26 November 2019, France (France), Stra?burg: Ukrainian film director Oleg Senzow speaks to him during an interview in the European Parliament building in the run-up to the 2018 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought. Senzow was imprisoned in Russia from May 2014 to September 2019. Photo: Philipp von Ditfurth/dpa

26 November 2019, France (France), Stra?burg: Ukrainian film director Oleg Senzow speaks to him during an interview in the European Parliament building in the run-up to the 2018 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought. Senzow was imprisoned in Russia from May 2014 to September 2019. Photo: Philipp von Ditfurth/dpa

26 November 2019, France (France), Stra?burg: Ukrainian film director and former political prisoner Oleg Senzov will address him in the European Parliament plenary hall during the award ceremony of the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought. Senzow was imprisoned in Russia from May 2014 to September 2019. Photo: Philipp von Ditfurth/dpa

dpatop - 26 November 2019, France (France), Stra?burg: Ukrainian film director Oleg Senzow speaks to him during an interview in the European Parliament building in the run-up to the 2018 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought. Senzow was imprisoned in Russia from May 2014 to September 2019. Photo: Philipp von Ditfurth/dpa

26 November 2019, France (France), Stra?burg: The Ukrainian film director and Oleg Senzow will be speaking at the 2018 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought in the Chamber of the European Parliament. Senzow was imprisoned in Russia from May 2014 to September 2019. Photo: Philipp von Ditfurth/dpa

26 November 2019, France (France), Stra?burg: Ukrainian film director Oleg Senzow (l-r) is awarded the Sakharov Prize 2018 for Freedom of Thought by the President of the European Parliament, David Sassoli, in the Chamber of the European Parliament. Senzow was imprisoned in Russia from May 2014 to September 2019. Photo: Philipp von Ditfurth/dpa

26 November 2019, France (France), Stra?burg: Ukrainian film director Oleg Senzow speaks to him during an interview in the European Parliament building in the run-up to the 2018 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought. Senzow was imprisoned in Russia from May 2014 to September 2019. Photo: Philipp von Ditfurth/dpa