Kyiv eyeing two options in Savchenko's return: exchange and transfer of sentenced person to Ukraine

11:17, 05.04.2016 1 min read

The Ukrainian authorities are preparing documents for the transfer of sentenced Nadia Savchenko to Ukraine for serving her time; she may also be exchanged for 'certain Russian citizens', a source with knowledge of the situation told Interfax.

"The Ukrainian Justice Ministry is preparing documents to ask the Russian Justice Ministry for the transfer of Savchenko for serving her time in Ukraine," the source said on Tuesday morning, noting that it was just one of the options in Savchenko's return to the home country.

Another option is Savchenko's possible exchange for Russian citizens who are on trial in Kyiv on the counts of a series of felonies committed in Ukraine, the source said.

It could be Russian citizens Yevgeny Yerofeyev and Alexander Alexandrov, who are being tried in Kyiv, he said.

In his case, procedural documents will be filed via diplomatic channels, the source said.