- Ukraine said this week that it had confiscated assets belonging to pro-Russian tycoon Viktor Medvedchuk.
- A series of photos from 2014, showing one of his rural homes, highlights the extraordinary richness of politics.
- The property is equipped with an indoor swimming pool, billiards room and an artificial lake.
Viktor Medvedchuk, a Ukrainian tycoon with close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin, is having a terrible, terrible, not good, very bad week.
The pro-Russian politician was captured by Ukrainian forces on Tuesday after escaping house arrest on charges of treason earlier this year. President Vladimir Zelensky shared a photo of a tired Medvedchuk in handcuffs on the Telegram as proof of his arrest.
Then, on Thursday, Ukrainian authorities said they had seized a number of assets belonging to Medvedchuk, including 23 houses, 32 apartments, 30 plots of land, 26 cars and a yacht.
For the past three decades, Medvedchuk has used his close relationship with Putin – who is the godfather of Medvedchuk’s youngest daughter – to establish himself as one of Ukraine’s most powerful behind-the-scenes politicians and one of Ukraine’s richest, with an estimated worth $ 620 million, according to Forbes.
Medvedchuk was even thought to be Russia’s best choice as Zelensky’s replacement as Ukraine’s puppet leader in Ukraine if Kyiv had fallen after the invasion.
On Wednesday, the Kremlin rejected Ukraine’s offer to replace Medvedchuk with Ukrainian prisoners, seemingly severing ties with the captured tycoon.
However, photos from those days highlight the luxurious life that Medvedchuk lived before.
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