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Push has come to shove again in the Ukrainian parliament, where opposition lawmakers have been physically blocking the podium for a full day and say their protest could go on indefinitely.

Deputies from the Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reforms (Udar) led by heavyweight boxing champion Vitali Klitschko and the Batkivshchyna (Fatherland) party — who are allied under the Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Opposition banner — began their protest on February 5.

The aim is to put a halt to what’s become known in Ukraine and Russia as “piano voting,” in which deputies present in the chamber press the electronic voting buttons for absentee colleagues.

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