Latvian President Raimonds Vejonis and Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics have condemned Tuesday’s Russian court ruling, which sentenced Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko to a 22-year prison sentence. …read more Source:...

Mar23

VIDEO: Savchenko supporters say trial is ‘a farce’

Wednesday, March 23 , 2016 - 4:13 (EEST) Section: BBC (The United Kingdom)

The Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko breaks out into a traditional Ukrainian song, as a Russian judge sentences her to 22 years in prison. …read more Source:...

Mar22

Murdered journalist buried in Ukraine 16 years after beheading

Tuesday, March 22 , 2016 - 19:51 (EEST) Section: Reuters (The United Kingdom)

KIEV (Reuters) – An investigative journalist whose murder 16 years ago helped precipitate Ukraine’s Orange Revolution was buried in Kiev on Tuesday after a delay due to his mother’s unwillingness to accept his decapitated body was her son. …read more Source:...

Mar22

Ukraine’s finance minister launches bid to lead technocrat government

Tuesday, March 22 , 2016 - 19:21 (EEST) Section: Reuters (The United Kingdom)

KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian Finance Minister Natalia Yaresko threw her hat into the ring on Tuesday to head a technocrat government of people uncompromised by “a political past” after weeks of speculation over whether she would try to replace Arseny Yatseniuk. …read more Source:...

Mar22

[Ticker] Russia sentences Ukraine pilot despite EU appeals

Tuesday, March 22 , 2016 - 19:06 (EEST) Section: EUobserver (EU)

A Russian court has sentenced Ukrainian pilot Savchenko to 22 years for her alleged role in the death of two Russian journalists in Ukraine. The EU had said she was illegally abducted and refused a a fair trial. Lithuania is to ban entry of Russian officials involved in her case. …read more Source:...

Mar22

VIDEO: Savchenko sings as she is sentenced

Tuesday, March 22 , 2016 - 17:51 (EEST) Section: BBC (The United Kingdom)

The Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko breaks out into a traditional Ukrainian song as a Russian judge sentences her to 22 years in prison. …read more Source:...

Mar22

Russian court sentences Ukrainian pilot Savchenko in murder case

Tuesday, March 22 , 2016 - 17:20 (EEST) Section: France 24 (France)

A Russian court on Tuesday sentenced Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko to 22 years in jail after finding her guilty of complicity in the killing of two Russian journalists during the separatist conflict in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: France...

Mar22

Ukrainian pilot given 22-year jail sentence

Tuesday, March 22 , 2016 - 16:51 (EEST) Section: The Guardian (The United Kingdom)

Russian court sentences Nadiya Savchenko following trial condemned as politically motivatedA court in southern Russia has sentenced Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko to 22 years in prison, bringing to a close a controversial court case that is likely to further inflame the difficult relations between Moscow and Kiev.Savchenko was found guilty of...