Speaker Oleksandr Moroz is the head of Ukraine's Socialist Party, which is part of pro-Russian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych's governing coalition.
Earlier today, Council of Europe head Terry Davis and Foreign Minister Borys Tarasiuk signed a memorandum on opening an office in Kyiv for Europe's top human rights body.
(AP, Interfax-Ukraine)
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