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Since May 2010〔(Ukrainian opposition leader faces criminal charges ), Euronews (12 May 2010)〕〔 a series of criminal cases has been opened against Ukrainian politician and former Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko. Tymoshenko is one of Ukraine's most important politicians〔(United Opposition nominates Tymoshenko as single presidential candidate ), Kyiv Post (7 December 2012) (Yatseniuk:Tymoshenko will be able to run for presidency in 2015 ), Kyiv Post (7 December 2012)〕〔(Profile: Yulia Tymoshenko ), BBC News (30 April 2012)〕〔 But after Tymoshenko was released from prison on February 22, 2014, in the concluding days of the Euromaidan revolution, following a revision of the Ukrainian criminal code that effectively decriminalized the actions for which she was imprisoned, she has been cleared of all charges.〔(Ukraine's Tymoshenko Declares Presidential Candidacy ), Voice of America (27 March 2014)〕〔 She was officially rehabilitated on February 28, 2014.〔http://voiceofrussia.com/news/2014_03_03/Ukraines-ex-Prime-Minister-Yulia-Tymoshenko-officially-rehabilitated-3865/〕〔(Ukraine: Speaker Oleksandr Turchynov named interim president ), BBC News (23 February 2014) (Ukraine protests timeline ), BBC News (23 February 2014)〕 Just after Euromaidan revolution, the Ukrainian Supreme Court closed the case and found that "no crime was committed".〔http://en.itar-tass.com/world/727757〕 By November 2011 Tymoshenko was under criminal investigation for ten criminal acts; Ukrainian prosecutors have claimed she has committed more criminal acts.〔(Getting Yulia ), Kyiv Post (3 November 2011)〕〔In April 2010 Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov stated that "The whole of the previous government (led by Tymoshenko) has caused damage to the state of $100 billion hryvnia. And because the materials on the implementation of the 2009 budget should be considered not only deputies, but first of all law enforcement agencies, and the former Prime Minister, and officials should be held criminally responsible." (Source: (Azarov : Tymoshenko's government struck Ukraine multibillion loss. Site of "RIA Novosti", April 28, 2010 ))〕 The cases are: * intent to bribe Supreme Court judges in 2003,〔〔 * misuse of public finances in 2009 — criminal cases involving "ambulances for rural medicine" and "Kyoto money" (funds that Ukraine received for selling their quotas under the Kyoto Protocol),〔〔 * abuse of office over a natural gas imports contract signed with Russia in January 2009,〔 * criminal case on "United Energy Systems of Ukraine" (UESU) (1996-1997) is constantly reopened (in 2001, 2011) and closed (in 2001, 2003, 2005). Was reopened in Ukraine on 24 October 2011 (non-delivery by UESU of goods to Russia for $405.5 million in 1996-1997, 4 cases of tax evasion by UESU in 1996-1997),〔(How Ukraine Became a Market Economy and Democracy ) by Anders Åslund, Peterson Institute for International Economics, 2009, ISBN 978-0-88132-427-3 (page 94)〕〔〔〔 * involvement in the 1996 murder of oligarch Yevhen Shcherban in Donetsk.〔〔 In addition Tymoshenko's lawyer Serhiy Vlasenko stood accused of car theft, robbery and failing to obey a court ruling stemming from his divorce.〔 On 11 October 2011, a Ukrainian court sentenced Tymoshenko to seven years in prison after she was found guilty of abusing her office when brokering the 2009 gas deal with Russia.〔(Ukraine ex-PM Yulia Tymoshenko jailed over gas deal ), BBC News (11 October 2011)〕 From 5 August 2011 till her release Tymoshenko had been in custody. At first she was held in Kiev, and 〔〔 since December 30, 2011〔 Tymoshenko has been imprisoned in Kharkiv. Since May 2012 she was hospitalized and received treatment for a spinal disc herniation〔(Opposition leaders visit Tymoshenko's hospital ), Kyiv Post (13 November 2012) (German doctors arrive at Kharkiv-based clinic to see Tymoshenko ), Kyiv Post (15 November 2012) (Rome mayor's office puts up Tymoshenko portrait on facade ), Kyiv Post (26 November 2012)〕〔(France disappointed by Tymoshenko appeal rejection ), Russian Legal Information Agency (31 August 2012)〕 Tymoshenko was on three hunger strikes during her imprisonment.〔〔〔〔(Yulia Tymoshenko ends hunger strike after hospital move ), BBC News (May 9th 2012)〕〔(Tymoshenko to decide whether to continue hunger strike ), ''Kyiv Post'' (13 November 2012)〕〔 Representatives of several countries and human rights organizations have rated the trials against Tymoshenko as "selective justice" and "political persecution".〔〔〔〔〔〔 (Amnesty International: Суд над Тимошенко был пародией на правосудие ''Amnesty International: Tymoshenko's trial was a travesty of justice'' ), Korrespondent (12 October 2011)〕〔 (МЗС Швеції: вирок Тимошенко ставить під загрозу наші відносини ''Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sweden Tymoshenko verdict jeopardizing our relationship'' ), Ukrayinska Pravda (11 October 2011)〕 The European Union has shelved the European Union Association Agreement and Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement with Ukraine and EU leaders have suggested that these agreements will not be ratified unless Ukraine addresses concerns over a "stark deterioration of democracy and the rule of law", including the imprisonment of Tymoshenko and Yuriy Lutsenko in 2011 and 2012.〔〔(EU leaders:Ratification of Association Agreement and DCFTA depends on settlement of Tymoshenko-Lutsenko issue ), ''Kyiv Post'' (20 July 2012)〕〔(Ukraine's Lutsenko jailed for 4 years (updated) ), Kyiv Post (27 February 2012)〕 Tymoshenko and her supporters saw the trials (and other similar trials) as political payback by Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and his Party of Regions.〔(Tymoshenko on trial in Kiev for abuse of power ), BBC News (24 June 2011)〕〔(Q&A: Ukraine's Yulia Tymoshenko on trial ), BBC News (9 August 2011)〕〔(Ukraine: Tymoshenko on trial in Kiev for abuse of power ), BBC News (24 June 2011)〕〔(Ukraine timeline ), BBC News〕 Both have denied this. According to President Yanukovych the cases were non-partisan measures to combat corruption in Ukraine.〔(Ukraine's parliament passes president's anti-corruption law ) RIA Novosti (7 April 2011)〕 He also hinted late February 2012 he could pardon Tymoshenko if she would apply for it; but this option was brushed aside by Tymoshenko.〔〔 == "Сrackdown of opposition" in Ukraine== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Criminal cases against Yulia Tymoshenko since 2010」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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