... of Alberta, USA. © 2014 The Regents of the University of California. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved. 2014 The Regents of the University of California Yevhen Shcherban Rinat Akhmetov Viktor Yanukovych Yulia Tymoshenko Leonid Kuchma Oligarchs Organized crime...

... Soviet system and the emerging reformed economy and polity. Ukraine’s oligarchs during Kuchma’s second term preferred a fully authoritarian regime but they were also divided among themselves and faced a formidable opposition. These factors blocked the creation of a fully authoritarian regime under Kuchma...