A pair of Ukrainian lawmakers were caught on camera exchanging blows after a disagreement about corruption outside the chambers of parliament. UPI reports:
Yegor Sobolev of the center-right Samopomich , or “self-assistance,” party and Vadym Ivchenko of the Batkivshchyna, or “fatherland,” party, were recorded sparring verbally and physically in a hallway of Kiev’s Verkhovna Rada building Thursday following discussions about an anti-corruption bill.
The video shows the two men punching and kicking one another for about 30 seconds before they are separated by security guards and take their differences back to the verbal arena.
The speaker of the house said the two members of parliament will be suspended for the next five sessions.
Fistfights between members of the Ukrainian parliament are nothing new — lawmakers came to blows on the floor of the legislative body in July and April of last year.
