in 2010, yanukovich ran again, and won. >> ( translated ): my task is to make sure that russia-ukraine relations take a radical turn in the right direction. >> reporter: one of those radical turns came in 2013. yanukovich stopped trade talks with the e.u., instead pursuing a similar agreement with russia. ( chanting ) >> reporter: that night, crowds gathered in kiev's maidan, or independence square, which continued to grow into a sprawling camp. >> ( translated ): we are ready for war, but we're hoping for the best. a government should be afraid of the people, not the people afraid of the government. >> reporter: but the head of the russian government vilified the ukrainian people. >> ( translated ): in my view, this is an attempt by the opposition to shake the current and-- i want to emphasize-- legitimate authorities in the country. ( explosion ) >> reporter: as 2014 began, authorities grew more violent. in late february, ukrainian security forces shot and killed dozens. then, the opposition and government reached a truce, and yanukovich fled-- reappearing a few days later, in russia

>> yanukovich ran against viktor yuschenko, a pro-western opposition politician. viktor yushchenko: it would be a great mistake if ukraine misses a train bound for europe. >> yanukovich won, but international monitors said the election fell short of its standard, and yuschenko's supporters took to the streets. they sparked the orange revolution, so called for the campaign's colors, holding protests and storming parliament. the ukrainian supreme court deemed the results invalid, and yuschenko won the next election. during the election, yuschenko became ill, and his face became disfigured. it was found to beioxin poisoning. his supporters blamed the pro-russian government. >> who is responsible? the ukrainian authorities are, who have been doing everything not to let yushchenko win. >> he did win, though, and continued pushing west. >> the political goal is the final integration to the european union and nato. the main question is not in the direction of movement but in the speed of it. >> but in eastern ukraine, support for russia remained strong. in 2010, yanukovi

accused of attempts to poison people including for example, former ukrainian president gano cove which -- yanukovich. we don't know the details. this is just reports from the wall street journal. what we have heard from that ukrainian negotiator was don't believe the yellow press, so they are trying to play that down. dani: that is our reporter in warsaw joining us. some breaking lines coming from japan. japan's vice minister of international affairs is talking about speaking with his u.s. counterpart. part of the discussion was a long discussion on fx as a major issue. they discussed this within the context of the macroeconomy. they also spoke about russia as well, saying they are cooperating on the russian response. but the sudden moves in foreign exchange are not desirable. and excessive moves can have a vet impact on the economy. we have seen the yen weakened significantly versus the dollar over the divergence between japan yields and that of the u.s. so far, there has been no intervention to stem some of those declines. but again, we have the ministry of finance flagging this is a potential iss