Ukrainian MPs throw punches over accusations of Kremlin links


  • World
  • Tuesday, 15 Nov 2016

KIEV (Reuters) - A brawl broke out between two Ukrainian MPs on Monday during a meeting of parliament faction leaders in Kiev, as one party leader accused another of working with the Kremlin and calling for him to be jailed.

Oleh Lyashko, the leader of Radical Party, was on the receiving end of several punches thrown by Opposition Party leader Yuriy Boyko after he accused Boyko of travelling to Moscow to receive orders from the government there.

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