Owner of Ukraine ex-president's palatial estate slams 'dirty propaganda'

(Reuters) - A politician whose company owned the luxury country residence of the ousted president of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovich, is ready to support the country's new government, he told Reuters on Thursday.

Sergei Klyuev, a businessman and member of parliament, vowed to return home soon to fight allegations that he and other members of the country's political elite - described by their opponents as "The Family" - had enriched themselves at public expense, for example by rigging state contracts and privatisations.