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Fighting has broken out at Ukraine's parliament, with opposition politicians throwing eggs and smoke bombs amid a debate on a deal with Russia over an important naval base.
Thousands of protesters also gathered outside the building to demonstrate against plans to allow Russia to keep its Black Sea fleet in Ukraine until 2042.
The chamber of the parliament filled with smoke as smoke bombs were released and Volodymyr Litvyn, the speaker, took shelter under his umbrella as eggs rained down on him.
But despite Tuesday morning's disruption, the chamber managed to pass the agreement on the fleet in Ukraine's Crimea.
Russia's state duma also ratified the deal in a unanimous vote.
Counter rally
The approvals came a week after Dmitry Medvedev, the Russian president, and Viktor Yanukovych, his Ukranian counterpart, signed the deal over the navy base last week.
But Ukraine's opposition criticized the move as a historic surrender of sovereignty.
Ukrainian nationalists led by Yulia Tymoshenko, the former prime minister, and Viktor Yushchenko, the former president, regard the base deal as a betrayal of Ukraine's national interests.
They wanted to remove it when the existing lease runs out in 2017.
Tuesday's scuffle saw politicians shouting "shame, shame!" as the parliament ratified the pact with some 236 of the 450 seat chamber voting in favor of the deal.
Deputies also started fighting over a large Ukrainian flag in the middle of the chamber, twisting and distorting the yellow and blue banner as smoke continued to billow in the chamber.
Amid the chaos, some deputies tried to carry on with their business, with speakers taking to the floor.
Outside the building, thousands of supporters of Ukraine's former pro-Western government protested the decision, shouting "Death to Traitors" and "Crimea is Ours".
A counter rally was also staged, with demonstrators brandishing banners with slogans such as "Ukraine and Russia: Strategic Partners."
Russian gas deal
The fleet deal, which sees Ukraine receive a 30 per cent discount on gas imports in return for extending the lease on the base in Crimea, marks a dramatic turnaround in Russian-Ukrainian ties.
Moscow had refused to do business with Ukraine's former government due to a severe deterioration in relations.
Vladimir Putin, Russia's prime minister, had earlier Tuesday held talks with Ukraine's leadership, offering an unprecedented nuclear cooperation deal and admitting the gas deal had hurt the Russian budget.
"It's going to be a burden, of course. And a major one," Putin told reporters the talks with Yanukovych and Prime Minister Mykola Azarov of the gas deal.
"The amount that this has cost us is really something else. For this kind of money I could have eaten Yanukovych and your prime minister together," said Putin.
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Ukraine deputies clash as smoke bombs were thrown into the parliament in Kiev.
Al-Jazeera
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