Yulia Tymoshenko reportedly accused of scheming to bribe Ukrainian MPs

14/01/2026 13:45 The Guardian

Opposition figure says she denies any accusations against her and suggests office raid is linked to election speculationAnti-corruption investigators have reportedly accused Yulia Tymoshenko, the prominent Ukrainian opposition figure and former prime minister, of organising a scheme to bribe MPs – said to include figures from Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s own party – to undermine him.Tymoshenko rose to international prominence during Ukraine’s Orange Revolution in 2004 and was jailed in 2011 on politically motivated charges by her arch-rival Viktor Yanukovych, the pro-Kremlin president, before being released during the Euromaidan protests. Continue reading...

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