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Prison service says it got no statements from EU and US ambassadors on meeting with Tymoshenko

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Jan. 22, 2013, 6:13 p.m. | Politics — by Interfax-Ukraine

The flag with portret of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko seen in front of a police who are standing on guard during a rally to support Tymoshenko outside Ukraine's Presidential office in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Jan. 21, 2013. Last week, Ukrainian authorities stepped up their legal campaign against Tymoshenko, accusing her of organizing the murder of a businessman nearly 20 years ago.
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The State Penitentiary Service of Ukraine has said that it has not received any requests from foreign embassies for permission to visit former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.

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