Court refuses change of pretrial restriction for Savchenko, she remains under arrest
Kyiv's Shevchenkivsky District Court has denied the lawyers of People's Deputy of Ukraine Nadiia Savchenko change the measure of restraint, she will remain in custody.
The court made this decision on August 29, having considered the complaint of Savchenko's lawyers to change the measure of restraint from custody to bail.
"To refuse satisfaction of the petition to change pretrial restriction," the court's ruling reads.
The defenders of Savchenko asked to change the measure of restraint from custody to house arrest or bail.
The investigating judge announced the operative part of the decision, the full text of the ruling will be made public on September 3.
As reported, on August 9 the Kyiv Court of Appeals upheld the restraint in the form of detention for Savchenko until September 7, but at the same time revoked the decision of Kyiv's Shevchenkivsky District Court dated July 13 to extend her arrest until September 10.