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Ukraine: Yushchenko's Secret Residence

Friday, February 1st, 2008 @ 22:04 UTC

by Veronica Khokhlova

Countries:: Ukraine
Topics:: Business, Cyber-Activism, Governance, History, Law, Politics

Foreign Notes writes about president Yushchenko's residence in Koncha Zaspa: “It is never been seen by ‘lesser mortals'. There are no known official photographs this place. t was built by former president Kuchma, who now lives very comfortably just a few doors away in a newly-built prestigious dacha. […] The orange revolution seems a long way away.”

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