Time to come good on his promises

Ukraine's president Viktor Yushchenko has had a roller-coaster 12 months. He was poisoned, faced rigged election results and was then swept to power on the back of a peaceful revolution that split Ukrainian opinion in two. Now the time has come to show whether he can deliver on his pledges. Euromoney quizzed Yushchenko on how he intends to do this

NINE MONTHS HAVE passed since the Orange Revolution swept Viktor Yushchenko and his prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko to power in Ukraine, and both must be feeling that their honeymoon period in office is over.

Ukrainian citizens and foreign investors alike are demanding results. The heady and wide-ranging promises that the two politicians made as they took charge earlier this year must now be put into effect if they hope to consolidate their position in the run-up to parliamentary elections in March 2006.

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