“We need a little horse, one that will pull the plow in one direction with a man at the handles behind. Well, I will try to hold on to the handles of this plow more or less.”
– President Leonid Kuchma recalls his rural roots in discussing the possible candidates for premier, UT‑1, May 8.
“It’s one thing defending Yushchenko, and quite another going against the president. It’s a serious problem when most leaders of national parties feel they cannot afford to go into radical opposition.”
– For Truth committee presidium member Oles Dony, who is threatened with expulsion for expressing his views too freely, May 8.
“Those who are against the [opposition] referendum are effectively for the president.”
– Oles Dony, May 8.
“I can confirm that 70 percent of those who took part in the demonstrations for and against Kuchma were the same people. … We have photos: columns of people supporting Yushchenko, and the next day ‑ the same people in the same columns against Yushchenko.”
– Business mogul Vadim Rabynovych, Nezavisimaya Gazeta, May 5.
“Melnychenko is a good actor, and he had his reasons for disclosing the tapes. I can’t consider him a completely decent person, if only for the fact that he once worked for the KGB.”
‑ Former Kyiv Post Editor Askold Krushelnycky on his meeting with Maj. Mykola Melnychenko in an interview with Izvestia newspaper, May 8.
“With every new prime minister, Ukraine will live better, better and better.”
– Democratic Union faction leader Oleksandr Volkov on Yushchenko’s dismissal, April 26.
“The KGB men in the Kremlin are re‑assembling their empire.”
– Deputy Vasyl Chervony, quoted in The Guardian, April 27.
“What happened in Moldova will undoubtedly happen in Ukraine, no matter what the imperialist forces try to do.”
– Communist Party leader Petro Symonenko, quoted in the Financial Times, April 27.
