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"The president has repeatedly expressed his sympathy for [Yulia] Tymoshenko, for the situation she has found herself in, but court sentences had to be executed."
Jan 12
"The president has repeatedly expressed his sympathy for [Yulia] Tymoshenko, for the situation she has found herself in, but court sentences had to be executed."

Ukrainian presidential administration chief of staff Serhiy Liovochkin, denying accusations from the imprisoned former prime minister that President Viktor Yanukovych is trying to kill her.

"[Yulia] Tymoshenko’s motivation is evident: people sent by the ministry are "Gestapo" doctors. They come to her not to treat her, but to fulfill the next cynical order by the government and to report about the stable state of health of Tymoshenko whom President [Viktor] Yanukovych is trying to kill behind the barbed wire."
Jan 10
"[Yulia] Tymoshenko’s motivation is evident: people sent by the ministry are "Gestapo" doctors. They come to her not to treat her, but to fulfill the next cynical order by the government and to report about the stable state of health of Tymoshenko whom President [Viktor] Yanukovych is trying to kill behind the barbed wire."

Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko-Batkivshchyna faction's statement reads.

Jan 10
"Granting political asylum to Tymoshenko's husband [Oleksandr] can affect Czech-Ukrainian relations.With the bureaucratic arbitrariness that dominates in Ukraine, various obstacles will be put in the way of Czech businessmen who are interested in certain governmental orders. There will be revenge, the same as happened in the case of the granting of political asylum to [Ukraine's former Economy Minister] Bohdan Danylyshyn.”

Former Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Ukraine Pavel Masa

"Ukraine complies with the principles of the rule of law and respect for fundamental human rights and freedoms. That is why we see no reason for the Ukrainian citizens to seek asylum in foreign states."
Jan 7
"Ukraine complies with the principles of the rule of law and respect for fundamental human rights and freedoms. That is why we see no reason for the Ukrainian citizens to seek asylum in foreign states."

Ukraine's Foreign Ministry, responding to the news that Oleksandr Tymoshenko, ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko's husband, has won political asylum in the Czech Republic. [Pictured: Foreign Minister Kostyantyn Grishchenko]

"I thought and still think that the case against [Yulia] Tymoshenko is a well-designed special operation that uses [Ukrainian President Viktor] Yanukovych's desire for revenge on the leader of the opposition with a view of thwarting Ukraine's European integration. The whole world has already realized this, therefore with this another trial the authorities are digging their grave, unfortunately taking Ukraine along."
Dec 27, 2011
"I thought and still think that the case against [Yulia] Tymoshenko is a well-designed special operation that uses [Ukrainian President Viktor] Yanukovych's desire for revenge on the leader of the opposition with a view of thwarting Ukraine's European integration. The whole world has already realized this, therefore with this another trial the authorities are digging their grave, unfortunately taking Ukraine along."

Imprisoned ex-Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko

"I hope you don't have the brainwaves to give up the gas transmission system. It is our last strategic resource. In fact, you are only welcomed at Gorki [the Russian president's countryside residence outside Moscow] because this system still belongs to Ukraine. When that is lost, you won't have a single argument left either for yourself or for the country."
Dec 26, 2011
"I hope you don't have the brainwaves to give up the gas transmission system. It is our last strategic resource. In fact, you are only welcomed at Gorki [the Russian president's countryside residence outside Moscow] because this system still belongs to Ukraine. When that is lost, you won't have a single argument left either for yourself or for the country."

Former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko says in her "Letter to the Dictator".

"These are not court hearings, this is a farce with clowns dressed in judge robes and clowns wearing prosecutors' shoulder straps and it makes no sense to take part in this farce."
Dec 22, 2011
"These are not court hearings, this is a farce with clowns dressed in judge robes and clowns wearing prosecutors' shoulder straps and it makes no sense to take part in this farce."

Serhiy Vlasenko, ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko's lawyer, said her defense team would boycott the appeal hearings.

Dec 21, 2011
"Ukraine is a new country; its contributions to European culture are marginal. It is also fundamentally corrupt. Even after 20 of independence, Ukrainians do not know what Europe is. But it is never too late to begin to learn. Ukrainians are as intelligent as any people. They all know how to read. They have eyes and they have ears."

Bohdan A. Oryshkevich, founder fo the USA/USA Program in New York City


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