Ukraine: Anti- and Pro-Tymoshenko Camps on Khreshchatyk

Alexander Motyl of Ukraine's Orange Blues writes about the pro- and anti-Yulia Tymoshenko camps thathave for months occupied the block near the court where the ex-PM is being tried. According to this article [uk] in Ukrainska Pravda, people recruited to wave flags from early morning till around 8PM at the anti-Tymoshenko camp are paid 140 hryvnias ($17.50) a day.

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