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 very much for being with us on the show was an. e.u. authorities and even. members of the member states europeans.

as a former ukrainian prime minister. yulia timoshenko is sentenced to seven years behind bars for abuse of power off speaks to stanislav a bill called ski director of the moscow based institute of national strategy about the implications of the trial stay with us for spotlight. the welcome to spotlight show you party. about the trial. the former ukrainian prime minister. being sentenced to seven years in prison the court found her guilty overstepped while signing gas contracts. the verdict surprised and disappointed the world community and even russia in favor of the contract. many said in the trial. so is it. to. go to prison and what's going to happen to. the direct. of the fact that. 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 resulted in almost two hundred million dollar losses all the ukraine russia the us you immediately condemned the verdict as politically motivated and europe even wa

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

the former ukrainian prime minister at heart especially being sentenced to seven years in prison the court found her guilty of overstepping while signing gas contracts where. the verdict surprised and disappointed the world community and even russia in favor of which the contracts were allegedly so many saying the trial this is politically motivated so is it a fair trial or a political pressure to units in the country really go to prison and what's going to happen to the dog as we're asking the direct moscow based institute of national service. helped. you to mature until i 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 resulted in almost two hundred million dollar losses all the ukraine russia the us and e.u. immediately condemned the verdict as politically motivated and european warned of could hold several trade agreements with kiev nevertheless right after the verdict more corruption charges were filed against him. now she's accused of embezzling government funds to p

the former ukrainian prime minister certainly hampers the ukrainian european future as they put it in in ukraine and ukraine is pretty much afraid that that the response of the european union will be very negative to two to europe's and to ukraine's integration do you think that this is true that this is really the case well i believe that this is a very big political game and ukrainian authorities are in are all being more or less blackmailed by by their opinion union in order to to to motivate mr unocal which to to set pressure on the court system of ukraine again i do not believe this is a fear approach from the european union but in any case i want to bring europe was never a big fan of commission when she was she was prime minister why such such interference now again the document is being supported boy very influential political force in europe the european people's party which has the biggest party faction in the european parliament which has the biggest party faction in the parliamentary assembly of the council of europe and they can see how these specific they are living all

in a sense it's a defacto ukrainian spring in the further evolutionary stages if you. make a metaphor with the arab spring i mean you know the arabs like them martyrs they like martyrs from various you know political figures i mean ukraine it's not not sure the mission could well actually be sentenced in terms of. the sentence will be actually implemented there may be appeals and other procedures but it's already moving her into the direction of a martyr for ukrainian population if you take so much for spending time with us here live on our team our twitter on the head of the european political forum live in brussels thank you well of course your opinion on the story is always welcome on our website and today we're asking you what the sentence means to you well let's look at the results on the screen at the moment about a third of you believe it's a clever ukrainian ploy to avoid paying for russian gas while the other thirty two percent think the verdict is simply a politically motivated mockery and the rest are split between two options whether the sentence is justice

this debt onto the ukrainian sergeant this violates the ukrainian law this is of course a very interesting new twist in this saga with the trial of you. indeed two days ago she was sentenced to seven years in prison for abusing the power during the signing of contracts of gas deals with russia back in two thousand and nine but it's really too early and too hard to say where this new case will go and what punishment could it bring for. its very early stages and it's unclear in fact what punishment according to the crane legislation may fall for the country's former prime minister how do you think that this latest case will be perceived in ukraine and abroad bearing in mind the massive wave of criticism off the tuesday sentencing . will certainly this new accusation this new case may only add fuel to the fire off a very tense and very furious ak is a very furious reactions from all over the world we've heard reactions from the united states which condemned the prison in the view that we heard reactions from the european union which said that a possible agreement on association between the eu

atmosphere was very tense it could spark a major violence any moment just as some deputies of the ukrainian parliament had predicted earlier that this day would see some major violence now the reaction to the court ruling which sentence you like so much i'm going to seven years in prison with her property being confiscated and the damages of two hundred million u.s. dollars to be paid was rather calm the crowd here is saying that they must continue their fight for freedom and they will do it with no violent means but they will picket the court because the streets of kiev and other ukrainian cities in order to get the their position their stance heard and the u.s. much like was a verdict revised now. to herself has been saying that this case has been political through went through and she was very nervous inside the courtroom over shouting the judge screaming at the judge saying that his that her verdict came not from the judge but from president himself and much like its reaction was very furious indeed . that if i don't agree with the verdict ukraine is getting back to the. nine hundred th

. >> i think the sentence being announced only give strength to ukrainians and make them realize that the regime does not end of the run free will. need to be removed. >> de charges center on a 2009 natural-gas deal between the ukraine and russia. prosecutors say she agreed to prices that left kiev poorer. the judge said the former prime minister criminally exceeded her powers, and then she rose her -- she rose from her chair to address the core. she got to take the case to the european court of human rights. her conviction has been condemned by governments abroad. >> this is a setback in relations between your brain and the you -- the ukraine and the e.u. it raises questions about the commitment of the ukraine to the rule of law. >> when others opposed to the government appealed. we hope there is an appeal. we hope the rights will be fully respected. >> but supporters have little hope of a successful appeal. hundreds protested against the verdict, and there were scuffles with police. >> this conviction comes a time when the ukraine has tried to strengthen ties with the european union

independence of the ukrainian. juridical system we have to accept we may have certain opinions on that but we cannot interfere and to my mind the pressure which is now being set on ukraine on the korean leadership by their opinion union is it is too much he is too much it cannot be accepted because i believe that very much of that pressure is motivated by certain simple says a certain political force within the european union i mean the european people's party where. the and have parked it is a member or a member they initiate the support coming from the repeal of the union and i don't i don't i don't like it at all either towards the ukraine or towards russia or towards any other independent country at least we choose our outside of european union will stick to the subject then continue right after a great concert in concert shelf talking just want life will be back in america sells them stay with. you here in russian european space partnership in. the future of the european satellite navigation system. on board t

but didn't this violates the ukrainian law this is of course a very interesting new twist in this saga with the trial of. indeed two days ago she was sentenced to seven years in prison for abusing the power during the signing of contracts of gas deals with russia back in two thousand and nine this new case may only add fuel to the fire off a very tense and very furious axis of very furious reactions from all over the world we've heard reactions from the united states which condemned the prison in the view that we heard reactions from the european union which said that a possible agreement on association between the european union and ukraine could be canceled and even an invitation for me to visit a meeting in brussels in a short future may also be canceled we also heard very harsh reactions from moscow wish claim that all those gas deal signed in two thousand and nine were completely legitimate we've already heard very interesting statements from president bush who said that in fact this particular law under which he was present could be a bullish in ukraine decriminalised by the ukra

yes we have it confirmed from the ukrainian security service the as be you that another criminal case has been launched against the country's former prime minister uniter sankoh and in fact this story is very complicated and pretty dark because this case in fact refers to fifteen years ago when the unit was sent to was. i was the head of the united energy systems of ukraine company she signed several contracts with the russian foreign with the russian defense ministry story and according to the prosecutors and key of she owes the four hundred million u.s. dollars to the russian foreign ministry and the essence of this new criminal case is that she tried to put this debt on to the ukrainian side shouldn't this violates the ukrainian law this is of course a very interesting new twist in this saga with the trial of you look so much and go to days ago she was sentenced to seven years in prison for abusing the power during the signing of contracts of gas deals with russia back in two thousand and nine but it's really too early and too hard to say where this new case will go and what punish

administration strongly believes in the case against this ukrainian born man also u.s. citizen monsoor are about to see are suspected of trying to plot the assassination of the saudi ambassador in washington the u.s. attorney general says the man admitted being directed by quote high ranking ukrainian officials and on these grounds washington says it will hold the ukrainian government accountable for the plots to kill the embassador also the u.s. is accusing iran of conspiring to stakes to bombings that these really embassy in washington and at the end of saudi arabia in washington iran's denies all of the about saying it's a childish gain that the u.s. is playing and that they have fabricated the case the saudis on the other hand have taken the allegations seriously and i think u.s. authorities for preventing alleged assassination attempt so a guy in a washington already mulling over possible sanctions saying they could also take it to the u.n. security council. what's washington claiming all the actual motives behind the circle the talks and ocean floors. well we very

administration strongly believes in the case against this ukrainian born man also u.s. citizen monsoor are bobsy are suspected of trying to plot the assassination of the saudi ambassador here in washington the u.s. attorney general says the man admitted being directed by quote high ranking ukrainian assertion and on these grounds washington says it will hold the ukrainian government accountable for the plots to kill the embassador also the u.s. is accusing iran of conspiring to true bombings that the israeli embassy in washington and at the embassy of saudi arabia in washington denies all of the above saying it's a childish game that the u.s. is playing and that they have fabricated the case the saudis on the other hand have taken the allegations seriously and they're think u.s. authorities for preventing alleged assassination attempt the grounds of war are beating up on all mainstream channels they definitely take the accusations brought up by the u.s. justice department at face value when the main question they ask is will the u.s. retaliate or not there is there is q

between economic agents grown 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 and counterproductive to call into question the entire set of agreements that also being certainly very harsh reactions to the verdict coming from the european union but my colleague daniel bush will probably tell you more about that in a short while. alexey mentioned today's verdict has received a critical response from european union officials with calls for the e.u. to rethink its relations with ukraine. reports now from brussels. there's been a whole stole reaction from the people in europe here the european union's from policy chief catherine ashton says she's been following the verdict and the european union main fact reassess its whole relations with key of as a result of this verdict we've had the e.u. saying is deeply disappointed with the judge's decision and the e.u. commission i did their experience consequences for by that relations and earlier today that europe are commissions that hope for

given the situation in the ukrainian politics because if they're going to court which for a long scene yulia timoshenko this is a major port and actually the was the person who didn't let him presidential election or thought that he came there other presidents or the whole story has nothing to do with economics or criminals. or is it is there some stories or some sort of a political motivation there because a lot of a lot of her supporters. were crying there were political. behind this bird it's not what you're suggesting absolutely there's political motives behind the but it has nothing to do with economics or with. crime is an understanding of european parliament the largest party has condemned today what lies ahead you think of ukraine's relations with the year you know chile. when you were between russia it's large northern neighbor european union and you have to know as russia pipes gas through the ukraine very late between russia and ukraine. actually have developed in the context of those guess deals unpaid bills and different kind of conflicts in this way all this tries to mane

government and that's the state of mind here the question about the motive that the ukrainians might have had with allegedly plotting to kill the saudi ambassador in washington is very important thing in context of the investigation but nevertheless you don't hear much questioning here neither among politicians nor among the media pundits most seem to be taking the accusations at face value in the meantime there are lots of doubts about why on earth would you ran plot to kill the saudi ambassador to the u.s. and blow up the embassies of israel and saudi arabia in washington and those are the accusations brought up by the u.s. justice department how could you read possibly benefit from many in the least doubt that you could actually actually would. actually to undermine yourself that way iranian history denies all the allegations saying if the game the us is playing possibly to divert attention from their domestic problems whatever the invisible underlying current what's on the surface now is tension which is growing then it should and ivan eland of the independent institute told woul

that russia acts in their march march more gentle and delicate way the do not ever say to it or ukrainian partners either or and we believe that the membership of ukraine where all participation of ukraine in the custom union in the common european common economic space with russia kazakhstan and belarus are does not exclude throws or integration of ukraine into the european union so this is a not a case of a choice to my mind and the ukraine ukraine just needs to to handle all of this jointly and to take a decision we should all correspond with the national interests of ukraine and these national interest of ukraine are definitely inside of europe but inside of a united europe because all countries of the european continent included and not excluded as one of the people feeling the pulse of the russian foreign politics do you think feel today that this tension with europe is really pushing ukraine. closer to russia for example for example to the customs union or leave it well at least at least they know that. the korean leadership now or has restarted the restart of the consideration of

has been charged with laying the burden of debts from an energy corporation she headed on to the ukrainian budget this comes just two days after the machine code was sentenced to seven years behind bars over her gas contracts with russia here's our correspondent in kiev. this story is very complicated and pretty dark because this case in fact refers to fifteen years ago when the unit i'm ashamed to was i was the head of the united energy systems of ukraine company she signed several contracts with the russian defense ministry and according to prosecutors and key of she owes four hundred million u.s. dollars to the russian defense ministry and the essence of this new criminal case is that she passed right to put this debt on to the cranium shouldn't this violates the ukrainian law this is of course a very interesting new twist in this saga with the trial of you look so much and go indeed two days ago she was sentenced to seven years in prison who are abusing that power during the signing of contracts of gas deals with russia back in two thousand and nine this new case may only add fuel to t

will you have to protect ukrainian tarion regime. when her stand up the protesters several thousand of them will remain in central street for another week at least to follow the developments and to see whether their leader would be set free or any any other development could happen to her the muslim has been saying all along that those deals like in two thousand and nine were signed in full chords with international law and with the two countries legislation and the reaction which we have already received from the russian foreign ministry is saying almost the same that the court which had the verdict delivered basically neglected the fact that russia believed that the deals were signed a law fully and the verdict itself has something over and so i russian pretext that is what we do. hearing from the russian foreign ministry here it is that happy with the other way things are going because we know that the russian foreign minister and president medvedev have been saying that this case should be transparent and that the gas deals were

been it could have led to serious violence that as it had been predicted by many deputies in the ukrainian parliament and experts thankfully it turned out to be rather on the violence still several people were injured in the pushing and shoving with the police one woman was saw as she was taken to hospital having fallen from a stage or from a staircase or something like that and other than that it has been no serious violence but as i said in this situation was very tense inside the courtroom of course it was very tense as well while the judge was reading out the verdict. was over shouting the judge was screaming abusive words at him saying that this decision this verdict was not done in accordance with the criminal law but it was orchestrated by president viktor yanukovych indeed the reaction from the former prime minister when she learned that she's to spend seven years in prison have her property confiscated and to pay out almost two hundred million u.s. dollars in debt was very much furious. with. the retiring regime. stop me the trial showed that the constitution and justice had been

th a gng topless in their fight for more democracy and against censorship and the authoritarian ukrainian state. they feel betrad byhe who political class. >> our government is useless. the opposition is not any better. most ukrainians don'tar yocod put the whole opposition into jail and nothing would happen >> the activists s tt ey need to wake people up and they believe that nudity is the most efcte prch. ay with us for more news here on d. >> hinojosa: his words tell the story of the mexican exodus to the united states, a historic ventf mo t mli men, women, and children. award-winning journalist sam

dollars in damages which the court believes she inflicted to the ukrainian budget also understand that her property will have to be confiscated and after she spent seven years in prison for the next three years she will not be able to have any government the post or have any government to work in the government or anywhere in the state parties this is of course something a little bit unexpected from by many experts because many thoughts of the last minute that timoshenko would get a five year suspended sentence which would set her free immediately but would rule her out from any political campaigns in the parliamentary election next year or the presidential election twenty fifteen now we received the news that she got the seven year sentence this is definitely the plea of the prosecution so she received the sentence in full the our lady of ukrainian politics says she was commonly known just several years back when she was the country's prime minister reacted with indignation to the ruling by the court saying that the ukraine is now back to the nineteen thirty seven to the times of the

these grounds washington says it will hold the ukrainian government accountable for the plot to kill the embassador also the u.s. is accusing iran of conspiring to stage two bombings that these really embassy in washington and at the end of saudi arabia in washington denies all of the above saying it's a childish game that the u.s. is playing and that they have fabricated the case the saudis on the other hand have taken the allegations seriously and i think u.s. authorities for preventing alleged assassination attempt the drums of war are beating on all mainstream channels they definitely take the accusations brought up by the u.s. justice department at face value and the main question they ask is will the u.s. retaliate or not there is there is quite a few people in washington who root for retaliation in the meantime officials say all options are on the table not clear how far this will go but the news but on the news i constantly hear phrases like we need to step up ok if it is to undermine the government of iran we need to step up cooperation with saudi arabia and israel and other

is haughty dot com today we're ask you what the sentence nene's on healthy believe it's a clever ukrainian point to avoid paying for russian gas what about twenty five percent think the verdict is simply a politically motivated mockery out of the view on the opinion that the sentence is just as well done and he some percent believe it's a fatal error of blocking ukraine's road to the look on the website. and have your say. russia and china corporation in a bid to balance out the economic and political dominance of western countries prime minister vladimir putin is in beijing to solidify diplomatic ties and overcome trade hurdles. following the landmark meeting that. it's important to mention that this was prime minister putin first visit since announcing his candidacy in the upcoming presidential elections and now some say it's a signal of change in focus for russia for many years the west's sensor stage in the country's political agenda china's growing economic progress has a look in the east and many analysts say that the strategic partnership between the world's biggest and fastest grow

means and let's have a look at the numbers right here on artsy half of you believe it's a clever ukrainian employed to avoid paying for russian gas about a third think the verdict is simply a politically motivated mockery the rest of us split between two options whether the sentence is just as well done or a fatal error closing ukraine's road to the e.u. do you take a chance to log on to r.t. dot com and have your say. with r.t. live from moscow now russia and china boosting cooperation in a bid to balance out the economic and political dominance of western countries prime minister vladimir putin is in beijing to solidify diplomatic ties and overcome trade hurdles in the cost of its following a landmark meeting for. it's important to mention that this was prime minister putin's first visit since announcing his candidacy in the upcoming presidential elections and some say it's a signal of change in focus for russia for many years the west censor stage in the country's political agenda china's growing economic progress has more in the east and many analysts say that the strategic partnership

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