Viktor Yanukovych

Russia rejects UK claim of trying to replace Ukraine leader

By JIM HEINTZ and JILL LAWLESSJanuary 23, 2022 GMT

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s Foreign Ministry on Sunday rejected a British claim that the Kremlin is seeking to replace Ukraine’s government with a pro-Moscow administration, and that former Ukrainian lawmaker Yevheniy Murayev is a potential candidate.

Ukraine’s president dismisses head of Constitutional Court

March 27, 2021 GMT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s president has dismissed two judges from the country’s Constitutional Court, saying in a decree issued Saturday that certain jurists "pose a threat to the state independence and national security of Ukraine...

Ukraine lawmaker: Manafort tried to hide $750,000 payment

By NATALIYA VASILYEVAMarch 21, 2017 GMT

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — A Ukrainian lawmaker on Tuesday released a document that he said links Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort to attempts to hide a $750,000 payment from a pro-Russia political party — a claim strongly denied by Manafort's spokesman...