With emotions running exceedingly high over the recent verdict in the trial of former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko in Ukraine, one ought to take a deep breath and count to ten. Emotions and hasty political judgments never helped to make sound political decisions, especially in a complicated legal case like this one, which as of now might be far from its ultimate conclusion.
The dilemma that we are facing here is bigger than any single verdict at any point in recent Ukraine-EU histor...
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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.