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Nadezhda Savchenko
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Foreign affairs
![Nadezhda Savchenko](https://lithuaniatribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/6746956-326x245.jpg)
Opinion
The Savchenko swap: Why did Putin really free Ukraine’s most famous pilot?
Vladimir Putin’s decision to pardon Nadezhda Savchenko was a purely pragmatic one. Left with no viable alternatives to freeing the Ukrainian pilot, Putin was forced to make a concession that may not sit well with the Russian population, which has come to see Savchenko as a symbol of the “Kiev junta.” […]
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Foreign affairs
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Opinion
![Nadiya Savchenko](https://lithuaniatribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/6253354-326x245.jpg)
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Lithuanian MEP initiates letter to Putin, urging to release Ukrainian pilot
Lithuania’s Liberal MEP Petras Auštrevičius has initiated a letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin, calling for release of Ukrainian military pilot Nadezhda Savchenko. […]