Russia drops charges against woman accused of treason over Ukraine

Russian activist Svetlana Davydova feeds her daughter Kassandra after returning home in Vyazma, February 4, 2015. REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has dropped treason charges against an activist accused of phoning the Ukrainian embassy in Moscow last year to warn that Russian solders might be heading to eastern Ukraine, her lawyer said on Friday.

Svetlana Davydova was arrested at her home west of Moscow in January on suspicion of making the call after overhearing a soldier's conversation about troops from a nearby military base being sent to Ukraine.