<h1>Photos: Fight in Ukraine parliament over language bill</h1>
<p class="topdate">Posted May 24, 2012</p>





<p>KIEV, Ukraine—A violent scuffle erupted in Ukraine’s parliament 
Thursday evening May 24, 2012, over a bill that would allow the use of 
the Russian language in courts, hospitals and other institutions in the 
Russian-speaking regions of the country. The fight broke out between 
members of the pro-Western opposition who want to take Ukraine out of 
Russia’s shadow and lawmakers from President Viktor Yanukovych’s party, 
which bases its support in Ukraine’s Russian-speaking east. At least one
 legislator, opposition lawmaker Mykola Petruk, suffered an apparent 
blow to the head and was taken to the hospital with blood streaming down
 his face. Lawmakers have frequently scuffled in the Ukrainian 
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                                                                <div class="image-desc">Deputies of the Ukrainian opposition 
fight with deputies of the pro-presidential majority during a session of
 parliament in Kiev, as opposition parties protest a bill proposed by 
the ruling party which would make Russian an official state language 
along with Ukrainian. AFP PHOTO/STRINGERSTR/AFP/GettyImages</div>
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