Yulia Tymoshenko no longer braids her blond hair, but looks like a corporate lawyer from Berlin or Brussels, complete with glasses, an hour-glass figure, poise and exquisite grooming.
She is the most famous and most controversial figure in Ukraine. And, however historians or critics judge her, she embodies the hardship endured by Ukraine’s people in their post-Soviet struggle to join Europe.
The world remembers the beauty in braids beside her pockmarked running mate, Viktor Yushchenko, during the dramatic Orange Revolution in 2004. He had been poisoned, but she kept the campaign alive and eventually overturned rigged elections.
In the years since, she has …read more
Source: National Post
