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[90], In early November 2011, Yanukovych claimed that "arms are being bought in the country and armed attacks on government agencies are being prepared. 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 . [299], In November 2016, Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko questioned Yanukovych via video link in connection with the former Berkut. [173], The property contained a private zoo, underground shooting range, 18-hole golf course, tennis, and bowling. His grandfather and great-grandparents were Lithuanian-Poles. [147][148][149][150][151][152][153][154][155][156][157] One frequently cited example of Yanukovych's attempts to centralize power is the 2011 sentencing of Yulia Tymoshenko, which was condemned by Western governments as potentially being politically motivated. 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[269], According to Ukrayinska Pravda's sources Yanukovych left Minsk on 7 March 2022, and again he vanished from the publics eye. What an inspirational rags to riches story! [52], Yanukovych drew strong support from Russian-speaking Ukrainians in the east of the country. [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". Five years ago Oleksandr Yanukovych was a humble dentist in Kiev earning $14k a year. Oh wait. Interpol's action followed an application to Interpol by Joseph Hage Aaronson on behalf of Yanukovych seeking his removal from the Interpol wanted list, as according to the law firm, the criminal charges brought by the Ukrainian government against Yanukovych were "part of a pattern of political persecution of him. [348], Opinion polls showed that Yanukovych's popularity sank after his election as president in 2010, with polls giving him from 13% to 20% of the votes if a presidential election were to be held in 2012 (in 2010 he received 35.8% of the vote in the first round of that election. During the 'Maidan uprising', Independence Square was a huge protest camp occupied by thousands of protesters and protected by makeshift barricades. 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". 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. [210] Unlike his 28 February press conference, Yanukovych did not take questions from reporters. The election was judged free and fair by international observers. 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". [64], In 2009, Yanukovych announced his intent to run for president in the then upcoming presidential election. [269][271][272][d], On 2 March 2022 the Security Service of Ukraine raided the Kyiv District Administrative Court[uk] in an attempt to physically block Yanukovych's lawsuits to overturn his removal of the constitutional powers as President of Ukraine to be heard. [citation needed], Manafort would later go on to serve as campaign chairman for Donald Trump in 2016. [127] On 23 February 2014, following the Revolution of Dignity, a bill was passed by the parliament which would have abolished the law on regional languages, making Ukrainian the sole state language at all levels. [170][171] In a press conference 12 May 2010 President Yanukovych's representative in the Verkhovna Rada Yury Miroshnychenko stated that Yanukovych was against political repression for criticism of the regime. "[122] In 2003, he supported then President Leonid Kuchma's position that the Holodomor famine was genocide against Ukrainians. [197], The deadliest clashes were on 1820 February, which saw the most severe violence in Ukraine since it regained independence. "[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. [23] Acting Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov declared that Yanukovych had been placed on Ukraine's most wanted list and that a criminal case for the mass killings of civilians had been opened against him. In 2004, he contested for president for the first time during the most controversial elections. For most of his career he was a public servant or parliament deputy, where his. [283][284], After the Euromaidan events the General Prosecutor opened at least four new criminal cases against the former president of Ukraine. [254] He hoped to find out more on Russia's position when he meets with Mr. Putin "as soon as he has time". [citation needed]. During the questioning, Lutsenko told Yanukovych that he was being accused of treason. Then-Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych (left) gives a wink to Russian President Vladimir Putin during a signing ceremony after a meeting of the Russian-Ukrainian Interstate Commission at the . Because no candidate passed the 50 percent threshold, a second round of voting was scheduled. [258] He squarely blamed the Yatsenyuk Government and acting Ukrainian President Oleksandr Turchynov for Ukraine's loss of Crimea. [302], More than 100 witnesses were interviewed for the case. On the first warm Spring day in Ukraine on . "[312], Website Pravda.com.ua reported that Yanukovych received the honorary title of docent (lecturer) of the Faculty of Automobile Transport at the Donetsk State Academy of Administration, a tertiary education establishment that specialised in Economics and Management[313] The payments totalled $2 billion over years, ranging from $500,000 to $20 million paid in cash, the recipients included "ministers, heads of agencies, Verkhovna Rada members, civic activists, representatives of international organizations, top judges, including those of the Supreme Administrative Court and the Constitutional Court, and the Central Election Commission". [205] The resolution to remove Yanukovych was supported by all opposition parties: 86 deputies of Batkivshchyna (Fatherland Party), 41 deputies of the Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform (UDAR), 36 deputies of Svoboda (Freedom Party), 30 deputies of the Communist Party, as well as 99 independents. I had to fight for myself every day. ", "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? [254], On 28 February 2014 Yanukovych claimed "eastern Ukraine will rise up as soon as they have to live without any means". The exact distribution of wealth and precise weight of influence are difficult to gauge, but most of the country's richest men were afraid to cross the Yanukovich family, even in cases where their own economic interests favored an economically pro-EU Ukraine. [315] From 2006 to 2014, the younger Viktor was a member of the Parliament of Ukraine; he died by drowning at Lake Baikal in 2015. He held various positions in transport companies in Yenakiieve and Donetsk until 1996. This caused widespread citizen protests and Kyiv's Independence Square was occupied in what became known as the Orange Revolution. [68] Yanukovych's campaign was expected to have cost $100 to $150 million. 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? In response, demonstrators occupied provincial government buildings in many regions of Ukraine. According to RBC sources, Yanukovych arrived at the Radisson Royal Hotel, Moscow (often referred by its former name as "Hotel Ukraine") on the night of 25 February 2014. [14] On 21 February, Yanukovych and the parliamentary opposition signed an agreement to bring about an interim unity government, constitutional reforms and early elections. "[185], On Friday 21 February 2014, Yanukovych and the leaders of the parliamentary opposition signed an agreement to bring about an interim unity government, constitutional reforms and early elections. When the former president departed, 35 cars and seven motorbikes were left behind. [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. [354], In an overview piece in March 2013, The Ukrainian Week claimed that Yanukovych had "failed to meet" his 2010 election promises. [16], Yanukovych said that an "armed coup" had taken place in Ukraine, and that he was still the legitimate president because there had been no impeachment, resignation, or death. The verdict was that Yanukovych was sentenced to 13 years of jail in absentia. The Family's business interests spread far and wide, from oil and gas to prime real estate in the capital. [209][210], The constitutionality of Yanukovych's removal from office has been questioned by constitutional experts. [59] In 2008, Yanukovych spoke at a congress of the United Russia party. In November 2009 Yanukovych stated that he conceded defeat only to avoid violence. [256] On 4 March 2014 Putin answered questions of reporters about the situation in Crimea. They stated that "the court, having heard the testimony of witnesses, examined conclusions of experts, documents and material evidence, assessed the arguments of prosecution and defense, considers that the guilt of the accused in committing the crimes under Part 1 Article 111 (high treason), Part 5 Article 27, Part 2 Article 437 (complicity in conducting an aggressive war) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine is duly proved by relevant and admissible evidence". This government was marred by growing conflict between Yushchenko and Tymoshenko. Today he runs a financial empire and is personally worth $500 million. "I didn't want mothers to lose their children and wives their husbands. [86][87] According to Yanukovych, Ukraine must be a "neutral state" which should be part of a "collective defence system which the European Union, NATO and Russia will take part in." [173][174][175][176][177], By January 2013, more than half of the ministers appointed by Yanukovych were either born in the Donbas region or made some crucial part of their careers there, and Yanukovych has been accused of "regional cronyism" for his staffing of police, judiciary, and tax services "all over Ukraine" with "Donbas people". Gleb Garanich / Reuters. The estate is located in a former forest preserve on the outskirts of Kyiv. [73] Tymoshenko withdrew her subsequent legal challenge of the result. [183] Mezhyhirya is estimated to have been sold for more than 75 million U.S. dollars. [24] On 18 June 2015, Yanukovych was officially deprived of the title of president by parliament. [36][39][40] His mother was a Russian nurse and his father, Fyodor Yanukovych, was a Polish-Belarusian locomotive-driver, originally from Yanuki in the Dokshytsy Raion of the Vitebsk Region which is in present-day Belarus. [52], President Leonid Kuchma appointed Yanukovych to the post of Prime Minister following Anatoliy Kinakh's resignation. [145], According to Yanukovych the main priority of his foreign policy was to integrate Ukraine "into the European mainstream", while improving relations with Russia. [203], The vote came an hour after Yanukovych said in a televised address that he would not resign. This included multiple cash payments to a number of Ukraine's top officials which were investigated as suspected bribes. [13] Upon coming to power Yanukovych had reversed oversight measures established during the Yushchenko administration to restrain the Berkut's abuse of citizens whereupon the special force "upped its brutality. I went around bare-footed on the streets. In January 2014, this developed into deadly clashes in Kyiv between protesters and Berkut special riot police. He was the president of Ukraine from the years of 2010. [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. [297], Interpol later confirmed that Yanukovych and Oleksandr Yanukovych were no longer subject to an Interpol red notice or diffusion, and that they are unknown on Interpol's databases. [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. [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. [129] The 2012 law was ruled unconstitutional and was struck down by the Constitutional Court of Ukraine in 2018, 4 years after the Euromaidan. [33], Yanukovych's political career began when he was appointed as a Vice-Head of Donetsk Oblast Administration in August 1996. [224] Yanukovych asked Dobkin to "pick out a few factories for me to visit"; the director of state-owned industrial giant Turboatom[225] declined even to take his call (according to Dobkin). [262], On 13 June 2014, Yanukovych released a video message in which he criticised Petro Poroshenko's handling of the unrest in eastern Ukraine, naming it "criminal orders to kill peoplethat causes anger and curse the mothers who see the death and suffering of their children". During his first year in office, Yanukovych spent. [citation needed] Ukrayinska Pravda claims that during the Yanukovych presidency, his wife Lyudmyla lived separately in Donetsk. At that time, multiple media houses reported major election fraud . [50], In July 1974, Yanukovych enrolled at the Donetsk Polytechnic Institute. [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. The exact whereabouts of Yanukovych when he made this statement was unclear. The Ukrainian nation is wise and it will understand. I didn't want to assume power through bloodshed. [326][327] During the 2010 presidential election campaign Yuriy Yakymenko, director of political research at the Razumkov Centre, stated: "I think he has not just changed on the surface but also in his ideas. One was Denis Voronenkov, who was shot dead in downtown Kyiv at the end of March 2017. An Interview With Konstantin Kilimnik", "Manafort Worked With Russian-Ukrainian On Peace Plan Before -- And Long After -- Criminal Charges", "Kremlin's two plans. On 14 May 1997, he was appointed as the Head of the Administration (i.e. In 2004, as the Prime Minister, Yanukovych participated in the controversial Ukrainian presidential election as the Party of Regions candidate. Ukrainians continue to tour the opulent Mezhyhirya estate of their ousted president Viktor Yanukovych, who fled Kiev on 21 February. [321] Supporters of Yanukovych pointed out that the Donetsk Oblast secured unprecedented levels of investment during his time in office. Yanukovych served as the governor of Donetsk Oblast, a province in eastern Ukraine, from 1997 to 2002. [178] Over 46% of the budget subventions for social and economic development was allotted to the Donbas region's Donetsk Oblast and Luhansk Oblast administrations 0.62 billion UAH ($76.2 million) versus 0.71 billion UAH ($87.5 million) for the rest of the country. [79], Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus at Yanukovych's invitation conducted a public prayer service at Kyiv Pechersk Lavra before Yanukovych's presidential inauguration. Viktor Yanukovych had entered politics in 1997 at the age of 46 and was chosen as the governor of Donetsk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. [78] Yushchenko also congratulated and wished Yanukovych "to defend Ukrainian interests and democratic traditions" at the presidential post. Yanukovych lost this second election to Yushchenko. [52] Kuchma, however, in conversation with United States Ambassador to Ukraine John F. Tefft, in a document dated 2 February 2010 uncovered during the United States diplomatic cables leak, called the voters' choice between Yanukovych and Yulia Tymoshenko during the second round of the 2010 presidential election a choice between "bad and very bad" and praised Arseniy Yatsenyuk, the candidate eliminated in the first round of the election, instead. Then he moved to the Barvikha Sanatorium, the health resort of the President of Russia in Moscow Oblast. [145] According to Yanukovych the only way to lower the state budget deficit, as requested by the International Monetary Fund, while protecting pensioners and minimal wages was to extend the Russian Navy lease in Crimea in exchange for cheaper natural gas. Han dmdes i sin frnvaro. 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"[91] These claims were met with disbelief. I grew up without my mother, who died when I was two. "[57], Following his electoral defeat in 2004, Yanukovych led the main opposition party against the Tymoshenko government made up of Yushchenko's Our Ukraine, the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc, and Oleksandr Moroz's Socialist Party. [286], On 30 September 2014, the General Prosecutor of Ukraine opened a new case against Yanukovych for using 220 million of state money to establish his own private communication company based on Ukrtelekom. RosBusinessConsulting also reported sightings of Viktor Pshonka, a former Prosecutor General of Ukraine in the hall of Radisson Royal Hotel. He indicated that he was open to compromise with Russia on the Black Sea Fleet's future (this led to the April 2010 UkrainianRussian Naval Base for Natural Gas treaty), and reiterated that Ukraine would remain a "European, non-aligned state", referring to NATO membership. "[180] According to slund, one notable exception to the Yanukovych family's influence was Petro Poroshenko, who is described as "uncommonly courageous", although his confectionery empire is less susceptible to ruin by the substantial power the Yanukovych family wielded in the heavy industry sectors located in Yanukovych's geographic power base of Donetsk.[174]. [119] In this speech he also expressed confidence that Nazi and Soviet totalitarianism of the past would never return. 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. . [185], On 7 December 2015, Yanukovych announced his interest in returning to Ukrainian politics. [174], The Yanukovych family, a group of young businessmen described as "robber capitalists", have been buying up both public and private businesses at "rock bottom" prices available in the stagnating economic conditions brought on by Yanukovych's economic policies. Ukraine right-wing politics: is the genie out of the bottle? [peacockprose] According to Rossiyskaya Gazeta two documents had been forged regarding Yanukovych's robbery in association with rape and assault and battery. [15] That day, the Ukrainian parliament (Verkhovna Rada) voted 3860 to reinstate the 2004 Constitution of Ukraine. [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. ", 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? 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[112], This led to the April 2010 UkrainianRussian Naval Base for Natural Gas treaty. Yanukovych was not present and was tried in absentia. It had kitchens, first aid posts and broadcasting facilities, as well as stages for speeches, lectures, debates and performances. [214][215][216][217], On the same day that parliament removed Yanukovych from office, it voted to authorize the release of his rival Yulia Tymoshenko from a prison hospital.

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