KIEV, July 15 – The European Court of Human Rights has started to consider the second complaint by former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.

Tymoshenko's second complaint mainly concerns the criminal proceedings brought against her on charges of abuse of power during the signing of the gas supply agreements with Russia.

The ECHR has notified the government of Ukraine about Tymoshenko's second application and asked it to submit its observations concerning the complaint, the court said.