Ukraine's third president (2005-2010), Viktor Yushchenko, has said that he testified against nobody in court as a witness in the gas supply case.
"I don’t describe my arrival in court as providing evidence against someone. This evidence concerns the case," he told reporters in the courtyard of the Pechersky District Court on Wednesday after giving testimony in the gas supply case against former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.
Yushchenko said that he had had to arrive in court "as a citizen, as president."
He also spoke about the circumstances of the negotiations with Russia.
"I’m citing [Russian Prime Minister Vladimir] Putin: ‘I personally proposed that the Ukrainian prime minister come and sign a contract at a price of $250 per thousand cubic meters, and we will give you the right of re-export. She [Tymoshenko] refused," Yushchenko said.
He said that the politicization of the judicial process on the gas case was destabilizing the situation in the country.
"Above all, I would like the case to be depoliticized as much as possible, so that none of the parties put pressure on the judicial process," Yushchenko said.
An Interfax-Ukraine reporter said that when Yushchenko approached journalists, Tymoshenko’s supporters shouted "Shame!" and "Yushchenko to jail!"
