in the 2010 presidential election Choosing , yanukovych became Becoming yushchenko 's successor as ukrainian president after the central election Choosing commission and international observers declared Expressing_publicly that the presidential election Choosing was conducted Action fairly .

as a result of these events , the agreement on settlement of political crisis in ukraine was signed on Sign_agreement 21 february 2014 by the president of ukraine viktor yanukovych and the leaders of the parliamentary opposition ( vitaly klitschko , arseny yatsenyuk , oleh tyahnybok ) under the mediation of the european union and the russian federation .

despite the ousting of yanukovych , the installation of a new government , and the adoption of the unk union association agreement 's political provisions , the protests Attack have sustained pressure on the government to reject russian influence in ukraine .