Savchenko

Court leaves Savchenko in pretrial custody for another two months. PHOTOS Shevchenkivskyi district court of Kyiv granted prosecutor's motion to extend for another 60 days the pretrial detention of MP Nadiia Savchenko charged with plotting acts of terror, coup d'etat, and overthrow of government. 15.05.18 17:00 41 355 169 Previously in trend: Savchenko under arrest

Savchenko trial: MP Melnychuk willing to stand surety for suspect, prosecutor requests pretrial custody extension. PHOTOS Today, the Shevchenkivskyi district court of Kyiv continues hearing the motion of the prosecutor's office to extend pretrial detention of Nadiia Savchenko charged with plotting a terrorist attack, coup d'etat and overthrow of power. 15.05.18 12:56 46 125 100 Previously in trend: Savchenko under arrest

Court adjourns MP Savchenko’s trial for tomorrow after granting her public defender. PHOTOS MP Nadiia Savchenko, who was charged with plotting armed coup and power seizure by means of a terrorist attack, will be defended by a free legal counsel Yulia Tkach. 14.05.18 15:29 26 136 53 Previously in trend: Savchenko under arrest

MP Savchenko loses appeal, remains in pretrial custody. VIDEO&PHOTOS Kyiv-based appeals court upheld previous court ruling to remand non-affiliated MP Nadia Savchenko in pretrial custody. 30.03.18 09:40 76 348 385 Previously in trend: Savchenko under arrest

All Ukrainian lawmakers combined possess 323 firearms, 156 of them owned by MP Shufrych alone. INFOGRAPHICS According to 2016 annual income and assets statement, Opposition bloc MP Nestor Shufrych owns collection of 156 firearms - the largest one owned by a Ukrainian lawmaker. 27.03.18 16:27 42 885 109 Incidents

MP Savchenko escorted to SBU. VIDEO&PHOTOS Nonaffiliated MP Nadia Savchenko was charged with multiple offenses after the parliament stripped her of immunity and sanctioned her detention and arrest. After that she was taken to the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU). 22.03.18 15:44 66 465 302 Incidents

Prosecutor general says MP Savchenko tried to recruit Ukrainian servicemen for terrorist attacks. PHOTOS Prosecutor General Yurii Lutsenko says non-affiliated Member of the Ukrainian Parliament Nadia Savchenko tried to recruit Ukrainian officers for commission of terrorist attacks. 22.03.18 10:37 97 461 395 Previously in trend: Apprehension of Volodymyr Ruban

Appeals court leaves Ruban in pretrial custody. VIDEO&PHOTOS Kyiv-based Court of Appeals left without changes the pretrial restriction imposed on Volodymyr Ruban, the head of the Officer Corps Center for Prisoner Release, who was earlier remanded in custody pending trial. 20.03.18 13:52 46 692 108 Previously in trend: Apprehension of Volodymyr Ruban

Ukraine’s MP Savchenko waives her parliamentary immunity. PHOTO Nonaffiliated Member of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Nadiia Savchenko has made a decision to give up her parliamentary immunity. 21.02.17 10:28 82 855 365 Incidents

Rada’s National Security Committee upholds MP Savchenko membership revoking. PHOTOS+VIDEO At today’s meeting, the members of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security and Defense upheld a resolution to expel MP Nadiia Savchenko. 18.01.17 18:13 28 567 93 Ukrainian Politics

"DPR" unaware of hostages liberated by Savchenko: "No one told us!" PHOTOS The "liberation" of two Ukranian citizens by Nadiia Savchenko was coordinated directly from Moscow while the breakaway separatist "republics" were unaware of it. 27.12.16 19:02 101 296 154 Photo News

Nadiia Savchenko witnesses against “LPR” chieftain Plotnitsky. PHOTOS+VIDEO The Podilskyi district court of Kyiv heard the case against leader of the so-called “Luhansk People’s Republic” (LPR) terrorist organization Igor Plotnitsky. Ukrainian lawmaker Nadiia Savchenko witnessed against him in the case into her abduction by the militants in 2014. 10.11.16 20:18 31 693 60 Incidents

Two persons earlier released under ‘Savchenko law’ detained as suspects in brutal murder of pensioner in Vinnytsia region. PHOTOS In the Vinnytsia region, the law enforcers apprehended two suspects in murder of a pensioner. The detainees were previously released from jail under ‘Savchenko law’. 03.11.16 10:03 20 363 125 Incidents

Savchenko arrives in Moscow, - lawyer Novikov. PHOTOS (updated) Ukraine's MP Nadiia Savchenko has arrived in Moscow. 26.10.16 11:32 248 719 801 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia

Savchenko interviewed as witness in separatism and terrorism case. DOCUMENT (in Ukrainian) The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has interviewed Batkivshchyna MP Nadiia Savchenko as a witness in the criminal proceedings into the infringement of the territorial integrity of Ukraine and the establishment of terrorist organizations. 25.10.16 13:24 28 041 87 Previously in trend: Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas

Protesters near Presidential Administration demand faster Ukrainian prisoners swap. PHOTOS+VIDEO A rally has gathered near Presidential Administration building in Kyiv with demands to accelerate the release process of Ukrainian POWs and political prisoners. 08.08.16 13:48 100 770 664 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia

Savchenko discussed liberation of prisoners with UN Assistant Secretary-General Šimonović. PHOTO MP Nadiia Savchenko met with Ivan Šimonović, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights. 29.05.16 11:59 39 921 111 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia

Savchenko visited graves of brothers in arms killed in Donbas. PHOTOS People's Deputy (Batkivshchyna party) Nadiia Savchenko visited the grave of her brother in arms. 28.05.16 17:52 110 173 160 Photo News

Savchenko attends session hall of Ukrainian parliament. PHOTOS Ukrainian servicewoman and Member of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine representing Batkivshchyna faction Nadiia Savchenko has visited the parliament and got acquainted with her workplace. 27.05.16 16:56 140 919 184 Incidents

"Nadiia is eager to put things in order," - Savchenko's friend. PHOTOS Nadiia Savchenko's friend Iryna Yuzik described her first meeting with the Ukrainian pilot after Russian captivity. 26.05.16 14:12 188 783 681 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia

Plane with Savchenko landed at Boryspil airport, - Poroshenko. PHOTOS (updated) The plane with Ukrainian deputy Nadiia Savchenko has landed at Boryspil international airport (the Kyiv region). 25.05.16 15:25 172 687 549 Ukrainian Politics

Aleksandrov, Yerofeyev landed in Vnukovo airport, - Gazeta.ru (updated) The plane with Russian GRU officers Alexander Aleksandrov and Yevgeny Yerofeyev has landed in Vnukovo airport. 25.05.16 14:15 75 906 188 Ukrainian Politics

Huge portrait of Savchenko painted in Zaporizhia. PHOTOS A mural portrait of Nadiia Savchenko dedicated to the Ukrainian pilot's birthday has been painted on a 27-meter-high wall of an old grain elevator in Zaporizhia. 14.05.16 17:58 35 121 110 Photo News

Savchenko agreed to stop hunger strike, - Poroshenko. PHOTOS People's deputy Nadiia Savchenko agreed to quit the hunger strike at the request of her mother, sister, and President Petro Poroshenko. 19.04.16 18:08 59 995 233 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia

Savchenko asks Justice Ministry to launch her transfer to Ukraine, - Minister Petrenko. DOCUMENT (in Ukrainian) Ukrainian pilot, Verkhovna Rada deputy Nadiia Savchenko asks the Ministry of Justice to start the procedure of her transfer to Ukraine, stipulated by the Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons. 18.04.16 18:28 37 019 93 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia

Participants of rally on Maidan demanded that authorities do everything possible to release Savchenko. PHOTOS+VIDEO Rally in support of People's Deputy of Ukraine Nadiia Savchenko, illegally held in Russian prison, has been held on Maidan square today. 17.04.16 18:05 25 451 187 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia

Savchenko goes on indefinite dry hunger strike from April 6. STATEMENT (in Ukrainian) Member of the Ukrainian Parliament Nadiia Savchenko, sentenced to 22 years in prison in Russia, has announced going on an indefinite dry hunger strike from Wednesday, April 6 demanding her immediate escorting to Ukraine. 04.04.16 18:01 18 729 100 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia

Savchenko irrevocably refused to appeal verdict: "There is no point to it". STATEMENT People's deputy of Ukraine Nadiia Savchenko, sentenced in Russia to 22 years in prison, refused to appeal the decision of the Donetsk City Court (the Rostov region of the Russian Federation). 04.04.16 16:30 13 616 36 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia

"Trial is farce, sentence - bluff. I start dry hunger strike on April 6 and go to the bitter end!" - lawyer Polozov published new letter of Savchenko. PHOTO Nadiia Savchenko's lawyer Mykola Polozov has published a new letter by the Ukrainian pilot, illegally held in the Russian Federation. 29.03.16 17:10 28 876 82 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia

"I forbid you to file petition for pardon or admit guilt," - Savchenko wrote letters from remand prison. PHOTOS Ukrainian servicewoman and MP Nadiia Savchenko, who was convicted in Russia on March 22 and sentenced to 22 years in prison, will not file a petition for pardon and forbids to do so on her behalf. 23.03.16 14:17 53 777 111 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia

Pictures of judges who tried Savchenko made public for first time ever. PHOTO The photo shows Presiding Judge Leonid Stepanenko and Yevgenia Chernysh. 22.03.16 16:43 150 331 152 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia

Most of MPs not allowed attending Savchenko’s trial again as courtroom overcrowded by hired thugs. PHOTO After recess, the majority of Members of the Ukrainian Parliament have been denied access to the courtroom of the Donetsk city court (Rostov region of the Russian Federation), where the sentence to Nadiia Savchenko is being delivered. 22.03.16 15:31 42 118 68 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia

Journalists and activists denied access inside Donetsk court passing verdict to Savchenko. PHOTOS Up to three dozen journalists and activists still remain outside the building of the Donetsk court of the Rostov region of the Russian Federation as they are denied access. 21.03.16 12:40 31 895 102 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia

Court where sentence to Savchenko to be delivered surrounded by police, ‘Cossacks’, and people in military uniforms. PHOTOS The building of the Donetsk city court in the Rostov region of the Russian Federation, where the verdict to Ukrainian MP Nadiia Savchenko will be passed today, is surrounded by the police, "Cossacks" and people in military uniforms without insignia. 21.03.16 10:50 71 910 153 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia

Ukrainian lawmaker banned entry to Russia until 2021. PHOTO President’s Commissioner for the peaceful settlement of situation in Donbas Iryna Herashchenko has been banned entry to Russia. 21.03.16 11:30 60 334 134 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia

Savchenko List handed over to EU leaders made public. DOCUMENT Ukrainian authorities have entered in the list Head of the Russian Federal Security Service Alexander Bortnikov, Chairman of the Investigative Committee of Russia Alexander Bastrykin, Head of the Main Investigation Directorate of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation Alexander Shchukin, Russian investigators, prosecutors and judges. The list contains a total of 46 individuals. 18.03.16 21:28 44 140 84 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia

Police ban even one-man protests outside prison, Vira Savchenko says. PHOTOS Relatives and activists are again trying to hold a rally in support of Nadiia Savchenko outside the remand prison in Novocherkassk, Rostov region of the Russian Federation, where the Ukrainian servicewoman is held. Police officers prohibit doing it. 11.03.16 16:26 20 581 46 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia

Russia spreads fake letter from Poroshenko to Savchenko (updated) Forged letter of President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko to Ukrainian pilot Nadiia Savchenko, who is held hostage by the Kremlin, has been spread by the media today. 10.03.16 14:07 79 288 244 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia

"One-man protest, please!" - Russian police warns activists who came to support Savchenko on prohibition of rallies outside detention center. PHOTOS Russian police have warned the participants of the rally in support of Nadiia Savchenko outside the Novocherkassk prison, where the Ukrainian pilot is held, that unauthorized rallies are banned. 10.03.16 11:28 22 315 12 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia

Savchenko' mother and sister arrived for demonstration near Novocherkassk remand prison. PHOTOS The demonstration to support Ukrainian pilot Nadiia Savchenko is gathering near the 3rd remand prison of Novocherkassk, Russia, where Nadiia is held. 10.03.16 10:43 24 494 15 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia

Rally in support of Savchenko heavily guarded by police starts outside Novocherkassk prison. PHOTO The activists are gathering outside the pre-trial detention center in Novocherkassk (the Rostov region of the Russian Federation) to hold a rally in support of Nadiia Savchenko. 10.03.16 09:55 47 296 73 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia

Activists tried to storm Russian consulate in Odesa: law enforcers used tear gas. PHOTOS A #FreeSavchenko rally at the Russian consulate in Odesa ended in clashes between activists and police. 09.03.16 17:45 59 516 235 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia

Rally in support of Savchenko held in Lithuanian capital, - MP Medunytsia. PHOTOS Rally in support of Ukrainian MP Nadiia Savchenko has been held in Vilnius. 09.03.16 17:02 10 688 15 Incidents

"Hands off Ukrainian Joan of Arc!" - Russian citizen holds one-man protest near Donetsk court in Savchenko's support. PHOTO A Russian citizen has held a one-man protest in support of Ukrainian military Nadiia Savchenko near the building of the Donetsk city court in the Rostov region of Russia. 09.03.16 13:42 33 270 44 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia

"If you want to show how Russian fascists kill people, you're succeeding," - Savchenko shows her middle finger to court Before allowing an interpreter read her final plea in the Russian court, Nadiia Savchenko stepped on a bench in the bullpen and showed her middle finger. 09.03.16 10:44 158 881 118 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia

Nat-Bols attacked Ukraine's consulate in St. Petersburg. PHOTOS In St. Petersburg, Russia, the members of the Other Russia [Eduard Limonov's National Bolshevik Party - ed.], known for recruiting volunteers to participate in the war in the Donbas on the side of insurgents, attacked the consulate of Ukraine. 08.03.16 19:45 102 004 212 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia

Rallies in support of Savchenko held in Ukraine and abroad: about 20 people detained in Moscow. PHOTOS Kyiv, Lviv, Moscow, and London are seeing Free Savchenko rallies today, while about 20 activists have been arrested in Moscow for holding a picket in support of the illegally detained Ukrainian pilot. 08.03.16 18:40 43 043 62 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia

"I will leave prison on my term. Dead or alive, I have won!" - Savchenko's letter of March 7. PHOTO Censor.NET's correspondent, who is currently in Novocherkassk, the Rostov region of the Russian Federation, managed to obtain an address of the Ukrainian pilot Nadiia Savchenko, written by her this morning. 07.03.16 12:50 140 931 341 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia