China Daily: Is Tymoshenko guilty or a victim?
Editor's Note: Zhu Hongge is a researcher in Ukraine studies at the Institute of Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
On Oct 11, 2011, former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko was convicted of exceeding her powers while in office by ordering state energy company Naftogaz to sign a gas deal with Russia in 2009. A court sentenced Tymoshenko to seven years in prison, asked her to pay back $186 million lost by the state energy company because of the deal and banned her from political office for three years, with implications for her role in next year's parliamentary election.
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On Oct 11, 2011, former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko was convicted of exceeding her powers while in office by ordering state energy company Naftogaz to sign a gas deal with Russia in 2009. A court sentenced Tymoshenko to seven years in prison, asked her to pay back $186 million lost by the state energy company because of the deal and banned her from political office for three years, with implications for her role in next year's parliamentary election.
Read more here.