The Ukrainian parliament backed a controversial law giving higher status to the Russian language – a move that prompted fights inside the chamber and protests on the streets of the former Soviet republic. One MP suffered a broken rib from the mêlée in which police used tear gas against people demonstrating in the capital, Kiev. The law proposed by President Viktor Yanukovych's Party of Regions now just needs his signature to come into force.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-police-tackle-protests-over-russian-language-law-7912700.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18702759
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-police-tackle-protests-over-russian-language-law-7912700.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18702759
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