KIEV, Dec. 12 ??“ Groups that for days have been opposing Kiev Mayor Leonid Chernovetskiy??™s plans to hike tariffs on housing and utilities will continue to block the Kiev city council, former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said.

"We won't unblock Kiev council, because to leave [Kiev] to these kleptomaniacs would be wrong to Kievans," Tymoshenko said in an interview with Channel 5 Wednesday.