Rappler's latest stories on Yulia Tymoshenko
Facing uphill fight, Ukraine's Poroshenko announces reelection bid
Opinion polls put him behind ex-prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who rose to international prominence in 2004 during the anti-corruption Orange Revolution demonstrations
Novelist Paulo Coelho denies endorsing Ukraine's ex-PM Tymoshenko
'I never recorded any message supporting her current candidacy,' says the writer
Ex-PM Tymoshenko launches bid for Ukraine presidency
(UPDATED) 'Maybe sometimes I'm wrong, but I'm wrong sincerely,' former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko tells an audience waving yellow-and-blue Ukrainian flags
Ukraine declares NATO ambition on protests anniversary
Ukraine s leaders announce a new coalition following October elections which affirmed that joining the NATO military alliance would be a priority
EU keeps Russia sanctions as clashes resume in Ukraine
UPDATED Meanwhile a promise by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko to grant temporary self rule for territories under rebel control as long as they give up separatist ambitions has dominated political debate in the run up to the parliamentary polls
Dutch, Australians ready MH17 troops amid Ukraine deadly fighting
This is a humanitarian mission with a clear and simple objective: to bring them home says Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott All we want to do is to claim our dead and to bring them home
Russia orders troops back to bases ahead of Ukraine vote
In a move that could ease tensions Russian President Vladimir Putin orders thousands of troops deployed in border regions to return to barracks after the end of spring exercises
Ukraine boxer Klitschko drops out of presidential race
Boxer turned opposition leader Vitali Klitschko dropped out of Ukraine s snap presidential polls
Putin seeks diplomatic solution to Ukraine crisis
A top security official in Kiev estimates there are now 100 000 Russian soldiers positioned around Ukraine
IMF bails out Ukraine as UN rejects Crimea annexation
The IMF bails out Ukraine to the tune of US 14 18 billion
EU, Russia bid to calm tensions over Ukraine
World powers sought to ease tensions over Ukraine as the country s interim authorities grappled with the threat of economic collapse and separatism
Russia says it won't intervene in Ukraine
Russia s Lavrov: We confirmed our principled position of non intervention in Ukraine s internal affairs and expect that everyone follows similar logic
LIST: 5 hot spots of unrest around the world
From intense political showdowns to an uproar over government decisions here are five major political hot spots around the world right now
Ukraine's Tymoshenko to meet Merkel 'very soon': party
Ukraine s freed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko to meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel soon
Ukraine ushers in new era, president flees
UPDATED A new era dawns in Ukraine as parliament appoints a pro Western interim leader after ousted president Viktor Yanukovych flees Kiev to escape retribution for a week of deadly carnage
Protesters hail freed Tymoshenko but Ukraine leader defiant
The situation in the ex Soviet nation was still fluid and uncertainty reigned over whether the opposition had definitively triumphed over Yanukovych
Ukraine leader losing grasp on power
An emerging power vacuum gripped central Kiev as the emboldened opposition took the perimeter of the president s residence under their control
Police, protesters wage 'war' in Kiev after deadly clashes
UPDATED Tuesday is the bloodiest day since protests started against President Viktor Yanukovych in November when he infuriated a large part of the population by ditching a pact promising closer ties with the EU
Ukraine leader calls for concessions as protesters freed
None of the 234 people arrested between December 26 and February 2 are in custody anymore says Ukraine s attorney general Viktor Pshonka
Ukraine leader agrees to scrap anti-protest laws
Ukrainian opposition leader Arseniy Yatsenyuk also formally turned down the post of prime minister
Ukraine eyes state of emergency as ministry seized
Opposition leaders said an olive branch proposal from President Viktor Yanukovych was not enough to end the ex Soviet country s worst crisis since independence and demanded snap elections this year
Ukraine leader offers concessions amid Kiev clashes
Three people have been confirmed killed in a week of violence in the Ukrainian capital that has raised fears of a wider civil conflict and has seen protests spread to outlying regions of Ukraine
Radical protesters battle police in bloody Ukraine clashes
The clashes the worst in Kiev in recent times further raised the stakes in the almost two month standoff between the opposition and Yanukovych
Ukraine protesters gear up for rally amid protest curbs
Pro EU Ukrainian protesters are preparing to take to the streets of Kiev in defiance of controversial new curbs on rallies decried by the West
Ukraine suspends mayor, security official over protest crackdown
President Viktor Yanukovych announced the move by saying the two officials were suspected of breaching the constitutional rights of citizens taking part in the protest
Ukrainian police storm Kiev's Independence Square
Ukraine s pro opposition Channel 5 said there were now 10 000 protestors on Independence Square
Ukrainians up pressure on president with new pro-EU rally
Protests have raged for over 2 weeks after the government abruptly announced it was halting the work on key political and free trade agreements with the European Union and signed a strategic partnership with Russia
Ukraine opposition seeks early polls after protest crackdown
Opposition parties also said they would form a national resistance task force and call a countrywide strike
Ukraine admits Russia sought EU pact delay
Thousands of protesters prepared to gather in central Kiev for a third day of mass demonstrations against Ukraine s shock decision to scrap the landmark agreement
Tymoshenko goes on hunger strike in support of pro-EU protests
The nation of 45 million has been thrown into fresh political crisis by the government s abrupt decision to scrap the signature of a historic deal with the European Union at a summit in Vilnius later this week
Ukraine leader ready to let Tymoshenko go abroad
The imprisonment of the former prime minister remains a major obstacle on the country s path to signing a broad political and free trade deal with Brussels
Ukraine's jailed Tymoshenko to make Supreme Court appeal
Yulia Tymoshenko s defense said they could make the appeal based on a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights ECHR that detention was arbitrary and unlawful
