According to Lutsenko, the conversation took place in Donetsk, in which year, he did not specify.
“I met him at football – went with my son to Donetsk for the Ukraine-Serbia match. Akhmetov invited him to his box. There was a very funny story: the son came in Shakhtar’s scarf. And Yanik is like: “Oh, your son wears the correct scarf.” I say: “Viktor Fedorovich, if you miss the orange scarf, come, we have been waiting for you for a long time,” Lutsenko began.
He noted that Ukraine won that match.
“Akhmetov suddenly says to everyone:“ Goodbye, everyone is free, and Yuri Vitalievich and I will go and congratulate the team. ”I was surprised – the tables were set, and he kicked them all out. with … ke not a penny, not a word will not help in the elections. For … a ball to such an extent that I can’t stand it anymore. I just found an excuse. “I don’t know if he wanted to tell me so, or in fact it was, because he did not finance the elections of Yanukovych,” Lutsenko continued.
Akhmetov one of the ten most influential people Of Ukraine according to the NV magazine. In the ranking of the richest Ukrainians, compiled by Forbes Ukraine magazine in May, the businessman It ranked first.
Yanukovych ran twice for the presidency of Ukraine. He lost the elections in 2004 to Viktor Yushchenko, in 2010 he won.
February 22, 2014 after three months of protests on the Maidan The Verkhovna Rada recognized Yanukovych self-removed from office and not fulfilling his duties, after which new presidential elections were announced. He left Ukraine, now lives with his family in Russia.
In January 2019, Yanukovych was in absentia found guilty by the Obolonsky District Court of Kiev in high treason and aiding in the conduct of an aggressive war and sentenced to 13 years in prison. Also Yanukovych suspected of treason due to the signing of the Kharkiv agreements in 2010, as well as in the organization of a terrorist attack and premeditated killings on the Maidan in 2014
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