Women who made the headlines in 2011
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China.org.cn, January 1, 2012
Yulia Tymoshenko
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The only option left? [By Jiao Haiyang/China.org.cn] |
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Yulia Tymoshenko, the former Prime Minister of Ukraine, was sentenced to seven years in prison after she was found guilty of abuses of power by a local court on November 11. The case centered on a 2009 gas deal with Russia. Placed third on Forbes Magazine's list of the world's 100 Most Powerful Women for 2005, Tymoshenko was a successful businesswoman and controversial politician. But her bittersweet relationships with President Viktor Yushchenko and other Orange allies have paralyzed the country along with a deep economic crisis following the Orange Revolution. It's thought that the verdict against Tymoshenko could further worsen Ukraine's relations with western countries and Russia.
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