Viktor Yanukovych
Viktor Yanukovych
Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych; born 9 July 1950) is a Ukrainian politician who served as the fourth President of Ukraine from February 2010 until his removal from power in February 2014. Yanukovych served as the governor of Donetsk Oblast, a province in eastern Ukraine, from 1997 to 2002. He was Prime Minister of Ukraine from 21 November 2002 to 31 December 2004, under President Leonid Kuchma. Yanukovych first ran for president in 2004: he advanced to the runoff election, and initially...
NationalityUkrainian
ProfessionStatesman
Date of Birth9 July 1950
CountryUkraine
That decision which the president took was very correct.
God has left me alive, so it looks like I'm needed for something ... As soon as there is a possibility for me to return, I will return and will do everything I can to make life better in Ukraine. And today, the main task is to stop the war.
I have never allowed anti-Russian rhetoric in Ukrainian policy toward such a strategic partner like Russia. This is the first point. I never went against the interests of the Ukrainian state and the Ukrainian people.
I am sure that the Ukrainian nation deserves a better life. That is why I have voted for good changes and for stability.
I came from a very poor family and my main dream in life was to break out of this poverty.
We must improve our lives and we will do it together - all of our citizens and myself as president of Ukraine.
The Party of the Regions has won a convincing victory. We are ready to undertake responsibility for forming the Cabinet and we are calling on everyone to join us.
We must improve our lives and we will do it together -- all of our citizens and myself as president of Ukraine...,
Ukraine will undergo a catastrophe if its political elite does not put the country's interests above career ambitions and narrow prejudices.
We won't allow our elderly to be demeaned. We won't allow anyone else to build our future for our own children. Together, we will win!