Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Ukrainian opposition leaders

From wiki:

Oleksandr Turchynov 
was born in Dnipropetrovsk. He graduated from the Dnipropetrovsk Metallurgical Institute in 1986, after which he worked atKryvorizhstal, a large Ukrainian steel producer.[13] From 1987 to 1990, he served as head of the agitation and propaganda division of the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Komsomol (Communist Youth League) Committee, which was led by Serhiy Tihipko.[13] Tihipko and Turchynov became political advisers of Leonid Kuchma, 
Turchynov is an old ally of Yulia Tymoshenko
Yatseniuk 
does not want Russian to become the second state language in Ukraine.[68]
Yatseniuk wants European Union membership for Ukraine.[
Yatseniuk is against Ukraine joining the Customs Union of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia;
On 21 August 2013 Yatseniuk stated "Russia has decided for some reason that it can be the architect of a new Berlin wall. And, according to Russia’s design, this wall should appear at the border between Ukraine and the European Union".[72]
Yatseniuk is against privatization of state property
Yatseniuk favours the creation of a special "vice prime minister for Crimean issues"-post.[80]
According to Yatsenyuk it will be impossible to fight corruption without changing the country's system of government, "The system of government in Ukraine has in fact remained the same as it was under the Soviet Union".[82]
Late July 2010 Yatsenyuk wrote a draft law which proposed to fine officials for violating the law "On Appeals by Citizens", thus holding officials personally accountable for ignoring the complaints of citizens.[83]
Yatseniuk opposes participation of Ukrainian troops in peacekeeping operations abroad.[87]Yatseniuk has stated the convicted politicians Yulia Tymoshenko and Yuriy Lutsenko should be released and has proposed/written laws to make this happen.[85][nb 1] He also believes their convictions are a "difficult obstacle on Ukraine's path to the European Union."[69] Early December 2012 he stated to dialogue with the authorities only after Tymoshenko and Lutsenko were released.[69]
Yatseniuk opposes same-sex marriage, because it contradicts his personal beliefs as a Greek Catholic.[88]

Dmytro Yarosh 
(UkrainianДмитро Ярош; born 30 September 1971)[1] is a Deputy Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine.[2] He was a leading figure in the 2014 Ukrainian revolution and is the leader of the far-right militant Right Sector organization.[3][4]
During the dissolution of the Soviet Union, he joined radical Ukrainian nationalist groups. In 1994, he joined, and since 2005 led, the right-wing Stepan Bandera Treezoob organization. During theEuroMaidan protests in the early 2014, Treezoob became the core of the newly founded Right Sector, a coalition of right-wing ultra-nationalist radicals.[3] During these protests he advocated for a "national revolution" and dismissed the Viktor Yanukovych administration as an "internal occupational regime".[4]
Yarosh calls for a ban on a Party of Regions of Ukraine, as well as on a Communist Party of Ukraine.[4] He considers Russia as a main adversary of Ukraine, although he also has little patience for Western influence on Ukraine.[3]
According to Yarosh, he never had a job in his life.[3] He is married to wife Olga and has three children: Anastasia, Irina, and Dmitr.

Arsen Avakov 
was born on January 2, 1964 in Kirov town (Kirovskiy district which is now Binagadinskiy district) of Baku (Azerbaijan) into a military family and is of Armenian origin.
From 1981 to 1982 Arsen Avakov worked as a laboratory assistant at the Chair for Automated Control Systems in Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute.
In 1988 he graduated from Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute as a systems engineer with a major in automated control systems.
In 1987—1990  Avakov was employed by All-Union Scientific-Research Institute on Water Protection (Kharkiv) as an engineer.
In 1990 Arsen Avakov founded and headed “Investor” JSC, аnd “Basis” Commercial Bank later in 1992.
In 2002 Avakov was elected a Member of the Executive Committee of Kharkiv City Council.
On February 4, 2005 by the Decree of the President of Ukraine Arsen Avakov was appointed the Head of Kharkiv Regional State Administration [ and resigned from the position of the Head of “Investor” JSC and “Basis” Commercial Bank Supervisory Board.
On March 26, 2006 he was elected a Deputy of Kharkiv Regional Council of the 6th convocation, a member of the Standing Committee on Budgetary Issues.
On October 31, 2010 Arsen Avakov was elected a Deputy of Kharkiv Regional Council of the 6th convocation, a member of the Standing Committee on Science, Education, Culture, Historical Heritage, Intellectual Wealth and National Minorities.
On February 9, 2010 he resigned pursuant to Part 3 of Article 31 of The Law of Ukraine “On Civil Service”: “Principled disagreement with decisions made by the public body or an official thereof, and ethical reasons preventing continuation of civil service”.
On February 1, 2010 Avakov withdrew from “Our Ukraine” political party headed by the President Viktor Yushchenko. At the close of his term of office in Kharkiv Regional State Administration Avakov issued a detailed Summary Report.
On April 21, 2010 Arsen Avakov joined “Batkivshchyna” party and accepted the offer of Yulia Tymoshenko to lead the regional organization of “Batkivshchyna” political party (Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko).
Avakov was charged on 31 January 2012 with illegally transferring land and he was put on the international wanted list of Interpol on 21 March 2012.[1] He was detention in Frosinone (Italy) late March 2012.[1] A Italian court placed Avakov under house arrest as a preventive measure on 12 April 2012.[2] After in October 2012 he was elected into the Ukrainian parliament he return to Ukraine on 11 December 2012.[1] On 10 December 2012, a Court ruling canceled Avakov's restriction measure in the form of detention and a warranty for Avakov'a arrest, as Avakov was elected as a people's deputy.[3] Avakov returned to Ukraine the next day.[3]
Avakov published 12 scientific papers, one monograph and a number of essays on political and social issues. He is married and has a son named Oleksandr.
Arsen Avakov is a member of “Batkivshchyna” political party.

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