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A criminal case charging a former Ukrainian head of state and the director of state utility Naftogaz with abuse is a political diversion, the accused said. Opposition leader and former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and Oleg Dubina, the former head of Naftogaz, were questioned by Ukrainian authorities in a case involving a 2009 natural gas deal with Russian energy company Gazprom. Read more.