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Former deputy head of the Volyn Regional State Administration Stepan Rodych is returning to politics. He headed the list of Volyn Christian Democrats for the regional council. This was reported on February 16 by the Western Information Corporation's own correspondent.
“The biggest problems of the Ukrainian economy are concentrated in the energy and agriculture sectors,” noted Stanislav Arzhevitin, a candidate for deputy from the Electoral Bloc “Our Ukraine,” during a press conference in Lutsk.
People's Deputy, leader of the Republican Christian Party Mykola Porovskyi is running for the Volyn Oblast Council. At the oblast conference of the "Revival" party, which is supported by "Our Party" and the RCP, he was nominated at No. 2.
While in Rivne on February 16, Petro Poroshenko refuted rumors about the resignation of Viktor Pynzenyk. Information was being spread that Viktor Pynzenyk had resigned due to his alleged disagreement with the government's positions on gas. As Petro Poroshenko noted, "this information does not correspond to reality.
According to the source, Pynzenyk submitted his statement on February 13–16. The main motivation, according to the source, is Pynzenyk's disagreement with the latest gas agreements between Ukraine and Russia.
The PORA-PRP civic bloc is going to request Leonid Kuchma, Serhy Kivalov and Viktor Yanukovych to authorize use of their photographs on PORA-PRP leaflets “It’s Time to Bring Them to Account: why are they still at large?”, the bloc’s political board member Yevhen Zolotaryov said, speaking at a press conference.
Deputy of the Lutsk City Council, co-coordinator of the "Our Ukraine" faction Ihor Huz will sue Lutsk Mayor Anton Kryvytskyi for insult to honor, dignity, business reputation and will demand compensation for moral damages. He stated this on February 15 during a press conference in Lutsk.
In Lutsk, 12 candidates for the position of city mayor have been registered. One of them is a well-known businessman, showman and philanthropist in the city, Oleksandr Hlavatskyi. This was reported on February 15 by the Western Information Corporation's own correspondent.
On February 14, by a decision of the bureau of the Lutsk city party organization of the All-Ukrainian Union "Batkivshchyna," by a majority of votes (5 – "for," 2 – "against," 2 – "abstained"), First Deputy Head of the Volyn Regional State Administration Bohdan Shyba was expelled from the party membership.
“The situation when the authorities believe that we went out to Maidan only so that Yushchenko would become President is abnormal,” said well-known journalist Vakhtang Kipiani, candidate for people's deputy No. 25 on the election list of the “Pora-PRP” bloc, during a press conference in Ivano-Frankivsk on February 14.