Bloomberg: Ukraine needs to do more than just set free Tymoshenko
Ukraine’s leader took a step in the right direction Thursday by announcing that he supports scrapping the Soviet-era law that led to a seven-year prison sentence for his chief political rival, former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. Early in the day, there were indications that President Viktor Yanukovych’s conciliatory words would be rapidly followed by Tymoshenko’s release, along with the restoration of her right to participate in parliamentary elections next year. The U.S. and the European Union, while they have sharply condemned her trial and sentence as trumped-up and politically motivated, have indicated that such an outcome would restore reasonably warm relations with Ukraine. Read full report here.