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| | JRL #7163 - St. Petersburg, Poll/ Duma, Gorbachev, US Trade Ties, Politics Web Site, Bergson, Roy/ US ... |
 | | Komisarenko discussed the leading candidates for the upcoming presidential election, and explained President Kuchma’s attempts to introduce constitutional reforms that could influence the election. |
 | | Komisarenko stated that there is still a chance that the current Ukrainian president, Leonid Kuchma, may attempt to lengthen his presidential term. |
 | | According to Komisarenko, President Kuchma’s original plan was to find a candidate who could guarantee him security and immunity (similar to the Russian case of Yeltsin and Putin). |
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