Yanukovych was ruined by his criminal habit of scammers, - former comrade-in-arms
Former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych wanted to deceive both the West and Russia. About this on air “People. Hard Talk,” said former Minister of Economy Viktor Suslov.
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According to him, with this game, Yanukovych wanted to wrest preferences from Russia, and initially did not intend to join the EU.
“At a high level, no one wanted to sign the agreement. Even basic things - there was no copy of the association in Ukrainian, no one translated it, no one coordinated it with the ministries, the Cabinet of Ministers and entrepreneurs did not discuss it. Formally, it was in progress, but in fact, the lack of involvement of government agencies and business clearly indicated that they were not going to sign it, that it was a means of diplomatic pressure.
Yanukovych seemed to have succeeded - he put pressure on Russia, did not sign the agreement after negotiations with Russia and concessions, and on December 17, 2013, he received from Russia $268 per thousand cubic meters, a discount on gas, a loan of $15 billion, three of which he received immediately . Several dozen agreements were signed in aircraft and mechanical engineering, on major projects involving tens of billions of dollars of investment in Ukraine.
This is what he sought and got in this way, but he did not understand that the West would not leave him unpunished and he got Maidan,” Suslov said.
Yanukovych's criminal habit of scamming was his undoing, says a former associate.