Facing condemnation from the West following the jailing of Yulia V. Tymoshenko, the Ukrainian government could decriminalize the law under which the opposition leader was prosecuted.

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Tymoshenko to Be Freed Soon, Her Daughter Says

The EU warns Ukraine of “profound implications” after ex-PM Yulia Tymoshenko is jailed on charges dismissed in the West as politically motivated.

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EU warns over Tymoshenko jailing

The sentence was the maximum demanded by prosecutors on charges that Yulia V. Tymoshenko had harmed Ukraine’s interests as prime minister.

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Yulia Tymoshenko Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison

Ukraine’s ex-PM Yulia Tymoshenko is jailed for seven years on charges of abuse of power, at the end of trial widely criticised by Western countries.

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Ukraine’s ex-PM Tymoshenko jailed

KIEV, Ukraine — The judge in the abuse-of-office trial of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko gave a strong indication she would be found guilty Tuesday, saying she used her power “for criminal ends”. Under Ukrainian court procedures, the judge reads a a lengthy summary of the case, with the verdict and possible sentence announced at the end. Read full article > >

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Judge in trial of Ukraine ex-PM says she damaged gas company, suggests guilty verdict

Thousands of protesters in Ukraine march to protest against former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko’s trial, overshadowing Independence Day celebrations

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Tymoshenko trial protests in Kiev

One leader of Ukraine’s 2004 Orange Revolution, Viktor Yushchenko, testifies against another, Yulia Tymoshenko, at a controversial trial in Kiev.

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Orange Revolution allies in court

Vitali Klitschko, the reigning World Boxing Council world heavyweight champion, is fighting to rally Ukraine’s fractured opposition.

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The Saturday Profile: A World Champion Who Could Be a Contender in Ukraine

CHERNOBYL, Ukraine — Forbidding under a cold, gray sky, the dead atomic power plant here is a living enterprise.

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At Chernobyl, a warning for Japan

Ukraine’s former President Leonid Kuchma denies any involvement in the notorious murder of journalist Georgiy Gongadze in 2000.

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Ukraine’s Kuchma in murder denial

Leonid D. Kuchma was officially named on Tuesday as a suspect in the 2000 murder of Georgy Gongadze, a prominent investigative journalist.

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Years Later, Former Ukraine President Is Officially Implicated in a Fateful Killing

A visit to Ukraine reveals the sheer tedium and exhaustion of dealing with the aftermath of a nuclear meltdown. It is a problem that does not exist on a human time frame.

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Lessons From Chernobyl for Japan

Muammar Gaddafi will have to find someone else’s bosom to cry into: His “voluptuous blonde nurse,” whom we learned about in the WikiLeaks cables, has returned to Ukraine. She apparently is still affectionate for the Libyan ruler: “Papa is the best!”…

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Gaddafi’s Nurse Deserts Him

In Ukraine, where media diversity is often defined by which powerful oligarch controls which TV station, one network, TVi — known for its independent investigative style — is under intense legal pressure, with its owner not part of Ukraine’s power circles. TVi faces a court hearing on Tuesday over a legal claim that the station’s frequencies were not legally authorized. But critics, including many from abroad, have accused the Kiev government of using the case as a way to bludgeon a troublesome media voice into silence. read more

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Ukraine’s Assault on a Free Press

Staff at an aquarium in Ukraine fear for one of their crocodiles after it ate a mobile phone dropped into its enclosure by a visitor.

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Ukraine crocodile eats mobile phone