WARSAW, 25 May 2016 – Michael Georg Link, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, welcomed the release today of Ukrainian pilot and member of parliament, Nadiya Savchenko, who had been held in Russia since 2014.
“I am very happy at the news of the release of Nadiya Savchenko,” Director Link said. “I hope that the end of her ordeal can contribute to the co-operation that will be necessary, in line with the Minsk agreement, to end the conflict in and around Ukraine.”
Savchenko had been imprisoned in Rostov-on-Don, and was released there in exchange for two Russians …read more
Source: OSCE
