KYIV – Lawmakers voted to strip Vadym Novinsky, 53, of his parliamentary immunity from prosecution on December 8 based on a motion filed by the prosecutor general that he allegedly was involved in kidnapping. The Russian-born oligarch and ally of disgraced ex-President Viktor Yanukovych called the measure “politically motivated” and “fabricated” as did his party,...
Russian-born oligarch, a Yanukovych ally, stripped of parliamentary immunity
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