Brian Mefford: The Savchenko effect
Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko holds Ukrainian and Crimean Tatars flags as she walks to a rostrum at the Ukrainian Parliament in Kyiv on May 31, 2016.
The release from a Russian prison and return of Air Force pilot Nadia Savchenko to Ukraine has ignited speculation on her future political plans. Elected #1 on the party list of the Bloc of Yuliya Tymoshenko in the October 2014 Parliamentary Elections, Savchenko returns to Ukraine and immediately enters a political career.