Saturday, 22 February 2014

Political Turmoil in Ukraine: Yulia Tymoshenko to be released from prison after parliamentary vote

The Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko who had been jailed is to be released. 

The Associated Press news agency reports that a spokesperson for her said she was to be released.

Tymoshenko, a rival of President Yanukovych, was arrested and jailed on charges of abuse of power - opposition forces claimed it to be an act of  political revenge  .

The location of President Viktor Yanukovych are not known; his Kiev presidential offices have been seized by protesters, and police and riot squads have all abandoned their positions across the capital.



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