Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you.

Foreign Affairs committee  Those people might be there, but they are at a middle or low level. The latest trend in Ukraine is to adopt the sense of “family” as it is used in Sicily. The president's family, actually one of the president's sons, is now appointing key personalities, like governor of the centr

Foreign Affairs committee  I would just add one phrase in terms of how they explain this to President Yanukovych, who is very authoritative. No one dares, probably, to tell him something he wouldn't like to hear. Their message about Ukrainian diplomats or about the image of the country is, “You're a great

Foreign Affairs committee  Out of these three, we have practically two out of the game. I mean Yushchenko and Tymoschenko. And it was mostly because they were so involved in infighting that Yanukovych became the president. The fact is that Yanukovych was elected the president, and in two years he probably

Foreign Affairs committee  Target the wrong people.

Foreign Affairs committee  Like Tom Cruise, mission impossible is the shortest answer.

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes, because I have just come to Canada after finishing a tour of 24 major Ukrainian cities, all over Ukraine, where we organized coordination units of Honesty, the parliamentary movement, and I can tell you that we have been joined by probably more than 150 NGOs. I emphasize tha

Foreign Affairs committee  I was there, many times. Actually, I was the person whom Putin personally warned—at the time I was chief of staff to President Yushchenko—at the meeting with Putin, when he said, “We are going to disconnect the gas; we are not bluffing. Just tell your president this is very serio

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes, those turncoats are quite a challenge. By the way, talking about Tymoshenko, I was there when the courts took the decision. I was in the street. My office was close to the court on Kreschatik. The number of protesters who came there were roughly 2,000 to 3,000. She was gett

Foreign Affairs committee  Premier Putin, he is a friend of ours. Yeah, right....

Foreign Affairs committee  This is one of the problems. But from the voters' point of view, the biggest problem is that during the last 10 to 15 years there has not been much of a possibility of a different quality of opposition. We have a vicious circle. If you go into politics, you need money. Money is c

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Dechert. No, it would be rather wild guessing on that, because I personally believe that the poisoning of Viktor Yushchenko was planned and executed, not within Ukraine—or not only within Ukraine. The case with Tymoshenko is exclusively domestic. It's irrational;

Foreign Affairs committee  About Yulia Tymoshenko...?

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Ladies and gentlemen, I am genuinely excited and honoured to be here. The last time I was here was almost nine years ago, when I was with the presidential candidate, Viktor Yushchenko. We were attending question period and the government was responding