Pro-Putin Politician, Journalist Throw Punches On Ukrainian TV

Tempers flared on a live TV show a few days when a journalist took offense at a pro-Putin's comments. The two brawled on the stage floor for nearly a minute. Remarkably, Shufrych returned to continue the show, scratched and bruised, but still defending Russia's actions.

The entire show was, shall we say, a little testy, with Yatsenyuk asking Shufrych whether Putin was a “murderer and a criminal.”

“Let Ukraine’s authorities deal with that,” Shufrych responded.

Poroshenko mocked Shufrych for his response, and said: “There’s a Russian agent right here in the studio.”

I imagine the show got exactly what it was designed to do, be a Ukrainian version of The Jerry Springer Show, but with a lot higher stakes.

Source: NewsIn.Asia

A journalist punched a pro-Russian Ukrainian politician on live TV during a discussion about Russian aggression against Ukraine.

Video of the incident shows journalist Yuriy Butusov lunging at parliamentary deputy Nestor Shufrych from the pro-Russian party Opposition Platform – For Life, and slapping him in the face before putting him in a headlock. Shufrych is one of 450 deputies in the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine’s parliament.

Footage of the incident shows the two brawling for nearly a minute, during which time others attempted to intervene and pull them apart to no avail.

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