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Interior Ministry: Ukrainian police tighten security Ukrainian law enforcers have tightened security, Deputy Interior Minister Viktor Ratushniak has said.
May 7 at 18:03 | Interfax-Ukraine
Ex-acting Ukrainian defense minister suffering from swollen legs in prison - lawyer Former Acting Defense Minister of Ukraine Valeriy Ivashchenko, who is being held at a detention facility in Kyiv, is suffering from swollen legs, a condition he has developed over the past week and a half, his lawyer Borys Nechyporenko said.
May 7 at 11:50 | Interfax-Ukraine
Ukraine security agency denies searching ex-ombudsman's office Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) denied allegations by a former Ukrainian human rights commissioner that its personnel searched her office on May 5.
May 7 at 11:40 | Interfax-Ukraine
Bulgarian president not to attend summit of Central European States in Yalta Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev will not attend the summit of presidents of Central European States in Yalta in mid-May because of the situation with respect for human rights in Ukraine, his press officer, Maria Ivanova, said on Friday, May 4.
May 7 at 10:58 | Interfax-Ukraine
Prosecutor general: All favorable conditions created for Tymoshenko in prison Ukrainian Prosecutor General Viktor Pshonka has said that the state is paying proper attention to the health of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who is serving a sentence in the Kachanivska penal colony in Kharkiv.
May 7 at 10:49 | Interfax-Ukraine
Tymoshenko to extend hunger strike Jailed Ukrainian former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko is heartened by international support for her plight and will press on with her hunger strike against her treatment in prison, her daughter told an Austrian newspaper.
May 6 at 17:52 | Kyiv Post
Penitentiary service: Doctor from Charite clinic to visit Tymoshenko on May 8 A doctor from the University Clinic Charite in Berlin will arrive at the Ukrzaliznytsia hospital in Kharkiv on May 8, as former Ukrainian Premier Yulia Tymoshenko has given prior consent for treatment at this hospital, the State Penitentiary Service of Ukraine has said.
May 4 at 20:28 | Interfax-Ukraine
Tymoshenko to be treated at Ukrainian clinic A German doctor who traveled to Ukraine to examine the jailed and ailing ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said Friday that she has agreed to treat her back condition at a local hospital.
May 4 at 18:47 | Associated Press
Kharkiv region prosecutor's office: Tymoshenko may have bruised herself The prosecutor's office of Kharkiv region does not rule out the possibility that former Ukrainian Premier Yulia Tymoshenko could have bruised herself.
May 4 at 16:53 | Interfax-Ukraine
Tymoshenko thanks international community for their support Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has thanked world leaders and international organizations for their support.
May 4 at 15:24 | Interfax-Ukraine
Interior Ministry still believes Dnipropetrovsk blasts were terrorist attack Interior Minister of Ukraine Vitaliy Zakharchenko has said he sees no reason to re-qualify the case opened into the April 27 explosions in Dnipropetrovsk.
May 4 at 12:00 | Interfax-Ukraine
US urges Ukraine to free ex-premier Tymoshenko The United States has called on the Ukrainian government to stop prosecution of the country's former prime minister, Yulia Tymoshenko, and other former government officials and free them from detention, according to a statement by U.S. Ambassador at OSCE Ian Kelly.
May 4 at 11:53 | Interfax-Ukraine
Kachanivska prison official: Tymoshenko looking well Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko is loking well and is in good spirits, according to a deputy chief of the Kachanivska penal colony, in which the ex-premier is imprisoned, Ihor Kolpaschykov.
May 4 at 11:31 | Interfax-Ukraine
UEFA not planning to comment on political situation in Ukraine UEFA has said that it is not planning to intervene in and comment on the political situation in Ukraine, the country that is to co-host the Euro 2012 European Football Championship with Poland.
May 4 at 11:27 | Interfax-Ukraine
World Affairs Journal: Tymoshenko beating is business as usual in Yanukovych's Ukraine It had to come to this, of course. When thugs throw an innocent person in jail, how can they resist showing her who’s boss? How can they resist beating her up?
They can’t. And, in Viktor Yanukovych’s Ukraine, they didn’t.

It happened on Friday, April 20th, shortly after 9 p.m., and the victim of the Regionnaire assault was the recently incarcerated opposition leader and former prime minister, Yulia Tymoshenko. Here’s her description of the beating:

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May 4 at 11:16 | Alexander J. Motyl