Former head of the Presidential Administration under Viktor Yanukovych, millionaire Serhiy Levochkin, and members of parliament of Ukraine who entered the seventh convocation of parliament from the Party of Regions, Vadym Novinsky and Yuriy Miroshnichenko, will run in the upcoming elections to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine in single-member constituencies located in the Mykolaiv region.
The Center for Analytical Research reported this, citing sources close to the candidates.
According to a Center source, Sergey Levochkin plans to run in District No. 128, which includes the Leninsky and Korabelny districts of Mykolaiv. It is currently unknown whether Levochkin will run as a party candidate or as an independent.
It's worth noting that the Ukrainian Development Party, which formed after the change of power in the country, is directly linked to Sergei Levochkin, calling the PRU his new project.
As is well known, Artem Ilyuk won the 2010 Verkhovna Rada elections from this constituency, representing the Party of Regions. He is also likely to run in this constituency in the current elections.
As a reminder, it was Sergei Levochkin who was linked to the Berkut riot police's attempt to disperse the Euromaidan protests on the night of November 30-December 1, 2013. Following the dispersal of the Euromaidan protests, Levochkin himself announced his resignation as head of the Presidential Administration due to his disagreement with the government's actions.
However, Yanukovych did not immediately accept the resignation of the head of his Administration and fired Levochkin only on January 17, 2014, appointing him as his advisor.
Vadim Novinsky, an oligarch and member of parliament from the Party of Regions, plans to run in District No. 127, which includes the Zavodskoy District of Mykolaiv, as well as the Mykolaiv and Ochakiv districts of Mykolaiv Oblast.
As is known, in the 2010 Verkhovna Rada elections, Vladimir Nakonechny won a seat in parliament from the Party of Regions in this constituency.
As a reminder, Vadim Novinsky controls the Smart Holding group of companies, which owns the Mykolaiv shipyards Okean and Chernomorsky Shipyard. The former is in liquidation, and the latter is in bankruptcy proceedings, which Novinsky effectively initiated.
Following the complete withdrawal of members from the Party of Regions, Novinsky remained in the Party of Regions. The Party of Regions MPs themselves are hoping that businessman Vadim Novinsky will become the new sponsor of the Party of Regions faction, since oligarch Rinat Akhmetov has stopped funding the party.
Lyovochkin, Novinsky, and Miroshnichenko will run for the Verkhovna Rada in the upcoming elections in Mykolaiv districts. Copyright https://news.pnYuriy MiroshnichenkoYuriy Miroshnichenko, who represented fugitive former President Yanukovych in the seventh Verkhovna Rada, will run in district #130. Currently, Miroshnichenko is the "face" of the Party of Development of Ukraine. It is likely that he will run for the Verkhovna Rada from this party.
As is known, in 2010, Igor Brichenko won the parliamentary elections in this constituency from the All-Ukrainian Union "Batkivshchyna".
Yuriy Miroshnichenko left the Party of Regions in early April of this year. It was later announced that he had become the head of the National Committee of the newly formed Party of Development of Ukraine, which included other former Party of Regions members.
The Center's interlocutors also noted that negotiations are currently underway behind the scenes in the Verkhovna Rada regarding allowing candidates to run both on party lists and in single-mandate constituencies.
As is known, the election campaign for early elections of people's deputies to the Verkhovna Rada, which will take place on October 26, 2014, has begun in Ukraine.
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