A Ukrainian court on Friday, December 23, rejected an appeal by formerprime minister Yulia Tymoshenkoagainst her seven yearjail termon charges of abuse of power that sparked a crisis in relations with the EU.
"The sentence… is to be left unchanged,"Kiev appeals court judge Olena Sitailosaid in her ruling, after a process that was already boycotted by Tymoshenko's legal team, AFP reported.
