The Economist: Ukrainian justice
The arrest of Yulia Tymoshenko, a former prime minister of Ukraine, on August 5th was predictable, but it still came as a nasty surprise. It was predictable not because of anything she had or had not done but because of the kind of man that Viktor Yanukovich, the president of Ukraine, is: thuggish, vengeful and guided by the codes of the underworld. It was a surprise because Mr Yanukovich is a pragmatic man, and the arrest of his biggest political rival seems likely to do him more harm than good.
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