Markin: Savchenko's sentence will be harsh

The verdict of the Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko can be issued before the end of the year. This was the official representative of the Investigative Committee Vladimir Markin on the air of the Vesti FM radio station.

“Its consideration is in the final stage. I think the sentence will take place before the end of the year. And something tells me that it will be severe,” added Markin. "Those crimes committed by the so -called gunner Savchenko are absolutely clearly regulated by our legislation, as a crime was committed against Russian citizens," said the representative of the UK.

Hearing in the case of Savchenko is held in the Donetsk City Court of the Rostov Region since September 22. On December 3, the state prosecution completed the presentation of evidence in the case. The pilot threatens up to 25 years in the colony.

Savchenko is charged with points “A”, “E”, “l” of part 2 of Article 105 (the murder with a generally hazardous way of two or more persons based on political hatred, perfect by a group of persons), part 3 of Article 30 are paragraphs “A”, “E”, “E”, “L” of Article 105 (attempt on the same crime) and part 1 of Article 322 of the Criminal Code (illegal crossing of the border).

As stated in the case, Savchenko, after the start of Russian aggression in Ukraine, who served in the Aidar volunteer battalion, on June 17, 2014 handed over the coordinates for artillery shelling to the battalion, as a result of which the VGTRK employees Igor Kornelyuk and Anton Voloshin died. The accusation explains the inclusion in the case of an episode of the assassination attempt on the murder by the fact that other civilians could die as a result of this shelling. It is also stated that in the future Savchenko illegally entered the territory of Russia, where she was detained.

In reality, Savchenko was captured by the militants of the LPR even before shelling, during which Korneluk and Voloshin were killed, and was illegally taken to Russia, where the case was fabricated against her.