Dear Nikita, I tried to contact you before the first hearing in the process of Oleh Sentsov in Rostov. I asked you to contact me through your wife Tania, your production, and finally your assistant who answer your mobile phone. You did not call back. I heard, you were in China that time. I believe that the matter is so important that, before the next trial, which will take place on 24 November in Moscow, I will try to contact you again. This time in the form of an open letter.
Our nearly fifty fraternal friendship gives me a right to do act like this. You are not only one of the greatest artists of contemporary cinema. For me has always been a wonderful, deep and wise man. My Russian brother.I do not believe that you can think and feel differently than all the great creators of many countries who had signed the letters to President Putin for our Ukrainian colleague. The cruelty of the first-instance judgment reminds all the darkest judgments of the past of our common civilization and culture.
I appeal to you and I ask you, like your Polish brother, to do something! Among us, you are the closest to your president and to this case. You perfectly know, that we all will leave after us only the good things we do for others unselfishly.
Your Daniel
Warsaw, 17 November 2015
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