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UNIANFormer president of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych, after a meeting with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin in October 2013, collapsed with a hypertensive crisis. After that, chaos began within the Ukrainian authorities' team, and representatives of the Party of Regions started blocking pro-European integration laws. This incident was recounted by former people's deputy Inna Bohoslovska, writes "Glavcom."
According to the former deputy, in September 2013 the Party of Regions faction and the party elite almost unanimously supported Ukraine's European course.
In particular, on 4 September, during a meeting at the Zoryanyi cinema, practically all attending government officials, mayors, and businessmen voted in favor of signing the Association Agreement with the European Union in Vilnius.
Only Olena Bondarenko opposed it, and Nestor Shufrych abstained.
What changed after the meeting with Putin
According to Bohoslovska, the situation changed dramatically after Yanukovych's trip to Putin in October 2013. The former deputy stated that during the meeting the Russian leader frightened the then-Ukrainian president.
Upon returning to Kyiv, Yanukovych, for the first time in years in high office, collapsed with a hypertensive crisis, Bohoslovska claims.
Against this backdrop, chaos began in the then-government's team, and pro-European integration laws started being blocked from within the Party of Regions itself. These events preceded the Ukrainian authorities' refusal to sign the Association Agreement with the EU at the Vilnius summit in the autumn of 2013.
Other news about Yanukovych's family
As UNIAN reported, the ex-president's former wife, 76-year-old Lyudmyla Yanukovych, likely died in June in Russia.
Journalists conducted an investigation and found that Lyudmyla Yanukovych's number is listed in the Russian Gosuslugi registry, but it has not been in service for a long time. Information about the subscriber's activity was last recorded on 19 June.
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