Sentsov’s defiant closing statement: ‘the greatest sin is cowardice’

“A court of occupiers by definition cannot be just.” Ukrainian filmmaker Oleh Sentsov stood before a Russian court in Rostov-on-Don on August 19 to offer a defiant closing statement in his trial with a co-defendant for alleged conspiracy to commit terrorism in forcibly annexed Crimea in 2014. In his remarks, he challenged the legitimacy of … Continue reading Sentsov’s defiant closing statement: ‘the greatest sin is cowardice’