 In spring 2002, Firtash ran for parliament as a member of the all-Ukrainian political association Women for the Future, under the patronage of Lyudmila Kuchma, a wife of Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma.The party won 2.11% of the vote, below the 3% threshold required for representation in the Ukrainian parliament.In 2010, Firtash was involved in financing Viktor Yanukovych's presidential campaign.