Ukrainian politicians are known to get into a brawl every now and then. But usually they're f!ghting each other, not their constituents. Over the past few weeks, however, frustrations with the country's desperate situation-the utter lack of reforms, the massive concessions to pro-Russia rebels in the east, the tanking economy, the dwindling gas supply-have driven Ukrainian activists in multiple cities to come to blows with elected representatives, most of whom have strong ties to the ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych.On September 25, the same thing happened to parliament member Viktor Pylypyshyn as he was trying to register as a candidate in the upcoming parliamentary elections. A mob attacked Pylypyshyn, who, like Zhuravsky, voted in favor of draconian anti-protest laws last January. Pylypyshyn was doused in red paint and thrown in the trash, but still managed to register his candidacy with the Central Election Commission later that evening, Kyiv Post's Katya Gorchinskaya reports.
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