Oct. 10, 2024, 12:03 p.m.

Fugitive Odesa MP Dmytruk expelled from parliamentary committee

MP Artem Dmytruk, who fled Ukraine, was expelled from the Verkhovna Rada Law Enforcement Committee.

On October 10, the resolution was supported by 245 MPs.

In addition, another fugitive MP, Andriy Odarchenko of the Servant of the People faction, was expelled from the Committee on Anti-Corruption Policy.

On October 7, Dmytruk, who had illegally gone abroad in late August, joined a meeting of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Law Enforcement online.

The MP voted in favor of the last draft law on the committee's agenda, No. 9398 "On Amendments to the Criminal Code of Ukraine on Improving Criminal Liability for Infectious Diseases or Infection with Their Pathogens."

At the same time, Yulia Yatsyk, a member of the committee and a non-partisan MP, emphasized that she did not personally record Dmytruk, but her colleagues from the committee confirmed that he participated in the meeting. She clarified that the meeting was attended by representatives of various law enforcement agencies, including the PGO, NABU, and SAPO, as they discussed the conclusion of agreements in criminal proceedings and amendments to the Criminal Code in connection with the ratification of the Rome Statute.

The news of MP Artem Dmytruk 's escape from Ukraine became known on August 24, when he crossed the border with Moldova. Previously, the MP had actively supported pro-Russian interests, in particular, he had defended the Moscow Patriarchate. On August 25, he was notified of being suspected of assaulting a police officer and a soldier.

In July 2024, he became a subdeacon of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP).

In November last year, Artem Dmytruk joined those who wanted to preserve the Moscow Patriarchate in Ukraine. In October 2023, Artem Dmytruk was accused of beating a man in the capital.

In November 2021, Dmytruk was expelled from the Servant of the People faction.

Artem Dmytruk is a Member of Parliament of the IX convocation (since 2019), elected in constituency 133 (Odesa region). He is also an entrepreneur and professional athlete who ran the professional boxing federation of Odesa and the region.

Ірина Глухова

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