Former head of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych appealed to the court of the EU, and asked in a persistent form to acknowledge his illegal dismissal, according to the text of the claim Yanukovych announced in the first day of the week in the Official journal of the EU.

Yanukovych Also requires the EU abolished the punishment that were taken against him in March. Former head of Ukraine believes that the freezing of his assets in the European Union is illegal and violates the rights of his property, which is guaranteed by the Charter of the main rights of the EU.

in the text of the claim is reported that Yanukovych did not agree that the decision of punishment in his attitude, he's called illegitimate by the President of Ukraine. In his vision, he is " democratically elected " President. He also called the transitional government, which remained in power until the election of Peter Poroshenko, the " illegal ".

in Ukraine on 22 February, there was a coup d'etat: the Verkhovna Rada dismissed President Yanukovych from power, changed the Constitution and called elections on may 25, following the results of which became the new President Petro Poroshenko. Yanukovych was forced to leave Ukraine, fearing for their lives.

The European Union on 6 March published the sanctions list of the suspects in a misappropriation of public funds in Ukraine. It included Viktor Yanukovych, the former head of administration of the head of the country Andriy Klyuyev and another 16 Ukrainian bureaucrats and businessmen. Their assets were frozen on the area of the EU.

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