You can read more on Ukraine's infamous parliamentary brawls here. And there's also this photo gallery from October 2017:
Ukrainian Politics: The Greatest Hits
A brawl in Kyiv's parliament on October 6 was just the latest case of Ukraine's politicians opting to bust heads rather than filibuster. A dip into the archives reveals 14 of the (many, many) times when dialogue broke down and fists, eggs, and smoke bombs flew.
Ukrainian Politics: The Greatest Hits
A long Facebook post, but worth a read:
Here's a timely Euromaidan Press video with some background info on the Ukrainian Church:
We are now closing the live blog for today, but we'll be back again tomorrow morning to follow all the latest developments. Until then, you can keep up with all our other Ukraine coverage here.
Good morning. We'll start the live blog today with this news alert that has just been issued by RFE/RL's news desk:
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew has presented a "tomos" on autocephaly to Metropolitan Epifaniy at a church service in Istanbul. (TASS, Interfax)
According to ZIK TV, former Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko said that, at the time of his presidency, when he negotiated with representatives of local Orthodox churches to create a single local Ukrainian church, then Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko prevented these plans.