Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko, who was released by Russia earlier this week, has announced she is willing to run for president “if needed.”
Savchenko spent nearly two years in Russian detention under allegations that she was complicit in the killing of two Russian journalists in eastern Ukraine in 2014. She denied the charges and accused separatists of capturing her and smuggling her out of her country, leaving her at the mercy of Russian authorities. Although a Russian court convicted her earlier this year, she was traded for Russian captives in Ukraine and returned to Kiev on Wednesday.
At her first press conference …read more
Source: Newsweek
