EU: Russia's Sentsov & Kolchenko sentencing breach of international law

"Russian courts are not competent to judge acts committed outside the internationally-recognised territory of Russia. The EU considers the case to be in breach of international law and elementary standards of justice," reads a statement of Mogherini released in Brussels on Tuesday. She has said the EU continues to call on the Russian Federation to immediately release Sentsov and Kolchenko and to guarantee their safe return to Ukraine. As reported, the North Caucasus District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don had found Sentsov guilty of plotting terrorist attacks in Crimea and sentenced him to 20 years in a high-security penitentiary on Tuesday. The court also sentenced Oleksandr Kolchenko to 10 years in a high-security penitentiary in the same proceeding.