MP Petrenko quits Poroshenko Bloc faction

Ukrainian MP Oleh Petrenko has left the Bloc of Petro Poroshenko faction in the Verkhovna Rada.

Parliament Speaker Andriy Parubiy announced this on Wednesday, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

The speaker read out a respective statement by the people's deputy at a plenary meeting.

On Monday, July 10, the Bloc of Petro Poroshenko faction expelled Boryslav Rozenblat from its ranks. He was stripped of his immunity due to a motion from the Prosecutor General's Office on bringing him to criminal liability.