The Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine has launched a new criminal investigation against former prime minister and current opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko, as announced on Monday the prosecution sources. Timoshenko, who resigned as prime minister after losing the presidential elections in February 2010 against Viktor Yanukovich, has been the target of two criminal investigations related to alleged misuse of government funds, charges it denies.
On 27 January, Ukraine's prosecutor opened a criminal case against Tymoshenko for an alleged case of embezzlement of funds that could have cost the state more than six million euros. He was referring to a January 2009 agreement in which Tymoshenko and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin agreed on Russian gas supplies, which are crucial to the economy of Ukraine.
The agreement ended a standoff that had briefly interrupted supplies of Russian gas to Europe. She tied the price of gas to Gazprom, Russian gas company to detect oil prices. As a result, Ukraine's gas bill has increased. "A criminal case was launched against the former prime minister about the abuse of power linked to the signing of contracts for gas in 2009," said First Deputy Prosecutor General Renat Kuzmin.
Yanukovich's government has urged Russia to revise the pricing formula, but negotiations have been unsuccessful so far. Timoshenko, who accused Yanukovich environment of electoral fraud in 2010, remains his main political rival, although it has failed to marshal opposition parties behind it.
The former premier said that open criminal cases against him are politically motivated and that she and her allies, some of whom have been detained are victims of Yanukovich. 
On 27 January, Ukraine's prosecutor opened a criminal case against Tymoshenko for an alleged case of embezzlement of funds that could have cost the state more than six million euros. He was referring to a January 2009 agreement in which Tymoshenko and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin agreed on Russian gas supplies, which are crucial to the economy of Ukraine.
The agreement ended a standoff that had briefly interrupted supplies of Russian gas to Europe. She tied the price of gas to Gazprom, Russian gas company to detect oil prices. As a result, Ukraine's gas bill has increased. "A criminal case was launched against the former prime minister about the abuse of power linked to the signing of contracts for gas in 2009," said First Deputy Prosecutor General Renat Kuzmin.
Yanukovich's government has urged Russia to revise the pricing formula, but negotiations have been unsuccessful so far. Timoshenko, who accused Yanukovich environment of electoral fraud in 2010, remains his main political rival, although it has failed to marshal opposition parties behind it.
The former premier said that open criminal cases against him are politically motivated and that she and her allies, some of whom have been detained are victims of Yanukovich.
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