UKRAINE: Holding Back Tears, Ex-PM Yulia Calls Trial "Political Lynching."

 

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      In her closing statement, ex-prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko denounced her trial as a "political lynching"...while her supporters tussled with police outside the courtroom.
     Tymoshenko is charged with abuse of power for signing a 10-year deal in 2009 for importing overly expensive gas from Moscow.
    She could be sentenced to 7 years.

    "This trial is a classic case of political lynching," said Tymoshenko. "No document has ever proved any guilt. They (the authorities) have falsified this entire affair".