Interpol puts Yanukovich on wanted list

Interpol, the international police agency, put former Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych on the international wanted list on Ukrainian charges of embezzlement and financial wrong-doing. It also red-flagged three of his associates. The information was released by the agency on 12 January 2015.

Mr Yanukovich fled across the Ukrainian border into Russia in February 2014 after months of street protests in Kyiv against his decision to back away from a deal that would take Ukraine towards integration with Europe and tighten economic ties with Russia.

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