Things are moving fast in Ukraine. On Friday, the country's parliament voted in favor of a law that could allow for jailed former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko's release. The opposition figurehead was imprisoned in 2011 for abuse of office under a criminal code that is now being challenged—the trial was widely thought to be politically motivated. Now, the leadership has voted to make this code obsolete, and it awaits approval by the parliamentary speaker and president.
