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Ukrainian opposition leader and ex-premier Yulia Tymoshenko said on Monday she had no plans to seek political asylum abroad to avoid criminal charges. "President [Viktor] Yanukovych wants me to flee from my own country. The time will come when they will be the ones who have to flee," Tymoshenko told journalists, adding "I'm not going to leave." Read more.