Dictators' Hideouts
Yanukovych's Hidden Palace
Season 1 Episode 5 of 6
How, having siphoned billions from his people, Ukrainian dictator Viktor Yanukovych spent decades enriching himself and his cadre of oligarchs. In order to obscure his ill-gotten wealth, Yanukovych turned to Mezhyhirya, a sprawling 150-acre estate north of Kyiv. With Mezhyhirya in his grasp, Yanukovych ratcheted his corruption to levels never seen before, in a scheme that spaned multiple countries, numerous banks, and countless individuals
Dictators' Hideouts airs on Sky History at 10:00 PM, Wednesday 25 December. (Finale, series, new.)
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