KIEV, Aug. 5 ??“ Mykola Azarov, a senior member of the Regions Party, became Ukraine??™s new economic tzar Friday after Parliament had approved him as the first deputy prime minister in charge of finance and economic policy.
Azarov, as a capable and tough manager, will also control the post of the Finance Minister replacing Viktor Pynzenyk. Azarov is known as the chief architect of the country??™s economic policy in 2002 through 2004.
???There will be a strict budget, less populism,??? said Iryna Kriuchkova, an analyst with the Institute for Economy and Forecast at the national Academy of Sciences in Kiev. ???By all accounts, this is a tough manager.???
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