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Voice of America: US Department of State confirms existence of Clinton's recent letter supporting Tymoshenko

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Jan. 25, 2013, 12:38 p.m. | Politics — by Interfax-Ukraine

Women hold a banner with a portrait of jailed former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko as they attend a protest rally in front of President Viktor Yanukovych's offices in Kyiv, on January 21, 2013. Prosecutor General Viktor Pshonka on January 20 accused Ukraine's jailed former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko of organising the 1996 murder of a powerful lawmaker and warned that a guilty verdict could put her behind bars for life. The daughter of Ukraine's jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko today accused the authorities of wanting to kill her mother who faces a possible life sentence under the new charges.
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The U.S. Department of State has confirmed that U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sent another letter to support former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, the press service of the Batkivschyna Party has reported, citing an article published by the Voice of America (VOA).

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