Lawmaker Mariana Bezuhla, formerly a member of President Volodymyr Zelensky’s Servant of the People party, downplayed her own bill proposing strict prison sentences for “representing Ukraine abroad” without authorization, calling it a mere “provocation.” Bezuhla and Halyna Tretiakova, a member of Zelensky’s party, registered the bill in the parliament on March 20. The draft law called for a prison sentence of up to 15 years for the “appropriation of state functions,” namely at international events and in dealing with foreign representatives. The bill was submitted to a specialized committee fo…
