In December 2011 Kyrylenko signed an agreement with the head of the party Front of ChangesArseniy Yatsenyuk on joint opposition activity and merger of their parties after the election.[16]
Kyrylenko was instrumental in the attempt to repeal the national 2012 Law "On the principles of the state language policy". On 23 February 2014, the second day after the flight of Viktor Yanukovich, while in a parliamentary session Kyrylenko moved to include in the agenda a draft that would repeal the 2012 Law "On the principles of the state language policy". The motion was carried with 232 deputies voting in favour, the draft was included into the agenda, immediately put to a vote and approved with the same 232 voting in favour. Repeal of the 2012 Law "On the principles of the state language policy" was met with great disdain in Crimea and Southern and Eastern Ukraine provoking waves of anti-government protests,[19] ultimately culminating with the Crimean crisis. The acting President Oleksandr Turchinov announced on February 28, 2014 that he won't be signing the law into action,[20] but this reaction came too late to curb the unfolding crisis.
In September 2014 Kyrylenko became a founding member of his new party People's Front.[6]
Since December 2, 2014 - Vice-Prime Minister, Minister of Culture of Ukraine.
April 14, 2016 - Vice-Prime Minister of Ukraine.[21]
According to an electronic declaration in 2019, Vyacheslav Kyrylenko received a salary of ₴405,974 (US$ 15,036) as Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine. On bank accounts (JSC "Oschadbank"), Vyacheslav Kyrylenko had ₴15,362 (US$596). He also declared US$ 1,200 in cash. Additionally, Vyacheslav Kyrylenko had apartment (total area of 154,80 m2) and apartment (total area of 53,20 m2) in joint ownership (33%). Vyacheslav Kyrylenko also declared a 2013 Skoda Superb car.[23]
^At that time, Vyacheslav Kyrylenko had used homophobic compromising materials in the political struggle, to accuse in homosexuality Vladislav Bugera, left-wing political activist who fought Ukrainian nationalists. See about that: Stephen Shenfield. "Vladislav Bugera: Portrait of a Post-Marxist Thinker" // JRL Research & Analytical Supplement, No. 44, November 2008
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