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Info about Ukraine parliament speaker suffering hypertensive crisis untrue

KIEV, February 18. /ITAR-TASS/. Information about worse state of health of Ukrainian Parliament Speaker Vladimir Rybak is untrue, leader of parliamentary faction Party of Regions Alexander Yefremov told reporters here on Tuesday.

“Vladimir Vasilyevich [Rybak] is working and is holding consultations,” Yefremov said.

Lawmaker Inna Bogoslovskaya said earlier on Tuesday that Rybak had suffered hypertensive crisis. In her words, the ambulance was called for the parliament speaker.