3. Kuchma/Yushchenko/ Tymoshenko/ Yanukovych

4. Dioxin Poisoning

8. Merkel/Tymoshenko Yanukovych/Putin

9. 21 Nov 13 - Yanukovych announces rejection of EU agreement 24 Nov – 100,000 people take to the streets in Kiev 1 Dec – Protesters take control of City Hall 8 Dec – 800,000 protestors clash with police 17 Dec – Putin gives Yanukovych 15 B bailout 22 Jan 14 – After passage of a draconian “anit-protest” law, 2 die of gunshot wounds from police in Kiev 28 Jan – Parliament grants amnesty if protestors vacate government building. Protesters leave by 16 Feb

10. 18 Feb - 25,000 protesters remain in Independence Square. In a clash with police, 18 people including 7 policemen are killed. Insurgents retake City Hall 19 Feb – Truce negotiated, but lasts only 24 hours, the next day 77 people die over the next 48 hours when police try to recapture the square 21 Feb – Yanukovych signs a compromise agreement with oppostion leaders brokered by France, Germany & Poland

11. 22 Feb – {rotesters take control of presidential administration buildings without resistance and opposition leaders call for elections on 25 May. President Yanukovych is nowhere to be seen and reports emerge that he has left for Kharkiv in the north-east. Parliament votes to remove him from power with elections set for 25 May. Mr Yanukovych appears on TV to insist he was lawfully- elected president, and denounces a "coup d'etat". His arch-rival, opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko who was jailed for seven years in 2011, is freed and travels 23 Feb - Parliament names speaker Olexander Turchynov as interim president. Mr Turchynov, a close associate of freed former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, tells MPs they have until Tuesday to form a new unity government. Meanwhile, the whereabouts of President Yanukovych remain unclear.

12. 22 Feb – Protesters take control of presidential administration buildings without resistance and opposition leaders call for elections on 25 May. Yanukovych is nowhere to be seen and reports emerge that he has left for Kharkiv in the north-east. Parliament removes him from power with elections set for 25 May. Mr Yanukovych appears on TV to insist he was lawfully- elected president, and denounces a "coup d'etat". His arch-rival, opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko who was jailed for seven years in 2011, is freed and travels 23 Feb - Parliament names speaker Olexander Turchynov as interim president. Turchynov, an associate of Tymoshenko, tells MPs they have until Tuesday to form a new unity government. Meanwhile, the whereabouts of Yanukovych remain unclear.

13. 27 Feb – Vladimir Putin announces Russian military exercises along the Ukrainian border. Armed and masked Yanukovych supporters seize Crimean government buildings Yanukovych appeals to Russia to protect “his personal safety: