The Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov, who is serving a 20-year prison sentence in Russia, has smuggled a defiant letter from his jail in Siberia, comparing himself to a “nail that will not bend”. “For three years I’ve been sitting in a Russian prison. For three years I’ve been sitting in a Russian prison. For those three years a war has been conducted against my countryIn his letter, Sentsov says he does not want preferential treatment. Oleg Sentsov’s letter in fullFor three years I’ve been sitting in a Russian prison.

Source: The Guardian September 12, 2016 13:06 UTC