Russian journalists found out that former Ukraine’s President Viktor Yanukovych has been living outside Moscow on a 4-hectare territory that belongs to the Russian Interior Ministry, Meduza news website reports.
Yanukovych lodged next to Russian fashion designer Valentin Yudashkin, journalist Yulia Latynina, and the high priest of the Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill.
On August 25, Russian singer Iosiph Kobzon revealed to Dni.ru website that Yanukovych has been living outside Moscow in the town of Bakovka.
“I basically share a wall — we like to joke that it’s the Great Wall of China — with former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych. That’s where they put him up after the coup on Maidan,” Kobzon said. “This residence in Bakovka is controlled by our authorities. But who are you hiding from? After all, if they really want to get you, they’ll get you anywhere.”
Meduza wrote that the land where Yanukovych lives belongs to the Russian Interior Ministry’s “Rushichi” government retreat. According to Russia’s Federal Agency for State Registration, the land in Bakovka includes a three-story 2,076-square-meter brick building, as well as a two-story 768-square-meter detached structure. There’s also a 25-meter-long swimming pool, a sauna complex, and storage facilities.
Yanukovych claimed that he lives in Rostov-on-Don. His lawyer, Vitaly Serdyuk, also confirmed this to media.
“This address is confirmed, and (prosecutors) have received all the (necessary) documents,” Serdyuk said on Aug. 27. In court, Yanukovych’s representatives have cited the same address, adding that he resides at “Building V.”
However, Ruslan Kravchenko, Ukraine’s chief military prosecutor, contended that no one lives at this address, explaining that courier services have been unable to deliver a summons to Yanukovych in Rostov-on-Don.
