Ukrainian MP from the faction “Batkivshchyna” Hope Savchenko
Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Nadezhda Savchenko, who was sentenced in Russia and later pardoned by Vladimir Putin, came to Moscow for the session of the Supreme court in the case of Ukrainians Stanislaus Cliche and Mykola Karpiuk
the Lawyer Ilya Novikov reported on his Twitter on Wednesday morning that Nadezhda Savchenko, convicted in Russia for the murder of Russian journalists in the Donbass, and pardoned by President Vladimir Putin, arrived in Moscow at the meeting of the Supreme court in the case of Ukrainians Stanislaus Cliche and Nicholas Karpuk.
Legal barriers to visiting Russia Savchenko no, said “RIA Novosti” her lawyer Nikolai Polozov. “From a formal point of view, it is absolutely a free man,” — said Polozov. According to him, Savchenko a ban on entry to Russia will not be imposed.
She Savchenko, in turn, noted the importance of her presence at the hearing. “For myself I know how important it is, when in the hall, “court”, where you sit in a cage, there are Ukrainians <…> it is important For me to be there. To maintain at least a presence,” she wrote in her Facebook.
the Lawyer Ilya Novikov, also in your Facebook published pictures of Savchenko in front of the Supreme court of Russia.
As the correspondent of “RIA Novosti”, Savchenko arrived to the courthouse around ten in the morning. She refused to talk to reporters.
Wednesday, 26 October, Russia’s Supreme court to check the legality of the verdict to two members of the banned in Russia, extreme right-wing Ukrainian organization “Ukrainian national Assembly — Ukrainian national self defense” (UNA-UNSO) Nikolay Karpyuk and Stanislav Klychu that in may this year was sentenced by the Supreme court of Chechnya to 22.5 and 20 years in a strict regime colony, respectively.
the Investigation claimed that in late 1994 and early 1995 Karpyuk and Klyh fought in Chechnya against Russian Federal forces. At trial, the lawyers insisted on the innocence of their clients and said that they were not in Chechnya in 1994-1995. Themselves Karpyuk and Klyh the court refused the testimony taken during the preliminary investigation, stating that in respect of them was tortured.
In March 2016 Savchenko was convicted in Russia for 22 years for his involvement in the murder of Russian journalists in the Donbass in the summer of 2014. In late may, Vladimir Putin pardoned Savchenko, and she returned to the Ukraine. There, she became the Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and the in addition part of the Ukrainian delegation to the parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).
Savchenko has repeatedly said that he was going to deal with the theme of liberation of the Ukrainian servicemen who were captured during military operations in the Donbass. In recent months, she sharply criticized the Ukrainian authorities for insufficient efforts to resolve the situation in the East of the country. It sounded response criticism and suspicion that the actions Savchenko can be beneficial to Moscow.
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