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Batkivschyna Party leader Yulia Tymoshenko has brought to the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine a statement on a crime, which, in her opinion, was committed by the new authorities during the construction of facilities ahead of the Euro 2012 European Football Championship.

"In order not to go to the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine in vain, I decided that every time I come to the Prosecutor General’s Office, so as not to lose my time in vain, I’ll report another crime by the authorities. I have such a right according to law, and today I brought another statement to inform the Prosecutor General’s Office of a crime … Today I came to say that Euro 2012, as well as other large-scale construction projects that are advertised on television channels, are being used by [Ukrainian President Viktor] Yanukovych and the government so as to earn 20-30% of kickbacks from the state budget," Tymoshenko told reporters before interrogation at the main investigation department of the Prosecutor General’s Office on Wednesday.

Tymoshenko also read out the text of the statement.

"When we were in power, the Olympiysky National Sports Complex, the main object of the Euro 2012, was [reconstructed] at an estimated cost of Hr 2.144 billion. This happened when there was a new exchange rate of the hryvnia. The new government has currently raised this amount to Hr 4.5 billion, and in this statement we present similar facts about the construction of stadiums in Germany, and their cost was twice as less," Tymoshenko said.

She said that Hr 2 billion was enough to reconstruct the stadium in Kyiv.

"Hr 4.5 billion is not required," Tymoshenko said.

As reported, on Dec. 20, the Prosecutor General’s Office filed charges against Tymoshenko that she, while holding the post of prime minister, "single-handedly decided to use part of the funds earned through the sale of greenhouse gas emission quotas to cover the Ukrainian state budget’s expenditure, primarily pension commitments." Tymoshenko was banned from travelling outside Kyiv.

According to the Cabinet of Ministers, Tymoshenko’s order to convert the funds allocated under the Kyoto Protocol into the national currency caused nearly Hr 1 million worth of damage to the state budget.

Tymoshenko last visited the Prosecutor General’s Office on Dec. 27.