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Ukraine court dismisses ex-PM Tymoshenko's defense attorney

July 18, 2011 02:59:04 PM

A Ukraine court on Monday dismissed Serhiy Vlasenko, a lawyer representing former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko , from judicial proceedings. Vlasenko had been defending Tymoshenko in a criminal case related to United Energy Systems of...

July 6, 2011 09:04:43 AM

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) announced on Tuesday that they are launching a criminal investigation into United Energy Systems of Ukraine (UESU), an energy company at one time headed by...

June 24, 2011 10:42:47 AM

Ukrainian opposition leader and former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko went on trial Friday in the Pechersky District Court on abuse of power charges. Thousands of protesters surrounded the building, supporting Tymoshenko and...

June 22, 2011 12:12:57 PM

Ukrainian opposition leader and former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko filed a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Tuesday, alleging violations of the European Convention of Human...

May 25, 2011 08:45:38 AM

The Ukraine Prosecutor General's Office (PGO) again charged former prime minister and opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko Tuesday in connection with alleged corruption during her time in office. She was charged...

April 27, 2011 04:18:24 PM

Former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko on Wednesday filed a corruption lawsuit in a US federal court against a natural gas trading company. In the suit against Swiss-based RosUkrEnergo , Tymoshenko...

March 22, 2011 12:22:21 PM

Ukrainian state prosecutors announced a criminal investigation Tuesday against former president Leonid Kuchma for his alleged involvement in the 2000 murder of opposition journalist Heorhiy Gongadze. The criminal investigation is based on Kuchma's suspected abuse of power...

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What is at stake in Egypt's referendum

March 19, 2011 03:43:12 PM

Gary C. Gambill : "Last month, an extraordinarily popular uprising against Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was interrupted by a turn of events that is not uncommon when aging autocrats outlive their capacity to protect deeply vested interests -...

February 22, 2011 10:45:50 AM

The Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office (PGO) has combined two separate criminal cases and concluded the pre-trial investigation of opposition leader and former primer minister Yulia Tymoshenko ....

February 3, 2011 07:45:05 AM

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Wednesday that the Detroit Immigration Court has ordered the removal of a Michigan man accused of killing Jews while serving as a member of the Nazi-sponsored...

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