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Ukrainian ex-PM stripped of her property
Published: 30 June, 2011, 16:54
Kiev : Ukraine's former Prime Minister and a leader of the opposition Yulia Tymoshenko gestures as she speaks to a journalist in her residence in Kiev during her interview for AFP on February 2, 2011. (AFP Photo/ Sergei Supinsky)
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A Ukrainian court has seized the property of the country's former Prime Minister Yulia Timoshenko and former Interior Minister Yury Lutsenko.
“All the property of Timoshenko and Lutsenko has been seized,” a spokesman for the Prosecutor’s Office said.
The ex-premier is accused of an abuse of power for sealing highly unprofitable deals for the country for the purchase and transit of Russian gas back in 2009.
The investigators claim she was not authorized to sign such contracts, which they estimate cost Ukraine about US$400 million.
Meanwhile, Yulia Timoshenko has submitted a complaint to the European Court of Human Rights, claiming the case against her is politically motivated.
Last week in a pre-trial hearing, Timoshenko slammed the court as “a farce”, orchestrated by her political rival, President Viktor Yanukovich.
If convicted, Timoshenko faces up to ten years in prison.
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Somebody has to shut her up. Too much talking and little action. Ukraine is in the state of complete chaos with her as a PM. V. Yanukovich is doing the right thing. Shut her up, strip her of all the assets and never let her back in politics.
Any country that wants "in" with the West has got to ensure that the "rule of law" is predominant as well as a independant judiciary .
"Justice not only has to be done , but has to be seen to be done !!!"
Best thing that the current Ukraine admin can do is to suspend her charges on appeal and exhile her and her family to the UK with her assets .