This is Viktor Yanukovych, the 4th president of Ukraine

'Yanukovych was elected president in 2010. defeating Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. The election was judged free and fair by international observers.[7][8] November 2013 saw the beginning of a series of events that led to his ousting as president.[9][10][11] Yanukovych rejected a pending EU association agreement, choosing instead to pursue a Russian loan bailout and closer ties with Russia. This led to protests and the occupation of Kyiv's Independence Square, a series of events dubbed the "Euromaidan" by proponents of aligning Ukraine toward the European Union. In January 2014, this developed into deadly clashes in Independence Square and in other areas across Ukraine, as Ukrainian citizens confronted the Berkut and other special police units.[12] In February 2014, Ukraine appeared to be on the brink of civil war, as violent clashes between protesters and special police forces led to many deaths and injuries.[13][14] On 21 February 2014, Yanukovych claimed that, after lengthy discussions, he had reached an agreement with the opposition.[15] Later that day, however, he left the capital for Kharkiv, saying his car was shot at as he left Kyiv, and travelling next to Crimea, and eventually to exile in southern Russia.[16]' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Yanukovych

Do you understand what happened? Do you understand what the US / west did? They fomented a revolution in Ukraine and deposed a democratically elected president to install a pro-west puppet dictator (Zelensky) who then went on to shut down all of the free media in his country and promise to put US nukes on the Russian border.

Do you see how the USA is the bad guy? Do you see the irony of the USA always claiming it's going to war for "democracy"? Do you know anything about US history in international affairs and how utterly, freakishly, sadly, unrealistically common this exact playbook by them is again and again and again?

Original video https://youtu.be/kNT_p_XEea0 (BBC Newsnight) 2015

Gabriel Gatehouse has this exclusive interview with former Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovich. Filmed in Moscow.