Entered into force in Ukraine, the law on deprivation of Viktor Yanukovych honorary title of President. yesterday, June 17, the law was placed in the official media - the parliamentary newspaper, the document takes effect from June 18 - from the day following the day of publication. The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine in February passed a law which provides for the deprivation of Yanukovych honorary title of President. According to the Ukrainian Constitution, the title of the President is guarded by a legislative act and is reserved for a man for life, unless the head of the country was not suspended by the Board for the performance of their duties in impeachment. Relative to Viktor Yanukovych, this procedure was not applied. Kiev's main square Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence square) - was occupied by supporters of European integration on November 21, 2013, immediately after the announcement of the government of Mykola Azarov about temporary suspension of the signing of the Treaty on the Union with the EU. Later, the Maidan became the epicenter of the confrontation between the security forces and radicals. The clashes, during which opposing political force many times used firearms and " Molotov cocktails ", were dozens of casualties. Twenty-second day of February 2014, the country underwent a coup. The Verkhovna Rada ousted Viktor Yanukovych from power, changed the Constitution and called early presidential elections, the results of which the new President of Ukraine is Petro Poroshenko.