GPU has accused Tymoshenko of lying

Statement by former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko that the investigator will not change in relation to it a measure of restraint does not correspond to reality. It is said in the statement of the investigator on the case on charges of Yulia Tymoshenko. "With regard to the Timoshenko change with respect to it a preventive measure, I say categorically that it is false to distort public opinion," - said the investigator. "There are no conversations about this with the defendant I have not had that confirmed by the videotape of the investigation. After Yulia Timoshenko was constantly misrepresent what happened during the investigation, all of it captured on video" - the statement said. The investigator also reported that today, Tymoshenko has arrived for questioning in the People's Deputy Serhiy Vlasenko and insisted that to allow him as a defender in the case. "I have been explained to Yulia Tymoshenko, that I had already decided about this yet on April 21, which refused to admit deputy Sergei Vlasenko as a defender, because it is forbidden by the Law of Ukraine", - he said. Earlier today, after visiting the Central Investigation Department to investigate critical cases Tymoshenko told reporters that the General Prosecutor's Office investigator denied threatening the possibility of changing a preventive measure against her. Ex-premier also said that today during her stay in the Prosecutor General's Office was not carried out any investigation. General Prosecutor's Office brought charges against the former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko of abuse of office in the preparation of an agreement on deliveries of Russian gas in 2009. According to Deputy Prosecutor General Renat Kuzmin, damage to the state caused by the actions of ex-premier, was more than 1.5 billion UAH. Also, ex-premier is suspected of misusing 200 million euros received by the state budget after the sale of part of the Ukrainian quota of greenhouse gases under the Kyoto Protocol, and abuse of power during the procurement under the government guarantee in 1000 allegedly specialized medical vehicle Opel Combo. Ministry of Industry