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  • Smoke Bomb And Eggs Thrown As Ukraine's Parliament In Kiev Agrees Black Sea Deal With Russia

    04/27/2010 5:07:37 AM PDT · by fight_truth_decay · 22 replies · 629+ views
    Telegraph.co.uk ^ | Tuesday 27 April 2010 | T TV
    Angry outbursts over agreement allowing Russian Navy to stay.Politicians pelted Ukrainian lawmakers with a smoke bomb and eggs as the parliament approved an agreement that will keep the Russian navy based in the Crimean Peninsula. Chamber speaker Volodymyr Litvyn was forced to take shelter under his umbrella as he was hit by eggs after deputies from newly elected President Viktor Yanukovich's coalition approved the extension to the Russian Black Sea Fleet's base in Crimea. Ukrainian nationalists, led by former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and former President Viktor Yushchenko, regard the base as a betrayal of Ukraine's national interests. They wanted...