Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych is a Ukrainian former politician and statesman who served as the fourth president of Ukraine from 2010 to 2014. He also served as the prime minister of Ukraine several tim
Official portrait, 2010
Yanukovych with Donetsk mayor Volodymyr Rybak (left) during his term as regional governor
Yanukovych during a meeting with European Commission president Romano Prodi in 2003
Yanukovych (sitting on the right) attending talks with opposition representatives during the Orange Revolution in Kyiv
Euromaidan, or the Maidan Uprising, was a wave of demonstrations and civil unrest in Ukraine, which began on 21 November 2013 with large protests in Maidan Nezalezhnosti in Kyiv. The protests were spa
Viktor Yanukovych
…of the Verkhovna Rada (parliament) from 2006 to 2010. Yanukovych was removed from the presidency during the 2014 Revolution of Dignity, which followed months of protests against him. Since then, he has lived in exile in Russia. Yanukovych was a member of the pro-Russian Party of Regions. Before entering national politics…
Clockwise from top left: a large European flag is waved across Maidan on 27 November 2013; opposition activist and popular singer Ruslana addresses the crowds on Maidan on 29 November 2013; Euromaidan on European Square on 1 December; plinth of the toppled Lenin statue; crowds direct hose at militsiya; tree decorated with flags and posters.
Protesters in Kyiv, 29 December 2013
Opposition leaders Vitali Klitschko, Arseniy Yatsenyuk and Oleh Tyahnybok, addressing demonstrators, 27 November 2013
Euromaidan protestors on 27 November 2013, Kyiv, Ukraine