Ukrainian director Oleg Sentsov, sentenced by Russian court to 20 years of imprisonment, became the laureate of the premium of Shevchenko. “Ukrainian pravda” reports that Shevchenko’s Committee has reported about this.

Sentsov won in the cinema nomination with films “Gamer” and “Rhinoceros”. The National Union of the Journalists of Ukraine nominated the candidacy of Sentsov.

Also, dissident and journalist Levko Lukyanenko, choreographer Radu Poklitaru, singer Angelina Shvachka and artist Michael Guyda became the laureates of the prize.

We would remind that Ukrainian director Oleg Sentsov, sentenced by Russian court to 20 years of imprisonment was convoyed to Yakutiya.