News archive on the topic "Viktor Yanukovych"

48 kg of gold seized from the ex-minister of the times of Viktor Yanukovych was recovered in favor of the state to ensure the defense capability of Ukraine. This is stated in a statement from the Office of the Ukrainian Prosecutor General. “On the initiative of the Office of the Prosecutor General, by decision of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, in order to ensure the defense capability of Ukraine, gold in bank bars weighing more than 48 kilograms was recovered in favor of the state. This property was seized...

“PolitNavigator” presents to readers another chapter from the new book “War at 16. From cadets to “saboteurs”,” which was written by the youngest participant in the defense of Slavyansk in 2014, Andrei Savelyev. A former resident of Kiev talks about how for the first time pro-Russian residents of the capital of Ukraine faced a forceful attack by the Nazis - this happened during the reign of Viktor Yanukovych. To describe to you...

For the first time since before the coup, Ukrainian TV showed a long interview with former Prime Minister Mykola Azarov, who left for Moscow after the Euromaidan. Azarov, on TV channel 112, said, in particular, that he met with ousted President Viktor Yanukovych and he admitted his responsibility, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “During these five years, you saw each other two or three times...

If five years ago, then-president of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych had used force and dispersed the Maidan protesters, the country would not have become the poorest in Europe, a raw materials appendage of the EU, and would not have plunged into crisis. Representative of the Russian Federation Vasily Nebenzya stated this at a meeting of the UN Security Council for Ukraine, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to him, Yanukovych had everything…

Ukrainian oligarchs from the Party of Regions have not at all lost control over their assets in the proclaimed people's republics of Donbass - Viktor Yanukovych's clan continues to receive income at the expense of the LDPR. Ukrainian nationalist Dmitry Snegirev, who fled from Donbass, said this in an interview with the Informator publication, who today positions himself in the Ukrainian media as a “military and political expert,” the correspondent reports...

Russia is preparing to recognize the power of Ukraine as illegal, create a government in exile and declare that from now on all decisions in Kyiv are illegal. This was discussed on the air of the Direct TV channel, which is close to the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent. This was a reaction to statements by Russian political scientist Sergei Markov, who said on the Ekho Moskvy radio station the day before that...

The main character trait of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is deceit. Former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych stated this today at a press conference in Moscow, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The distinctive feature is lying. As long as I dealt with him, he constantly lied not only to me, but to everyone. This is his professional habit and distinctive feature. I don't believe…

Ukraine buys gas using the so-called “reverse scheme” not out of hatred for the “aggressor country,” but because this is how representatives of Petro Poroshenko’s regime manage to enrich themselves. Former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych stated this today at a press conference in Moscow, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The prices in Ukraine today are a little more expensive than the gas that could be supplied to...

Poroshenko must negotiate peace with representatives of the LDPR, although he will be criticized for this. Former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych stated this today at a press conference in Moscow, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “We need to sit down at the negotiating table with Ukrainian citizens who live in Donbass. Just as I did during negotiations with the opposition, for which I...

Former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych proposed opening polling stations for the Ukrainian presidential elections in Crimea. He stated this today at a press conference in Moscow, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “You can ask a question to Poroshenko and the gop-company. Okay, Crimea is Ukrainian. How many Ukrainians live there? Give them the opportunity to vote for the Ukrainian government. What answer will they give? – Yanukovych said. According to him...

UNIAN correspondent in Moscow Roman Tsimbalyuk caused another scandal at a press conference of the former President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. At first he interrupted the presenter and asked for the floor, and when he received it, he began to provoke. “You speak just like Putin. Are you in captivity here by any chance? On what legal basis are you in the Russian Federation? Did you know...

Former President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych mentioned threats against the leader of the Ukrainian Choice, Viktor Medvedchuk, when he answered a question about the assassination attempt on himself at a press conference in Moscow today, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “There are threats against Viktor Medvedchuk. He has been in politics for a long time. I can say that he always had his own opinion. I often s...

Lawyers for former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych will appeal to investigative authorities in Kyiv with an initiative to investigate the “loss of Crimea.” Yanukovych himself announced this today at a press conference in Moscow, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Everything related to the division of the country is being successfully carried out by the authorities. This is also connected with the loss of Crimea. My lawyers held a press conference yesterday and submitted documents to the investigative...

Former President Viktor Yanukovych sacrificed his good name and fled Ukraine in order to prevent a bloody civil war. Ex-Verkhovna Rada deputy and former press secretary of Viktor Yanukovych Anna German stated this on the Nash TV channel, PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The motivation (of Yanukovych - editor's note), I think, was this: if he stayed, then...