Thursday, March 17, 2011

Ukrainian Ex-Premier Investigated for Suspected Treason

Ukraine’s Supreme Rada (Parliament) created a special commission to investigate former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko for possible “high treason” committed during the negotiation and signing of the natural gas supply agreement with Russia in 2009. Critics, including current Prime Miniser Mykola Azarov, call the 10-year contract “unconscionable” and accuse Tymoshenko of having a "personal interest" in concluding it. In 2010 Russia agreed to decrease the contractual gas price. Tymoshenko denies wrongdoing.

http://www.lenta.ru/news/2011/03/17/rada/

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