KIEV, Dec. 9 - President Viktor Yushchenko has accused Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko of corruption and asked the Security Service to start an inquiry into the matter.

"There is a question for the Security Service of Ukraine. There have been reports in the past 10 days that the Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko has developed a system of bonuses in the upcoming elections," Yushchenko said at a conference with the heads of security and law enforcement agencies in Kiev on Wednesday.