The State Bureau of Investigation has completed a pre-trial investigation against former President Viktor Yanukovych and Prime Minister Mykola Azarov in the case of treason against Ukraine by prior conspiracy by a group of persons to implement the so-called "

The investigation found that a number of former high-ranking officials contributed to the military plans of the aggressor state - they " First, their "

In particular, Viktor Yanukovych personally ensured the legalization of the treacherous agreement under Ukrainian law.. It was on his instructions that a draft interstate agreement was prepared, agreed upon by the central executive authorities and approved at a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers. Subsequently, the so-called "

The Kharkiv agreements extended the stay of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Ukraine for another 25 years and allowed the build-up of Russian military personnel in Crimea, although the Russians were supposed to reduce their contingent on the peninsula. Thus, in 2014, from the knowledge of Yanukovych, almost 37 thousand personnel of the Russian armed forces were on the peninsula, which posed a threat to the sovereignty, territorial integrity and inviolability, defense capability, and state security of Ukraine.

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Recall that in the case of the Kharkiv Accords, suspicion was also reported and the former ministers of defense, justice and foreign affairs of Ukraine were put on the wanted list, and the investigator judge similarly chose a preventive measure in the form of detention.

An extradition procedure is now underway against the former ministers of justice and foreign affairs - one of the suspects is hiding in Cyprus, and the whereabouts of another is being checked..

The former Minister of Defense of Ukraine, suspected of committing treason, is hiding on the territory of Belarus, which currently makes it impossible to extradite him.

The Kharkiv agreements were signed on April 21, 2010 by the then presidents of Ukraine and Russia Viktor Yanukovych and Dmitry Medvedev. On the Ukrainian side, the main ideologist of their imprisonment was the then First Deputy Prime Minister Andriy Klyuyev, with the support of the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Raisa Bogatyreva, who Viktor Yanukovych inherited from Viktor Yushchenko, and, of course, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov. The foreign policy direction in the administration of President Yanukovych was then supervised by Andrei Goncharuk, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was headed by Konstantin Grishchenko.