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 during the verdict reading in the Pechersky Court of Kyiv addressing the audience of the court room to claim her political opponent President Viktor Yanukovich is behind her guilty verdict.