A Kyiv court ruled on Monday that power abuse charges against former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko are legal. The charges are linked to a 2009 gas deal Tymoshenko signed with Russian gas giant Gazprom. "The investigator has enough grounds to initiate a criminal case," Judge Galina Suprun said during a court session. The Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office initiated the criminal case against Tymoshenko in April for signing a 10-year contract on the supply of Russian gas to Ukraine in January 2009 at international prices. Read the story here.
