Russian court extends detention of Ukrainian pilot Savchenko


  • World
  • Wednesday, 11 Feb 2015

U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew (L) chats with International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde after a family photo session during the G20 finance ministers and central bank governors meeting in Istanbul February 10, 2015. REUTERS/Murad Sezer

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Ukrainian army pilot held on charges of aiding in the killing of two Russian journalists in east Ukraine last year was remanded in custody for a further three months by a Moscow court on Tuesday.

Nadezhda Savchenko, who has been on a hunger strike since Dec. 13, looked visibly thinner than at previous court hearings. She was brought in handcuffed to a metal cage in the courtroom, exclaiming "Glory to Ukraine!".

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