You're reading: Judge starts reading out 13th volume of gas case against Tymoshenko

Kyiv's Pechersky District Court continued on Monday to study the materials of a criminal case opened against former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on charges of abuse of office in signing gas supply contracts with Russia in 2009.

An Interfax-Ukraine reporter said that the presiding judge, Rodion Kireyev, started reading out the 13th volume of the case on Monday.

As reported, the case includes 18 volumes.

The Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office opened a criminal case against Tymoshenko on charges of abuse of office in concluding the gas contracts with Russia in 2009, which, according to the investigation, caused damages amounting to UAH 1.5 billion to the state.

The court started hearing the gas case on June 24. Tymoshenko was arrested at a court session on August 5.