Oleksandr Turchynov Turchynov is related to unlawful construction in the Landscape Valley ("Peyzazhna aleya") district of Kiev. In autumn of 2004 the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine signed an investment contract with JSC "Ukrainian Property" (OAO "Ukrayinsʹke mayno") on the construction of an apartment building in this district. With this the share of the MFA in the project made just 20%. The Ministry actually became a cover for the businessmen. As of the 1 January 2007, 91.1% of the JSC "Ukrainian Property" shares belonged to "Eclad Invest Ltd." (USA), and 8.2% to Valery Kovalenko. Previously, the shares of JSC "Ukrainian Property"
Viktor Yanukovych the transitional government went to representatives of the right-wing extremist nationalist group Svoboda, condemned by the EU in 2012 (see Svoboda Party). Unlike his 28 February press conference, Yanukovych did not take questions from reporters. On 28 March 2014, Yanukovych asked the Party of Regions to exclude him. He was excluded on 29 March during a party congress along with several senior figures of his régime. On 13 April, Yanukovych again gave a press conference in Rostov-on-Don, this time accompanied by former Prosecutor General Viktor Pshonka and former interior minister Vitaliy Zakharchenko. On 13 June 2014, Yanukovych released a video