Yulia Tymoshenko

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Ukrainian parliament votes for arrest of judge who sentenced ex-PM Tymoshenko

The Ukrainian parliament voted on Thursday to allow arrest of Rodion Kireyev, judge of Kiev's Pechyorsky District Court, who sentenced former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko to seven years in prison.

14:54 05.02.2015

ECHR dismisses Tymoshenko’s application due to ‘settlement’

The European Court of Human Rights ruled to discontinue the examination of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko’s application Ukraine due to a “settlement” of the situation, says the court’s press release obtained by RAPSI on Thursday.

14:22 22.01.2015

Prison guards face trial for alleged abuse of Ukraine ex-PM Tymoshenko

Two guards at a penal colony where former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko served a seven-year term face trial for alleged abuse.

14:25 12.12.2014

Tymoshenko prison staff goes on trial

The Dzerzhinsky District Court of Kharkiv held the first hearing of a criminal case to try Kachanovskaya Prison personnel. Kachanovskaya is where former prime minister of Ukraine, Yulia Tymoshenko, served her term between 2011 and 2014, Ukrinform reports Friday.

13:12 28.11.2014

Ukrainian pilot arrested in Russia elected to parliament - report

The leader of the Batkivshchyna party, Yulia Tymoshenko, said she hopes that the election to parliament will help ensure the release of Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko, who has been charged with complicity in the death of Russian journalists in southeastern Ukraine, UNIAN news agency reports.

10:37 27.10.2014

Ukraine puts judge who sent Tymoshenko to prison on wanted list

The Ukrainian Interior Ministry has put Pechersky District Court Judge Rodion Kireyev, who sentenced former Prime Minister Tymoshenko to seven years in prison for abuse of power for signing gas contracts with Russia in 2009, on the wanted list, the ministry announced on its website.

10:24 07.07.2014

Judge who sent Tymoshenko to prison put on wanted list

The Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office has put Pechersky District Court Judge Rodion Kireyev on the wanted list, Ukrainian news agency LigaBiznesInform announced on Friday. Kireyev was the judge who pronounced ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko guilty in the well-publicized “gas” case.

14:06 20.06.2014

Ukrainian Supreme Court closes “gas case” against Tymoshenko

The Supreme Court of Ukraine has closed the “gas case” against former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko who was sentenced to 7 years in prison.

17:47 14.04.2014

Ukraine refuses to pay $288 mln debt to Russian Defense Ministry

On Thursday, the Kiev Economic Court voided its 2012 ruling that the Ukrainian government should compensate the Russian Defense Ministry for 3,24 billion hryvnas ($288 million), in order to resolve the debt of United Energy Systems of Ukraine, according to the statement posted on the court’s website.

15:45 03.04.2014

UTICo loses US Credit Suisse appeal over alleged Ukrainian corruption

Universal Trading & Investment Co. (UTICo) lost an appeal challenging the dismissal of its US complaint alleging that affiliates and employees of Credit Suisse had helped “a pair of rogue Ukrainian officials,” according to court documents obtained by RAPSI.

15:34 31.03.2014

Tymoshenko may run for Ukrainian presidency under new law

In accordance with a new law signed into force by Ukraine’s acting president Aleksandr Turchinov, recently freed ex-prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko may run for president.

14:52 03.03.2014

Yanukovich decries ouster, vows to continue fighting for Ukraine

Ousted Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovich declared at a press conference Friday his refusal to acknowledge his ouster, and vowed his determination to continue the fight for Ukraine’s future.

17:34 28.02.2014

Criminal charges against freed ex-PM Tymoshenko dropped

A judge of the Kievsky District Court of Kharkiv has dropped criminal charges against former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko in the case concerning financial abuse within the United Energy Systems of Ukraine (UESU), Tymoshenko's party Batkivshchyna reported Friday.

15:04 28.02.2014

Ex-PM Tymoshenko released from prison, arrives in Kiev

Former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko was released from prison Saturday and has arrived in Kiev.

23:57 22.02.2014

Conflicting reports as to whether Tymoshenko has already been freed

Former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko has been freed from prison, the Associated Press (AP) reported Saturday, citing her spokeswoman Natalia Lysova.

16:42 22.02.2014

Ukrainian criminal code reform may clear path for ex-PM Tymoshenko’s release

The Ukrainian parliament adopted sweeping amendments to the Criminal Code which may clear the way for the release of former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko from prison.

23:16 21.02.2014

Ukraine must abolish “selective justice” to associate with EU

In order to move forward with a planned association deal between the Ukraine and the European Union (EU), Kiev must abolish selective justice, both in general and specifically in Yulia Tymoshenko’s case, an EU source told RIA Novosti on Friday.

11:31 29.11.2013

Tymoshenko may be eligible for release if she pays out damages– Yanukovych

Former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko may be released if she covers the damage caused to the federal budget, President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych said in an interview broadcast on Ukrainian TV channels.

14:20 27.11.2013

Tymoshenko's daughter asks Merkel to seek her mother's release

The daughter of convicted former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko has asked German Chancellor Angela Merkel to continue seeking her mother's release for medical treatment abroad.

14:55 25.11.2013

Ukraine rejects laws permitting Tymoshenko to receive medical treatment abroad

On Thursday, the Ukrainian Parliament rejected all six bills that were designed to allow Yulia Tymoshenko to receive medical treatment abroad.

14:44 21.11.2013