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How the circle of Ukraine's disgraced ex-president continues to profit from his people.

The Parkovy Conference and Exhibition Centre, a huge modernist structure of concrete and glass, stands boldly on the banks of the Dnieper River in central Kiev, a helipad on the roof. It hosted the official after party for last year鈥檚 Eurovision Song Contest and was meant to be a symbol of Ukraine鈥檚 economic development. Instead, four years after President Yanukovych was overthrown by a people sick of corruption, it has become a focus of efforts to reclaim the billions of dollars said to have been stolen by the ex-president鈥檚 regime. In this edition of Assignment, Tim Whewell attempts to unpick the tangled global web of companies behind the building鈥檚 ownership. Who does the helipad actually belong to and what does it tell us about Ukraine鈥檚 attempts to bring its corrupt politicians to account?

Producer: Simon Maybin
Presenter: Tim Whewell

Photo credit: Parkovy / Parkovy Congress and Exhibition Centre