A person involved in the incident was the MP from “Opposition bloc”.
Vice-speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Oksana Syroid shut off the microphone MP from “Opposition bloc” Yevhen Balitsky because of the refusal to speak the Ukrainian language. Video of the incident posted on YouTube.
In his speech the MP spoke about the catastrophic situation of ecology in Zaporizhzhya region.
Syroid asked him to move into the state language. “Dear speaker, please go to the state language, since you are in the walls of the Ukrainian Parliament”.
However Balitsky did not listen to her request and continued to speak Russian. After that, Syroid ordered to turn off his microphone. In the hall greeted the decision with applause.
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