THE FORGOTTEN WAR IN UKRAINE AND POLITICAL PRISONERS IN RUSSIA

Russia refuses to pardon jailed Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov. Oleg Sentsov has been on hunger strike in a Russian jail for more than three months. Now the Kremlin has rejected his mother's request for clemency, and said Sentsov should request the pardon himself. Sentsov has been on hunger strike since May 17, having demanded the release of all Ukrainian political prisoners in Russia before he would eat again.