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Inna Sokolovska,
photographer
“A few years ago when Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko came to Kyiv, [former Kyiv Mayor Oleksandr] Omelchenko advised him to come to the city in the summer when ‘women do not wear their underwear.’ Yanukovych expressed a similar idea. It might be the Ukrainian way that men show their attitude to women. My feelings were not hurt. I was more surprised at the words, being inappropriate in Davos.”
Vitaly Strak,
lawyer:
“I believe that the president did not awaken investors’ interest in Ukraine, failing to explain why Ukraine is attractive for them. He made the capital look like a ‘trading post’ of naked women.”
Ludmyla Vovchenko,
cyberneticist:
“I don’t think that Yanukovych tried to abuse Ukrainian women. However, I believe that the president must not stoop to such a low level.”
Olha Lukreeva,
lawyer:
“I think it was nice of the president to notice the beauty of Ukrainian women, but there are a lot of fields in Ukraine which need investors’ support. And women are not in the lead.”
Zinovy Karych,
actor:
“I believe that Yanukovych’s comment was abusive, as it was unpresidential. As the head of the state, he can’t take such liberties. However, as a man, he was right, because in the spring women show subtle beauty, taking off winter clothes.”
