(24 Jun 2011) SHOTLIST
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Kiev, Ukraine - 24 June 2011
1. Various of Ukraine's former prime minister, Yulia Tymoshenko arriving in courtroom
2. Close of cameras
3. Close of rose
4. Reverse shot of Tymoshenko
5. Prosecutor Mikhail Frolin
6. Policemen in courtroom
7. Close of judge
8. SOUNDBITE: (Ukrainian) Yulia Tymoshenko, Former Ukrainian Prime Minister: ++AUDIO AS INCOMING++
"You are, as a judge, fully integrated into a system of political repressions directed by authorities."
9. Cutaway of plaque of the Ukrainian national symbol
10. SOUNDBITE: (Ukrainian) Tatyana Frolova, Prosecutor:
"I think there are no grounds for changing the judge, that is why I think the demand should not be accepted."
11. Tymoshenko talking to her lawyer
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FILE - Moscow, Russia - 19 January 2009
12. President of Ukraine's Naftogaz, Oleg Dubin and Chief executive of Gazprom, Alexei Miller signing gas deal in front of Tymoshenko and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin
13. Dubin and Miller shaking hands with Tymoshenko and Putin
14. Cutaway of media
15. Putin and Tymoshenko shaking hands
STORYLINE
Ukraine's former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has gone on trial in a case raising concerns in the West over the government's commitment to democracy and the rule of law.
Tymoshenko, now a top opposition leader, has been charged with abuse of office in signing a deal with Moscow to buy Russian natural gas at prices investigators said were too high.
She denies the charges, and describes them as a political plot by her rival, President Viktor Yanukovych, to keep her out of upcoming parliamentary and presidential elections.
The United States and the European Union have condemned the probe against Tymoshenko and a number of her top allies as selective prosecution of political opponents.
Tymoshenko refused to stand up to answer the judge's questions and then demanded that he should be dismissed.
"You are fully integrated into a system of political repressions directed by authorities" Tymoshenko said.
In response, prosecutor Tatyana Frolova said there were "no grounds for changing the judge."
Tymoshenko was the central figure in the 2004 mass protests dubbed Orange Revolution that threw out Yanukovych's fraud-tainted election victory.
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