Former Ukrainian PM Yulia Tymoshenko has been jailed for seven years.
A judge ruled she had criminally exceeded her powers when she signed a gas deal with Russia in 2009….
The US and the EU have condemned the charges as selective prosecution of political opponents…
Mrs Tymoshenko was the heroine of the Western-leaning Orange Revolution – the sudden street protests that erupted after a fraudulent presidential election in 2004 – and was made prime minister shortly afterwards… (more)
