Banned from running in the October 28 election due to her imprisonment, Tymoshenko's video showed the 51-year-old's determination to reach her supporters and rally her Batkivshchyna (Fatherland) party, demoralized by the loss of her leadership.
The international secretary of the Latvian Fatherland and Freedom Party, Janis Tomelis, recently met William Hague, the Tory shadow foreign secretary, to discuss an alliance.