I have never allowed anti-Russian rhetoric in Ukrainian policy toward such a strategic partner like Russia. This is the first point. I never went against the interests of the Ukrainian state and the Ukrainian people.

On the other hand he stated at a meeting with Taras Shevchenko National Prize winners in Kiev on 9 March 2010 that "Ukraine will continue to promote the Ukrainian language as its only state language". Once "Ukraine achieves those standards that currently exist in Europe" then the country should consider joining the EU. I grew up without my mother who died when I was two.

Yanukovych continued to lead his party the Party of Regions after the 2004 election and he served as Prime Minister for a second time from 4 August 2006 to 18 December 2007 under President Yushchenko. Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych (Ukrainian: [About this sound] Ві́ктор Фе́дорович Януко́вич (help·info) Russian: Виктор Фёдорович Янукович; born 9 July 1950) is a Ukrainian statesman and politician who has been the President of Ukraine since February 2010.