People Close To Yushchenko Fear Probe Into Reporter's Murder - Politician

KIEV, Ukraine -- An influential Ukrainian political leader said many of the Ukrainian officials, including politicians close to President Victor Yushchenko, fear the ongoing investigation into the murder of journalist Georgy Gongadze.

"If the investigation proceeds objectively, hundreds of Ukrainian politicians will find themselves in the dock," Alexander Moroz, leader of the influential Socialist Party, said in an interview with the newspaper Silski Visti.

He said he would insist on the resignation of the Prosecutor- General's Office's top figures if they do not order the use of recordings of conversations in ex-president Leonid Kuchma's office.