Author: Mari Bastashevski
Mari Bastashevski is a researcher, artist, and writer who works in Switzerland and France. Her study “State Business,” focuses on the conflict between the commodities industry and the environment. In early 2013, she began a new project in the Ukraine.

The Tymoshenko Problem

By Mari Bastashevski
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With Ukraine on the verge of civil war, Yulia Timoshenko secured a get-out-of-jail-free card, from a very unlikely source. Her rival, Inna Bohoslovska, introduced a bill dismissing corruption charges brought against her in 2011. The revolt against President Viktor Yanukovych gave Yulia an opportunity to return to the national stage, on Saturday evening, at Maidan. (More…)