PGO head Lutsenko asks Rada to strip MP, oligarch Novinsky of immunity

Opposition Bloc Member of Parliament, oligarch Vadym Novinsky / Photo from UNIAN

The Prosecutor General's Office (PGO) has sent a motion to the Verkhovna Rada, asking for consent to the criminal prosecution of MP Vadym Novinsky, Lutsenko informed on Facebook on Thursday, November 3.

Novinsky is one of the suspects in the case against former President Viktor Yanukovych regarding illegal pressure on the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.

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