Hamburg court ruling in Tymoshenko vs. Azarov case available on open access, says MP

The ruling of Hamburg District Court to overrule a lawsuit of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko against Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov is available on open access in the original language, as well as in Ukrainian and Russian, Regions Party parliamentary faction MP, Oleh Tsariov, has said.

"We would like to draw [former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko's defense] lawyer [Serhiy] Vlasenko's attention to the fact that all documents on the rulings of the Hamburg court are available on open access in the original language, as well as in Ukrainian and Russian. So, no matter how bitter the truth is, the fact remains. The lawsuit was rejected and they will have to cover the cost of litigation," the party's press service quoted the MP on Friday.

"Now we have to wait for a ruling of a London court, although I doubt that Tymoshenko and her lawyers really appealed to it," the politician said.

As reported, earlier Vlasenko said that reports that a court in Hamburg had allegedly rejected a lawsuit lodged by former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko against incumbent Prime Minister Mykola Azarov were untrue.

In turn, the Regions Party insisted that the court issued such a ruling. According to Hamburg District Court, the plaintiff will have to cover the costs of litigation in amount of EUR 300,000. The decision was made under paragraph 91 of the Civil Procedure Code of Germany.

Some media reported on January 23 that the District Court of Hamburg had not satisfied a lawsuit filed by Tymoshenko against Azarov. According to them, Tymoshenko filed the lawsuit in late August 2012. In her appeal, the ex-premier demanded that Azarov be banned from making statements about her alleged involvement in the crimes of former Prime Minister Pavlo Lazarenko.