Ileana Racheru has interviewed the regretted Ukrainian political analyst Roman Kupchinsky. Roman Kupchinsky was the editor of the Ukrainian language publishing house and research company Prolog Research Corp. Between 1990 and 2002 he was Director of the Ukrainian service of Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty and senior analyst for the same institution between 2002 and 2008. Mr. Kupchinsky died of cancer this year on January 19, aged 66. This interview may be the last he ever gave.
The interview has also been published in Romanian in 22 Magazine and in English on Politică Externă blog.
How do you describe the Ukrainian electorate and the electoral programs of the main candidates? What groups of interest are behind each important candidate?