Viktor Yushchenko

The former President of Ukraine Viktor Yuschenko, center, answers the questions after examination in Pechersk District Court, where consideration of a case against Batkivshchyna Party leader and former Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Timoshenko takes place, in Kiev, on Wednesday, August 17, 2011. This day Viktor Yuschenko testified as a witness in the case against Timoshenko concerning the exceeding of authority and the abuse of office in the signing of gas contracts with Russia in 2009. Yushchenko charged Timoshenko on betraying Ukraine's national interests by agreeing to an inflated price. He has asked Pechersk District Court to consider the possibility of questioning Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Gazprom CEO Aleksey Miller. Photo by UNIAN