he's telling. me. looking back you with the luck of moscow on the research you show you headlines now the protests against big business began in new york and now they've gone global people in almost a thousand cities say a collective note of the culture of corporate control in rome italian police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse the crowds there some two hundred thousand people are marching in that city right now. the seven months long revolt has divided syria as the regime's supporting capital says it's ready to wait for reforms cities outside damascus want the president gone now. and ukraine's

attempts to spruce up its image ahead of its hosting of the euro two thousand and twelve football championships comes under fire from animal rights groups they are accusing the government of stray dogs of. heart and half an hour as my colleague old dog but for now though with ukraine's former prime minister yulia timoshenko sentenced to seven years in prison for abuse of power a spotlight post. discusses the wider implications for trial. hello again going to walk into a spot like the incident should be party i'll go along with you for they will be talking about the trial of uli had similar showing. the former ukrainian prime minister opposition leader being sentenced to seven years in prison the court found

her guilty overstepping half hours while signing gas contracts with rushed the verdict surprised and disappointed the world community and even russia in favor of which the contracts were allegedly stopped many saying the trial is politically motivated so is it a fair trial or a political question to you it's a machine to really go to prison and what's going to happen for the transcript we're asking the direct moscow based institute of national sex studies laughs well first. you to mention cole was arrested in the summer on charges of abuse of office according to the prosecutors she signed an unfair long term contract with russia's gas exporter gazprom which resulted in almost two hundred million dollar losses called ukraine russia the us and the you immediately condemned the verdict as

politically motivated and europe even warned it could hold several trade agreements with here never that's right up to the british corruption charges were filed against religion shango now she's accused of embezzling government funds to pay out the death of a company she lost round. alamosa because you thank you very much for being with us on the show was a man whose love e.u. authorities and even. members of the member states. countries are missing ukraine with grave consequences how far do you think europe may go in in defending tima shoko and is a ukraine's european and russian really at stake today as opposed to first before i don't think europe will agree to sayings of free trade zone agreement and association agreement with ukraine expected literals the seer unless you let him

set free by the end of the year and i'm hopeful that having a college understands this well. we may have some proof to work he just said let's hear how european commission's foreign policy chief catherine ashton commented until michelle because guilty verdict. begins really disappointed with the verdict that's come out of ukraine in a case of yulia timoshenko the trial that took place didn't in our view respect regional standards of being fair and transparent and having an independent legal process i've repeatedly asked for this in statements that i've made unfortunately what we're seeing confirms that justice is being applied so actively in what we see as politically motivated prosecutions of the leaders of the opposition and members of the former government i have to say it's extremely disappointing in a country that currently holds the chairmanship of the committee of ministers of the council of europe. for this club do you think that.

will be ready to concede i think so at least it's widely known the victorian accomplish promised to several european leaders to circulate in washington for free and review the trial results by the end of the year and the confidential conversations with those leaders. young college informally initiated the trial about half a year ago i think he did not expect a knock. such consequences but now he cannot reviews a vector of ukrainian development itself its movement toward europe so he will be forced to change the destiny of you live in washington well a ukraine considers itself to be a sovereign and independent country there are many many questions but still do you think it's independent enough not to let foreigners intervene into its internal judicial. it's independent enough i believe but the same time.

the history of modern ukrainians and snake ninety one when the state emerged inquiry was encouraged closest and borders reflect of the basic trend of ukrainian development. out of russia. we from russia and they dear ukraine is not russia for you later in the flesh inflection a book of the former ukrainian president learned kuchma still dominates within the political elite regardless of who is ukrainian president and so if not was russia then really europe europe was a key point for ukraine to get rid of this fall historical dependence on our country well of course ukraine is important for europe it is important for the for the west. also is important who do you think is more important for western diplomacy for western politicians

that may be deciding the fate of the poor prime minister today who is the most important ukraine. mr mishra i think by this before the stroke in washington has never been a hero for europe. she was not considered as a symbol of ukrainian democracy europe has been constantly suspicious about. business track record about her connections with rashers officials and big business her personal connection is not an airport and has been established in general in two thousand and nine when this contract had been signed and so on and so on was the when you say personal relations and let me put it you mean business the business deal there the way they made business i think it is my business deal in future. hardly to be hidden from european view but do you believe there is mutual so there wasn't is merely observed. in many times and now we see and hear a lot in our polls and openly supports

a lot in washington which it you though that this is true because because she has never been a big fan of russia she has never been a big fan of moscow of kremlin how could have could have she she deserves the. prime minister benjamin franklin. i know her well enough i think personally we were in france early early of the decade and is not she is not ideologically nor a jew politically motivated person for her is a question number one is power and any force assumes a world health or her proteins of power and to keep the power could be france was in some period of time what about the old russian saying that a friend of my enemy can never be my friend she is a friend of circus really sort of centric or you should be used to be more close friends referred to in such situations she was a problem so to call her friend but she's a version of forget you little much anger and perfection and your queen in

parliament supported precious position on south sea here in august of two thousand eight hundred not support which was of paramount importance for all of them are present but you little richard her face is now a new criminal charge the accusations are fresh though the case is over crimes allegedly committed back in nineteen early states when she had a private power company spotlights you know the media has more. because work is the president of the united energy systems of ukraine in the mid ninety's ninety's made you one of the richest people in the country is going to have nicknamed gas princess and made her the subject to criminal investigation ten years ago she was arrested on charges of forging carstens documents and smuggling gas between one thousand nine hundred five and one thousand nine hundred seven she was released several weeks later you know the same year the main military

prosecutor a pressure group charges against you regime ashamed o. aged lee giving bribes to russian defense ministry officials russian investigators unsuccessfully tried to invade the mission before the rationing in two thousand and four and the rest were in. well who was insured in russia and it even went this worry student into wanted list. became prime minister of ukraine in two thousand and five but never travel to russia during her first seven months in office we took the senior russian prosecutors dropped the courage is against the mission and this week ukrainian prosecutors have once again turned to events of fourteen years ago it gives in to. legally using government money to cover her company is that the russian defense ministry is goes to trial and if she's found guilty could face up to twelve years in prison.

well mr because q what do you think. may be the political consequences of this trial for you it's a machine who said she was going to be in a row for the west has she become a hero also much has never been since our descent sense she's been arrested. she had become a she is she once again becoming the hero among. big percent of the population only in ukraine yes i think so i think knowing you let emotions are personal a little you i am very suspicious of that he. was inclined to be arrested should his best to be arrested by and by august because he has resolved he has achieved two bills he tried to achieve since her defeat and presidential elections and to solve them took keen back her status as an opposition leader as a unique opposition leader and. to consolidate the european support around her should you both girls and do you think that those convictions may have any

consequences for the president again as the was between between gazprom enough to go has been clear and out of college and weaning government right to use this sentence as an argument and the dispute was rational because now ukraine will try to. prove that the congress. we think of this court decision as picturesque court's decision of the center of the. generally two thousand and nine yes agreement was signed by the people are exceeded their powers and such we allegedly met at may be those arguments are good proctors international patrician orders about you they do think that putin and the aspirin may use in some papers put it may use the general outrage against ukraine's leadership in order to hard pressed ukraine on gas prices yes i think so because i don't see it as in our

personal and guessed from. and i don't predict made making big succession still great so you guess words are far from us so stanislav will cost the director of the institute of national strategy. will be back shortly will continue this interview throughout the day with. discoveries. communicate with the want to. test yourself and become free. see what nature can give you.

want to. bring you the latest in science and technology from the ground. we've got the future covered. welcome back to the spotlight i'll be in auburn just a wind that my guest in the studio today stanislav bill costy director of the moscow based institute for national strategy we're talking about the the the strong tense that yulia tymoshenko the former ukrainian prime minister got in court seven years and maybe maybe looking at another twelve the used well many say that this decision was politically motivated well in russia this decision is called

anti russian so do you think that this court decision may or may influence russian ukrainian relations also negatively yes to very considerable extent of the sentence was or have been quite predictable for the past two months and i don't think it's a surprise for russian leaders and involved in negotiations as it playing on the front at all and here is the reaction of russian prime minister vladimir putin. to be honest i can't quite understand why she got those seven years she was shameful did not sign any. i think the contracts were signed between economic agents gazprom enough to god as they were signed fully in accordance with russian and ukrainian legislation as well as international rules and regulations i think it's dangerous and counterproductive to call into question the entire set of agreements. do you also agree that the trial. was politically motivated yes to reconsider what's the

motive there may be only to motives one motive was to make. even a bigger political star than there then she was three months ago and the other motive is to spoil your relations with your strategic pride which is russia so both seem to be insane for the same politician s.p.v. should not true of or is to me to be free and a coach is political. half a year ago when all the deal started. me be considerate of the potential consequences of the processes favorable for himself he really thought the trail would undermine you little machine or at completion is a little positional but the result is most of us are missing now and secondly. the gas lobby around him and closing his chief of staff so. they are german as to yuri boyd and some other persons are very close economically and. to ukrainian president

consider all of this to machine control was an instrument of pressure on to russia to chicha the basic conditions of two thousand and yes crap that's and this still hope it could be efficient as we got was a little it's a very the results of the trial are very dull fall for the rest of the political historical prospects of victory and i wish but i don't think. this how far why doesn't he realize simple things there there there that seem obvious for me for you there is because it's a personal vendetta and we people are and then they're together they don't see anything he said when they. sent us because victor unocal which was so so many things you need many times mention for the context of his criminal process it's obvious. you've been in president go. to remind all his enemy soldiers competitor of the to be in prison and not to go to get into prison is not so

complicated in our life so don't remember him he wasn't present to study attempts himself so but what was it was no basically it was a strategy mistake of victory and a crutch he hasn't got any political placers he wanted to but has got many political minuses headed i predict well you know who you actually said he regretted the court's decision as putting obstacles in the way of ukraine's european integration what does it regret would he be it was a snake himself former as european the european capital or italian approach emphasizes he does not interfere in the court decisions and those of powers of court. here is how ukraine's president. reacted to the court's decision hours after it was announced. naturality court mutants decision on the basis of the current criminal code but it's not the final decision there is still the court of appeal. you know it will be very important on the basis of which once the decision

of the court of appeal will be made. will is speaking about political motivation the investigation against submission co started back in two thousand and nine if i'm not mistaken then he wasn't yet the president of the country do you think he had the power and he had enough influence to stop. the investigation not to let the verdict happen yes only he controls the general prosecutor's office so that most of the just depends on his willingness to stop the investigation ex-president you should go was a witness saying in court against tymoshenko they are friends we we all remember the their displeasure this guy was witnessing against this lady why did they do it why. the most you should consider the most positive result of this five

years presidency and not. the better place and yes because the relationship between you your knowledge are much more friendly than between you should currently mushing you should really consider security much anger as the biggest threat to your queen and democracy and you green in future so he acts logically and predictably and also adding to her popularity the opposition to just a view of the united position lose both guys i mean both presidents of ukraine your brother that great i merely learned african leaders of ukrainian politics. was tried still is tried today to a certain degree for treason. interests there is this accusation of treason a key appeal to the nationalist west of the country. so that our friends in the west. by and before the presidential election of course old madison thurman some.

investor in us were bitterly disappointed. both because of the cancun two thousand and country condition and the relationship friendship between you and blood in your party are there to even talk humiliate the new president viktor usually in publicly but now either i think due to victoria over due to the trial and the sentence. has got back all the support of your green investors because solidly to support so so so what you're implying is that the political preferences the political situation in ukraine is changing today because the because of the trial yes yes and. i think if you were was not arrested the result would be so dramatic and so she understood the rest of very favorable for her politically and that's why looking at her behavior and what how he offended the jack church how her how the whole shirt under

the jacket and the rules of behavior in the courts themselves i think he was emotional wanted to be arrested for some time being who for the same claims that you buy europe's pressure she will be set free shortly if she's said free and she will still be a convicted criminal but she has to win the appeal if she wins the appeal that there that most live in the accusations is that most probably will mean that sure that you will be well at least one of the most probable candidates for president. no first and for most as a leader of the opposition leader of the parliament election doesn't well even if you are the machine code is not clear for of the accusations he would not have the rape part and the parliament elections two thousand twelve personally she would be out of the year authority think. harry yury beautician would bring very much the opposition victory. i have heard that the had are the the head of the appeal court

of ukraine is a pretty is a great fan of you is that right and there's that inquisitor head of supreme or supreme master or not and. finally everything will depend on twitter in a college and has no loneliness to satisfy european demands and freedom are trying to steer oh we're talking about the west i'm talking about moscow what about the supporters of the mission queenside the country is their voice heard you mean do they as somehow influence the political process in the country the genius of course they think this trial yes any support from from outside would consolidate here as emotional support or some say do you mean. the prosecution continues the investigation another corruption charges against the machine do you think that these new accusations new this new threat of adding another twelve

years to her seven year sentence may come true. it depends it's a potential mechanisms of pressure on the machine if she's free this year but if. the big three are called which will be wanting some sometime in the future to bring her back to pry one present so those new yorkers even sent investigation results could be at the same time the queen in power wants to remind trash that russia has cleared. the general prosecutor's office of russia has given us a machine for all of those accusations in two thousand and five and to say to reveal to you our college and his cronies one for want to emphasize that russia has got half sun confidential delicate relationship but still it's a machine and the details of the relation should be important to machine could be disclosed if it would be political necessary for yanacocha russia is clear from

intermission card was ordered by year two thousand and five this was a politically motivated this and i was going to get it because i think that's very moment you would so much think a visit that we needed her as a partner who is a neighbor to the north and after being fired from my prime ministers imposed but it was my person and my school and the came to some agreements on how to finally get them president and general public hints towards and so if put in as to heart thought given general college himself and we should remind the world what the relationship between paulson and tymoshenko has been for the five years since two thousand and five i can best be watching how how how this situation would be developing just a reminder that my guest on the show today was bill kosky director of the institute for international standards and thanks a lot familiar with us this is that from all our spotlight will be ground with more photos from cannons on what's going on in and out say russia until then stay on

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