Ukrainian opposition names jailed ex-PM as presidential nominee
Ukraine's United Opposition Batkivshchyna (Fatherland) party has
announced that jailed former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko will
be its presidential candidate, Radio Liberty reported.
Batkivshchyna's Arseniy Yatsenyuk told journalists in Kyiv on
December 7 that he hopes the European Court of Human Rights in
Strasbourg will make "the right decision" and exonerate Tymoshenko
before the 2015 presidential election.
Tymoshenko is currently in prison serving a seven-year sentence
after being convicted in October 2011 for abuse of office during
her term as prime minister.
Tymoshenko is still facing charges that she evaded millions of U.S.
dollars in taxes in connection with a private energy company she
headed during the 1990s.
Tymoshenko says she is the victim of a political vendetta by
President Viktor Yanukovych, who defeated her in the 2010
presidential election.
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