Ukraine's parliament on July 27 voted to strip Yuriy Aristov, a lawmaker from President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's Servant Of the People party, of his mandate because he has been out of the country for almost two months, even though officials and males of conscription age are banned from leaving during Russia's ongoing invasion. Aristov filed resignation papers on July 25 after media reports about his recent stay in a five-star hotel in the Maldives were confirmed by the administration of the Waldorf Astoria Maldives hotel. The 48-year-old Aristov was a deputy chief of the parliamentary committee for national security, defense, and intelligence. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service, click here.
