Ukraine suspends 11 political parties with links to Russia

Zelenskiy says parties such as Viktor Medvedchuk's Opposition Platform for Life are aimed at division or collusion'

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Eleven Ukrainian political parties have been suspended because of their links with Russia, according to the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy.

The country's national security and defence council took the decision to ban the parties from any political activity. Most of the parties affected were small, but one of them, the Opposition Platform for Life, has 44 seats in the 450-seat Ukrainian parliament.