The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine relieved the deputy powers of four people's deputies from the banned in Ukraine party " The corresponding decision was made at a meeting on Friday, January 13..

The vote for the deprivation of the status of a people's deputy due to the loss of citizenship looked like this:.

Deprivation of the status of a deputy of Viktor Medvedchuk - 320 for.

Taras Kozak - 317 for.

Andriy Derkach - 314 for.

Rinat Kuzmin - 319 for.

The parliament also satisfied the statement of Andrey Aksyonov, a deputy from the Opposition Platform for Life, on the resignation of the powers of a people's deputy and supported the decision with 294 votes in favor..

At the same time, MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak said that the vote was not without a scandal in parliament..

“At first, there was a discussion for 40 minutes when to put on the agenda the issue of depriving the mandates of five deputies. The proposals of the Coalition were: to be considered at the end of the agenda (because they didn’t have enough votes for anything). Proposal of other factions and groups: start the day to remove the mandates of these deputies,” he wrote.

According to Zheleznyak, consensus was reached after three votes and blocking the rostrum, as a result of which the issue was put first for consideration..

On Tuesday, January 10, information appeared in the media about the deprivation of citizenship of Ukraine of deputies of the Opposition Platform for Life Viktar Medvedchuk, Taras Kozak, Andriy Derkach and Renat Kuzmin. True, the published photo of part of the document did not contain a date or any other details.. At the same time, in an evening address, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed this information..