Sunday, February 23, 2014

Maybe Edina Realty Can Get the Listing

Looks like deposed Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovich might have a problem returning to his digs. And they are quite the digs:
 A beautiful forested estate of graceful waterways, summer houses and exotic gardens.
This is the home of Ukraine's fugitive president, who was dramatically ousted from power after one of the worst periods of violence in the country's history.

Ukraniains streamed to see Viktor Yanukovich's luxury estate, which has been closed off to the world for nearly a decade, and rubbed their eyes in disbelief when they were confronted by the scale of the opulence he built around him.

The property in Mezhyhirya, an hours drive from Kiev, has a golf course, helicopter pad and is situated in a country where the average salary is less than £300 a month.
A few pictures tell the tale:

Might even work on Lake Minnetonka
When you want to make Versailles look like a starter home
Lots more at the link. Despots are the same the world over. The Ukraine story is only starting, since Russia can put the screws to the new government there in any number of ways, and it's still quite possible that the whole thing could spiral into a particularly vicious civil war. In the meantime, we'll take the moment to enjoy another bad guy going down.

3 comments:

Gino said...

so, he got wealthy living off the political system. how is that different than those that we re-elect time and again?

Mr. D said...

how is that different than those that we re-elect time and again?

Didn't say it was different, Gino.

Bike Bubba said...

I can see that I'm not cut out for high office when I consider that I really don't want or need such a home. :^) When the kids are grown, maybe 2000 sf. in the woods with a nice sauna for Mrs. Bubba and I, but that? No way.