Ukraine without Kuchma
After having had several executive functions in UNA-UNSO in Lviv Shkil became the party leader of UNA-UNSO June 2002. Shkil was active in "Ukraine without Kuchma". On March 21, 2001 Shkil was arrested on charges of "organizing mass unrest in Kyiv during street demonstrations" and spent 13 months in jail. While in custody, Shkil was elected the People's Deputy of Ukraine during the 2002 parliamentary elections, and as a result was released. Shkil won a single-mandate constituency in the Lviv Oblast (province) and thus a seat in the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's parliament), the UNA-UNSO itself won 0,04% of the votes. In parliament Shkil became a member of the Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko-faction. In 2003 Shkil left UNA-UNSO, in March 2005 he became a member of All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland". During the 2006 parliamentary elections and 2007 parliamentary elections Shkil was re-elected into the Verkhovna Rada high on the party list of Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko.