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Political risk; IMF; macro outlook; parliamentary elections; relations with Moscow; liqudity issue; banking sector By Timothy Ash, Global Head of Emerging Markets, Research & Strategy Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), London, UK, Wednesday, May 16, 2012 LONDON — We visited Kiev on May 14-16, 2012 meeting with officials from the MOF, the IMF, the World Bank, alongside meeting with deputies from the Verkovna Rada, and diplomats, local journalists, banks, and corporates. Officials from the NBU did not make themselves available to meet investors.SUMMARY VIEW: Political [...]
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The leadership of the U.S. Helsinki Commission has called Yulia Tymoshenko’s imprisonment the main symbol of human rights violations in Ukraine and urged the government to release her without delay. “I welcome the recent pardons of former high ranking officials and believe that they are a good first step. I trust that you will build on your promise of further judicial and electoral reforms, and we hope that last week’s European Court of Human Rights ruling that the detention of [...]
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German political analyst and professor of political science at Kyiv-Mohyla Academy Andreas Umland believes the release of Yulia Tymoshenko from prison is a condition for the restoration of Ukraine’s pro-European reputation and signing of the Association Agreement with the EU. “What does Ukraine need right now – a photo of a smiling Tymoshenko walking out of prison. If this happens, the reputation of Ukraine’s political system will be corrected and the political community of Western states will be in favor [...]
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Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has pardoned an ex-interior minister serving a four-year prison sentence for embezzlement and abuse of office. Yuri Lutsenko was a close ally of former Prime Minister, Yulia Tymoshenko, who is herself serving a seven-year sentence for abuse of power. A top EU official welcomed the pardon as a “first but important step”. Brussels has accused the Ukrainian authorities of deliberately prosecuting opponents of the president. Writing on Twitter, EU enlargement commissioner Stefan Fuele said he welcomed [...]
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Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the Commission, and Stefan Fule, EU Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy are angered by the Ukrainian authorities’ disrespect for the rule of law in the case of political prisoners Yulia Tymoshenko and Yuriy Lutsenko. “We will continue to monitor closely developments in Ukraine and we look forward to the full implementation of the conclusions of the 10 December 2012 Foreign Affairs Council and [...]
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Appeal by opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko regarding the incident with female MPs from the Party of Regions On April 2, during the protest outside the Verkhovna Rada, female MPs from the Party of Regions were injured. As a politician of the opposition camp, on behalf of everyone that considers themselves the opposition, I want to apologize to Iryna Horina, Yulia Lyovochkina and Maryna Stavniychuk, who were hit by snowballs during the protest. I am also appealing to the united opposition [...]
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By conducting investigative actions in the absence of Yulia Tymoshenko, the court is violating fundamental principles of Ukrainian law and the European Convention on Human Rights, the ex-premier’s defense has said. “The absence of Yulia Tymoshenko at the questioning of Serhiy Taruta despite her clearly expressed desire to participate in the court hearing is a brutal violation not only of Ukrainian law but also the European Convention on Human Rights,” said Serhiy Vlasenko. The defender read Yulia Tymoshenko’s written statement [...]
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Former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko is demanding that the court close the fabricated case against her involving United Energy Systems of Ukraine. “The unlawful reopening of this case (contrary to the decision of the Supreme Court of Ukraine) is a gross violation of Article 4 of Protocol No. 7 of the European Convention on Human Rights and Article 61 of the Constitution of Ukraine regarding the permanence of court decisions. This case should be closed immediately and not subject to further review. [...]
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A majority of citizens of Ukraine don’t believe Yulia Tymoshenko ordered the murder of MP Yevhen Shcherban in 1996. Based on the results of a survey by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology, 76% of respondents don’t believe that Yulia Tymoshenko ordered the killing of Yevhen Shcherban, with the highest figures in Western (90%) and Central (87%) regions. The authorities have even failed to convince their electorate of the charges against Yulia Tymoshenko: 59% of supporters of the Party of Regions and [...]
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U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman says the United States and European Union believe there was no justice in the case of Yulia Tymoshenko and Yuriy Lutsenko. “I know there are different opinions in Ukraine regarding Tymoshenko and others – but in the U.S. and EU we believe there was no justice in these cases. We hope that Ukraine will reconsider these cases and they will be resolved,” Wendy Sherman said in an interview with Radio [...]
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The European Parliament’s envoys, former EP President Pat Cox and former Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski, will in late March visit Yulia Tymoshenko in the Kharkiv hospital where she is undergoing treatment. “This will be March 28-29. We will be in Ukraine for 2-3 days. We plan to visit Kharkiv, we’ll meet with Yulia Tymoshenko, and will again be in Kyiv,” Aleksander Kwasniewski announced today in Kyiv. The Polish ex-president underlined that the main goal of their mission to resolve the [...]
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The United States has not changed its position regarding imprisoned opposition leaders Yulia Tymoshenko and Yuriy Lutsenko, U.S. Ambassador John Tefft has said. “Our position is that Mrs. Tymoshenko should be allowed to obtain medical care abroad. What’s more, Tymoshenko should have been released. The same applies to Mr. Lutsenko,” John Tefft said in an interview with Korrespondent magazine. The American diplomat underlined that Yulia Tymoshenko and Yuriy Lutsenko were denied their freedom as a result of politically motivated trials held [...]
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Yulia Tymoshenko’s message to Pope Francis I Your Holiness! Allow me to congratulate you on being elected Pope. I know that you will become that religious world leader that will rescue mankind from spiritual crisis and bring all Christians together in brotherly love. I hope that the Lord gives you the health and strength to fulfill this extremely responsible mission to the Church and people. One of your predecessors – Pope John Paul II – is much respected in Ukraine for his [...]
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The Prosecutor General’s Office is refusing to provide information about new witnesses to be questioned about the 1996 murder of MP Yevhen Shcherban, says defense lawyer Oleksandr Plakhotnyuk. “I asked the investigator to tell the defense whether they will be calling new witnesses, their names and when. But the investigator refused to provide this information, saying that the court will decide whether to call new prosecution witnesses. They didn’t give me any specific information,” Oleksandr Plakhotnyuk said in an interview [...]
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Most citizens of Ukraine believe the criminal prosecution of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko is part of a government plan to eliminate a political opponent. According to the results of a public opinion poll conducted by the Razumkov Center, 36.7% of respondents believe the criminal cases brought against Yulia Tymoshenko are the results of the government’s desire to remove her from the political arena. What’s more, supporters of opposition forces – Batkivshchyna, Svoboda and UDAR – aren’t alone in believing [...]
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Serhiy Vlasenko, Yulia Tymoshenko’s defense counsel, today sent additional documents pertaining to the ex-premier’s case currently being reviewed by the European Court of Human Rights. “We added to Yulia Tymoshenko’s complaint evidence of political pressure not only on her, but also her defense, people through whom Yulia Tymoshenko communicates with the outside world – Hryhoriy Nemyria and Eugenia Tymoshenko. This supplement to the complaint was sent today to the European Court of Human Rights,” Serhiy Vlasenko said. On August 28, [...]
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The Prosecutor General’s Office is deliberately distorting witness testimony in an attempt to convince the public of Yulia Tymoshenko’s alleged complicity in the 1996 murder of MP Yevhen Shcherban, says defense attorney Oleksandr Plakhotnyuk. “Instead of twisting the information given by the witness, the PGO should take action on Kuzhel’s statement that there was a several month long conflict between Volodymyr Shcherban and Yevhen Shcherban before the latter’s assassination. This version deserves attention, but the authorities don’t like it because [...]
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Yulia Tymoshenko’s appeal in honor of the 199th anniversary of the birth of Taras Shevchenko In school we read how young Taras Shevchenko went in search of the iron pillars that held up the sky…For me this was the essence of Shevchenko as a poet and person. Sometimes you have to do things that don’t provide immediate results, but provide energy, romanticism and high ideals. Today, on the 199th anniversary of the birth of Taras Shevchenko, I will say something [...]
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The number of Yulia Tymoshenko’s followers on Twitter now exceeds 125,000. Her number of followers continues to grows despite the fact that since Yulia Tymoshenko was illegally arrested on August 5, 2011 and denied access to the Internet and all other means of communication she has not posted any messages. On August 5, 2011 Yulia Tymoshenko tweeted about the prosecution’s latest motion to arrest her. “The prosecutors made another motion to change the preventive measure to arrest. They want to [...]
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Yanukovych’s war against Ukraine is gaining strength. All dissenting, freedom loving people must be discredited, removed, or better yet – jailed. In this war against Ukraine there is no Constitution, no laws, not even a crumb of morality, conscience or humanity. Helping Yanukovych in his war against Ukraine are the police, security services, courts and all branches of power. They’re not on the side of the law, but on the side of brutal terror. What they did to Serhiy Vlasenko [...]
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Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on Monday, March 4, confirmed in written form her intention to attend a court hearing of the criminal case on the activities of the United Energy Systems of Ukraine (UESU) Corporation, but on Tuesday morning she refused to sign any documents, including the document on her consent to or refusal from the transportation to the courtroom. “Yesterday, Tymoshenko wrote a statement saying, in particular, that she intends to participate in the court hearing today. In connection [...]
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Ukraine’s former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko is well enough to return to prison after spending nine months in hospital, the health ministry has said. Tymoshenko was being treated for back problems after being jailed in 2011 for abuse of office. Her supporters regard that conviction as politically motivated. Last year she claimed to be too ill to attend court proceedings relating to a separate charge of misappropriation of public funds. The Ukrainian authorities are also investigating allegations against her of tax evasion [...]
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While the Canadian Immigration minister concluded his visit to Ukraine Monday, the Canadian federal government in a press release expressed its disappointment with the arrest, prosecution, and conviction of the Former Ukraine President Yulia Tymoshenko in 2011. The former president was sentenced to seven years prison term in October 11, 2011 on charges of abuse of office while negotiating a gas deal with Russia’s Vladimir Putin in 2009. Yulia Tymonshenko denied the charges accusing Viktor Yanukovych, the current president, of conspiring to throw her out of politics. [...]
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Many historic precedents exist to honor struggles for democracy and human rights. Viktor Yanukovych regime’s spin doctors have reacted in typical fashion to the nomination earlier this year of Yulia Tymoshenko for the Nobel Peace Prize. (The prize is awarded annually on Dec. 10). Politics should not play a role in this award, huffed Yanukovych’s advisor Dmytro Vidrin in an interview with Radio Svoboda. What Vidrin is apparently unaware of, or deliberately ignoring, is that politics have played a critical [...]
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The European Court of Human Rights has issued judgment requiring states to release the jailed applicant, lawyer Serhiy Vlasenko has said. “Here is the text of the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Fatullayev v. Azerbaijan. It’s relative recent and has already entered into legal force. Here is their conclusion: The Court holds that the respondent State shall secure the applicant’s immediate release,” Serhiy Vlasenko said in an interview with TCH. The [...]
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KIEV, Ukraine — If a group of Ukrainian lawmakers succeeds in its mission, TV shows and movies sympathetically portraying homosexuals such as “Brokeback Mountain” will be banned. So will gay pride parades. Ukraine Finally Admits Widespread Drinking Water Pollution 23 Jul 2012 – 10:23 by OOSKAnews Correspondent Ukraine, KYIV— Ukraine’s Ministry of Regional Development officially confirmed last week that the country’s drinking water can be classified as polluted or very polluted nationwide On Wednesday, just days after the country celebrated [...]
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Doctors of the Ukrzaliznytsia Central Clinical Hospital moved Yulia Tymoshenko, a former prime minister and current leader of the Batkivschyna All-Ukrainian Association party, from the roentgen diagnostics center, located in the territory of the hospital, to its main building, at about 9.30 p.m. (July 10). Before that, an ambulance car drove against the entrance to the roentgen diagnostics center, having shut out sight for those who were present. Four Tymoshenko supporters who were near the fence saw the department door [...]
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A delegation of four lawyers from U.S. law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP have come to former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who is undergoing treatment in Ukrzaliznytsia’s Central Clinical Hospital No. 5 in Kharkiv. The purpose of the visit to Ukraine is to conduct an independent study of the materials of the Tymoshenko trial, including the facts and evidence upon which the charges are based. The visit by U.S. lawyers to Ukraine was disclosed on Wednesday in [...]
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Tymoshenko appeal hearing A Ukrainian court on Tuesday delayed an appeal by jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko against her conviction for abuse of power, postponing a decision that could embarrass Ukraine while it stages the Euro 2012 football tournament. The high court in Kiev supported a call by state prosecutors for the hearing to be postponed pending a medical examination of Tymoshenko to establish whether she was fit to attend proceedings. It fixed the next hearing for July 12. A similar [...]
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Ukraine, crying foul over its elimination from the European football championship, will be challenged next week to show its own commitment to fair play when jailed prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko resumes her legal battles. A number of European politicians have boycotted Euro 2012 matches in the former Soviet republic in protest at Tymoshenko’s jailing last October which the West sees as an example of selective justice. Next week, Tymoshenko, the key opponent of President Viktor Yanukovich, will seek to have [...]
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Eugenia Tymoshenko, the daughter of Ukraine’s imprisoned former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko poses during the opening of a photo exhibition by Mustafa Nayem of the trial of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko at the city hall of the 6th district of Paris , Friday, June 15, 2012. Eugenia Tymoshenko says European and other Western nations should increase the pressure on the government in Kiev over her mother’s case France has called on the Ukrainian authorities to honor their country’s [...]
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‘Don’t forget Tymoshenko’ Germany’s foreign minister urged German soccer fans on Wednesday to remember Ukraine’s ex-prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko as they gather for their country’s game against the Netherlands in the city of Kharkiv where she is serving a jail sentence. Tymoshenko’s daughter Yevgenia also appealed to fans attending the Euro 2012 tournament to “send a clear message” to Ukrainian authorities to free her mother, jailed last year for abuse of office and now hospitalised in Kharkiv with back pains. “I hope that [...]
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After the Euro 2012 the Ukrainian opposition will insist on an inquiry into the use of funds in the preparation for the championship. “We have decided that the day after the closing of the Euro 2012, the opposition will prepare serious hearings, both parliamentary and public, of the issues on how the budget funds were used in preparation for the Euro 2012,” Deputy Speaker Mykola Tomenko (Yulia Tymoshenko’s bloc) said at a briefing in Kyiv on Friday. Hopefully, the Prosecutor [...]
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The daughter of Ukraine’s Yulia Tymoshenko will meet regional German justice ministers this week on the day the German national football team plays a Euro 2012 match in the city where the former premier is held prisoner, a German news magazine said Sunday. Yevgenia Tymoshenko, 32, has been invited to join regional justice ministers at their conference Wednesday and will discuss her jailed mother’s situation, Spiegel news weekly said in an advance copy of its Monday edition. Germany faces the [...]
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Ukrainian riot police separate opponents and advocates of the Russian language bill outside the Ukrainian parliament in Kyiv, Ukraine, on June 5, 2012. Several thousand flag-waving activists staged a noisy protest outside the parliament building, protesting the bill that would keep Ukrainian as the only official language in the country, but Russian could be used in courts, hospitals and other institutions in Russian-speaking regions. Defying vehement opposition, Ukraine’s pro-government lawmakers on June 5 gave tentative approval to a hotly contested [...]
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Lawyer Serhiy Vlasenko says the State Penitentiary Service is trying to restrict Yulia tymoshenko’s Communication with European politicians by Introducing Procedures for Prison visits by foreigners. “Two Months ago the Prison service was saying That visits are Illegal and now They’ve Developed A Whole procedure. These are More manipulations by the Prison service, Which Wants to artificially restrict access to Yulia tymoshenko for representatives of European Politics, “Serhiy Vlasenko Said. The Lawyer noted That EU Ambassador to Ukraine Jose Manuel Pinto Teixeira [...]
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Should European leaders attend football matches in Ukraine, as part of the Euro 2012 championship that kicks off next week? Or should they boycott them in protest at the political imprisonment of opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko, the mafioso-type corruption poisoning that country, and violent racism among its football fans? Or should they attend, but insist on meeting Tymoshenko or add some other protest gesture? It all looked so different five years ago, when the championship was awarded jointly to Poland and Ukraine. Ukraine [...]
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, daughter of jailed Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko, has told the BBC the Euro 2012 football tournament should go ahead in the country as planned. The competition is due to start on 8 June and will be co-hosted by Poland. European leaders have said they will boycott matches played in Ukraine in protest at Ms Tymoshenko’s treatment. Her daughter said she “understood” the political boycott but added that “sports events should go on”. Ms Tymoshenko played a key role [...]
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U.S. Ambassador John Tefft gave an interview to Ukrainian Pravda two and a half years after being appointed in his position. He navigates through Ukraine’s domestic realities without steers from aides, and understands immediately the context of questions asked. This interview took place in the new embassy building on A.I. Sikorsky Street. At the secure entrance we left not only our phones, but also cameras. The exterior of the complex resembles Washington government buildings. The interior is minimalist. In the [...]
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MEPs have issued a fourth resolution condemning the Ukrainian leadership over the jailing of the opposition leader. This time they have ramped up the wording, referring to “political detainnees”. A Dutch MEP will visit her in jail this weekend. Johannes Cornelis Van Baalen said of the resolution: “It’s more specific, I mean, there is now a deal between Schulz, the president of the European Parliament, and the prime minister of Ukraine. It’s about the Tymochenko case… that it should be a free [...]
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Ukraine’s president has played down plans by some European leaders to boycott Euro 2012 matches in Ukraine over the imprisonment of ex-premier Yulia Tymoshenko, saying the event will be a success, according to an interview published Thursday. “Why do you think nobody is coming?” Viktor Yanukovych was quoted as saying. “All the tickets have been sold, the excitement is incredible… Euro 2012 will take place and there will be fans!” Yanukovych also suggested in the interview with the Segodnya daily [...]
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Ukraine has confirmed details of an EU parliament mission to monitor the well-being of former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko. A parliament source said on Tuesday (21 May) that Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov has sent a letter to EU parliament President Martin Schulz “which creates a formal basis for the president to take action.” The Azarov letter is a reply to Schulz’ earlier note, on 16 May, detailing what he expects to happen. “In support of and in co-operation with [...]
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Loyal England fans are facing an extreme price hike for Euro 2012 accommodation this summer, making some supporters wish they were staying on home turf. While most luxury hotel rooms in Poland and the Ukraine are sold out, some basic hostels have upped their rates by as much as 1,000 per cent, taking advantage of those who are still yet to book. As one of the biggest tournaments in world football, 100,000 England fans are expected to visit host cities [...]
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One commonly held thesis is that the cornerstone of Ukraine’s post-independence foreign policy has been that of “milking both cows”, ie, playing Russia, to which Ukraine has strong historical, cultural and economic ties, off against the West, and the EU in particular, membership of which many Ukrainians still aspire. This thesis would suggest that Ukraine’s push for EU/NATO membership has been played as a means to secure economic concessions from Russia, in particular market access for Ukrainian products, and cheap [...]
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One focus for discussion during the trip was how the electorate would react to a situation where Regions managed to secure a parliamentary majority with only a small share of the popular vote – either through the failings of the new electoral law, using political patronage to capture independent deputies, and/or outright vote rigging. Members of the opposition we met signalled that opinion polls reveal a high willingness on the part of the population to partake in street protests (>50%), [...]
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Opinion polls suggest a closely fought contest is now likely in October’s parliamentary elections. Support for the ruling Party of the Regions has collapsed to 15-20% (halving over the space of two years, and noticeable even in the party’s heartland in eastern Ukraine), a reflection perhaps of Ukraine’s relatively weak recent economic performance and the lack of adequate trickle-down effects, concern over the Tymoshenko case, and arguably the broader ineffectiveness of the Regions regime to bring a meaningful change in [...]
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Political risk perceptions have increased noticeably over the past year, and specifically since the arrest, subsequent jailing and conviction of a number of prominent opposition politicians, including the leader of the main opposition party (Batkivshina) and former prime minister, Yulia Tymoshenko, and her ally and the former minister of interior, Yuriy Lutsenko. These arrests appear to have divided opinion within Ukraine. Both politicians have been charged and convicted of abuse of office, and Tymoshenko also faces new charges of corruption [...]
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THE DAUGHTER of jailed Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko has told US congressmen she fears for her mother’s life and accused the Kiev government of preparing to rig October’s parliamentary election. Yevgenia Tymoshenko addressed via video-link a hearing of the US House of Representatives on issues concerning Ukraine. This focused on the treatment of the former prime minister, who was jailed for seven years last October for abuse of office after a trial the EU and US say was politically [...]
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The daughter of Ukraine’s detained former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko told US lawmakers Thursday she still feared for her mother’s life, and implored them to “keep the pressure” on Kiev to help free political dissidents. Speaking via live video link from Kiev to a House of Representatives hearing in Washington, Yevgenia Tymoshenko also warned that Ukraine’s powerful current rulers will do “anything possible” to manipulate results of the country’s upcoming October election. “I am very afraid for my mother’s life [...]
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The trial of jailed Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko has been delayed again until late June. State prosecutors asked the supreme court to delay her appeal, due to begin on Tuesday, because they needed more time to prepare and due to her absence. Ms Tymoshenko was moved from prison into a hospital to be treated for chronic back pain last week. The country’s prime minister said Ms Tymoshenko had been convicted by a free and independent judiciary. Prime Minister Mykola [...]
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KIEV, Ukraine — European officials who met this week with imprisoned former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said Thursday that authorities are impinging on her privacy. Mailis Reps and Marietta de Pourbaix-Lundin, rapporteurs for the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, visited Tymoshenko this week in the hospital room where she is being treated for a chronic back condition. They told reporters that there are three cameras in Tymoshenko’s room and that guards are present at all times, making [...]
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Brussels (dpa) – Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov is expected to visit Brussels next week, but will not be meeting with the European Union‘s top officials, a spokeswoman said Saturday, amid increased tensions over jailed Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko. Azarov is due to head a delegation that will discuss landmark political association and free trade deals in Brussels on Tuesday with EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule and a representative of the bloc‘s Danish presidency, during a so-called cooperation council. [...]
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The Ukrainian government may consider a possibility of sending the former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko abroad for medical treatment for back pain, Prime Minister Nikolai Azarov said Sunday. In an interview with the Euronews TV channel he said that if there is no opportunity to provide proper medical treatment to Tymoshenko in Ukraine it would be humane to provide such a treatment abroad. Earlier a medical commission of German and Canadian doctors was formed to examine Tymoshenko, who is now [...]
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Ukrainian opposition parties on Saturday held a rally in central Kiev in support of jailed former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko. Opponents of President Viktor Yanukovich, who enjoys close ties with Moscow, gathered to unveil a plan of action for October’s parliamentary election. The vote is being seen as a litmus test for Ukraine’s democracy after criticism by the West that Tymoshenko’s jailing over a gas deal she signed while in office was politically motivated. The leader of the Front for [...]
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Oleksandr Tymoshenko, former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko’s husband, who has been granted political asylum in the Czech Republic, has warned that the Ukrainian authorities will disregard the West’s criticism if the two parties continue speaking in the language of diplomacy. “It is wrong to speak in the diplomatic language with the [Ukrainian President Viktor] Yanukovych regime. The West should understand that power in Ukraine belongs to former criminals wearing the most expensive clothing brands and trained to say only [...]
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KIEV: The daughter of Ukraine’s jailed former premier Yulia Tymoshenko addressed an anti-government protest in Kiev on Saturday demanding the release of the opposition leader. “Mom, I know you can hear me now, and I am confident that you will return to us,” a teary-eyed Yevgenia Tymoshenko said at the “opposition congress” attended by some 2,000 people and broadcast live by the private television channel TvI. The rally gathered several opposition parties in a central square in the capital in [...]
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Ukraine risks finding itself in international isolation if it continues with the criminal prosecution of former PM Yulia Tymoshenko and other political opponents of the ruling president. EU leaders are calling for an international boycott of Kiev. Europe is aligning positions in a slam-bang political brawl with Ukraine. European capitals are calling on Kiev to commit to democratic principles and denounce the seven-year prison sentence handed to Tymoshenko as politically-motivated. They’re also demanding the release of former Interior Minister Yury [...]
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European governments will try for the first time to reach a common position on the Euro 2012 football championships in Ukraine next month, under rising pressure to agree a boycott after Kiev threatened to try the former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko for murder. With the regime of President Viktor Yanukovych upping the ante against Tymoshenko and showing no signs of yielding to German-led pressure to release her for medical treatment overseas, a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels on Monday is expected to see a clash betweenPoland – [...]
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The jailed former prime minister of Ukraine may be left permanently disabled after mistreatment by prison authorities, her daughter has claimed. Yulia Tymoshenko, 51, who is serving seven years for alleged abuse of office, is in hospital after ending a 20-day hunger strike. She needs treatment for a severe spinal problem and her condition has shocked her daughter Eugenia, who is calling for Britain to speak out against the Ukrainian government, which she claims is becoming a dictatorship. She has [...]
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Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor of the U.S. State Department Thomas O. Melia will visit Ukraine next week, the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine has told Interfax-Ukraine. The official will co-chair a meeting of the working group on political dialogue and the supremacy of law of the Ukraine-US Commission on Strategic Partnership, the embassy said. Melia will also meet with members of the Ukrainian government, leaders of the opposition, public activists and the media. [...]
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The family of former Ukrainian Premier Yulia Tymoshenko will pay the University Clinic Charite in Berlin for the services of its doctor during treatment of the ex-premier at Kharkiv Central Clinical Hospital No. 5.
