Being a participant of student�s resistance movement on the rise of Ukrainian nation, I can see that on the fourteenth year of our independence the students, who are proving their point and defending the freedom of speech and thought, are becoming a subject to repressions. Therefore, I cannot keep silence anymore.

I am joining the positions of the youth and student organizations that demand:
– to stop persecution of Ukrainian citizens, especially students, that participate in public movements and free from jail all the prisoners of conscience
– to guarantee equal conditions for presidential contenders and honest procedure of the vote count in the second round of Presidential Elections 2004
– to officially release voting results no later then November 23, 2004.

I think that the right to vote is not only public but also personal preference and right, therefore, being an essential issue.. I see that today my fellow countrymen are loosing their priceless ability to freely choose and decide on the power which will be guiding them and their children�s lives tomorrow. Therefore, I feel that it is my moral duty to show my protest against crude power and manipulation that is used against my compatriots.

I was not revealing my position fundamentally, but it was �decided for me� without my permission. People started talking about my �views�. Therefore, now it is the time when it�s not only my will, but my duty to express my point of view. I voted for Victor Yushenko in the first round of elections and now I see even more clearly that I have made the right thing. One of the many reasons for me to support Victor Yushenko is that he aims at unification of Ukraine. He doesn�t divide Ukraine into confronting �parts� to use it in the political game.

Dear Ukrainians! I am a singer � not a politician. As I said before I have no plans to carry on agitation. I�m just asking you to come to the polling station and vote for the person your heart tells you to vote for. Don�t let someone deprive you of right to make a free choice. Every one has this right. I�ve made my choice and I will use this right.

Truly yours,