"Ukraine without Kuchma" (UBC) - a campaign of protests in Ukraine in 2000 - 2001 . It began in late 2000 after the publication in the media of audio recordings testifying to the involvement of President of Ukraine L. D. Kuchma in a number of crimes, including the disappearance of journalist Georgy Gongadze . The initiators of the UBC was a group of non-partisan public figures [1] . The requirements of the UBC were the resignation of President Kuchma, Minister of Internal Affairs Kravchenko , Chairman of the Security Service of Ukraine Derkach and Attorney General Potebenko . The protesters did not support any of the candidates for the presidency, but advocated "changing the system of social, economic and political relations in Ukraine", including the elimination of the system of "presidential authoritarianism" and the transition to a parliamentary republic.
| Protests against Leonid Kuchma | |||||||||
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| Mass protests on February 6 | |||||||||
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 Administration of the President of Ukraine Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine "Golden eagle" |  SPU UNA-UNSOPRP For the truth! URP "Cathedral" and etc. | ||||||||
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| Leonid Kuchma Vladimir Litvin Yuri Kravchenko | Alexander Moroz Yuri Lutsenko Vladimir Chemeris Andrey ShkilNikolay Lyakhovich | ||||||||
The co-coordinators of the UBC were a member of the student movement of the 80-90s, non-partisan V.V. Chemeris and a member of SPU Yu. V. Lutsenko .
Content
Beginning of Protests
The first protest took place on December 15, 2000 . The action “Ukraine without Kuchma” was supported by 24 political parties and public organizations, including the Socialist Party of Ukraine , the Ukrainian People’s Party “Cathedral” , the Ukrainian Republican Party , the party “Reforms and Order” , UNA-UNSO , the Ukrainian Communist Youth Union , the All-Ukrainian Party working people and others, both nationalist and some left-wing parties. The protesters pitched a tent camp in the center of Kiev with demands for the resignation of the country's president and the heads of law enforcement agencies, an independent examination in the case of the missing journalist G.R. Gongadze .
Government Response
On February 13, 2001, President L. D. Kuchma, Prime Minister V. A. Yushchenko and Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine I. S. Plusch signed a “letter of three,” in which, addressing compatriots, they stated that “the state was deployed against the state.” an unprecedented political campaign with all the signs of a psychological war, ”and called what was happening the Ukrainian version of National Socialism [2] .
Results
On March 9, 2001, clashes between UBC members and the police took place near the presidential administration of Ukraine. Then several hundred protesters were detained, and 19 of them were convicted of “organizing mass riots” for a term of 2 to 4.5 years [1] . UBC demonstrations continued until April 2001. Under the pressure of protests, President Kuchma fired the Minister of the Interior and the Chairman of the Security Service.
On December 25, 2002, a court presided by Ivan Volik and with the participation of judges Fedorchuk and Volgar decided the verdict in the "March 9 case." Nikolai Lyakhovich was sentenced to 5 years in prison, Nikolai Karpyuk - up to 4.5, Mazur, Zaichenko, Galchik and Mironchik - up to 4, Boyko and Goroshchuk - up to 3.5, Buryachka - up to 3 years, Nazara - up to 2 years and 3 months. [3]
See also
- Granite revolution
- Orange Revolution
- Euromaidan
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Lutsenko spoke about his participation in Ukraine’s case without Kuchma - FOCUS
- ↑ How "Ukrainian fascism" began
- ↑ PRAISE BY THE NAME OF UKRAINE unopened (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment January 17, 2010. Archived January 17, 2010.