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Ukrainian presidential candidate and member of the Party of Regions parliamentary faction Mykhailo Dobkin was doused with flour and sprinkled with brilliant green dye in Kyiv on Monday evening, April 14.

The presidential candidate was attacked near the ICTV television
station’s studio, where he was to speak live in the Svoboda Slova
program.

A video, posted on the Internet, shows demonstrators surrounding
Dobkin and dumping a pack of flour on his head and splashing brilliant
green dye on his face.

Dobkin’s security guards found themselves under the flour and dye attack, as well.