first of Lefortovo Court of Moscow extended the term of detention Sentsova to eleven may.

Sentsov was charged under articles "terrorism" and " illicit arms trafficking ".

FSB first announced the arrest in the Crimea members of subversive groups " Right sector ", organizations whose activities are prohibited within the Russian Federation who were planning terrorist acts in Simferopol, Yalta and Sevastopol. Among the captured was Oleg Sentsov, Alex He, Gennady Afanasiev and Alexander Kolchenko.

Sentsov deny that he was a member of " Right sector ", and stressed that the investigation has no evidence of his belonging to this case, except the testimony of participants other data, he believes, under pressure.


"Right sector" - the Union of radical nationalist organizations of Ukraine. The movement has United disparate extremist groups that participated in some of the first Euromaidan protests in November 2013. The initiator of creation of the movement was the all-Ukrainian organization "Tryzub" named after Stepan Bandera. The main political goal of the movement is building a national of the country and Ukrainian national revolution. Read more in

in November 2014, the Supreme Court has recognized the Union of right-wing extremist organization and banned its activities on the territory of the Russian Federation. In January, the "Right sector" made in the register is prohibited in the Russian Federation organizations. First in Russia against the leader of the movement Dmitry Yarosh has been prosecuted under the criminal code for incitement of terrorist activity.

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