Yulia Tymoshenko charged with abuse of power
Yulia Tymoshenko, Ukraine’s former prime minister, has been charged with abuse of power, a crime that could put her in prison for a decade. Yulia Tymoshenko talks to the media as she arrives at the state prosecutor’s office in Kiev Photo: REUTERS Mrs Tymoshenko said on leaving the prosecutor’s office that she has been ordered to stay in Ukraine’s capital Kiev during the investigation, which is linked to the alleged misuse of state funds. The former ally of ex-president Viktor Yushchenko said she had used money earmarked in the state budget for environmental spending to cover Ukraine’s massive pension arrears in times of economic crisis. “The money allotted for the Kyoto Protocol was not…
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