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Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko Suspected in Murder Case
ABC News ^ | Jan. 19, 2013 | http://abcnews.go.com/author/alyssa_newcomb

Posted on 01/20/2013 10:53:46 PM PST by nickcarraway

Former Ukrainan Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, a galvanizing figure in the Orange Revolution of 2004, has been named a suspect in the murder of a powerful businessman and lawmaker and three others in 1996.

Supporters of Tymoshenko, who is serving a seven-year sentence in a separate case, say the accusations are just the latest in an attempt by President Viktor Yanukovich to keep his rival behind bars.

Tymoshenko's political party said the latest allegations represented a "shameful day in the history of the Ukrainian law enforcement system," The Associated Press reported.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Russia
KEYWORDS: murder; putinsbuttboys; russia; ukraine; yuliatymoshenko

1 posted on 01/20/2013 10:54:00 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Somebody figure out how to get her the hell out of that country. Another Kulack purge is comming backed by Putin. Russia wants the Ukraine back under its fist.


2 posted on 01/20/2013 11:54:43 PM PST by mosesdapoet (Should the "mechanic" from Chicago come out of retirement ?)
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To: nickcarraway

When the words Russia,Ukraine,power,blackmail,murder,extortion are involved you can be guaranteed probably that all sides have probably been doing it and one side just got the better of the other.


3 posted on 01/21/2013 1:23:40 AM PST by sunmars
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Thanks nickcarraway.
4 posted on 01/23/2013 7:42:58 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
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