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Tymoshenko's team has no information about her transfer to common cell in prison Deputy Leader of the Batkivschyna Party Oleksandr Turchynov has said that the allies of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko have no information about her transfer to a common cell in the Kachanivska penal colony.
3 days ago at 12:51 | Interfax-Ukraine
Tomenko: Karpachova should leave post of ombudsman The deputy chairman of the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament, Mykola Tomenko, has stated that the parliament's commissioner for human rights should not hold his or her position for more than 14 years.
Feb 6 at 17:42 | Interfax-Ukraine
US ambassador not allowed to visit Tymoshenko U.S. Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Philip Gordon has said he is concerned about the health of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.
Feb 6 at 19:01 | Interfax-Ukraine
Tymoshenko chants disrupt Yanukovych speech (updated) Supporters of Ukraine's jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko disrupted a speech by President Viktor Yanukovich on Tuesday, raucously chanting "Freedom for Yulia!" and setting the scene for a stormy October parliamentary election.
Feb 7 at 19:44 | Reuters
Moskal says he's sure Lutsenko is innocent Ukraine's former Deputy Interior Minister and Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defense faction deputy Hennadiy Moskal has said he believes that Yuriy Lutsenko committed no crimes while serving as Ukraine's interior minister.
Feb 9 at 15:58 | Interfax-Ukraine
Ukraine gets new defence minister Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich on Wednesday sacked Defence Minister Mikhailo Yezhel, replacing him with Dmytro Salamatin, a decree published on the presidential administration website said.
Feb 8 at 21:22 | Reuters
SBU asking court to limit time given to Tymoshenko to study UESU case materials Ukraine's Security Service has asked the court to limit the time granted for study of the materials of the case of the United Energy Systems of Ukraine (UESU) Corporation by former Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko and her defense lawyers until March 28, 2012, the chief of the investigation department of the Security Service's branch in Kharkiv region, Mykola Hrabyk has said.
Feb 9 at 12:42 | Interfax-Ukraine
SBU will not initiate the extension of his arrest in the case of Timoshenko UESU The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) sees no need to extend the arrest of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in a criminal case related to the activities of the United Energy Systems of Ukraine (UESU) Corporation, the chief of the SBU's Main Investigation Department, Ivan Derevianko, said at a press briefing on Thursday.
Feb 9 at 13:47 | Interfax-Ukraine
Tymoshenko may have been transferred to prison dorm Ukraine's State Penitentiary Service has reported that former Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko began on Feb. 9 serving her prison term, to which she was sentenced in gas agreements case, in Kachanivska penal colony.
3 days ago at 10:15 | Interfax-Ukraine
Ukrainian opposition to work in Constitutional Assembly after PACE resolution fulfilled The Ukrainian opposition forces will participate in the work of the Constitutional Assembly only after the authorities fulfill the demands set out in the resolution of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE), including the release of opposition leaders, a member of the BYT-Batkivschyna faction and the leader of the Ukrainian Social Democratic Party, Natalia Korolevska, said on Channel 5 on Monday evening.
Feb 7 at 12:39 | Interfax-Ukraine
Foreign doctors with various specializations to examine Tymoshenko Physicians with various specializations will arrive from Canada and Germany to examine former prime minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko, who has been sentenced to seven years, Ukrainian Canadian Congress CEO Taras Zalusky has said in an interview with Radio Liberty.
2 days ago at 15:34 | Interfax-Ukraine
Ukrainian authorities not seeking for solution in Tymoshenko's case, says Teixeira Head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine Jose Manuel Pinto Teixeira has said that at present Ukrainian authorities are not trying to find a way out of the situation around former prime minister of Ukrainian Yulia Tymoshenko.
2 days ago at 12:26 | Interfax-Ukraine
Turchynov: Batkivschyna knew why Zabzaliuk left faction The first deputy head of the Batkivschyna Party, Oleksandr Turchynov, has confirmed statements by MP Roman Zabzaliuk that the latter quit the BYT-Batkivschyna faction in parliament at the end of 2011 in order to investigate the facts of the repurchase by the pro-government majority of MPs from other factions.
Feb 8 at 18:48 | Interfax-Ukraine
Opposition hopes to hand subpoena to US court to Yanukovych in Tymoshenko's lawsuit All defenders in a lawsuit filed by former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko, including Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, will obtain subpoenas to the U.S. court, hopes Yulia Tymoshenko's defense lawyer, Serhiy Vlasenko.
2 days ago at 15:18 | Interfax-Ukraine
Parliament again votes down proposal to decriminalize 'Tymoshenko article' The Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament, has voted down a bill on decriminalizing Article 365 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine – the one under which former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko was sentenced to imprisonment.
Feb 8 at 14:12 | Interfax-Ukraine