Ukraine’s Kuchma seeks Putin support By Stefan Wagstyl and Tom Warner in Kiev and Arkady Ostrovsky in Moscow Published: December 2 2004 18:55 | Last updated: December 2 2004 18:55 Ukraine’s president Leonid Kuchma said on Thursday he was willing to dismiss prime minister Viktor Yanukovich’s government if parliament proceeded with reforms to weaken the power of the presidency in favour of the government and prime minister. ”We urgently need to implement political reform. The government will be dismissed and there will be a new government...The most important thing for Ukraine now is to have a working government,” Mr Kuchma...