A Ukrainian court satisfied on Wednesday the claim of the Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko against the country's president, Viktor Yushchenko, who had said the prime minister owned an offshore company in Cyprus, the Ukrainian Unian news agency reported.
The president said during a meeting with residents of the Lvov region on January 3 that Tymoshenko "owns the largest offshore company in Cyprus, while does not own even a Zaporozhets," a Soviet-era subcompact car.
According to Tymoshenko's property declaration, the braid-wearing prime minister owns neither real estate, nor cars; neither shares, no bank accounts are listed in the document.
Tymoshenko has advised those doubtful over her declared property to apply to the court.
The news agency quoted Andrei Portnov, a member of The Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc (BYuT), as saying the court had ruled Yuschenko's claim was "illegal" and had "completely rejected the allegations."
Yulia Tymoshenko said on Monday "with those officials, who manage to put 140 hectares (346 acres) of land into their pocket, appropriate a factory, or a major power plant... I would be strict", adding "life imprisonment" would be an adequate punishment for such officials.
Both Yushchenko and Tymoshenko will run in the Ukrainian presidential elections due on January 17 among 16 other candidates.
Polls predict that no candidate will secure an outright majority in the first round, with leader of the opposition Party of Regions Viktor Yanukovych expected to garner around 30% to 20% for Tymoshenko.
Surveys show that the Party of Regions leader will go on to beat the prime minister in a runoff due at the start of February.
Yushchenko is expected to receive less than 5% of the first-round vote.
KIEV, January 6 (RIA Novosti)
