During a repeat vote, the bill on the parliamentary opposition, authored by Regions Party MPs Vadym Novinsky, Yevhen Heller and Valeriy Pysarenko, was supported by 233 lawmakers.
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The Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament, has adopted a bill on the parliamentary opposition at first reading.
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