Tymoshenko threatened Dubin dismissal

The former head of Naftogaz Ukraine "Oleg Dubina in January 2009 signed gas contracts under threat of dismissal. , Told Deputy Attorney General Renat Kuzmin. According to him, A. Dubin at first refused to sign the documents, but then he did it under threat of dismissal by the then Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. "She stepped into the negotiation process, it intervened in the actions of economic entities, she gave a written order to conclude this contract, she demanded under threat of dismissal from the Club of work", - said R. Kuzmin. Deputy Prosecutor General also noted that Tymoshenko had no right to unilaterally make such decisions because, according to the laws and regulations of the Cabinet this should be a collective decision of the government. Recall that the Attorney General's Office opened a criminal case against A. Dubina in connection with the January 19, 2009 obviously unfavorable for Ukraine, of agreements with Russia's Gazprom. According to media reports, it is the testimony of ex-chairman of Naftogaz became the basis for initiating a new criminal case against Tymoshenko. As reported, the Prosecutor General's Office brought charges against Yulia Tymoshenko of abuse of office in the preparation of the 2009 agreement on Russian gas supplies to Ukraine. According to the Deputy Attorney General R. Kuzmin, damage to the state caused by the actions of ex-premier, was more than 1.5 billion UAH. Ministry of Industry