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KIEV, Ukraine – Ukraine's eighth parliament held its first session on Thursday after snap elections last month ushered in the most Western-friendly group of lawmakers ever, including several from the Euromaidan revolution that ousted the country’s Russia-leaning president in February.
All 423 elected deputies were sworn in during an emotional inauguration ceremony inside the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine’s parliament, that was presided over by speaker Oleksandr Turchynov
Here comes the new parliament. Hope this one doesn't screw up#Рада8 #Ukraine
— Olga Rudenko (@olya_rudenko) November 27, 2014
Even Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko, who remains imprisoned in Russia on what Kiev says are bogus murder chargers, took her oath. She reportedly signed it from her prison cell before her lawyer brought it to Ukraine. Savchenko was elected to parliament on the ticket of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko's Batkivshchyna party. Read more...
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