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Viktor Yanukovych | Facts, Biography, & Flight to Russia

Britannica
Viktor Yanukovych, Ukrainian politician who served as prime minister (2002–05, 2006–07) and president (2010–14) of Ukraine.
3 weeks ago

Putin’s Ukraine obsession began 20 years ago with the Orange Revolution

Atlantic Council
This month marks the twentieth anniversary of Ukraine's Orange Revolution. When protests over a rigged presidential election first erupted...
2 weeks ago

Sleepwalking Into Conflict with the Kremlin

The Wilson Quarterly
A succession of US presidents and Western allies got Ukraine wrong. What they do next determines what kind of Russia the world must deal with in the future.
7 months ago

Russia Grants Yanukovych’s Oldest Son Citizenship

The Moscow Times
The oldest surviving son of former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych received Russian citizenship, state media reported Thursday,...
1 month ago

As Putin signals ceasefire, former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych's plane lands in Belarus

The Week
Amid Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to Belarus, reports have emerged that a plane belonging to Viktor Yanukovych, the pro-Russian...
6 months ago

Belarus Weekly: Putin, Lukashenko meet in Minsk; Yanukovych's plane spotted in Homel

The Kyiv Independent
Belarus Weekly: Putin, Lukashenko meet in Minsk; Yanukovych's plane spotted in Homel ... Russian President Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko...
6 months ago

20 years ago, Vladimir Putin, Leonid Kuchma and the oligarchs of Ukraine and Russia gathered in Crimea to meet Victor Yanukovych, the expected Ukraineʼs next president. But then everything went south

Бабель
20 years ago, Vladimir Putin, Leonid Kuchma and the oligarchs of Ukraine and Russia gathered in Crimea to meet Victor Yanukovych, the expected...
4 months ago

Putin: Russia helped Yanukovych to flee Ukraine

BBC
Vladimir Putin says for the first time that Russia helped Ukraine's ex-President Viktor Yanukovych to flee after he was ousted in February.
121 months ago

Plane of Ukraine's former pro-Russian president arrives in Belarus, where Belarusian and Russian leaders are meeting – Belaruski Hajun

Українська правда
A plane belonging to Viktor Yanukovych, the pro-Russian former president of Ukraine who fled the country after the Revolution of Dignity in 2014, has arrived...
6 months ago

Who is Viktor Yanukovych, the former Ukrainian president Putin reportedly wants to put back in power?

Fortune
The former Ukrainian president, Yanukovych has been living in exile in Russia since being ousted following Ukraine's Euromaidan protests in...
33 months ago

Russia’s war on Ukraine forces Europe to weaponise its economic might

Al Jazeera
Whatever the exact territorial outcome of the war in Ukraine, the political outcome is already clear – Russia has lost its gambit to create...
8 months ago

The Stubborn Legend of a Western ‘Coup’ in Ukraine

Foreign Policy
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych was illegitimately removed from office in a Western-backed coup in February 2014.
4 months ago

Ukrainian court orders arrest of former president Viktor Yanukovych, accused of treason and closeness to Putin

Telegrafi
The Ukrainian court has ordered the arrest of former president Viktor Yanukovych, who is being accused of treason. Yanukovych from February 2010 to February...
1 month ago

The square of no return. How the Revolution of Dignity changed Ukraine and Russia

theins.ru
Ten years ago, Ukraine saw the conclusion of a bloody standoff between anti-corruption, pro-European protesters and the corrupt, pro-Kremlin...
9 months ago

Is Vladimir Putin really the puppet-master in Ukraine’s crisis?

CNN
Jill Dougherty says the view from Washington that Putin is manipulating the Ukraine crisis for his own ends downplays the reality of...
129 months ago

Expert Comment: Putin’s war - How did we get here? ....Ukraine 2014

University of Oxford
It is eight years since one of the bloodiest days in what can now be seen as Ukraine's first 'Putin war'. As Ukraine reels from Putin's War...
32 months ago

A brief history of corruption in Ukraine: the Yanukovych era

Eurasianet
In part 4 of her series on corruption in Ukraine under each president, @kgorchinskaya examines the rule of Viktor Yanukovych: A poor boy...
54 months ago

On Eve Of Russian Invasion, Ukrainian Court Catered To Yanukovych's Interests, RFE/RL Investigation Finds

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Irregularities marred a Kyiv court's hearing of two lawsuits aimed at restoring ex-Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych's presidential...
24 months ago

Putin accuses US of orchestrating 2014 ‘coup’ in Ukraine

Al Jazeera
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said the 2014 popular uprising that saw former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich forced from office was the result of...
41 months ago

Profile: Ukraine's ousted President Viktor Yanukovych

BBC
Ukraine's Viktor Yanukovych has the rare distinction of having been ousted twice from Ukraine's presidency after giant street protests.
129 months ago