for abuse of power speaks to. the director of the moscow based institute of national strategy about the implications of the trial stay with us for that. going to welcome to the spotlight show. i'm. about. the former ukrainian prime minister has. been sentenced to seven years in prison the court found her guilty overstepping. gas contracts. the verdict surprised and disappointed the world community and even russia in favor of the contract. and the trial. so is it. to. go to prison and what's going to happen to. the direct. cost. you tymoshenko 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 all the 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 key nevertheless right after the verdict more corruption charges were filed against you. now she's accused of embezzling government funds to pay out adaptive a company she wants rand. thank you ver

you that my guest in the studio today stanislas bill cosby director of the moscow based institute for national strategy we're talking about the the the stanton's that yulia tymoshenko the former ukrainian prime minister got in a court she got seven years and maybe maybe looking at another twelve years 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 may influence russian ukrainian relations also negatively yes to very considerable extent zero of the sentence was or have been quite predictable for the past two months and i don't think. a surprise for russian leaders and involved in negotiations between different actors well and here is the reaction russian prime minister vladimir putin. to be honest i can't quite understand why she got those seven years to go did not sign anything the contracts were signed between economic agents gazprom enough to go as they were signed fully in accordance with russian and ukrainian legislation as well as international rules and regulations i think it's dangerous a

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