In 1994 the main opposition candidate, Leonid Kuchma, in an attempt to widen his political appeal, expressed his support for the idea of Russian becoming the second state language, as well as promising to improve his knowledge of the Ukrainian language.
1994年，主要反对党候选人列昂尼德·库奇马企图扩大他的政治诉求，表示了支持俄语成为第二官方语言的想法，以及希望改善自己的乌克兰语知识。