KIEV, August 31 - RAPSI. A Kiev district court has finished reading the materials of the "gas" case against former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, RIA Novosti reported.

Judge Rodion Kireyev finished reading Volume No. 23, as well as other case documents.

The court is expected to issue a ruling on some other documents to be attached to the case.

The Ukrainian Prosecutor Generals Office has charged Tymoshenko with abuse of power in connection with her approval of a Russian gas contract in 2009, when she served as prime minister. Tymoshenko was arrested on August 5.