Tag: show trial

Savchenko Returns To Moscow For Karpyuk And Klykh Hearing; Maryinka Shelled

October 26, 2016

The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation upheld the 22.5 and 20 year sentences imposed on the two Ukrainians despite testimony extracted under torture being retracted.

Day 764: Savchenko Verdict Finally Due Today

March 22, 2016

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 […]

Day 750: World Leaders Speak Out in Defense of Imprisoned Ukrainian Pilot Savchenko on Dry Hunger Strike

March 8, 2016

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   39 Arrested at Action in Support of Savchenko in Moscow 2016-03-08 22:04:57 As we reported earlier, dozens of Muscovites were arrested today at pickets […]

Day 746: Nadezhda Savchenko Begins Dry Hunger Strike, Lawyers Say She Will Not Be Dissuaded

March 4, 2016

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Day 744: As Show Trial Nears End, Prosecution Demands 23-Year Sentence For Nadezhda Savchenko

March 2, 2016

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Ukraine Live Day 695: Savchenko Returns To Court On 27th Day Of Hunger Strike

January 13, 2016

Nadezhda Savchenko has returned to court today while on the 27th day of her renewed hunger strike. The court has once again rejected defence submissions. Yesterday’s live coverage of the Ukraine conflict can be found here. Please help The Interpreter to continue providing this valuable information service by making a donation towards our costs. For […]

Ukraine Live Day 668: Savchenko To Go On Hunger Strike As Court Extends Detention Until April

December 17, 2015

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Ukraine Live Day 582: Trial of Nadezhda Savchenko Underway in Donetsk, Russia

September 22, 2015

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The Bolotnaya Case: Half a Year Later

December 3, 2013

In the case of the riots on Bolotnaya Square on May 6, 2012, the discovery of evidence stage hasn’t been completed yet: only 40 out of 453 declared witnesses have been questioned. However, according to the Bolotnaya prisoners’ attorneys, “the court began to ‘push’ the participants in the trial ‘to make sure everything is completed […]