Has anybody been following the Timoshenko case in Ukraine? [View All]

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Yulia Timoshenko was one of the faces of the Orange coalition, which was swept out of power last year. She's now on trial for corruption and she claims her prosecution is politically motivated.

I'm not going to get into the ins and outs of the case. Rather, I'm going to point out how two of the players in the trial look like well-known fantasy-fiction characters :)

First there's Yulia herself. I've always thought she was vaguely reminiscent of Princess Leia because of the nifty way she does her hair.




But even more striking is the judge in the case, the 31-year old Rodion Kireev. He's been dubbed 'Harry Potter' in the media and you can see here why.