วันอังคารที่ 31 กรกฎาคม พ.ศ. 2555

Ukraine's ex-PM faces abuse-of-office trial (AP)

Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, right, consults with her lawyer Serhyi Vlasenko as Judge Rodion Kireyev, left, looks on during a pre-trial hearing at the Pecherskiy District Court in Kiev, Friday, June 24, 2011. Ukraine's former prime minister, Yulia Tymoshenko, went on trial Friday in a case that has raised concerns in the West over the government's commitment to democracy and the rule of law. Tymoshenko, now a top opposition leader, has been charged with abuse of office in signing a deal with Moscow to buy Russian natural gas at prices investigators said were too high. She denies the charges, and describes them as a political plot by her rival, President Viktor Yanukovych, to keep her out of upcoming parliamentary and presidential elections. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)