Footage has gone viral on social media showing a Ukrainian MP punching and pushing a Russian delegate at a parliamentary assembly in Turkey.
Ukrainian and Russian delegates skirmished over a stunt involving the Ukrainian flag at a Black Sea Economic Cooperation conference.
Ukrainian MP Oleksandr Marikovsky punches Valery Stavitsky
In footage going viral on social media, Ukrainian MP Oleksandr Marikovsky can be seen unfurling his country’s flag behind Russian delegate Olga Timofeeva while she was being interviewed at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation in Ankara, Turkey on Thursday.
Another member of the Russian delegation, reported to be Valery Stavitsky, then rips the flag from Marikovsky’s grip, who quickly follows Stavitsky and punches him before pulling the flag back.
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