In order to begin the procedure of pardoning Ukrainian political prisoner Oleg Sentsov, he must independently address the Russian President Vladimir Putin with a request, writes Hromadske.
This is stated in the response of Sentsov’s mother from the Office for the Guarantee of Constitutional Rights of Citizens under the Presidential Administration.
The Administration stated that the request of Oleg’s mother Lyudmila Sentsova was directed to the temporary executor of the duties of the governor of the Yamalo-Nenets district for his preliminary consideration.
“At the same time, we explain that, in accordance with the Regulations on the procedure for examining applications for pardon in the Russian Federation, … the procedure for pardoning begins with a personal appeal by a convicted pardon, in which he appeals to the President of the Russian Federation in writing through the administration of the penitentiary institution, where he is serving a sentence,” says in the answer of the AP of to Sentsov’s mother.
