The chief Prosecutor's office of Ukraine suspected of former President Viktor Yanukovych in taking a bribe in the amount of 26 million hryvnia (more than 1, 2 million dollars at current exchange rate) in the period from 2011 to 2012, said the Ministry.
"The ex-President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych suspected of taking bribes in the amount of 26 million in the period 2011-2012, with the assistance of using his official position to those who have been controlled by a company of" New world ", in the conduct of business and other activities, as well as intercession for them in relations with the public and the police ", ? reported in the report on the Internet office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine.
"Specified unlawful profits Yanukovych received under the royalties for granted and written by him in the future book," ? added in the Ministry. Yanukovych is the author of five books, published in 2006-2010: "a Year in the opposing political organization. In politics no final victories and defeats","?, And Year in power. From the fall ? economic growth ", " cross road ", "Ukraine continue to live" Opportunity Ukraine ( " Ukraine ? the land of opportunity ", in English). Recall, on February 22, Ukraine saw a change of power with signs of a coup, the Verkhovna Rada dismissed the head of state Viktor Yanukovych From power, After which he fled the country. After fleeing the residence of Yanukovych's Mezhyhirya was attacked by the active participants of the Maidan. In may, the head of the presidential administration of Ukraine Serhiy Pashinsky said that the residence was ransacked, most of the property has " for criminals and looters ". The chief Prosecutor's office of Ukraine filed at least 20 criminal proceedings relatively high position of the persons of the former government. Among them Viktor and Oleksandr Yanukovych, Viktor Pshonka, Vitaliy Zakharchenko, Andriy Klyuyev, Mykola Azarov, Eduard stavytsky, and others. At the end of February, Parliament adopted a decision to appeal to the Hague petition to bring Yanukovych to justice. Yanukovych was named a suspect in the mass murders and declared in the international wanted list.

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