A half an hour before the first plenary sitting of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine this year the presidium and rostrum are blocked by opposition.

According to an UNIAN correspondent, about 10 lawmakers are there now.

In particular, lawmakers from the Batkivshchyna Mykola Knyazhytskyi and Serhiy Pashynskyi are there.

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At the same time lawmakers from the Svoboda are holding a meeting with their leader Oleh Tyagnybok near their working places.

In a whole about 100 lawmakers are in the session hall.

The sitting should have started at 10.00 am.