Former vice prime minister, diplomat Roman Bessmertny announced his intention to run for the presidency of Ukraine. He stated this at the presentation of his program, reports Gromadske radio.

"You asked me about this more than once, and I inform you that I see my future in running for the presidency," he said..

His main tasks were the revision of the Constitution, the law on the reintegration of Donbass and the functions of the government.

Since 2015 year.

The Immortal was a representative of Ukraine in the political subgroup of the tripartite contact group for the settlement of the conflict in Donbass. He negotiated on the conditions of elections in the occupied territories of Donetsk and Lugansk regions and on the possibility or impossibility of amending the Constitution.

However, in April 2016, Immortal announced his withdrawal from the negotiation process: "I am leaving the Minsk process and will not continue to participate in volunteering on this diplomatic field". In the subgroup he was replaced by Olga Aivazovskaya.