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Shocking opulence revealed as Ukraine’s Viktor Yanukovych flees home
Genya Savilov /AFP | People visit the main building of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych’s residency near Kiev on February 22, 2014
A vast country estate, marble-lined mansions, a private golf course and zoo: the unimaginable luxury of the private residence of departed Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych was flung open Saturday for all to see.
As parliament voted to oust Yanukovych after he fled to a pro-Russian bastion in east Ukraine following months of bloody protest against his rule, thousands of Ukrainians wandered awestruck around the breathtaking luxury of his abandoned property some 15 kilometres (10 miles) from Kiev after it was taken by demonstrators.
“I am in shock,” said retired military servicewoman Natalia Rudenko, as she looked out over the manicured lawns studded with statues of rabbits and deers.
“In a country with so much poverty how can one person have so much — he has to be mentally sick.
Source: http://philosophers-stone.co.uk/wordpress/2014/02/shocking-opulence-revealed-as-ukraines-viktor-yanukovych-flees-home/
