Aleksandr Turchinov and Sergey Vlasenko

First deputy head of the Batkivshchyna party Aleksandr Turchinov (right) and people’s deputy of “BYUT-Batkivshchyna” fraction Sergey Vlasenko before a sitting of Pechersk district court, in Kiev, on Friday, August 5, 2011. Pechersk district court of Kiev began examination of the first witness of the case concerning a charge of the former Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Timoshenko on exceeding of authority during signing of gas contracts with Russia in 2009. In particular, the court questioned the former Minister for Emergencies Vladimir Shandra. It was the 24th witness, who was questioned by the court on this case. Photo by Vladimir Gontar / UNIAN