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Parliament dissolves pro-Russian Opposition Platform faction following Security Council ban.

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The parliamentary faction of the Opposition Platform - For Life party, which included 44 lawmakers before Feb. 24, was dissolved. Lawmakers from Ukraine's main pro-Russian party will keep their mandate. On March 19, President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a decree banning all pro-Kremlin political projects, including the Opposition Platform.

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