Powerful and stylish Yulia Tymoshenko

Regardless of their assessment of her political views and performance, her political opponents agree on one thing – Yulia Tymoshenko is beautiful and stylish.

Even on the day when the verdict was read out Yulia Tymoshenko remained true to form. She came to court wearing an elegant tight gray dress and light make-up.

Yulia Tymoshenko got acquainted with her husband over the phone. According to her unofficial biography, Alexander dialed the wrong number and the two started talking. Later they met and fell in love at first sight.

Tymoshenko’s trademark is her braid. She has been wearing her hair this way for about 10 years.

The slightest change to Tymoshenko’s hairstyle is immediately covered by the press. She sparked a media frenzy when she attended an opera in Odessa wearing her hair in a bun.

Yulia Tymoshenko is known for her love of designer dresses and high heels.

In 2010, Esquire magazine named Yulia Tymoshenko Ukraine’s sexiest woman.

For the people posing in this photo, Yulia Tymoshenko is not the former prime minister, but a former classmate.

Speaking of “concrete holes,” the Ukrainian State Department for Corrections reported that Yulia Tymoshenko gained the majority of the votes at correction facilities and prisons during the first round of the 2010 presidential elections. Fifty percent of the votes were cast in her favor, while only 25 percent of the prisoners supported Viktor Yanukovych.