July 27, 2006, Kyiv.

On the video: round table, meeting, representatives of parliament, President of Ukraine present; conversation about overcoming the institutional crisis, discussion; among those present: Viktor Yushchenko, Viktor Yanukovych, Petro Symonenko, Leonid Kravchuk, Ivan Plyushch, Yulia Tymoshenko, Oleksandr Moroz, Roman Bezsmertny, Yuriy Yekhanurov.

Reference: The National Round Table is a series of negotiations initiated by President Viktor Yushchenko on July 27, 2006 to overcome the acute political crisis that arose after the 2006 parliamentary elections and the protracted confrontation between representatives of the authorities. The main result of the first meeting was an agreement on the development of the Universal of National Unity - a political document designed to unite the leading parties around key state interests.

National Round Table, July 27, 2006

July 26, 2006, Kyiv.

The plot is about the parliament's reaction to the preparation for the National Round Table initiated by the President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko.

On the video: parliament, session, comments of deputies about the planned round table, organization of the process.

Comments: 1st Deputy Secretariat Ivan Vasyunyk; People's Deputy, Head of the "Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc" Yulia Tymoshenko; People's Deputies Mykola Azarov and Mykola Rudkovsky.

Yushchenko's Round Table: Verkhovna Rada

From the personal archive of Yaroslav Kendzor.

May 21, 1996, Kyiv.

On the video: the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, backstage, a meeting of the parliamentary faction "Movement for the People, for Ukraine" and deputies of other national-democratic parties, dedicated to the strategy of considering and voting on the draft Constitution of Ukraine at the plenary session of the Verkhovna Rada, scheduled for May 23, 1996; Mykhailo Kosiv's speech that the communist deputies will complicate the consideration of the draft Constitution, expresses doubts that it will be possible to vote in the first and second readings, in particular the articles on language and symbols, about the need for the president to prepare the draft for a referendum, Vyacheslav Chornovil comments in the background; Yaroslav Fedoryn's speech on the initiative to resign the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Oleksandr Moroz; Les Tanyuk about the strategy of actions in this situation and not agreeing to compromises; Tkachenko that it is worth observing legitimacy and achieving acceptance in the first reading, only after that it is possible to put it to a referendum; Chornovil expresses reservations about the agreed project, which contains several provisions that could destroy the state: the abolition of the market economy and the issue of Crimea; Vyacheslav Chornovil proposes to support consideration of the project in the first reading at the meeting on Thursday, and also to take into account the opinion of the members of the Central Board of the NRU, whose meeting will be held on Friday.

Comments: people's deputies Mykhailo Kosiv, Vyacheslav Chornovil, Yaroslav Fedoryn, Les Tanyuk, Valentin Yablonsky, Volodymyr Tkachenko, Borys Ponomarenko; people's deputy, member of the temporary special commission for drafting the Constitution Serhii Sobolev.

"Movement for the people, for Ukraine": faction meeting, 1996

From the personal archive of Yaroslav Kendzor.

August 24, 1991, the sidelines of the Verkhovna Rada, Kyiv.

On the video: Yaroslav Kendzor interviews people's deputies: Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of the Crimean ASSR Mykola Bagrov, asks about his personal support for the junta and support for the junta on behalf of the Crimeans, his assessment of the events of the anti-state coup; Vyacheslav Chornovil asks Bagrov what he tried to do as Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Crimea; a blitz interview of deputies-officers, Yaroslav Kendzor expresses sympathy that their leader turned out to be a state criminal, asks what their relationship was to the coup, what was their position during the days of the coup, whether they will vote for the independence of Ukraine, how they feel about the creation of the Ukrainian army; response from the head of the Military Academy in Kyiv, People's Deputy of the Ukrainian SSR Borys Dukhov; blitz interview of the People's Deputy from Western Donbass Volodymyr Pykhtin, he answers that he has been taking democratic positions for more than a year, wrote a statement about leaving the Communist Party, voices the address of Bashkirov Mikhail, People's Deputy, First Deputy Chairman of the Mykolaiv Executive Committee; question about how he perceived the news of the coup, whether he has changed his opinion about him (Kendzyor) and his statement that the Communist Party is a fascist party; interview of the People's Deputy Vasyl Lisovenko, Kendzyor asks whether he agrees that he, as a representative of the Communist Party and a communist leader, is also a rebel, whether Gurenko is involved in the coup d'état; Lisovenko's answer; People's Deputies Mikhail Potebenko and Oleksiy Savvin (Metropolitan Agafangel) escaped from Kendzyor's questions.

"Support for the Junta on behalf of the Crimeans": Interviews with Deputies

From the personal archive of Yaroslav Kendzor.

August 25, 1991, Kyiv.

On the video: rally on Maidan Nezalezhnosti, people with blue and yellow flags, a portrait of Lenin covered in red paint, a poster "Ukrainian Republican Party"; a man addresses the people with a request to throw money into the box for the rally, then the following speak: deputy Oles Shevchenko, another deputy reads out a telegram dated August 19, 1991 from the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the USSR to the first secretaries of the Central Committee, regional and district committees of the Communist Party of Ukraine about supporting the State Committee for Emergency Situations; reads out a telegram from the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine to local committees; calls for bringing Gurenko and other party figures to justice; the next man speaks out, talks about the need to seal the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine, to preserve their archives; the next one speaks; near the makeshift rostrum they unfurl a red flag that was taken from the building of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine, people shout "Glory! Glory! Glory!".


Rally on Maidan Nezalezhnosti, August 25, 1991

Lviv Television. The February 20, 1991 issue of the program "One Hundred Questions to..." is dedicated to an interview with Vyacheslav Chornovil.

On the video: a conversation about the profession of a politician and the threat from amateurs in this field; about the challenges and difficulties that arose for the new democratic politicians who came to power, about their limited powers under the existing system of government; about the need for an authoritative democratic government; about the responsibility of the head of the Lviv Regional Council (in particular, about the situation with conscription); memories of childhood, father, repression in the family, about the family village, about fishing; about the years in prison, which during this period helped to hold on and gave hope, about fabricated cases, pressure from repressive bodies; favorite songs at different stages of life; about relationships with his immediate environment - the team at work and in the family, about the public and literary activities of his wife (Athena Pashko), her favorite flowers; about the circle of his like-minded people in the 60s-80s, the fate and mission of politicians who come to power on the "revolutionary wave"; wishes.

Host — Tamara Hryhorash.

Reference: Vyacheslav Chornovil — Ukrainian politician, publicist, dissident and political prisoner of the USSR. Founder of the underground magazine "Ukrainian Herald", member of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group, initiator of the creation of the People's Movement of Ukraine, its long-standing chairman. He was a presidential candidate in the 1991 elections, was elected as a People's Deputy of Ukraine three times. Died in 1999 in a car accident.

"One Hundred Questions to...": Vyacheslav Chornovil

1999, National Television Company of Ukraine. Program of the presidential candidate of Ukraine - Natalia Vitrenko.

On the video: screensavers, campaign speech by Vitrenko: criticism of Western ideology, entry of the dollar into Ukraine, criticism of the policies of predecessors, criticism of the economic policies of predecessors, how to get Ukraine out of the crisis, questions from voters (in Russian).

Elections-99: Natalia Vitrenko

From the personal archive of Yaroslav Kendzor.

June 7, 1995, Kyiv.

On the video: session hall of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, people's deputies Mykhailo Kosiv, Hryhoriy Omelchenko, Les Taniuk, Yaroslav Kendzor (offscreen) discuss the motion to obtain consent to bring to criminal liability the First Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Oleksandr Tkachenko; Hryhoriy Omelchenko reports on the submission of a motion to the commission and the Verkhovna Rada to bring Oleksandr Tkachenko to criminal liability, lists the facts established by the investigation, in particular, obstruction of the activities of representatives of the prosecutor's office, causing significant material losses to the state due to the misuse of credit funds as the head of the agricultural association "Land and People", about other existing signs of crimes provided for by criminal law, details which ones, about bringing other high-ranking officials to justice, about the removal of the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Oleksandr Moroz and his two deputies from their positions; Mykhailo Kosiv about when they plan to submit the issue of depriving the parliamentary immunity and bringing Tkachenko to criminal liability for consideration by the Verkhovna Rada; Les Tanyuk shares his investigation into the case of Oleksandr Tkachenko.

Comments: People's Deputy, member of the Committee on Combating Organized Crime and Corruption Hryhoriy Omelchenko; MPs Mykhailo Kosiv, Les Taniuk, Yaroslav Kendzior.


The Criminal Case of Oleksandr Tkachenko, 1995

From the personal archive of Yaroslav Kedzor.

June 9, 1995, Kyiv.

On the video: Yaroslav Kedzor interviews Volodymyr Marchenko, People's Deputy, member of the Socialist Party of Ukraine; Kedzor's stand-up about Marchenko's assessment of the signing of the Constitutional Treaty; Volodymyr Marchenko's comments on the position of the socialists, who consider the treaty unconstitutional, after its signing, citizens and the Verkhovna Rada lost some of their rights; Kedzor's comments on the differences in the positions of the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada, Oleksandr Moroz, and the majority of the socialists regarding the signing of the treaty, on the situational majority and opposition, on the identical position of representatives of the right and left forces, on impressions from a joint visit to Lviv with Natalia Vitrenko, asks whether they met "Banderaists"; comments and impressions of Volodymyr Marchenko.

Interview with Volodymyr Marchenko, 1995

Khmelnytskyi Television. The episode of the program "Elections — 2006" is dedicated to an interview with the people's deputy, member of the political council of the "Party of Regions" Taras Chornovil.

On the video: the election campaign of the 2006 parliamentary elections, studio comments; Taras Chornovil talks about his political position, the law on language, criticism of the current government, the figure of Viktor Yanukovych, the economic situation in Ukraine.

Journalist — Olena Pavlyuk.

Reference: Taras Chornovil is a Ukrainian politician, journalist, people's deputy of Ukraine of 3–6 convocations, son of Vyacheslav Chornovil. He held the positions of editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Chas", deputy head of the election headquarters of the Party of Regions, first deputy chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Committee on Foreign Affairs. Known for a number of public scandals and critical assessments of his statements by opponents, in particular regarding his position during and after the start of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Interview with Taras Chornovil

April 10, 2007, Kyiv.

Video comments by MPs Oleg Lyashko and Taras Chornovil on the early termination of the parliament's powers on April 2, 2007.

Comments on the early termination of the powers of parliament

March 19, 2003, Kyiv.

A report about the scandal with searches of the Kharkiv City Council and the City Executive Committee within the framework of a criminal case about the possible illegal use of budget funds. The backstage of the Verkhovna Rada, fragments from searches in Kharkiv by security forces, a journalist's stand-up, deputies hang a poster on the rostrum of the Verkhovna Rada.

Comments: Mayor of Kharkiv Mykhailo Dobkin; People's Deputy from the Party of Regions Viktor Yanukovych; Head of the Temporary Investigative Commission of the Verkhovna Rada for Kharkiv Oleh Lyashko People's Deputy from the Party of Regions Yaroslav Sukhyi.

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