The representative of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for human rights Valeria Lutkovska has sent a letter to the Basmanny court of Moscow with the initiative to change the measure of restraint Ukrainian pilots Hope Savchenko from arrest not associated with the detention, said on the first day of the week, the press service of the Ombudsman.

the report notes that Lutkovska has addressed himself to the judge Natalia Dudar.

the statement reported that there is a need to change the measure of restraint for Hope Savchenko due to substantial deterioration of its wealth, health, and taking into account that in the pretrial detention centre cannot effectively provide appropriate medical care ".

On its own initiative Lutkovska informed Russian colleague Ella Pamfilova, turning to her with a request to Express support for the application to the court and together with it to act as a guarantor for Savchenko.

Savchenko placed under arrest in Russia from July 2014 on charges of belonging to the deprivation of life 2 correspondents RTR, died during combat operations in the Donbass. The results held in October in Ukraine's parliamentary elections she was elected representative of the people of the Verkhovna Rada from the party " Batkivshchyna ", elected member of the permanent delegation of the Parliament in PACE. The very pilot denies all accusations, demanding the return to Ukraine. In the middle of December she went on hunger strike. According to the Federal penitentiary service of the Russian Federation dated 29 January, health Savchenko " is defined as satisfactory, it is continuously under the control of the medical staff receives the necessary supportive therapy ".

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