If you think that politics in America have gotten ugly, it pales in comparison to what happened in the Ukrainian parliament yesterday. Ukrainian opposition and pro-presidential lawmakers broke into fist-fights during ratification of the Black Sea Fleet deal with Russia. Ukraine’s parliament has voted to extend Russia’s lease of a Crimean naval port for the Black Sea Fleet in a chaotic session during which eggs and smoke bombs were thrown. The countries’ presidents agreed last week to extend the Russian navy’s use of the Sevastopol port for another 25 years after the old lease expires in 2017. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Political Battle Over Russian Navy Base
