October 11,2011.Kyiv,Ukraine.The former Ukrainian prime minister, Yulia Tymoshenko, has been sentenced to seven years in prison after being found guilty of abusing her office in a case her supporters claim is politically motivated. Pictured: Yulia Tymoshenko (r) during the verdict reading in the court of Kyiv (Judge Rodion Kireyev (l) is in the background reading the verdict) .