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Two members of the Ukrainian parliament, Yegor Sobolev of the Samopomochi party and Vadim Ivchenko from the Fatherland party, were involved in a physical altercation in the halls of the Ukrainian parliament.
Peace might come to the battlefield before parliament.
Two Ukrainian politicians got into a no-holds-barred fistfight in the halls of parliament Thursday.
MP Yegor Sobolev of the Samopomochi party gave MP Vadim Ivchenko of the Fatherland party a bloody nose during the heated brawl outside the chamber as witnesses shot footage.
According to reports, the fight stemmed from heated discussions over a bill in the nation’s parliament, Verkhovna Rada, in the capital city of Kiev.
Ivchenko was wearing a suit throughout the altercation, while Sobolev had on a sweater over a T-shirt and jeans.
A camouflage-clad guard managed to separate the embattled deputies and send them to opposite corners while cameramen crowded around.
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Video of the fight appeared shortly after world leaders brokered a ceasefire, scheduled to begin on Feb. 15, in the nation’s battle with Russia.
This is actually not the first time that a physical altercation had broken out in a session of parliament in the Ukraine. In a general session of the parliament in 2013, a brawl broke out involving dozens of members fighting each as others tried to break it up.
ABOUT UKRAINE PARLIAMENT
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of Ukraine, formerly also translated as the Supreme Soviet of Ukraine), often simply Verkhovna Rada or just Rada, is the unicameral parliament of Ukraine. The Verkhovna Rada is composed of 450 deputies, who are presided over by a chairman (speaker). Because of the War in Donbass and the unilateral annexation of Crimea by Russia elections for the constituencies situated in Donbass and Crimea were not held in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election; hence the current composition of the Verkhovna Rada consists of 423 deputies. The Verkhovna Rada meets in the Verkhovna Rada building in Ukraine’s capital Kiev.
source: wikipedia.com
