Ukrainian Egg-Throwing Melee Against Russian Fleet Agreement -- Voice of America
Opposition lawmakers unfurl huge Ukrainian flag, voice anger at 25-year lease extension.
An egg-throwing melee in the Ukrainian parliament, the Rada, accompanied ratification of a controversial agreement to extend the lease of Russia's Black Sea Fleet in the Crimean port city of Sevastopol for at least 25 years.
Chaos broke out on the floor of Ukraine's Rada as lawmakers opposed to the Black Sea Fleet agreement with Russia unleashed a volley of eggs at the speaker's platform. Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn protected himself with an umbrella.
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