Petition calls on president to allow Svetlana Davydova to return home while she awaits trial over Ukraine embassy warningTens of thousands of Russians have signed a letter asking Vladimir Putin to release a woman detained on charges of treason.Svetlana Davydova faces up to 20 years in prison on accusations that she called the Ukrainian embassy in Moscow in April to warn that Russian special forces were being deployed to eastern Ukraine. She was detained at her home in the Smokensk region on 21 January and placed in pre-trial detention for two months in Moscow’s high security Lefortovo prison. … …read more
Source: The Guardian
