If you weren't looking for it, you'd never know it was there. Except
for the heavenly smells drifting over the walls that is, a mix of
chocolate, maraschino cherry and cake dough.
Welcome to the Karl Marx Chocolate Works, its former name, a complex of old brick warehouses hidden under the shadow of a concrete overpass in the middle of Kyiv.
Today, it's better known as the home of Roshen Sweets, the confectionary brand owned by Ukraine's new president to be, billionaire Petro Poroshenko, aka "the chocolate king." The name Roshen is taken from the two middle syllables of his surname.
Many voters here say they supported the oligarch because they believe he will know how to talk to the Russians. And Poroshenko has been careful to talk up the need for a relationship with Moscow, not just the EU.
"The rest of [the candidates] discredited themselves utterly," said Kyiv resident Dasha Butsko. "And in my opinion he's the only one who can stop the war with Russia."
Poroshenko lost no time saying he hoped to meet with the Russian leadership by mid-June. His first priority is to ease the volatile situation in Eastern Ukraine where pro-Russian militias continue to control pockets of the region.
Read more: Ukraine's 'chocolate king,' new president Petro Poroshenko hopes to sweet-talk Russia - World - CBC News
Welcome to the Karl Marx Chocolate Works, its former name, a complex of old brick warehouses hidden under the shadow of a concrete overpass in the middle of Kyiv.
Today, it's better known as the home of Roshen Sweets, the confectionary brand owned by Ukraine's new president to be, billionaire Petro Poroshenko, aka "the chocolate king." The name Roshen is taken from the two middle syllables of his surname.
Many voters here say they supported the oligarch because they believe he will know how to talk to the Russians. And Poroshenko has been careful to talk up the need for a relationship with Moscow, not just the EU.
"The rest of [the candidates] discredited themselves utterly," said Kyiv resident Dasha Butsko. "And in my opinion he's the only one who can stop the war with Russia."
Poroshenko lost no time saying he hoped to meet with the Russian leadership by mid-June. His first priority is to ease the volatile situation in Eastern Ukraine where pro-Russian militias continue to control pockets of the region.
Read more: Ukraine's 'chocolate king,' new president Petro Poroshenko hopes to sweet-talk Russia - World - CBC News
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