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For the first time in over four years of full-scale war in Ukraine, journalists have been allowed to attend meetings of the Verkhovna Rada committees and parliamentary temporary investigative commissions. This was reported by the Chaisty movement, citing an order from Verkhovna Rada Speaker Ruslan Stefanchuk published on the parliament's website. In the document, the word "journalists" was replaced with "media representatives."
Since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, journalists could only monitor committee and TSC work online. At the same time, access will not be automatic. To attend meetings, one must have Verkhovna Rada accreditation and obtain a one-time pass. Closed meetings are unaffected by these changes.
To obtain a one-time pass, a media representative must submit a written request for admission to the Apparatus of the Verkhovna Rada no later than five business days before the start of the event. The number of media staff allowed into the committee building will be determined based on the number of written applications received, with the approval of the security department, and taking into account the number of places in the shelter.
Thus, journalists, operators, photographers, and other members of filming groups will now be able to enter not only the press center in the Verkhovna Rada building itself. At the same time, access of journalists to the Rada's corridors and the press gallery remains closed.
Russia's attack on Kyiv with ballistic missiles on the night of Saturday, 1 August, was broadcast live on the American CNN with Ukrainian parliamentarian Galyna Yanchenko.
The national telethon "Unified News" will operate until the end of the war with Russia; there is no censorship, said in 2024, year, then-Minister of Culture and Strategic Communications of Ukraine Mykola Tochytskyi.
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