Yulia Timoshenko and Mikhail Livinskiy

Batkivschyna Party leader and former Prime Minister Yulia Timoshenko and a head of the service of Batkivschyna Party leader Mikhail Livinskiy (the 2nd from the left) during the beginning of the court session in 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