Tymoshenko to run for Ukrainian presidency
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Former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko yesterday officially launched her bid for the presidency, with polls showing her as the frontrunner for the post.
Tymoshenko has been a leading figure on the Ukrainian political scene for the past two decades, coming to international prominence through her role in the 2004 Orange Revolution.
鈥淚鈥檓 running for the presidency,鈥 she told a session of her nationalist Batkivshchyna (Fatherland) party to cheers from the crowd.
The 58-year-old, a highly divisive figure in Ukrainian politics, admitted she had 鈥渕ade mistakes鈥 in her political career, which has seen her become premier twice and also serve time in jail.
鈥淢aybe sometimes I鈥檓 wrong, but I鈥檓 wrong sincerely,鈥 she told an audience waving yellow-and-blue Ukrainian flags.
鈥淭oday we are entering a new era 鈥 an era of success, of happiness, of enlightenment ... today we begin Ukraine鈥檚 journey toward real and powerful greatness.鈥
She spoke following video endorsements by the likes of Brazilian novelist Paulo Coelho. In a speech which lasted more than 90 minutes, she promised membership of NATO and the European Union would be her main foreign policy objectives.
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