Rada Opens Spring Session Today.

This morning the Verkhovna Rada opened its spring session. Some of the larger items on the agenda this spring include: the appointment of Constitutional Court judges, a package of several WTO laws, UTEL’s privatization status and the ratification of an agreement between Ukraine and the European Investment Bank. The spring session will close on April 4. Concorde Capital: The fall session was one for the ages, however, with the elections a little more than a month away, this session could be stormier than ever. It is hard to imagine that much will get done before the elections with most deputies focusing on their election campaigns, however, during the winter recess Rada Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn suggested that he was willing to allow the appointment of new judges before the election.