Tymoshenko persuaded her cellmate to quit smoking and asks to read Chekhov with Muraki

The ex-Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko, unable to get release from arrest in the court, equips life in Lukyanovsky pre-trial detention center and establishes contacts with his cellmates. According to her wife Alexander Tymoshenko, she has no personal conflicts with women who are sitting with her in the same cell. Moreover, she already weaned one of them to smoke. Earlier it was reported that Tymoshenko very annoyed tobacco smoke.

“During a meeting in the pre -trial detention center, Julia said that both women (cellmates) are very positive. They are very serious about her,” Tymoshenko said in an interview with Ukrainian Pravda .

According to him, one of the women really smokes , but in recent days, after the request of Tymoshenko, she threw a bad habit. “This woman herself said that she is ready to quit smoking, but if you replace it with something. We handed her chewing gum Nikorett and, as I understand it, now she does not smoke,” says Alexander Tymoshenko.

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He also said that Tymoshenko received a TV and a refrigerator. “I asked her whether she received a TV and a refrigerator. She said“ yes ”, brought the TV, but small. We sent the devices from the party. They handed it together with lawyers,” said the husband of the ex -Prime Minister. According to him, the TV and refrigerator were transferred to Tymoshenko by decision of the leadership of the pre -trial detention center.

In addition to household appliances, the ex-prime minister asked her to transfer to her a pre-trial detention center Vasily Shklyar “Black Raven” and “The War of the End of the World” Mario Vargas Llos. In addition, she wanted to read “1Q84” Haruki Murakami, “full back” and “beauty history” Umberto Eco, “difficult” Tarasa Prokhako and something authorship of Anton Chekhov. Earlier, the Criminal Procedure Code and the Constitution of Ukraine have already been transferred to her in the pre-trial detention center, writes Newsru.ua .

The lawyer of the ex-Prime Minister Yuri Sukhov said that on Tuesday, all her defenders, except for the daughter of Tymoshenko Evgenia Carr, were able to get into a pre-trial detention center and meet with the defendant. According to him, he personally discussed with Tymoshenko a defense strategy for a meeting on Wednesday. When asked about whether there were any complaints from the ex-Prime Minister, in particular about the conditions of detention, he said: "No, no complaints were received from it."

Meanwhile, it became known that a certain employee of the Lukyanovsky pre -trial detention center, introduced by Vasily Vasilyevich Ivanov, offered the “Komsomolskaya Pravda” exclusive photographs of Tymoshenko in the cell. In addition, he announced his readiness to make a video if he is provided with a hidden camera, as well as record conversations in a car dictaphone. According to him, he could also "merge" information about Tymoshenko's complaints and her conflicts with the female personnel of the pre -trial detention center.

Tymoshenko’s lawyers told the prosecutors in the "gas case" - the judge refused

In the Pechersk Court of Kyiv, court hearings on the "gas case" continue. The lawyer of the ex-Prime Minister Nikolai Syry on Wednesday, on Wednesday, declared a discharge to the prosecutor in the process of Alexander Mikitenko. Then the lawyer declared a divert for another state prosecutor Lilia Frolova, Interfax reports. He motivates this by the fact that in the process there should be a fair procedure that is not. The judge refused to satisfy the petition.

Prosecutors, in turn, stated that there are no legal grounds for their withdrawal. Frolova called lawyers unfounded about misunderstanding by prosecutors of the essence of the prosecution. She called other claims to Tymoshenko’s defense unreasonable. Mikitenko holds the same opinion. According to him, Tymoshenko supported the court, so there are no legal grounds for the removal of state prosecutors.

The Opposition Party "Fatherland", headed by the ex-Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko, demanded that President Viktor Yanukovych take part in her fate. “We demand not only to immediately free Tymoshenko, but also to close the criminal case falsified against her,” the party’s widespread statement noted.

Famous people, as well as representatives of foreign countries, were asked to change the measure of restraint in Ukraine. The court refused this three times. Nevertheless, lawyers are preparing a new petition.

For the ex-Prime Minister, it is important that she is not only released from custody and then amnestied, but also to be justified. As explained by ITAR-TASS in the Central Election Commission of Ukraine, amnesty cancels punishment, but does not repay the criminal record. It follows that according to the law, Tymoshenko will not be able to take part in either the presidential or parliamentary elections, which means that the path to power will be closed to her.

Meanwhile, at a court session, the presiding judge Rodion Kireev said that at the request of the court, the Prosecutor General’s Office established that the witness in the “gas case” - the former first deputy head of the Secretariat of the President of Ukraine Alexander Shlapak - is located abroad.

The judge also said that the whereabouts of the Third President of Ukraine (2005-2010) Viktor Yushchenko, the former head of the Ministry of Finance, Viktor Pinzenik and the former presidential representative on international energy security issues, are established by Bogdan Sokolovsky.

The daughter of Yulia Tymoshenko Evgeny Carr, who was allowed to act on the trial as a defender, did not appear at the court hearing on Wednesday. Next to the ex-Prime Minister is her husband Alexander, who acts in the process as a defender. Behind the defendant stands a convoy. In the hall there are up to a dozen employees of the Griffin forensic police.

Tymoshenko in a white suit, with a traditional hairstyle - a scythe around the head. The courtroom is still divided into two parts of a wooden partition. A bouquet of white roses that its fans handed over to the ex-prime minister is on the windowsill.

Journalists who did not have enough seats are not allowed into the courtroom. At the same time, many people's deputies came to the meeting. Tymoshenko turned to his associates: "Hold on, my native team, be courageous." Diplomats came to the meeting, in particular, from the embassies of Great Britain, Spain, the USA.

The American ambassador asked for a date with Tymoshenko

US Ambassador to Ukraine John Tefft asked the Pechersky district court of Kyiv to provide him with the opportunity to visit the ex-prime minister in Lukyanovsky pre-trial detention center. The relevant request of the embassy was sent to the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, ITAR-TASS was informed in the press service of the US diplomatic mission.

Last Tuesday, the representative of the US State Department, Mark Toner, said that Washington considers it necessary for the Ukrainian leadership to consider the question of the immediate liberation of Tymoshenko from custody.

Media: Medvedev will discuss Tymoshenko’s arrest at a meeting with Yanukovych in Sochi

The Russian side invited Kyiv to include the issue of arresting ex-Prime Minister Tymoshenko on the agenda of bilateral negotiations at the highest level in Sochi, they say in Kyiv. "Moscow informed Kyiv about the intention to include this issue on the agenda," an informed source told Interfax on Wednesday.

According to the interlocutor of the agency, according to practice, if one of the parties offers to include some question, it will be included on the agenda. "It is quite obvious that Russia went to Va -Bank in upholding the gas agreements and the fate of its important political ally," the source said.

President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych will visit Sochi on August 11 on a working visit at the invitation of Russian leader Dmitry Medvedev. In addition to the announcement of Yanukovych’s trip to Sochi, there is no other information about the upcoming meeting on the official website of the President of Ukraine.

Earlier, the Russian Foreign Ministry called on Ukraine to ensure an impartial trial of Tymoshenko, confirming that gas agreements in 2009 were signed on the basis of the instructions of the presidents of the Russian Federation and Ukraine. "We proceed from the fact that the trial against Yulia Tymoshenko should be fair and impartial, to meet all the requirements of Ukrainian legislation when ensuring the possibilities of protecting and compliance with elementary humanitarian norms and rules," the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

It noted that the “gas” agreements of 2009 were concluded in strict accordance with the national legislation of the two states and international law, and the necessary instructions of the presidents of Russia and Ukraine were received to sign them. ”