Russian court sentences Nadiya Savchenko following trial condemned as politically motivatedA court in southern Russia has sentenced Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko to 22 years in prison, bringing to a close a controversial court case that is likely to further inflame the difficult relations between Moscow and Kiev.Savchenko was found guilty of complicity in the murder of Anton Voloshin and Igor Kornelyuk, two journalists working for Russian state television who died in an artillery strike during the conflict in east Ukraine in June 2014. She has consistently denied the charges, and the trial has been dismissed in Ukraine and internationally as …read more
Source: The Guardian
