A ranar 13 ga Fabrairun 2001, an kama Tymoshenko kuma an tuhume shi da yin takardun kwastam da kuma safarar iskar gas a shekarar 1997 (yayin da yake shugaban United Energy Systems of Ukraine). Magoya bayan siyasarta sun shirya gangamin zanga-zanga da yawa a kusa da Kurkukun Lukvskyani inda aka tsare ta. A watan Maris na 2001, Kotun Gundumar Pechersk (Kiev) ta sami tuhumar ba ta da tushe kuma ta soke takunkumi. A ranar 24 ga watan Disamba na shekarar 2005, Kotun Koli ta Rasha ta soke duk wata shari'a ta aikata laifuka da aka shigar a kan Tymoshenko da kuma yanke hukuncin yanke hukunci a ranar 9 ga watan Nuwamba na shekarar 2005 a Moscow, saboda rashin hujjoji da aka bayar a kan zargin cin hanci da rashawa da aka yi wa Tymoshenko. A ranar 18 ga watan Disamba na wannan shekarar, Kotun Koli ta Rasha ta soke duk wata shari'a da aka shigar a kan Yuchenko saboda rashin hujjoji na cin hanci da rashawa. A ranar 9 ga watan Janairun 2005, Kotun Ko
Shekarar 2001