Ukraine Prosecutors Probe Tymoshenko Over Killing

By Pavel Polityuk

KIEV (Reuters) - Jailed Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko will soon be released in the northeastern city of Kharkiv, where she is being treated in hospital, her daughter signaled on Saturday.

KIEV — Fugitive Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich, ousted after bloody street protests in which demonstrators were shot by police snipers, is wanted on an arrest warrant for mass murder, authorities announced on Monday. As rival neighbours east and west of the former Soviet republic said a power vacuum in Kiev must not lead to the country breaking apart, acting President Oleksander Turchinov said Ukraine’s new leaders wanted relations with Russia on a “new, equal and good neighbourly footing that recognizes and takes into account Ukraine’s European choice”.

Infamous Ukrainian former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko has started a hunger strike after claiming mistreatment in prison. She has stated that she was beaten by prison guards, and a human rights ombudsman has confirmed bruising on Tymoshenko's body. The Euronews video from Kyiv shows an interesting reaction to Tymoshenko's case: some politicians have very little ...

Ukrainian prosecutors said Thursday they had opened a new criminal probe against former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko on suspicion of abusing power while in office.She is accused of exceeding her authority in a purchase of 1,000 new Opel Combo vans for the health service that lost the state some $8.3 million dollars, the prosecutors said in a statement.Officials said they had no immediate plans of placing the former Orange Revolution leader under arrest."To date, there is no reason to arrest her," said prosecutor Olexander Kalifistky.

KIEV (Reuters) - The speaker of the Ukrainian parliament, the closest confidante of freed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko, was temporarily handed the role of president on Sunday following the ouster of Viktor Yanukovich.

Prosecutors filed a fresh charge against Ukraine's former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko, the embattled politician said."They have lodged an additional charge, of embezzling 960,000 hryvnias (92,000 euros, 120,000 dollars)," Tymoshenko told the Interfax-Ukraine news agency. She already faces a charge of abuse of power.The sum in question had been paid by the government to the state bank into the Ukraine Treasury's account, she said.On the first charge alone, she faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted.

Prosecutors filed a fresh charge against Ukraine's former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko, the embattled politician said Friday."They have lodged an additional charge, of embezzling 960,000 hryvnias (92,000 euros, 120,000 dollars)," Tymoshenko told the Interfax-Ukraine news agency. She already faces a charge of abuse of power.The sum in question had been paid by the government to the state bank into the Ukraine Treasury's account, she said.On the first charge alone, she faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted.