Porosjenko regulates exchange Savtsjenko itself

- President Petro Poroshenko on Wednesday personally to the Russian city of Rostov on Don flown to exchange Nadezhda Savtsjenko. Ukrainian helicopter pilot in March was sentenced by a court in Rostov up to 22 years in prison for the murder of two Russian journalists.

After arriving in Kiev Savtsjenko said she had survived precisely by those in Russia all who wanted to cause her harm. They will work for the Ukrainians who are imprisoned outside their home country, she said in an emotional speech. The pilot is considered a hero in his own country and even has a place been in parliament.

Savtsjenko was exchanged for two Russians detained in Ukraine. Yevgeni Yerofeyev and Aleksander Aleksandrov flew along with the president. The duo was convicted by a Ukrainian court for,, conducting a secret operation 'in eastern Ukraine.
  
    
     
      
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Exchange Savtsjenko is seen by the West as a sign that the tension between Russia and Western states decreases somewhat. Moreover, the West decided soon on the economic sanctions imposed after the annexation of the Crimea to Moscow.

The murder of the journalists had been committed in eastern Ukraine in 2014. Savtsjenko was captured by pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine and handed over to the Russians. The pilot said that they had been arrested before the murder was committed. Ukraine dubbed the trial as a sham and it was supported by the European Union and the United States. The West has always insisted on Savtsjenko's release.

A week ago, Moscow refused to participate in an exchange unless Ukraine Savtsjenko her punishment would leave fully serve domestically. President Putin granted her pardon Wednesday, as his Ukrainian counterpart did when the two Russians.