The ECtHR terminated proceedings complaints Tymoshenko in the " gas case "
The European Court of human rights (ECtHR) on Thursday stopped the proceedings on the appeal of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on her Criminal prosecution in the so-called " gas case ".
" The court terminated the proceedings on the appeal of former Prime Minister of Ukraine Tymoshenko ", - reported in the treatment of the ECHR. The court no longer sees reasons to consider the case in connection With the first negotiated agreement of the parties to the proceeding, the document says.
case under the criminal code regarding Tymoshenko on the circumstances of signing the 2009 gas agreements between Naftogaz of Ukraine " and "Gazprom" was opened in April 2011. In October of the same year, the Pechersk district Court of Kyiv found Tymoshenko guilty of abuse of office and sentenced to seven years imprisonment. Since may 2012, She was treated at the clinic in Kharkiv.
in the last month of summer 2011 Tymoshenko has filed a complaint with the ECHR. She claims that she was persecuted for political reasons that the lawfulness of her detention in the detention facility has not been verified legal authorities that the rules of detention were inadequate and it was not assigned to any treatment, despite health problems.
The Ukrainian Parliament on 22 February 2014 decriminalized articles of the Criminal code, which was condemned Tymoshenko. The former Prime Minister was released on the same day, now It is the people's elected representative of the people of Ukraine.