Tymoshenko thrown out for insulting judge
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July 7, 2011, Thursday
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THE chaotic trial of Yulia Tymoshenko was plunged further into disorder yesterday when the former Ukrainian prime minister was expelled from the Kiev courtroom for calling the judge a monster.
Tymoshenko, the country's charismatic top opposition leader, known for the blond braid around her head, has dismissed her abuse-of-office trial that started last month as a ploy by her enemy, President Viktor Yanukovych, to bar her from politics.
Her supporters have been routinely disrupting proceedings and Tymoshenko has refused to respect the court or rise when addressing the judge.
"You are not a judge, you are a monster," Tymoshenko told judge Rodion Kireyev yesterday after police forced out some of her supporters for disrespecting the court. Tymoshenko also joined her activists in the courtroom in shouting "Shame! Shame!" when the judge entered the room.
A visibly agitated Kireyev, sighing deeply and struggling to contain his anger, barred Tymoshenko from proceedings for one day for contempt of court. Tymoshenko was escorted out of the session hall by riot police.
Tymoshenko is accused of abusing her office powers by signing a natural gas import contract with Russia amid a bitter pricing dispute in 2009. Prosecutors say Tymoshenko did not have a formal authorization from her Cabinet to sign the deal because the price was too high.
Tymoshenko says she is a victim of political repression. She says the contract ended weeks of natural gas disruptions to Ukrainian and European consumers and that she did not need any special permission as the premier.
Tymoshenko, the country's charismatic top opposition leader, known for the blond braid around her head, has dismissed her abuse-of-office trial that started last month as a ploy by her enemy, President Viktor Yanukovych, to bar her from politics.
Her supporters have been routinely disrupting proceedings and Tymoshenko has refused to respect the court or rise when addressing the judge.
"You are not a judge, you are a monster," Tymoshenko told judge Rodion Kireyev yesterday after police forced out some of her supporters for disrespecting the court. Tymoshenko also joined her activists in the courtroom in shouting "Shame! Shame!" when the judge entered the room.
A visibly agitated Kireyev, sighing deeply and struggling to contain his anger, barred Tymoshenko from proceedings for one day for contempt of court. Tymoshenko was escorted out of the session hall by riot police.
Tymoshenko is accused of abusing her office powers by signing a natural gas import contract with Russia amid a bitter pricing dispute in 2009. Prosecutors say Tymoshenko did not have a formal authorization from her Cabinet to sign the deal because the price was too high.
Tymoshenko says she is a victim of political repression. She says the contract ended weeks of natural gas disruptions to Ukrainian and European consumers and that she did not need any special permission as the premier.
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