Oleksandr Yanukovych former acting prime minister Serhiy Arbuzov (son of UBD president). Also in 2017, a Kyiv court rejected a lawsuit by Yanukovych to recover up to UAH 1,6 billion in damages from the National bank of Ukraine after it delisted the UBD following sanctions applied by the European Union. In 2016, Oleksandr Yanukovych and his father sought the annulment of their assets in sanction measures adopted by the EU in 2014, stating that the evidence presented was not factual. In 2015, Viktor Yanukovych was placed on Interpol's 'Wanted List'. Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov confirmed that a warrant was also issued
Mayor of Kiev mayor of Kiev Leonid Chernovetsky of the office of Head of Kiev City Administration, while still preserving the post of mayor. This led to Chernovetsky being deprived of any official decision-making role and most power in the capital was handed over to the Head of Kiev City Administration. At that time that was Oleksandr Popov who was appointed by President Viktor Yanukovych on 16 November 2010. Before these amendments, the elected mayor of the Kiev City Council was automatically appointed also as head of the Kiev City City Administration. Chernovetsky was not seen in Kiev for several months after Popov's