Quotable notes

"Why did [Russian President Vladimir] Putin elect [Ukrainian President Leonid] Kuchma as head of the Council of Heads of State? First, to cover Russian economic, informational and spiritual expansion with regard to Ukraine. Second, to cast doubt in the West on Ukraine's policy of European choice. Third, to finally ruin GUUAM. To what will Kuchma apply his energy - developing the CIS or GUUAM - while being in the post of CIS leader?"

- Our Ukraine National Deputy Ivan Zayets in an interview with RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service on January 30.

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, February 9, 2003, No. 6, Vol. LXXI

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