KIEV, Feb. 8 – The leader of a pro-government group in Parliament paid $450,000 in cash to an opposition lawmaker for switching sides and joining a majority supporting President Viktor Yanukovych, the lawmaker said Wednesday.
Roman Zabzaliuk, a member of the opposition Batkivshchyna party, said he accepted the money and pretended to switching sides, while also making audio recordings that had documented the illegal transaction.
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