Adam Martynyuk Attacks Ukraine Parliamentarian (VIDEO)

Vice speaker of the Ukrainian parliament Adam Martynyuk took matters into his own hands during a recent debate when he throttled a deputy legislator.

The fisticuffs began when Martynyuk refused to allow politician Oleg Lyashko to make a speech that he had not signed up for "in accordance with regulations," according to the Kyiv Post. Lyashko responded by calling the senior statesman a "Pharisee." The insult, which refers to an ancient religious sect but is commonly used to refer to a self-righteous person, sent Martynyuk lunging for his fellow politician, grabbing him by the neck and pushing him to the ground. You can watch the brawl below:

And this isn't the first time in recent memory that the Ukrainian parliament has been the scene of physical violence.

Watch video of that brawl via the Guardian here:

Comments

[moroccantreasures]

12:14 AM on 05/23/2011

that f'er needs to go to jail!
he sits back down and smiles, gets back to work? thats f'd up!

[scorpioman]

03:07 PM on 05/22/2011

sounds like fun!

[Gus Adaire]

02:44 PM on 05/22/2011

With a big, giant, red arrow!

[QuintinJordon]

11:50 AM on 05/22/2011

"I told you Oleg, no damn pickles on my Whopper," stated Adam Martynyuk, Vice speaker of the Ukrainian parliament, after being seen on video strangling Oleg Lyashko.

Martynyuk added, "They said I could have it my way. So, I did."

No comment from the visibly shaken - Lyashko.

[Vyslichajici]

08:32 PM on 05/21/2011

it is amusing, and it should make for some great jokes, but it is actually sad and wrong.
behind the interpersonal violence of one on one is the reality of gangs of criminals hijacking the politicval system by physical force, checked by no morality, bent on self-aggrandizement at the expense of justice. behind the public fisticuffs soiling the people's house is a band of murdering thieves.

why did the man not reply with violence, asked a poster below? because he did not want to have his house burned down. his children murdered, his life ended. it is not cure, nor quaint, nor acceptable. the ukraine is run by villent criminals who trample the law.

[QuintinJordon]

11:52 AM on 05/22/2011

In Washington D.C., we call them politicians.

[TrucosR4Ninos]

08:05 PM on 05/21/2011

USA, "Errr, John... my good buddy over there in the Senate." That's how they throw punches.

[woodnwire]

07:59 PM on 05/21/2011

they fight like my 105 year old grand mother. i bet you don't see them assault regular people, just fellow politicians. not the face..not the face !

[jedwightn]

07:53 PM on 05/21/2011

Russian thuggery lives!

[AG creative]

06:32 PM on 05/21/2011

This is democracy in action!

[Rokgoo]

05:44 PM on 05/21/2011

This is transparent democracy. This is better than trying to damage family relation of the oppositions via newspaper articles, false and bogus news and photoshoped pictures or sending prostitution to their hotel rooms.

[Ramkshrestha]

05:33 PM on 05/21/2011

The first one is really terrible.

[BlindChance]

05:10 PM on 05/21/2011

The Ukraine could use more women in their government.

[Bryan Boru]

07:09 PM on 05/21/2011

Catfights!

[BlindChance]

10:36 PM on 05/21/2011

lol, you might be right.

[William Sherman]

07:31 PM on 05/21/2011

Oh yes, of course. Another misandrist looking for any opportunity possible to bash the male sex.

After all, men are just a bunch of knuckle-dragging apes that can't help but spontaneously break out into fistfights unless there's some of you flawless, seraphic, incorruptible women around to keep us in line, right?

[jedwightn]

07:54 PM on 05/21/2011

That's right.

[BlindChance]

10:37 PM on 05/21/2011

Oh gawd. There's nothing less attractive than a man without a sense humor.

[mad tn dem]

03:44 PM on 05/21/2011

I'm jealous! This is what I'd like to see in the house and the senate..but I wish Alan Grayson was still there...that's a dem that would fight like hell for us!!

[soniareporter2011]

03:40 PM on 05/21/2011

Adam Martynyuk Attacks Ukraine Fight Video - http://bit.ly/ijW0yn

[hema333]

03:22 PM on 05/21/2011

the funny thing is that he sat dawn after what he did and speak as he did not anything...
but why the other man did not hurt him 2 ???

[dim]

04:50 PM on 05/21/2011

Because he is a gentleman?