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
History of Ukraine the Ukrainian parliament on 22 February voted to remove Yanukovych from power (on the grounds that his whereabouts were unknown and he thus could not fulfil his duties), and to free Yulia Tymoshenko from prison. The same day Yanukovych supporter Volodymyr Rybak resigned as speaker of the Parliament, and was replaced by Tymoshenko loyalist Oleksandr Turchynov, who was subsequently installed as interim President. Yanukovych had fled Kiev, and subsequently gave a press conference in the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don. In March 2014, the Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation resulted in Crimea being annexed by Russia. Though official results