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UKRAINIAN PREMIER SAYS SHE LIVES 'EXTREMELY MODESTLY.' Yuliya Tymoshenko told journalists on 10 August that she is not a rich person and holds no stocks in any company, Interfax-Ukraine reported. "The year 2004 was the apogee of reprisals against me and my family. That is why neither my husband nor I own any property, as our family has diversified all risks," she explained. She said her 2004 income statement truly reflects her earnings, adding that she and her husband are living "extremely modestly." According to that statement Tymoshenko earned some 66,000 hryvnyas ($13,000) last year, while her husband reportedly did not bring home a single kopeck. JM