In 2007 Vlasenko became a member of the
Ukrainian Social Democratic Party. Vlasenko was placed at number 20 on the electoral list of
Batkivshchina during the
2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election. Vlasenko is a member of Batkivshchina. On 5 March 2013, this investigation was "closed for lack of crime". As of 13 March 2013,
Ukrainian prosecutors are investigating the allegations of Vlasenko's former wife that he beat her; as a result of this, Vlasenko can not leave Ukraine. On 28 February 2013,
Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Volodymyr Rybak inquired to the
Higher Administrative Court of Ukraine on depriving Vlasenko of his seat in parliament because he continued to engage in other than parliamentary activity. Vlasenko claimed his legal license was annulled and he was no longer engaged in any extra-parliamentary activity. On 5 March 2012
European Union (EU) Commissioner for Enlargement Štefan Füle and
EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Catherine Ashton called on the Ukrainian authorities to address this situation so as to avoid creating any perception of misuse of the judiciary for political purposes. The
U.S. Department of State agreed with the EU on this and added the case appeared to be politically motivated due to Vlasenko's connection with Yulia Tymoshenko. The Higher Administrative Court annulled the parliamentary mandate of Vlasenko on 6 March 2013. Štefan Füle considered this "not European way" the same day. On 4 March 2014, the Verkhovna Rada returned a deputy mandate to Vlasenko, and Speaker
Oleksandr Turchynov said that "according to a Higher Administrative Court ruling of February 28, 2014, Vlasenko is a people's deputy". In the
2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election he was again re-elected into parliament; this time after placing 15th on the electoral list of Batkivshchina. In addition to his work in parliament, Vlasenko is a member of the Ukrainian delegation to the
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). He serves on the Assembly's Committee on the Election of
Judges to the
European Court of Human Rights; the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights; the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons; and the Sub-Committee on the implementation of judgments of the
European Court of Human Rights. ==References==