Yuri Lutsenko Ukraine's former interior minister has had his appeal against a prison sentence rejected.
Like his once close ally the jailed ex-prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko, Lutsenko is serving a four year term for abuse of power and embezzlement. He is due to be released in 2014. Both politicians are opponents of President Viktor Yanukovych.
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