You call this one corruption? Eyes Rolling 360 degree!!! 'MONUMENTAL CORRUPTION': INSIDE THE STAGGERINGLY OPULENT HOME OF UKRAINE'S PROSECUTOR GENERAL
Opulent to the extreme, the lavish
estate of the Ukraine's ex-prosecutor-general Viktor Pshonka is another example
of the extravagant homes the country's former leaders and top officials enjoyed
living in.
With Pshonka reportedly having fled
the country, the photos show the exterior and interior of the home, in the
village of Gorenichy outside the capital Kiev, taken on Monday. A Reuters
photographer said that with Pshonka gone, journalists and people entered the
house to inspect it.
Zik reported that
along with fugitive former president's Viktor Yanukovich's estate, the
properties were having their value assessed by experts in the wake of them
going on the run.
This was only one of Pshonka's
homes. He also had the use of a hunting lodge around 20 miles away on a
compound with two other lodges, one of them for the use of the deposed
president Viktor Yanukovych.
The hunting estate has been entered
by opposition activists, who found guns and removed files,
reported www.kyivpost.com. But there was no sign of Pshonka, who is seen
as one of the key allies of Yanukovych.
Like Yanukovych, he is now on the
run and his whereabouts are unclear. He may have left the country and is
subject to an arrest warrant issued by the new authorities.
The scale of the opulence of homes
used by public officials is seen by opposition activists as proof of
large-scale corruption among the country's elite, one of the key causes of public
anger which led to the protests in Kiev and other cities.
Former ex-prosecutor-general Viktor Pshonka held the position from November 4, 2010 until February 22, 2014, when he was ousted by the Verkhovna Rada, the Ukraine parliament, in a no-confidence vote. On February 23 an arrest warrant was issued for Pshonka.
Behind by a fort-like gate (pictured
below), Pshonka's home awaits sprawling gardens and manicured grass. But the
real extravaganza is in the house.
It features an indoor swimming pool,
plush dinning rooms, grand fire places and is littered with ornate valuables
and artwork including many portraits of himself.
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