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Moscow - Ukrainian pilot Nadia Savchenko, who was arrested on suspicion of abetting the murder of Russian journalists, cannot be released from custody because the investigators have evidence of her guilt, Vladimir Markin from the Investigative Committee said.

“She is not an illegally held person, she is not a POW, she is not a hostage. She is under investigation in strict accordance with current legislation,” Peskov told reporters.