Yulia Tymoshenko, controversially jailed for seven years in 2011 for exceeding her authority in signing a Russian gas deal, was prime minister of which country?
Yulia Tymoshenko seven years in prison, banned her from seeking elected office for her period of imprisonment, and ordered her to pay the state $188 million. She was convicted for exceeding her powers as [[Ukrainian Prime Minister|Prime Minister]] by ordering [[Naftogaz]] to sign the gas deal with Russia in 2009. Tymoshenko did appeal the sentence, which she compared to [[Stalin's Great Terror]], on 24 October 2011. [[Yulia Tymoshenko#Deputy Prime Minister for fuel and energy|A 2001 criminal case on state funds embezzlement and tax evasion charges against Tymoshenko]] was reopened in Ukraine on 24 October. On 4 November 2011, the [[Law of Ukraine#Types
Criminal cases against Yulia Tymoshenko since 2010 2011 Tymoshenko was arrested for "ridiculing court proceedings" during this trail. At the time Tymoshenko was being held at Lukyanivska Prison. There Tymoshenko (her defence claimed) suffered bruises on the skin and she contracted pneumonia, later followed by back pain. According to Ombudsman Nina Karpachova, Tymoshenko demands that independent doctors took her blood test. On 11 October 2011, the court found Tymoshenko guilty of abuse of power, sentenced her to seven years in jail, and ordered her to pay the state $188 million. She was convicted for exceeding her powers as Prime Minister, by ordering Naftogaz to sign the gas