*Cash: $12 million. Decoration of a dining hall and tea room: $2.3 million. Statue of a wild boar: $115,000. “A bribe”: $4,000. These are some of the expenses detailed in financial documents found in President Viktor Yanukovych’s abandoned residence, which was occupied by protesters after the leader fled the capital. As thousands of Ukrainians continued to tour Yanukovych’s opulent estate outside of Kiev on Sunday, evidence was uncovered of lavish spending in an economy that is teetering on the verge of default. Yanukovych left Kiev on Friday night after opposition protesters took control of the capital and the national parliament in the wake of deadly clashes with police last week. More than 70 people were killed and hundreds were injured…* The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down.
*Read more here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/documents-at-ukraine-leaders-home-detail-spending/2014/02/23/c61d41c8-9cc2-11e3-8112-52fdf646027b_story.html