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On the recordMay 6, 2013
when a former Prime Minister is imprisoned on the basis of a political--of a legal judgment against a decision she reached while in office, that raises questions about rule of law, and it raises the specter of the allegation of politically motivated prosecutions.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Durbin discusses concerns over political motivations behind legal judgments in Ukraine.

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