Ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich makes a statement during a news conference in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, March 11, 2014. redit: Reuters/Maxim Shemetov
Reuters: A year after fleeing Ukraine, Yanukovich speaks of return
(Reuters) - Ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich, who fled to Russia a year ago after being toppled by months of street protests, said he was ready to return to Ukraine if the opportunity arose.
The pro-Russian leader was overthrown by the "Maidan" uprising in Kiev against his decision to back away from a deal that would have taken the country towards integration with Europe and instead tighten economic ties with Russia, Ukraine's old Soviet master.
Just weeks after his departure, Moscow annexed the Crimea peninsula, a base for Russia's Black Sea fleet, and pro-Russian separatists seized key buildings in the east of the country leading to a conflict in which more than 5,000 people have been killed.
WNU Editor: My advice to former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich is simple .... never go back to Ukraine. Ousted Ukrainian President Yanukovich was just one of a long string of corrupt and incompetent Ukrainian leaders who did everything in their power to make a complete mess of the country .... and in his case he did succeed spectacularly. But as bad as former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich is .... when compared to the current crop of leaders in Kiev .... you have to wonder if maybe he was the lesser of all evils.
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