A brawl erupted in the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament, on November 14, 2016, when leader of the Radical Party parliamentary faction Oleh Liashko accused co-chairman of the Opposition Bloc parliamentary faction Yuriy Boyko and other Bloc members of cooperation with Russia.
Boyko raised from his seat and punched Liashko in the face several times; Liashko took a defensive position without fighting back, an UNIAN correspondent reported.
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