The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine voted to deprive Ilya Kiva of the mandate of a People's Deputy.
335 MPs voted to expel Kiva from parliament.
On February 24, the day of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Kiva said on the air of a Russian TV channel that Ukraine was "
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On March 3, Kivu was expelled from the Opposition Platform for Life faction.
On March 6, the Prosecutor General's Office informed Kiva in absentia of suspicion of treason and encroachments on the territorial integrity and inviolability of Ukraine.
Kiva is currently in Spain.