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Blog / 26 March 2007 | 13:24
Last press conference Ukraine’s PM Yanukovych invited journalists to his house. The house is situated in the Novy Petrovtsy village. The territory is enclosed by high “impenetrable” fence. The house was built in the 60s as a state dacha. As a Prime Minister Yanukovych got the house for use in perpetuity in 2004, and in 2006 Victor Yushchenko confirmed this right. The building measures 150 sq m. The Premier did do any remodeling. He says he does not have time for this.
The owner, dressed in dark-blue trousers and light shirt meets at the entrance. From spacious hall you can enter the sitting-room, cabinet and bedroom. Yanukovych’s bedroom is on the second floor. The Premier lives with his wife Ludmila.
The cabinet measures 25 sq m. There are two tables and two leather arm-chairs. There are family pictures, metal trident, small globe, mini tank, sculpture of sucker-rod pump, book about Shakhtar soccer club, encyclopedia of aphorisms and pre-election program of Party of Regions on the table.
Yanukovych gets up at 6 a.m. First of all he does morning exercises – gym is in the basement.
The Premier also plays golf and tennis. Besides, he likes car racing and even heads "Cyclone" autoclub in Donetsk. “Now I do not drive, the guard does not allow,” Yanukovych told.
Speaking about his children, Yanukovych said that his elder son graduated from Medical institute and by invitation of his friend he started business. The elder son refused to be involved in politics, as he does not like this. The younger son, on the contrary, said that he was tired with “anarchy” and joined the party. “He saw me interrogated, he saw all criminal actions brought against me. We were always law-abiding. We used to live religiously and to obey the law. That is why it was impossible when in 2005 we turned on TV and heard invitations for interrogation,” Yanukovych told.
The PM also remembered space pilot Georgy Beregovoy, who was also born in Yanakievo (Donetsk region) and who helped Yanukovych to prove his innocence in the court in 1997.
Comments
Richard (20:23 | 26 March,2007)
What??! "We were always law-abiding. We used to live religiously and to obey the law"...... .........
From this website: "It is known that for the first time he was sentenced to three years of jail for robbery in December 1967. In honour of 50th anniversary of October revolution he was included in the amnesty. His term was reduced twice, but Yanukovich was released even earlier, in half of the year after arrest.................................. In June 1970 Yanukovich was again sentenced to two years of jail for assault and battery. Oppositional Ukrainian press, referring to some witnesses, asserted that in reality the criminal action had been brought according to the article about "rape in unnatural way" (the article 118 of Criminal Code of Ukrainian Soviet Socialistic Republic)".
Waldo (06:45 | 27 March,2007)
A quote in response to Yanu's comment about being law abiding (courtesy of UP).
“I was the head of two major enterprises…My colleagues and me always gathered to work out our own tactics. What governmental decrees should we execute and what decree must be ignored? We laughed at those who executed those decrees as they suffered doing that…”
Fråå-Spååch (13:11 | 27 March,2007)
I have no objection in proving a state house for the term a person holds in office but a house in perpetuity? I can not support.
pahonia (20:31 | 27 March,2007)
I agree that a house in perpetuity is too generous, especially with all of the financial hardships that the citizen taxpayers endure to pay for it.
Alex (20:41 | 29 March,2007)
Well we can't blame the guy, he cant afford a house like this close to Kyiv, right? I wonder if Russia is providing this guy with a house like this.
Robert (09:52 | 07 April,2007)
poor people don't have money to pay taxes. tax money comes from people who have money. cannot work any other way. not to say...that the tax system is working correctly, or that it does so automatically.....no but I never did understand the argument that the people cannot afford it...obviously someone did afford it. still, i guess i agree this benefit is a little much.
Pravda (21:55 | 10 April,2007)
This house is fake, I can't believe this man live in such narrow circumstances! No way. He just have been sold a pup with the journalists. Ukrainians, don't believe this man any other word!!!!
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