Yulia Tymoshenko

Tymoshenko's Tigress Gives Birth To 4 Adorable Cubs

AP | MARIA DANILOVA | Posted 05.11.2012

KIEV, Ukraine -- A beautiful white tiger that became a symbol of Yulia Tymoshenko's presidential campaign has returned to the spotlight by giving birt...

Tymoshenko Moves To Hospital

AP | DMITRY VLASOV | Posted 05.10.2012

KHARKIV, Ukraine — Yulia Tymoshenko ended a nearly three-week long hunger strike Wednesday as the imprisoned former Ukrainian prime minister was...

Tymoshenko Must Receive 'Proper Treatment'

AP | DAVID RISING and ANNA MELNICHUK | Posted 05.04.2012

BERLIN — German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged Ukrainian leaders on Thursday to give jailed ex-Premier Yulia Tymoshenko "proper treatment" for h...

Back to the 'Bad Old Days' in Ukraine: Does a Distracted U.S. Even Care?

Christian Josi | Posted 05.02.2012

Christian Josi

As the European Community and freedom-loving Ukrainians rally, one very important voice has been far too muted -- that of the U.S., which has no better friend in all of the former Soviet republics than Tymoshenko.

Tymoshenko Hearing Postponed

AP | ANNA MELNICHUK | Posted 04.29.2012

KIEV, Ukraine — A Ukrainian court on Saturday postponed a hearing in the second criminal case against the jailed former prime minister and oppos...

Yulia Tymoshenko: Glamorous, Divisive, Imprisoned

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 04.27.2012

KIEV, Ukraine -- Yulia Tymoshenko became a world icon of democratic change during Ukraine's Orange Revolution protests of 2004, a riveting figure both...

Jailed Ex-PM Goes On Hunger Strike

AP | MARIA DANILOVA | Posted 04.25.2012

KIEV, Ukraine — Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko alleged on Tuesday that guards at the prison where she is being held severely b...

Former PM Sent Back To Prison

AP | MARIA DANILOVA | Posted 04.22.2012

KIEV, Ukraine -- The saga surrounding the health condition of jailed Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko took another turn Sunday, as she was mo...

Lawyer: Tymoshenko Moved To Local Hospital

AP | Posted 04.22.2012

KIEV, Ukraine — Jailed former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has been transferred from prison to a local hospital with severe back pa...

New Trial For Tymoshenko

AP | MARIA DANILOVA | Posted 04.19.2012

KIEV, Ukraine -- Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko was put on trial on new tax evasion charges Thursday, despite widespread concern abo...

Jailed PM Allowed Out For Medical Treatment

AP | MARIA DANILOVA | Posted 04.02.2012

KIEV, Ukraine -- Jailed former premier Yulia Tymoshenko will be allowed to leave prison to be treated for a back condition at a Ukrainian hospital, pr...

Daughter Fears For Tymoshenko's Life

AP | Posted 01.12.2012

KIEV, Ukraine -- The daughter of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has complained about the medical treatment her mother is receiving i...

Czech Republic Grants Tymoshenko's Husband Political Asylum

AP | By KAREL JANICEK | Posted 03.07.2012

PRAGUE -- The husband of jailed former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko was granted political asylum in the Czech Republic on Friday, and a l...

Former Ukrainian PM Reportedly Moved To Remote Prison Colony

AP | Posted 12.30.2011

KIEV, Ukraine -- Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has been moved from a Kiev prison to a remote prison colony, her party says. Tymosh...

Court Upholds 7-Year Sentence For Former Ukrainian PM

AP | MARIA DANILOVA | Posted 02.22.2012

KIEV, Ukraine — A Ukrainian court on Friday kept former Premier Yulia Tymoshenko in jail on charges of abuse of office, defying renewed Western ...

Jailed Former PM Asks Medical Help

AP | By MARIA DANILOVA | Posted 01.18.2012

KIEV, Ukraine -- Ukraine's jailed former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko asked international medical organizations Friday to help examine and treat he...

Tymoshenko Stays In Jail

AP | Posted 01.15.2012

KIEV, Ukraine -- Ukrainian lawmakers on Tuesday rejected legal amendments that could have allowed the release of jailed former Prime Minister Yulia Ty...

Former Ukraine PM Likely To Stay In Prison For Months

AP | MARIA DANILOVA | Posted 01.14.2012

KIEV, Ukraine — Efforts to free former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko from prison through the domestic legal system are almost certai...

Jailed Former PM Urges EU To Cooperate With Ukraine

AP | Posted 01.02.2012

KIEV, Ukraine — Jailed former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko exhorted European Union leaders on Wednesday to continue cooperation with her coun...

Ukraine Continues Controversial Investigations Into Former PM

AP | Posted 12.29.2011

KIEV, Ukraine -- Ukrainian authorities say they are investigating claims that jailed former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko was involved in a contract...

Tymoshenko Sentenced To 7 Years In Jail

AP | By MARIA DANILOVA | Posted 12.11.2011

KIEV, Ukraine -- Ukraine's former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko was sentenced to seven years in prison Tuesday on charges of abuse of office in sign...

PHOTOS: Ukrainians Mark Independence Day With Fierce Protests

AP | By MARIA DANILOVA | Posted 10.24.2011

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) -- Thousands of opposition activists on Wednesday protested the arrest of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, clouding official...

Ukrainian Court Rejects Request To Free Tymoshenko

AP | ANNA MELNICHUK | Posted 10.08.2011

KIEV, Ukraine — A Ukrainian court on Monday rejected lawyers' requests to free former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko from jail during her abuse...

Ukraine's Ex-P.M. Arrested During Trial

AP | ANNA MELNICHUK | Posted 11.08.2011

KIEV, Ukraine — Acting on a judge's orders, police arrested former Ukraine Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko during her abuse-of-office trial on F...

Ukraine's Ex-Prime Minister Goes On Trial For Abuse For Office

AP | By MARIA DANILOVA | Posted 08.24.2011

KIEV, Ukraine -- Former Ukraine Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko went on trial Friday on charges of abuse of office, insisting during a chaotic hearing...