Putin is asked to free woman accused over Ukraine embassy call


MOSCOW (Reuters) - Supporters of a Russian mother of seven, accused of phoning the Ukrainian embassy to warn that Russian soldiers might be heading to east Ukraine, petitioned President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday to let her go home while awaiting trial for high treason.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the Kremlin would give consideration to the petition of nearly 20,000 signatures asking that 37-year-old Svetlana Davydova be released from custody.

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