MOSCOW – Ukrainian military pilot Nadia Savchenko’s motion to replace the judge handling her case has been rejected by the judge himself. The judge, Artur Karpov of Moscow’s Basmanny Court, ruled on March 26 that Ms. Savchenko’s request was unjustified. Ms. Savchenko’s lawyers had argued that Judge Karpov was potentially biased, in part because he … Continue reading Savchenko fails in bid to replace judge