[7] Upon his return to Ukraine, Bereza was a Russian[citation needed] book dealer and publisher and eventually created his own small literary society.

[10] After the elections, already as a People's Deputy of Ukraine he announced the creation of an inter-factional parliamentary group titled "Ukrop" (a portmanteau for the Ukrainian opposition).

[11] In April 2015, the Ukrainian media reported on the scandal between Bereza and the deputy from the Radical Party Ihor Mosiychuk.

[12] In the 2015 local elections Bereza was the candidate for Mayor of Kyiv for Party of Decisive Citizens (Ukrainian: Партія рішучих громадян).

The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, reacted to Bereza's act, demanding an apology from him to Skabeyeva, threatening to slap him in the face.

[27] On 10 April 2022, he ended up on the territory of the Truskavets Convent, where he refused to serve a summons to the military enlistment office.