CRIMEAN POPULAR FRONT: "STOP KUCHMISM!"

The Popular Front “Sevastopol-Crimea-Russia” is opposed to the nomination of Victor Yanukovitch as a prime minister of the Ukraine. The Front held a press conference in Simferopol yesterday. Its coordinator Valery Podyachy said that leader of the opposition Victor Yanukovitch who may become a new prime minister is a man of Leonid Kuchma (former President). Mr. Podyachy reminded that the first Constitution of the Crimea and a position of President of the Crimean Republic were abolished under President Kuchma and speaker Alexandre Moroz. The coordinator of the Popular Front “Sevastopol-Crimea-Russia” thinks that “kuchmism should be prevented from coming back”. Ideological chief of the Front Sviatoslav Kompaniets pointed out that the pro-Western policies of President Yushchenko lets Russia mobilise its forces to counter them. “This would speed up the transition of the Crimea under Russian rule”, - Kompaniets added. The Popular Front is advocating the return of the Crimea to Russia. It thinks that Parliament should be dissolved and be replaced by a direct presidential rule to restore order in the country.
(The Tavrichesky Kurier, www. Freecrimea.org)