“We must stop fighting in the Rada once and for all, because violence is a sign of weakness,” parliament speaker Volodymyr Groysman proclaimed during a session of the Verkhovna Rada on Nov. 24.
The defense of Nadia Savchenko, the jailed Ukrainian pilot jailed, claims that new criminal proceedings have been launched against her sister, Vira.
One of the lawyers, Mark Feygin, published a document where Vira Savchenko is accused of showing “obvious disrespect for the court and the judiciary of Russia.”
“[She] said to the judge ‘He is not a judge, but a schmuck’, as evidenced by an extract from the court session minutes,” reads the document.
Another of Savchenko’s lawyers, Ilya Novikov, said on Twitter “not to panic,” adding that the defense is taking the necessary measures.