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Scuffles break out in Ukraine's parliament as communists walk out

2014-04-08 379 Dailymotion

ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION)<br/> <br />STORY: The Ukrainian parliament on Tuesday (April 8) convened to debate the deteriorating situation in the east of the country after the seizure of public buildings across the mainly Russian-speaking industrial heartland on Sunday (April 6) evening.<br/> <br />Kiev says the actions are a replay of events in Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula Moscow annexed last month, and accuse Moscow of tying to dismember the country.<br/> <br />Later deputies brawled in the chamber after communist leader Petro Symonenko accused nationalists of playing into the hands of Russia by adopting extreme tactics early in the Ukrainian crisis.<br/> <br />Two deputies from the Svoboda far-right nationalist party took exception to the charges by communist Petro Symonenko and seized him while he was talking from the rostrum.<br/> <br />His party supporters rallied to his defence and a brawl broke out with deputies from other parties joining in and trading punches.<br/> <br />Symonenko stirred nationa

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