Their combined net worth today is $51.5 billion. [185], On 7 December 2015, Yanukovych announced his interest in returning to Ukrainian politics. [276] Russian prosecutors stated that they had not received such a request from Ukraine. [317][318] Yanukovych himself stated[clarification needed] that his ex-wife did not wish for her grandson to pick up the bad habits of his grandfather, but Yanukovych did not specify what kind of habits those were. All In The Family - Mar. 02, 2012 | KyivPost By RFE/RL. [41][42] On various occasions, Yanukovych's family has been dogged by accusations that Fyodor Yanukovych was a member of the Schutzmannschaft during World War II, in particular claims by members of the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc, which included documents from the NKVD supposedly revealing his involvement with the Schutzmannschaft. Yanukovych stated in November 2009 that he respects all Ukrainian politicians. Translation into English - examples Arabic - Reverso Context [208] Under the 2004 constitution, parliament chairman Turchynov became acting President. Yanukovych also promised to create a consortium that would allow Russia to jointly operate Ukraine's gas transportation network and he has pledged to help Russia build the South Stream natural gas pipeline. En ukrainsk domstol i huvudstaden Kiev dmde i januari 2019 Viktor Janukovytj till 13 rs fngelse fr hgfrrderi. [23] Acting Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov declared that Yanukovych had been placed on Ukraine's most wanted list and that a criminal case for the mass killings of civilians had been opened against him. Ukraine right-wing politics: is the genie out of the bottle? [365], In January 2019, Manafort resigned from the Connecticut bar.[366]. The first protesters were killed in fierce clashes with police on Hrushevsky Street on 1922 January. Rinat Akhmetov, Ukraine's richest man, added $3 billion to his net worth in the past six months by buying state-owned energy assets sold by his hometown political ally, President Viktor. According to RBC sources, Yanukovych arrived at the Radisson Royal Hotel, Moscow (often referred by its former name as "Hotel Ukraine") on the night of 25 February 2014. [81][133] During the visit Yanukovych stated that there would be no change to Ukraine's status as a member of the NATO outreach program.[134]. Mezhyhirya Residence - Wikipedia April 29, 2017 05:18 GMT. [13] There was severe violence in Kyiv on 1820 February, when police snipers fired on protesters, killing almost 100. His dad is brutally corrupt Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych. The protesters, united under the Maidan People's Union, demanded Yanukovych fulfill his pledge to sign the Agreement or else resign. [48], In 1971, Yanukovych married Lyudmyla Nastenko[49] a niece of Yenakiyeve city judge Oleksandr Sazhyn. They were fired on by police snipers. [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. This is my rule of politics. [232] The Press Secretary of the department that manages Barvikha Sanatorium denied the report, stating that he had no information of Yanukovych settled in Barvikha Sanatorium. "[346] After his February 2014 escape to Russia, during his 28 February press conference in Rostov-on-Don, Yanukovych said, "Ukraine is our strategic partner" (misspeaking and confusing Ukraine with Russia). He endured a very hard childhood about which he has stated: "My childhood was difficult and hungry. [183] Mezhyhirya is estimated to have been sold for more than 75 million U.S. dollars. [269], Russian forces never gained control over Kyiv since the Russian army abandoned its Kyiv offensive on 2 April 2022.[275]. [78] Yushchenko also congratulated and wished Yanukovych "to defend Ukrainian interests and democratic traditions" at the presidential post. Viktor Yanukovych had entered politics in 1997 at the age of 46 and was chosen as the governor of Donetsk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. [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. [170][171] In a press conference 12 May 2010 President Yanukovych's representative in the Verkhovna Rada Yury Miroshnychenko stated that Yanukovych was against political repression for criticism of the regime. [16] He vowed to return to Ukraine "as soon as there are guarantees for my security and that of my family". The Berkut, later disbanded on 25 February 2014, were a special police force under his personal command and were accused of defending Russian interests. Almost 100 protesters were killed, as were 13 police officers. There were no votes against. The evaluation covers the latest 5 years and an approximation for next year. He held various positions in transport companies in Yenakiieve and Donetsk until 1996. In a feature with photos on Yanukovych's Mezhyhirya mansion, Sergii Leshchenko notes "For most of [Yanukovych's] career he was a public servant or parliament deputy, where his salary never exceeded 2000 US dollars per month." Viktor Yanukovych was born in the village of Zhukovka near Yenakiieve in Donetsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union. It is an overall forecast for the net worth of Viktor Yanukovych. He said that this law would need 226 votes in the Ukrainian parliament (half of the votes instead of two-thirds of the votes needed to change the constitution of Ukraine) and that voters told him that the current status of Russian in Ukraine created "problems in the hospital, school, university, in the courts, in the office". We will not allow the use of churches and religious organizations by some political forces for their narrow interests. In 2003, during the premiership of Viktor Yanukovych, a majority of the company's shares came ended up in private hands - in particular, those of Prygodskyy and Rinat Akhmetov. "Our policy is directed to protection of our national interests. Viktor Medvedchuk (file photo) The United States imposed sanctions on Medvedchuk in 2014, accusing him of undermining democracy in Ukraine. 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Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych (Ukrainian: , pronounced[wiktor fdorowt jnkwt] (listen); Russian: , romanized:Viktor Fyodorovich Yanukovich; born 9 July 1950) is a former politician who served as the fourth president of Ukraine[3] from 2010 until he was removed from office in the Revolution of Dignity in 2014, after months of protests against his presidency. [52] Kuchma, however, in conversation with United States Ambassador to Ukraine John F. Tefft, in a document dated 2 February 2010 uncovered during the United States diplomatic cables leak, called the voters' choice between Yanukovych and Yulia Tymoshenko during the second round of the 2010 presidential election a choice between "bad and very bad" and praised Arseniy Yatsenyuk, the candidate eliminated in the first round of the election, instead. The 72-year-old Yanukovych was Ukraine's president from 2010 until he was ousted in February 2014 following widespread protests over his decision to reject the country's agreement to align itself. [218] She had been imprisoned since 2011, in what many saw as political payback by Yanukovych. The victims of Yanukovych's raider methods were offered to pay a regular "tribute" in the amount of 3050% of the company's profits or to cede ownership of it. The Chairman of parliament, Volodymyr Rybak, resigned that morning. Protesters opposed what they saw as widespread government corruption, abuse of power, human rights violations,[191] and the influence of oligarchs.[192]. [203] Under the 2004 Constitution, which parliament had voted to reinstate, the President's powers would transfer to the Chairman if the President should resign or be unable to fulfill his duties. Viktor Yanukovych Net Worth - Net Worth Forum Former Pro-Russian President Of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych, Son Hit With Yanukovych abandoned his large estate, Mezhyhirya[182] when he fled the capital. [260] He was excluded on 29 March during a party congress[260][261] along with several senior figures of his rgime. The exact whereabouts of Yanukovych when he made this statement was unclear. [27][28][29][30][31] Yanukovych has also given his name to a collective term of different blunders made by Ukrainian politicians now called Yanukisms. Yanukovych first ran for president in 2004: he advanced to the runoff election and was initially declared the winner against former Prime Minister Viktor Yushchenko. [269], According to Ukrayinska Pravda's sources Yanukovych left Minsk on 7 March 2022, and again he vanished from the publics eye. [16] He insisted he had not instructed Ukrainian forces to shoot at Euromaidan protesters. [46], On 15 December 1967, at the age of 17, Yanukovych was sentenced to three years imprisonment for participating in a robbery and assault. [304][305], However the former leader was hospitalized in Moscow days before he was scheduled to give the final statement. [123], Yanukovych stated in the past that he wanted Russian to become the second state language in Ukraine. [75][76], Ukraine's parliament had (on 16 February) fixed 25 February 2010 for the inauguration of Yanukovych as president. Yanukovych lost this second election to Yushchenko. This number includes both cases of the so-called Family entering the corporate rights of the firms they like by illegal methods, and "assaults" in order to obtain "tribute" that is, commercial gain. [285], Yanukovych is also charged with property theft in a conspiracy with the chairman of the Nadra Ukrainy state company (Articles 109 and 209), which has been under investigation since March 2014. Gleb Garanich / Reuters. [185], In an April 2014 poll by Kyiv International Institute of Sociology those polled in southern and eastern Ukraine were generally split on the legitimacy of the then Yatsenyuk government and parliament, but a majority in all regions agreed that Yanukovych was not the legal president of the country. However, the legitimacy of the election was questioned by many Ukrainians, international organizations, and foreign governments following allegations of electoral fraud. [358] Manafort's task was to rehabilitate Yanukovych's political career in the aftermath of the Orange Revolution. Viktor Yanukovych - Facts, Bio, Career, Net Worth | AidWiki [204], On Saturday 22 February, Yanukovych could not be found, and parliament were not informed of his whereabouts. Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych is a former politician of Ukraine who has a net worth of $100 million. [citation needed] Ukrayinska Pravda claims that during the Yanukovych presidency, his wife Lyudmyla lived separately in Donetsk. 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It had kitchens, first aid posts and broadcasting facilities, as well as stages for speeches, lectures, debates and performances. He was sentenced to two years of imprisonment and did not appeal the verdict. [266], In a 22 February 2017, interview with Christopher Miller of Radio Free Europe, Konstantin Kilimnik explained the existence of a peace effort between Russia and Ukraine called the "Mariupol Plan" in which Viktor Yanukovych would return as president of Russia's illegally controlled regions and Crimea in Ukraine. [166] During spring 2010 Ukrainian journalists and Reporters Without Borders complained of censorship by Yanukovych's Presidential Administration; despite statements by Yanukovych how deeply he valued press freedom and that 'free, independent media that must ensure society's unimpeded access to information. 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"[180] According to slund, one notable exception to the Yanukovych family's influence was Petro Poroshenko, who is described as "uncommonly courageous", although his confectionery empire is less susceptible to ruin by the substantial power the Yanukovych family wielded in the heavy industry sectors located in Yanukovych's geographic power base of Donetsk.[174]. [15] Later that day, however, he secretly fled the capital for Kharkiv, claiming his car was shot at as he left Kyiv, and travelling next to Crimea, and eventually to exile in Russia. [257] In this interview he claimed "if I do decide to use the Armed Forces, this will be a legitimate decision in full compliance with both general norms of international law, since we have the appeal of the legitimate President. "[186], Since 2012, Ukraine and the EU had been negotiating a free trade and association agreement. [139], On 22 November 2010, the European Council and Ukraine announced "an action plan for Ukraine toward the establishment of a visa-free regime for short-stay travel". [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. During the questioning, Lutsenko told Yanukovych that he was being accused of treason. What is Viktor Yanukovych's Net Worth? "[citation needed] "The Holodomor was in Ukraine, Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan. [163], According to Yanukovych (on 4 February 2011), "[M]any lies [have been] told and attempts made to misinform the international community and ordinary people in Ukraine about the true state of affairs in the country." "[312], Website Pravda.com.ua reported that Yanukovych received the honorary title of docent (lecturer) of the Faculty of Automobile Transport at the Donetsk State Academy of Administration, a tertiary education establishment that specialised in Economics and Management[313] [158][159] Other high-profile political opponents under criminal investigation include Leonid Kuchma,[160] Bogdan Danilishin, Igor Didenko,[161] Anatoliy Makarenko,[162] and Valeriy Ivaschenko. A Ukrainian court has found the former president Viktor Yanukovych guilty of treason for his efforts to crush the 2014 pro-western demonstrations that eventually toppled his government. These are people who advocate violence the Ukrainian parliament is illegitimate". Breaking news "NovostiMira", " 24. He had acquired the property in 2007, according to critics, through a convoluted series of companies and transactions. ", "Criminal record of Yanukovych not purged", "Yanukovych's criminal record re-instated", "The countries of the former Soviet Union at the turn of the twenty-first century: the Baltic and European states in transition" (page 556), "How Ukraine Became a Market Economy and Democracy", Peterson Institute for International Economics, "Pressure Mounts on Yanukovych to yield. Viktor Yanukovych is a former Ukrainian politician who has a net worth of $100 million. Five Years Ago The President of Ukraine's Son Was A Humble Dentist [99] He stated in February 2012 that the trial of Tymoshenko and other former officials "didn't meet European standards and principles". [300], On 14 March 2017, the Prosecutor General submitted to court documents of the Yanukovych's case on state treason. [352][e], The Ambassador of the European Union to Ukraine, Jos Manuel Pinto Teixeira, stated during an April 2012 interview with Korrespondent that Yanukovych's presidency "fell short of expectations". [115], During the 2010 Nuclear Security Summit, Yanukovych announced that Ukraine would give up its 90-kilogram stock of highly enriched uranium and convert its research reactors from highly enriched to low-enriched uranium. On 28 February 2014, the General Prosecutor of Ukraine, Oleh Makhnitsky, formally asked Russia to extradite Yanukovych. [214][215][216][217], On the same day that parliament removed Yanukovych from office, it voted to authorize the release of his rival Yulia Tymoshenko from a prison hospital. March 7, 2014, 6:47 PM PST. In foreign affairs, Yanukovych's cabinet was considered to be politically close to Russia, although declaring support for Ukrainian membership in the European Union. On 3 June 2010, the Ukrainian parliament excluded, in a bill written by Yanukovych, with 226 votes,[citation needed] Ukrainian membership of any military bloc, but allowed for co-operation with military alliances such as NATO. The cost of monitoring the mass media was reportedly $5.7 million just for the month of December 2010.[184]. [179], Anders slund, a Swedish economist and Ukraine analyst, described the consolidation of Ukrainian economic power in the hands of a few "elite industrial tycoons", one of the richest and most influential of whom has become President Yanukovych's own son Oleksandr Yanukovych. Although Yanukovych's parliamentary coalition was not supporting Ukrainian membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), his cabinet agreed to the commission of Ukrainian troops to the Iraq War in support of the United States' War on Terrorism. Viktor Yanukovych is allegedly in Minsk, and the Kremlin is preparing an operation to replace Zelensky with the ex-president ousted by the EuroMaidan Revolution in 2014, according to Ukrainska Pravda's sources." . [108] In late 2009, a law that raised the minimum wage and pensions was passed in the Ukrainian Parliament. [205][206][207] The resolution stated that Yanukovych had withdrawn from fulfilling his constitutional duties, "which threatens the governance of the state, the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine", and cited "circumstances of extreme urgency". ", "Prosecutors Seek 15 Years in Prison For Ukraine's Ex-President", "Former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych Convicted of Treason", "Yanukovych reportedly hospitalized in Moscow Russian media", "Court finds Yanukovych's guilt of high treason, complicity in war proven", "Guilty: Yanukovych sentenced to 13 years in prison for high treason, complicity in war", "Kyiv court sentences Yanukovych in absentia to 13 years in prison for high treason", "Is Yanukovych's education paper-thin? [119] In this speech he also expressed confidence that Nazi and Soviet totalitarianism of the past would never return. [16], Yanukovych said that an "armed coup" had taken place in Ukraine, and that he was still the legitimate president because there had been no impeachment, resignation, or death. [86][87] According to Yanukovych, Ukraine must be a "neutral state" which should be part of a "collective defence system which the European Union, NATO and Russia will take part in." Oleksandr Zakharov, who studied international law at the Academy of Foreign Trade at the same time as Yanukovych, contended that "individual study programs" such as Yanukovych's were commonly viewed as a diploma mill for state officials.[314]. [193][194] Police assaulted the camp several times, causing further anger. RosBusinessConsulting also reported sightings of Viktor Pshonka, a former Prosecutor General of Ukraine in the hall of Radisson Royal Hotel. Yanukovych stated he would like to ask the Western supporters of the Yatsenyuk Government that he referred to as "dark powers": "Have you become blind? [116], Yanukovych stated that his "aim and dream" was to unify Ukraine, although in his opinion "there are already no borders between the East and West of the country today". However, Viktor left home due to conflicts with his stepmother, and was brought up by his Polish paternal grandmother, originally from Warsaw. [198] Thousands of protesters advanced from the Maidan in Kyiv towards parliament, led by activists with shields and helmets. [25] On 24 January 2019, he was sentenced in absentia to thirteen years' imprisonment for high treason by a Ukrainian court. [79], Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus at Yanukovych's invitation conducted a public prayer service at Kyiv Pechersk Lavra before Yanukovych's presidential inauguration. [190] This sparked large protests at Independence Square (Maidan Nezalezhnosti) in the center of Kyiv, which became known as 'Euromaidan'. ", Yanukovych says he is clean, unlike the current government, "Ousted Ukraine leader aiming to return as rebel rockets threaten peace plan", "Who Is Paul Manafort's Man In Kyiv? On self-removal of the President of Ukraine from the exercise of constitutional powers and appointment of extraordinary elections of the President of Ukraine. 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". [281] In 2006, the General Prosecutor closed the case due to lack of evidence. Ukraine's ex-president Viktor Yanukovych found guilty of treason The exact distribution of wealth and precise weight of influence are difficult to gauge, but most of the country's richest men were afraid to cross the Yanukovich family, even in cases where their own economic interests favored an economically pro-EU Ukraine. [283][284], After the Euromaidan events the General Prosecutor opened at least four new criminal cases against the former president of Ukraine. "I didn't want mothers to lose their children and wives their husbands. "[91] These claims were met with disbelief. 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[104][105][106] Yanukovych signed a new tax code on 3 December 2010. This included multiple cash payments to a number of Ukraine's top officials which were investigated as suspected bribes. Manafort alone laundered $18 million, according to the indictment, which he earned while playing a prominent role in working to keep Yanukovych and his party political power players in Ukraine. "[221][222][223], Yanukovych left Kyiv during the night of 2122 February 2014 and initially moved to Kharkiv. In 1976, as a second-year student, he was promoted to director of a small trucking division within the Ordzhonikidzeugol coal-mining company. Governor). Decades later, Yanukovych characterised his arrests and imprisonment as "mistakes of youth". Her release had been an unmet condition for Ukraine's signing of a European Union trade pact. In 2013, the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament) overwhelmingly approved finalizing the agreement with the EU,[187] and Yanukovych urged parliament to adopt laws so that Ukraine would meet the EU's criteria and be able to sign the agreement in November 2013. Profile: Ukraine's ousted President Viktor Yanukovych [297], Interpol later confirmed that Yanukovych and Oleksandr Yanukovych were no longer subject to an Interpol red notice or diffusion, and that they are unknown on Interpol's databases. [188] Russia, however, put pressure on Ukraine to reject the agreement. [102], During the 2011 World Economic Forum, Yanukovych called Ukraine "one of the leaders on democratic development in Eastern Europe". [26], In social polls conducted since his departure from office, Yanukovych is regarded as the worst president in Ukrainian history. [258] He squarely blamed the Yatsenyuk Government and acting Ukrainian President Oleksandr Turchynov for Ukraine's loss of Crimea. They had the right to use weapons. [282] In 2006, a criminal charge was filed for official falsifying of documents concerning the quashing of Yanukovych's prior convictions after it was discovered that two documents had been tampered with, including the forgery of a judge's signature in connection with one charge of battery.