Supporters and opponents of ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko are camped out on Khreshchatyk Street.
We asked: What do you think of the charges against her?
Christina Bezhnar
Chernivtsi student
“I’m here because I’m for justice. We came here not because of Yulia. We came here for ourselves. We are tired of watching what is happening now.”
Oleksander Fesan
Kyiv builder
“People are standing here and coming here not just because of Yulia Tymoshenko. We came here to protect our dreams for a bright future.
Also, we came here to say ‘no to bandits,’ ‘no to usurpers’ and to call for a return to parliamentarianism in Ukraine.”
Halyna Kasyanchuk
Brovary pensioner
“I think that soon people won’t suffer anymore and there will be a big struggle for democracy. Yanukovych and his policies have one month left.”
Olha Bezverha
Kyiv director of housing and communal services
“Tymoshen-ko was accused unfairly, but I doubt people will stand up for her. We have already stood in protest on Maidan, [the main square, during the 2004 Orange Revolution,] and gained nothing from it.
Oleksiy Shramko
Kyiv auditor
“Tymoshen-ko was accused unfairly. The judge is acting with prejudice. Tymoshenko and [ex-Interior Minister Yuriy] Lutsenko were accused of absurd charges.
I think such actions just ruin the image of our country. It’s hard to say whether there will be another “Maidan” [revolution] or not. But there will be some reaction.”
