A spokesman said Oleksiy Ivchenko had himself asked to step down following his election to parliament in March.
Ivchenko was a key figure in negotiations over Russian gas supplies in January when Ukraine accepted a nearly twofold increase in prices in a deal criticized by several leading politicians in Kyiv.
(Interfax-Ukraine, Reuters)
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