KIEV, Aug. 21 – Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko remains the most influential person in Ukraine according to the Korrespondent magazine.

The owner of the SCM group of companies, Regions Party MP Rinat Akhmetov is in second place, Regions Party leader Viktor Yanukovych is third, the major stockholder of the EastOne international investment advisory group, Viktor Pinchuk, appears at No. 4, and President Viktor Yushchenko was ranked at No. 5.

While presenting the list of top 100 most influential Ukrainians, Anna Moroz, the deputy editor-in-chief of the Korrespondent magazine, said at a press conference on Thursday that Tymoshenko topped the rating for the second consecutive year.