The hearing of the Rostov regional court on the case of Ukraine Hope Savchenko, accused in Russia of belonging to the death of Russian correspondents in the Donbass will be held on August 21, said her lawyer Ilya Novikov V.

"Hearing of the Rostov regional court on change of venue in the case of Nadezhda Savchenko held at 10: 00 on 21 August 2015 ", - he wrote.

according to the SC of the Russian Federation, during the hostilities in the district of Lugansk in June 2014, Savchenko, knowing the coordinates of the location of the group of Russian correspondents VGTRK and other civilians, handed them over to the Ukrainian troops. In the end, artillery strikes two correspondents lost his life.

in addition, the Ukrainian pilot charged with illegal crossing of border of Russia and Ukraine. Savchenko, who all charges fundamentally rejects, threatens till 25 years of imprisonment.

at the end of July in Donetsk city court of the Rostov region held a preliminary Hearing at which lawyers Savchenko petitioned the court to transfer the case to the capital of Russia. Since this question refers to the competence of the superior court, the materials were sent to the Rostov regional court.

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