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Anger at bill boosting the status of Russian speakers in the former Soviet republic.

The Ukrainian parliament backed a controversial
law giving higher status to the Russian language – a move that prompted
fights inside the chamber and protests on the streets of the former
Soviet republic.

One MP suffered a broken rib from the mêlée in which police used tear gas against people demonstrating in the capital, Kyiv.

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