Azarov said he does not want to judge Yanukovych’s deeds. "I would not like to be a judge," Azarov said at a news conference in Moscow on the occasion of the publication of his book Ukraine at a Crossroads.
He said Yanukovych had the opportunity to "keep order in the country," prevent the February 2014 coup.
"When an operation to shoot dead people on Maidan [Independence Square in downtown Kiev, the symbol of Ukrainian protests] was organized, the entire world and Ukraine were frightened — it was for the first time in our history that over 130 people were cold-bloodedly [shot dead] on Maidan, 26 of them being law enforcement officers," Azarov said.
"In this context, Yanukovych lost his heart and the hands of those who plotted a coup were free. He was called a bloody tyrant and it was said he was subject to liquidation. Groups tasked with capturing him and implementing the Libyan variant were formed. He was to have died like Gaddafi," he said.
"What was happening then in Ukraine can’t be compared with coups in Africa," Azarov said.
- The former premier also said he does not condemn Yanukovych for leaving Kiev and heading for the country’s east when his liquidation was being organized.
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Ukraine's ex PM Azarov explains reason for his escape abroad...
ReplyDeleteFormer Prime Minister of Ukraine Nikolai Azarov told about the circumstances that had led to his escape from the country. According to Azarov, there were people, who attempted to assassinate him during the coup in February 2014.
For this reason, the politician was forced to leave Ukraine.
The former Ukrainian prime minister said that his wife was driving Azarov's car when unidentified persons opened fire at the traveling vehicle. The woman managed to stay alive by miracle, Azarov said. He believes that the bullets fired at the car were intended to kill the politician himself.
"I had no choice but to leave the country," Azarov said.
The former head of the Ukrainian government also said that in the days of Euromaidan, Western states actively interfered in internal politics of the Ukrainian government.
According to Nikolai Azarov, Western politicians would constantly communicate with the then Ukrainian leadership, instructing officials not to use violent methods against protesters. Yanukovych's "obedience" to the West eventually led to his removal from power, Azarov said.
To crown it all, Nikolai Azarov said that there was a team created for the purpose of physical destruction of the fourth president of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych, and his entire family.
http://english.pravda.ru/news/hotspots/04-02-2015/129696-ukraine_azarov_assassination-0/
4/2/15