U was Ukraine's pro -President projected the process against EU sanctions permanently. What the highest European court says about Viktor Yanukovici
Former Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovici has definitely lost the process against EU sanctions. The actions taken by the former Prous leader as head of the Ukrainian state have destabilized “Clearly“The country, concluded the highest court of the European Union, according to Politico.
Ianukovici was removed from power in 2014. PHOTO EPA EFE
Ianukovici was president of Ukraine between 2010 and 2014, before being removed from power after Euromaidan protests and running to Russia.
The former Prous leader was first sanctioned by the community block in 2014, when he was forbidden to travel to the EU and his assets were frozen, and later, in 2022, after Russia's large-scale invasion.
Viktor Ianukovici asked the highest court in the EU – the Court of Justice of the European Union – to cancel the measures against it, on the grounds that the community block imposed sanctions when, in his opinion, he was not involved in any criminal trials and that there is no “No concrete evidence ” As for him.
The aforementioned court rejected the action on Wednesday, September 10, by a decision in which the mandate of president of Ukraine was harsh.
The actions of the former President Prous “clearly contributed to the destabilization” of Ukraine
Ianukovici's actions as head of the Ukrainian state “They have clearly contributed to destabilization“The country, and the EU was right to include it on the list of his sanctions, in accordance with his legal criteria, is shown in the decision drafted on 18 pages.
The court also noted the failure of the former powerful man “to effectively distance themselves from the Russian authorities ” after his term as president and “His involvement in a plan ” to remove the Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski, in March 2022.
Ianukovici's son, Oleksandr Viktorovici Ianukovici, was also sanctioned by the EU for his major business in the Donbas region, occupied by Russia. On Wednesday, the court also rejected its parallel appeal to lift the sanctions.
As President of Ukraine, Yanukovici withdrew the country from an association agreement with the EU, robbed the state treasury and tried to get closer relationships with the Kremlin, triggering a large-scale civil disorders.
After asking Russian President Vladimir Putin to send troops to the country to restore the order and after bloody confrontations between his security forces and pro-democracy protesters, in which over 100 people died, Yanukovici fled (in early 2014) to Russia, where he has been living in exile since.
