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MP Tomenko: Kyiv planning to allow Moscow buy Naftogaz, Ukraine's gas transportation system Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Mykola Tomenko of the Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko believes that a time out in the negotiations with Russia on gas supply agreement was taken because the Ukrainian authorities plan to meet Russia's demand to reorganize and privatize Ukraine's gas transportation system and the national gas company Naftogaz Ukrainy.
Yesterday at 11:52 | Interfax-Ukraine
Defense lawyer: Tymoshenko given a hard time in prison Constant video surveillance is conducted in the cell in Kachanivka penal colony, where Ukraine's former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko is held, her defense lawyer Serhiy Vlasenko has said.
Yesterday at 14:53 | Interfax-Ukraine
Political analyst: ECHR may consider Tymoshenko's complaint before cassation in Ukraine The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) may consider the case against former Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko before cassation in Ukraine, Director of the Penta Center for Applied Political Studies Volodymyr Fesenko has said.
Yesterday at 09:58 | Interfax-Ukraine
World Bank director: Ukraine not facing shortage of strategies Country Director for Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova, Martin Raiser, has said one of the key lessons in partnership between the World Bank and Ukraine over the past four years is the following: Ukraine is seriously suffering state management problems.
Yesterday at 13:24 | Interfax-Ukraine
Tymoshenko's daughter not admitted to penitentiary to visit her Yevheniya Tymoshenko, former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko's daughter, was barred from visiting her mother at the Kachanivska correctional facility in Kharkiv, where she is serving her prison term.
Yesterday at 16:19 | Interfax-Ukraine
Ñhief of prison colony: Tymoshenko under video surveillance, not to be involved in community service Ivan Pervushkin, the head of the Kachanivska prison colony in Kharkiv, where former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko is now being held, has confirmed that the former premier is under constant video surveillance.
Yesterday at 16:09 | Interfax-Ukraine
Yanukovych signs law to create new SBU subdivision to protect state's interests in information security Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has signed a law creating a new subdivision for counterintelligence protection of the state's interests in information security in the structure of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), the presidential press service reported on Tuesday.
Yesterday at 17:44 | Interfax-Ukraine
Foreign Ministry: Kyiv hopes for fair probe into death of Moldovan citizen in Transdniestrian 'security zone' The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has expressed regret at the incident that happened in the security zone of the Transdniestrian region in Moldova on January 1, 2012, in which Moldovan citizen Vadim Pisar died.
Yesterday at 18:12 | Interfax-Ukraine
Lawmaker: Tymoshenko's daughter to see her mother after formalities done with Daughter of Former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, Yevhenia, will be allowed to see her mother, who is currently held in Kochanivka penal colony in Kharkiv, after all the formalities are completed, leader of the BYT-Batkivschyna faction Andriy Kozhemiakin has said.
Yesterday at 12:42 | Interfax-Ukraine
Defense team to appeal Tymoshenko's transfer to Kachanivka penal colony A defense counsel for former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, Serhiy Vlasenko, has said that he intends to appeal against Tymoshenko's transfer to Kachanivka penal colony in Kharkiv.
Yesterday at 15:23 | Interfax-Ukraine
Batkivschyna party: Tymoshenko's daughter and defence counsel to visit her in prison on Tuesday Defense counsel for Ukraine's former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko, Serhiy Vlasenko, and her daughter Yevhenia Tymoshenko will visit the ex-premier in prison on Tuesday, January 3.
Yesterday at 09:30 | Interfax-Ukraine