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ROMNY - AS a lawmaker, Oleh Lyashko has the knack for self-promotion of a radio shock jock. He has dumped a truckload of potatoes outside the prime minister's office in support of Ukrainian farmers, tried to bring a cow into Parliament for a point about rural land rights and once appeared on television in a lingerie shop with a gaggle of women in their underwear, where he sniffed and squeezed one's breasts (legislative purpose unclear).

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