[1] Prior to Yaroshenko's ministerial role, he had held several early positions such as a machinist at the Zuhres Energy and Mechanical Plant from 1967 to 1968, a laboratory assistant at the Chemistry Department of the Voroshilovgrad Agricultural Institute from 1970 to 1971 after serving in the army, a chief accountant at the Zuhres Plemptycer State Farm from 1976 to 1979, the director at the Novoselydivska poultry farm in Tsukuryne from 1979 to 1984, the director at the Yenakiivska poultry farm in Yenakieve from 1984 to 1994, and the general director at the Donetskptakhoprom production association in Yenakieve from 1994 to 1997.

Later that year, he added in a conversation with the governors, improvements will be made, giving them the chance to fix any bottlenecks in the new budget.

[4] He would take part in the organizational committee for the preparation and holding of the high-level meeting "Kyiv Summit on Safe and Innovative Use of Nuclear Energy" on 22 February 2011.

The IMF stopped an aid package last spring because Kyiv refused to raise home gas prices and reduce government spending as a result.

Moreover, in an effort to divert criticism of his administration ahead of that fall's legislative elections, he has regularly lambasted Prime Minister Mykola Azarov over economic and other issues.