News archive on the topic "Inviolability"

The President of the Russian Federation who has ceased to exercise his powers cannot be brought to criminal or administrative liability. The corresponding bill was approved by the Federation Council of the Russian Federation, reports a Politnavigator correspondent. “The immunity of a president who has ceased to exercise his powers acts as a legal guarantee of his activities as head of state and is a logical consequence of the immunity that is granted to the current president,” said the chairman of the committee on...

Innovations providing for lifelong senatorial status and immunity for former presidents of the Russian Federation will not apply to ex-USSR President Mikhail Gorbachev. United Russia member Pavel Krasheninnikov stated this in the State Duma, presenting amendments to the legislation, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. First, the parliamentarian explained the essence of the amendments. “What does this project say and what is it dedicated to? It is dedicated to the fact that a president who has ceased his powers does not...

Due to the abolition of parliamentary immunity in Ukraine, the risks of persecution of political opponents are increasing. The former head of the information department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, deputy of the Verkhovna Rada Oleg Voloshin stated this in a commentary to the Kyiv online newspaper “Strana”. “If you oppose the authorities, then the risks of persecution are, of course, great. But due to the participation of the Prosecutor General, at least it will be clear that they arose precisely because of the conflict with her.…

The Verkhovna Rada adopted in the second reading and in general Law No. 2237 “On Amendments to Article 80 of the Constitution of Ukraine regarding the Immunity of People’s Deputies of Ukraine,” which finally abolishes parliamentary immunity. The corresponding decision was made during a plenary meeting of the Ukrainian parliament, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The bill was presented by Servant of the People deputy Denis Monastyrsky, who noted that the committee was working on this...

The idea of ​​lifting immunity from former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is supported by 74% of Ukrainians, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. This is evidenced by the results of a recent KIIS survey. Assessing the statement of the leader of the Servant of the People party, Alexander Kornienko, that their faction will support the lifting of immunity from the people’s deputy, the fifth president of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, if such a request is received by the Verkhovna Rada, 74% of respondents...

The State Bureau of Investigation sent to the Prosecutor General's Office a draft report of suspicion against MP from the European Solidarity faction Sofia Fedina and military serviceman Marusya Zveroboy because of the threats they expressed in a video blog to kill the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The press service of the State Bureau of Investigation reported this. “Investigators of the central office of the State Bureau of Investigation, in close cooperation and with the operational support of the Service...

The Verkhovna Rada adopted in the first reading a bill on amendments to criminal procedure legislation, thereby completely freeing the hands of investigative authorities in relation to Ukrainian deputies. This decision was made during the next plenary meeting, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The representative of the president in the Constitutional Court, Fyodor Venislavsky, spoke about the bill. “This bill proposes to make changes to the criminal procedure...

The law abolishing parliamentary immunity voted in the Ukrainian parliament will allow law enforcement agencies to fabricate criminal cases against parliamentarians and blackmail them. Boris Zakharov, director of the advocacy center of the Ukrainian Helsinki Union for Human Rights, said this on the air of Magnolia-TV, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Complete lifting of immunity is an imbalance of power, providing leverage for the executive branch of influence on the legislative branch, and...

The new Ukrainian government decided to legalize the anarchy that had reigned in the country by passing a law abolishing parliamentary immunity. The head of the international organization of veterans of the Vympel special forces, Sergei Shestov, stated this in an interview with Komsomolskaya Pravda. According to him, if Russia wants anarchy, it will have to follow the Ukrainian path. “The Ukrainians have taken the experimental path. They have had anarchy for a long time, and in order...

President Vladimir Zelensky needs the lifting of immunity from deputies of the Verkhovna Rada in order to completely tame the members of his faction. Verkhovna Rada deputy and diplomat Oleg Voloshin stated this on the NewsOne TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to the politician, the mass of corrupt officials from the time of President Petro Poroshenko do not have immunity, but no one puts them in prison. "It's starting...

The Verkhovna Rada has finally adopted a law amending the Constitution of Ukraine, thereby abolishing parliamentary immunity, which will now allow President Vladimir Zelensky to keep a tight rein on the entire Ukrainian parliament. The corresponding decision was made during the plenary meeting, the PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Voting was carried out for a bill introduced by former President Petro Poroshenko and approved in the first reading...

The abolition of parliamentary immunity in the Rada takes into account the wishes of the people, but does not take into account the interests of honest deputies, on whom President Vladimir Zelensky can thus put pressure through law enforcement agencies. Doctor of Economic Sciences Anatoly Peshko stated this on the NewsOne TV channel, PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “This is just another fake game that symbolizes the entire policy of the current government, that is...

Young man, or have you not yet understood that the “new popularly elected government” is not just a profanation of the so-called democracy of the European-State model, but also a simple version of a barely camouflaged dictatorship of the most vulgar kind? No, if you still have hopes and illusions about the fact that “... the master has arrived, the master will judge us!”, then I...

The Verkhovna Rada at night took the first step towards the promised abolition of parliamentary immunity - the corresponding law was adopted in the first reading by 363 votes. The abolition of immunity is clearly beneficial for the office of Vladimir Zelensky - the threat of persecution will make deputies from his mega-faction more manageable, where, according to political scientists, several centers of influence have already formed. Without immunity it will be easier to put pressure on the opposition...