Russia Expected to Find Ukrainian Pilot Guilty in Journalists' Killings

A Russian court is expected to find a Ukrainian pilot guilty in the 2014 killing of two Russian journalists in war-torn Ukraine. The trial of Nadiya Savchenko has been internationally condemned as a political sham. She is set to be sentenced Tuesday after the court hands down its verdict. Prosecutors have demanded a 23-year prison sentence for the pilot who says she was kidnapped at the height of the fighting in Ukraine and turned over to Russian officials to face charges that she...

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