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May 5th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda “As before, Medvedev considers it a political affair,” Medvedev’s spokesman Natalya Timakova said in an interview with Rossiya-1 TV channel.
Last October, a Ukrainian court sentenced Tymoshenko, who is President Viktor Yanukovich’s major political rival, to seven years in prison and banned her from political activities for three years over charges of abusing power in signing a gas deal with Russia in 2009.
The Russian government has constantly said that the signed deals fully correspond with both Russia and Ukraine’s laws. Medvedev also said that the agreements were legal and approved by the then-President Viktor Yushchenko.
Speaking at the session of the Presidential Council for Human Rights last week, Medvedev also highlighted that persecution of political rivals was “absolutely unacceptable” and “casts a shadow on both Ukraine and those who make such decisions.”
On Thursday, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin expressed Russia’s readiness to accept Tymoshenko for medical treatment, as she has gone on hunger strike since April 20 against her alleged mistreatment by prison guards.
However, the invitation was soon rejected by Ukraine’s Prosecutor General’s Office, saying that due to the country’s law, the convicts could not receive medical treatment outside Ukraine.
On Friday, the former premier agreed to be treated by German physicians at a local hospital in the eastern city of Kharkiv, where she is imprisoned.
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