MOSCOW – Ukrainian military pilot Nadia Savchenko has been transferred from a jail hospital to a civilian clinic in Moscow. Russian Federal Penitentiary Service spokeswoman Kristina Belousova said on April 28 that Ms. Savchenko was moved to a clinic in the capital because of her deteriorating health, but did not say whether her move to a civilian hospital was permanent. Ms. Savchenko had previously maintained a hunger strike for more than 80 days over the winter. Her lawyer, Mark Feygin, said on April 27 that she had resumed the hunger strike over the weekend, and was in bad health. Ms. Belousova on April 28 said that Ms. Savchenko stopped her hunger strike. (RFE/RL, with reporting by TASS and RIA Novosti)
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