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The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine voted for the country’s withdrawal from the Agreement on Perpetuating the Memory of the Courage and Heroism of the peoples of the CIS member states in the Great Patriotic War. The agreement was signed by the countries in 2011.
People’s Deputy Yaroslav Zheleznyak said that the Ukrainian parliament during Sunday’s meeting voted for this decision, parallel to the vote on other bills. In particular, today the Rada approved the presidential law on the extension of martial law and mobilization for another 90 days until August 23.
The draft laws on withdrawal from the Agreement with the CIS on combating illegal Migration, on withdrawal from the Agreement with the CIS on the Joint Agricultural Market, on denunciation of the Agreement between Ukraine and the Russian Federation on avoidance of double taxation, on the prohibition of medicines from the Russian Federation and Belarus were also approved.
The draft law on withdrawal from the agreement on perpetuation of memory was submitted to the Rada at the end of April.