PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Nadiya Savchenko (4 January 2016)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will discuss with his Russian counterpart the release of the Ukrainian MP Nadiya Savchenko.
Asked by:
Mark Pritchard (Conservative)
Asked by:
Mark Pritchard (Conservative)
Answer
The UK Government believes that Nadiya Savchenko is being held illegally and has repeatedly called for her release. I have raised our concerns with the Russian Government at Ministerial and Ambassadorial level on multiple occasions, most recently with First Deputy Foreign Minister Titov during a visit to Moscow on 22 December.
Answered by:
Sir David Lidington (Conservative)
12 January 2016
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