reports ukrinform. The Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security, Defense, and Intelligence has recommended that Parliament adopt at second reading the bill “On Prevention of Threats to National Security Related to Excessive Influence of Persons Who Have Significant Economic or Political Weight in Public Life (Oligarchs)”. It’s planning to consider it at a plenary meeting on Thursday, September 23. The second reading of the bill received more than 1,270 amendments, but they have been addressed by the committee.