DONETSK /Rostov region/, November 18. /Corr. Dmitry Bulanin/. The proclaimed head LNR Igor Carpenter during the private questioning on Wednesday in the trial Ukrainka Hope Savchenko did not support direct accusations against the defendant in the death of Russian journalists. About it journalists were reported by one of the lawyers Savchenko mark Feigin.
“His (Carpenter’s) testimony on 17 June 2014 remained vague. It is impossible to judge, whether he blames her (Savchenko) in the death of journalists Kornelyuk and Voloshin. Direct charges against Savchenko he did not support, saying that Savchenko had carried out this function as an officer. And, like any other officer, she was able to adjust the flame and control the fighters,” – said Feigin.
The Prosecutor requires to file a case against the lawyer Feigin
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The Prosecutor requires to file a case against the lawyer Mark Feigin for posting on Twitter pictures of the head proclaimed LNR Igor Carpenter made at a closed hearing in trial of former Ukrainian army Hope Savchenko. This was reported by the lawyer himself.
“The prosecution appealed to the court for the making against me private ruling on criminal responsibility for the information on the interrogation of Carpentry in Twitter. I posted his picture and gave a few tweets is not specific,” said Feigin.
He noted that the court decision is not made, but it may do so at sentencing.
The sentence can bear in December
Lawyer Ilya Novikov also said that the sentence of former Ukrainian army Hope Savchenko can make in December.
“The court ends. We are now at the finish line. The prosecution, as I recall, did not remain witnesses. Will be questioned for a maximum of a few experts. Apparently, a week or two “the ball is going to come in our direction”. The defense will begin to present their evidence. And we expect that in the beginning of December, maybe mid-December will hear the sentence,” – said Novikov.
On Wednesday in Donetsk city court in the closed mode has passed interrogation of the head LNR Igor Carpenter, who in 2014 was the battalion commander of a battalion of militia “Zarya”, the fighters who took Savchenko captured.
Hearings on the case of Nadiya Savchenko
The hearing in the case Savchenko continued from September 22.
According to the investigation, as an officer of the armed forces of Ukraine, while the location of a paramilitary battalion “Aydar” on June 17, 2014 near the village of Metallist, Slavyanoserbsk district, Luhansk region, Savchenko was conducting secret surveillance and correction of shelling the checkpoint of the militia LNR with him were civilians, including three citizens of the Russian Federation – correspondents VGTRK. In the shelling of journalists Igor Kornelyuk and Anton Voloshin were killed.
