Talk:Mykola Azarov

Page is unworthy of a Ukrainian Prime Minister
This is not a picture of Mykola Azarov. It is a picture of Carlos Slim. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.11.34.74 (talk) 02:57, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

Followinng his election as President of Ukraine Yanukovych offered three candidates for Prime Minister on February 21, 2010: Sergiy Tigipko, Our Ukraine faction member Arseniy Yatsenyuk and Azarov. No offence Mykola but this article is in the worst state of all 3 candidates so I hope he isn't elected... —  Mariah-Yulia  • Talk to me!  15:13, 26 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Win. Cleroth (talk) 22:47, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

Ethnicity Russian, so what...
Some IP editor put in infobox that Azarovs ethnicity is Russian. Just because he was born in Russia does not mean he has Russian ethnicity... This info does not look important enough to be in the infobox anyhow in my opinion and is not in any other Ukrainian politician, or any other politicial, infobox. —  Mariah-Yulia  • Talk to me!  11:19, 16 March 2010 (UTC)
 * If he really has Russian ethnicity, then it should be stated in the article. This is an encyclopaedia, after all. However, it should be verified first. Being born in a country does not automatically mean you are ethnic to that country/region. --Thorwald (talk) 02:20, 17 March 2010 (UTC)
 * His birth certificate or USSR passport should be investigated to answer this question. His father's surname Pakhlo is likely of Ukrainian origin, but actually it does not mean anything. Azarov does not conceals his Russian ancestry. It is the general point. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.16.139.218 (talk) 10:43, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I sugest we remove the info, since it does not belong in this sort of infobox and it is guesswork. —  Mariah-Yulia  • Talk to me!  13:39, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Absolutely agree with Mariah-Yulia. The article states clearly that he was born in Russia, a fact that the person concerned does not hide. But how can one go from there to assert that he is "ethnically Russian"? Does it matter anyway? Ukraine has a President who was born outside of its current borders: it's hardly the first country in that situation and it won't be the last. We give the place of birth, as we do for every biography when we have the information, and let our readers decide for themselves whether it is important or not. Physchim62 (talk) 16:02, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Ukraine does not have a President that was born outside it's current borders - what are you talking about? --Львівське (talk) 00:17, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes. I certainly matters and especially so for the Ukraine. The reason is simple: Does the Ukraine point to the East (to Russia) or to the West (to the EU)? If its president is ethnically Russian, he or she might have sympathies for the East. This is an important point and it should be in the article. It speaks to the future of the Ukraine. --Thorwald (talk) 00:34, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Re "His father's surname Pakhlo is likely of Ukrainian origin" -Jaan Pahlo is a usual Estonian sounding name. His father was half-Estonian. Dorpater (talk) 20:29, 25 February 2016 (UTC)

Name change
The article explains where he got the name "Azarov" from, but doesn't say why he changed his name. Also, it doesn't say why he changed his first name, when, and if it was changed to Nikolai or Mykola first.--Львівське (talk) 00:12, 22 October 2010 (UTC)

IP-editor today (seems to have) removed everything that could be vaguely seen as negative PR
Is there a good reason for that? The (removed) info was all very well sourced. Another reason for removal then "it does not make him look good" I can not think of. —  Yulia Romero  • Talk to me!  15:59, 7 December 2011
 * I did not let the sentence "His Russian origin often leads to accusations by Ukrainian nationalists and Western media" return since only the BBC seems to have commented about that and the requested references where not given (now) a month since the request for them. —  Yulia Romero  • Talk to me!  16:08, 7 December 2011 (UTC)

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