With his whereabouts unknown, the ousted president of Ukraine is now a wanted man as the acting Interior Minister, Arsen Avakhov announced that an arrest warrant has been issued for his arrest accusing him of mass murder of protesters.
Avakhov announced the warrants on his Facebook porofile on Monday. In his entry, Avakhov said, “An official case for the mass murder of peaceful citizens has been opened.” Avakov Facebooked, “Yanukovich and other people responsible for this have been declared wanted.”
Viktor Yanukovych has not been seen, but is believed to be in the Crimea peninsula region of the country. He ended up in the Crimea region after attempting to flee from Donestsk. He arrived in Crimea, turned gave up his official security detail and drove off to places uinknown. There are reports that Yanukovych fled on his son’s yacht, the “Bandido,” which has been rumoured to have been seen in the Crimean port of Balaclava.
Other reports coming out of Crimea states that Yanukovych was seen in the Black Sea port of Sevastopol, where Russia has a huge naval base. An ally of Russia, Yanukovych may have fled to Russia from that port.
Yanukovych fled Kiev on Friday after the opposition took control of the capitol. Protesters took over his former mansion and found some of Yanukovych’s financial records at that location. Records show that Yanukovych spent lavishly as Ukraine balanced on the verge of default.
Records showed that Yanukovych had $12 million in cash, had spent $2.3 million to redecorate his dining hall and tea room, had new curtains put in at a cost of $110,000, had a statue of a Wild Boar commissioned at $115,000. Records also showed that Yanukovych spent $1.5 million on plant, and another $2.3 million for wooden decor.
This discovery in the wooded hills along the Dnipro River in the 345 acre compound, shocked those who saw it and goes contrary to what the former president said when questioned about his home in the past. He told reporters in the past that he lived in a small house on a small lot on the property. Ukraine’s parliament voted on Sunday to turn the property and its contents over to the government.