In the call, Nuland and Pyatt discussed the ouster of Ukrainian President [[Viktor Yanukovych]] and the installation of opposition leader [[Arseniy Yatsenyuk]] as prime minister. Nuland favored opposition leader Yatsenyuk over his main rivals [[Vitali Klitschko]] and Oleh Tyahnybok.<ref>In televised speech in 2004, Tyahnybok made comments such as, "[You are the ones] that the Moscow-Jewish mafia ruling Ukraine fears most" and "They were not afraid and we should not be afraid. They took their automatic guns on their necks and went into the woods, and fought against the Muscovites, Germans, Jews and other scum who wanted to take away our Ukrainian state." In April 2005, Tyahnybok co-signed an open letter to President Viktor Yushchenko calling for a parliamentary investigation into the "criminal activities of organized Jewry in Ukraine.</ref> | In the call, Nuland and Pyatt discussed the ouster of Ukrainian President [[Viktor Yanukovych]] and the installation of opposition leader [[Arseniy Yatsenyuk]] as prime minister. Nuland favored opposition leader Yatsenyuk over his main rivals [[Vitali Klitschko]] and Oleh Tyahnybok.<ref>In televised speech in 2004, Tyahnybok made comments such as, "[You are the ones] that the Moscow-Jewish mafia ruling Ukraine fears most" and "They were not afraid and we should not be afraid. They took their automatic guns on their necks and went into the woods, and fought against the Muscovites, Germans, Jews and other scum who wanted to take away our Ukrainian state." In April 2005, Tyahnybok co-signed an open letter to President Viktor Yushchenko calling for a parliamentary investigation into the "criminal activities of organized Jewry in Ukraine.</ref> |