Oh, the irony that is Russia.

Here is the TASS headline. European Parliament awards Sakharov Prize to Ukrainian filmmaker convicted of terrorism

Oleg Sentsov was convicted of terrorism by a Russian military court and sentenced to 20 years in prison. His crimes were:

• Forming a Crimean “Right Sector”
• Two acts of terrorism
• Planning an attack on a statue of Lenin in Simferopol

Upon sentencing, he began singing the Ukraine national anthem instead of acknowledging the sentence.

A common description of the trial was “kangaroo court“.

Sentsov went on a 145-day hunger strike to protest his treatment.

But TASS didn’t put his name in the headline that he won a renowned award. Instead, he was labeled a terrorist.

All because the EU backhanded Putin:

• EU rebukes Putin with human rights prize to jailed Ukrainian film-maker
• Imprisoned Ukrainian Director Oleg Sentsov to Receive EU Human Rights Prize
• Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov wins 2018 Sakharov Prize