iuliia, let down your hair

Iuliia Tymoshenko, former Prime Minister, current leader of the parliamentary opposition, and resident political sexpot, created a sensation on Thursday when she let down her Princess Leia plaits in parliament. The frenzied media asked her what it meant. She responded that she hadn't had time to braid her hair that morning (or rather, to clip in the hair extensions, since everyone knows they're fake). Which do you prefer?

For what it's worth, here's what one of her political opponents had to say about it:

According to Party of Regions deputy Taras Chornovil, “Tymoshenko looks better without her braid, she looks younger.” “Now you can fall in love with her, but before she reminded me a SS-Standartenführer.”