Tymoshenko asking U.S. Attorney General to probe financing of report by Skadden, says defense lawyer

Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has asked U.S. Attorney General to conduct checks of the financing of the reports by the U.S. law firm Skadden, which concluded that there was no political motivation behind the criminal case against the ex-premier.

"Yulia Volodymyrivna [Tymoshenko] has asked to hold the checks... We have filed a formal application requesting an inquiry into the violation of the U.S. laws and we expect the official reaction," the ex-premier's defense lawyer, Serhiy Vlasenko, said at a briefing in Kyiv on Thursday.