Tag: Nadiya Savchenko

President Vladimir Putin says he won’t sell or give back the Kuriles to the Japanese, but he is ready to buy other countries.

The Kremlin is making conciliatory noises to capitalise on yesterday’s release of Nadiya Savchenko in exchange for two captured Russian servicemen.

Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko was captured by Russian-backed fighters in eastern Ukraine and kidnapped into Russia to stand trial. She is now free. LIVE UPDATES

The Kremlin has finally released its most famous hostage. As a result, Ukraine might have gained something it has long lacked: a political figure with clear and unambiguous moral authority.

Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service says that they must have guarantees that Nadiya Savchenko will serve the rest of her prison sentence if extradited home to Ukraine.

Ukraine Day 779 – Nadiya Savchenko, an illegally jailed Ukrainian military officer, has declared a dry hunger strike as her sentence comes into effect in Russia.

LIVE UPDATES BELOW. Yesterday’s live coverage of the Ukraine conflict can be found here. READ OUR SPECIAL REPORT: An Invasion By Any Other Name: The Kremlin’s Dirty War in Ukraine   2 Ukrainian Soldiers Killed in Battle Today; 11 Wounded 2016-03-27 01:32:30 Ukraine’s Anti-Terrorist Operation [ATO] reported that two Ukrainian soldiers were killed and 11 […]

LIVE UPDATES: US Secretary of State John Kerry visited Moscow yesterday, March 24 for an intensive day of meetings that led to some modest joint proposals on Syrian peace talks but no breakthroughs or pledges regarding imprisoned Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko. Welcome to our column, Russia Update, where we will be closely following day-to-day developments […]

LIVE UPDATES BELOW. Yesterday’s live coverage of the Ukraine conflict can be found here. READ OUR SPECIAL REPORT: An Invasion By Any Other Name: The Kremlin’s Dirty War in Ukraine   As Poroshenko Offers Exchange, Savchenko Says She Will Resume Dry Hunger Strike In 10 Days 2016-03-22 16:03:51 Lawyers for Nadiya Savchenko say that she […]

LIVE UPDATES BELOW. Yesterday’s live coverage of the Ukraine conflict can be found here. READ OUR SPECIAL REPORT: An Invasion By Any Other Name: The Kremlin’s Dirty War in Ukraine   One Ukrainian Soldier Killed, Two Wounded Yesterday 2016-03-17 17:35:44 Colonel Oleksandr Motuzyanyk, a military spokesman for the Presidential Administration, announced at noon today that […]