Beginning from this day, MP Mykola Martynenko is no longer the chairman of the pro-presidential faction of the bloc Our Ukraine - People's Self-Defense. The first Vice Speaker Oleksandr Lavrynovych made a statement at the plenary meeting.

Faction will appoint a new head of Our Ukraine-People’s Self-Defense at the beginning of the next plenary week, said MP from faction of bloc Our Ukraine-People’s Self-Defense Andriy Parubiy.

At the same time, the Vice Speaker Mykola Tomenko claimed behind the scenes of the Verkhovna Rada that the statements of MPs from faction Our Ukraine-People’s Self-Defense Borys Tarasyuk and Andriy Parubiy that have been made today in the parliament, have no legal consequences.

HOW MPS HAMSTRUNG MYKOLA MARTYNENKO. PHOTO