Contents tagged with Yanukovich
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Half a ton of gold linked to Yanukovych’s circle seized in Switzerland
One of the European countries has seized more than 500 kg of gold belonging to the entourage of former President Viktor Yanukovych, publication Іnsider reports quoting Deputy Attorney General of Ukraine Yevgeny Enin as saying.
"The total amount of damage caused by the Yanukovych regime is about $40 billion. A half billion seized in Ukraine has already been returned to the state treasury. Today, in various jurisdictions, mainly European, the equivalent of about $200 million was arrested. …
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Former Ukrainian President Yanukovych refuses to participate in high treason trial
Former President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych refuses to participate in the trial for high treason, withdrawing his defenders from. He made that statement on the air during the Time program on the Russian First Channel on Wednesday.
“I do not want to take part in an allegedly adversarial process, whose outcome is predetermined. I decided to withdraw my defenders from the process. There are no doubts about their qualifications but lawyers are powerless in a country where justice has been …
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Ukrainian Justice Ministry: $30 billion was stolen during Yanukovych's reign
The Minister of Justice of Ukraine, Pavlo Petrenko, introducing the draft law on amendments to certain legislative acts of Ukraine regarding the recovery of unwarranted assets, stated that between $20 and $30 billion were stolen over the incomplete four years of Viktor Yanukovych’s regime, Ukrinform reported.
“According to various estimates of experts and law enforcement agencies, between $20 and $30 billion were withdrawn and stolen from the country’s budget over the incomplete four years of …
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Media: Yanukovych and his inner circle may have stolen as much as $7.5 billion
Former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and his associates may have been involved in the theft of nearly $7.5 billion in state funds. This, according to the Ukrayinska Pravda newspaper, was stated in the report by the State Financial Monitoring Service of Ukraine.
“According to these materials (for the entire period of investigation), the amount of financial transactions that may be related to the legalization of proceeds from criminal activity and may be also associated with other crimes, …
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Kiev expects Russia to answer to Ukraine's request to question Yanukovych
Ukraine expects a response from the Russian Ministry of Justice on the request to question, via videoconference, the former President of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych, and the former Commander of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, Stanislav Shulyak. The two are wanted for questioning for the killing of civilians by members of the Berkut at Euromaidan, as stated by the Ukrainian Minister of Justice, Pavel Petrenko, in an interview with channel 5, Interfax-Ukraine …
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Poroshenko appoints controversial Yanukovych-era diplomat as Ambassador to Norway
The President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, appointed Viacheslav Yatsiuk, the odious diplomat from the administration of the former President of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych, as the Ukrainian Ambassador to Norway, as indicated in an article by Sergei Sidorenko of EuroPravda. Norway is aware that "Yatsiuk was the third person assigned to the Ministry after Kozhara and his éminence grise Ruslan Demchenko, in the last years of Yanukovych’s presidency".
The signature of Yatsiuk is on some of the …
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Media: Yanukovych's wife has opened high-end grocery store in Sevastopol
Lyudmila Yanukovych, the wife of former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, has opened an elite foodstuff shop called Mercury in Sevastopol, as reported to The Objective news outlet by a customer.
The portal notes that in this supermarket, anyone can buy products prohibited by sanctions. The store's website announces that customers are offered "delicacies from different countries" and "own-brand products of its own manufacture."
According to the portal, Lyudmila Yanukovych lives in …
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Transparency International calls for trying Yanukovych in absentia
The Executive Director of Transparency International, Yaroslav Yurchyshyn, stated at a briefing that the international organization Transparency International Ukraine calls on authorities to initiate a trial in absentia of the former President Viktor Yanukovych in the autumn of this year.
"We hope that...we will witness the conviction of Yanukovych and key figures of his regime, albeit at the initial stage...We will do everything to ensure proceedings begin this autumn," Yurchyshyn said.
He …
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Russian Prosecutor General's office explains why it didn't extradite Yanukovych to Ukraine
According to RBC, the General Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation confirmed its refusal of Ukraine’s request for the extradition of the former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, which had been received by the Russian authorities in February 2015.
The petition for Yanukovych’s extradition was left without execution "by virtue of Article 3 of the European Convention on Extradition of 1957,” stated a response from the Russian Prosecutor General's Office. This article prescribes the …
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Transparency International: Yanukovych and Azarov granted Russian citizenship
The former President of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych, and the former Prime Minister of Ukraine, Mykola Azarov, who lost their power as a result of Euromaidan, have been granted Russian citizenship. Both men are now under state protection, Transparency International stated. If these reports are confirmed, Viktor Yanukovych will be able to avoid responsibility in Ukraine.
Many facts demonstrate that Yanukovych and Azarov have been granted Russian citizenship and that they are now under state …