February 5, 2015

New charge: illegal border crossing

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PRAGUE – A lawyer for Nadiya Savchenko says new a charge has been filed against his client. Ilya Novikov wrote on Facebook late on January 29 that she had been charged with illegal border crossing. On Facebook, Mr. Novikov later posted a letter Lt. Savchenko addressed to a jailed Russian activist, Mark Galperin, in which she wrote that she feels “okay and will fight on.” She wrote that “Ukraine and Russia together will defeat the evil and shameful government.” Russian officials have rejected calls by Kyiv and the West for her release. (RFE/RL)

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