Sergey Vlasenko and Yuriy Pavlenko

The former Minister of Education and Science, Youth and Sport of Ukraine Yuriy Pavlenko (right) and people's deputy from BYuT party Sergey Vlasenko near the building of Kiev Pechersk district court, on Monday, August 1, 2011. This day a judge of Kiev Pechersk District Court Rodion Kireyev, presiding in hearing of a criminal case on the gas contracts, has allowed Yuriy Sukhov to defend Ukraine's former Prime Minister Yulia Timoshenko in the court. Sukhov immediately filed a petition requesting the court to give him eight weeks to study the gas case materials. Photo by Vladimir Gontar / UNIAN