Yulia Tymoshenko reportedly accused of scheming to bribe Ukrainian MPs

<p>Opposition figure says she denies any accusations against her and suggests office raid is linked to election speculation</p><p>Anti-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.</p><p>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, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/23/tymoshenko-release-centre-stage-ukraine-soap-opera">before being released</a> during the Euromaidan protests.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/14/yulia-tymoshenko-reportedly-accused-bribe-mps-ukraine">Continue reading...</a>