The New York-based law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom has paid $11 million or more to avoid a lawsuit by a former Ukrainian prime minister, Yulia V. Tymoshenko, who blamed the firm for aiding in her political persecution.
UNIAN: Tymoshenko’s compensation – NYT journalists reveal its source
Ukraine's former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko smiles as she listens to the judge of Kyiv's district court Rodion Kireyev (not pictured) during her trial in Kyiv on July 15, 2011. Kireyev removed the charismatic Ukrainian ex-prime minister from the sitting room for contempt of the court. The former premier, known as the "Iron Lady", is accused of abuse of power in connection with a contract she signed with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin after a brief interruption of gas deliveries from Russia in early 2009.
