KYIV -- For the second consecutive year, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has been named Ukraine's most influential person by the magazine "Korrespondent," RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service reports.
Following Tymoshenko on the list of influential people is multibillionaire and rarely seen parliament member Rinat Akhmetov, followed by the pro-Moscow leader of the opposition Regions Party, Viktor Yanukovych.
Billionaire business mogul Viktor Pinchuk -- the son-in-law of former President Leonid Kravchuk -- was ranked third.
Viktor Yushchenko, the unpopular Ukrainian president, is in fifth place.
The last person on the 100-person list is Viktor Lozinsky, a parliament deputy who has been stripped of his immunity and is being sought by the police for his involvement in a murder case.
Oleksandr Paskhaver, one of the magazine's columnists, explained the odd choice by saying Lozinsky is on the list because he personifies the ills of Ukrainian politics: corruption in government and a total lack of transparency in the judiciary.
Paskhaver added that Lozinsky "represents the moral level of the people who occupy Ukraine's political and economic beau monde."
Following Tymoshenko on the list of influential people is multibillionaire and rarely seen parliament member Rinat Akhmetov, followed by the pro-Moscow leader of the opposition Regions Party, Viktor Yanukovych.
Billionaire business mogul Viktor Pinchuk -- the son-in-law of former President Leonid Kravchuk -- was ranked third.
Viktor Yushchenko, the unpopular Ukrainian president, is in fifth place.
The last person on the 100-person list is Viktor Lozinsky, a parliament deputy who has been stripped of his immunity and is being sought by the police for his involvement in a murder case.
Oleksandr Paskhaver, one of the magazine's columnists, explained the odd choice by saying Lozinsky is on the list because he personifies the ills of Ukrainian politics: corruption in government and a total lack of transparency in the judiciary.
Paskhaver added that Lozinsky "represents the moral level of the people who occupy Ukraine's political and economic beau monde."
