Fists fly in Ukrainian parliament in clash over language law

Say what you like about their adversarial style, but at least the great and good of British politics keep the fisticuffs for the Commons bar.

In Ukraine, though, a politician was left with blood streaming down his face last night after a brawl erupted in the main chamber of the parliament.

Violence broke out over a bill that would allow the use of the Russian language in courts, hospitals and other institutions in the Russian-speaking regions of Ukraine.