"Mr Medvedchuk forged an unsavoury alliance of MPs representing oligarchic businessmen with links to organised crime and diehard Communists who pined for a revived Soviet Union and hated Mr Yushchenko for his pro-Western posture and his support for Ukrainian membership of the EU and Nato." - LINK"George Soros helped Viktor Medvedchuk become a well-known lawyer and public figure. Ukrainian Bar Association headed by Medvedchuk received three grants from George Soros amounting to 87 thousand 677 dollars." - LINK
Thank you! :) That ties some things together.