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Yulia Tymoshenko sentenced to 7 years in jail
Tymoshenko is prisoned on seven years!
Judge Rodion Kireyev has sentenced former Ukrainian ex Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko to seven years in prison and banned her from holding public office for another three years.
The court also sided with Naftohaz in a civil suit against the ex-premier, ordering her to pay back 1.5 billion hryvnias the company allegedly lost as a result of the gas contracts signed in January 2009.
Yulia Volodymyrivna Tymoshenko (pronounced [ˈjulijɑ ʋɔlɔˈdɪmɪriʋnɑ tɪmɔˈʃɛnkɔ]), born 27 November 1960, is a Ukrainian politician. She was the Prime Minister of Ukraine from 24 January to 8 September 2005, and again from 18 December 2007 to 4 March 2010. She placed third in Forbes Magazine's List of The World's 100 Most Powerful Women 2005. Tymoshenko is the leader of the All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" party and the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc.
