Yulia Tymoshenko was a quintessential leader and symbol of the Orange Revolution in Ukraine. In 2004 she Even now she is only 53, but granted in poor health after 2 1/2 years of prison.
Most recently she ran for the office of president. Yet she is not nearly as popular as she once was. Why is this so?
Yulia Tymoshenko's fortune stems from the early 90s in natural gas. However, as state control was released on whole industries, if you knew someone on the inside you could most likely make a factory or entire natural resource rights effectively your personal property. You too, could have been an oligarch. It was a crazy time, and a person would effectively had to be somewhat crooked to take advantage of it. People know this.
Bickering during and after the 2004 Orange Revolution means less progress was made. People honestly voted for Victor Yanukovich in the next election for various reasons. The fact that the participants in the Orange Revolution, including Yulia Tymoshenko, were mostly concerned about jockeying for power did not impress anyone.
As the Ukrainian joke goes, Yulia Tymoshenko is actually the only real man in Ukrainian politics. As the Euromaidan is rebuilt, we'll see if this remains true.
source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/ukraines-yulia-tymoshenko-back-on-stage-but-this-revolution-happened-without-her/2014/02/24/030d14bc-9d42-11e3-9ba6-800d1192d08b_story.html
Most recently she ran for the office of president. Yet she is not nearly as popular as she once was. Why is this so?
Yulia Tymoshenko's fortune stems from the early 90s in natural gas. However, as state control was released on whole industries, if you knew someone on the inside you could most likely make a factory or entire natural resource rights effectively your personal property. You too, could have been an oligarch. It was a crazy time, and a person would effectively had to be somewhat crooked to take advantage of it. People know this.
Bickering during and after the 2004 Orange Revolution means less progress was made. People honestly voted for Victor Yanukovich in the next election for various reasons. The fact that the participants in the Orange Revolution, including Yulia Tymoshenko, were mostly concerned about jockeying for power did not impress anyone.
As the Ukrainian joke goes, Yulia Tymoshenko is actually the only real man in Ukrainian politics. As the Euromaidan is rebuilt, we'll see if this remains true.
source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/ukraines-yulia-tymoshenko-back-on-stage-but-this-revolution-happened-without-her/2014/02/24/030d14bc-9d42-11e3-9ba6-800d1192d08b_story.html
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