Posted on 01/20/2013 10:53:46 PM PST by nickcarraway
Former Ukrainan Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, a galvanizing figure in the Orange Revolution of 2004, has been named a suspect in the murder of a powerful businessman and lawmaker and three others in 1996.
Supporters of Tymoshenko, who is serving a seven-year sentence in a separate case, say the accusations are just the latest in an attempt by President Viktor Yanukovich to keep his rival behind bars.
Tymoshenko's political party said the latest allegations represented a "shameful day in the history of the Ukrainian law enforcement system," The Associated Press reported.
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Somebody figure out how to get her the hell out of that country. Another Kulack purge is comming backed by Putin. Russia wants the Ukraine back under its fist.
When the words Russia,Ukraine,power,blackmail,murder,extortion are involved you can be guaranteed probably that all sides have probably been doing it and one side just got the better of the other.
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