The head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko tried to convince the President of the international Department of the red cross Peter Maurer strengthen the work to release Nadiya Savchenko.

"tried to convince the President of the red cross Peter Maurer strengthen the work to release Nadiya Savchenko ", - wrote Poroshenko in his own microblog on Twitter.


Savchenko, who took part in the fighting on the side of the Ukrainian security officers from the volunteer battalion " Aidar ", is accused of belonging to the deprivation of life 2 correspondents VGTRK in the Donbass in the summer of 2014.

The consequence considers that it acted as a spotter fire under fire. According to the SC of the Russian Federation, tied Savchenko in Russia, where she moved in the summer of 2014 under the guise of a refugee. The defence Ukrainka claims that it illegally tied within Ukraine and then moved to the Russian Federation. In Russian jail she is from the summer, the period of detention is extended until may 13.

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