Ukraine's Tymoshenko Sentenced To 7 Years In Jail

By MARIA DANILOVA, Associated Press
Tue, 10/11/2011 - 10:50am

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) -- Ukraine's former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko was sentenced to seven years in prison Tuesday on charges of abuse of office in signing a gas deal with Russia, a verdict the European Union and the United States both condemned as politically motivated....

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