PARIS — A Ukrainian film-maker freed in a prisoner swap after four years in a Russian jail warned Europe against growing friendly with Moscow as he received an EU human rights prize on Tuesday. Oleg Sentsov, who was arrested in Crimea after Russia annexed the Ukrainian territory in 2014, was awarded the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought last year while he was still in jail. I accept this prize as a prize for all Ukraine political prisoners who have been in Russian prisons,” Sentsov told the European Parliament after it handed him the award. “I do not trust (Russian President Vladimir) Putin and I call upon you not to trust him either. He was among 35 Ukrainian detainees who were swapped on Sept. 7 in exchange for an equal number of prisoners that Russia wanted to bring home.

Source: National Post November 26, 2019 13:07 UTC