[lg policy] Photos: Fight in Ukraine parliament over language bill

[Harold Schiffman]

Photos: Fight in Ukraine parliament over language bill

Posted May 24, 2012

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 parliament.
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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

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