It is expected that on Thursday President Viktor Yushchenko will dismiss the main figures in the scandal involving Oleksandr Zinchenko – Petro Poroshenko and Oleksandr Tretyakov.\n\nAs sources of "Ukrainska Pravda" report, their resignation is highly likely to take place following lengthy negotiations that took place on Wednesday between Yushchenko, Tymoshenko and Poroshenko in the presence of State Secretary Oleh Rybachuk.\n\nSources also note that for symmetry the president plans to significantly weaken the positions of Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in the government.\n\nIn particular, it is expected that he will dismiss those close to Tymoshenko – SBU head Oleksandr Turchynov, Deputy Prime Minister Mykola Tomenko and Economy Minister Serhiy Teriokhin.\n\nThere is also a high probability that Poroshenko's protégé – head of the State Customs Service Mykola Skomarovsky – will lose his post.\n\nIn addition, sources do not rule out the dismissal of Ukraine's Prosecutor General Sviatoslav Piskun.\n\nAs is known, on Wednesday State Secretary Oleh Rybachuk announced large-scale personnel changes in the government team. Deputy Prime Minister Mykola Tomenko intends to announce his resignation himself on Thursday morning.\n\nDeputy Prime Minister for Humanitarian Affairs Mykola Tomenko is also submitting his resignation from his post in the government.\n\nAs "Ukrainska Pravda" learned from informed sources, Tomenko will announce his resignation on Thursday at 9 o'clock at a press conference at the UNIAN agency.\n\nTomenko will explain his decision by corruption in the corridors of power.