DONETSK, Russia (AP) — A judge in a border Russian town is expected to deliver a verdict in the case of Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko, charged with complicity to murder in the deaths of two Russian journalists in warring eastern Ukraine.
The judge in Savchenko’s trial is expected to begin reading the verdict on Monday but the sentencing is likely to be announced on Tuesday. However, the judge’s opening comments should include a statement of whether the court found the prosecution’s case valid — in effect a verdict.
The Savchenko case has attracted strong criticism from the West and is an open …read more
Source: KXAN
