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	Profile: Ukrainian Parliamentary Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn - RADIO FREE EUROPE / RADIO LIBERTY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Lytvyn, 48, has been the speaker of the Ukrainian parliament since 2002, when he was elected to parliament as leader of the pro-government For a United Ukraine bloc of parties.
		Lytvyn was born in the quiet northern Zhytomyr Province village of Sloboda Ramanivska.
		One of the voices on the tape was identified as Volodymyr Lytvyn's and he was subsequently accused of complicity.
	www.rferl.org /featuresarticle/2006/03/90ae3503-34d0-47ec-bb3c-35b70afce096.html (675 words)

	Hell of Volodymyr Lytvyn & LEONID KUCHMA
		Lytvyn’s confession is flawed and targeted to mislead the Ukrainian and American public and ease his responsibility for his copyright infringement.
		Lytvyn mentioned that he is aware of “those” who think that he will benefit from the increased attention to his personality because of his illegal acts.
		Lytvyn is a serious illegal and dishonest act and can be viewed as a substantial and sufficient basis for his pursuing in a U.S. and Ukraine’s court on a number of offenses.
	www.brama.com /survey/messages/16734.html (1084 words)

	Ukraine Now (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Parliament Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn is forecasting an increase in the revenues and expenditures of the draft state budget for 2005.
		Lytvyn expressed the belief that the draft budget that the Cabinet of Ministers submitted to the parliament is not ideal.
		Lytvyn said that the revenues and expenditures of the draft state budget will be increased during the process of its consideration.
	www.ukrnow.com /content/view/893/2 (515 words)

	LYTVYN'S BLOC - AN UMBRELLA FOR KUCHMA'S PEOPLE? - Eurasia Daily Monitor
		Lytvyn told the NP convention that negotiations with the two parties stalled because he was slated to be a junior partner.
		Lytvyn professes no specific ideology and seeks to position his bloc as a "third force," neither orange nor blue-and-white; his potential voters are Ukrainians who are either disappointed with the Yushchenko government or tired of the political turmoil of the last year.
		Lytvyn's weakest point is that he is suspected by many of involvement in the murder of journalist Heorhiy Gongadze in 2000.
	www.jamestown.org /edm/article.php?article_id=2370413 (841 words)

	The Great Famine-Genocide in Soviet Ukraine (Holodomor) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Volodymyr Lytvyn, speaker of Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament), gave a brief opening speech in which he described the history of Ukraine as bloody and said far too much blood has been spilled.
		Lytvyn said that he personally does not see any other option for the government but to finally and officially define the famine as a planned genocide of the Ukrainian people.
		In addition to Volodymyr Lytvyn, those in attendance for the memorial concert included the Vice Prime Minister for Culture and the Arts, Volodymyr Semynozhenko, and several members of the Rada (parliament).
	www.artukraine.com /famineart/memorialev.htm (372 words)

	NEWS - INTERNATIONAL - Comcast.net
		But Lytvyn, who is widely respected in Ukraine for his mediation efforts in last year's election crisis, forecast a tough battle for Yekhanurov to win the necessary 226 votes.
		As for the former ministers, Lytvyn suggested it would be better if they bow out _ and he called for all new appointees to pledge not to participate in the March elections.
		Lytvyn, a one-time chief of staff to former President Leonid Kuchma, said he would try to ensure parliament played the role of the "guarantor of stability" and hoped to return to the speaker's seat after the March elections.
	www.comcast.net /news/international/index.jsp?cat=INTERNATIONAL&fn=/2005/09/16/222820.html (612 words)

	Lytvyn elected to chair Verkhovna Rada (06/02/02)
		Of the 309 lawmakers present at the meeting, 226 voted for Volodymyr Lytvyn, which was the minimum number necessary for his election.
		Lytvyn's candidacy for his leadership of the pro-presidential For a United Ukraine bloc.
		Lytvyn, 46, is a professional historian and a career politician.
	www.ukrweekly.com /Archive/2002/220204.shtml (611 words)

	The first roundtable between Kuchma, Yushchenko and Yanukovych during the revolution
		Lytvyn explained that they thought that the roundtables would be taking place in Kuchma's residence in Koncha-Zaspa, and that is why not everything was recorded.
		Lytvyn: We need to make note of the fact that the parties, working groups, are starting to work and negotiate immediately and that they are keeping in mind the fact that the Supreme Court of Ukraine is not making an official announcement now, and will make a formal announcement by the 29th by 11 o'clock.
		Lytvyn: If we are talking about the Court, I think, we can hope that the politicians and the parties will find a basis for a compromise today, it is possible.
	www.uottawa.ca /academic/grad-etudesup/ukr/ukraine_list/ukl340_14.html (2129 words)

	UKRINFORM: news from Ukraine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Verkhovna Rada Chairman Volodymyr Lytvyn met in Kyiv on Monday with Pier Ferdinando Casini, Speaker of the Italian Parliament's Chamber of Deputies.
		As Mr Lytvyn told a follow-up news conference, which he held later in the day with Mr Casini, both parties stated the need for increasing the two parliaments' influence on their respective governments, with a view of materializing Ukraine's Euro-integration plans.
		As Mr Lytvyn contended, accusations, which are being levelled at him and which allege his lobbying for appointing chiefs of the State Committees for forestries and customs, are absolutely groundless as he has no candidatures for filling vacancies in executive power bodies.
	www.ukraineinfo.us /news/news/050214-03.html (367 words)

	Boston.com / News / World / Europe / Tymoshenko said will be a force in Ukraine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In an interview with The Associated Press, speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn said Yulia Tymoshenko will be a major force to contend with once parliament confirms her as prime minister, which it's likely to do Friday.
		Lytvyn advised Yushchenko to choose his team carefully, questioning whether the president would be able to maintain his fragile coalition of Socialists, nationalists and reformers.
		Lytvyn said the proposals were little more than "a list of priorities." But he was forgiving: "We only just got out of a revolution.
	www.boston.com /news/world/europe/articles/2005/02/04/tymoshenko_said_will_be_a_force_in_ukraine?mode=PF (565 words)

	inform.kz \| 137507
		Lytvyn was born in Sloboda-Romanivs'ka village in Zhytomyrska oblast.
		Lytvyn is a well-known specialist in politology and modern history of Ukraine.
		Despite his political career, Lytvyn is not ambitious: he refused to take part in Ukrainian presidential election in 2004, although many suggested his win in the case if he did.
	www.inform.kz /showarticle.php?lang=eng&id=137507 (325 words)

	:: Lytvyn criticized Tymoshenko’s "poor budget" :: Ukrayinska Pravda
		The speaker stated that the council adopted a decision to form a working group, involving Ministers in it, to finish the project and to consider this bill on October 20th, according to budget code.
		Lytvyn also noted that two WTO bills were withdrawn by the government to be completed.
		Speaking about possible agreements of lawsuit with businessmen who illegally privatized their enterprises, Lytvyn noted that there had to be legal basis for that.
	www2.pravda.com.ua /en/news/2005/10/5/4807.htm (286 words)

	THE MYTH OF UKRAINE'S "THIRD FORCE" IN PARLIAMENT - Eurasia Daily Monitor
		TU's new deputy leader, Volodymyr Sivkovych, is remembered by the Yushchenko camp as the head of the parliamentary committee to investigate Yushchenko's near fatal poisoning in September 2004.
		Lytvyn's marginalization from the Yushchenko camp will leave him exposed to criminal charges as head of the presidential administration during the worst period of Kuchma's rule in 1996-2002.
		Lytvyn is particularly vulnerable to further incriminating details related to the murder of opposition journalist Heorhiy Gongadze in fall 2000.
	jamestown.org /edm/article.php?article_id=2370146 (974 words)

	NCSJ - Top Lawmaker Back Restitution
		KIEV - Ukrainian Parliament Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn said Monday that parliament supports returning property that was seized from Jews by the government during the Soviet era.
		Lytvyn is expected to ask President Viktor Yushchenko, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and Kiev officials to find a practical resolution to the issue, his office said.
		Lytvyn spoke after a meeting with Robert Meth, head of the Union of Councils for Soviet Jews, who criticized recent anti-Semitism in Ukraine.
	www.ncsj.org /AuxPages/061305Haaretz_Lytvyn.shtml (210 words)

	Ukraine Now (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Parliament Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn intends to address the country via the mass media to propose ways out of the crisis resulting from the declaration of Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych as the president of Ukraine.
		According to Storozhuk, Lytvyn will address parliamentary deputies and the Ukrainian people, proposing ways of resolving the crisis if no decision is reached at a meeting of the conciliatory council of leaders of parliamentary fractions and groups that is scheduled for 11:00 on Friday.
		Lytvyn expressed the hope that agreement on parliamentary decisions would be reached during the meeting of the conciliatory council.
	www.ukrnow.com /content/view/2047/2 (703 words)

	IRI : Program Highlights (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		September 24 - 25 - Chairman of the Ukrainian parliament, Volodymyr Lytvyn, met with IRI Chairman John McCain on Wednesday for a discussion of issues being debated in Ukraine’s parliament, the Verkhovna Rada.
		During this presentation, Chairman Lytvyn discussed several proposals currently being debated in the Rada, including legislation that would change the manner in which the president and parliamentary deputies are elected.
		Chairman Lytvyn said these issues are part of the larger debate on the balance of power between different branches of government in Ukraine.
	www.iri.org /progweeklysummary.asp?id=4561240088 (141 words)

	NEWSBRIEFS (05/04/03)
		Lytvyn was speaking at the Royal Institute of International Relations in London within the framework of his three-day visit to the United Kingdom.
		Lytvyn said an appropriate decision to reform Ukraine's constitutional system will be adopted by the Parliament with a two-thirds majority before October 2004, when the next presidential elections are scheduled to take place.
		Lytvyn said he hopes the president and national deputies will arrive at a compromise on a political-reform bill.
	www.ukrweekly.com /Archive/2003/180307.shtml (1524 words)

	Maidan - News - Lytvyn: Tomorrow’s Session of Verkhovna Rada (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In the same time V. Lytvyn announced that the leaders of fractions and groups agreed to continue analyzing the situation in the country during tomorrow morning’s session.
		Lytvyn stressed that each clause of the resolution will be voted separately, including the clause on the Cabinet’s resignation.
		Lytvyn underlined that the question on no confidence vote for the Attorney General will be voted separately, too.
	maidan.org.ua /static/enews/1101851812.html (211 words)

	ISN Security Watch - Protests consume Kiev ahead of poll result (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		After many emotional speeches from supporters of opposition leader and presidential contender Viktor Yushchenko, parliamentary speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn announced in the evening that the legislature had found the elections to be faulty and that the two rivals should hold a round table to resolve the dispute.
		In the meantime, Lytvyn stressed that no one would be sworn in as president.
		Lytvyn's announcement does not have legal force, as there was no quorum in the parliament when the decision was taken, and nothing was heard from Yanukovych throughout the day.
	www.isn.ethz.ch /news/sw/details_print.cfm?id=10223 (518 words)

	Historical Gallery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Lytvyn was born in a village in quiet northern Zhytomyr Region.
		Lytvyn served as Kuchma's first assistant and chief speechwriter.
		Lytvyn's was among the voices secretly recorded on the audiotapes
	www.artukraine.com /histgallery/lytvyn.htm (384 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Presidential administration chief Volodymyr Lytvyn told Interfax on 6 December that Ukraine's industrial growth in JanuaryNovember 2000 was 12.6 percent, compared with the same period last year.
		Lytvyn said the figure well exceeds the Ministry of Economics' expectations, adding that the government's reforms are the main reason for industrial growth.
		According to Lytvyn, Moroz committed slander by publicly alleging that Lytvyn, along with President Leonid Kuchma and Interior Minister Yuriy Kravchenko, are responsible for the disappearance of journalist Heorhiy Gongadze.
	www.infoukes.com /rfe-ukraine/2000/1207.html (2035 words)

	AMBASSADE D'UKRAINE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Meeting with the Center's personnel, Volodymyr Lytvyn stressed that both Ukraine and Russia are currently at cross-roads and the two nations' future will largely depend on their concerted stand.
		Volodymyr Lytvyn stated the need for creating a state in Ukraine, which will wield the international community's respect.
		On Wednesday morning Volodymyr Lytvyn laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and flowers at the Taras Shevchenko Monument in Moscow.
	www.ukraine.be /news/actualit/a081205.html (8996 words)

	UKRINFORM: news from Ukraine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Mr Lytvyn stated his conviction that the Verkhovna Rada will ratify all the necessary agreements relating to Ukraine's Euro-Atlantic integration, replying to the journalists' questions about how strong the opposition is in the Ukrainian Parliament to Ukraine's accedence to NATO and the EU.
		As Mr Lytvyn noted, there is hardly any opposition within the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine because in appointing the Government's Head support for the President's candidature was in excess of the constitutional majority.
		According to Volodymyr Lytvyn, the Parliament supports the nation's Euro-Atlantic integration course, and, as analyses of Ukraine - NATO documents suggest, which are being considered by the Parliament, there will be no problems with regard to the documents' ratification.
	www.ukraineinfo.us /news/news/050223-05.html (489 words)

	Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn and his Croatian counterpart Vladimir Seks reached agreement on signing joint Declaration on ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		According to Volodymyr Lytvyn, his meeting with the Croatian Parliament Speaker, which was held within the framework of Mr Lytvyn's official visit to Croatia, dealt with matters of bipartite cooperation.
		In Mr Lytvyn's opinion, Croatia's experience is of great interest to Ukraine, in particular, with regard to solving societal problems and pursuing foreign policies.
		As Mr Lytvyn said, Ukraine and Croatia have very similar goals, cherish common societal values and are transiting to democratic models of social and political order.
	www.nrcu.gov.ua /index.php?id=148&listid=19386 (333 words)

	Ukraine: Parliamentary Speaker Says Russia Still Strategic Partner - RADIO FREE EUROPE / RADIO LIBERTY
		Volodymyr Lytvyn: Because Russian politicians speak from the position of Russia's national interests, while Ukrainian ones for the most part represent their own political interests or interests of their political parties.
		Lytvyn: In this specific case, the entire negotiation process [with Russia] is limited to government structures.
		Lytvyn: I think that it is necessary to use the rule that is applied in the budget systems of both Ukraine and Russia.
	www.rferl.org /featuresarticle/2005/12/c67f7aa0-4137-47ab-9357-ea0faacd9a67.aspx?napage=2 (826 words)

	God Save Ukraine - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The coordinating council has decided not to continue the Verkhovna Rada session, as Verkhovna Rada, Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn, stated in his address to thousands of people at a mass rally near the parliament building.
		According to Lytvyn, the purpose of stopping the session was the desire to show that the parliament is not trying to put pressure on the Supreme Court, which is deciding the destiny of the country today.
		Lytvyn said that the coordinating council reached agreement on the position that different political forces will maintain the integrity and peace of Ukraine.
	users.i.com.ua /~andre21/news/2_12_01.html (177 words)

	NEWS - INTERNATIONAL - Comcast.net
		Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn had "instigated the abduction," said the legislative commission.
		Its findings stemmed from recordings in which voices resembling those of Lytvyn, former President Leonid Kuchma and other officials are heard allegedly conspiring against Gongadze, according to a report posted on a parliamentary Web site Wednesday.
		Lytvyn, Kuchma's former chief of staff, dismissed the commission's report as "a provocation aimed at diverting attention from the real culprits" for Gongadze's death.
	www.comcast.net /news/international/index.jsp?cat=INTERNATIONAL&fn=/2005/09/21/225788.html (378 words)

	UKRINFORM: news from Ukraine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		According to Volodymyr Lytvyn's press secretary, during the meeting the parties dwelt upon reformation of the two nations' armed forces.
		Messrs Lytvyn and Panayotov were reported to have specifically discussed the problem of the Kryvy Rih Mining-Dressing Complex.
		In this connection Volodymyr Lytvyn articulated his hope that the Ukrainian parliament will shortly endorse a bill, which will create all necessary prerequisites for drawing a strategic investor who would assume the Kryvy Rih Mining-Dressing Complex project's liabilities.
	www.ukremb.com /news/news/040127-04.html (269 words)

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