Former Prime Minister Pavlo Lazarenko would consider it an honor to run in elections in a bloc with the People's Union "Our Ukraine." He stated this on Tuesday on the air of "Channel 5." \n \nLazarenko also announced his intention to participate in the elections. "We share the program goals, the program steps directly of President Yushchenko," he said. "I am more than confident that 'Our Ukraine' led by President Viktor Yushchenko will receive the most votes. If the bloc offers us to participate, it will be a great honor for us," noted Lazarenko. \n \nAt the same time, he added: "We carefully followed all the events of the so-called political crisis, and we believe that nothing special has happened in Ukraine." "Another government has been changed, and nothing more. And all those political statements, conversations, I would say, the chatter around this issue is connected exclusively with next year's elections," the former prime minister is convinced. \n \nTo the question about returning, the former prime minister answered: "I live for Ukraine. My whole life is connected with Ukraine, my relatives, close ones are here, everything is here. I begin and end every day with a thought about the Motherland." \n \nLazarenko promised to return to Ukraine "in the near future." "The only thing preventing this is unfinished court procedures in the USA. I hope this will be done in the next few months," noted Lazarenko. "I understand the statements of Prosecutor General Sviatoslav Piskun that I will be arrested. But I do not depend on any statements. Whatever they may be, I will return home," said Lazarenko. \n \nLazarenko stated that "if today the Prosecutor General's Office considers it necessary to arrest me, I will be arrested, no problem, my lawyers are working." "And how could it be otherwise, if against the majority of people who were accused together with me in Ukraine, the prosecutor general closed the cases this year. So what, is there some selective attitude toward me, that cases against some can be closed, but against others there are no legal grounds," noted Lazarenko. "It has been proven without exception that I did not violate Ukrainian law and I have no legal or other obstacles to returning home," added Lazarenko.