Ukrainian pilot and MP Nadiya Savchenko sings the national anthem as she attends her first session in the parliament after being freed from confinement in Russia as part of a prisoner swap in Kiev, Ukraine, May 31, 2016. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
KIEV (Reuters) - Pointing at a man hanging on a rope while fitting insulation onto a building across the road, Ukraine's most famous soldier sometimes wishes she had such a life, earning money with an exciting job without having to think about politics.
Instead, straight after spending nearly two years in solitary confinement in a Russian prison cell, Nadiya Savchenko has dived into a career in parliament, hoping to use honesty and plain speaking to fight corruption and end a separatist war.
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