Family ties run deep in Ukrainian politics.
Government is a family affair in Ukraine, where jobs are frequently doled out on the basis of connections and blood ties rather than qualifications.
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Yulia Novikova (above left), sister of Presidential Administration Chief Serhiy Lyovochkin, is seen in this file photograph speaking with a fellow Party of Regions lawmaker. Their father, Volodymyr Lyovochkin, ran the country’s prison system under former President Leonid Kuchma.
Brothers Serhiy and Oleksandr Buryak (above right, front row) are influential businessmen-bankers who have in recent years served as lawmakers within the political bloc of ex-Premier Yulia Tymoshenko.
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