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Oleksandr Turchynov, the chairman of the 7th Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada, opened a ceremonial session of the 8th parliament in Kyiv on Nov. 27, at which the parliamentarians are to take an oath. 

During the opening ceremony, the Ukrainian national anthem was performed by the Hryhory Veriovka National Academic Popular Choir.

Attending the ceremony are Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, Cabinet members led by Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk, former Presidents Leonid Kravchuk, Leonid Kuchma, and Viktor Yuschenko, members of the diplomatic corps and other dignitaries.