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After voting to remove Yanukovych, the Verkhovna Rada appointed Arseniy Yatsenyuk as Prime Minister of Ukraine. He stated: [13] The first basic commitment was the return to the 2004 Constitution. However, the next day, Viktor Yanukovych publicly refused to sign the bill and walked away from the Agreement.
Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych [b] (born 9 July 1950) is a former Ukrainian politician who served as the fourth president of Ukraine from 2010 to 2014. [4] He also served as the prime minister of Ukraine several times between 2002 and 2007 and was a member of the Verkhovna Rada (parliament) from 2006 to 2010.
Yanukovych I (2002–04) 3: Viktor Yushchenko Віктор Ющенко (1954–) [7] 23 January 2005 – 25 February 2010: 5 years, 33 days Our Ukraine: 2004: Tymoshenko I (2005) Yekhanurov (2005–06) Yanukovych II (2006–07) Tymoshenko II (2007–10) 4: Viktor Yanukovych Віктор Янукович (1950–) [8] 25 February 2010 – 22 ...
Yuschenko appeared to win the subsequent election, only to have the pro-Kremlin Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych claim victory. ... leaving Ukraine in limbo while emboldening the Kremlin once more.
He served as Minister of Emergency Services under disgraced President Viktor Yanukovych, who fled Ukraine after a mass uprising in 2014 that triggered Russia's annexation of Crimea.
According to some news agencies the main purpose of the visit was to resolve disagreements in the Russian–Ukrainian energy relations after Viktor Yanukovych agreed on the partial merger of Gazprom and Naftogaz. [98] Apart from the merger of the state gas companies there are also talks of the merger of the nuclear energy sector as well. [99]
Presidential elections were held in Ukraine on 17 January 2010. As no candidate received a majority of the vote, a run-off election was held between Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych on 7 February.
Ukrainian economist and writer Oleksandr Turchynov is voted Speaker of the Parliament, and in that capacity acting President of Ukraine. February 23 – Former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych is blocked by Ukraine's customs in Donetsk from taking a plane to Russia and leaves to Russia with the help of the Russian fleet. [12]