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I never complain. I chose the road of fighting with the Ukrainian oligarchy in 1996, and have paid for this with my freedom and that of my husband, my father and my close friends.

Yulia Tymoshenko

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Yulia Tymoshenko
Age: 63
Born: 1960
Born: November 27
Economist
Entrepreneur
Former Prime Minister Of Ukraine
Politician
Yekaterinoslav
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