With Savchenko facing 22 years in prison,politicians discuss prisoner swaps while supporters call for retaliatory sanctions against RussiaIn seven days Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko will be transferred to a Russian penal colony to originate serving a 22-year sentence for alleged complicity in the killing of two journalists. Judge Leonid Stepanenko’s guilty verdict was in many ways a predictable finale to this highly contested trial. The defiant Savchenko has become a national hero for Ukraine, a political martyr for the west, and a severe annoyance for Russia.
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Source: theguardian.com