Quotable notes

"Yuschenko is a puppet of the IMF and works against Ukraine's national interests." - Progressive Socialist Party leader Natalia Vitrenko during the December 22, 1999, parliamentary debate before the confirmation of Viktor Yuschenko as Ukraine's prime minister.

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"I am not afraid of being flogged - I am scarred all over already." - Mr. Yuschenko responding to Ms. Vitrenko.

Both quoted by Reuters and cited in RFE/RL Poland, Belarus and Ukraine Report.

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