http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/ukraine/9288953/Brawl-erupts-in-Ukraine-parliament-over-Russian-language-bill.html
TO SEE 1:48 Raw Video...after :30 ad.
Ukrainian news...is never boring.
Regular observers can count on outrageous FEMEN topless activists...flash-mobbing and flashing their breasts for various causes...and pugnacious ex-PM Yuila Tymoshenko standing-up to her equally stubborn opponent President Viktor Yanukovich.
Yesterday...an uber-violent brawl broke-out in its parliament...sending the deputy opposition leader and another MP to the hospital.
The fight was over a bill making Russian an official language in East and South where about 10% of the populace are Russian speakers.
But the proposal was seen by some as besmirching and encroaching on Ukraine's proud cultural heritage.
TO READ ONLY:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-25/ukrainian-opposition-blocks-parliament-on-russian-language-bill.html
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