http://www.cbc.ca/video/player.html?clipid=2232778861&position=4226&site=cbc.news.ca
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http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/05/03/europes-presidents-shun-ukraine-over-jailing-of-yulia-tymoshenko/
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KIEV — Nine European leaders are shunning a Central European summit hosted by Ukraine this month, adding to international pressure on the former Soviet republic over its treatment of jailed opposition politician Yulia Tymoshenko.
The move, which follows allegations of Tymoshenko’s beating in prison, highlights Ukraine’s growing isolation and casts doubts on Kiev’s plans

LINK: http://opinion.financialpost.com/2012/03/10/in-ukraine-how-little-has-changed-even-after-orange-revolution/
Diane Francis Mar 10, 2012 – 7:00 AM ET
The heroes of the Orange Revolution — the man nearly poisoned to death and the beauty in traditional braids — inspired the world in 2004. I covered this non-violent protest and stood, with half a million others, many nights in a frigid Kiev square to

The Ukraine List (UKL) #454compiled by Dominique Arel Chair of Ukrainian Studies, U of Ottawawww.ukrainianstudies.uottawa.ca12 October 2011
1-Dominique Arel: Five Thoughts on the Tymoshenko Verdict
2-New York Times: Ukraine’s Tymoshenko Jailed for Seven Years
3-The Guardien: On the Eve of Euro-2012, Yanukovych Scores in His Own Goal
4-EU Business: Ukraine President says Tymoshenko Verdict “Not Final”
5-Moscow Times: Putin Warns on Tymoshenko Verdict
6-Statement

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/westview/ukrainian-bully-needs-a-lesson-132123233.html
By: Stephen Bandera
Posted: 10/19/2011 1:00 AM
Ukrainian ‘bully’ needs a lesson
Yulia Tymoshenko’s recent conviction won’t be the first time the Ukrainian opposition leader is going behind bars.
She was first placed in pre-trial detention in 2001, charged with crimes that caused damage to the state while she headed United Energy Systems of Ukraine in the late 1990s. Those charges

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/asia-pacific/ukraines-tymoshenko-sentenced-to-7-years-in-jail-for-abuse-of-office/article2197083/
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.
Ms. Tymoshenko, the driving force of the 2004 pro-democracy Orange Revolution and now the