re: #78 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD

Not confirmed.

Very, very sad situation.

Ukrainian pilot could ‘die within days’ in Russian jail

news.yahoo.com

Moscow (AFP) - A Ukrainian airforce pilot, who has been on hunger strike in a Russian prison for 77 days, “could die within days,” a member of the Kremlin’s human rights council said Friday.

“Russia denies pledge to release hunger-strike Ukrainian pilot
Nadia Savchenko, a 33-year-old helicopter navigator, who has been charged with involvement in the deaths of two Russian reporters in a mortar attack in east Ukraine, has been held in a Moscow jail for nearly nine months.

“Savchenko denies the charges and says she was kidnapped and brought to Russia. She launched a hunger strike on December 13.” More