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Editor's Note: The following is ex-Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych's interview with BBC Newsnight's Gabriel Gatehouse.

Ex-President Viktor Yanukovych, who fled power on Feb. 22, 2014, takes no responsibility for the murders of EuroMaidan Revolution protesters and blames those who drove him from power for the loss of Crimea and the Donbas in eastern Ukraine to Russia.