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President Petro Poroshenko took a secret, vastly expensive, week-long Christmas vacation in the Maldives, a report by a Ukrainian investigative TV show Schemes unveiled on Jan. 18. According to the report, Poroshenko and his family vacationed on a private tropical island from Jan. 2-8. The president allegedly paid $500,000 for the seven-day vacation for 10 people. In addition, Poroshenko and his companions might not have undergone border and customs checks when traveling, the investigation found.
This is an investigative project of the RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service in cooperation with UA: Pershyi.
