KIEV, Dec. 22 - Dmytro Firtash, the owner of Nadra Bank, will file a suit with a British court against Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, a news anchor on Inter TV channel said before the businessman's interview was broadcast.

"No official in this country has ever answered for his deeds in the last 16 years. I want this to be a showcase and a clear answer to everyone," Firtash said.

"When the prime minister makes such sort of accusations, I have no right to be silent. Nadra is the country's fifth-largest bank and the third by its network scale. This is a bank for people and it is important that it works normally," he said.