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Tymoshenko Refuses Medical Treatment over 'Media Leaks’

18:01 15/05/2012 KIEV, May 15 (RIA Novosti)

Ukrainian ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who is serving a seven-year jail term over her role in the signing of a 2009 gas deal with Russia, has refused to continue medial treatment for spinal disk herniation, Ukrainian Deputy Health Minister Alexander Tolstanov said on Tuesday.

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