Kyiv, 1994. Fragment of a debate between presidential candidates. Participants: Leonid Kuchma, Leonid Kravchuk, Ivan Plyushch, Volodymyr Lanovyi, Oleksandr Moroz, Petro Talanchuk, hosted by political observers Gennadiy Dusheiko and Zynoviy Kulyk. 

The candidates present their election programs, discuss the future of Ukraine and answer questions from the audience. 

For reference: The second presidential election in Ukraine took place in 1994. They were called ahead of schedule. Seven candidates received official registration. Six of them ran as self-nominated candidates: Valeriy Babych, Volodymyr Lanovyi, Ivan Plyushch, Petro Talanchuk, Leonid Kuchma, and the current president Leonid Kravchuk. The only candidate delegated by the Socialist Party of Ukraine was Oleksandr Moroz. 

On June 26, Leonid Kravchuk won the first round of elections with 37.7% of the vote. Leonid Kuchma came in second with 31.1%. On July 10, the second round was held. Leonid Kuchma won the election: 52% to 45% of the vote for the incumbent President Leonid Kravchuk. 

Presidential elections: 1994

November 23, 2006, Kyiv.

Video: rally in front of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, clashes between protesters and police, various plans, speech by BYuT deputy Anatoly Seminoga; journalists, woman screaming, storming the main entrance; baba Paraska with BYuT and "Our Ukraine" symbols; police, various angles; banner "Chernovetsky! You are a clown, you are a liar, you are a sly one! Get out of the city hall!", people chanting "Mayor out!", symbols of "Our Ukraine", the "Svoboda" party and the "Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc".


Rally against tariff increases

1996, Ukrainian TV news. A special program about the visit of the Ukrainian parliamentary delegation to France.

On the video: screenshots, Paris, Luxembourg Palace, Napoleon's throne, Ukrainian delegation walking up the Senate's Staircase of Honor, Senate library, meeting of parliamentarians with representatives of the French government, State Secretary for European Affairs Michel Barnier, negotiating table, shots of Paris, Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triomphe, Champs Elysees, Champ de Mars, press conference of the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine with the President of the Senate of the French Republic René Monory, a survey of Parisians about Ukraine, the Seine, stand-up journalist.

Comments: Head of the Ukraine-France parliamentary group Yuriy Buzduhan; Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Oleksandr Moroz; Parisian resident.

Author: Pavlo Vlasov.

Ukrainian parliamentary delegation to France

August 10, 2011, Kyiv.

Video: Pechersky District Court, various plans; journalists and the community in the courtyard; representatives of the authorities and the court provide comments; protesters; police stand in defense near the courthouse.

Comments: People's Deputy, member of the "Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko - Fatherland" faction Serhiy Vlasenko; prosecutor Liliya Frolova; Yulia Tymoshenko's lawyer Yuriy Sukhov; People's Deputy Oleksandr Turchynov.

Reference: In August 2011, the Pechersky District Court of Kyiv considered the so-called "gas case" against former Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko. The court refused to change the preventive measure from detention to a non-departure bond, despite the petitions of people's deputies, religious leaders, and the ombudsman. The events caused a public outcry and international criticism regarding the political motivation of the persecution.

"Gas Case": Public Reaction

August 7, 2004, Sevastopol.

The plot is devoted to the problems of the Ukrainian Navy and the preparation for the celebration of the Day of the Navy.

On the video: Sevastopol, the fleet, different angles; comments by the Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Navy Igor Knyaz and a fragment of an interview with the President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma; different plans of the ships.

Journalist — Olga Kashpor.

Problems of the Ukrainian Navy

December 18, 2006, Seoul, South Korea.

The plot is dedicated to the working visit of Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko to South Korea.

In the video: airport, meeting of the Ukrainian delegation; views of Seoul; Viktor Yushchenko at the ceremony honoring the memory of those who died for the independence of South Korea; presidential palace, South Korean President Noh Moo-hyun meets the Ukrainian delegation; signing of documents.

Commented by the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Anatoliy Hrytsenko.

Journalist — Maksym Drabok.

Viktor Yushchenko's Visit to South Korea

June 18, 2004, Kyiv.

In the video: the flags of Ukraine and Brunei flutter at the entrance to the Mariinsky Palace; different angles of the delegations in the courtyard; the solemn ceremony of the meeting of the Sultan of Brunei, the handshake of the President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma and Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah; the orchestra sounds, the national anthems are performed; bilateral negotiations, the working group.

Meeting between Leonid Kuchma and the Sultan of Brunei

June 24, 2004, Kyiv.

The plot is dedicated to the diplomatic meeting on improving and establishing ties between Ukraine and the Gulf countries.

On the video: meeting of the President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma with the Secretary General of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Persian Gulf Abdul-Rahman bin Hamad Al-Attiyah, negotiations, blitzinterview; landscapes of Kuwait; Prime Minister of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych at the meeting.

Journalist — Maksym Drabok.

Reference: The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is a regional organization founded in 1981, uniting six Arab monarchies: Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, and Saudi Arabia. Its goal is political, economic, and security coordination; its headquarters are located in Riyadh. The name of the Gulf is not indicated as "Persian" in the official wording due to the position of the Arab countries.

Ukraine – Qatar: Diplomatic Meeting

June 24, 2004, Kyiv.

On video: Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Volodymyr Lytvyn at the "Agro-2004" exhibition at the Expocenter (VDNH); Lytvyn's speech; pottery master class, sale of products; ceremony of meeting the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada, performance of folk songs; Lytvyn holds a loaf, examines display cases and animals.

Volodymyr Lytvyn at "Agro-2004"

June 15, 2005, Boryspil.

In the video: flags of Georgia and Ukraine on masts, landing of a plane with the inscription "Georgia"; ceremony of meeting with Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, journalists ask questions.

Saakashvili's arrival in Ukraine

23 September 2009, Kharkiv, OTB.

Press conference of the leader of the Communist Party of Ukraine Petro Symonenko. In a TV studio, the politician answers questions from journalists Zhanna Oliynyk (Channel 7) and Valeria Kolisnyk (MediaPort agency). The moderator is Tetiana Medianyk.

The video is partly in Russian.

Petro Simonenko in Kharkiv

Kharkiv, June 23-24, 2009.

V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, IV International Forum “Euro-Atlantic Future of Ukraine”.

Day one. Plenary session. Speakers: Nico Lange, Director of the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung Office in Ukraine; Arsen Avakov, Head of Kharkiv Regional State Administration; Vadym Prystayko, Deputy Director of the NATO Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.

Comments: Borys Tarasiuk, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on European Integration; Oleksiy Haran, Professor of Political Science, Kyiv Mohyla Academy; students.

Day Two. Roundtable. Moderator Mykola Pakhnin. Speakers: Ihor Kozak, Director of International Relations of the League of Ukrainians in Canada; Oleksandr Volodin, Representative of the National Center for Euro-Atlantic Integration; Pavlo Knyazev, Representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kharkiv and Poltava Regions; Pavlo Klimkin, Director of the European Union Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; 
Volodymyr Zarytskyi, Executive Director of the Center for US-Ukraine Relations; Sviatoslav Pavliuk, Deputy Executive Director of the Polish-Ukrainian Cooperation Foundation; Oleksandr Sushko, Scientific Director of the Institute for Euro-Atlantic Cooperation; Krzysztof Bobinski, Director of the European Union-Poland Center; 
Igor Kohut, Director of the Laboratory of Legislative Initiatives; Oleksandr Trush, Head of the Department of European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of the Regional Institute of the National Academy of Administration under the President of Ukraine; Serhiy Vysotsky, head of the Belarusian Freedom Party; Anatoliy Serhiyenko, representative of the Postup public association; Olga Miroshnyk, representative of the Local Democracy Foundation; Petro Lysenko, representative of the Officers' Union of Ukraine; Valery Dutko, political scientist; Inna Pidluska, executive director of the Yalta European Strategy; Valery Reznikov, representative of the Karazin National University; Yevhen Khodun, presenter of the German Wave radio.

Video in Ukrainian, as well as partially in Polish, Russian and Belarusian.

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