Mykhailo Brodsky ( uk, Михайло Бродський) (born April 5, 1959 in

Kyiv Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the seventh-most populous city in Europe. Kyi ...

, in the

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of the

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) is a Ukrainian politician, leader of the Party of Free Democrats and businessman.

Biography

Brodsky was a self-nominated candidate in the

2004 Ukrainian presidential election Presidential elections were held in Ukraine on 31 October, 21 November and 26 December 2004. The election was the fourth presidential election to take place in Ukraine following independence from the Soviet Union. The last stages of the election ...

. Chair of the "

Yabluko The Party of Free Democrats ( uk, Партія Вільних Демократів) is a political party in Ukraine led by Mykhaylo Brodskyy. It was registered in November 1999 as Yabluko ( uk, Яблуко; ''Apple'').

" ("Apple") Party in 2003–2005. Was a national deputy of

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, 1998–2002. Was a chair of the publishing house " Kyivskie Vedmosti" in 1998, but lost control of it after being jailed on corruption charges.Political Pulse: Presidential field takes shape

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(November 11, 2009) Main policy is opposition to "

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", and declared when registering that he was running for president in 2004 to bar (then)

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, from power. Brodskyy allied himself with

Yulia Tymoshenko Yulia Volodymyrivna Tymoshenko ( uk, Юлія Володимирівна Тимошенко, ; Hrihyan ();Orange Revolution The Orange Revolution ( uk, Помаранчева революція, translit=Pomarancheva revoliutsiia) was a series of protests and political events that took place in Ukraine from late November 2004 to January 2005, in the immediate afterm ...

(in 2006 he was elected as a deputy of the

Kyiv City Council Kyiv City Council ( uk, Київська міська рада, translit=Kyivska miska rada), also known as Kyivrada ( uk, Київрада), is the city council of Kyiv municipality, the highest representative body of the city community. The me ...

representing the

Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc The Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc ( uk, Блок Юлії Тимошенко, БЮТ; Blok Yuliyi Tymoshenko, BYuT) was the name of the bloc of political parties in Ukraine led by Yulia Tymoshenko since 2001. In November 2011, the participation of bloc ...

), but broke with her before the snap parliamentary elections of September 2007. In 2007, he publicly accused Tymoshenko of trying to bribe judges of the

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and of selling places on election lists. Brodskyy was a candidate for

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in the 2010 Ukrainian presidential elections nominated by the Party of Free Democrats, during the election he received 0,06% of the votes. On March 24, 2010 the Azarov Government appointed Brodskyy head of the ''State Committee of Ukraine on Regulatory Policy and Entrepreneurship''.Михайло Бродський обіцяє підтримати підприємців, а потім збільшити їм податки

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(March 24, 2010)

References

External links

Blog by Mykhailo Brodskiy

Michael Brodsky, "cover" Ukrainian smugglers, framed his relative
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