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Cousinage in Ukrainian politics: who is whose brother and father-in-law
The fates of Ukrainians are decided by politicians who are tightly linked by the ties of godparentage and matchmaking.
Reported by the ANtiCOR portal with reference to the media.
So, who is related to whom and is considered among the godparents:
Petro Symonenko (CPU) and Kateryna Vashchuk, former People's Deputy of Ukraine
Andriy Derkach, People's Deputy of Ukraine, and Volodymyr Lytvyn, People's Deputy of Ukraine
Victor Pylypyshyn and Volodymyr Yalovyi
Borys Tarasyuk and Mykola Zhulynskyi.
However, as it turns out, the ties of godparenting have spread to an even wider circle of politicians.
The godparents of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko are Viktor Yushchenko, former President of Ukraine; Oksana Bilozir, singer; Yuriy Stets, Minister of Information Policy;
The godparents of People's Deputy Yuriy Boyko are Dmytro Firtash, co-owner of RosUkrEnergo; Anna Herman, former People's Deputy of Ukraine;
The godfather of People's Deputy Andriy Derkach is David Zhvania, former People's Deputy of Ukraine;
The godparents of former president Leonid Chernovetskyi’s ex-wife Irena Kilchytska – Alina Ayvazova, former wife of Leonid Chernovetsky; Stepan Chernovetsky, son of Leonid Chernovetsky; Olha Bohomolets, Doctor of Medical Sciences, professor;
The godparents of former President of Ukraine Leonid Kučma – Serhiy Lvovochkin, People's Deputy; Yuriy Pavlenko, People's Deputy; Ivo Bobul, singer;
The godparents of People’s Deputy Serhiy Lvovochkin – Eduard Prutnyk, former People's Deputy; Viktor Yanukovych, former President of Ukraine;
The godfather of Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko – Yuriy Stets, Minister of Information Policy;
The godparents of ex-head of the presidential administration under Leonid Kuchma, Viktor Medvedchuk – Vladimir Putin, President of Russia; Svetlana Medvedeva, wife of Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev;
The godparents of People’s Deputy Yuriy Pavlenko – Leonid Kuchma, former President of Ukraine; Kateryna Yushchenko, wife of Viktor Yushchenko;
The godparents of former Prosecutor General Sviatoslav Piskun – Seryi Vinokurov, judge of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine; Petro Melnyk, former rector of the National University of Tax Service of Ukraine; Dmytro Ponomarchuk, journalist;
The godparents of former head of the President’s Secretariat Oleh Rybachuk – a People's Deputy of Ukraine; Kateryna Yushchenko, wife of Viktor Yushchenko;
The godparents of Minister of Information Policy Yuriy Stets – Yuriy Lutsenko, Prosecutor General of Ukraine; Iryna Lutsenko, wife of Yuriy Lutsenko, People's Deputy of Ukraine; Petro Poroshenko, President of Ukraine; Maryna Poroshenko, wife of Petro Poroshenko;
The godmother of People’s Deputy Nestor Shufrych – Irina Bilyk, singer;
The godparents of former President Viktor Yushchenko – Mykola Paliychuk, former head of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast State Administration; Mykola Katerynchuk, former People's Deputy of Ukraine; Petro Poroshenko, President of Ukraine; Oleksandr Cherevko, former head of Cherkasy Oblast State Administration; Oksana Bilozir, singer; Volodymyr Hryshko, singer; Oksana Khant (Moroz), owner of Sanahant store; Stanyslav Arzhevitin, former People's Deputy of Ukraine; Serhiy Buryak, former People's Deputy of Ukraine; Anatoliy Burdyuhov, former Prime Minister of Crimea; David Zhvania, former People's Deputy of Ukraine; Mikhail Saakashvili, former President of Georgia; Nino Ananiashvili, Georgian ballerina; Petro Mikheev, former head of the board of the bank “Ukraina”;
The godfather of former Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk – Andriy Pyschny, chairman of the board of Oschadbank.
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