Consideration of Tymoshenko's appeal rescheduled to December 1, says defense counsel

A preliminary court hearing of the appeal against the sentence given to former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in the gas supply case has been rescheduled from December 13 for December 1, the ex-premier's defense counsel Serhiy Vlasenko has said.

"The preliminary hearing of the case has been rescheduled - from December 13 to 0930 on December 1," Serhiy Vlasenko said at the briefing near Lukyanivka jail in Kyiv on Tuesday.