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Yanukovych's appeal against EU sanctions rejected

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The European Union’s General Court has rejected a decade-long appeal by Viktor Yanukovych, the former Ukrainian president, to lift sanctions against him. The ruling was reported by DW.

Mr. Yanukovych, who served as president from 2010 to 2014, was first sanctioned by the EU in 2014 with a travel ban and asset freeze. These measures were expanded in 2022 after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

The former leader had argued that at the time the sanctions were imposed, there were no criminal cases against him in Ukraine and that Brussels "had no concrete evidence."

During his presidency, Mr. Yanukovych's refusal to sign an association agreement with the EU sparked large-scale protests in Kyiv. He later fled to Russia following the events of the Euromaidan. His tenure was marked by accusations of public fund embezzlement and a closer alignment of Ukraine with the Kremlin.

European judges noted that Mr. Yanukovych's actions as president "obviously contributed to the destabilisation of the country." They said this provided legal grounds for his inclusion on the sanctions list and pointed out that he had never distanced himself from Russian authorities after his escape to Moscow.

The court's ruling also highlighted that the former president was involved in a "plot to overthrow" Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in March 2022. Mr. Yanukovych’s son, Oleksandr, who is also under EU sanctions, had a similar appeal rejected by the court. His restrictions target his business ties in occupied Donbas.

Translation by Iurie Tataru

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