Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Volodymyr Rybak has officially announced in parliament on Thursday the expulsion of MP Vasyl Kravchuk from the Batkivschyna faction.

At a meeting on Thursday, quoting the faction's decision, the speaker announced that Kravchuk was expelled "for betraying the interests of the people and the systematic violation of decisions of the faction," an Interfax-Ukraine correspondent reported.