The head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has awarded the convicted persons in the Russian Federation Ukrainians ? Director Oleg Sentsov and activist Oleksandr Kolchenko ? the order "for courage" of the first degree, informs a press-service of the President.
Poroshenko awarded Ukrainian Director Oleg Sentsov and social activist Alexander Kolchenko the order "for courage" of the first degree. The corresponding Decree was signed on Thursday, September 24, notified on the Internet office of the presidential administration of the country. Recall, August 25 the North-Caucasian district military court sentenced the Ukrainian Director Oleg Sentsov to 20 years in prison for organizing terrorist acts in Crimea, Kolchenko sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment.

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