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Lawyer Says Ukrainian Woman Pilot Could Die in Russian Detention

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A Ukrainian female army pilot may die in detention in Russia where she is on hunger-strike, her lawyer said on Monday, calling on President Vladimir Putin to release her. Nadiya Savchenko was captured by pro-Russian rebels while fighting in a volunteer battalion in east Ukraine last June. Kyiv says the rebels spirited her into Russia where she was arrested and accused of killing two Russian journalists. “I appeal to you ... for law and justice,” defense lawyer Mark Feigin wrote in an...

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