Global InformationCriminal cases against Yulia Tymoshenko since 2010 information
Since May 2010,[4][5] a series of criminal cases have been opened against Ukrainian politician and former Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko. After Tymoshenko was released from prison on February 22, 2014, in the concluding days of the Euromaidan revolution, following a revision of the Criminal Code of Ukraine that effectively decriminalized the actions for which she was imprisoned, she was cleared of all charges.[6][7] She was officially rehabilitated on February 28, 2014.[8][7][9] Just after the Euromaidan revolution, the Ukrainian Supreme Court closed the case and found that "no crime was committed".[10]
By November 2011 Tymoshenko was under criminal investigation for ten criminal acts;[11] Ukrainian prosecutors have claimed she has committed more criminal acts.[12][13] The cases are:
- intent to bribe Supreme Court judges in 2003,[4][5]
- misuse of public finances in 2009 — criminal cases involving "ambulances for rural medicine" and "Kyoto money" (funds that Ukraine received for selling their quotas under the Kyoto Protocol),[14]
- abuse of office over a natural gas imports contract signed with Russia in January 2009,[14]
- criminal case on "United Energy Systems of Ukraine" (UESU) (1996-1997) is constantly reopened (in 2001, 2011) and closed (in 2001, 2003, 2005). Was reopened in Ukraine on 24 October 2011 (non-delivery by UESU of goods to Russia for $405.5 million in 1996–1997, 4 cases of tax evasion by UESU in 1996–1997),[15][16][17][18]
- involvement in the 1996 murder of oligarch Yevhen Shcherban in Donetsk.[19][20]
In addition Tymoshenko's lawyer Serhiy Vlasenko stood accused of car theft, robbery and failing to obey a court ruling stemming from his divorce.[21]
On 11 October 2011, a Ukrainian court sentenced Tymoshenko to seven years in prison after she was found guilty of abusing her office when brokering the 2009 gas deal with Russia.[22] From 5 August 2011 until her release, Tymoshenko was held in custody. At first she was held in Kyiv,[23][24] before being imprisoned in Kharkiv on December 30, 2011.[25] From May 2012 until the date of her release, she was hospitalized and received treatment for a spinal disc herniation.[26][27] Tymoshenko went on three hunger strikes during her imprisonment.[28][29][30][31][32][33]
Representatives of several countries and human rights organizations have rated the trials against Tymoshenko as "selective justice" and "political persecution".[22][23][34][35][36][37][38][39] The European Union shelved the European Union Association Agreement and Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement with Ukraine, and EU leaders suggested that these agreements would not be ratified unless Ukraine addressed concerns over a "stark deterioration of democracy and the rule of law", including the imprisonment of Tymoshenko and Yuriy Lutsenko in 2011 and 2012.[33][40][41]
Tymoshenko and her supporters saw the trials (and other similar trials) as political payback by Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and his Party of Regions.[14][23][42][43] Both have denied this.[44][45][46] According to President Yanukovych the cases were non-partisan measures to combat corruption in Ukraine.[47][48] He also hinted in late February 2012 that he could pardon Tymoshenko if she would apply for it, but this option was brushed aside by Tymoshenko.[49][50]
- ^ Statement by Senator John McCain & EPP President Wilfried Martens on Ukraine, European People's Party (7 March 2011)
- ^ Tymoshenko to present a picture of Ukrainian events in Brussels Archived March 29, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, forUM (17 March 2011)
- ^ "Flowers, songs for Ukraine's Tymoshenko outside jail". Kyivpost.com. 27 November 2011. Retrieved 2014-03-21.
- ^ a b Ukrainian opposition leader faces criminal charges, Euronews (12 May 2010)
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- ^ a b Ukraine: Speaker Oleksandr Turchynov named interim president, BBC News (23 February 2014)
Ukraine protests timeline, BBC News (23 February 2014) - ^ Andrew Higgins; Andrew Cramer (21 February 2014). "Embattled Ukraine President Signs Compromise Deal as Parliament Votes to Free His Imprisoned Rival". New York Times. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
- ^ "Ally of Opposition Icon Tymoshenko Voted Acting Ukraine President". NBC News. 23 February 2014. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
- ^ "Ukrainian Supreme Court closes Tymoshenko's 'gas case'".
- ^ Kyiv Post (3 November 2011). "Piling cases on Tymoshenko". Kyivpost.com. Retrieved 2014-03-21.
- ^ Getting Yulia, Kyiv Post (3 November 2011)
- ^ In April 2010 Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov stated that "The whole of the previous government (led by Tymoshenko) has caused damage to the state of ₴100 billion. And because the materials on the implementation of the 2009 budget should be considered not only deputies, but first of all law enforcement agencies, and the former Prime Minister, and officials should be held criminally responsible." (Source: Azarov : Tymoshenko's government struck Ukraine multibillion loss. Site of "RIA Novosti", April 28, 2010)
- ^ a b c [Ukraine: Tymoshenko on trial in Kyiv for abuse of power], BBC News (24 June 2011)
- ^ How Ukraine Became a Market Economy and Democracy by Anders Åslund, Peterson Institute for International Economics, 2009, ISBN 978-0-88132-427-3 (page 94)
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- ^ Tymoshenko to decide whether to continue hunger strike, Kyiv Post (13 November 2012)
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- ^ (in Ukrainian) МЗС Швеції: вирок Тимошенко ставить під загрозу наші відносини Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sweden Tymoshenko verdict jeopardizing our relationship, Ukrayinska Pravda (11 October 2011)
- ^ EU leaders:Ratification of Association Agreement and DCFTA depends on settlement of Tymoshenko-Lutsenko issue, Kyiv Post (20 July 2012)
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- ^ "Yanukovych denies political motives for trial of Tymoshenko". Kyivpost.com. 2011-09-21. Retrieved 2014-03-21.
- ^ "Party of Regions: Tymoshenko verdict signal to all Ukrainian officials breaking law". Kyivpost.com. 2011-10-11. Retrieved 2014-03-21.
- ^ "Party of Regions: Gas inquiry began under President Yuschenko". Kyivpost.com. 2011-10-20. Retrieved 2014-03-21.
- ^ "Yanukovych vows to put an end to corruption". Kyivpost.com. 15 September 2011. Retrieved 2014-03-21.
- ^ "Yanukovych: 'Some misinform international community about Ukraine'". Kyivpost.com. 7 February 2011. Retrieved 2014-03-21.
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