This is a matter of the state's national security" | During his second foreign visit to Moscow in March, Yanukovych vowed to end , saying that ties between Russia and Ukraine "should never be the way they were for the past five years" |
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In his press conference in Rostov-on-Don on 28 February Yanukovych claimed that at the time he did not "flee anywhere", but that his car was shot at "by " as he left Kyiv for Kharkiv "to meet the representatives of local parties" and he was then forced to move around Ukraine amid fears for the safety of himself and his family | Radio Free Europe, Radio Liberty Rferl |
Currently is the only official language of Ukraine.
29Yanukovych was first married to Lyudmyla Oleksandrivna | Mezhyhirya is estimated to have been sold for more than 75 million U |
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He later thanked Vladimir Putin for "saving his life" | In an overview piece in March 2013, claimed that Yanukovych had "failed to meet" his 2010 election promises |
Because no candidate passed the 50 percent threshold, a second round of voting was scheduled.