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Parliament on Nov. 4 approved Viktor Pshonka's appointment as prosecutor general of Ukraine.

A total of 292 MPs voted for this decision in parliament on Thursday, November 4.

As reported, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych dismissed Oleksandr Medvedko as prosecutor general on November 3, as his five-year term had expired.

On the same day, Yanukovych submitted to parliament deputy prosecutor general Viktor Pshonka’s nomination to the post.