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After several months of talks, the sentenced to seven years in prison in October 2011. Radziwinowicz writes that-
Europe is paying close attention to the fate of the “Orange revolution princess”, and persistently, but also tactfully, is demanding fair treatment for her. This gives Tymoshenko a safety guarantee. Yanukovych, aware that Brussels is watching him, will not listen to his aides who would love to ‘break the hag’s neck’.
But what is at stake in this game is not only Tymoshenko’s future, but also Ukraine’s place in Europe, the daily’s commentator observes. All the more in light of recent attempts by Moscow to pull Kiev back into its sphere of influence. However, Yanukovych -
can’t keep vacillating between the East and the West forever. The more Moscow keeps pressing him, the more willing he will be to listen to the European Parliament envoys talking to him patiently, and he will find it easier to realise that if the Ukraine conducts the necessary reforms, it will find its place in Europe.
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