Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog

First word came that Yanukovich had left Ukraine for various rumored destinations from Russia to Dubai. Then came word that Yanukovich was denied exit from the country.

But the delight of the day was ordinary Ukrainians touring the abandoned Presidential vacation palace, which such amenities as:

A classic car collection

A private zoo

A gold toilet

An actual galleon (helpfully named GALLEON; this pretty much confirms what we suspected of the vast range of Mr. Yanukovich’s imagination…) floating on an artificial lake.

Some Tweets on the theme:

Look at the size of that boat! Was #Yanukovich staging performances of The Pirates of Penzance? #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/jJ4wub55tr @nycjim

— BattleSwarm (@BattleSwarmBlog) February 22, 2014

People of #Kyiv swarm over President’s estate, learn he has a boat there. A big one. http://t.co/1DSJHprqrJ pic.twitter.com/sFLNeVlnIz

— Jim Roberts (@nycjim) February 22, 2014

Bemused sheep. They're just not used to seeing so many people pic.twitter.com/SKDvCLSi76

— Matt Frei (@mattfrei) February 22, 2014

Also, Russia has a sad.

Tags: Communism, Crime, EuroMaidan, Foreign Policy, fraud, Ukraine, Viktor Yushchenko

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