The former Prime Minister of Ukraine Mykola Azarov, who headed the government until 2014 during the presidency of Viktor Yanukovych, promised to return to Ukraine and live there on savings and the payments due to him. "With pleasure I will return to Ukraine and I will live on the savings that I have, on that pension, those academic payments that are put to me. I know what an aggressive regime in Ukraine, but I will return, "he told journalists in Moscow. "I have enough savings to live modestly, but I'm not complaining. I never took bribes in Ukraine. There is not a single person who could say that Azarov took bribes, "said the ex-premier. Meanwhile, the European Union court refused to cancel the sanctions against Azarov, the Internet publication "European Pravda" reports with reference to the relevant court decision. According to the report, Azarov disputed the sanctions imposed on him by the Council of the European Union in 2016. "Azarov's defense asserted that when imposing sanctions, fundamental rights to property and business were violated and an independent investigation was violated, and that the former prime minister was included in the list on the basis of a false opinion," it was reported.. By its decision, the court refused to exclude Azarov from the EU sanctions list and ordered the ex-prime minister to reimburse his own legal expenses and expenses of the EU Council.