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 Verkhovna rada (Ukraine's parliament) to meet on June 3 to decide on MP Tsariov's fate. 

 The Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office has asked the Verkhovna Rada to give its consent to hold parliamentarian Oleh Tsariov criminally liable.

“The Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office has filed a request (with the Rada) on holding Ukrainian people’s deputy Oleh Tsariov criminally liable and on detaining and taking him into custody as a restrictive measure,” acting Ukrainian Prosecutor General Oleh Makhnitsky said at the Rada on May 29.