Considering how poor Ukraine's economy is, it might come as a surprise to see just how extravagantlyits president lived.

ViktorYanukovychhas reportedly abandoned hisUkrainian home for an undisclosed location while violent protests continue leaving the gaudy presidential palace open tothe public.

"You can see people crowding up to the president's country estate. They're not looting it. They're not trashing it. They're simply walking around the grounds, bringing children, taking photographs as if they were tourists," CBCreported.

"The massive rare car collection. The zoo filled with exotic birds. Beautiful gardens. RandomGreek gazebos. The golf course. The tennis court," reportedAl Jazeera).

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Pictures fromYanukovych'shouse spread onsocial media including this, showing a giant wooden ship on his estate reportedly used as a banquet hall. (ViaTwitter / @AnshuVari)

London's Channel4 news reports the estate probably costs more than the president's annual salary of about 50,000 euros. That's about $70,000 U.S. dollars. The estate was likely funded through personal wealth.

Yanukovychis currently refusing to resign from power of the country despite the country's parliament voting to oust him from power. But a BBC commentator says the exposing of his lavish lifestyle is, in some ways, validation to the protestors.

"To get this kind of glimpse behindthe curtain of the opulent life that ViktorYanukovych was leading in a country which is on its knees economically, that may make people think they were right to push for his overthrow," BBCreported.

Ukraine's Speaker of Parliament has been given interim presidential powers.

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One Big Country family is working to renovate the old Abilene mill building and turn it into a winery and event center.

After getting rezoning approval from the city council in January, the McDowells started construction to transform the inside and outside of the property.

"That's always great when you can find something with history. And just redoing an old building and keeping it from being demolished is always good too," said co-owner of the winery Bridget McDowell. "We're excited about it coming back into play in to Abilene."

McDowell and her daughter bought the old Texas Mill and Elevator Company building on Locust Street in October.

"When we started looking at it structurally it was just built when things were built right," McDowell said.

The building was built in 1910. After five months of construction the McDowells expect construction to be done and the business to open May 1. McDowell said they already have weddings booked almost every month from June until February 2015.

"We're going to have a huge outdoor area. We have fire pits and covered gazebos and an outdoor space for weddings and outdoor large parties," McDowell said.

There is a lot of open space for when there arent events there also.

"We're going to have individual seating for if you want to just come one evening and have a glass of wine and just sit and relax and feel like you're somewhere other than West Texas," said McDowell.

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