The list of people against whom individual sanctions have been proposed for their role in the Nadia Savchenko case (the so-called "Savchenko list") contains over 40 names, a source in diplomatic circles told Interfax.

"According to our information, the number of people on the Savchenko list is much bigger than was said," the source said commenting on the media reports about the list including 44 Russians and two Ukrainians.

On March 17, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko handed over to European Council President Donald Tusk, and European Parliament President Martin Schultz, Ukraine's proposed sanctions against the individuals who "fabricated" the case against Savchenko.

On March 15, Poroshenko said that Ukraine is drafting sanctions against individuals involved in Savchenko's illegal arrest and trial, is cooperating with the EU and the United States, and that the matter is fully backed by Ukraine's international allies.

Savchenko has been held in custody in Russia, since July 2014, on the charge of killing Russian journalists in eastern Ukraine. She pleaded not guilty to all charges and claimed that she was moved to Russia forcibly.

The criminal case against Savchenko was heard by the Donetsk city court in Russia's Rostov region. At the court hearing on December 17, 2015, Savchenko announced a hunger strike until the end of the trial, and on March 4 she announced a "dry" hunger strike, refusing to drink water, but called it off on March 10, before the sentencing due on March 21-22.