Viktor Yushchenko, yesterday appointed Vitaly Haiduk, one of the two main owners of the Industrial Union of the Donbass, as secretary of the National Security Council, which coordinates the activities of the various executive branches in the national defense and security sphere. Tom Warner: With his party departed to the opposition, Yushchenko is building a new team who can back him up and help him maintain his alliance with Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich and the Regions party. Haiduk’s appointment creates an important bridge to Yanukovich and Rinat Akhmetov, the chief power broker in the Regions party, and also increases the clout of the presidential staff in their eyes.