Ukraine, Kiev, 9 Dec/ Trend corr Z. Novsvitski / Fraction leader of Lytvyn's Bloc Volodymyr Lytvyn has been elected Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.
His candidacy was supported by 154 MPs from the BYuT fraction, 40 - OU-PSD fraction, 27 - CPU, 20 - the Lytvyn's Bloc, and three lawmakers from the Party of Regions fraction (Taras Chornovil, Vassyl Hrytsak, and Yukhym Zvyahilskiy).
The correspondent can be contacted at: [email protected]