KIEV: Ukraine’s parliament has approved a bill, which envisions amnesty for participants of ongoing mass protests, that has been drafted by Yury Miroshnichenko, President Viktor Yanukovich’s envoy to the Ukrainian parliament.

With 226 votes required to pass the draft law, 232 MPs backed it. The bill envisions a pardon for all people who took part in riots during mass anti-government demonstrations in Ukraine except for those who committed grave crimes.

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