April 18, 2018 - Kyiv, Ukraine - MP Nadiya Savchenko stays in the glass-panelled security cage during a hearing at the Shevchenkivskyi District Court, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine, April 18, 2018. Ukrinform...KYIV. The Shevchenkivskyi District Court of Kyiv has held a hearing to consider a petition filed by the prosecutor which calls for a forced drawing of biological materials from MP Nadiya Savchenko. The lawmaker announced that she would consider any such action as a humiliation and torture. Later, the court dismissed the move. As reported, the Verkhovna Rada approved of Nadiya Savchenko's criminal prosecution, detention and arrest on March 22. The MP is suspected of actions aimed at enacting a coup, infringement on the life of a statesperson or civil activist, preparation of a terror act, facilitation of a terrorist organization and the illegal handling of weapons, ammunition and explosive substances. Moreover, Nadiya Savchenko and Volodymyr Ruban, the head of the Ofitserskyi Korpus (Officers' Corps) Centre for the Liberation of Captives who was also arrested, are suspected of preparing the assassination of President Petro Poroshenko. On March 23, the Shevchenkivskyi District Court ruled a two-month custodial detention without the right to bail for the people's deputy. During this hearing, the MP announced her hunger strike. On April 17, Nadiya Savchenko underwent a forensic psychological examination with the use of a polygraph. (Credit Image: © Olena Khudiakova/Ukrinform via ZUMA Wire)
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