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Russian court sentenced Savchenko for murder
Nadezhda Savchenko made to aid in the murder of two Russian journalists in Eastern Ukraine, stated the judge. The Ukrainian 23 years in prison.
Nadezhda Savchenko in court (archive image)
The Ukrainian military pilot Nadezhda Savchenko had been caused by “political hatred and hostility” intentionally causing the death of two people,” said judge Leonid Stepanenko in the southern city of Donetsk near the border with the Ukraine. The sentence is to be announced on Tuesday. The prosecution had requested in her plea 23 years of imprisonment in a camp.
Moscow had accused the 34-Year-olds, you have betrayed in the summer of 2014 the Ukrainian military of the whereabouts of two Russian journalists, and this by the grenade attack were killed. You have directed the mortar fire to the target that killed the two journalists.
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The fighter pilot was, shortly thereafter, of Pro-Russian separatists captured and passed to Russia. Russia supports the separatists in the East of Ukraine, the fight against the government in Kiev.
Fighter pilot is in Ukraine as a national heroine
The process is international to have been heavily criticized. In Ukraine, the pilot is venerated as a national heroine and Symbol of resistance against the Kremlin, while it is represented in the Russian state television as a dangerous Nationalist, who has the blood of Russian civilians on their hands. Savchenko, who fought in the conflict for a government loyal battalion against Pro-Russian rebels, denies any wrongdoing and speaks of a show trial. In Protest against her detention in Russia, she appeared a number of times in the hunger strike.
Even before the judgment, the 34 announced-Year-old, however, that you do not intend to appeal the decision of the judges. It relies on an exchange of prisoners between Russia and the Ukraine. Otherwise you’ll occur after the entry into force of the judgment in ten days on a hunger strike, announced their lawyers.
The legal proceedings had exacerbated the tensions between Russia and the Ukraine. The Federal government has also criticized the process and Sawtschenkos release required. “Your 20-month imprisonment with solitary confinement, with questionable interrogation methods-worthy, is contrary to international Standards,” said government spokesman Steffen Seibert recently.
qu/fab (dpa, rtr, afp)