KIEV (Reuters) - Lawmakers loyal to Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich caused political uproar on Thursday when they stormed out of parliament where the opposition was blocking proceedings and set up a rival assembly in a nearby building.
The deputies from the ruling Party of the Regions, which with communist allies holds a majority, moved into their new premises and began voting on laws in a move denounced by one opposition leader as a Soviet-style coup d'etat.
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