Ukraine investigates claims Gaddafi funded Tymoshenko campaign

FILE PHOTO: Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi (R) talks to Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko during their meeting in the Libyan capital of Tripoli, Libya May 26, 2009. REUTERS/Ismail Zetouni/File Photo

KIEV (Reuters) - Corruption investigators in Ukraine are looking into allegations that late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi gave a multi-million euro donation to the presidential campaign of Yulia Tymoshenko in 2010, Ukrainian MP Volodymyr Ariev said.

Tymoshenko denies the claims, but reports of past illicit campaign financing could damage the Ukrainian opposition leader, who is currently beating President Petro Poroshenko in opinion polls ahead of next year's presidential vote.