
Lawmaker from Zelensky's party resigns after corruption charges, MP says
Kormyshkina was charged by Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) on Oct. 17 with illicit enrichment worth more than Hr 20 million ($480,000).
Kormyshkina was charged by Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) on Oct. 17 with illicit enrichment worth more than Hr 20 million ($480,000).
Ukraine's parliament may suspend former President Petro Poroshenko from sessions for three days rather than six months, Mykyta Poturayev, head of the Verkhovna Rada's Humanitarian and Information Policy Committee, told RFE/RL on Jan. 31.
David Arakhamia, the parliamentary leader of President Volodymyr Zelensky’s Servant of the People party, was among the few foreign dignitaries that attended U.S. President Donald Trump’s inauguration last week, the Independent reported on Jan. 26.
While the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) did not name the individual in question, Ukrainska Pravda reported, citing sources, that it was Iryna Allakhverdiieva from President Volodymyr Zelensky's Servant of the People party.
Head of the Servant of the People's party David Arakhamia published a list of candidates for ministerial positions after the Servant of the People's faction held a meeting attended by President Volodymyr Zelensky. To head the ministries, the officials must be approved by the parliament.
The recently registered party of volunteer, politician, and media personality Serhii Prytula has the highest ratings of positive attitude among Ukrainians at 28 %, the survey shows.
Lawmaker Mariana Bezuhla, formerly a member of President Volodymyr Zelensky's Servant of the People party, backtracked on her bill proposing strict prison sentences for "representing Ukraine abroad" without "being officially authorized to do so."
Oleksandr Trukhin, a lawmaker from the governing President Volodymyr Zelensky’s Servant of the People faction, was kicked out of the party after a journalistic investigation exposed his attempts to bribe police officers at a car crash site. The party announced the decision to expel Trukhin on Feb. 2, a
Oleksiy Kovalov, a lawmaker with the ruling 242-member Servant of the People party, announced on Dec. 28 that he has bought the nationwide TV Channel 4. Kovalov said that the broadcaster with its team of 200 people will preserve its “pro-Ukrainian vector” and independent editorial policy. “Our family decided to