Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych ( Ð ' Ñ -- Ð Ñ Ð 3\/4 Ñ Ð Ð Ð Ð 3\/4 Ñ Ð 3\/4 Ð Ð Ñ Ð Ð 1\/2 Ñ Ð Ð 3\/4 Ð Ð Ñ ) ( born 1950 ) is the current President of Ukraine ; he was Prime Minister of Ukraine from November 2002 until December 2004 ( he was forced to resign ( leave office early ) on 31 December 2004 ) . Despite of his claim , on September 22 , 2007 , during 2007 Ukrainian Parliamentary Election campaign , while delivering a speech in Vinnytsia , he compared Yulia Tymoshenko 's performance as Prime Minister to `` a cow on the ice '' ( '' Ð ' Ð 3\/4 Ð 1\/2 Ð Ð Ñ Ð Ð 1\/4 ' Ñ '' Ñ - Ð 1\/4 Ñ -- Ð 1\/2 Ñ -- Ñ Ñ Ñ , Ñ Ð Ð Ð 3\/4 Ñ Ð 3\/4 Ð Ð Ð 1\/2 Ð Ð '' Ñ Ð Ñ ... '' , `` She is as prime minister as a cow on the ice '' ) most likely referring to her skills and professionalism as a prime minister . Other cases of strong colloquialisms used by Viktor Yanukovych include the incident when he called former president Viktor Yushchenko `` a coward and a babbler '' ( '' Ñ Ñ Ñ Ñ Ð Ñ Ñ Ð Ð Ð Ñ '' ) as well as the speech in Donetsk during 2004 Ukrainian presidential election , when he referred to the electorate of his opponent Viktor Yushchenko as `` goats that make our lives difficult '' ( '' Ñ Ñ Ð Ð Ð 3\/4 Ð Ð '' Ñ , Ð Ð 3\/4 Ñ Ð 3\/4 Ñ Ñ Ð Ð 1\/2 Ð Ð 1\/4 Ð 1\/4 Ð Ñ Ð Ñ Ñ Ð Ð Ñ Ñ '' ) .