The European Union Announced The Ukraine of Serious Consequences

Julja Timoschenko

The former Ukrainian prime minister’s Julja Timoschenko for a long-standing prison sentence has got the EU commission relations common to the country with «serious consequences» for this one after the condemnation threatened. «The EU is disappointed deeply», a speaker told the EU-foreign minister engaged Catherine Ashton in Brussels. The process has not complied with international justice standards. The Ukraine had striven for an approach towards the EU till now. The EU countries had criticized the process against Timoschenko repeated, however. The speaker warned in view of negotiations about a comprehensive free trade area in the context of a so-called Assozierungs agreement which should be entered into until end of the year «serious consequences» threatened for the mutual relations now. The president of the European Parliament, Jerzy Buzek, was «heartily» sorry for the decision. «I have serious doubts about the fairness, independence and transparency of the process», explained the Pole. The verdict must be checked in the context of a process of vocation.  

agreements endangers

The European Union will reconsider its policy opposite the country, the conclusion of the Assoziierungs agreement is also included. With the EU Foreign Secretaries had been considerably in Luxembourg already on Monday, that the agreement is endangered at a Timoschenko condemnation. Timoschenko had been sentenced for graft to seven years in prison in Kiev on Tuesday. 

Julya Timoshenko in court

harsh punishment

A Ukrainian court has sentenced the former prime minister Julia Timoschenko for graft to seven years custody. The court in Kiev saw as proved that Timoschenko 2009 had concluded gas contracts to the disadvantage of the Ukraine with Russia. Timoschenko was guilty in the counts of an indictment, judge Rodion Kirejew said in Kiev. The imposed sentence corresponds to the application of the public prosecutor’s office.

Motionless expression

Timoschenko took the verdict with a motionless face. Still while the judge was speaking the verdict, Timoschenko announced a contradiction for human rights ahead of the European court of justice. It becomes around hers «honest reputation» until the end fight. The 50-year-old called glory «of the Ukraine», in the courtroom. Timoschenko and their supporters look at the method as motivated politically. You reproach president Viktor Janukowitsch for wanting to turn his arch-rival with the process off. This one had already the leader explained «to oranges revolution» in front of the pronouncement of judgement it independently of the exit of the method will not stop its fight. Timoschenko repeated its reproach, the judge is merely a marionette Janukowitschs. This had beaten Timoschenko only just in the elections in February 2010.