Ukrainian youth group stages anti-Tymoshenko performance

A group of young Ukrainians has staged a performance mocking jailed ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in front of the labor camp in eastern Ukraine where she is being held, RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service reports.

The Young Regions group said its performance of "The Narration About Golden Gas for Ukrainian People" on January 17 was dedicated to the third anniversary of the 2009 Ukrainian-Russian agreements on gas supplies which Tymoshenko signed on behalf of Ukraine.

Young Regions positions itself as a youth wing of the ruling Party of Regions led by President Viktor Yanukovych and it blames Tymoshenko for signing a disadvantageous deal with Moscow.