MOSCOW – A Russian court appeared Monday to lay the groundwork for a guilty verdict against a Ukrainian helicopter pilot nicknamed Ukraine’s “Joan of Arc,” Russian news agencies reported, wrapping up a trial over the 2014 deaths of two Russian journalists that has revived memories of Stalin-era show trials.
There was, however, initial confusion over the official court decision. Some Russian state-run outlets rushed to report that Lt. Nadiya Savchenko, 34, had been found guilty.
But state-run Rossiya 24 television later said that the judge had merely announced that he had heard enough evidence to convince him of her guilt before launching …read more
Source: National Post
