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Well, this is promising. Ukraine’s newly-elected parliament held its first session this week — a session that quickly dissolved into a massive fistfight.

It all began when opposition lawmakers swarmed the
front of the chamber while selecting a new speaker from President Viktor
Yanukovych’s ruling party. As you can see in the above video, it begins
almost like some kind of orchestrated, political flash mob, until the
whole thing erupts into complete and utter chaos.

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