KIEV (Reuters) - The European Union on Friday warned Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich he would have to free former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko to be sure of sealing agreements on association and free trade next month.
Tymoshenko, who ran Yanukovich close in a presidential election in February 2010, is now serving a seven-year sentence for abuse of power handed out to her in 2011 after a trial which the EU says smacked of "selective" justice.
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