"I will do my best to draw people's attention to this issue, our opinion prisoners and the Russian," Sentsov said.
He also said he supports the many Russian citizens who are fighting for a free Russia and Ukraine.
- They are our brothers, and they need our help.
Filmmaker Sentsov was convicted of terror crimes in Moscow in 2014, after allegations of being part of a terror cell in the Crimean peninsula annexed by Russia. A judgment that was dismissed as political by the international community.