Ukrainian Food Fight Over Russian Naval Base (literally!)

Following Putin's statement that they have no desire for overseas bases, and the Belarus statement that the Russians ought to pay for the ones they already have, comes word that the Ukrainian parliament disintegrated into a food fight in protest over the extension of the lease of the Russian naval base on the Black Sea. Y'know - one of those bases that Putin says the Russians don't want. Unless they do.

Opposition lawmakers hurled eggs and smoke bombs inside Ukraine's parliament Tuesday as the chamber approved an agreement allowing the Russian Navy to extend its stay in a Ukrainian port until 2042.

Thousands of opposition demonstrators rallied outside the parliament building as deputies from newly elected President Viktor Yanukovich's coalition approved a 25-year extension to the Russian Black Sea Fleet's base in Crimea.

The chamber of the parliament filled with smoke as smoke bombs were released and Speaker Volodymyr Litvyn took shelter under his umbrella as eggs rained down on him.

Russian Black Sea Fleet at Wikipedia

Is this the fleet?


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By: Brant