Telephone law

The fault of the Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko, who was captured by LPR terrorists in June, and then illegally transported to Russia and arrested, is confirmed by the details of calls from her mobile phone. This was in an interview with Kommersant by the head of the Directorate of the Investigative Committee of the Investigation of Crimes related to the use of prohibited funds and methods of warfare, Alexander Drymanov.

"According to our version, Savchenko brought the fire of the mortars to journalists and the refugees nearby by phone," Drymanov said. The pilot’s mobile phone, he said, "was seized during her detention already in Russia." “In addition,” added the official, “Savchenko found a map of the area, divided into squares, on which the artillery -minometric fire was applied.”

In addition, Drymanov , following the press secretary of his department, Vladimir Markin, denied the fact of Savchenko’s transfer to Russia from the territory controlled by terrorists. According to the official, the police detained the pilot, "when she and one man went on a taxi in the Voronezh region." “Her fellow traveler, as we found out, had nothing to do with the events in the southeast of Ukraine,” Drymanov added. “But the purpose of Savchenko’s visit to our country, which crossed the border as a refugee, still requires clarification.”

The official also announced his intention to hold the commander of the Aidar volunteer battalion Sergey Melnichuk, because "it was his subordinates who arranged a mortar shelling, which died by VGTRK journalists Anton Voloshin and Igor Korneluk ." In absentia, in absentia, Melnichuk will be charged and put him on the wanted list, assured Drymanov.

In addition, he did not exclude the initiation of a new case against the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Arsen Avakov and the governor of the Dnipropetrovsk region Igor Kolomoisky. "Volunteer battalions of the" Dnipro "type, which are contained by Kolomoisky, are essentially illegal armed formations," Drymanov said. The fighters of these battalions, he said, "united with the aim of conducting a punitive operation, exercise of looting and for other crimes in the territory of the southeast of Ukraine."

According to the results of the pre -investigation, the official added, the case will be opened under article 208 (the organization of illegal armed formation) or 209 of the Criminal Code (banditry). Drymanov noted that "Avakov, as the highest official of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, should be personally responsible for the crimes committed by his subordinates, not only under our legislation, but also in accordance with paragraph 2 of Article 86 of the additional protocol for the Geneva Convention of August 12, 1949."

Savchenko is contained in SIZO-3 in Voronezh. On July 9, the Novousmansky district court of the Voronezh region arrested her until August 30. Part 5 of Article 33, paragraphs “A”, “B”, “E”, “F” and “L” of part 2 of Article 105 of the Criminal Code (awarding in the murder in the generally hazardous method of two or more persons in connection with the implementation of their official activities based on political hatred committed by a group of persons) were charged. According to the Investigative Committee, it was she who adjusted the mortar fire, which Korneluk and Voloshin were killed at the checkpoint of terrorists. Lawyers Mark Feigin and Nikolai Polozov defend Savchenko.

On Friday , the arrest of Savchenko will be considered at the Voronezh Regional Court. At the same time, despite the pilot’s written request for personal participation in the meeting, it is possible that she will not be delivered to the court. "On cassation and appeal complaints, we have long been valid with investigative insulators," said Lada Petina, spokeswoman for the alms.