Revolution in Ukraine: Dispatch from the Presidential Palace

[@landlord15]

Omg lol.... Yanakuvich is watching this like "take you shoes off before you walk in" "don't touch that" "do you know how much this shit is going to cost to repair".... Glad that the ppl of Ukraine get to see how he was living...

[@somedumbass9762]

Hahahaha

[@Fireclaws10]

"All this money and you couldn't get a comfortable chair" love it.

[@skaf008]

its a miracle they didn't destroy that place

[@skaf008]

facepalm...

[@79ninzombie]

Tony Bridge True, what I noticed everytime During the protest/revolution, was after they took a building, they were quick to repair & clean the damages.

[@Kelvin6071]

Tony Bridge Ukrainians are better educated and religions doesn't rule there whole lives. unfortunately in the middle east they have a dark age right know were religion rules the people. Europe was the same until they took power from the Church.

[@daedrick]

skaf008 buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuullshiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit!

[@Arshi69]

I think people believe it belongs to them, they did the same during Iranian revolution, all of the shah palaces are museums now.tho I really wanna see how khamenei palace looks like, heard he got 100 billion net worth.

[@fushey]

An exhibit in the world museum of curruption

[@nataliemorton5023]

that was brilliant no?

[@VersusARCH]

You'd be hard pressed to find a house of a country's leader which is not as much or more luxorious than that one.

[@mercedescl]

The best part of this story is: the palace isn't picked clean and ransacked by Ukrainians like those of Gaddafi's or Saddam's.

[@AnthonyLysenko]

Ukrainians are civilized and educated people. More educated than the average EU person, in fact. Everyone understands the great meaning of this historic victory.

[@TaskForceSixTwoSix]

That's because even poor Whites are generally pretty civilized. A lot of Eastern Europe's current backwardness can be blamed on the left-wing Russian socialist imperialists who enslaved Eastern Europeans during the Soviet era.

[@MakeChangeNow]

Why didn’t the military protect the president

[@showwhite7320]

​@@TaskForceSixTwoSix Please stop with your subtle racism. Ukraine is still one of the most corrupt countries in the world. If you watch sports, teams from Ukraine, Serbia, etc., behave more barbaric and uncivilized than others. The reason this palace wasn't sacked was probably because Ukraine wasn't as poor as other countries due to its proximity to Europe. 300€ is still pretty good. In places like Iraq, the average wage was a lot less. The US actually came in and literally left the country in rubbles. The people were actually worse off than during Saddam's reign. You can easily look up the historical GDP per capita. On top of it all, we had ZERO reason for invading. I know it's something you don't want to hear, but everything we have touched in the Middle East has turned into sh*t. We should be ashamed of ourselves. Of course, Republicans want us to ignore that. If you study world history, you'll learn that civilizations go in spurts of several centuries. At one point, the region around China was leading the world in technology and sophistication. Then it was Europe. Then it was the Middle East. Iran may have a bad name now, but millennia ago, it was the center of science. It was where Algebra was invented. And Europe was filled with savages. The truth is that all ethnicities are pretty much the same in DNA. However, culture -values and behavior taught to children by their parents- make a huge difference. It creates a cycle that is difficult to break. This is why certain ethnicities in the US can't escape poverty because children follow the same values as their parents.

[@SergeiFragov]

I'm really proud of the Ukrainian people that they have managed to preserve this place and administrate it as a museum amid all the unrest.

[@MoreAnonymous]

I think it's amazing they have enough dignity and respect to leave everything in tact without looting. Everyone just acted so peacefully.

[@evilemuempire9550]

Much better intact as a symbol and reminder then paved over for the next oligarch

[@yadinejoe12]

At least they didn't loot unlike the invading soldiers

[@showwhite7320]

I think 300€/month isn't that bad than other places in the world. That's even more than what American receive on welfare. In other areas of the world, they make $5/month. That really drives you to the brink of desperation.

[@dothedeed]

Very impressive VICE! The BBC couldn't get past the guard and were only showed his Spa in a small building some distance from the main residence. Here there's a full tour and your reporter even sat in his chair - lol.

[@eljuanisim0]

imagine how big has to be Putin's secret house

[@Kelvin6071]

YEA THIS IS NOTHING COMPARE HOW THE CROOKS FROM WALL STREET ARE LIVING.

[@spacepirate369]

^ THIS |

[@jamesngunu8556]

it is non of your business

[@krababz]

Well here it is ! kzbin.info/www/bejne/jaG3dGyjqremfZo

[@krababz]

And watch this kzbin.info/www/bejne/p6PanZ5tlKx5b8k

[@rommarov]

And you people should realize that 24 hours before Mezhigorie was open to people 6 TRUCKS and 2 choper's just moved stuff from the Mezhigorie. If he forgot golden plated Ukrainian money and a bread made of gold that weight's more then 2 Kg then you can imagine what stuff did he move in those 6 trucks. You should also check out ex minister's of Ukraine they lived like Kings room's all made with gold Pshonka,Zaharchenko, Tsarev and hundre's of other's member's of the leading party of Ukraine

[@kaizersoze]

I sure hope Yanukovych is watching this. =)

[@iraAlbucher]

Great reporting. The news in the USA gives us nothing like this. Keep up the best journalism ever.

[@johndo1627]

I like that tour guide/people's guard dude sense of humor. And LOL @ that book "road to success" in the bedroom.

[@DeathOrGlory83]

i thought so too; but he also looks similar to neo-nazi's in other vids ive seen

[@Astuar]

DeathOrGlory83 now our acting president of Ukraine (until next president election in 25/05/2014) is jew and baptist=) so nazis?) haha

[@chanthonyz]

"Attack Maidan! Attack Maidan!" - hahaha, trollololo.

[@Grasbakken71]

Crazy.Well done, Vice News!

[@wazup862]

The Ukrainians are really going about this whole revolution pretty well, I'm impressed. Most places that have a revolution end up just self destruction and having to rebuild, but the Ukrainian protesters are so organized that they keep places like this from being destroyed.

[@Zielonix726]

Thats exactly what he said :D 4:19

[@Pencils440]

Wow, thanks so much for the footage, incredible to see.

[@mikehagen6523]

US: Lets trash the entire Capitol Building and steal valuable stuff and documents and spray paint stuff across the walls Ukraine: Lets keep everything nice and intact and make a museum out of it.

[@PureHeavenlySultan]

The Most Funny thing is that this will be a future Versailles like place where tourists will visit. :D Oh the Irony no?

[@GWKin]

*oh the "ivory" :D

[@evilemuempire9550]

I don’t know about you, but I’ve been through Versailles, and it is a striking symbol of why checks and balances are needed

[@nunyabinis]

lol. That phone is from 1984. Not the movie, the year....

[@noortaha674]

People should learn from the Ukrain on how to over throw a government an not burn down the hole country and not have mass looting and people killing each other over nothing good job Americans should pay more attention

[@kaizersoze]

WTF are you talking about? Americans should pay more attention? LOL do elaborate. Try not to look too stupid. Cant wait to show you how ignorant you are. =)

[@neychev]

actually at least 100 people were killed

[@annoyingguyoninternet1631]

@@kaizersoze ironic

[@kaizersoze]

@@annoyingguyoninternet1631 We had a revolution against the greatest empire the world has ever seen actually 😎

[@792x33]

Gadzooks, that's a German StG44 the guy has at 2:09 !

[@pandeomonia]

Fantastic reporting Vice!

[@DarcyJovic]

99% live in or near poverty. 1% have no problem living off the avails of others by every means of deceit

[@dannydevito5729]

Great report but hearing him call that driving range a massive golf course was just odd

[@panajotbeluli7830]

this kind of issues happen at the most of the countries...thats the sadest thing about it..this is not just a particular phenomenon... and it is time for the citizens to take action..i am talking in general

[@Unbrutal_Rawr]

Ironically, there's many people around the world who watched this video and laughed at the pitifulness of the place. Btw, what's up with the "dictator" nonsense?

[@xBB4L_Airsoft]

vice u r the best!! dont ever ever ever ever ever....ever stop what u r doing, u r the best at it.

[@SHILLGATESCRYPTO]

Fuck a TV....The internet is the future.

[@vladik8843]

the power of revolution.. amazing

[@R0YEN]

And you asking us why we hate him.

[@frejagonzalez2347]

The guide-guy is very charming!

[@jamesngunu8556]

are you a gay?

[@statikstarlight7184]

I think I may be in love with the "tour guide"! lol

[@laustudie]

Now we know where all that money went :)

[@danielgusteau7525]

God fucking dammit Yanukovick. At least if you had an inkling of good taste this house would have at least could have been made into a state art gallery or something productive. It's so ugly I'm unsure whether it will be able to pass the exam in order to be a garbage dump. Nouveau Riche, eh?

[@peterpez]

This story speaks volumes... much better than the propaganda going on from both sides.

[@konz7185]

And this shit was built by the Finnish people.

[@anonynomnomnom]

You want good woodwork, accept no substitute.

[@Titiuuify]

Finnish company..

[@kyoko703]

I'd love to see a more thorough followup to this piece so as a careful documentation and assessment of the entire estate could be made to demonstrate just how backwards reality really was for the people of Ukraine. Great piece though.

[@MsDboyy]

this house is So over the top

[@StarCrusher.]

I wouldn't mind living there

[@BlakeHardeman]

It's like a museum now...

[@emons87]

5:46 Allthough I don't approve of Yanukovich's self enrichment, he was a legitimatley elected president, not a dictator nor a cleptocrat. The real cleptocrats are the new government.

[@samuelgebries1550]

Why don`t you showed us the new government officials houses?

[@Nitfluad]

These guys speak english very well, no need to give them subtitles.

[@premitive1]

5:45 the impartial Vice journalist calls Yanukovich a tyrant...

[@evilemuempire9550]

Could you be impartial given that?

[@HistoryMonarch1999]

I realized this reminds me of Soviet art of Bolsheviks, regular people, looking in awe at how the aristocracy lived, the palaces and gleam

[@paul_owen]

Putin you're next!

[@iam_spindel]

xbadc0de deez nuts

[@alexanderhartmann8739]

На-на, blöd man.

[@iisawesome1548]

Holy fuck! I want a house like that!

[@adamnicholson1273]

Glory To Ukraine

[@noeulkang4640]

I hpe they turn it into a national park!

[@smokeandmirr0rs]

lol the guard is a funny dude

[@henrya3530]

It does make wonder how many other oligarchs have similar homes...

[@andrewbergeron2427]

sweet pad!!

[@abubakartalha3158]

And now they become into the hell

[@M2K1995]

well done VICE

[@slicksix8892]

Many many government's around the world live like this or equivalent while the rest of the citizens live in poverty. Bring on the "Restart"

[@girlswithshorthair]

dam that ivory tho

[@villebre1]

Keep it up vice and heroes of maidan

[@EdgarChicas]

Power to the people

[@bisiclette]

Best episode of Cribs ever

Im surprised This place wasn't plundered

[@adamkaminski516]

3:11

[@Creamagination]

Lol. just like my vacation home.

[@BigChiefWiggles]

In Russia they call this "pigs at the trough", they push each other out of the way to get to the food and when they get there they eat as much as possible as fast as possible. This little piggy was there for a long time, you can see just how much he has taken and that's only his house and only one of the houses, imagine the bank accounts. Oh he ran alright but he isn't broke. And now the next piggy is going to take his place and feed, and all the other piggy's that were there with the previous one are still going to be there also feeding and this is why everyone else is poor. Do we need them? Ukraine, US, Russia, what is the difference? DO WE NEED THE PIGS EATING AT OUR TROUGH? You cant escape it any more, you cant deny it, its right here for all of you to see no matter what country you are from. Others are already doing it, so Ill ask the rest of you: should we go piggy hunting?

[@jellyblocked]

MTV-Vice Cribs

[@andriylozovyy2010]

Who in their right mind gets wooden ceilings?

[@Pm98448]

The guide alex seemed like a cool dude, hope he doesn't get killed

[@5starr1]

2:09 STG44!!!

[@dustinderuiter6669]

Oh yeh, no big deal that is a reasonable size property.

[@extremistcontent1337]

I'm glad they didn't let people loot it. Hopefully it will become a museum.

[@Bigpotatos]

shows the technological advancements in some countries

[@67jedi67]

i have only heard of one leader who doesnt live in ridiculous opulence at the expense of the people they supposedly serve, and that was a south american leader... vice news just an extention of murdochs newc sorp edo as of august 2013, they almost had me convinced, it seems real journalism is still alive and kicking

[@MixD1337]

Where is dispatch from Timoshenko residence? Or from lavish house of Klichko? Maybe you should visit Turchinovs church, where he is a high priest? ;D

[@mastervz4806]

I don’t get why people need such large homes.

[@robertpeston6692]

I like this presenter, good guy unlike some on the vice. Like this one a lot. Props

[@AlexPrice93]

This is made even better by the presenter looking like Stephen Merchant

[@smieszneclipy2018]

3:10 4:17

[@CharlahMurphah]

That ivory carving was beautiful. Was it illustrating an old Asian myth? And if so does anyone know what the myth was and where it originated?

[@pyana_bilka]

А як вам золотий унітаз і батон?

[@DrVunderbahr]

Beautiful place, but it's seriously scary when you consider the fact that Hitler's private homes were less fancy than this. One can only imagine how much more of this happened. This is just a sample. Even in other European nations.

[@ИванИвановичИванов-з9ъ]

2:08 StG-44

[@ramirocespedes1985]

Nice place

[@hanifabibi177]

Nice and

[@FUNKCHUNKEM]

1:04 Blue helmet. We found Snowden.

[@bpBramP]

lol

[@zernestro]

that golf course could be hosting hudreds of thousands of food bearing plants..

[@canadaeh12345]

Such a beautiful house, at least it wasn't destroyed. Though I'm sure there's other dictatorial peoples who's houses would put his to shame.

[@CeoLogJM]

check out Tito's palaces. one of the ex-presidents of Yugoslavia. he had like 5 palaces, one of which was on his own big private island. he also had his own private zoo there. Yanokovitch just didnt have enough time to really get too much going. we would surely see it from him eventually if he would have stayed in power.

[@gameboyhotline3712]

I wonder how that compares to Miley Cyrus's house....

[@dk2428]

Who else wants to see Putin's place? That'll be an "exhibit in the world museum of curruption"

[@userthomash]

IS THAT AN STG 44

[@tots4]

1:59 Peter griffin

[@Bigtflies321]

Maidan- Central square of Kiev.

[@johnsmith-bo7vt]

excuse me but thats private property how rude to turn it a theme park while the owner is out of the country.

[@Luis15937]

how they didn't sacked the place?

[@chronicking100]

Because they aren't idiots, They want the country to run and function as normal, simply without an arsehole for a president, The only time you would sack buildings is when you need funding for a war or are retreating from one back to a safe zone

[@Luis15937]

i totally get that, but this only shows that the building wasn't tacked by a unorganised mob but probably by a millicia of some kind...

[@TheMrBrosef]

This should all be liquidated and made into new homes for people.

[@Discerningthetruth]

Tanks for da ture!! Nice :)

[@serg3y]

Who is Alex? Who is currently paying him to stand guard? How much are they paying him? And how much is his boss being paid? Where does the money actualy comes from? Who organised the interview? Why haven't the protesters (such as those in Kiev) burn this place to the ground yet? If he is so upset for having such a low wage why is he so calm? (to me the answers seem obvious)

[@RyanB1987]

Sic Semper Tyannis

[@philg6757]

They know how to breed Oligarchs in that part of the world.

[@CapCor]

I can't imagine how much shit was stolen