09/16/2002 | AST

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Even some of the opposition politicians who use Mr Melnychenko's evidence have been frustrated with his insistence on keeping control of the recordings. Alexander Zhyr, who headed a parliamentary commission investigating Mr Kuchma until he was barred from running for re-election this year, says Mr Melnychenko's handling of the recordings has been a "tragedy".