Viktor Yanukovych

During the flower-laying ceremony, a wreath fell on Yanukovych to the Unknown Soldier . The politician himself was also unstable. While still a presidential candidate for the first time, Viktor Yanukovych fell like a wreck when a chicken egg was thrown at him.

Viktor Fedorovich quite often got into curious situations. So, the classic of the president's illiteracy was his questionnaire, which he filled out before the 2004 presidential election.

Viktor Yanukovych at the head of the Party of Regions twice - in 2006 and 2007 - won the parliamentary elections.

In February 2014, after the execution of protesters on the Maidan, Viktor Yanukovych resigned and fled the country. At the moment he lives in Rostov-on-Don.

Thanks to constant quarrels within the “orange” forces, in 2010 he won the presidential election and became the Fourth President of Ukraine. However, he did not happen to be the head of Ukraine during the entire five-year presidential term.

In November 2013, the suspension of the process of signing the Association Agreement with the European Union once again provoked the exit of thousands of people opposed to the president's policies.

Thanks to constant quarrels within the “orange” forces, in 2010 he won the presidential election and became the Fourth President of Ukraine. However, he did not happen to be the head of Ukraine during the entire five-year presidential term.

In early 2005, Yanukovych lost his post as head of government. However, a year and a half later, after successful parliamentary elections, Viktor Yanukovych regained the chair of the prime minister. But due to the protracted political crisis in December 2007, President Yushchenko dismissed Yanukovych. After that, twice the prime minister went into the shadows and seemed to have ceased to be a top politician.

This caused a storm of discontent in society, which led to the Orange Revolution and a second round of voting. Yanukovych got 44%. Eight percent more voters voted for Yushchenko.

In 2004, Viktor Yanukovych, whom Leonid Kuchma made his successor, took part in the presidential elections. In the first round of voting, he won almost an equal number of votes with his main opponent, opposition candidate Viktor Yushchenko. In the second round, Viktor Fedorovich won 49% of the vote and was declared President by the Central Election Commission.