The defenders of Ukrainian pilot Nadia Savchenko, convicted to 22 years of imprisonment for the murder of Russian journalists, will try to persuade her to appeal for pardon, because in March 2016 she banned her lawyers from filing appeal, petition for pardon or admission of guilt.
“I am ready to submit petition to the commission on pardon under the President of the Russian Federation, but first we must get written permission from Nadia saying she allows us [the lawyers] to do this,” Savchenko’s lawyer Mark Feygin told Interfax.
However, on his Twitter page he posted Savchenko’s statement for his name, dated March 23, 2016, in which she bans filing an appeal or petition for clemency.
“I forbid you to file an appeal, petition for clemency or a plea on behalf of me or yourself and perform any actions without my permission. In case of violating my will, I will regard it as betrayal on your part with an automatic rejection of you as a lawyer,” Savchenko wrote in the statement addressed to her lawyer Feygin.
