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Ukraine court jails Tymoshenko for 7 years
Her lawyers said they would appeal against the verdict. The European Union, a major trading partner for Ukraine, immediately denounced the judgment as politically motivated and told President Viktor Yanukovich's leadership that it would boomerang
Updated: 10/11/2011 07:59A
Tymoshenko found guilty and given seven years in jail
The verdict could scupper Yanukovich's bid for closer ties with Brussels. Aides to EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashtion previously described the case as “the application of selective justice”. EU officials had warned that jailing Tymoshenko could
Updated: 10/11/2011 07:57A
Yulia Tymoshenko, ex-Ukraine PM, gets 7 years jail
Tymoshenko said she would contest the conviction, and spoke up as the judge read the verdict, saying the judge was "taking Ukraine's freedom". The judge paid no attention and continued reading. "The verdict won't stop me," she said.
Updated: 10/11/2011 07:57A
Ukraine jails Tymoshenko for seven years
A Ukrainian judge on Tuesday sentenced former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko to seven years in jail for abusing her powers in a 2009 gas deal with Russia, a verdict that is set to harm ties with the European Union. Amid emotional scenes in the packed
Updated: 10/11/2011 07:56A
Tymoshenko found guilty of abuse of power
"It is not Judge Kireev but President Yanukovych who is handing down the verdict," she said. Tymoshenko supporters from her party were barred from rushing the courtroom, RIA Novosti reported. About 800 Tymoshenko supporters and 1000 anti-Tymoshenko
Updated: 10/11/2011 07:55A
Ukraine's ex-PM Tymoshenko sentenced to 7 years in jail
She compared her verdict, which she claimed was written by her longtime foe, President Viktor Yanukovych, to the horrific purges by Soviet dictator Josef Stalin. "The year 1937 has returned to Ukraine with this verdict and all the repression of
Updated: 10/11/2011 07:52A
Ukraine's EU dream in tatters
September 27, 2011: Prosecutors demand a seven year sentence for Tymoshenko, who remains in detention, as the EU ambassador accuses Kiev of turning a deaf ear to its calls to free her. - October 11, 2011: Judge Kireyev starts reading out his verdict,
Updated: 10/11/2011 07:51A
Tymoshenko gets 7 years in jail
I will continue my fight for Ukraine, for its European future,” Tymoshenko told reporters during a short break before the verdict. “Nobody, not Yanukovych, not Kireyev, can humiliate my honest name. I have worked and will continue to work for Ukraine's
Updated: 10/11/2011 07:51A
Ukraine Court Sentences Tymoshenko to Seven Years in Prison
Tymoshenko must also pay a $1.5 billion fine to NAK Naftogaz Ukrainy for damages that she caused by signing 10-year gas supply and transit agreements with Russia, Judge Rodion Kiryeev said today in reading his verdict. Thousands of supporters of the 50
Updated: 10/11/2011 07:51A
Iran's top court ready to examine appeal of pastor who converted from Islam
He is now awaiting a verdict in his retrial. (File photo) By AFP Iran's supreme court said Tuesday it would again examine any appeal by an Iranian pastor who is currently awaiting a verdict in his retrial for apostasy ? a crime which could be punished
Updated: 10/11/2011 07:51A
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