Former Ukrainian Official On The Lam In Alligator Shoes?

2015/8/3 0:57:53

<Former Ukrainian government minister Mykola Zlochevskiy (right) was closely associated with ousted President Viktor Yanukovych (left).

 


By Katya Gorchinskaya and Serhiy Andrushko, July 31, 2015

 

As former Ukrainian official Mykola Zlochevskiy runs from the new authorities in Ukraine, he might be doing so in his own brand of highly fashionable, exotic-leather shoes.

 

Zlochevskiy earned a reputation for lavishness while serving as environment and natural resources minister under ousted President Viktor Yanukovych. In December, he was placed on Ukraine's most-wanted list for a host of alleged economic crimes.

 

So when that same month a new upscale shoe and apparel boutique opened in Kyiv, with a trail of ownership that appears to lead back to Zlochevskiy, it raised some eyebrows.

 

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