Don't offend your successors

On August 5, the Pechersky District Court of Kyiv ruled to arrest the former Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko. This was done at the request of prosecutor Liliya Frolova. The reason for the request was accusations from Tymoshenko against the current Prime Minister Mykola Azarov, who spoke at the trial as a witness. Tymoshenko accused her successor of acts of corruption when he was head of the tax administration.

Until now, Tymoshenko, accused of abuse of power when concluding a contract with Russia for gas supplies in 2009, was under recognizance not to leave. The prosecution has already tried to have her arrested, but was refused by the court. This time, the court, chaired by Rodion Kireev, considered that the defendant was preventing the interrogation of witnesses and was also delaying the process. The judge added that Tymoshenko repeatedly refused to give her residential address and did not warn the court about her lateness on August 5.

Before the decision to arrest was made, the ex-prime minister surprised those gathered by the fact that she allegedly did not understand a word from the testimony of Azarov, who spoke Russian. Tymoshenko, who previously spoke impeccable Russian, said that she needed a translator.