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Ex Ukraine PM accuses president of corruption

Kiev: Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who is running for president in next month's election, on Monday accused the incumbent president of corruption.

Ex Ukraine PM accuses president of corruption
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Published : Feb 5, 2019, 3:48 PM IST

Speaking at a European Business Association meeting in Kiev as the electoral race was heating up, Tymoshenko claimed that President Petro Poroshenko used his position to enrich himself.

Ex Ukraine PM accuses president of corruption
She pointed to Poroshenko's personal fortune and alleged that the president profited from fighting in the country, claiming that his "income has grown by 83 times over the last year".
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Poroshenko's office rejected the allegations as lies.

Tymoshenko also claimed that voters were being offered 1,000 Ukrainian hryvnia (37 US dollars) in exchange for supporting Poroshenko, adding that she asked the Interior Ministry to investigate.

Again, Poroshenko's office quickly dismissed Tymoshenko's claims.

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"Tymoshenko has been invariably leading the ratings of liars, and she obviously tries now to strengthen her positions", Poroshenko's press service said in a written statement in response to AP requests for comment.

Ukraine has been hit by economic troubles and a sharp plunge in living standards after Russia's annexation of the Crimean Peninsula and a separatist insurgency in the east.

Tymoshenko served as the country's prime minister in 2007 - 2010.

She later spent two and a half years in prison for signing a gas deal with Russia, which was largely viewed as retribution by her political rival, then-President Viktor Yanukovych.

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She narrowly lost to Yanukovych in the 2010 presidential vote and to Poroshenko in 2014 after Yanukovych was driven from power by massive protests.

Speaking at a European Business Association meeting in Kiev as the electoral race was heating up, Tymoshenko claimed that President Petro Poroshenko used his position to enrich himself.

Ex Ukraine PM accuses president of corruption
She pointed to Poroshenko's personal fortune and alleged that the president profited from fighting in the country, claiming that his "income has grown by 83 times over the last year".
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Poroshenko's office rejected the allegations as lies.

Tymoshenko also claimed that voters were being offered 1,000 Ukrainian hryvnia (37 US dollars) in exchange for supporting Poroshenko, adding that she asked the Interior Ministry to investigate.

Again, Poroshenko's office quickly dismissed Tymoshenko's claims.

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"Tymoshenko has been invariably leading the ratings of liars, and she obviously tries now to strengthen her positions", Poroshenko's press service said in a written statement in response to AP requests for comment.

Ukraine has been hit by economic troubles and a sharp plunge in living standards after Russia's annexation of the Crimean Peninsula and a separatist insurgency in the east.

Tymoshenko served as the country's prime minister in 2007 - 2010.

She later spent two and a half years in prison for signing a gas deal with Russia, which was largely viewed as retribution by her political rival, then-President Viktor Yanukovych.

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She narrowly lost to Yanukovych in the 2010 presidential vote and to Poroshenko in 2014 after Yanukovych was driven from power by massive protests.

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