KIEV, Nov. 23 - Opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko was returned to her prison cell on Wednesday after a brief medical examination at a Kiev hospital indicated she had no life-threatening illnesses, the authorities reported.

"As a result of Tymoshenko's checks, no life-threatening pathological changes were found," the prison service reported.

Tymoshenko was taken to the hospital outside the prison hours after President Viktor Yanukovych had publically promised to allow her to get medical check-up.