Orange Revolution
Democracy Emerging in Ukraine

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Precedents Casting Shadows on Kuchma's Regime
V. Chornovil V. Yushchenko (Before and After) H. Gongadze
Vyacheslav Chornovil 1937 — 1999 Vyacheslav Chornovil Nationalist leader, journalist, and member of the Ukrainian Helsinki Watch Group. His fight for Ukrainian autonomy cost him 12 years in Soviet prisons and five years in Siberian exile. In 1992, named chairman of Rukh (People's Movement for Restructuring), and later won a seat as deputy in the Ukrainian Parliament. In the course of challenging Leonid Kuchma for the presidency of Ukraine in 1999, he was killed in a mysterious car accident. Opposition Leader Decapitated Journalist
Fatal Car Accident
Ugly Story 		Agent Orange Poisoned
Failed Murder Attempt 		Beheaded
Maidan New are Alive
     

Minister H. Kurpa Found Dead
Ukrainian transport minister Heorhiy Kyrpa leaves a meeting under Ukrainian Prime Minister and presidential candidate Viktor Yanukovich campaign poster. Picture taken July 7, 2004. REUTERS/Mikhailo Markiv Ukrainian transport minister Heorhiy Kyrpa (R) talks to Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich in Kiev on February 2, 2003. The Ukrainian transport minister and one of Ukraine's most prominent businessmen was found dead December 27, 2004 at his home outside Kiev, a government source said. Picture taken February 2, 2003. REUTERS/Mikhailo Markiv Ukrainian Transport Minister Heorhiy Kirpa seen in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, in this 2002 photo. Kirpa was found dead with a gunshot wound Monday, a spokesman for the nation's railways said. He staunchly supported Viktor Yanukovych, Ukraine's prime minister and a candidate in the Sunday rerun for the presidency. (AP Photo/Vladimir Sindeyev)
Suicide or Murder?

 

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