The Official Prime Minister Of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko Picture Thread!

I didn't know anything about this. I'm really shocked - the charges seem to be exceeding powers and signing a bad deal i.e. anywhere else that's a political matter. Seven years, crikey.

She deserves to be in jail. Not 100% sure she deserves to be in jail for this.

What's the backstory here? I've not been paying attention recently - was assuming Ukraine's been muddling along like something approaching a normal country.

Ukraine's never been a normal country. The competing factions are less interested in policy or national identity (Russian vs Ukrainian) than protecting the interests of their dodgy business contacts, Yulia in the West, Yanukovich in the East. One guy ran on a platform of 'i'm so rich i don't need to be corrupt!' a few years ago but didn't get far. All the key politicians are enormously corrupt and the economy has stagnated as they bicker.

Yulia's billions were built on the back of (literally) stealing gas from Russia so it's always been a sensitive policy area for her, particularly when her role was negotiating treaties with companies across the border.

;_;

― Young Swell (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, October 11, 2011 6:28 AM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

She may be stylish, and I love her for that, but she's just another European far-right kleptocrat, anf the Ukraine is better off without her. Except for her prettiness/stylishness.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjXwlIb25O0

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2011/10/yulia-tymoshenko.html

British rocker and biker Sean Carr has denied reports that he plans to divorce Yevheniya Carr, the daughter of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, the Segodnya newspaper wrote on Wednesday.

"This is nonsense. We're not getting divorced," the newspaper quoted Carr as saying.

Earlier, the 1+1 TV Channel, citing its own sources, reported that the couple's marriage could fall apart.

According to the channel, Yevheniya Carr no longer lives with the 43-year-old leader of the British band Death Valley Screamers, although on Oct. 1, they were expected to mark the sixth anniversary of their marriage.

The court sentenced Tymoshenko to seven years in prison on abuse of power charges in signing a gas contract with Russia in 2009.

Sean Carr earlier came to Lukyanivska jail on a motorbike to support Tymoshenko and attended several court sessions.

http://i.imgur.com/BiLxA.jpg

The message is pretty stark - either free Tymoshenko or have your access to the Crocs store hampered for the forseeable future.

They have a decent little camp of 30-40 people set up on Kreschatik with lots of anti-Yanukovich propaganda but it's not going to cause anyone in government sleepless nights.

Saaaaaaay

http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/files/tymoshenko_0.jpg

http://img.ezinemark.com/imagemanager2/files/30006024/2011/10/2011-10-12-09-55-46-6-tymoshenko-and-her-daughter-yevgenia-tymoshenko-a.jpeg

Wau... Evgenia looks like nun from a Jesus Franco film

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvXGI4MXuuA

I was at the same university as Yevhenia at the same time (i think) but never ran into her. Might have been interesting. Most of my friends loathed her mother with a burning passion, though.

I wonder if the camp is still going now the weather has hit -23 degrees.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/25/world/europe/ukraines-jailed-ex-premier-tymoshenko-goes-on-hunger-strike.html?hpw

no pictures since, i guess, she's in jail still.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/27/ukraine-bomb-blasts-scores-injured?newsfeed=true

There's been a series of bomb blasts in Dnipropetrovsk. Difficult to know what might be behind it but i doubt it's connected to high-level politics.

Ending hunger strike after 19 days. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17995846

http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/images/stories/large/2012/07/12/148195770-590x460.jpg

http://www.tymoshenko.ua/assets/13150/thumbs/600/061-tim_hosp-a.jpg

Ukraine's Tymoshenko release hangs in balance

Freed

More context from FP along with many popups

She’s got a gun.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CacS3JmgYpM/