They are also urging European politicians not to attend the football matches of Euro-2012 which will be held in Ukraine in June. This reaction has come after the former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko claimed that she had been beaten in jail and launched a hunger strike.
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The EU is boycotting Kiev. The leaders of several EU countries have refused to come to the summit on Central Europe in Yalta this month.
