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Ukrainian parliament still blocked by opposition

Published Feb. 20, 2013 at 11:02 am

Lawmakers from various Ukraine opposition parties block the podium in Ukraine's parliament in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013. The opposition has been blocking parliament's work for nearly two weeks now protesting a controversial practice by pro-government lawmakers to fail to show up at sessions and rely on their colleagues to vote for them.

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Opposition faction in the Ukrainian parliament continued to block the rostrum and presidium of the Verkhovna Rada on Wednesday morning.

MPs of the Party of Regions, the Communist Party and independent lawmakers are currently in the session hall, an Interfax-Ukraine correspondent reported.