Oleksandr Moroz
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Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Moroz is a Ukrainian politician. He was the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada twice, from 1994 to 1998 and again from 2006 to 2007. He has stood as a candidate for President of U
Moroz at the rally in 2003
Moroz (left) and Viktor Yushchenko, 2004.
Presidential elections were held in Ukraine on 31 October 1999, with a second round on 14 November. The result was a victory for Leonid Kuchma, who defeated Petro Symonenko in the run-off, winning a s
Oleksandr Moroz
…successor to the banned Soviet-era Communist Party of Ukraine and was elected its leader. Moroz stood as the SPU’s presidential candidate in 1994 and 1999. He finished third in both contests (about 13% of the vote in 1994 and 11% in 1999). International observers reported serious problems in the 1999…
Leonid Kuchma in 1999
Pavlo Lazarenko, a competitor to Kuchma, fled Ukraine and was arrested on money laundering charges before the 1999 election
Viacheslav Chornovil, a competitor to Kuchma from the centre-right, was killed in a March 1999 traffic collision under disputed circumstances
Leonid Kuchma (right) with former Russian prime minister Viktor Chernomyrdin, August 1999