Smoke Bombs and Eggs In Ukraine Parliament - Vote on Russian Naval Lease

[C. Flower]

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2010/04/20104277523732910.html

The opposition was not happy with today's vote in favour of a 25 year extension to the Russian navy's lease at Sebastopol.

http://english.aljazeera.net/mritems/Images/2010/4/27/201042781855639580_2.gif

Our Dail is moribund compared with a lot of Parliaments.

[C. Flower]

http://www.rferl.org/content/Ukraine_MPs_Approve_Black_Sea_Deal/2025524.html

Unbelievable video. Some of these guys should try handball. Radio Free Europe seem to have been well prepared to film this.

The extraordinary sang froid of the Speaker, as he continues to read and sign documentation shielded under an umbrella from a barrage of eggs, while fist fights and smoke bombs go off, has to be admired.