The SBU said on Dec. 2 that it had asked the parliament to cancel Poroshenko's request to leave the country, explaining that Russian intelligence services planned to use the meeting for propaganda purposes.
Ruslan Stefanchuk, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada (Parliament) of Ukraine, has released data on the manner and length of Ukrainian MPs' time spent abroad in response to complaints from European Solidarity MPs.
A Hungarian official has commented on the Ukrainian Security Service's explanation of the decision to deny the fifth president, Petro Poroshenko, permission to travel abroad, and claimed that Ukraine is not ready for EU membership.
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) said on Dec. 2 that it had requested Ukraine's parliament cancel the permission of lawmaker and ex-President Petro Poroshenko to exit the country due to a planned meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. Poroshenko claimed that the cancellation was for political reasons and hinted that the decision came from high up.
The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) has learned that Petro Poroshenko, the fifth president of Ukraine, has scheduled a meeting with Viktor Orbán, the pro-Russian Hungarian PM. Source: SSU; statement by Poroshenko's European Solidarity party faction Details: The SSU and Ukrainian intelligence agencies received information about Russian secret services preparing provocations targeting Ukraine in the international arena.