The Central Election Commission officially recognized the victory of the 81-year-old regional candidate. Efim Zvyagilsky In District No. 45, this district includes the Kyivsky District of Donetsk and the adjacent towns of Avdiivka and Yasynuvata. It is here that the Donetsk Airport, which has been the subject of fierce fighting recently, is located.
According to the Constitution, the first session of a new convocation of the Verkhovna Rada is opened by the most senior member of parliament. Accordingly, it will be Zvyagilsky who will recite the oath and open the first session.
Let us recall that Zvyagilsky has already been a people's deputy of all seven convocations of the Verkhovna Rada.
It's noteworthy that there were no strong figures in this constituency who could have stood up to Zvyagilsky. The "parliamentary veteran" faced competition from 11 candidates, including Svoboda member Igor Sabadakha and Vladimir Shilov, one of the commanders of the Dnepr-1 battalion.
Furthermore, a number of Zvyagilsky's associates have entered the leadership of the so-called DPR. Donetsk activists and journalists claim that the regional leader himself actively supported the separatists. Specifically, according to Donetsk blogger Denis Kazansky, Zvyagilsky's associate, Alexander Kalyussky, holds a position in the so-called DPR government.
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