The Ukraine’s Iron Lady

With today’s news that Yulia Tymoshenko, one of the key figures in the Orange Revolution, is set to return as Prime Minister of the Ukraine, it is well worth re-reading the interview that Allister Heath did with her in May last year. What’s particularly interesting–apart from her saying that Margaret Thatcher is her role model–is the tough line that she takes on the question of Russia and her country’s energy independence.