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	Podcast:		Gaslit Nation with Andrea Chalupa and Sarah Kendzior
	Episode:		Oleg Sentsov Directs a Film from a Siberian Prison
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:29:53
	Publish Date:		2019-03-20 16:53:12
	Description:		March 2019 marks the five-year anniversary of Russia’s annexation of Crimea. We explain why the fake referendum in Crimea is called a "referendum by gun point" and provide background on Russia's annexation which had been in the works since the mid-2000s. The story of human rights abuses that continue to this day in Russian-occupied Crimea are told through the political prisoner Oleg Sentsov, a filmmaker kidnapped from Crimea and held in a Siberian penal colony on trumped up charges. Despite the harsh conditions, Sentsov defies the odds by continuing to produce art, including a feature film. His story is an urgent reminder to choose hope over despair.
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