World Affairs Journal: Tymoshenko beating is business as usual in Yanukovych’s Ukraine
Eugenia Tymoshenko, daughter of jailed former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, gives a press conference with her father (unseen) on April 30, 2012 in Prague.
It had to come to this, of course. When thugs throw an innocent person in jail, how can they resist showing her who’s boss? How can they resist beating her up?
They can’t. And, in Viktor Yanukovych’s Ukraine, they didn’t.
It happened on Friday, April 20th, shortly after 9 p.m., and the victim of the Regionnaire assault was the recently incarcerated opposition leader and former prime minister, Yulia Tymoshenko. Here’s her description of the beating:
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They can’t. And, in Viktor Yanukovych’s Ukraine, they didn’t.
It happened on Friday, April 20th, shortly after 9 p.m., and the victim of the Regionnaire assault was the recently incarcerated opposition leader and former prime minister, Yulia Tymoshenko. Here’s her description of the beating:
Read the story here
