DONETSK // Russia on Thursday opened the high-profile trial of jailed Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko, a hugely controversial case that could send ties between Moscow and Kiev to a new low.The 34-year-old helicopter navigator faces up to 25 years in prison for her alleged involvement in the killing of two Russian journalists in eastern Ukraine last year.Ms Savchenko, who has been in pretrial jail for more than a year, was put in the dock in the small southern Russian town of Donetsk on the border with war-torn eastern Ukraine, in a move her defence says is aimed at shielding the …read more
Source: The National
