August 19, 2004, the village of Velyki Sorochyntsi in Poltava Oblast. A report on Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych’s visit to the Sorochyntsi Fair.  

In the video: the fair, various shots of farm animals, stalls with fruits and vegetables, souvenirs, and other food products; fair visitors, various shots; quick interviews with visitors, who talk about the fair and their impressions of it; Viktor Yanukovych tours the fair, comments on the reduction in prices for food products and bread. Commentary by Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych.

Produced by: Yevhen Zolotukhin, Andriy Marchenko.

Viktor Yanukovych at the Sorochyn Fair

Video from the personal archive of Yaroslav Kendzior.

August 24, 1991, Kyiv.

In the video: 9 p.m., the Verkhovna Rada, corridors; deputies discuss the issue of releasing political prisoners, comments on violations of the law, the need to prepare a corresponding document on the release of Stepan Khmara.

People's deputies Larisa Skoryk, Ihor Yukhnovskyi and Viktor Bed' comment.

Release of Political Prisoners: The Case of Stepan Khmara

June 3, 2011, Zmiiniy Island, Odesa Region.

In the video: working visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Kostyantyn Grishchenko; airport, airfield, handshake with government officials, Odessa Mayor Oleksiy Kostusyev is present; Grishchenko on board the helicopter, looking out the porthole, pilots at the controls, views from the porthole; helicopter landing, Grishchenko gets out, border guard reports, meeting with "bread and salt", tasting a loaf; museum, Grishchenko inspects exhibits; sign "Post Office of Zmiiniy Island"; Grishchenko climbs the lighthouse, views; border post "Zmiiniy Island", excursion, Grishchenko with officials; another story, Konstantin Grishchenko gives an interview to journalists.

Kostyantyn Grishchenko on Zmiiniy Island

August 16, 2004, Athens.

On the video: arrival of Prime Minister of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych and his wife to Athens, runway, meeting; communication with Olympians and dignitaries of other states in the Ukrainian delegation; celebration, toasts, Ukrainian folk songs are heard; conversation, member of the International Olympic Committee Serhiy Bubka is present.

Viktor Yanukovych in Athens

December 8, 2013, China.

A report about the working visit of President Viktor Yanukovych to the People's Republic of China. Yanukovych with Chinese President Xi Jinping, delegations at the negotiating table, Yanukovych's speech.

Note: During the visit, negotiations with the Chinese leadership, a Ukrainian-Chinese business forum, and the signing of a number of bilateral agreements in the fields of economy, energy, the agricultural sector, and infrastructure were held. The visit took place against the backdrop of the Euromaidan and the difficult economic situation in Ukraine.

Yanukovych's visit to China, 2013

April 2001, Kyiv.

The video shows the process of Prime Minister Viktor Yushchenko’s government’s resignation. The Verkhovna Rada, the chamber, a sitting, the government’s gallery, MPs carrying boxes labelled ‘Signatures for Yushchenko’ and ‘People’s Movement of Ukraine’, a vote, the results board, Viktor Yushchenko’s speech from the podium, MPs conversing in the corridors of the Verkhovna Rada, Lilia Hryhorovych, an MP from the People’s Movement of Ukraine, attempts self-immolation, MPs block the podium, commentary by First Deputy Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Viktor Medvedchuk, Petro Poroshenko speaking with MPs outside, commentary by Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Ivan Plyushch, photographs of Yulia Tymoshenko. 

Background: On 17 April 2001, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine heard the report of Viktor Yushchenko’s government and deemed its work unsatisfactory.
On 19 April, parliament moved to consider the issue of the Cabinet of Ministers’ accountability, effectively initiating the procedure for its resignation.
On 26 April 2001, the Verkhovna Rada passed a vote of no confidence in the government, which, in accordance with the Constitution, led to its resignation.
Despite strong public support, the resignation of Viktor Yushchenko’s government was the result of a tactical alliance between left-wing forces, notably the Communists and Socialists, and certain pro-government and oligarchic groups in the Verkhovna Rada. 

The procedure for the resignation of Viktor Yushchenko's government, 2001

Video from the personal archive of Yaroslav Kendzor.

August 24, 1991, Kyiv.

On the video: the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian SSR, a corridor, a group of deputies, speeches; Volodymyr Hrynyov speaks about the priority of the decommunization of Ukraine, about the nationalization of the property of the communist party, talks about the events in Azerbaijan; the reaction of the deputies, discussion; comments by Iryna Kalynets and Larisa Skoryk; Valeriy Ivasyuk with a proposal that Hrynyov, as the Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada, once again make this statement from the rostrum, a vote "for".

Comments: Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian SSR Volodymyr Hrynyov, people's deputies Larisa Skoryk, Iryna Kalynets, Valeriy Ivasyuk.

Volodymyr Hrynyov on the decommunization of Ukraine

Kyiv, 1996. A press conference with Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma. Hosted by Serhiy Kutsiy. 

Several topics are discussed: Ukraine’s domestic political life (relations between government bodies, the constitutional process, the adoption of the Constitution, the president’s relations with the Verkhovna Rada); the economy (reforms, taxes, the budget, shadow capital); Ukraine and the world (international politics, economic relations with Russia). 

Representatives of various media outlets are present in the studio. Questions are posed to the president by: Artem Petrenko, Mykola Veresen; Ihor Fedoriv, Yulia Mostova, Oleksandr Tkachenko, Serhiy Tykhyi, Oleksandr Martynenko, Volodymyr Katsman, Volodymyr Kolomiets, Nataliia Kononenko, Olha Taukach, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Oleg Oliinyk, Serhiy Nestirenko, Vitalii Karpenko, and Nataliia Kondratyuk. 

Leonid Kuchma: Press Conference 

21 April 2019, Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast.

A report on the organisation of special polling stations for military personnel in the Joint Forces Operation zone during the presidential election. Voting tents, information stands, military personnel queuing to vote, the electoral commission at their tables, military personnel casting their ballots into the ballot box.

Comments: Mykola Svyatyuk, head of the special polling station; Olesia Kyslytska, border guard; Valerii Shchegel, representative of the Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights.

Special forces in the Joint Forces Operation Area, 2019

March 1, 2008, Severodonetsk.

The plot is dedicated to the congress of local deputies in the Severodonetsk Ice Palace.

In the video: a rally, red and blue flags of different parties are waving; comments from participants; ice palace, congress of deputies, speeches, various plans.

Comments: leader of the Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine Natalia Vitrenko; representative of the youth union "Our Ukraine" Oleh Klymchenko; people's deputies from the Party of Regions Dmytro Tabachnyk, Viktor Yanukovych.

Congress of Deputies in Severodonetsk, 2008

Video from the personal archive of Yaroslav Kendzor.

September 4, 1991, Kyiv.

In the video: rally in front of the Verkhovna Rada, people with blue and yellow flags, chanting "Down with the rag!" regarding the red flag, comments by Yaroslav Kendzor; Leonid Kravchuk's voice, on the dome of the Verkhovna Rada they lower the red and blue flag of the Ukrainian SSR, raise the blue and yellow together with the red and blue, "She's not dead yet" is heard; people whistle, come closer to the Verkhovna Rada building, rows of police, people shout "Shame!".

"Down with the rag!": rally near the Verkhovna Rada

Kyiv, 1996. A video interview with Oleksandr Moroz, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Topics discussed: an assessment of the Verkhovna Rada’s activities in 1996, the budget vote, the adoption of the Constitution of Ukraine, and the economy. At the end of the program, Oleksandr Moroz offers pre-New Year’s greetings and states that he is an atheist. 

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