The first Azarov government (,

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: Первое правительство Николая Азарова) was Ukraine's cabinet from its appointment on March 11, 2010 until its dissolution on December 3, 2012. It continued to serve as a

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Yanukovych dismisses Azarov and Cabinet of Ministers

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(3 December 2012)
Ukraine government resigns, stays on in acting role

(3 December 2012) until 24 December 2012, when the second Azarov government was appointed by

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.President of Ukraine has appointed new staff of the cabinet of ministers of Ukraine
,

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(24 December 2012) The cabinet was formed as part of the "Stability and Reform" coalition between the

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, Lytvyn Bloc and the

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in the

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's parliament. The government was led by

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Mykola Azarov Mykola Yanovych Azarov (; ; née, né Pakhlo, Cyrillic: Пахло; born 17 December 1947) is a Ukraine, Ukrainian politician who was the Prime Minister of Ukraine from 11 March 2010 to 27 January 2014. He was the First Vice Prime Minister an ...

, who succeeded the ousted second Tymoshenko government led by ex-prime minister

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. The Azarov government worked in cooperation with President Yanukovych. A November 2010 Razumkov Centre nationwide survey showed that only 13.2 percent of respondents fully supported the Azarov Government while 45 percent stated they did not. Its composition was reshuffled by Yanukovych early in 2012.

Creation and parliamentary issues

Termination

On December 3, 2012, the government became a

after

Ukrainian president The president of Ukraine (, ) is the head of state of Ukraine. The president represents the nation in international relations, administers the foreign political activity of the state, conducts negotiations and concludes international treaties. ...

Viktor Yanukovich accepted the resignation of prime minister Mykola Azarov and his government following the 28 October 2012 parliamentary election. A number of government members, including Prime Minister Azarov, were elected to parliament in that election. In order to get these parliamentary mandates they were obliged to submit documents on the dismissal from their previous job to the

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within 20 days after the election (by December 3). On 9 December 2012, Yanukovych nominated Azarov for a new term as prime minister. This nomination was approved by parliament on 13 December 2012.Ukraine parliament approves Azarov as prime minister

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(13 December 2012) On 24 December 2012, the second Azarov government was appointed by President Yanukovych. In January 2013, President Yanukovych stated the government "has not completely fulfilled the assigned tasks on ensuring the introduction of reform and economic growth. This led to the fact that the results in 2012 were much worse than expected".

Controversy and criticism

Azarov's immediate predecessor

stated on the day the cabinet was elected "this government is completely made up of Ukrainian oligarchs"; she predicted the cabinet actions would lead to "megacorruption, the closure of strategic state programs, pressure on small and middle business and a return to stagnation and the absence of any reforms". According to a February 2010 poll by ''the Kyiv Gorshenin Institute of Management Issues'' most

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wanted not a politician for prime minister but "a professional premier, who will implement unpopular reforms". Ukraine's state budget for 2010 was adopted by parliament after a ten-minute-long hearing of the bill which consisted of a report by the finance minister and the head of the parliament's budget committee. The

2010 budget was not presented at a parliament meeting, but approved on May 14, 2010.

Constitutional Court ruling

According to former president

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the March 9, 2010 parliamentary amendment that made it possible for individual members of a parliamentary faction to join a coalition violated the Ukrainian Constitution, former

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Yuriy Lutsenko accused Yanukovych of "trying to buy members of parliament for a new coalition" (

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accused Lutsenko of badly handling the affairs at the Ministry of Internal Affairs before appointing Anatolii Mohyliov to Lutsenko's old position.) and Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc lawmaker Serhiy Mishchenko stated "that the Verkhovna Rada had shown to the average citizen a bad example of how to violate the country's laws and Constitution". Yushchenko did send a letter to Yanukovych with a request to veto the law on March 10. Yanukovych signed the law nevertheless.Ukraine opposition challenges Yanukovych in court
''

'' (March 12, 2010) 56 lawmakers filed a challenge to the law who made these amendments possible on March 11, 2010, at the

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. On March 16, 2010, Minister of Justice

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stated that even if the Constitutional Court rules the amendments unconstitutional the format of the Ukrainian parliamentary coalition will remain unchanged because "the Constitutional Court's ruling becomes valid on the day of its announcement, not yesterday or the day before yesterday" and the Constitutional Court's ruling will apply only to measures intended to establish a new coalition in Ukraine in the future. On March 26, 2010, President Yanukovych told a delegation from the

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"If the decision of the Constitutional Court will be that the coalition was formed illegally, then I will take a decision on a

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, I will never go down the path of breaching the constitution that is in force".Yanukovych to call vote if coalition ruled illegal
''

'' (March 1, 2010) The Constitutional Court reviewing the case late March 2010. On urgent matters the court rules within weeks but on matters deemed less urgent it can take months or even longer. On March 29, 2010, former premier and

Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc The Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc () was the name of the bloc of political parties in Ukraine led by Yulia Tymoshenko since 2001. In November 2011, the participation of blocs of political parties in parliamentary elections was banned.

leader

accused "Representatives of Yanukovych" of trying to bribe and blackmail Constitutional Court judges in order to get a ruling that legitimates the coalition and the government. This was denied by Yanukovych's

. On April 8, 2010, the Constitutional Court ruled that the coalition supporting the Azarov government in parliament had been formed legally.Update: Ukraine court rules Yanukovych coalition legal
''

'' (April 8, 2010) The shadow government called the Constitutional Court ruling "cynical, hypocritical, and illegal".

Corruption

The Azarov government stated that it will fight corruption. However several of its members are assigned to two or more government positions, and, of course, are paid for them. That fact reflects direct disregard for the

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. Some of the members do not even qualify to the assigned positions either as in case with Valeriy Khoroshkovskiy who was elected to the Supreme Council of Justice. Some of the members of the government received their government assignments without a basic knowledge of the

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as in case with the Minister of Internal Affairs Mohyliov. The President Yanukovych gave him two months (until August 2010) to learn the language.

Opposition government formation

On March 16, eight parliamentarian parties signed an application for the establishment of an association of opposing political forces to the ruling Azarov government. Among the eight opposition parties are

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, Rukh, European Party of Ukraine, People's Self-Defense, Reforms and Order Party,

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''

'' (March 31, 2010) Its vice premier, Volodymyr Stretovych, was dismissed on 7 February 2011, because "he had finally taken the side of the government".

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formed another oppositional government in March 2010. On 8 August 2011

, Rukh, European Party of Ukraine, People's Self-Defense, Reforms and Order Party,

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Composition

On March 11, 2010,

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approved the structure of the

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. Note, Tihipko even though is a leader of the

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Vasyl Tsushko who was a former member of the

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at the time of his appointment (he became the leader of that party in July 2010Economy minister appointed Socialist Party head
''

'' (July 26, 2010)); Tsushko was appointed on quote of the Communist Party. The Cabinet originally consisted of 29 ministers, four more than the previous government, but has since been trimmed down. At the time of installation the Cabinet contained the highest number of ministers in Europe, and ranked second in Europe in terms of the number of its vice premiers. 8 out of the original 29 Cabinet members were born in

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and the

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. The Cabinet was (also at the time of its installation) Europe's only government that has no female members in its composition till Raisa Bohatyryova was appointed Minister of Healthcare and Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine on 14 February 2012.Azarov's cabinet has highest number of ministers in Europe
''

'' (March 16, 2010) It was the first Ukrainian government without a female minister.Central and East European Politics: From Communism to Democracy Second Edition
edited by Sharon Wolchik and Jane Curry, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2011, (page 354) As of May 21, 2010, the Cabinet stated it was planning to create a "Ministry of Science, Technologies and Innovation of Ukraine".

Changes since June 2010

On June 2, 2010, deputy-minister of Environmental Protection Bogdan Presner was sacked for accepting a bribe of $200,000 (he was sentenced to nine years in prison in October 2011). On June 17, 2010, Minister on Communal Living Oleksandr Popov (Party of Regions) was replaced by Yuriy Hivrich.VR dismissed Popov from post of Minister of housing and communal services

(June 17, 2010) On July 2, 2010, Minister of Environmental Protection Viktor Boyko (Bloc Lytvyn) was replaced by Mykola Zlochevskiy and Vice Prime Minister Volodymyr Seminozhenko was fired by the

(Ukrainian parliament) the same day. A draft resolution proposing the dismissal of Semynozhenko was submitted by lawmaker Olha Bodnar of Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko.Parliament dismisses Semynozhenko as vice premier
''

'' (July 2, 2010) On July 10, 2010, Minister of Extraordinary Situations Nestor Shufrych was dismissed by

. For his dismissal voted 256 deputies. However

found a new assignment for Shufrych and appointed him as the assistant to the secretary of the

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. Shufrych's duties were temporary assigned to Volodymyr Antonets till Mikhail Bolotskikh was appointed acting minister on July 23, 2010. Soon after the motion to overturn the 2004 Constitutional amendments was filed on July 14 by the representatives of the Azarov Government, Vasyl Tsushko, previously as an unaffiliated member of the government, was elected the leader of the

(extra parliamentarian party, non-coalition) on July 24, 2010. On October 13, 2010, President Yanukovych sacked two deputy prime ministers (Viktor Slauta and Volodymyr Sivkovich).Yanukovych dismisses Sivkovych and Slauta as vice-premiers
''

'' (October 13, 2010) The sackings were the first case when Yanukovych used the powers granted to him by this month's constitutional court ruling when 2004 constitutional amendments were overturned. On November 12, 2010, President Yanukovych appointed Viktor Baloha ( United Centre) Minister of Emergencies and Minister of the Protection of the Population from the

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. According to Baloha this did not mean his party would join the coalition. Early 2010 United Centre had rejected any possibility of joining a parliamentary coalition with the

.Балога: Мы много помогали на выборах Януковичу и не скрываем этого
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with the aim to reduce the number of civil servants in Ukraine. (see below Yanukovych Administration Reform) A number of deputy ministers were dismissed early April 2011. Minister of Health Zynoviy Mytnyk was dismissed on May 17, 2011, because he had "failed to properly organize the work of the ministry"; Oleksandr Anishchenko was appointed for the post on May 24, 2010. Anatolii Mohyliov was replaced as

by Vitaliy Zakharchenko in November 2011.Yanukovych appoints Mohyliov to Crimean post
''

'' (7 November 2011)Chief tax officer Zakharchenko appointed interior minister of Ukraine
''

'' (7 November 2011)

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Fedir Yaroshenko resigned on 18 January 2012, and was replaced by Valeriy Khoroshkovsky the same day.

Minister of Defence A ministry of defence or defense (see spelling differences), also known as a department of defence or defense, is the part of a government responsible for matters of defence and military forces, found in states where the government is divid ...

Mykhailo Yezhel was sacked by President Yanukovich on 8 February 2012, and replaced by Dmytro Salamatin the same day Raisa Bohatyryova was appointed Minister of Healthcare and Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine on 14 February 2012; she partly changed places with former First Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine- Minister of Economic Development and Trade Andriy Klyuyev who became Secretary of the

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in her place while Oleksandr Anischenko lost his job as health minister. On 22 February 2012, Khoroshkovsky was reshuffled to First Vice Prime Minister-Minister and dismissed as finance minister Yuriy Kolobov was appointed finance minister on 28 February 2012.Yanukovych appoints Kolobov as finance minister
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'' (28 February 2012) On 9 March 2012 President Yanukovych stated he wanted

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to work in the government on the post of economic development and trade minister. Poroshenko was appointed economic development and trade minister of Ukraine by Yanukovych on 23 March 2012. Vice Prime Minister ( Minister of Social Policy) Serhii Tihipko became a member of Party of Regions when that party merged with his former party

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Mykola Zlochevsky was dismissed from the post of Ecology and Natural Resources Minister and appointed as the deputy secretary of the

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on 20 April 2012.Zlochevsky dismissed from post of Ecology and Natural Resources Minister, appointed Deputy Secretary of National Security and Defense Council
''

'' (20 April 2012) Eduard Stavytsky was appointed the Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources on April 20, 2012. Mykola Azarov introduced the new minister to the Cabinet on April 23, 2012. On 20 November 2012, Viktor Baloha resigned as Ministers of Emergencies because he preferred to take in the seat in the

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he had won in the October

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.Baloha resigns as emergencies minister
''

'' (2 November 2012)

Policy

The aims of the cabinet are: *Reducing the gap between the rich and the poor in Ukraine; which is characterized by these policies: **Raise the minimum wage in 2010 to 888 Hryvnya.Ukraine's gross foreign debt reaches 93.5% of gross domestic product
''

'' (March 17, 2010) **In April 2012 Prime Minister Azarov stated that the Azarov Government was planning to increase pensions and wages four times in 2013 - once every quarter - and to increase social benefits twice. *Improve the living standards of

;New coalition promises introduction of European standards of social protection
''

'' (March 16, 2010) which is characterized by these policies: ** Creating a state "anti-crisis food basket" and a "state anti-crisis medical basket"; ** Stabilization of the price situation on the consumer market and the energy market. *Introduce "the European standards of social protection" in Ukraine; which is characterized by these policies: **Reform of the system of social standards and privileges; **Improvement of the social protection of children; **"Fight" against the demographic crisis. *Reviewing Ukraine's cooperation with international financial organizations; *

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;Ukraine's prime minister says budget problem hardest
''

'' (March 11, 2010) *Reduction of

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; which is characterized by these policies: **The introduction of "a single window" in the registration system for entrepreneurial activity and regulation;Azarov: Fight against corruption is main task of executive branch
''

'' (March 23, 2010) **Transparent state purchases; **Allocation of land plots; *

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, based on innovative technologies; *Improving the financial situation in state companies; *Reform the housing utility sector; which is characterized by these policies: **Provision of citizens with affordable housing; **The formation of a state order for the construction of social housing for young people, public sector employees, poor families, and disabled persons. *Strengthen the

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;Azarov: New government to focus on strengthening middle class in Ukraine
''

'' (March 11, 2010) *Ensuring the rights and freedoms of citizens in Ukraine and their protection outside the country. Other priorities of the government are the preparations for expected flooding, preparations for spring agricultural work and the improvement of

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.Azarov names main priorities of government's work
''

'' (March 17, 2010) In order to increase state revenues with at least Hryvnya 10 billion the government is planning to step up privatization in 2010. Led by the Party of Regions faction in March 2010 a draft law on the judiciary and a new criminal procedural code was shelved and the introduction of anti-corruption legislation was pushed back from April 2010 to January 2011 by the Verkhovna Rada. On November 30, 2010, Yanukovych vetoed a new tax code made by the Azarov Government and earlier approved by the Verkhovna Rada but protested against in rallies across Ukraine (one of the largest protests since the 2004

Orange Revolution The Orange Revolution () was a series of protests that led to political upheaval in Ukraine from late November 2004 to January 2005. It gained momentum primarily due to the initiative of the general population, sparked by the aftermath of the ...

). Yanukovych signed a new Tax Code on December 3, 2010. in an (Ukraine's) economy analysis of March 2014

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claims that poor economic policies by the Azarov Government had weakened the state's finances.

Yanukovych Administration Reform

On December 9, 2010, the

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reloaded a new government. According to the decree, the number of ministries was reduced from 20 to 16 and the number of cabinet employees (1,174 people at the time) is to be more than halved.Government to reduce number of its secretariat employees by 50%
''

'' (December 18, 2010) ;List of ministries with their respective agencies (if present) * Ministry of Economy is reorganized into Ministry of Economic Development and Trade (coordinated by the First Deputy Premier) ** State Service of Export Control ** State Committee of Statistics reorganized into State Service of Statistics ** State Service of Technical Regulation ** National Agency in ensuring of energy resources effective use reorganized into State Agency of Energy Effectiveness and Savings ** State Agency in directing national projection and State Agency of investments and development merged into State Agency of investments and directing national projects ** State Committee of state material reserves reorganized into State Agency of Reserves ** Ministry of Industrial Policy reorganized into State Agency in directing state corporation rights and property * Ministry of Transportation and Communications reorganized into Ministry of Infrastructure with several state services (coordinated by a Deputy Premier) ** State Aviation Service ** State Automobile-Transportation Service ** State Service of Communication ** State Service of Sea and River Transportation ** State Service of Automobile Roads ** National Agency in preparation and conduction the final portion of Euro 2012 championship of football in Ukraine and realization of infrastructural projects * Ministry of Regional Development and Construction and Ministry of Communal Living merge into Ministry of Regional Development, Construction, and Communal Living (coordinated by a Deputy Premier) ** State Architectural-Building Inspection * Ministry of Labor and Social Policy reorganized into Ministry of Social Policy and State Inspection in labor affairs (coordinated by a Deputy Premier) ** State Inspection in Labor Affairs ** State Committee in Veteran Affairs reorganized into State Service in affairs of handicapped and veterans ** Pension Fund * Ministry of Agrarian Policy reorganized into Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food ** State inspection of rural management ** State Committee of Veterinary Medicine reorganized into State Veterinary Services ** State Committee of land resources reorganized into State Agency of land resources ** State Committee of forest management reorganized into State Agency of forest resources ** State Committee of fishing management reorganized into State Agency of fishing management * Ministry of Internal Affairs ** State Migration Service * Ministry in protection of nature reorganized into Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources ** State Ecological Inspection ** State Service of Geology and

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** State Committee of Water Management reorganized into State Agency of Water Resources ** National Agency of Ecological Investments reorganized into State Agency of Ecological Investments * Ministry of Fuel and Energy and Ministry of Coal iningIndustry merge into Ministry of Energy and Coal iningIndustry * Ministry of Foreign Affairs * Ministry of Culture and Tourism reorganized into Ministry of Culture ** State Agency in Cinema Affairs * Ministry of Emergencies reorganized into Ministry of Emergencies ** State Service of Mining Supervision and Industrial Safety ** State Agency in directing the Zone of alienation ** State Inspection of Techno-genetic Safety * Ministry of Defense * Ministry of Education and Science and Ministry in affairs of family, youth and sport merge into Ministry of Education and Science, Youth and Sport ** State Service of Intellectual Property ** State Service of Youth and Sport ** State Committee of Science, Innovations, and Informatics reorganized into State Agency of Science, Innovations, and Informatics * Ministry of Health Protection ** State Sanitary-Epidemiological Service ** State Inspection in control of medicine quality and State Committee in Drug Control Affairs merged into State Service of Medicine and Drug Control ** State Service to counteract HIV-infection/AIDS and other socially dangerous disease * Ministry of Finance ** State Treasury Service ** State Tax Administration reorganized into State Tax Services ** State Customs Service ** State

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Service ** State Committee of Financial Monitoring reorganized into State Service of Financial Monitoring ** Main Control-Revisionary Directorate reorganized into State Financial Inspection * Ministry of Justice ** State Committee of Archives reorganized into State Archive Services ** State Executive Service ** State Department in affairs of executions reorganized into State Penitentiary Services ** State Registration Service ** State Service in Protection of Personal Data ;Other state services and agencies ;;Liquidated * State Committee of Industrial Safety, Labor Security, and Mining Supervision, functions transferred to agencies of Ministry of Emergencies * Supreme Attestation Commission, functions transferred to Ministry of Education and Science, Youth and Sport * Ukrainian Institute of National Memory * State Committee in affairs of regulatory policy and entrepreneurship * State Committee of Nationalities and Religions ;;Renamed * State Committee of Nuclear Regulation into State Inspection of Nuclear Regulation * National Space Agency into State Space Agency

Notes

References

External links

Governmental Portal of Ukraine
- official site of the Cabinet of Ministers
Factbox: Challenges facing new Ukrainian government
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(March 11, 2010)
New Cabinet of Ministers
(short biographies of the ministers; including photos) -

(March 11, 2010)
New old government
(short biographies of the ministers; including photos) - Kyiv Weekly (March 18, 2010)
Power Grab
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(March 11, 2010)
Experts: Ukraine's new government could be effective, regardless of absence of famous professionals
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Verbatim of the session on March 11, 2010
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