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DAVOS – The problems that are now being investigated in the criminal cases opened against former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko appeared before 2009, they were investigated in U.S. and Russian courts, and now they are being considered in Ukraine, President Viktor Yanukovych has said.

"These problems were considered in various courts, both in U.S. and Russian courts, and they made legal conclusions on this issue. As for Ukraine, the Ukrainian part of these crimes, which were committed by various people connected with Ms. Tymoshenko one way or another, were not investigated in Ukraine in full, and even more, they were not considered in the courts," he said in Davos on Friday during the 8th Ukrainian lunch organized by the Victor Pinchuk Foundation.

"Now the time has come when the Ukrainian authorities have began to address these issues, and they will be submitted to the courts in the near future," Yanukovych said.