Ukrainian Minister, Governor in ’Street-Style’ Spat - The New York Times
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At the Monday meeting, Interior Minister Arsen Avakov challenged Mikheil Saakashvili, the former Georgian president who now heads the Odessa region, about Saakashvili allegedly approaching a Russian tycoon about privatizing a big chemical plant.
Saakashvili “broke into hysterics ... I refrained from hitting him — splashed water in his face,” Avakov said on Facebook.
Ukrainian news reports said Saakashvili in turn accused Avakov of financing a private militia through corrupt means and demanded that video of the council session be made public.
Presidential spokesman Svyatoslav Tsegolko said on Facebook that “such street-style skirmishes shame the country.”
The incident highlighted both concerns over endemic corruption and the frequently boisterous politics in Ukraine, where fistfights in the parliament are not uncommon.