Plea to arrest ex-Ukraine PM Tymoshenko rejected
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A court on Wednesday rejected a request by prosecutors to arrest former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko for disrupting her abuse-of-office trial. While doing so, Ukrainian Judge Rodion Kireyev agreed with prosecutors that Tymoshenko has disrupted the proceedings but said his court has other methods available to maintain order.
Tymoshenko, the country's charismatic top opposition leader, has criticized her trial as an attempt by President Viktor Yanukovych to bar her from elections. She has refused, as required, to stand up while addressing the judge, and her supporters have repeatedly disrupted hearings. (AP)
