UKRAINE-PARLIAMENT-LANGUAGE

UKRAINE-PARLIAMENT-LANGUAGE

Ukrainian opposition and majority deputies fight on March 19, 2013 on whether to speak Ukrainian or Russian in the parliament in Kiev. Before The brawl started after the leader of the ruling Regions Party faction, Oleksandr Yefremov, delivered a speech in Russian. Nationalist Svoboda faction members then hissed at Yefremov and chanted “Ukrainian,” demanding that he speak Ukrainian. AFP PHOTO/ STR