“The lives of children and women, the lives of Ukrainian soldiers. Our infrastructure is being destroyed every day.”
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Viktor Yushchenko
Viktor Andriiovych Yushchenko is a Ukrainian politician who was the third president of Ukraine from 23 January 2005 to 25 February 2010. He aimed to orient Ukraine towards the West, European Union, the G7, and NATO.
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politics · President of Ukraine from 2005 to 2010 · economist · politician · banker · bank manager · also Viktor Yushchenko, Viktor Andriiovych Yushchenko, Yushchenko
Born 23 February 1954 · Q1459699
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For Putin, the main geopolitical challenge is freedom and democracy. And today he is using all available resources to show that the Western world is weak
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2026· 25 entries
“For Putin, the main geopolitical challenge is freedom and democracy. And today he is using all available resources to show that the Western world is weak”
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“give Putin five or seven years to get stronger and then start this misery again.”
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“attack, ruin infrastructure, rampage all over Ukraine,”
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“The political elite ... showed itself unable to accept a legal economy and public politics.”
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“It is a free nation and free people.”
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Operativ Media: Viktor Yushchenko: Europe needs Azerbaijan, the leader of the region
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1News.az: Viktor Yushchenko expressed gratitude to Ilham Aliyev
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Baku.ws: Viktor Yushchenko thanked Ilham Aliyev for supporting Ukraine
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Caliber.Az: Ex-president Yushchenko commends Aliyev for Azerbaijan’s support for Ukraine - PHOTO
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Apa.az: Viktor Yushchenko says he held sincere and substantive meeting with President Ilham Aliyev, thanks Azerbaijani leader
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Caliber.Az: Former Ukrainian President Yushchenko visits Alley of Martyrs in Baku
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Baku.ws: Viktor Yushchenko visited the Alley of Martyrs and honored the memory of a Ukrainian pilot in Baku
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Report.az: Viktor Yushchenko visits Martyrs' Alley
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Menafn: Aliyev Meets Yushchenko as Azerbaijan, Ukraine Discuss Future Ties
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MENAFN: Viktor Yushchenko Thanks President Ilham Aliyev For His Support Of Ukraine (PHOTO)
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Yeni Safak English: Aliyev meets former Ukrainian President Yushchenko in Baku
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Latest news from Azerbaijan: President Ilham Aliyev meets former Ukrainian president Viktor Yushchenko in Baku
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Menafn: Aliyev, Ex-Ukrainian President Yushchenko Meet in Baku
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President.az: Ilham Aliyev met with former Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko
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Anadolu Ajansı: Azerbaijan's Aliyev meets former Ukrainian President Yushchenko in Baku
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Armenpress: Ilham Aliyev se reunió con el ex presidente de Ucrania Viktor Yushchenko en Bakú
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Operativ Məlumat Mərkəzi: President Ilham Aliyev meets with former Ukrainian leader Yushchenko
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Apa.az: President Ilham Aliyev meets with former Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko
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2025· 2 entries
Yahoo: Ukraine's third president Yushchenko: US supported Ukrainians for 20 years, so humiliation in wartime is sad to see
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Yushchenko stated that even the liberation of Ukrainian territory in its internationally recognized borders would not guarantee Ukrainian security, which can only be achieved with the liquidation of Putin's regime in Mos
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2022· 2 entries
PBS: Viktor Yushchenko: “The Pres. Putin I Used To Know” Is Gone
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Yahoo: Who is Viktor Yushchenko? What you need to know about the former Ukrainian president
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2012· 1 entry
And tried to relaunch his political career, but did not succeed
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2010· 14 entries
Election lost: 2010 presidential election and later career.
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Published video “Ющенку близькі 47 мільйонів українців”.
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Published video “Безсмертний Ющенко закликає йти на вибори, а Тимошенко пересмикує”.
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Published video “Безсмертний про країну після виборів”.
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Published video “Безсмертний: Ющенко- нова українська епоха”.
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Published video “За мною стоїть моя політична сила”.
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Published video “Я ЙДУ, ЩОБ ПОВЕРНУТИСЯ.”.
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Published video “Ющенко про вибір”.
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Published video “Я ЗАЛИШАЮСЬ У ПОЛІТИЦІ”.
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Published video “Екзамен на демократичні вибори”.
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Published video “Ульянченко про вибори”.
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Campaign: 2010 presidential election.
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From his first marriage with the sister of Ukrainian TV presenter Masha Efrosinina, and another one born in 2022 from his current wife Olena
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Campaign: 2010 presidential election and later career.
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2009· 1 entry
“s desire to keep her job as Prime Minister was the main motive for creating the coalition and that he wanted to expel the OU-PSD lawmakers who supported the creation of the coalition from the list of members of parliament. Yushchenko claimed (19 March 2009) that his conflicts with Tymoshenko are not due to personal differences, but to the incompleteness of the constitutional reforms of 2004. On 23 July 2009, under the terms of Ukraine”
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2006· 1 entry
Awarded Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose of Finland (2006).
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2005· 5 entries
Awarded Chatham House Prize (2005).
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Awarded honorary citizen of Mukachevo (2005).
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Awarded Profile in Courage Award (2005).
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Has been an honorary leader of the Our Ukraine party
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Career landmark: President of Ukraine (2005–2010).
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2004· 3 entries
The American Conservative: The Real Viktor Yushchenko
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At which he believes he was poisoned is crucial to finishing the investigation, and he claimed these men were in Russia
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As Kuchma's term came to an end, Yushchenko announced his candidacy for president as an independent
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2002· 2 entries
Career landmark: People's Deputy of Ukraine (2002–2005).
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Yushchenko became the leader of the Our Ukraine (Nasha Ukrayina) political coalition, which received a plurality of seats in the year's parliamentary election
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2001· 1 entry
Both Yushchenko and Tymoshenko broached at creating a broad opposition bloc against the incumbent President Kuchma in order to win the Ukrainian presidential election 2004
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1999· 1 entry
Career landmark: Prime Minister of Ukraine (1999–2001).
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1998· 3 entries
Wrote a thesis entitled "The Development of Supply and Demand of Money in Ukraine" and defended it in the Ukrainian Academy of Banking
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“The Development of Supply and Demand of Money in Ukraine”
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Married Kateryna Chumachenko, with whom he has three children
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1997· 3 entries
Verkhovna Rada, the parliament of Ukraine, re-appointed him
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Career landmark: Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine (1997–2000).
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Career landmark: Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine (1997–1997).
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1993· 3 entries
Was appointed Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine (Ukraine's central bank)
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Career landmark: Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine (1993–1997).
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Became governor of the National Bank of Ukraine, presiding over their response to hyperinflation and the introduction of a national currency
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1991· 1 entry
“s influence was again a factor in the upcoming election and warned of”
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1983· 1 entry
Became the Deputy Director for Agricultural Credit at the Ukrainian Republican Office of the Soviet Union State Bank
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1977· 1 entry
Yushchenko married Svitlana Ivanivna Kolesnyk, with whom he has two children and five grandchildren:
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1976· 1 entry
Yushchenko began a career in banking
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1954· 1 entry
Born 1954-02-23.
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