Dmytro Korchinsky was a self-nominated candidate in the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election. He was the only candidate among 26 candidates for President who did not have higher education. He is the President of the Institute of Regional Politics and Modern Political Science. He is a leader of a public movement "Brotherhood", which became a party during the election campaign. Before 1997 he was a vice chair of the party Ukrainian National Assembly (UNA) and a chair of nationalistic association UNA-UNSO (Ukrainian National Assembly - Ukrainian National Self Defense). He is a co-author of a poem collection "Philosophy of distemper" (1998), an author of the following books: "War in the crowd" (1998) and "Authoritarian Alternative" (1998), and an editor of the book "War in the crowd" (1999). In his program, he speaks in support of "industrial manufacturing of mysticism", claims that the European Union is a set of countries saved by Ukraine and that one should demand especially respectful treatment of Ukraine from them.
As defined by the UNA's current chairman, Oleh Vytovich, the movement's campaign motto is "national solidarism." Vytovich also announced a strategy of competing for the left-wing electorate in Ukraine's eastern and southern regions, which are strongholds of the Socialist and Communist parties.
Last week, Korchinsky announced his decision to leave the movement, although he promised to urge his supporters to vote for the UNA.
Korchinsky's departure may perhaps marginally improve the UNA's electoral prospects by removing a particularly rough edge from its rhetoric.
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