Former Ukraine Premier loses court appeal

Ukraine’s highest court has upheld the guilty verdict against the country’s ex-prime minister who is in jail on abuse of office charges.

Former Ukraine Premier loses court appeal
Wed, 29 Aug, 2012 - 10:20

Ukraine’s highest court has upheld the guilty verdict against the country’s ex-prime minister who is in jail on abuse of office charges.

Yulia Tymoshenko was an architect of Ukraine’s 2004 Orange Revolution. She was sentenced to seven years in prison last October over allegations involving a gas contract negotiated while she was prime minister.

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