KIEV (Sputnik) — Savchenko was sentenced in late March to a 22-year jail term in Russia for her part in killing Russian journalists in eastern Ukraine. She subsequently refused to appeal the ruling. The Ukrainian authorities, however, have been trying to find ways for her possible return to her homeland, including through an exchange for Russian nationals held in Ukraine.
"Indeed, Nadezhda Savchenko received extradition documents yesterday… Savchenko began filling them out," Mark Feygin told reporters.
Feygin added that he did not believe that Savchenko would serve her sentence in Ukraine because of the immunity afforded to her as a Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) delegate.
Earlier, the lawyer said that the procedure to extradite Ukrainian national Nadezhda Savchenko, sentenced to 22 years of imprisonment in Russia, has begun and may take up to two months.
