KIEV, September 14 (RIA Novosti) - Russian exiled oligarch Boris Berezovsky confirmed Wednesday that firms under his control had financed Viktor Yushchenko's presidential election campaign in Ukraine.
"Former Ukrainian President Leonid Kravchuk called me yesterday and told me that a Ukrainian Web site had posted copies of documents related to the transfer of funds from my companies to companies that directly financed Yushchenko's election campaign," Berezovsky said. "I called my accountants and found out that those documents indeed belonged to my companies, so I confirmed that fact in a later conversation with Kravchuk."
On Wednesday, Kravchuk told a news conference in Kiev that Berezovsky had financed Yushchenko's election campaign.
Berezovsky said he had never tried to conceal his support of Yushchenko or his people, especially in ideological terms.
Berezovsky also said he did not want to widen the split between Yushchenko and former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko by commenting on the situation.
"I do not want to worsen the conflict between Yushchenko and Tymoshenko," he said. "I believe these documents have been planted by Russian security-related services to make the conflict even worse."
"If you analyze who is happy about the conflict and who is deeply concerned about it, you will find out who really benefits from this situation," he said, adding that "enemies of the Orange Revolution were rejoicing over the split and its real supporters were gathering around Tymoshenko."
