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Taras Kuzio: Yanukovych goes from partner to violent kleptocrat
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych delivers a speech in Kiev on February 14, 2014 as he met with veterans of the Soviet era war in Afghanistan to mark the 25th anniversary of the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan. Anti-government protesters have occupied Kiev's central Independence Square for almost three months after President Viktor Yanukovych rejected a key EU trade pact in favour of closer ties with Russia. AFP PHOTO / GENYA SAVILOV
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 (UPI) -- Over the course of four years the international image of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has evolved from partner to violent kleptocrat.
