
Ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, when signing gas agreements in 2009 with Russia, caused damage to Naftogaz Ukraine in the amount of 1.5 billion hryvnias (about 190 million dollars). This was stated by Judge Rodion Kireev, announcing the verdict. The broadcast from the court of the court is conducted by the Fifth Channel .
The court found Tymoshenko guilty of excess of official powers, and "the price was incommensurable with agreements reached earlier." With reference to the testimonies of Yuri Yuri Yarovurov, the first deputy head of the president’s secretariat at that time, the verdict noted that Tymoshenko did not inform the government of the government regarding her actions.
The judge has not yet announced the punishment. The state prosecution requires Tymoshenko 7 years in prison. The ex-Prime Minister himself does not consider himself guilty.