Kernes and Yaroslavsky Celebrated New Year Together. They Fought Each Other for Years
Once sworn enemies, they spent New Year's Eve together.
Kharkiv Mayor Gennadiy Kernes and businessman Oleksandr Yaroslavsky (DCH) welcomed the New Year together. Gennadiy Kernes posted a joint photo in the stories of his Instagram account.
“We met in 2020! Me and Oleksandr!” the Kharkiv mayor captioned the photo. In the photo, the politician and the businessman are smiling.
Earlier, the outlet Strana published a video from Oleksandr Yaroslavsky's anniversary celebration. In it, the businessman highly praised Kernes's work as Kharkiv city head, addressing Kernes's friend, businessman Pavel Fuks.
Oleksandr Yaroslavsky
major businessmanI am a frank person and can appreciate his contribution to Kharkiv. No one has done more than Kernes, not a single mayor before him.
As is known, Kharkiv city head Gennadiy Kernes and Oleksandr Yaroslavsky had been in conflict since 2011 and repeatedly exchanged public insults against each other. In particular, Yaroslavsky called Kernes “an incomprehensible creature who needs his ears pulled”. The Kharkiv mayor, in turn, accused Yaroslavsky of “hiding behind the backs of fans” of FC Metalist.
On December 24, 2012, Oleksandr Yaroslavsky stepped down as president of FC Metalist. Among the reasons, the businessman cited pressure exerted on him by the local city authorities. Soon the football club was sold to oligarch Sergey Kurchenko, linked to the family of the fourth president, Viktor Yanukovych.
Earlier, Kernes claimed that he was indifferent to Yaroslavsky. The Kharkiv mayor said he would not care about the businessman: “even if he has polka-dot underpants.”
On December 20, 2019, Kernes said that they “found the strength to make peace”.
Gennadiy Kernes
Mayor of KharkivThere was no war between us, there were differences in views. He and I are almost the same age — I am six months older, but that means nothing, he is also a spirited person. And we both found the strength in ourselves — we made peace, and we are already talking. I think our long-standing friendship, which existed 40 years ago, has returned in a new way. We are already accomplished people, we can help each other and do a lot for Kharkiv. He does a lot for Kharkiv, but I think that together we can do more
The most recent joint photo of Gennadiy Kernes and Oleksandr Yaroslavsky before this one was also published on the Kharkiv mayor's Instagram account in 2013.
At that time, Kernes captioned it: “guess what this guy loaded onto me.”
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