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He suffered disfigurement as a result of the poisoning, but survived. The runoff election in November 2004, won by Yanukovych, was marred by widespread accusations of election fraud, leading to the Orange Revolution and an order by the Ukrainian Supreme Court to repeat the vote. Yushchenko won the revote 52% to 44%.
In the 2004 presidential elections, Fiks served as a confidant of Viktor Yanukovych. [10] Fiks as a Member of the Verkhovna Rada. On 21 September 2004, Fiks became a member of the Temporary Investigative Commission of the Verkhovna Rada to investigate the circumstances of the poisoning of the presidential candidate, Viktor Yushchenko. [11]
Kuchma granted Yanukovych leave of absence to contest the December 26 election, and appointed First Deputy Prime Minister Mykola Azarov to serve as acting prime minister. The Times reported that Austrian doctors had confirmed that Yushchenko's mysterious illness was due to poisoning from a biological or chemical agent. Doctor Michael Zimpfer ...
SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine (AP) - Ukraine's acting government issued a warrant Monday for the arrest of President Viktor Yanukovych, last reportedly seen in the pro-Russian Black Sea peninsula of Crimea ...
The two main contenders in the election were the incumbent Prime Minister and government-supported candidate Viktor Yanukovych and opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko. Viktor Yanukovych, who was the Prime Minister since 2002, was supported by the outgoing President Leonid Kuchma, as well as by the Russian government and then president Vladimir ...
Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych [b] (born 9 July 1950) is a former Ukrainian politician who served as the fourth president of Ukraine from 2010 to 2014. [4] He also served as the prime minister of Ukraine several times between 2002 and 2007 and was a member of the Verkhovna Rada from 2006 to 2010.
Allegations were made that Viktor Yushchenko had made a deal with Viktor Yanukovych in order to secure a number of political positions for members of his team in exchange for supporting Viktor Yanukovych's campaign [178] Concern has been expressed that Viktor Yushchenko had tried to prevent news of the deal from being published by declaring it ...
[23] [24] Also the situation was monitored under the control of the President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych [25] During the pipeline inspection a crack length of 10 cm (3.9 in) was revealed, through which ammonia had leaked. Also three basic versions of the causes of the accident was formulated: incorrect operation of equipment, safety ...