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Basmanny Court to hear investigators’ request for Savchenko custody extension on Oct. 27

Published Oct. 20, 2014 at 5:13 pm

Ukrainian pilot Nadia Savchenko who is accused by Russian investigators of being involved in the killing of the VGTRK journalists.

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Moscow - Investigators have asked for an extension of custody for captive Ukrainian pilot Nadia Savchenko who is accused in Russia of abetting the killing of Russian journalists.

“The material over the extension of the constraining measure has been received and will be examined at a session on Oct. 27,” Moscow’s Basmanny Court spokeswoman Anna Fadeyeva told Interfax on Monday, Oct. 20.