16:51, 23 March 2016

FSIN reports on satisfactory health state of Nadezhda Savchenko

Nadezhda Savchenko in the Donetsk City Court before the pronouncement of the verdict, March 22, 2016. Photo by Konstantin Volgin for the "Caucasian Knot"

Before her sentence comes into force, Nadezhda Savchenko, a convicted Ukrainian aviator, will be kept at one of the detention facilities of the Rostov Region, the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN) reports.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that on March 22, the Donetsk City Court sentenced Nadezhda Savchenko to 22 years of imprisonment in a common-security penal colony and a fine of 30,000 roubles. Nadezhda Savchenko was accused of involvement in the murder of two Russian journalists not far from Lugansk and illegal crossing of the border between Ukraine and Russia. Prosecutors demanded to sentence Nadezhda Savchenko to 23 years of imprisonment.

According to Kristina Belousova, the spokesperson for the FSIN, the health state of Nadezhda Savchenko is satisfactory.

At present, Nadezhda Savchenko continues her hunger strike, the RIA "Novosti" reports.

Kristina Belousova has also reported that Nadezhda Savchenko will be sent to a penal colony within 10 days after the receipt by the detention facility of the notification on the sentence coming into force, reports the FSIN.

Full text of the article is available on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’.