Sentsov and Kolchenko finish the paperwork necessary for extradition to Ukraine
Ukrainian political prisoners Oleg Sentsov and Alexander Kolchenko, who are being held in Russia, filled out all necessary documents for their extradition to Ukraine. Radio Liberty journalist Anton Naumlyuk posted on Facebook about this recent development in their plight.
"Oleg Sentsov and Olexandr Kolchenko finished all paperwork necessary for their transfer to Ukraine. The documents were handed over to the Federal Penitentiary Service to be transferred later to the Ministry of Justice," Naumlyuk wrote.
On August 25, 2015, a Russian court sentenced Sentsov to 20 years in a high security prison. Kolchenko was sentenced to 10 years in a penal colony.
However, Kolchenko’s lawyer, Svetlana Sidorkina, said that the issue of citizenship of the three convicted Ukrainians Oleg Sentsov, Olexander Kolchenko and Gennady Afanasyev could become a problem for their return to Ukraine.