25 Jan 2015 19:38

Ukrainian pilot Savchenko will be freed if found not guilty - Naryshkin

STRASBOURG. Jan 25 (Interfax) - Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko, accused in Russia of involvement in the killing of two Russian reporters, will be freed if the court does not find her guilty, Russian State Duma Speaker Sergei Naryshkin said in Strasbourg.

"Concerning Ukrainian citizen Savchenko, as you know she is suspected of involvement in a serious crime - the killing of two Russian reporters. Only investigators and the court can say whether or not she is guilty. She will be freed if the court finds her not guilty," Naryshkin said after President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Anne Brasseur announced that Savchenko had been discussed on Sunday by the PACE Presidential Committee, attended by Naryshkin.