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The main department for high-profile cases of the Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office has completed its pre-trial investigation against oppositoion leader and former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.

"Yesterday, on December 30, 2010, Tymoshenko answered the investigator’s questions linked to this case for two hours. She herself chose to spend the rest of the time studying the materials and commenting on them," the Prosecutor General’s Office said on Friday.

Tymoshenko’s charges of abuse of power were confirmed, it said.

The former premier is accused of misusing 180 million euro and 200 million euro allocated to Ukraine under the Kyoto Protocol, the Prosecutor General’s Office said.

Tymoshenko was informed about the completion of the inquiry and was allowed to study the documents related to her case, it said.