Emeute à Kiev – avril 2010

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Massive Protest At Ukraine Parliament

lanewsmonitor.com

27 April, 2010

Clashes and chaos ignited inside Ukraine‘s parliament on Tuesday as the chamber voted to sign a deal granting Russia an extended lease on a Black Sea naval base.

Fighting erupted when the opposition lawmakers threw eggs and set off smoke bombs at the speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn. He was then forced to took cover behind two black umbrellas after the pelting, before smoke from two hurled bombs billowed inside the chamber.

Thousands angry protesters rallied the capital’s streets, blocking roads to protest the deal allowing Russia to maintain control of the base in the Ukrainian port city of Sevastopol.

Amid massive public protests, the lease extension passed with 236 votes in Ukraine’s 450-seat chamber, the State Duma, sanctioned the extension today until 2042. In return the Russian government will give Ukraine discounts on imports of Russian natural gas.

After several talks between Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and his Russian counterpart, Dmitri Medvedev, the deal was announced last week . According to President Yanukovych, the deal will help to cut the country’s budget deficit.

“Although the agreement is expensive, the money is secondary to establishing trust with Ukraine,” commented the Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin .

Prosecutors investigate Ukraine parliament chaos

AP

1 hour ago

KIEV, Ukraine — Ukrainian prosecutors said Thursday they are considering filing charges against parliament members who hurled eggs and set off smoke bombs in the chamber as lawmakers ratified a controversial agreement with Russia.

The parliament speaker was bombarded with eggs and deputies brawled Tuesday before a vote ratifying an agreement to extend the Russian navy’s lease of a Ukrainian port by 25 years.

Kiev city prosecutors said Thursday that those who caused the disorder could face charges of hooliganism, which carry a sentence of up to four years in jail.

President Viktor Yanukovych and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed the ratified deal on the Black Sea Fleet into law on Thursday.

The deal is the most concrete sign of Russia’s renewed influence in Ukraine since Viktor Yanukovych became president in February.

Yanukovych replaced Viktor Yushchenko, who adamantly pushed to move Ukraine out of Moscow’s shadow and integrate more closely with Western Europe. Yushchenko opposed a Black Sea Fleet lease extension.