Former Ukraine president Viktor Yanukovych, Russia-Ukraine Conflict, Indian killed in Kharkiv, Russia-Ukraine War, World War 3, Narendra Modi, India-Russia ties, evacuation of Indians,Russia . Furthermore, 36 deputies of Yanukovych's Party of Regions voted for his removal. This number includes both cases of the so-called Family entering the corporate rights of the firms they like by illegal methods, and "assaults" in order to obtain "tribute" that is, commercial gain. 20062007 elections and second premiership, The issue of Russian military intervention 2014. Viktor Yanukovych 's revenue is $1.9M in 2016. Interpipe, his main business asset which produces steel pipes and railway wheels, is worth $500 million. He continued to serve in that role through the 2010 Ukrainian presidential election,[356][302][357] even as the US government opposed Yanukovych. 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[172], Yanukovych has been widely criticized for "massive" corruption and cronyism. [251] In the press conference he stated that he was still President of Ukraine and "I can't find words to characterise this new authority. ", "Was the Ukrainian prime minister's father a Nazi collaborator in Belarus? Yanukovych also promised to create a consortium that would allow Russia to jointly operate Ukraine's gas transportation network and he has pledged to help Russia build the South Stream natural gas pipeline. [15] Later that day, however, he secretly fled the capital for Kharkiv, claiming his car was shot at as he left Kyiv, and travelling next to Crimea, and eventually to exile in Russia. In 2004, as the Prime Minister, Yanukovych participated in the controversial Ukrainian presidential election as the Party of Regions candidate. [355], In December 2004 Yanukovych and his Party of Regions hired American political consultant Paul Manafort as an adviser. His government was overthrown after a chain of violent clashes between protesters . This also refers to foreign centres through which religious organizations sometimes seek to affect the internal political situation in Ukraine. [104][105][106] Yanukovych signed a new tax code on 3 December 2010. 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[204], On Saturday 22 February, Yanukovych could not be found, and parliament were not informed of his whereabouts. 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[232] The Press Secretary of the department that manages Barvikha Sanatorium denied the report, stating that he had no information of Yanukovych settled in Barvikha Sanatorium. Five years ago Oleksandr Yanukovych was a humble dentist in Kiev earning $14k a year. Have you forgotten what fascism is?" He accused the opposition of violation of the 21 February agreements and asked the armed forces of Ukraine not to intervene in the crisis. However, Manafort's friends have said that Yanukovych "stopped listening" to him after he became president in 2010; Manafort warned him of the consequences of "extreme" political measures. He called the 2014 Ukrainian presidential election illegal, as well as U.S. financial help, since US law allegedly did not allow the support of "bandits". "I didn't want mothers to lose their children and wives their husbands. [301] Yanukovych was charged with encroachment on the territorial integrity and inviolability of Ukraine, high treason, and complicity in aggressive warfare by the Russian Federation aimed at altering Ukraine's state borders. [220], Yanukovych was soon disowned by the Party of Regions. He was the president of Ukraine from the years of 2010. I went around bare-footed on the streets. Yanukovych has been accused, by Amnesty International[195][196] among others, of using the Berkut to threaten, attack, and torture protesters. [115], During the 2010 Nuclear Security Summit, Yanukovych announced that Ukraine would give up its 90-kilogram stock of highly enriched uranium and convert its research reactors from highly enriched to low-enriched uranium. [218] She had been imprisoned since 2011, in what many saw as political payback by Yanukovych. [364] The American FBI began a criminal investigation into Manafort's business dealings while he was lobbying for Yanukovych. [263][264], On 21 February 2015, a year after the revolution, Yanukovych gave an interview to Channel One regarding the situation in Ukraine and promised to return to power as soon as he could. Viktor Yanukovych fled from Ukraine to Russia. The Ukrainian nation stimulates us to. [352][e], The Ambassador of the European Union to Ukraine, Jos Manuel Pinto Teixeira, stated during an April 2012 interview with Korrespondent that Yanukovych's presidency "fell short of expectations". I grew up without my mother, who died when I was two. Other cases of strong colloquialisms used by Yanukovych include the incident when he called former president Viktor Yushchenko "a coward and a babbler",[citation needed] as well as a speech in Donetsk during the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election, when he referred to the electorate of his opponent Yushchenko as "goats that make our lives difficult" (" , "). On the first warm Spring day in Ukraine on . I didn't want dead bodies from Kyiv to flow down the Dnipro. [135] Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (April 2010[citation needed]) and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (June 2010[136]) soon stated they noticed a big improvement in relations with Ukraine since Yanukovych's presidency. It led to uprising of pro-Russian rebels in Lugansk and Donetsk regions of the country, where many of Akhmetov's. [282] In 2006, a criminal charge was filed for official falsifying of documents concerning the quashing of Yanukovych's prior convictions after it was discovered that two documents had been tampered with, including the forgery of a judge's signature in connection with one charge of battery. [203] Parliament then elected Oleksandr Turchynov as Chairman. [185] He said "the members of the security forces fulfilled their duties according to existing laws. [50], In July 1974, Yanukovych enrolled at the Donetsk Polytechnic Institute. What an inspirational rags to riches story! "[344] In spite of this claim, on 22 September 2007, during the 2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election campaign, while delivering a speech in Vinnytsia, he compared Yulia Tymoshenko's performance as Prime Minister to "a cow on ice",[345] (" '-, .", "She is a prime minister like a cow on ice") most likely referring to her skills and professionalism as a prime minister. [311], Yanukovych's curriculum vitae, published at website europarl.europa.eu, states he is a "Doctor of Economics, Professor, Full Member of the Academy of Economic Sciences of Ukraine, Member of the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences in Ukraine. Yanukovych stated he would like to ask the Western supporters of the Yatsenyuk Government that he referred to as "dark powers": "Have you become blind? [263] Russian media had previously reported that Yanukovych, along with his wife, had moved to Sochi. [287] The prosecutor's office also considered that Yanukovych was helped by former government officials Mykola Azarov (prime minister), Yuriy Kolobov (finance minister), Anatoliy Markovsky (first deputy minister of finance), Hennadiy Reznikov (director of Derzhspetszviazok), and Dzenyk (Ukrtelekom board of directors). Yanukovych abandoned his large estate, Mezhyhirya[182] when he fled the capital. The country has to change. [85], Yanukovych said, "Ukraine's integration with the EU remains our strategic aim", with a "balanced policy, which will protect our national interests both on our eastern border I mean with Russia and of course with the European Union". [224] Dobkin met Yanukovych at Kharkiv International Airport after midnight. They had the right to use weapons. [310], According to the Russian website ua.spinform.ru, from December 2000 to February 2004, while in the position of Ukrainian Prime Minister, Yanukovych headed the Faculty of Innovative Management at the Donetsk State University of Management. [89], Yanukovych stated during the 2010 presidential election-campaign that the current level of Ukraine's cooperation with NATO was sufficient and that the question of the country's accession to the alliance was therefore not urgent. Even so, the elections may check President Viktor Yanukovych's power. [228][b], Following his flight from Kyiv, protesters gained entry to Yanukovych's Mezhyhirya Residence, as police and security had abandoned their posts. [69], On 11 December 2009, Yanukovych called for his supporters to go to Maidan Nezalezhnosti, Kyiv's Independence Square, in case of election fraud. [110], According to Yanukovych, relations between Ukraine and Russia in the gas sector were to be built "according to the rules of the market". Then he moved to the Barvikha Sanatorium, the health resort of the President of Russia in Moscow Oblast. 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[13], Violence escalated after 16 January 2014, when Yanukovych signed draconian Anti-Protest Laws. [322] The People's Movement of Ukraine labeled his election on 10 February 2010 as "an attack by anti-Ukrainian forces on our state" and stated that "all possible legal means should be used to prevent the concentration of power in the hands of anti-state politician Yanukovych and his pro-Moscow retinue". [5][6] In November 2013, a series of events started that led to his ousting as president. [197], The deadliest clashes were on 1820 February, which saw the most severe violence in Ukraine since it regained independence. Yanukovych told BBC Newsnight (in June 2015) that stories that Mezhyhirya cost the Ukrainian taxpayer millions of dollars were "political technology and spin" and that the estate did not belong to him personally; he claimed that the ostriches in the residence's petting zoo "just happened to be there"[185] and remarked "I supported the ostriches, whats wrong with that?". [99], -- President Yanukovych in Warsaw 4 February 2011, speaking about Ukrainian corruption and cronyism, Amid controversy Ukrainian lawmakers formed a new coalition on 11 March 2010 which included Bloc Lytvyn, Communist Party of Ukraine and Party of Regions that led to the Azarov Government. "[173], Documents recovered from Yanukovych's compound show among other expenses $800 medical treatment for fish, $14,500 spent on tablecloths, and a nearly 42 million dollar order for light fixtures. The resulting widespread protests became known as the Orange Revolution. Yanukovych was taken to Moscow's Sklifosovsky Institute of Emergency Medicine by ambulance on 16 November in an immobilized condition. [89] "The Ukrainian people don't currently support Ukraine's entry to NATO and this corresponds to the status that we currently have. [114] In February 2012, Yanukovych stated, referring to relations with Russia, "It is not wise to fall asleep next to a big bear". According to then governor of Kharkiv Oblast, Mykhailo Dobkin, Yanukovych had intended to make his stay in Kharkiv look like "just another presidential inspection tour" and according to Dobkin, "was desperate to make it look like he wasn't running away". A Ukrainian court has found the former president Viktor Yanukovych guilty of treason for his efforts to crush the 2014 pro-western demonstrations that eventually toppled his government. Because no candidate passed the 50 percent threshold, a second round of voting was scheduled. "[221][222][223], Yanukovych left Kyiv during the night of 2122 February 2014 and initially moved to Kharkiv. In the first round of voting held on 31 October 2004, Yanukovych took second place with 39.3 percent of the votes to opposition leader Viktor Yuschenko with 39.8 percent. The signature of the judge for these documents in Yanukovych's retraction was also forged. [128] This bill was blocked by acting President Turchynov, until a replacement bill is ready. [119], The Soviet famine of 193233, called "Holodomor" in Ukrainian, claimed up to 10 million lives, mostly in Ukraine but also in some other parts of the Soviet Union, as peasants' food stocks were forcibly removed by Stalin's regime via the NKVD secret police. Another formidable power center, also aligned with Yanukovych, is led by billionaire Rinat Akhmetov - by far the richest person in Ukraine and the 39th richest person in the world according to Forbes magazine, which recently estimated his net worth at $16 billion. [25], On 22 June 2015, Yanukovych was interviewed on BBC Newsnight and he accepted some responsibility for the deaths just before his removal from power. As a result of this, the International Monetary Fund suspended its 20082009 Ukrainian financial crisis emergency lending programme. [81][82], Yanukovych's immediate predecessor, Yushchenko, did not attend the ceremony, nor did the Prime Minister, Yulia Tymoshenko, and her party, Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko. ", "The Study of Ukrainian Nationalism at the University of Ottawa", "RESOLUTION of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. [259], On 28 March 2014, Yanukovych asked the Party of Regions to exclude him. After all ballots were counted, the Ukrainian Central Election Commission declared that Yanukovych won the runoff election with 48.95% of the vote compared with 45.47% for Tymoshenko. [108] In late 2009, a law that raised the minimum wage and pensions was passed in the Ukrainian Parliament. ", "Prosecutors Seek 15 Years in Prison For Ukraine's Ex-President", "Former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych Convicted of Treason", "Yanukovych reportedly hospitalized in Moscow Russian media", "Court finds Yanukovych's guilt of high treason, complicity in war proven", "Guilty: Yanukovych sentenced to 13 years in prison for high treason, complicity in war", "Kyiv court sentences Yanukovych in absentia to 13 years in prison for high treason", "Is Yanukovych's education paper-thin? [285], Yanukovych is also charged with property theft in a conspiracy with the chairman of the Nadra Ukrainy state company (Articles 109 and 209), which has been under investigation since March 2014. [95][96][97], In May 2012, Yanukovych set up the Constitutional Assembly of Ukraine, a special auxiliary agency under the President for drawing up bills of amendments to the Constitution of Ukraine; the President then can table them in parliament. Investigators say that various actions of Ukrainian officials and Ukrtranslizing employees cost the Ukraine government almost 300 million hrvynias (around $13 million). [236], On 27 February, a report stated that Yanukovych had asked the authorities of the Russian Federation to guarantee his personal security in the territory of Russia, a request that they accepted. [112], This led to the April 2010 UkrainianRussian Naval Base for Natural Gas treaty. Yanukovych has denied that he embezzled funds and has said that his alleged foreign accounts do not exist. [260][261], On 13 April, Yanukovych again gave a press conference in Rostov-on-Don, this time accompanied by former Prosecutor General Viktor Pshonka and former interior minister Vitaliy Zakharchenko. [91][132], Yanukovych's first foreign visit was to Brussels to visit the President of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy, and the EU Foreign Affairs chief, Catherine Ashton. This government was marred by growing conflict between Yushchenko and Tymoshenko. [citation needed], In October 2004, Ukrainian deputy Hryhory Omelchenko accused Yanukovych of having been a member of "a group of individuals who brutally beat and raped a woman, but bought off the victim and the criminal case was closed". [258] Yanukovych said he would try to persuade Russian President Vladimir Putin to return Crimea to Ukraine. [102], During the 2011 World Economic Forum, Yanukovych called Ukraine "one of the leaders on democratic development in Eastern Europe". The estate is located in a former forest preserve on the outskirts of Kyiv. In January 2014, this developed into deadly clashes in Kyiv between protesters and Berkut special riot police. [190] This sparked large protests at Independence Square (Maidan Nezalezhnosti) in the center of Kyiv, which became known as 'Euromaidan'. ", Yanukovych says he is clean, unlike the current government, "Ousted Ukraine leader aiming to return as rebel rockets threaten peace plan", "Who Is Paul Manafort's Man In Kyiv? [240], On 3 October 2014, several news agencies reported that according to a Facebook post made by the aide to the Ukrainian Interior Minister, Anton Gerashchenko, Viktor Yanukovych had been granted Russian citizenship by a "secret decree" of Vladimir Putin. This included multiple cash payments to a number of Ukraine's top officials which were investigated as suspected bribes. When the former president departed, 35 cars and seven motorbikes were left behind. [32], Viktor Yanukovych was born in the village of Zhukovka near Yenakiieve in Donetsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union. [68] Yanukovych's campaign was expected to have cost $100 to $150 million. [276] Russian prosecutors stated that they had not received such a request from Ukraine. "I have never offended anyone. The evaluation covers the latest 5 years and an approximation for next year. [137][138] A day later Yanukovych stated that the recognition of the independence of Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Kosovo violates international law, "I have never recognized Abkhazia, South Ossetia or Kosovo's independence. Yanukovych lived in the estate from 2002, when he first . [90], In early November 2011, Yanukovych claimed that "arms are being bought in the country and armed attacks on government agencies are being prepared. [334][335] For the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election, Yanukovych wrote an autobiography for the Central Election Commission, in which he misspelled his academic degree. If presidential elections were held next Sunday how would you vote? Decades later, Yanukovych characterised his arrests and imprisonment as "mistakes of youth". [209][210], The constitutionality of Yanukovych's removal from office has been questioned by constitutional experts. [16] He vowed to return to Ukraine "as soon as there are guarantees for my security and that of my family". At that time, multiple media houses reported major election fraud . [288], For several years, Interpol refused to place Viktor Yanukovych on the wanted list as a suspect by the new Ukrainian government for the mass killing of protesters during Euromaidan. [117] Yanukovych said he wanted to create a free trade zone and visa regime with the EU as soon as possible. Since the revolution, Yanukovych has been convicted in absentia of high treason against Ukraine. [140] Yanukovych's stance towards integration with the EU, according to The Economist, led him to be "seen in Moscow as a traitor", a reversal of the 2004 presidential election where Moscow openly supported Yanukovych. He said that this law would need 226 votes in the Ukrainian parliament (half of the votes instead of two-thirds of the votes needed to change the constitution of Ukraine) and that voters told him that the current status of Russian in Ukraine created "problems in the hospital, school, university, in the courts, in the office". [75][76], Ukraine's parliament had (on 16 February) fixed 25 February 2010 for the inauguration of Yanukovych as president. En ukrainsk domstol i huvudstaden Kiev dmde i januari 2019 Viktor Janukovytj till 13 rs fngelse fr hgfrrderi. This is a matter of the state's national security". [52] He is disliked and distrusted in western Ukraine. [47][48], On 29 January 2010, the Prosecutor General of Ukraine Oleksandr Medvedko claimed that Yanukovych had been unlawfully jailed in his youth.
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