n Ukraine's sup- posed lack of respect for minority rights, a problem that Moscow had not raised during the administra- tions of Viktor Yanukovych or Leonid Kuchma. Neither Ukrainians nor informed observers in the outside world believed that Ukraine was faced with a civil war. This was entirely a creation of Mos

ed in what prosecutors believed was a modern-day, real-life variation on murder in the Cathedral. My client was the former President of the Ukraine, Leonid Kuchma. Ukrainian prosecutors were investigating him for ordering the murder of a journalist who was critical of the government. The journalist was murdered