The Latvian Foreign Ministry has called for immediate release of Ukrainian pilot and MP Nadia Savchenko, who has been sentenced in Russia to 22 years in prison.

The ministry said this on its Twitter account and also retweeted Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics, who wrote: " I strongly condemn unlawful sentencing of Nadiya #Savchenko by Russia, international community must to fight for her release."