Who will head the Ministry of Foreign Affairs?

First National, Kyiv, 2009. The report focuses on the likely candidates for the position of head of Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs during President Viktor Yushchenko’s term in office.

On the video: the building of the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs; archival footage of a UN summit attended by Boris Tarasyuk; a meeting between Arseniy Yatsenyuk and party leaders Petro Symonenko, Oleksandr Yefremov, and Volodymyr Lytvyn; a summary of the likely candidates for the position of Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine — Kostyantyn Gryshchenko, Oleg Shamshur, and Volodymyr Khandogiy; among the reporters present is journalist and TV host Olena Frolak.

Commentary by Ukraine’s foreign ministers: Hennadiy Udovenko (1994–1998); Anatoliy Zlenko (1990–1994; 2000–2003); Borys Tarasyuk (1998–2000; 2005–2007); Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Volodymyr Khandogiy (March–October 2009); public figure, economist, and Ph.D. Bohdan Hawrylyshyn; politician and public figure Oleg Rybachuk.

Olga Skotnikova, Natalia Malyshko, and Vadim Timofeev worked on the story.