Archive for October, 2011

From the New York Times today…

UKRAINE’S TYMOSHENKO JAILED FOR SEVEN YEARS
By Ellen Barry and Michael Schwirtz

KIEV, Ukraine — Yulia V. Tymoshenko, once one of Ukraine’s most powerful and popular politicians, was sentenced on Tuesday to seven years in prison, the culmination of a politically charged trial that could presage the end of the country’s short and often raucous experiment with democracy.

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