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Pechersky District Court Judge Rodion Kireyev has said that the defense team of former Ukrainian Premier Yulia Tymoshenko is delaying the consideration of the case on Russian gas supply contracts.

Judge Kireyev’s ruling on the rejection of a petition to withdraw the case reads that the motivating part of the petition was copied from a previous petition already considered by the court.

Kireyev said such actions by Tymoshenko’s defense team are "aimed at dragging out the consideration of the criminal case."