Situation derails during economic summit in Turkey: Russian and Ukrainian representatives come to blows after a fight over flag

At an economic summit in the Turkish capital Ankara, tensions between representatives of Russia and Ukraine have risen sharply. Members of the Ukrainian parliament tried to disrupt the speech of a Russian MP and showed the Ukrainian flag. There was some pushing and shoving and the meeting was suspended for a while. Outside, however, the situation completely boiled over when the secretary of the Russian delegation suddenly violently pulled a flag from the hands of an activist Ukrainian member of parliament.

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