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The People’s Deputy from the Servant of the People faction, Oleksandr Kunytskyy, who in September 2024 year left Ukraine on official travel and did not return after its completion, has appeared again in the Verkhovna Rada. 9 In November he took part in a parliamentary vote for the first time in over two years.
The deputy’s return was announced by MP Oleksiy Honcharenko. His colleague from the faction, Olha Vasylevska-Smahliuk, also confirmed the information. Relevant footage of him participating in a session began to circulate online.
What is known about Kunytskyy’s return
According to Honcharenko, Kunytskyy is already in the Verkhovna Rada. The parliamentarian himself posted videos from the parliament building and from the session hall on social media.
As reported by the Civic Movement “Chesno”, 9 in November Kunytskyy took part in a vote for the first time in two years. Specifically, he supported the draft resolution No. 15220. Prior to this, on the Verkhovna Rada website, during one of the votes, the deputy had the status “Did not vote,” which indicates his registration in the system without pressing a voting button.
How deputies voted / Screenshot from the Verkhovna Rada website
According to the media, the deputy could have returned to Ukraine last weekend from Canada.
Why Kunytskyy left Ukraine
Oleksandr Kunytskyy left Ukraine 23 September 2024 year. He was to travel to the United States on official business to deepen Ukrainian-American interparliamentary cooperation. However, after the trip, the deputy did not return.
Initially the parliamentarian headed to Israel, and from there to his family in the United States. He allegedly told colleagues that he would not return to Ukraine until police officers who, in his words, broke his ribs, were punished.
Most likely, this referred to an incident in March 2022 year when law enforcement detained Kunytskyy for illegal filming of a checkpoint. Then the deputy also stated his readiness to resign his mandate.
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