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• Court starts next session on gas case against Tymoshenko; no journalists in courtroom
  The Pechersky District Court of Kyiv has started its next session of hearings of a criminal case opened against former Prime Minister and Batkivschyna Party leader Yulia Tymoshenko.
• Court hearings of Pukach case postponed until July 28
  The Pechersky District Court of Kyiv has postponed the hearings of a criminal case opened against Oleksiy Pukach, the former head of the foreign surveillance department of the Ukrainian Interior Ministry, who is charged with the murder of journalist Georgy Gongadze.
• Tymoshenko: Court verdict would not change anything in my life
  Batkivshchyna Party leader Yulia Tymoshenko says she will continue to fight against the ruling regime even if she is convicted in the fabricated criminal case against her.
• Tymoshenko threatens Yanukovych with revolution
  Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko is convinced that the future of politicians should be decided by democratic and fair elections.
• Vatican excommunicates China bishop, criticises Beijing
  VATICAN CITY, July 16 (Reuters) - The Vatican said on Saturday that a Chinese bishop ordained without papal approval has been excommunicated from the Catholic Church, bringing relations between the Vatican and Beijing to a new low.
• Diplomat: US concerned about possible politically motivated trials of opposition members in Ukraine
  Washington is closely monitoring the trials of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and former Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko and is concerned about the possibility of politically motivated justice, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary Thomas Melia has said.
• Tymoshenko announces start of Ukraine opposition's unification
  Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has accused the country's television stations of trying to persuade Ukraine's population that her behavior during the trial is allegedly inappropriate.
• Neither Yanukovych nor Tymoshenko commands majority support among Ukrainians
  Both the ruling Party of Regions and its chief adversary, the Batkivschyna (Fatherland) party, lost much of their support last month, and only about 40% of Ukrainians knew clearly which part of the political spectrum their sympathies lay with, an opinion poll suggests.
• Batkivshyna to demand Prosecutor General's Office open criminal case against Judge Kireyev
  Deputies from the BYT-Batkivschyna faction will demand that the Prosecutor General's Office institute criminal proceedings against Rodion Kireyev, a judge of the Pechersky District Court of Kyiv, for breaking the law during the consideration of the gas supply contract case opened against former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, BYT MP Yuriy Odarchenko ha […]
• Ukraine state energy firm sues ex-PM Tymoshenko
  Ukrainian state energy firm Naftogaz filed a lawsuit against former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on Friday, seeking $190 million in damages and adding to a barrage of criminal charges against her.
• Batkivschyna Party: Government proceeding to Tymoshenko's punishment
  The authorities have stopped creating an illusion of openness in the trial of Batkivschyna Party leader Yulia Tymoshenko and have proceeded to her punishment, the party has said.
• Prosecutor: Tymoshenko signed 'economically disadvantageous and unacceptable' contracts with Russia
  Lilia Frolova, a prosecutor in the judicial process on a gas supply case opened against former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, has finished reading the indictment.
• Court to continue hearings of Tymoshenko case on July 18
  The Pechersky District Court of Kyiv has announced a break in its hearings of the gas supply contract case opened against former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko until 11:00 on July 18.
• Four lawyers will defend Tymoshenko
  Batkivshchyna Party leader Yulia Tymoshenko has said that she will have four lawyers defending her during her trial, including two from Covington & Burling LLP and BDO.
• Tymoshenko expelled from courtroom for one sitting
  Chair judge of Pechersk District Court of Kyiv Rodion Kireyev ordered that Ukraine's former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, the defendant in a gas supply case, be removed from the courtroom on Friday.
• Court continues consideration of criminal case against Tymoshenko
  Pechersk District Court of Kyiv continues consideration of the criminal case against Batkivshchyna Party leader, ex Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko concerning signing of the gas contracts with Russia in 2009.
• Court refuses to return Lutsenko to courtroom on Thursday
  The Pechersky District Court of Kyiv has rejected a request by former Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko's lawyers for him to be allowed to return to the courtroom.
• Tymoshenko to come to Knyazhytskyi today
  Batkivshchyna Party leader Yulia Tymoshenko will take part in the program “An Evening with Mykola Knyazhytskyi” at TVi television channel today, on July 14, according to the BYT press service.
• Former Crimean president Meshkov expelled from Ukraine
  Former Crimean President Yuriy Meshkov was expelled from Ukraine in the early hours of Thursday, a source in Ukraine's law enforcement agencies has told Interfax-Ukraine.
• Lutsenko removed from courtroom because of misconduct
  The Pechersky District Court of Kyiv has decided to remove former Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko from the courtroom for one day, Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defense MP Oles Doniy has said.