With Savchenko facing 22 years in prison, politicians discuss prisoner swaps while supporters call for retaliatory sanctions against RussiaIn seven days Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko will be transferred to a Russian penal colony to begin serving a 22-year sentence for alleged complicity in the killing of two journalists. Judge Leonid Stepanenko’s guilty verdict was in many ways a predictable finale to this highly contested trial. The defiant Savchenko has become a national hero for Ukraine, a political martyr for the west, and a severe annoyance for Russia. Related: Russian court finds Ukrainian pilot complicit in death of two journalists …read more
Source: The Guardian
