The Rada voted yesterday to change its own rules to fast track passage of the ‘anti-Kolomoisky’ bill, a piece of legislation weighed down with 16,585 amendments.

The Rada voted yesterday to change its own rules to fast track passage of the ‘anti-Kolomoisky’ bill, a piece of legislation weighed down with 16,585 amendments. Appealing for a rule change to limit such ‘spam’ amendments, Rada speaker Dmytro Razumkov warned: “This is a situation that could block the work of the parliament until the autumn.” Passed by 242 of the Parliament’s 424 deputies, the bill faces another majority vote before the financial bill can be voted in a second reading. With as much as $10 billion in soft loans at stake, backers hope to pass the legislation before Ukraine’s May holidays start Friday May 1.