Wall Street Journal: Taming Kyiv
Yulia Tymoshenko's seven-year jail sentence was outrageous when it was handed down last October, and it looks even more so now that the former Ukrainian Prime Minister says she was tortured and beaten while on a hunger strike in prison last month. The good news is that European leaders are starting to react.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel called President Viktor Yanukovych a "dictator" last Friday and will reportedly join a growing roster of politicians who are boycotting next month's Euro 2012 soccer tournament, which Ukraine is co-hosting with Poland. Mr. Yanukovych was forced to postpone a summit of European Presidents in Yalta over the weekend after most of the attendees withdrew in protest.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel called President Viktor Yanukovych a "dictator" last Friday and will reportedly join a growing roster of politicians who are boycotting next month's Euro 2012 soccer tournament, which Ukraine is co-hosting with Poland. Mr. Yanukovych was forced to postpone a summit of European Presidents in Yalta over the weekend after most of the attendees withdrew in protest.
Read the story here.