"Fatherland" nominated Tymoshenko as a candidate for president of Ukraine

The Congress of the Fatherland party decided to nominate the candidacy of the ex-Prime Minister of the country Yulia Tymoshenko in the election of the President of Ukraine, which will be held on May 25, RIA Novosti reports.

"In the modern world, the best protection for Ukraine is the unification with the powerful countries of the world. Ukraine should become a full member of the EU as soon as possible and join European security and defense systems," Tymoshenko said at the congress.

“If we do not do this and remain lonely in the face of the aggressor, we will always be weak. We must integrate into the defense associations of the Western world,” she emphasized.

The leader of the "Fatherland" also made a slogan about the nomination of material claims to Russia in connection with the joining of Crimea into Russia. "I am convinced that the time has come to formulate clear material claims for the annexation of Crimea to the Russian Federation," she said.

Tymoshenko also once again noted the need to "reinforce" economic and financial sanctions against Russia.

The political crisis erupted in Ukraine at the end of November last year, when the Cabinet of Ministers announced the suspension of European integration of the country. Mass protests resulted in clashes with law enforcement agencies, which resulted in dozens of human victims.

On February 22, the Verkhovna Rada changed the constitution, changed the leadership of the parliament and the Ministry of Internal Affairs and removed the President Viktor Yanukovych from the authorities, who later left Ukraine. On February 27, the Ukrainian parliament approved the composition of the government of popular trust, Arseny Yatsenyuk became the prime minister.

This was followed by a series of armed provocations in the Crimea carried out by people in military uniform without identification signs. With their support, the Prime Minister of Autonomy was elected pro-Russian politician Sergei Aksenov, who initiated a referendum on the status of Crimea. In a referendum, which took place with violations and in the conditions of a boycott by the Crimean Tatars, the third largest ethnic group of the region, almost 97 percent of voters spoke out for the accession of Crimea to Russia. Anschlus was not recognized by Western countries. The United States, the EU and their partner countries imposed sanctions against some Russian senior officials and businessmen close to power.