Ukrainian MPs Demand Resignation of Yushchenko’s Russian Aide

KIEV, Ukraine -- The Ukrainian parliament has passed a statement demanding the Russian aide to President Viktor Yushchenko, Boris Nemtsov, be sacked for criticizing Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, Itar-Tass reported.


Boris Nemtsov
MP Oleg Tyagynbok, who made the proposal, claims Nemtsov, the former leader of the Russian liberal party The Union of Right Forces, who campaigned for Yushcenko during the Orange Revolution in the fall of 2004, is interfering in “Ukrainian internal affairs” without limit and his remarks “compromise Ukraine as an independent state.”

On May 30 Boris Nemtsov criticized Tymoshenko by saying that the “investment climate in Ukraine is getting worse due to mistakes made by Tymoshenko’s cabinet.”

“Yulia Vladimirovna (Tymoshenko) is an outstanding and courageous person, but her management methods are dangerous for Ukraine,” Nemtsov said.

Boris Nemtsov was appointed as Yushchenko’s economic adviser in February 2005. Upon receiving his post he said that his main aim would be to arrange an influx of Russian investors into the Ukrainian economy.

On Friday he added that only the president could dismiss him. “I will never lie saying the policy of the Ukrainian government leads to success and prosperity. Quite the contrary, it is extremely dangerous and may cross out all the achievements of the Orange Revolution,” the aide went on. He stressed that in spite of everything he will remain Yushchenko’s associate.

Source: MosNews