Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius says five European countries have suggested sanctions against Russian officials involved in the trial of the Ukrainian military pilot, Nadia Savchenko.”Officials directly involved in this fabricated case must face consequences. We see that protests, letters and statements have failed to bring results,” Linkevicius told AFP on Wednesday.
The 34-year-old war veteran, Savchenko, is on trial for alleged involvement in the death of two Russian state television journalists in a mortar attack that occurred two months after the eruption of Ukraine’s pro-Moscow eastern revolt in April 2014 and faces up to 23 years in jail if convicted. …read more
Source: Iran English Radio
