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With Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovych impeached and in hiding, anti-government protesters got a close look at his luxyury estate in Novi Petrivtsi - African ostriches, golf course and all

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A man stands inside a washroom as anti-government protesters and journalists walk on the grounds of the Mezhyhirya residence of Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovych in the village Novi Petrivtsi, outside Kiev, on Feb. 22, 2014.KONSTANTIN CHERNICHKIN/Reuters

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People look through windows of the Mezhyhirya residence of Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovych as hundreds of anti-government protesters and journalists walk on the grounds in the village Novi Petrivtsi, outside Kiev, on Feb. 22, 2014.KONSTANTIN CHERNICHKIN/Reuters

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People look through windows of the Mezhyhirya residence of Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovych as hundreds of anti-government protesters and journalists walk on the grounds in the village Novi Petrivtsi, outside Kiev, on Feb. 22, 2014.KONSTANTIN CHERNICHKIN/Reuters

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Anti-government protesters and journalists look at ostriches kept within an enclosure on the grounds of the Mezhyhirya residence of Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovych in the village Novi Petrivtsi, outside Kiev, on Feb. 22, 2014.KONSTANTIN CHERNICHKIN/Reuters

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A man plays golf as anti-government protesters walk on the grounds of the Mezhyhirya residence of Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovych in the village Novi Petrivtsi, outside Kiev, on Feb. 22, 2014.KONSTANTIN CHERNICHKIN/Reuters

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A man takes pictures as anti-government protesters and journalists walk on the grounds of the Mezhyhirya residence of Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovych in the village Novi Petrivtsi, outside Kiev, on Feb. 22, 2014.KONSTANTIN CHERNICHKIN/Reuters

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A man takes pictures as anti-government protesters and journalists walk on the grounds of the Mezhyhirya residence of Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovych in the village Novi Petrivtsi, outside Kiev, on Feb. 22, 2014.KONSTANTIN CHERNICHKIN/Reuters

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Anti-government protesters and journalists walk on the grounds of the Mezhyhirya residence of Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovych in the village Novi Petrivtsi, outside Kiev, on Feb. 22, 2014.KONSTANTIN CHERNICHKIN/Reuters

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People walk in the grounds of Ukrainian President Yanukovych's countryside residence of Mezhyhirya on Feb, 22, 2014.EFREM LUKATSKY/The Associated Press

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A visitor looks at a sculpture on the territory of Ukrainian President Yanukovych's countryside residence of Mezhyhirya on Feb, 22, 2014.EFREM LUKATSKY/The Associated Press

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A protester waves an EU flag at the Ukrainian President Yanukovych's countryside residence of Mezhyhirya on Feb, 22, 2014.EFREM LUKATSKY/The Associated Press

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An ornamental horse stands outside Ukrainian President Yanukovych's countryside residence on Mezhyhirya on Feb, 22, 2014.EFREM LUKATSKY/The Associated Press

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A protester guards the entrance to Ukrainian President Yanukovych's countryside residence on Mezhyhirya on Feb, 22, 2014.EFREM LUKATSKY/The Associated Press

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A protester waves an EU flag at the Ukrainian President Yanukovych countryside residence on Mezhyhirya on Feb, 22, 2014.EFREM LUKATSKY/The Associated Press

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