TOP-100 of the most influential Ukrainians: Yushchenko is the number one, Kuchma is not included

"Correspondent" Journal published the names of top hundred influential Ukrainians. It is annual project of "Correspondent" Journal.

Viktor Yushchenko, former leader of opposition and now President of Ukraine is at the top of the rating. Despite the disillusionments of six-month of Orange power, Yushchenko remains very popular politician. He substituted Kuchma at the peak of the rating. Kuchma failed to occupy any place of it.

The second place was given to Yulia Timoshenko Ukrainian Prime Minister.

The Chief of National Security and Defense Council Petro Poroshenko took the bronze.

Vladimir the Chairman is the next influential person. Vladimir Litvin the Speaker of Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine rose to fourth step.

Rinat Akhmetov, Ukrainian tycoon and President of FC "Shakhtyor" is the fifth one.

The hot ten consists of the First Lady Katerina Yushchenko, Alexander Zinchenko the State Secretary, Igor Kolomoysky the co-owner Privat group, Alexander Tretyakov the First Aide of President and Klychko Brothers.

The journalists of the magazine proposed twenty experts of the different spheres to define the candidates of Ukrainians whose names, to their opinion, must be included in the top list of the most influential persons of Ukraine.

The editorship based its choice on popularity of politicians, the level of their influence on the social life of the country, the scale of their companies and their lobby possibilities and also the number of their fans concerning the sportsmen and cultural workers.