Talk:Leonid Kuchma

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I am almost certain that Kuchma's platform was stronger ties with Russia. Granted, he didn't badmouth the West; but he was appealing strongly to people who felt the severing of econ relations with Russia post-'91 was responsible for Ukraine's economic downturn. --GenkiNeko 01:33, 2 Feb 2005 (UTC)

You're absolutely right. It was an erroneus edit from some amateur. I just can't find time for editing those Ukrainian-political pages professionally. And can't catch between partisan comtributions :) AlexPU

190205 Slight reshuffling. Removed Baikonur - it was a part of his Yuzhmash job, not a separate one. To be continued. AlexPU

[edit] Yushchenko

The following text is POVed and hardly relevant in its current form:

President Kuchma, along with Viktor: Medvedchuk, then the Vice Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada, is believed to have played a key role in sacking the Cabinet of Viktor Yushchenko on April 26, 2001.

Sacking Yushchenko is definitely neither a crime nor even a guilt. Moreover, it has been at President's will intil Jan 1, 2006. Medvedchuk is irrelevant in terms of public/official politics: he wasn't the one who voted.

Most important: sacking Yushchenko was hardly the main event in Kuchma's career.

Needs rephrasing. Ukrained 22:04, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Now

It says he left the country. Where he lives now? Luka Jačov 14:13, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

Don't worry, he's still here with us :)). Ukrained 14:38, 9 April 2006 (UTC)