Yulia Timoshenko

Batkivshchyna Party leader and former Prime Minister Yulia Timoshenko after a sitting of Pechersk District Court, in Kiev, on Wednesday, July 6, 2011. This day the Pechersk District Court has ruled to expel Batkivshchyna Party leader and former Prime Minister Yulia Timoshenko from the courtroom where her trial was held, for a period of one day. "Due to the fact that the defendant violates order in the courtroom, and despite repeated reminders and warnings, and based on the articles of the Criminal Procedure Code, the court has ruled to remove the defendant from the courtroom for one court sitting," Judge Rodion Kireyev said. Prior to this, a fight between the supporters of Timoshenko and the officers of special forces Berkut happened. Photo by Vladimir Gontar / UNIAN