The defense Hopes Savchenko says that by the end of January, the Ukrainian pilots can become a delegate PACE and in this case it will be obliged to release from a Russian jail.

By itself, the status of the Ukrainian deputies (Savchenko elected to the Verkhovna Rada from the party " Batkivshchyna " ) in the Russian Federation does not provide diplomatic immunity because he is not listed international legal agreements, reminded Protection.

" in addition, the status of people's Deputy opened before Hope Savchenko a new window of opportunity - delegation in PACE. And this already gives the inviolability and diplomatic immunity, " he told reporters on Wednesday, the lawyer Nikolai Polozov.

The nearest PACE session will take place at the end of January, he said.

Savchenko is from July in detention in the Russian Federation, its blame of belonging to the deprivation of life 2 correspondents RTR, died in June in the process of fighting in the Donbass. All charges aviatrix fundamentally rejects.

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