Forcible Discharge of Ukrainian President Yanukovich from Power

1. Following demonstrations in Kiev, a crowd of people in February 2014 took over buildings of administration and the residence of constitutionally elected Ukrainian President Yanukovich. There were people killed and wounded, among demonstrators and security officers of the Ukrainian President who protected his residence from illegal seizure. One of the putsch leaders Turchinov started to act as a President of Ukraine, although there was no election of the head of state. The relevant facts are described in the book of the former Prime Minister of Ukraine Azarov (Ukraina na pereputye. Zapiski Premyer-ministra [Ukraine at the crossroads. Notes of the Prime Minister] (2015)). These events were legally assessed as coup d’état in Russia and as a “Revolution” in the US, and resulted principally from the dominant role of the United States in governing Ukraine including the activities of the US advisers in the Ukrainian ministries and the US

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