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Ukraine's Foreign Ministry has expressed protest in connection with the refusal of the Basmanny Court of Moscow to close criminal proceedings against Ukraine's MP, pilot Nadia Savchenko and demanded that the Russian side immediately liberate the Ukrainian woman.

Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has once again called on the Russian side to take into account the human aspect of Savchenko’s being in custody and demanded the unconditional fulfillment by the Russian Federation of international obligations, including the Minsk agreements, the immediate release of Savchenko and her return to Ukraine.