The United States of America was a tactic of gradual extrusion of the President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych from power, said the former Prime Minister of Ukraine Mykola Azarov.

Azarov on Wednesday in the capital of Russia will present his book " Ukraine at the crossroads ".

"regarding the USA, I think they was initially tactics gradual extrusion of Yanukovych from power, in the first stage, they were set the task to remove the government, and they have achieved this, putting forward the thesis that the creation of a national unity government," he said.

He said that, unfortunately, the U.S. was able to draw Yanukovych in useless conversations, and at the same time, in Kiev from all regions was up with weapons citizens to seize power.

"When I was prepared operation for shooting people on the Maidan

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