"[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. [126], Effective in August 2012, a new law on regional languages entitles any local language spoken by at least a 10% minority be declared official within that area. [46], On 15 December 1967, at the age of 17, Yanukovych was sentenced to three years imprisonment for participating in a robbery and assault. He was sentenced to two years of imprisonment and did not appeal the verdict. Never mind. [203] During the afternoon, police abandoned central Kyiv, allowing protesters to take control. Oh wait. "[257], In an interview with the Associated Press and Russian channel NTV of 2 April 2014 Yanukovych called Russia's annexation of Crimea "a tragedy", the 2014 Crimean referendum "a form of protest" and he stated he hopes it will become part of Ukraine again. [287], Beginning in the summer of 2014, the prosecutor's office investigated Yanukovych's signing of the Kharkiv treaty, which allowed the Black Sea Fleet to stay in Ukraine for an additional 25 years. Bloomberg Billionaires Index - Rinat Akhmetov American federal prosecutors alleged that between 2010 and 2014 Manafort was paid more than $60 million by Ukrainian sponsors, including Rinat Akhmetov, believed to be the richest man in Ukraine. Yanukovych lived in the estate from 2002, when he first . [123], Yanukovych's press service claims that he does not approve of crimes of the KGB and their predecessors in Soviet times, however, in 2002, he wrote a foreword to a book by two ex-KGB agents endorsing the KGB and its predecessors, stating that the NKVD and Cheka "firmly stood on guard over the interests of our people and the state" and praised them for launching "a struggle against political extremism, sabotage and criminal activities." Yanukovych abandoned his large estate, Mezhyhirya[182] when he fled the capital. 20062007 elections and second premiership, The issue of Russian military intervention 2014. 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". However, the legitimacy of the election was questioned by many Ukrainians, international organizations, and foreign governments following allegations of electoral fraud. [334][335] For the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election, Yanukovych wrote an autobiography for the Central Election Commission, in which he misspelled his academic degree. [145], In 2012, during the Ukrainian parliamentary elections of that year, Yanukovych's party of Regions won the poll with 30% against 25.5% for imprisoned Yulia Tymoshenko's Fatherland party. [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. [60][111] He saw the gas agreement signed in 2009 after the 2009 Russia-Ukraine gas dispute as very unprofitable for Ukraine and wanted to "initiate the discussion of the most urgent gas issues" after the 2010 presidential election. [100] 235 deputies from the 450-member parliament signed the coalition agreement. Her release had been an unmet condition for Ukraine's signing of a European Union trade pact. [citation needed]. He was Prime Minister of Ukraine from 21 November 2002 to 7 December 2004 and from 28 December 2004 to 5 January 2005, under President Leonid Kuchma. On self-removal of the President of Ukraine from the exercise of constitutional powers and appointment of extraordinary elections of the President of Ukraine", "Ukraine's parliament votes to oust president; former prime minister is freed from prison", "Rada dismisses Constitutional Court judges appointed from its quota", "Where is Viktor Yanukovych? April 29, 2017 05:18 GMT. The estate is located in a former forest preserve on the outskirts of Kyiv. We do not live in a fairy tale and understand that our partners also defend their interests". [220], Yanukovych was soon disowned by the Party of Regions. I went around bare-footed on the streets. However, the election was fraught with allegations of electoral fraud and voter intimidation. [254] He hoped to find out more on Russia's position when he meets with Mr. Putin "as soon as he has time". At that time, multiple media houses reported major election fraud . Since the revolution, Yanukovych has been convicted in absentia of high treason against Ukraine. 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Viktor Pinchuk, $2.6 billion Pinchuk, 60, whose assets span from steel works to media, saw his net worth almost double over the past year from $1.4 billion to $ 2.6 billion. [56], In the second round of the election, Yanukovych was initially declared the winner. [114], Yanukovych rejected accusations that improvement of Ukrainian-Russian relations harmed relations with the European Union.
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