The parliamentary faction of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc will not vote for the Verkhovna Rada's resolution on terminating an agreement between the Ukrainian and Russian governments on visa-free travel between the two countries.

"Our faction decided at a meeting not to vote for a resolution on introducing visa regulations with Russia. There are several reasons for this. First, we are a pro-government faction, and therefore we cannot make decisions without communicating with the government. The foreign minister's position is that it would be wrong to do this, that we are not prepared for this," the Petro Poroshenko Bloc party press service quoted parliamentarian Oleksiy Honcharenko as saying on Thursday.

Second, "we have one million Ukrainians working in Russia and making money for their families, and Russia would certainly respond symmetrically to the imposition of visas," Honcharenko said.

"Therefore, a lot of Ukrainians would be deprived of the opportunity to travel to Russia to earn money. This issue requires a balanced and cautious approach. Emotions shouldn't prevail in making this decision," he said.

Maksym Burbak, the leader of the People's Front faction, said the faction would vote for repealing the visa-free travel agreement with Russia. "People's Front supports [Rada Chairman] Andriy Parubiy's initiative, and we will vote for introducing visas," Burbak told journalists at the parliament.

Semen Semenchenko, a member of the Samopomich faction, told Interfax-Ukraine his colleagues and he would also support the repeal of visa-free travel with Russia.

The press service of the Batkivschyna faction at the Rada said its members would vote for a draft resolution repealing visa-free travel with Russia and would voice significant disagreements with the government and the parliament on the matter.

Meanwhile, co-leader of the Opposition Bloc faction Oleksandr Vilkul spoke against repealing visa-free travel with Russia, arguing, in particular, that several millions of Ukrainians are working in Russia, and so this decision would harm them, as Russia would inevitably impose reciprocal measures.

The agenda of the Rada session on October 6 contains an address to the government demanding that the visa-free travel agreement with Russia be terminated.