Opposition leader Arseniy Yatsenyuk Protests in Ukraine are set to continue after opposition leader rejected a deal offered today by the president,  , for Yatsenyuk to become Prime Minister. Yatsenyuk and the opposition movement known as '' have said they want certain demands, including running new elections, to be met before taking a power-sharing deal. Protests started in November of last year after the Ukrainian government decided to reject a free trade deal with the  and build stronger ties with Russia. Following the rejection of the EU deal, the Russian government has bought 15 billion of Ukrainian and given a discount on gas supplies from Russia, cutting the price from over $400 per 1,000 cubic metres of gas to $268.50. The right-wing Ukrainian politician said at the time President Yanukovych had "pawned whole sectors" of the Ukrainian economy to Russia.
Opposition leader Arseniy Yatsenyuk Protests in Ukraine are set to continue after opposition leader rejected a deal offered today by the president, Viktor Yanukovych , for Yatsenyuk to become Prime Minister. Yatsenyuk and the opposition movement known as '' have said they want certain demands, including running new elections, to be met before taking a power-sharing deal. Protests started in November of last year after the Ukrainian government decided to reject a free trade deal with the European Union and build stronger ties with Russia. Following the rejection of the EU deal, the Russian government has bought 15 billion of Ukrainian and given a discount on gas supplies from Russia, cutting the price from over $400 per 1,000 cubic metres of gas to $268.50. The right-wing Ukrainian politician said at the time President Yanukovych had "pawned whole sectors" of the Ukrainian economy to Russia.
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Viktor Yanukovych
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European Union