Savchenko refused a jury

The defense of the Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko, accused of the murder of Russian journalists, was refused all petitions, including the jury. This was announced to the granim.ru by lawyer Nikolai Polozov. "I called the Investigative Committee. All petitions were refused, and the case was referred to the prosecutor," said Polozov.

"All petitions in the general order on the Code of Criminal Procedure are now submitted at the same time. The answer of the UK was sent by mail, so we have not yet seen the motivating part of the failures," Polozov said.

According to him, the reason for the jury refusal at the level of the Investigative Committee may be that women are now not at all set a jury, since the Criminal Code does not provide for them for a life sentence, and the jury is appointed only in this case.

Savchenko’s defense filed a petition for the jury, realizing that she would be refused. However, it is needed in order to challenge this provision in the Constitutional Court as restricting the rights of the accused on a gender. "In the absence of justice in Russia, the jury court remains the only chance of a fair sentence." - said Polozov.

On Monday, the SK press service reported that the Savchenko case was transferred to the Prosecutor General to approve the indictment. "The Office for the Investigation of Prohibited Funds and Methods of War of War, the GSU of the IC of Russia has completed an investigation into a criminal case against a citizen of Ukraine Nadezhda Savchenko. The criminal case against Savchenko was sent to approve the indictment and subsequent transfer to the court for consideration on the merits," the department said.

In turn, lawyer Mark Feigin said that Savchenko could be judged by Rostov-on-Don, Interfax reports. "She will be judged either in Moscow or Rostov. According to the final version of the prosecution, investigators believe that she crossed the border through the city of Donetsk in the Rostov region. If they decide to judge at the place of" crime, "it will be Rostov," Feigin said.

On July 2, Feigin said that Savchenko’s defense will petition for a court in Moscow, as well as the possibility of considering a jury. “Today we signed a protocol on the end of familiarization with the case file and stated several petitions. Firstly, the termination of the case against Nadezhda Viktorovna for the lack of corpus delicti, and secondly, about the exclusion of several evidence,” Feigin said. “We also ask for a trial in the case by a jury court.”

“Despite the fact that this year, article 105 (murder) against women who are not threatened with maximum punishment, is brought out of the jurors of the jury, we insist on the jury in order to challenge this norm in the Constitutional Court, as we consider it discriminatory on a gender sign,” the lawyer noted. He also stated that the defense would require a trial in Moscow.

"The most logical in this situation is the consideration of its case in Moscow, where consular institutions are located, experts in the case, investigative bodies. It is more than logical to carry out the court here," Feigin said.

According to Feigin, the head of the self -proclaimed "Lugansk People’s Republic" Igor Plotnitsky can be called as a witness to the prosecution.

"This is a separate event giving this Kafkian process even greater infernicity," the lawyer said.

On April 24, Savchenko was a final charge . Part 5 of Article 33 - paragraphs “A”, “e”, “l” of part 2 of Article 105 (aiding in the murder in the generally hazardous method of two or more persons based on political hatred, perfect by a group of persons), part 5 of Article 33 - Part 3 of Article 30 - paragraphs “A”, “E”, “L” of Article 105 (Part 2 of Article 105 (Part 2 of Article 105 (Part 2 or more. persons based on political hatred, committed by a group of persons) and part 1 of Article 322 of the Criminal Code (illegal crossing of the border). Part 2 of Article 105 of the Criminal Code, Savchenko, threatens up to 20 years in the colony, since according to Articles 57, 59 of the Code, more severe punishments - life imprisonment and death penalty are not appointed to women.

On May 7, Feigin said that the trial of Savchenko is supposed to be held in Voronezh . According to the criminal case of Savchenko, she crossed the border with Russia in the Voronezh region. Thus, the transfer of her case to the court of this region from a formal point of view looks logical.

Nevertheless, on May 14, Savchenko handed over a statement through Feigin, in which she demanded to conduct a court to her in Moscow . According to the pilot, to transfer the process to Voronezh, they want to hide "mediocrity, unprofessionalism and crime of the investigation."