Three years ago August I posted this:
Forbes ranked her the third most powerful woman in the world in 2005.
It’s Yulia Tymoshenko, Prime Minister of Ukraine.
She’s 47. She rarely appears without her famous crown braid.
Credit: All-Ukrainian Union Fatherland. Click the image for a larger version.
Well, today she was sentenced to seven years in prison.
“A Ukrainian court found former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko guilty of abuse of office Tuesday and sentenced her to seven years in prison in a case widely condemned in the West as politically motivated.”
Here’s a photo taken during the trial.
