Actually he indeed was, but one of his first steps he took immediately after was to imprison his main political opponent (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yulia_Tym

Actually he indeed was, but one of his first steps he took immediately after was to imprison his main political opponent (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yulia_Tymoshenko#2011_trial_and_imprisonment_and_other_criminal_cases_against_Tymoshenko http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yulia_Tymoshenko#2011_trial_and...).