(en) France, Alternative Libertaire AL - international, For
Koltchenko, Sentsov and Afanasyev, November 23 (fr, it, pt) [machine
translation]
Monday, November 23, at the appeal trial of our comrade Alexandr Koltchenko and his
co-defendants, by mail and telephone, flood of protest Russian consulates in France. ----
Tuesday, November 24, 2015 opens in Rostov-on-Don (Russia) the appeal trial of Alexandr
Koltchenko and Oleg Sentsov, two Ukrainian citizens sentenced in first instance, last
August, respectively 10 and 20 years of penal colony, a prison regime forced labor
relegation close enough to the gulag that is the lot of all prisoners in Russia. ---- They
are accused of terrorism in Crimea on behalf of the organization of the extreme right
Pravy Sektor (right sector), as they are simply opposed to the annexation of this region
of Ukraine to Russia in 2014 and that they deny the accusations of Russian power since the
beginning of this case.
Read here: Russia-Crimea: The case Koltchenko
Alexandr Koltchenko is an anarchist activist, environmentalist, anti-fascist and student
union.
Oleg Sentsov is a filmmaker whose values are diametrically opposed to those of Ukrainian
ultranationalists.
Guenadi Afanasyev, a lawyer, was sentenced last spring to 7 years pénitientiaire colony in
the same case. The Russian courts presented it as an accused who agreed to cooperate with
justice, hence a lesser sentence. But during the trial of Koltchenko Sentsov and he said
he was tortured by the Russian authorities to push it to load his two co-defendants.
Monday, November 23, 2015 the collective Koltchenko called to protest to the Russian
authorities to these iniquitous judgments to silence any opposition in the Crimea and in
Russia.
For that send your messages and call the Russian diplomatic representations in France on
Monday morning (contact information below).
Ask them why the state and the Russian justice are they picking on the Ukrainian citizens
who dared to proclaim their disagreement with the Russian occupation in the Crimea, their
lawyers why they may not have all the witnesses they wish to mentioned at the hearing, why
Sentsov, are Koltchenko Afanasyev and convicted and imprisoned while the Russian courts
failed to date to prove the crimes she blames them?
We must also ask why the Russian state considers these political prisoners as Russian and
Ukrainian while they are claim to be such. Finally say that you are calling to request a
stay of proceedings against them and their immediate release and do not hesitate to report
answers the diplomatic services in collective Koltchenko on his blog.
Embassy of the Russian Federation in Paris
40-50 bd. Lannes, 75116 Paris
Tel.: 01.45.04.05.50
Fax: 01.45.04.17.65
Email: ambrus@orange.fr
Opening hours: Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday 9:00 to 12:00
Consulate General of the Russian Federation in Marseille
3, avenue Ambroise Paré
13272 Marseille Cedex 08
Tel.: 04.91.76.26.79
04.91.77.15.25
Fax: 04.91.77.34.54
Email: russie@consulats-marseille.org
Opening hours: Monday / Tuesday / Thursday / Friday 9:00 to 12:00 p.m.
Consulate General of the Russian Federation in Strasbourg
6, place Brant
67000 Strasbourg
Tel.: 03.88.36.73.15
Fax: 03.88.35.34.81
Email: rusconsulat@wanadoo.fr
Opening hours: Monday / Tuesday / Thursday / Friday 9:00 to 12:00
Honorary Consulate of the Russian Federation in Lyon
66, rue Cuvier
69006 Lyon
+33 (0) 4 78 90 26 54
consulruslyon@gmail.com
Vice Consulate of the Russian Federation in Biarritz
The Bellevue
BP. 15, 64201 BIARRITZ CEDEX
Tel. 05.59.65.85.10
Fax: 05.59.65.99.12
Email: atolstoi@orange.fr
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