Tymoshenko detention strains EU-Ukraine relations

EUObserver reported that EU officials condemned the detention of Ukraine's former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko in Aigust 2011 - a move set to complicate EU-Ukrainian relations ahead of a key summit in December 2011.

ESO: Background information: Ukraine has its Yukos moment http://www.europeansources.info/record/ukraine-has-its-yukos-moment/

Website: Yulia Tymoshenko http://www.tymoshenko.ua/en/

Deutsche Welle, 6.8.11: Ukrainian court jails former prime minister for contempt http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15299784,00.html

BBC News, 5.8.11: Ukraine Judge detains 'disruptive' Yulia Tymoshenko http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14419216

EEAS: Ukraine http://www.eeas.europa.eu/ukraine/index_en.htm

EEAS: Press Release: A-315/11: Joint statement by EU High Representative Catherine Ashton and Commissioner Stefan Füle on the arrest of Yulia Tymoshenko in Ukraine http://consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/EN/foraff/124193.pdf

EurActiv, 8.8.11: US, EU condemn the arrest of Tymoshenko http://www.euractiv.com/en/enlargement/us-eu-condemn-arrest-tymoshenko-news-506922

BBC News, 8.8.11: Protesters gather as Tymoshenko trial resumes in Kiev http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14442659

Deutsche Welle, 8.8.11: Ukraine court denies Tymoshenko's release from jail http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15303110,00.html

EUObserver, 3.9.11: EU turns the screw on Tymoshenko trial http://euobserver.com/24/113515

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