Yulia Timoshenko and Rodion Kireyev

Batkivshchyna Party leader and former Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Timoshenko and a judge Rodion Kireyev (background) in the courtroom of Pechersk District Court, in Kiev, on Friday, July 15, 2011. This day Chair judge of Pechersk District Court of Kiev Rodion Kireyev ordered that Ukraine's former Prime Minister Yulia Timoshenko be removed from the courtroom on Friday. Timoshenko was removed from the courtroom for one sitting. It took place after the judge persuaded Timoshenko to stand up and make a statement. Timoshenko refused to stand up in the court. Timoshenko made another request today to dismiss Kireyev from her case. "I want to call for the disqualification of the presiding judge for unlawful acts, based on article 54 of the Criminal Procedure Code," Timoshenko said during today’s court hearing. She once against stated that her rights and fundamental freedoms are being violated by the court. Nevertheless, Judge Kireyev did not let her speak, ignored her previous statements and referencing article 272 of the Criminal Procedure Code, expelled Timoshenko out of the courtroom for one court hearing. Photo by Vladimir Gontar / UNIAN