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MP Dmytruk congratulates Putin on birthday from abroad; complaint filed with SBU – MP Bondar

Member of Parliament Artem Dmytruk, who is currently outside Ukraine and has been placed on an international wanted list, wished Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin a happy birthday, prompting MP Mykhailo Bondar (from the European Solidarity fraction) to announce that he had filed a report with the State Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) alleging a crime involving treason.

MP Dmytruk congratulates Putin on birthday from abroad; complaint filed with SBU – MP Bondar

European Solidarity fraction MP Mykhailo Bondar has reported Member of Parliament Artem Dmytruk to the State Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) for treason, following Dmytruk's birthday message to Russian leader Vladimir Putin. Dmytruk, who is currently abroad and on an international wanted list, made the congratulatory post on his Telegram channel, praising Putin as the "leader of the country on which the life of his country depends" and wishing him wisdom and fortitude.

Bondar, in a Facebook post on Thursday, detailed the SBU complaint, urging Parliament Chairman Ruslan Stefanchuk to revoke Dmytruk's parliamentary seat.

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