Even for Russia, where everyday life can best be described as Kafkaesque, the case of Nadiya Savchenko is outrageous. In 2014, during the war in Ukraine’s Donbas, Savchenko, a Ukrainian military officer captured by the pro-Russian separatists in combat, was transferred to Russia, where she was accused of involvement in the death of two Russian TV journalists. The journalists were covering the fighting in eastern Ukraine. Has there ever been a more absurd case in history—a POW being prosecuted on trumped-up criminal charges in the country which is technically not involved in the war?While she was in Russian jail, Savchenko …read more
Source: Atlantic Council