Leonid Kuchma: Press Conference

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.