Russia's War Against Ukraine
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Melinda Haring: Ukrainian fighter pilot’s case more about politics, less about law, says attorney
Ukrainian airforce officer Nadezhda (Nadia) Savchenko reacts inside a defendants' cage as she attends a hearing at the Basmanny district court in Moscow on March 26.
When Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine captured a fighter pilot loyal to Kyiv in June 2014, they got more than they bargained for. Nearly a year later, Nadiya Savchenko is on trial in Russia, and at the center of an international imbroglio. "This isn't an ordinary case," Russian attorney Mark Feygin said at the Atlantic Council on April 14, about his client. "It should be understood as a political affair, not a legal one."
