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Viktor Yanukovych was born in the village of Zhukovka near Yenakiieve in Donetsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union. Of his childhood he has written: "My childhood was difficult and hungry. I grew up without my mother, who died when I was two. I went around bare-footed on the streets. I had to fight for myself every day.
May 17, 2024 · Viktor Yanukovych, Ukrainian politician who served as prime minister (2002–05, 2006–07) and president (2010–14) of Ukraine. His time in office was characterized by the imprisonment of political opponents and close ties to Moscow.
Feb 28, 2014 · Viktor Yanukovych has the rare distinction of having been ousted twice from Ukraine's presidency after giant street protests. Opponents accuse him of having enriched himself, his family and ...
Feb 25, 2015 · February 22, 2014, Ukraine’s then president Viktor Yanukovych surprised the world by fleeing Kyiv, just after an agreement had been reached with the country's opposition. One eventful year later, Eurasia Outlook asked several experts why they think Yanukovych fled when he did.
Mar 2, 2022 · Russian president Vladimir Putin is preparing to place former Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych back in power if his forces succeed in taking Kyiv and removing the country’s current ...
Jan 24, 2019 · KIEV, Ukraine — Former President Viktor F. Yanukovych committed treason by inviting Russia to invade Ukraine and reverse a pro-Western revolution that ousted him from power, a court in Kiev ...
News about Viktor F. Yanukovych, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Jan 24, 2019 · Former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich was sentenced in absentia Thursday to 13 years in jail on treason charges. A judge ruled that the pro-Moscow Yanukovich’s conduct had paved the way for Russia’s annexation of Crimea and the bloody conflict in eastern Ukraine, Reuters reported.
Jan 4, 2015 · President Viktor F. Yanukovych was not so much overthrown as cast adrift by his own allies, and Western officials were just as surprised by the meltdown as anyone else.
Mar 24, 2014 · After being labelled a Kremlin stooge when he initially won an allegedly rigged election in 2004, huge protests that became known as the Orange Revolution forced Viktor Yanokovich from office.
