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Tymoshenko arrested on contempt-of-court charges; brawls erupt on street
Ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, on trial for abusing her authority in reaching a 2009 gas deal with Russia, has been arrested and is reportedly being held in Lukyanivka pre-trial detention center in Kyiv.
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The armored truck carrying Tymoshenko made its way on to Kreshchatyk Street and then turned west on Shevchenko Boulevard. There busloads of officers formed a convoy behind the vehicle believed to be carrying Tymoshenko.It was not immediately clear where Tymoshenko was taken.
Tymoshenko supporters in the crowd chanted: "Yulia, we're with you!" as dozens of people scuffled with police officers. "Shame! Shame!," her supporters also screamed to police.
Tymoshenko's press service issued this reaction from her: "To say this trial is a circus gives it too much credibility. It is politically motivated and demeans Ukraine on the international stage. It saddens me greatly that our country has come to this."
Tymoshenko believes the prosecution’s request was related to her “uncomfortable” questions to witness Prime Minister Mykola Azarov. “The court and prosecution because I asked awkward questions regarding corruption at RosUkrEnergo immediately announced a change in sanctions from a travel ban to my arrest,” she told journalists.
Criticism of Tymoshenko's arrest was swift and intense, despite President Viktor Yanukovych's denial that he had nothing to do with the arrest. Many in the West and in Ukraine believe that Tymoshenko is facing trumped-up charges designed to eliminate her as Yanukovych's political rival.
"Democracy is over," said Arseniy Yatsenyuk, a former speaker of parliament who is leading the opposition party Front For Change. "There is not one regime that has won a war against its own people."
Many supporters gathered on Khreshchatyk Street, mostly elderly women, broke down in tears. A Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko member of parliament pleaded with police over a microphone to "stay with Ukrainians, don't take her away."
Some of the most detailed information about the order for her arrest came from a report on the official Tymoshenko website. Authorities could not immediately be reached for information.
Pechersky District Court judge Rodion Kireyev also adjourned the court hearings against Tymoshenko until 10 a.m. on Aug. 8.
A scuffle erupted in the courtroom after Kireyev granted the prosecution's motion to arrest Tymoshenko. Specifically, the judge ordered her detained "because of regular violations, interference in establishing the truth and violating court order."
Riot police protect a prison truck carrying former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko outside the Pecherskiy District Court in Kyiv on Aug.5. (Yaroslav Debelyi)
Parliamentarian Serhiy Vlasenko, who earlier acted as Tymoshenko's defense attorney, attempted to break through a police cordon to approach her, but a number of commandos from the Berkut special task force surrounded him and prevented him from doing so. Before police escorted Tymoshenko out of the courtroom, she managed to pass her purse to Vlasenko, the politician's press service reported.
The arrest came after prosecutors asked the court to keep Tymoshenko in custody. A petition seeking her detainment was read by prosecutor Lilia Frolova at a session of the Pechersky District Court in Kyiv. Frolova cited Tymoshenko's obstructive behavior in court.
"I am stating the request to change the restrictive measure against the defendant from a travel ban to arrest because the defendant with her behavior is preventing the establishment of the truth," prosecutor Liliya Frolova told the court. Tymoshenko reportedly responded jokingly by asking when the judge will hear the motion to have her executed.
The prosecution's motion for Tymoshenko's arrest was made after a heated debate between her and Azarov, who was giving testimony in the case. Tymoshenko's press service said the judge had disallowed any questioning of Azarov from the defense involving RosUkrEnergo, the controversial intermediary company removed from the gas trade in the 2009 agreement with Russia.
The prosecution accuses the 50-year-old Tymoshenko, who served as prime minister from 2007-2010 and before that in 2005-2006, of illegally forcing state energy company Naftogaz to sign the gas supply agreement with Russia in 2009, a contract that the state says required approval of the Cabinet of Ministers. She could face more than five years in prison if convicted.
Tymoshenko's agreement with Russia ended a three-week standoff with the Kremlin and Russian Gazprom over the price of natural gas. The deal also cut out RosUkrEnergo as a gas-trading intermediary between Russia and Ukraine, an agreement that angered RosUkrEnergo co-owner Dmytro Firtash and politicians backing him.
Riot police block supporters of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko outside the Pecherskiy District Court in Kyiv on Aug. 5. (AP)
Tymoshenko, the country's top opposition leader, has criticized her trial as an attempt by President Viktor Yanukovych to bar her from elections. She has refused, as required, to stand up when addressing the judge and her supporters have repeatedly disrupted court hearings.
She has also played an aggressive role in defending herself, grilling witnesses and eliciting testimony to back her claims that ex-President Viktor Yushchenko lobbied the interests of RosUkrEnergo and attempted to thwart her efforts to reach an agreement with her counterpart then, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.
Lukyanivska pre-trial detention center, named after the Lukyanivka neighborhood and located just behind the Defense Ministry barracks, is at 13 Degtyaryivska Street. It is a whitewashed brick building, complete with watchtowers and barbed wire, a blue steel door and a gray sliding gate.
Besides charges in the gas deal, Tymoshenko also faces charges for allegedly misspending millions of dollars that Ukraine received as part of the Kyoto Protocol, which seeks to reduce greenhouse gas house emissions, as well as allegedly misappropriation of money for the purchase of ambulances. She says all the charges are politically motivated attempts to eliminate her from participating in future elections. Tymoshenko lost her bid for presidency to Yanukovych by 3.5 percentage points. Her loss came after Ukraine suffered a deep economic recession in 2009 and after years of conflict with Yushchenko. Tymoshenko and Yushchenko had a bitter falling out after their alliance during the 2004 Orange Revolution, the peaceful uprising that denied Yanukovych election as president after a rigged vote.
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If you believe in violence, please go to another country; Ukraine has seen enough violence and death in the last 100 years.
sorry, that looks out of place here, it was in response to a comment that has been removed.
You bastard! Arm the Ukrainian people which support free speach and democracy! Another citizen war is needed!
Mr Jackson, what do you mean 'another citizen war'? Have you never seen war? Have you never seen the endless suffering of the Ukrainian people through countless wars? Your compassion for the Ukrainian people shows through your comments loud and clear. You, sir, are a profound fool, and that's being kind. To wish war on the people you supposedly support brings in to question your credentials, which I would aver are the usual coffee kafe revolutionaries credentials. Foment trouble from afar, and then 'tsk tsk' at the sufferings of the locals. You, sir, are beneath contempt to wish such sufferings on Ukraine.
Ukrainian nation never had time to build up their OWN nation. Therefore, and solely, this can be guaranteed by a citizen War (confer to the US citizen war, to that time the largest ever happend). Only this will help to create the nation Ukraine.
A war always brings endless suffering - but only suffering will help to create the nation. Unfortunately, in today's world, a citizend war would never be tolerated by third parties.
You, sir, are a cad to even consider a war in Ukraine.
Using the analogy of the American Civil War is totally out of place in this discussion. That war was over state's rights and the obligations and permissions of the Federal Government, and Ukraine is not 'The United States of Ukraine'. Again, I question your credentials, and sanity, to even suggest a civil war in Ukraine. No one, not Mrs Tymoshenko, not Mr Yanukovich, NO ONE, is worth a war.
If a civil war starts (and there is virtually zero chance of such an event) I will personally pay for your transport to Ukraine, hand you a shovel when you arrive, and YOU can bury the dead chidren, dead women, dead babushki and grandfathers. And I would sincerely hope that you remember each and every one of them for the rest of your days. Slava Bogu such a thing will not happen.
What is Ukraine supposed to do then? Just rot away like its doing?
This comment is as important as a fingerprint on the sole of my shoe.
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Nice response... Einstein. Idiocy run in the family?? LOL
I don't believe that the headline reflects either what happened or what is on Tymoshenko's website. The prosecution has asked that they be allowed to arrest her; I do not believe that the judge has ruled on that yet. It is another attempt by the yanukovych clan to create fear in this country.
I could be wrong on this as there may be a statement in Ukrainian language on her website. But why do we have to learn what is happening from reading her website? Can't we have a reporter there who sees with his/her own eyes what is happening?
Opposition leader in jail!
Yanu will win the next election easy.
I bet you pondered long and hard to give such a response! LOL
If Frolova's request to arrest Tymoshenko was not sanctioned by the Yanukovych Administration the fur may start flying behind the scenes. It would appear that the last thing Yanukovych would like to see is an escalation in the publicity of this "Kangaroo Court". In short, it would be a public relations disaster.
What will they do next; put duct tape over her mouth so she cannot defend herself in court? This is outrageous conduct by the Yanukovych Clan.
No,,they put duct over medias and opposition members eyes.
Then they piano vote....
And no one tries to stop this...
The prosecutor states...."..do not foster compliance with procedural standards in the trial..."
And is multiple piano voting in compliance with Article 84 of the Constitution? (One man = one vote in PERSON )
Look to the real root cause !!
Stop piano voting,,,,,and Yanuk looses his power...
Half the PoR members never show up in the Rada,,,,so the Opposition can muster a majority vote.....
Plain and simple....
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I totally agree with you...except your last line....
These 'Stupid sovoks' hold power and control with illegal piano voting......
Who is stupid ...Yanuk and his piano voters.....
Or those who allow this practise to continue....?
Respectfully......
(Yulia's trial is a smoke screen to deflect from his 'illegal' control of the Rada......and he is winning. Why?)
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The smoke screen is not for the Rada, but for the Moscow KGB "church" that is trying to divide Ukrainians and Russify Ukraine.
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.Is piano voting legal , under the Constitution.
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Patriarch of Moscow is scheduled for 14-15 September in Luhansk region.
The Russian Duma declared that for Patriarch Kirill there is no difference between Ukraine and Russia.
http://tsn.ua/ukrayina/v-rosiyskiy-dumi-zayavili-scho-dlya-patriarha-kirila-ukrayina-ne-vidriznyayetsya-vid-rosiyi.html
This is what Yanukonvict have ordered since the beginning of the trial. Death to the dictator!!!
Yulia signed an gas deal with Russia that went against Ukrainian national interests and has resulted in a much higher gas price for Ukraine. This in turn has hurt the country's economy considerably.
At the time it seemed like she signed it to gain Putin's support for her upcoming presidential bid. In doing this she increased Russia's grip on Ukraine long into the future.
All other political considerations aside, why not hold her accountable for signing a bad deal? I wish more countries would hold their politicians to account like this.
Nonsense.
Signing a bad deal is something that occurs every day thru-out
the world.
No one goes to prison for it.
Very true. Well said.
Yanukonvict and his mafia to the gallows!!!
BRAVO !!!
Her crime? I'd call it political incompetence verging on treason caused by personal ambition. It's particularly common offense in Ukraine, and someone has to be the first to be held accountable.
The Kharkiv pact is unfortunate but it is a direct result of Yulia's deal. The pact was an economic necessity. Ukraine could not afford Yulia's gas price. Yanukovich had to give Russia Sevastopol for a 30% price break. Everything played out according to Russia's playbook on this one. Yanukovich is no saint. He's done things though like reduce media freedom that he should be held to account for.
It's all a shame. If Ukraine had gotten it's act together back in 2005 then Ukraine would be signing and EU accession treaty alongside Croatia this year. Instead Ukraine has been fighting with itself. Foreign interests have been the only winners. Such a waste.
You are RIGHT.
very good and useful comment !
thanks
What's her crime! Yanukonvict signed the Kharkiv accord which clearly violates the constitution. Why isn't he on trial for that!
Every vote in the Rada, with the piano voters is illegal,
And every law signed by Yanuk is illegal.....
....So I ask...when in someone going to TRY stopping the piano voters......
When...................
Ukraine is still paying far below the market rate for gas. In case you don't recall all of these negotiations took place while the gas to Ukraine and much of europe was cut off and millions were freezing it's not like there was much room to bargain.
The ugly dictator has turned our country into a mafia criminal state!
where have you been the 15 years under a rock? the mafia was running the country long time ago just a different mafia that was tolerated by people like you who had the opportunity to stop it
Where are you now! Our country have never had this level of criminal activities until Yanukonvict came into power. Check the latest polls if you want to see what the people think about Yanutheconvict and his party of Russian thieves!
Thanx for your intelligent response....idiot!
Allow me to quote Martin Luther King:
“We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality;
tied to a single garment of destiny.
What affects one of us directly affects all of us indirectly.
As long as there is poverty in the world, no one can be totally healthy.... strangely enough I can never be what I ought to be, until you are what you ought to be.
You can never be what you ought to be, until I am what I ought to be.”
Yulia through contempt of court (albeit a puppet court) has got her way ie a platform to look like the victim in the eyes of the international community. In any normal country in the world she would have been arrested 2 months ago fort his behaviour. Unfortunately the credibility (or rather lack thereof) of the court and rule of Law in Ukraine prohibits the poeple actually believing that justice has or ever will be done. A shame really as Yulia (and many others) should be held to account for their trangresses. However the justice system has been manipulated by both sides of the political spectrum for decades so really who can complain.
I didnt see an international out cry when Yulias cabinet bent the rule of law to their favour.
I sincerely hope the populist Princess doesnt end up a matyr in this
" I didn't see an international out cry when Yulias (sic) cabinet
bent the rule of law to their favour."
And what law was that exactly?
THIS IS A WAR AGAINST MAFIA GOVERMENT! FREE UKRAINE!
Ukrainians got to street now! New goverment and down with Yanuk mafia!
If anyone should be arrested and tried and convicted for abuse opf power and authority it is Yushchenko not Tymoshenko. Yushchenko betrayed Ukraine and democracy itself.
Yes Yushchenko's abuse and misue of office warrents arrest. Why is it he has not been prosecuted?
I would not be surprised to see that even in the not too distant future. For starters, a little something about millions solicited for a children's hospital in Kiev that has yet to have a spade full of dirt turned after what, 4 years?
Whilst I think this mater is a farse and politically motivated the fact is she was arrested on charges of contempt. I am more concerned about the abuse and tgreatment dished out to Lutschenko. Very little media attention given to his case which has been overshadowed by Tymoshenko
Over 50 residents of Kupyansk, in Kharkiv, who volunteered for seasonal work in Russia, were in bondage at plantations in Russia.
Since all of the events happened in Russia then the investigations will be conducted in Russia", - deputy head of the municipal police department Kupyansk Oleg Makushinskaya.
http://tsn.ua/ukrayina/rosiyskiy-biznesmen-trimav-u-rabstvi-bilshe-pivsotni-ukrayinciv.html
Former Prime Minister of Greece Kostas Simitis and his socialist goons had pushed Greece into their current situation. They should have been put on trial. They were not and the riches of the Greek People are in foreign banks.
Tymoshenko does not have allies like these and other puppet politicians of the world.
She is guilty of many things and so are many politicians.
u$a is guilty of bankrupting, or soon to do so, u$a. Squandering the wealth of any nation is a crime though when you are "in power" you can usually gret away with it. Though sometimes someone must be made into an example. ....The Ice Queen is that example.