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Judge allows Tymoshenko to dismiss her lawyers

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July 26, 2011, 3:54 p.m. | Politics — by Kyiv Post

Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, right, consults with her lawyer Serhyi Vlasenko as Judge Rodion Kireyev, left, looks on during a pre-trial hearing at the Pecherskiy District Court in Kiev on June 24, 2011.
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Judge Rodion Kireyev of Kyiv Pechersky District Court has partiallly granted a motion by former prime minister and leader of the Batkivschyna Party Yulia Tymoshenko to dismiss her lawyers in the Russian gas supply contracts case - Mykola Siry and Oleksandr Plakhotniuk, according to Interfax news agency. Judge Kireyev read out this decision after returning from the deliberation room. Though, he didn't specify witch part of the motion was granted by court and didn't say whether he is going to give Tymoshenko enough time to find new defenders, as assigned by Criminal Code, or not, reports Tymoshenko's official website.

Kireyev also approved two appeals to Kyiv regional qualification-disciplinary committee about the improper performance of duties by lawyers Plakhotniuk and Siry.

As reported, at a court session on July 26 Kireyev read out Tymoshenko's statement on dismissing lawyers Siry and Plakhotniuk. Tymoshenko noted that the judge has not given her lawyers enough time to study the case materials and that her lawyers could not prepare properly for the trial.

Tymoshenko's official press-service also reported that both lawyers are going to keep following Tymoshenko's gas case and studying the details of it, in order to be able to give her professional support in future.
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Anonymous July 26, 2011, 5:02 p.m.    

The entire case should be dismissed.

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Anonymous July 26, 2011, 7:36 p.m.    

If the President of Ukraine was smart he would invite an international court. e.g. European Court of Human Rights to conduct this case.

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Anonymous July 27, 2011, 12:06 a.m.    

If you were smart, you would try to stop the illegal piano voting.

Do you think Yanuk will stop???

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Anonymous July 27, 2011, 12:04 a.m.    

Yulia's trial is a travesty, and a stalin show trial........

But all the outrage against the PGO, Judge, her rights etc,,,,,is NOT THE PROBLEM.......

Someone,,please explain to me how things are going to get better if Yanuk is allowed to pass any damn law he wants , with his ILLEGAL PIANO VOTERS.???

Nothing is going to get better, no matter how much outrage is vented againsst this stalin show trial...

He has to be stopped in the Rada,,,,,,,

Opposition boycotting is what he loves.......&quot;More power to me!&quot;

Use the tools the Constitution gives the Opposition.....one man = one vote.....

He is using this; except one man = 20 votes !!!!!

And he will continue,,,,if no one tries to stop him.....

Wake up......

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Does everyone actually think there will be a fair and honest election in 2012?

.Of course not !!!!

Then do something about it,,,,,NOW !!!!

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