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The Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office has refused to authorize former prime minister and current opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko's trip to Brussels, prosecutors said on Wednesday. Tymoshenko has been ordered not to leave the country over a criminal case initiated against her by the Prosecutor General's Office. The former prime minister is accused of spending money intended for ecological programs to pay pensions. Read the story here.