2/14 He said that he had found out about the incident with Putin’s helicopter from an officer of the Federal Security Service (FSO). 112 Ukraine TV channel broadcast the court session. According to Ponomarev, after the hard landing, Putin had a feeling that "conspiracy was all around," and in the
the political experts from Surkov's team believed the situation could be maintained and there would be snap elections which Yanukovych would win," Ponomarev said, adding that on February 22, 2014 he learned from Russia's federal protection service that Putin almost got into a helicopter accident(
2/14 Ponomarev said after the signing on February 21, 2014 of an agreement between Yanukovych and representatives of the then Ukrainian opposition group leaders, he spoke with political experts from the team led by Putin's assistant Vladislav Surkov. "I believed the agreement would not work and(
to support the idea."Putin watched the Maidan events and realized that the man he was supporting was losing.&therefore he had to personally take care of his evacuation&save his life. Putin saw all of that as a betrayal by the international community,as an interference into his personal interests,"
2/14Speaking at the trial of〜Yanukovych, Ilya Ponomaryov said onFebruary14 that he "knows for sure" Putin pushed forward the seizure of〜CrimeanPeninsula in the night ofFebruary22,acc to Radio Liberty/ manyRussian officials were against theMarch2014 annexation ofCrimea butPutin pressured them(
10/16 Ilya Ponomarev〜testified that the members of the Federation Council had received invitations to convene before the letter emerged/many of Ponomarev's earlier public statements contradict his testimony,〜Ponomarev points out that he knew about the letter: "The bottom line is that Yanukovyc