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Yulia Tymoshenko to run for Ukraine leader | Yulia Tymoshenko to run for Ukraine leader |
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Former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has said she plans to run for president of Ukraine in May elections. | |
Ms Tymoshenko was released from prison in February, following the ousting of President Viktor Yanukovych, after three years in jail. | |
She has already served twice as prime minister and ran for president in 2010. | |
She was a major figure in the 2004 "Orange Revolution" that toppled Mr Yanukovych's first administration. | She was a major figure in the 2004 "Orange Revolution" that toppled Mr Yanukovych's first administration. |
She was imprisoned in 2011 for corruption linked to a gas deal she brokered with Russia in 2009. | |
Former boxer Vitaliy Klitschko and chocolate tycoon Petro Poroshenko are also expected to take part in the presidential election. | |
Opinion polls suggest Mr Poroshenko, who is one of Ukraine's richest men, is currently the most popular candidate. | |
The election is expected to take place on 25 May. |