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Threat to Tymoshenko not to be politicized - Party of Regions

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The pro-Russian Party of Regions urged that information circulating about possible threats to the life of former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko should be politicized, the party's press service said Thursday.
KIEV, March 22 (RIA Novosti) - The pro-Russian Party of Regions urged that information circulating about possible threats to the life of former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko should be politicized, the party's press service said Thursday.

Earlier on Thursday, the acting head of the Ukrainian Security Council, Valentin Nalivaychenko, said the council is currently investigating reports about a possible threat, without giving any details.

Raisa Bogatyreva, the head of the party's faction in the Supreme Rada, said "any political speculation surrounding this [information] is unacceptable."

She said similar statements regarding Ukrainian politicians should not be made in future.

She also called for members of opposition factions in the Supreme Rada to join the "anti-crisis" coalition comprising the Party of Regions (185 deputies), the Socialist Party (31 deputies), and the Communist Party (21 deputies).

She said many members of the pro-presidential bloc Our Ukraine and Yulia Tymoshenko's bloc (BYT) disagree with "the revolutionary methods of their leadership" and could move over to the "anti-crisis" coalition.

"I am convinced that the opposition should stop its guerrilla tactics with the authorities and unite around the policies and ideas announced by [Prime Minister] Viktor Yanukovych," she said.

The BYT and Our Ukraine factions in the Ukrainian parliament have 125 and 79 deputies, respectively.

In late February, both factions signed a unity accord and pledged to unite all democratic forces, both within and outside parliament, into the united All-Ukraine democratic movement.

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