This is the last of Radio 4's look at interesting contemporary figures on the European scene:
Ukraine: Tetiana Chornovol
Episode 5 of 5
Lucy Ash profiles five people who are making waves across Europe, with individual stories which expose the continent's cultural, political and economic faultlines.
Tetiana Chornovol, a Ukrainian opposition journalist, was brutally attacked after her car was forced off the side of the road on Christmas Day. The beating took place just hours after the publication of an article she wrote on the assets of top government officials. Chornovol believes she was targeted for exposing government corruption and for writing about two of the lavish residences she claims belong to President Viktor Yanukovych. She had played a leading role in the ongoing pro-EU protests in Maidan Square, climbing on trucks and urging crowds to occupy the city council building in Kiev. Her critics claim she is more an activist with ties to nationalist parties than an objective observer of the Ukrainian political scene. Lucy Ash talks to her while she recovers from her injuries and finds out what she is planning to do next
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BBC Radio 4 - Europe's Troublemakers, Ukraine: Tetiana Chornovol
BBC News - Profile: Tetyana Chornovol
Chornovol: "I'm a person fighting Yanukovych" | TOP STORIES | DW.DE | 10.01.2014
Anti-government journalist Tetyana Chornovol beaten up in Ukraine | euronews, world news
Tetiana Chornovol - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Thousands rally in Kiev, Ukraine, for bashed journalist Tetyana Chornovol
Tetyana Chornovol: To those of you who are indifferent, this bell is ringing for you
Татьяна Чорновол - LB.ua
And Tetyana Chornovol, a journalist, activist and crusader against public graft, who first won renown in 2012 when she scaled the walls of President Viktor F. Yanukovych’s residential compound and spent several hours peeking at the trappings of luxury before being arrested, will be the head of a new federal anticorruption bureau, which does not even exist yet.
Naming of Officials in Ukraine Reflects Homage to Power of the Street - NYTimes.com
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