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Ukrainian court sentences ex-president Yanukovych to 13 years in prison

Ukrainian court sentences ex-president Yanukovych to 13 years in prison
FILE PHOTO: Viktor Yanukovych, President of Ukraine, addresses the 68th United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York, September 24, 2013. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo -  Copyright  Brendan McDermid(Reuters)
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KIEV (Reuters) - A Ukrainian court on Thursday sentenced former president Viktor Yanukovich in absentia to 13 years in jail on treason charges, a judge said, saying his conduct in office had opened the door to Russia's annexation of Crimea and conflict in eastern Ukraine.

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Yanukovich fled to Russia in 2014 following street protests against his rule. His successor, Petro Poroshenko, has adopted a pro-Western foreign policy, reversing Yanukovich's tilt towards Moscow.

(Reporting by Pavel Polityuk; Editing by Gareth Jones)

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