Viktor Yanukovych "individual study programs" such as Yanukovych's were commonly viewed as a diploma mill for state officials. Yanukovych was married to Lyudmyla Oleksandrivna. The couple married in 1971. In February 2017, Yanukovych admitted that after 45 years of marriage he had divorced Lyudmyla. With his former wife, Yanukovych had two sons, Oleksandr and Viktor, and three grandsons Viktor, Oleksandr and Iliya. From 2006 to 2014, the younger Viktor was a member of the Parliament of Ukraine; he drowned in 2015. In February 2017, Yanukovych stated he was living in an "unofficial marriage" with then 39 year old Lybov Polezhay. Polezhay is
Yuriy Ilyin Yuriy Ilyin Yuriy Ivanovych Ilyin (born 21 August 1962) is a Ukrainian Admiral and former Commander of the Ukrainian Navy. He was elevated to the position of Chief of the General Staff by President Viktor Yanukovych on 19 February 2014 after the existing chief, Colonel General Volodymyr Zamana, was dismissed by the President during the February 2014 Euromaidan riots. After an admission to hospital following a heart attack on 27 February 2014, Ilyin was dismissed from the post of Chief of the General Staff by interim President Alexander Turchynov on 28 February 2014. Ilyin was born in Rogachev City, now