Deputy of North Macedonia Snezhana Kaleska-Vancheva did not know the name of the current speaker of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. She met Ruslan Stefanchuk in Sweden, but she believed that Oleksandr Turchynov was the head of parliament. Moreover, the deputy is sure that it is Turchynov who is now acting as president of Ukraine, although he is a full-fledged head of state, and not. Volodymyr Zelensky has been for four years.

In particular, on her Facebook page, the deputy published a joint photo with Ruslan Stefanchuk and wrote the following: “Meeting with Oleksandr Turchynov, Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada, also Acting President of Ukraine, as part of a study visit for the democratic development of the Swedish Rigsdag”.

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Oleksandr Turchynov was a People's Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada from 1998 to 2014. During the Revolution of Dignity and the flight from Ukraine of the then President Viktor Yanukovych, Turchynov was Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada from February 22 to November 27, 2014. He was directly acting president from February 23 to June 7, 2014..

At the same time, the current speaker of the Verkhovna Rada is Ruslan Stefanchuk, who took up this position on October 8, 2021.. Then 261 people's deputies voted for his appointment instead of Dmitry Razumkov. Since May 21, 2019, Stefanchuk has been an adviser to the president and his representative in the Verkhovna Rada. He was also number two on the Servant of the People list in the early parliamentary elections.. Prior to being elected speaker of parliament, he was the first vice speaker of the Verkhovna Rada.