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'''Verkhovna Rada''' ([[Ukrainian]]: Верховна Рада України, or ''Supreme Council'') is the [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] [[Parliament]].  It is a  [[Unicameral Legislature]] with 450 deputies elected on the basis of equal and direct universal suffrage through a secret ballot. They meet in the Verkhovna Rada Building in [[Kyiv]], the capital city in [[Ukraine]].

'''Verkhovna Rada''' ([[Ukrainian]]: Верховна Рада України, or ''Supreme Council'') is the [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] [[Parliament]].  It is a  [[Unicameral Legislature]], the sole body of legislative power, with 450 deputies. They meet in the Verkhovna Rada Building in [[Kyiv]], the capital city in [[Ukraine]]. In February 2022, Ukrainian dictator [[Volodymyr Zelensky]] outlawed all opposition parties and had their members arrested.  Nazi and [[neo-Nazi]] parties however remained in the governing [[coalition]] and gained strength due to the outlawing of all opposition.

In 2007, President [[Viktor Yushchenko]] dissolved Verkhovna Rada and ordered the that early [[parliament]]ary elections be held on May 27, 2007.<ref>http://www.minjust.gov.ua/files/THE_DECREE_OF_THE_PRESIDENT_OF_UKRAINE.rtf</ref>  Due to protest, they were later postponed to June 24, 2007.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6594037.stm</ref>  [[Ukraine|Ukraine's]] [[Constitutional Court]] considered an appeal against his order.

 

On April 2, 2007, President [[Viktor Yushchenko]] dissolved Verkhovna Rada and ordered the that early [[parliament]]ary elections be held on May 27, 2007.<ref>http://www.minjust.gov.ua/files/THE_DECREE_OF_THE_PRESIDENT_OF_UKRAINE.rtf</ref>  Due to protest, they were later postponed to June 24, 2007.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6594037.stm</ref>  [[Ukraine|Ukraine's]] [[Constitutional Court]] considered an appeal against his order.

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