Tymoshenko's lawyer: Hamburg court did not issue ruling in favor of Azarov

Reports that a court in Hamburg has allegedly rejected a lawsuit lodged by former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko against incumbent Prime Minister Mykola Azarov are untrue, the ex-premier's defense lawyer, MP Serhiy Vlasenko, has said.

"I want to state officially that this information is completely untrue," Vlasenko said.

Some media reported on January 23 that the District Court of Hamburg had not satisfied a lawsuit filed by Tymoshenko against Azarov. According to them, Tymoshenko filed the lawsuit in late August 2012. In her appeal, the ex-premier demanded that Azarov be banned from making statements about her alleged involvement in the crimes of former Prime Minister Pavlo Lazarenko.