Savchenko's verdict and the appeal of Poroshenko's wife to Michelle Obama

The Ukrainian pilot will not appeal the court’s decision, believing that this will speed up her return to her homeland. Photo: focus.ua

Donetsk City Court of the Rostov Region convicted the Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko in the case of the murder of Russian journalists in the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic (LNR), the correspondent reports. Interfax«.

“Savchenko Nadezhda Viktorovna committed the murder of Kornelyuk and Voloshin by a group of people by prior conspiracy based on hatred and enmity,” said the chairman of the panel of judges Leonid Stepanenko. The judge also stated that “Savchenko experienced hatred and enmity towards the civilian population of the LPR.” He also added that the defendant illegally crossed the border of the Russian Federation.

During the debates of the parties, the state prosecution requested that Savchenko be sentenced to 23 years in prison.

Attorney Nadezhda Savchenko Mark Feigin. Photo: politolog.net

Lawyer Mark Feigin recalled that Savchenko does not intend to appeal the guilty verdict. “This is her decision, she believes that refusal to appeal will speed up the negotiation process and her extradition to Ukraine,” the defense lawyer said, adding that the defense explained to her that refusal to appeal the verdict would close the possibility of overturning it in the European Court of Human Rights.

Feigin also noted that Savchenko intends to start a dry hunger strike again after the verdict comes into force, that is, in 10 days. “She believes that after this period she should be sent home immediately,” the lawyer said.

Announcement of the verdict of the Ukrainian pilot and people's deputy Nadezhda Savchenko will allow initiating the process of its exchange in accordance with the Minsk agreements.

Proshenko's wife turned to Michelle Obama

The wife of the President of Ukraine, Marina Poroshenko, appealed to the wife of US President Michelle Obama to join the international campaign for the release and return to the homeland of Ukrainians, who are now illegally detained in Russia.

The wife of the President of Ukraine Marina Poroshenko. Photo: svitske.1plus1.ua

In a letter to the first lady of the United States, Mrs Poroshenko said: “Dear Michelle, I hope that your voice will not only join the international campaign to free Nadezhda Savchenko and return home, but also give a new impetus to the process of releasing the rest of Ukrainian citizens, including Oleg Sentsov, Alexander Kolchenko, Gennady Afanasyev, Akhtem Chiygoz and other hostages of the Russian punitive vehicle. ”

Photo: president.gov.ua

Maryna Poroshenko stressed that 34-year-old Nadezhda Savchenko, side by side with the US military, risked her life to restore democracy and order in Iraq, like hundreds of American women, devoted her life to defending the Motherland, however, standing up for the defense of independence and freedom of the Ukrainian state in June 2014 of the year, was actually stolen from the Ukrainian territory and imprisoned in Russia. And despite the proven fabrication of the charges, the Russian punitive machine plans to announce the 21 March decision on the 23-year-old imprisonment of a Ukrainian woman.

The President's wife recalled that the name of the Ukrainian pilot was among twenty women - political prisoners and prisoners of conscience - announced as part of the Free the 20 Campaign, founded by the US Government in September 2015 in connection with the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Beijing Declaration (road map, designed to change the fate of women around the world).

The President’s wife noted that the fate of Nadezhda Savchenko, who became the symbol of the struggle of the Ukrainian people against Russian aggression, depends on the unity of efforts, solidarity of the international community and pressure on the Russian government. сообщает press service of the President of Ukraine.

Earlier, ForumDaily wrote that MEPs proposed Federica Mogherini, head of the European Union’s diplomacy impose sanctions against Putin in connection with the persecution of Savchenko.

Nadezhda Savchenko has been in Russian custody since July 2014 for allegedly murdering Russian journalists in eastern Ukraine. She herself denies all accusations and claims that she was forcibly taken to Russia.

4 March Nadezhda Savchenko announced a dry hunger strike, refusing to take water, but interrupted her 10 March, after a lawyer gave her a letter, allegedly written by the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko. Later it turned out that the letter fake. He wrote the Russian pranker. Lawyer Nadezhda Savchenko sure that this is the machinations of the Russian special services.

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