in 2004, it was the epicenter of the orange revolution. hundreds of thousands gathered here accusing the president of vote rigging. they are convinced that the president would crush an uprising with every means in his disposal. >> the authorities are preparing all of these units among the security forces to respond to any protest. theyre hiring more and more armed. is biddg ll ormo rtalow sucre toa evutn. he t >>heor o. ro a te e gh owo wh tispe theureahaps theprott la 12ut, long enough for al urnalist to capture the event on filbu no one else is particularly interested. >> no problem with them protest in but did they have to take their cloth o? that is no wayo ha. to protest in that manner is ly i decent an then, as at all of their protests, the women a aesd and taken to the police station. d then released again. troublitfalyembers orne them in employers but they remain for them, they are no longer fighting for women's rights, th a gng topless in their fight for more democracy and against censorship and the authoritarian ukrainian state.

rights and the rule of law is there is no doubt after she was in prison before chairing the orange revolution times that actually that increased popularity amongst the crowd in public so i won't be surprised if that happens but i think what we want to say before all of that directly to the training regime is we spent four years negotiating this trade agreement with us in the final stages of that is to to come here to the european parliament as soon as next year all of that . will be frozen and put on ice and last ukraine returns to the passive democracy human rights and a fair justice system when mr how are you mention the issue of the whole gas deals in the gas wars that we've had for the couple of years now if i could stay with you in brussels do you think that ukraine could use this as a as a stage as a stage for reviewing as a gas field with russia. the irony of a politician who was seen to be more western oriented being beaten by a politician she was seen to be more russian oriented and then to be prosecuted and found guilty for being too proud russian in achieving that deal on behalf of

see some ocracy in ukraine flour i mean ukraine and an enormous amount of good will for in the orange revolution however i think today we've seen that flour die i mean you know. you sent her to machine code to a school and a lot of that could will but now with this this verdict you know we've come back to form and that's you know and he's and he says of open democracy seems to be crushed but he's facing the maximum of seven years in prison he also said three years barred from doing any government job working in the government there i've seen some analysts who say well you know she may be good she may be down for a few years so she could be the ultimate phoenix that rises from the ashes your thought she is a real political fighter i mean she is a firebrand extremely turner a person. and you know this could be turned to and so much is that it gives her the credentials of all of the revolutionary people she was sort of she kept true to the faith and hasn't been squandering her or so serious of political sort of human shield she has managed to keep a clean image and this was you know she's been murd

months of nonstop protests surrounding the case culminated in the biggest reminder yet of the orange revolution the two thousand and four uprising which made him a shango a household name. now as then there were tens of thousands in the streets naked anger and even naked activists this group staging another topless demonstration against all sides in the dispute but the main drama was inside the court especially after the judges country of our show verdicts when the good has ruled that you need to mission can it's guilty under three six five three of the criminal code of ukraine and sentences had to seven years imprisonment and denies have the right to hold positions in government for three years just last year it to a shank it was one of the most influential female politicians in the world but having lost her power and now her liberty to go was furious. that now all the retiring regime or it's not it will stop me the trial showed that the constitution and justice had been trampled under throughout i urge you to begin the struggle it's a very difficult and important moment we have to protect ukr

circumstances take on a greater importance than they really have that was certainly the case in the orange revolution where a mass movement was effectively manufactured. by television images nonetheless it seems clear that on. fortunately of all the soviet republics and all the former soviet republics ukraine continues to be more i think wrecked by division. really any of the excellent state it's a country that i think has had great difficulty a competition itself to its new stage but and this division between the pro western and prove russian cabs remains strong again it's an irony that you little machine that's in a sense speak in both camps obviously as i say should change our approach western security. that was too favorable to russia unless i think ukraine is not a country. whose political system has been happy for the last few years it's partly the result of western intervention it's part of the results in a. very sensitive to political position between russia and the european union but i think it also has internal factors and so we'll have to wait to see in those folks those play offs if indee

three months of nonstop protests commentated in scenes from innocent of the orange revolution with tens of thousands on the streets the tension only broken briefly by the appearance of topless feminist activists the pressure was equally intense inside the court. specially after judge gives verdict rock to the to mustang go into. gold is ruled that yulia tymoshenko is guilty under article three six five part three of the criminal code of ukraine and sentences handed to seven years imprisonment and denies of the right to hold positions in government for three years several years ago she was one of the most influential female politicians in the world this conviction talks of her spectacular fall from grace and naturally left him a shank outraged. over the retiring regime or it's magic to stop me the trial showed that the constitution and justice hundred trampled under throughout i urge you to begin the struggle it's a very difficult and important moment we have to protect ukraine again feel free tarion regime don't give up the prosecution claimed she abused power while signing gas deals wi

this point there's only been hundreds of people on the street and you contrast that with the orange revolution where we had tens of thousands of people on the street you can see how just the charge of the ukrainian electorate is sweet. sankoh in the rest of the us but the second motivation and. i think the t.v. approaching this correct is there is an anti russian subtext because they are trying to fire the next justification for false second alteration of the gas agreements you know just say the agreements that yulia timoshenko entered into in two thousand i moved to one contract and then secondly a supplementary agreement saying they were illegal. it is utterly bizarre big post-presidential of clothes which confirmed the liberty of these words when he concluded the kharkiv accords with president mitt gave you here april two thousand and ten he affirmed the validity of the accords it your earlier to machine for klute with prime minister push it so that this is just one of many absurdities in this whole drama unfolding ok despite that validity claim however ukraine could actually try to review