Ukraine’s Tymoshenko sentenced to 7 years in jail
By Maria Danilova Associated Press / October 11, 2011
KIEV, Ukraine—Ukraine’s former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on Tuesday was sentenced to seven years in prison on charges of abuse of office in signing a gas deal with Russia, a verdict immediately condemned by both the European Union and Russia as politically motivated.
Tymoshenko, the driving force of the 2004 pro-democracy Orange Revolution and now the nation’s top opposition leader, denounced the trial as rigged by President Viktor Yanukovych to get rid of a political opponent.
This conviction does look shady.
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Very. Russia, Europe, and the U.S. have already protested.
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Free Yulia Tymoshenko!!!!
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