Less than a year ago, Viktor Yanukovych was not yet the disgraced former president of Ukraine and ruled over his impoverished but peaceful nation from Mezhyhirya, his sprawling residence outside Kiev. Here Yanukovych entertained his cronies aboard a fake Spanish galleon, watched TV from the comfort of his wood-paneled Jacuzzi, and prayed for redemption in a jewel-encrusted private chapel.
Oct. 26, 2014 Parliamentary Election
Slate: Ukraine’s slow descent into madness
Russia's President Vladimir Putin (C) shakes hands with Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko before their meeting with European leaders on Ukraine's crisis, on Oct. 17, 2014 on the sidelines of the 10th ASEM summit in Milan.
