A Russian court has found Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko guilty of murder, according to Russian news agencies, as a controversial trial in the south of the country drew to a close.
One of the panel of three judges began reading the verdict in the case, which has caused an international outcry, on Monday morning. The full reading was expected to take two days, with sentencing likely on Tuesday.
Summing up the prosecution arguments, the judge said Savchenko “committed the premeditated murder as part of a group of people from the motives of hatred and enmity”. She was motivated by hatred of “Russian-speaking …read more
Source: A1plus
