PRESENTATION OF THE BOOK OF SHEVCHENKO LAUREATE OLEG SENTSOV

The presentation of the book "Buy the Book - It's Funny" by Shevchenko Prize laureate Oleg Gennadiyovich Sentsov took place at the Odessa State University of Internal Affairs.

The book was presented by the famous TV presenter, journalist, writer, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Honored Journalist of Ukraine Danylo Yanevsky.

The event was attended by the Deputy Chairman of the All-Ukrainian Association of Scientists and Specialists in the Field of Operational and Investigative Activities, Candidate of Law, Associate Professor Serhiy Albul, the Chief Editor of the Historical Almanac "Southwest. Odessa", Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor Viktor Savchenko, and the Editor of the "Life Code" project, Ivanna Openko.

Oleg Sentsov is a Ukrainian film director, writer and public figure who, while in the territory of annexed Crimea, actively assisted our military and defended the interests of the Ukrainian state. In May 2014, he was detained by Russian special services in the territory of annexed Crimea and illegally convicted on trumped-up charges. In November last year, the Supreme Court of Russia, after considering an appeal against the sentence of Ukrainian director Oleg Sentsov and activist Oleksandr Kolchenko, upheld the decision of the North Caucasus Court.

According to the court verdict, Oleg Sentsov was sentenced to 20 years in prison, and Oleksandr Kolchenko to 10 years. In early 2016, Oleg Sentsov became the laureate of the Shevchenko Prize.

The humorous adventure novel “Buy a Book – It’s Funny” was written by Oleg Sentsov before the annexation of Crimea and the verdict of the so-called Russian “Themis”, so the topic of politics is absent in the book. According to Danylo Yanevsky, Oleg Sentsov’s novel is an easy-to-read work, and its content fully corresponds to the title. The novel tells the story of three men who could make any wish come true. This is a completely unconventional book for the Ukrainian reader, it is positive humor, it is a story that takes place in Africa with three Americans. The novel was published in the original language – Russian, but soon they plan to translate the book into Ukrainian.

As Danylo Yanevsky noted, the unjustly convicted Oleg Sentsov not only did not lose his face, but instead he became a model of civic courage, patriotism, indomitability and human dignity!