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MOSCOW - The trail of Ukraine's firebrand former Prime Minister, Yulia Tymoshenko, was flawed and would not have passed muster in a western court, according to an independent report on her trial seen by the Daily Telegraph.

Analysts say the government hoped to justify the conviction but ministers in
Kiev will be forced to fight off fresh calls for Mrs Tymoshenko’s release
today after the report – leaked to the Daily Telegraph ahead of its
publication this morning – found she was in parts tried unfairly.

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