Vox Populi is not only in print, but also online at kyivpost.com with different questions. If you have a question that you want answered, e-mail the idea to [email protected].

Oleksiy Marty­nenko,
journalist

“I think [Leonid] Kravchuk did a better job than the others. And most people will understand this in five or ten years. He was the first and I am sure that it is a big challenge to build whatever country from the ruins of the Soviet Union and we should thank him for this. He knew what he was doing, maybe not always. Though I believe he did his best or at least tried.”

 

 

Nina Terekova,
pensioner

“I think [Leonid] Kravchuk is the best. He was there when everything just started. He came from the old regime and tried to keep with the old rules. [Leonid] Kuchma wasn’t bad at first too, but he got worse. I don’t think [Viktor] Yushchenko was a president at all. [Viktor] Yanukovych…He won’t let us live. He will destroy our Ukraine very soon. And we will be neither a European nor a democratic state.”

 

Iryna Gornytska,
swimming instructor

“I think [Viktor] Yanukovych will do the best. I trust him. I see a man’s strength in him.”

 

 

Sergey Kovalenko,
monk

“None of them succeeded. All of them just pursue their own interests. They just fight for power and are not interested in helping the country. Well, probably I shouldn’t generalize, but most of them are like that.”

 

 

Iryna Yarmo­litska,
sales assistant

“Our best president hasn’t been born yet. All of them did different jobs, but none of them did a good job.”