PACE's table office explained its decision by saying that "calling Putin a terrorist is against the rule of procedure because it 'insults his dignity,'" Ukrainian lawmaker Oleksandr Merezhko told the Kyiv Independent.
A group of pro-government Slovak lawmakers plan to visit Moscow later in January to develop "dialogue" with Russia, according to Andrej Danko, the chair of the co-ruling far-right Slovak National Party (SNS) who will lead the delegation, the Slovak news agency TASR reported on Jan. 5.
The assembly urged member states "to step up political and practical efforts to help Ukraine receive an invitation and become the 33rd member of NATO as soon as possible," the resolution read.
"I spoke incorrectly, so I'm taking back my words," said lawmaker Maksym Tkachenko who serves on a committee focused on human rights and the liberation of occupied territories.
Ukrainian lawmakers voiced their first reactions to President Volodymyr Zelensky's presentation of Ukraine's victory plan to parliament on Oct. 16, praising the overall agenda but calling out the supposed lack of practical steps. Some opposition lawmakers criticized it for being too vague and relying too much on international partners while
"I think that these are exaggerated data. Definitely... Namely when talking about the recorded number of killed," secretary of the parliamentary defense committee Roman Kostenko said.
Derkach is one of three candidates that Astrakhan Oblast Governor Igor Babushkin plans to propose to the Federation Council if he wins the regional elections, which are scheduled for Sept. 6-8.
Former Ukrainian lawmaker and linguist Iryna Farion died in Lviv on July 19, hours after being attacked, Lviv Oblast Governor Maksym Kozytskyi said.
An unidentified person opened fire on Iryna Farion, a far-right Ukrainian former lawmaker and linguist, in the city of Lviv on July 19, Zaxid.net media outlet reported.
Lawmaker Mariana Bezuhla has submitted an application to leave President Volodymyr Zelensky's Servant of the People parliamentary faction, she said on social media on July 17.
The lawmaker was sentenced under the charges of spreading "disinformation about the military on the grounds of political hatred, justifying terrorism, and inciting hatred with the threat of violence," though the exact reasons for the launch of the proceedings were not disclosed, the outlet wrote.
Former lawmaker Ruslan Demchak has been declared wanted in a suspected case of abuse of power, Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) announced on April 17.
Ukraine's parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, has begun the consideration of an updated mobilization bill in its second reading, lawmaker Oleksii Honcharenko said on April 10.
A former lawmaker of the banned pro-Russian Party of Regions, who is suspected of financially contributing to Russian aggression, was detained by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) while attempting to flee the country, the SBU said on April 10.
The High Anti-Corruption Court sentenced in absentia former Ukrainian lawmaker Oleksandr Onyshchenko to 15 years in prison with a confiscation of property, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) said on April 5.
