Maria Danilova

(SERGEI CHUZAVKOV/The Associated Press) This is a Monday, July 11, 2011 file photo of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko during a trial hearing at the Pecherskiy District Court in Kiev. The judge in the abuse-of-office trial of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko gave strong indication she would be found guilty Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011 saying in his summary that she caused major losses to the national gas company.

Ukraine’s Tymoshenko sentenced to 7 years in jail

KIEV, Ukraine — Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on Tuesday was found guilty of abuse of office and sentenced to seven years in jail, in a trial widely condemned in the West as politically motivated.

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