Article Photos: Tymoshenko's daughter meets German minister


Eugenia Tymoshenko, daughter of jailed former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko attends an election campaign event of Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats in Paderborn, western Germany, for the upcoming state elections in North Rhine-Westphalia Monday, May 7, 2012. Eugenia Tymoshenko earlier had a private meeting with Justice Minister Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger in Berlin to discuss her mother's case and the rule of law in Ukraine. Yulia Tymoshenko has been on hunger strike for about two weeks and needs medical treatment for a back condition. Germany has offered to treat Tymoshenko, who is serving a seven-year prison sentence on charges of abuse of power. According to German dapd news agency Eugenia Tymoshenko left the event before chancellor Merkel arrived. (AP Photo/dapd/Patrick Sinkel)