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The leaders of all three opposition factions represented in the Ukrainian parliament have been elected to the presidium of Ukraine's newly established People's Council, Svoboda party deputy chairman Ruslan Koshulynsky said.

“The presidium was elected today. Its members are [UDAR Party leader
Vitaliy] Klytschko, [Svoboda leader Oleh] Tiahnybok and [Batkivschyna
faction leader Arseniy] Yatseniuk,” he told the Channel 5 television
station on Jan. 22.

The People’s Council is yet to win recognition of its legitimacy from the Ukrainian people, he added.