Yaroslava Khortyani and Boris Tarasyuk

Chairman of the World Congress of Ukrainians Yaroslava Khortyani and a leader of Narodnyi Rukh (People's Movement) Boris Tarasyuk near the building of Pechersk district court in Kiev, on Thursday, August 18, 2011. On this day, protection of Yulia Timoshenko told about deterioration of her health and asked Pechersk district court to let a doctor in pre-trial detention center to examine her. The prosecutor asked the court to give permission to conduct medical examination of ex-prime minister in jail by experts from the Ministry of Health. Yulia Timoshenko has refused a medical examination by experts of Ministry of Health and insists that her physical examination and blood test should be made by the doctor who has been observing her health in recent years. Photo by Aleksandr Prokopenko / POOL / UNIAN