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| Subject: Russia's kangaroo court sentences Ukraine's 'Joan of Arc' to 22 years in prison Wed Mar 23, 2016 4:04 am | |
| A Russian court has sentenced a Ukrainian helicopter navigator to 22 years in prison in a contentious murder trial that has drawn sharp condemnation from the West.
On Tuesday, a judge convicted Lieutenant Nadezhda Savchenko, 34, of directing mortar fire that killed two Russian journalists during pitched fighting in eastern Ukraine in 2014. Savchenko claimed she was innocent and that pro-Russian separatists abducted her in Ukraine before crossing the border and delivering her to Russian police.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/world/russia-sentences-ukraines-joan-of-arc-to-22-years-in-prison-20160322-gnp007.html#ixzz43i9s7OOX |
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