Table tennis rackets with pictures of Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovych are seen next to the shadow of a supporter of Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko during a rally in a protest tent camp in central Kiev May 30, 2012. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich signalled on Thursday that he would let jailed opponent Yulia Tymoshenko go to Germany for medical treatment, but only if she went there as a convicted person.
With the signing this month of landmark agreements with the European Union hanging in the balance over the Tymoshenko question, Yanukovich took a hard line saying the law could not be used "as a means of evading criminal responsibility".
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