Savchenko's sentence entered into force

The verdict of the Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko, convicted in Russia to 22 years in prison, entered into force at midnight on April 5. According to RIA Novosti, this was reported by the press secretary of the Donetsk court of the Rostov region, Julia Kalacheva. According to her, not one of the parties began to appeal the verdict.

"The court did not receive an appeal of either from the parties. Neither the prosecutor’s office, nor the victims, the accused and the defense were sentenced to appeal, so he entered into force from 00.00 hours," the spokesman said.

Lawyer Savchenko Mark Feigin confirmed to Interfax that, according to the client, he did not appeal.

According to the law, Savchenko should be sent "for serving a sentence no later than 10 days from the date of receipt by the administration of the investigative insulator on the entry of the court sentence." After the joint of the convict to the place of serving the sentence, the administration of the pre -trial detention center is obliged to inform, where it is sent, one of its relatives.

On March 29, Savchenko said that she would begin a dry hunger strike on April 6. This is stated in her letter from a pre -trial detention center published by lawyer Nikolai Polozov.

Savchenko called the trial of herself "Fars", and the sentenced verdict - "bluff". She suggested that politicians would bargain on the issue of her liberation, trying to get the most benefit for themselves.

“I will not become a product. I will decide my fate myself. Therefore, I suggest not to trade politicians, but to agree. Since no one will benefit from my death, but it will get worse,” writes Savchenko. “I understand that they will break me and the pressure will intensify me. But I wouldn’t stand it and I couldn’t stand it all! I’ll start a dry hunger strike from April 6! And in any colony. "

"Ukraine is above all! Glory to Ukraine!" - Savchenko finishes a letter addressed to "people".

On March 22, the board of the Donetsk City Court of the Rostov Region sentenced Savchenko to 22 years in colony . Savchenko forbade lawyers to appeal to lawyers.

President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko in his statement about the decision of the Donetsk City Court assured that Ukraine never recognizes "neither this judgment, nor their so -called sentence, which, with its absurdity and cruelty, indicates the return of Russian justice during the time of Stalin - Vyshinsky." The head of state noted the need to impose personal sanctions against all involved in the persecution of both Savchenko and other Ukrainian political prisoners in Russia.

At the same time, he expressed his readiness to exchange for Savchenko the special forces of the Russian GRU, Captain Evgeny Erofeev and Sergeant Alexander Alexandrov, whose process is ending in Kyiv, immediately after the accused sentenced the sentence.

After the sentences were sentenced, it was repeatedly reported that the agreement on the release of Savchenko was reached. On March 25, US Secretary of State John Kerry, following a meeting with Vladimir Putin in Moscow, stated that Barack Obama Ready to lift sanctions from Russia if all the provisions of the Minsk agreements in Ukraine are fulfilled. Separately, Kerry expressed the hope that Nadezhda Savchenko, "will allow Ukraine to return." "This is a question of a humanitarian nature, which should be resolved immediately," said the Secretary of State. Also, Ukraine should be transferred to Ukraine who was illegally detained in Russia, he emphasized.

According to Kerry, Putin answered his question about Savchenko and "made it clear" that they could do "at a certain moment."

On Tuesday, the interfax source said that Savchenkocan exchange Viktor Butta and Konstantin Yaroshenko for Russians , serving a sentence in the United States. The source did not specify exactly who are the parties to the negotiations, but noted that the exchange proposal was made to Moscow.

However, the official representative of the US Embassy in Moscow Will Stevens denied this message . The US Ambassador to Kyiv Jeffrey Payette, in turn, called the reports of such negotiations "funny". “The offer for exchange is simply funny. Savchenko is kept illegally in Russia, it was illegally captured, and according to the Minsk agreements it must be released, and the point,” Payette said. The ambassador noted that Poroshenko made a "generous proposal" to exchange Savchenko for two Russian military, and "the discussion ends this."