DONETSK: A court in southern Russia on Monday found Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko guilty of murder over the killing of two Russian journalists in war-torn east Ukraine, at a trial condemned by Kiev and the West as a political sham.
Savchenko “committed the premeditated murder as part of a group of people from the motives of hatred and enmity,” a judge in the town of Donetsk was quoted as saying by Russian news agencies.
The verdict said that Savchenko – who denies all the charges – was motivated by hatred towards “Russian-speaking people in general”, agencies reported.
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Source: theSun