V. Yanukovych's government used to buy expensive cars and not less vacuum cleaners at the cost of state treasury

Quote: In 2007, the Cabinet of Ministers of Viktor Yanukovych spent 261 million UAH for their needs. The budget money was spent for renewal of cars, comfortable conditions of work and fighting 'bugs', according to the newspaper 'Delo'.
Per official data the governmental car park grew by 19 new cars, six of those were Мercedes-Benz S600L. 9 million hryvnas were paid for them.
The list of purchases also has car vacuum cleaners at the cost of 4.5 thousand UAH each, air conditioners at 31 thousand each and also in-built furniture for the first reception room of the prime minister. The state paid about 300 thousand UAH for it.
The Cabinet Minister Petr Krupko admitted that thanks to V. Yanukovych's generosity, the members of Yulia Tymoshenko's government use swell Mercedeses, though he could not say the names.
But it is known that the Cabinet car park has over two hundred cars at the moment. Last yer it was spent about 5 million hryvnas for their refilling. Their maintenance was also quite expensive. For the budget funds, the Cabinet bought two vacuum cleaners for its cars. The cost of each of them was 4.5 thousand UAH, while in the shop of domestic equipment they cost 300 UAH. The supermarket consultants could not even suppose that such vacuum cleaner could cosy almost a thousand dollars.

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