Orange Revolution Flashback for Tymoshenko as Ukraine Unravels
- Ex-premier says early elections needed to root out old guard
- Tymoshenko sees little chance pro-Russian forces will return
Tymoshenko: Early Elections Needed To Root Out Old Guard
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Yulia Tymoshenko is no stranger to political uprisings falling apart. Now she sees early elections as the only way Ukraine’s latest can survive.
The peasant-braided icon of the Orange Revolution a decade ago, she became prime minister before infighting sank the pro-democracy government and allowed its Russian-backed adversary to take charge. Fast forward to 2016 and a similar scenario is playing out: rulers swept to power by street protests risk squandering their chance to reshape the ex-Soviet republic.