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Yanukovych, who has hired US public relations advisors, on a previous EU visit with Van Rompuy (Photo: consilium.europa.eu)

EU may cancel top-level Ukraine meeting after Tymoshenko verdict

The EU may un-invite Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych from an upcoming trip to Brussels after the jailing for seven years of political rival Yulia Tymoshenko.

A senior EU source said the diplomatic snub "cannot be excluded" after a Ukrainian court on Tuesday (11 October) sentenced the former prime minister to prison, a $188 million fine and to be ineligible to run in upcoming elections. The judge - believed by EU institutions to take orders from the president - said she "exceeded h...

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Yanukovych, who has hired US public relations advisors, on a previous EU visit with Van Rompuy (Photo: consilium.europa.eu)

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