The list of
people against whom individual sanctions have been proposed for their role in
the Nadia Savchenko case (the so-called "Savchenko list") contains
over 40 names, a source in diplomatic circles told Interfax.
"According to our information, the number of
people on the Savchenko list is much bigger than was said," the source
said commenting on the media reports about the list including 44 Russians and
two Ukrainians.
On March 17, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko
handed over to European Council President Donald Tusk, and European Parliament
President Martin Schultz, Ukraine's proposed sanctions against the individuals
who "fabricated" the case against Savchenko.
On March 15, Poroshenko said that Ukraine is drafting
sanctions against individuals involved in Savchenko's illegal arrest and trial,
is cooperating with the EU and the United States, and that the matter is fully
backed by Ukraine's international allies.
Savchenko has been held in custody in Russia, since
July 2014, on the charge of killing Russian journalists in eastern Ukraine. She
pleaded not guilty to all charges and claimed that she was moved to Russia
forcibly.
The criminal case against Savchenko was heard by the
Donetsk city court in Russia's Rostov region. At the court hearing on December
17, 2015, Savchenko announced a hunger strike until the end of the trial, and
on March 4 she announced a "dry" hunger strike, refusing to drink water,
but called it off on March 10, before the sentencing due on March 21-22.
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