'How much do we have to pay to take you to Mars?' - this and other questions to Yushchenko posted on the Internet remain unanswered

Yushchenko: questioned and mocked

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Published 16 December, 2008, 13:40

Getting rid of their President seems to be an issue of primary concern for ordinary Ukrainians. At least that is what the leading question at the annual online conference between the President and the people of Ukraine s

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