"On 21 February, Yanukovych and the parliamentary opposition
signed an agreement to bring about an interim unity government, constitutional reforms and early elections.
[13] Later that day, however, he secretly fled the capital for
Kharkiv, claiming his car was shot at as he left Kyiv, and travelling next to
Crimea, and eventually to exile in Russia.
[14]"
He fled office and was replaced ...vote was quite legal !as to charachter ,
"Yanukovych had an estimated net worth of $12 billion,[citation needed]and has been accused by Ukrainian officials of misappropriating funds from Ukraine's treasury.Arseniy Yatsenyukhas claimed that treasury funds of up to $70 billion were transferred to foreign accounts during Yanukovych's presidency.
"For most of [Yanukovych's] career he was a public servant or parliament deputy, where his salary never exceeded 2000 US dollars per month."
During the presidency of Viktor Yanukovych, at least 7,000 Ukrainian companies were attacked by the oligarchic clan of Yanukovych (the so-called "Yanukovych Families"). This number includes both cases of the so-called Family entering the corporate rights of the firms they like by illegal methods, and "assaults" in order to obtain "tribute" – that is, commercial gain.most of the money was never regained but damned good job to get rid of him
typical corrupt russian 
