Yulia Tymoshenko, Ukraine's ex-Prime Minister and leader of the BYUT-Batkinvshchina Party, seen in the Kiev Pechersky Court, the site of the disclosure of her seven-year imprisonment sentence for the abuse of office when signing the 2009 gas contracts with Russia.

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From left: Yulia Tymoshenko, Ukraine's ex-Prime Minister and leader of the BYUT-Batkinvshchina Party, with her daughter Yevgeniya seen in the Kiev Pechersky Court, the site of the disclosure of her seven-year imprisonment sentence for the abuse of office when signing the 2009 gas contracts with Russia.

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From left: Yulia Tymoshenko, Ukraine's ex-Prime Minister and leader of the BYUT-Batkinvshchina Party, with daughter Yevgeniya and husband Alexander Tymoshenko, her defense counsel, seen in the Kiev Pechersky Court, the site of the disclosure of her seven-year imprisonment sentence for the abuse of office when signing the 2009 gas contracts with Russia.

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Yulia Tymoshenko(right), Ukraine's ex-Prime Minister and leader of the BYUT-Batkinvshchina Party, speaking at the Kiev Pechersky Court, the site of the disclosure of her seven-year imprisonment sentence for the abuse of office when signing the 2009 gas contracts with Russia.

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Judge Rodion Kireyev in the Kiev Pechersky Court, the site of the disclosure of Ukrainian ex-premier Yulia Tymoshenko's seven-year imprisonment sentence for the abuse of office when signing the 2009 gas contracts with Russia.

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Yulia Tymoshenko, Ukraine's ex-Prime Minister and leader of the BYUT-Batkinvshchina Party, seen with her husband and defense counsel Alexander Tymoshenko in the Kiev Pechersky Court, the site of the disclosure of her seven-year imprisonment sentence for the abuse of office when signing the 2009 gas contracts with Russia.

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Yulia Tymoshenko, Ukraine's ex-Prime Minister and leader of the BYUT-Batkinvshchina Party, seen in the Kiev Pechersky Court, the site of the disclosure of her seven-year imprisonment sentence for the abuse of office when signing the 2009 gas contracts between Naftogaz Ukraine and Gazprom.

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Ex-Premier Yulia Tymoshenko's advocate throwing eggs at Ukraine's Berkut riot policemen in Kreshchatik Street, the site of a pro-Tymoshenko rally. It followed the Kiev Pechersky Court's disclosure of her seven-year imprisonment sentence for the abuse of office when signing the 2009 gas contracts between Naftogaz Ukraine and Gazprom.

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Ukraine's Berkut riot policemen holding back the pressure of ex-Premier Yulia Tymoshenko's advocates in Kreshchatik Street, the site of a pro-Tymoshenko rally. It followed the Kiev Pechersky Court's disclosure of her seven-year imprisonment sentence for the abuse of office when signing the 2009 gas contracts between Naftogaz Ukraine and Gazprom.

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Yulia Tymoshenko's advocate and Ukraine's Berkut riot policemen seen in Kreshchatik Street, the site of a pro-Tymoshenko rally. It followed the Kiev Pechersky Court's disclosure of her seven-year imprisonment sentence for the abuse of office when signing the 2009 gas contracts between Naftogaz Ukraine and Gazprom.

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Ex-Premier Yulia Tymoshenko's advocate with Ukraine's Berkut riot policemen in Kreshchatik Street, the site of a pro-Tymoshenko rally. It followed the Kiev Pechersky Court's disclosure of her seven-year imprisonment sentence for the abuse of office when signing the 2009 gas contracts between Naftogaz Ukraine and Gazprom.

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Ex-Premier Yulia Tymoshenko's advocates and Ukraine's Berkut riot policemen in Kreshchatik Street, the site of a pro-Tymoshenko rally. It followed the Kiev Pechersky Court's disclosure of her seven-year imprisonment sentence for the abuse of office when signing the 2009 gas contracts between Naftogaz Ukraine and Gazprom.

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Ex-Premier Yulia Tymoshenko's advocate and Ukraine's Berkut riot policemen in Kreshchatik Street, the site of a pro-Tymoshenko rally. It followed the Kiev Pechersky Court's disclosure of her seven-year imprisonment sentence for the abuse of office when signing the 2009 gas contracts between Naftogaz Ukraine and Gazprom.

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Ex-Premier Yulia Tymoshenko's advocate and Ukraine's Berkut riot policemen in Kreshchatik Street, the site of a pro-Tymoshenko rally. It followed the Kiev Pechersky Court's disclosure of her seven-year imprisonment sentence for the abuse of office when signing the 2009 gas contracts between Naftogaz Ukraine and Gazprom.

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Ukraine's Berkut riot policemen holding back the pressure of ex-Premier Yulia Tymoshenko's advocates in Kreshchatik Street, the site of a pro-Tymoshenko rally. It followed the Kiev Pechersky Court's disclosure of her seven-year imprisonment sentence for the abuse of office when signing the 2009 gas contracts between Naftogaz Ukraine and Gazprom.

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Ukraine's Berkut riot policemen holding back the pressure of ex-Premier Yulia Tymoshenko's advocates in Kreshchatik Street, the site of a pro-Tymoshenko rally. It followed the Kiev Pechersky Court's disclosure of her seven-year imprisonment sentence for the abuse of office when signing the 2009 gas contracts between Naftogaz Ukraine and Gazprom.

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Ukraine's Berkut riot policemen detaining ex-Premier Yulia Tymoshenko's advocate in Kreshchatik Street, the site of a pro-Tymoshenko rally. It followed the Kiev Pechersky Court's disclosure of her seven-year imprisonment sentence for the abuse of office when signing the 2009 gas contracts between Naftogaz Ukraine and Gazprom.

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Ex-Premier Yulia Tymoshenko's advocate in Kreshchatik Street, the site of a pro-Tymoshenko rally. It followed the Kiev Pechersky Court's disclosure of her seven-year imprisonment sentence for the abuse of office when signing the 2009 gas contracts between Naftogaz Ukraine and Gazprom.

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Ukraine's Berkut riot policemen and detention vehicle in Kreshchatik Street, the site of a pro-Tymoshenko rally. It followed the Kiev Pechersky Court's disclosure of her seven-year imprisonment sentence for the abuse of office when signing the 2009 gas contracts between Naftogaz Ukraine and Gazprom.

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Ukraine's Berkut riot policeman in Kreshchatik Street, the site of a rally in support of former prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. It followed the Kiev Pechersky Court's disclosure of her seven-year imprisonment sentence for the abuse of office when signing the 2009 gas contracts between Naftogaz Ukraine and Gazprom.

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Ukraine's Berkut riot policemen holding back the pressure of ex-Premier Yulia Tymoshenko's advocates in Kreshchatik Street, the site of a pro-Tymoshenko rally. It followed the Kiev Pechersky Court's disclosure of her seven-year imprisonment sentence for the abuse of office when signing the 2009 gas contracts between Naftogaz Ukraine and Gazprom.

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Yulia Tymoshenko, center, Ukraine's ex-prime minister and BYUT-Batkivshchina party leader, with her daughter Yevgenia, left, and her husband and advocate Alexander Timoshenko, right, at the Pechersky District Court, where the verdict is being read out. Yulia Tymoshenko is found guilty for signing faulty gas contracts with Russia in 2009. Kiev.

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Yulia Tymoshenko, Ukraine's ex-prime minister and BYUT-Batkivshchina party leader, at the Pechersky District Court, where the verdict is being read out. Yulia Tymoshenko is found guilty for signing faulty gas contracts with Russia in 2009. Kiev.

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Yulia Tymoshenko, Ukraine's ex-prime minister and BYUT-Batkivshchina party leader, at the Pechersky District Court, where the verdict is being read out. Yulia Tymoshenko is found guilty for signing faulty gas contracts with Russia in 2009. Kiev.

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Verdict passed on Ukraine's ex-prime minister Yulia Timoshenko, who is found guilty for signing faulty gas contracts with Russia in 2009. Pechersky District Court, Kiev.

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Yulia Tymoshenko, center, Ukraine's ex-prime minister and BYUT-Batkivshchina party leader, with her daughter Yevgenia, left, and her husband and advocate Alexander Timoshenko, right, at the Pechersky District Court, where the verdict is being read out. Yulia Tymoshenko is found guilty for signing faulty gas contracts with Russia in 2009.

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Yulia Tymoshenko, Ukraine's ex-prime minister and BYUT-Batkivshchina party leader, at the Pechersky District Court, where the verdict is being read out. Yulia Tymoshenko is found guilty for signing faulty gas contracts with Russia in 2009.

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Judge Rodion Kireyev at the Pechersky District Court, where the verdict is being read out. Yulia Tymoshenko is found guilty for signing faulty gas contracts with Russia in 2009.

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Yulia Tymoshenko, Ukraine's ex-prime minister and BYUT-Batkivshchina party leader, at the Pechersky District Court, where the verdict is being read out. Yulia Tymoshenko is found guilty for signing faulty gas contracts with Russia in 2009.

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Yulia Tymoshenko, left, Ukraine's ex-prime minister and BYUT-Batkivshchina party leader, and judge Rodion Kireyev, right, at the Pechersky District Court, where the verdict is being read out. Yulia Tymoshenko is found guilty for signing faulty gas contracts with Russia in 2009.

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Yulia Tymoshenko, Ukraine's ex-prime minister and BYUT-Batkivshchina party leader, with her daughter Yevgenia, left, at the Pechersky District Court, where the verdict is being read out. Yulia Tymoshenko is found guilty for signing faulty gas contracts with Russia in 2009.

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Yulia Tymoshenko, Ukraine's ex-prime minister and BYUT-Batkivshchina party leader, with her daughter Yevgenia, left, at the Pechersky District Court, where the verdict is being read out. Yulia Tymoshenko is found guilty for signing faulty gas contracts with Russia in 2009.

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Yulia Tymoshenko, Ukraine's ex-prime minister and BYUT-Batkivshchina party leader, at the Pechersky District Court, where the verdict is being read out. Yulia Tymoshenko is found guilty for signing faulty gas contracts with Russia in 2009.

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Yulia Tymoshenko, Ukraine's ex-prime minister and BYUT-Batkivshchina party leader, at the Pechersky District Court, where the verdict is being read out. Yulia Tymoshenko is found guilty for signing faulty gas contracts with Russia in 2009.

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Yulia Tymoshenko (center), Ukraine's ex-prime minister and BYUT-Batkivshchina party leader, at the Pechersky District Court, where the verdict is being read out. Yulia Tymoshenko is found guilty for signing faulty gas contracts with Russia in 2009.

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