Yuliya Timoshenko

Batkivschyna Party leader and former Prime Minister Yulia Timoshenko greet her supporters near the building of Pechersk District Court in Kiev, on Wednesday, June 29, 2011. This day a first session on a criminal case against Timoshenko concerning abuse of office during the signing of gas contracts with Russia in 2009 took place. During the session a judge decide to adjourn the court hearing of a criminal case until July 4. Photo by Aleksandr Prokopenko / POOL / UNIAN