Ukraine approved sweeping laws on Tuesday to stamp out corruption and curb Soviet-era state surveillance of political life ahead of a parliamentary election its pro-Western leaders hope will push the country towards the European mainstream.
Oct. 26, 2014 Parliamentary Election
Reuters: Ukraine acts against corruption, protests mar election run-up
The demonstrators, many of them masked, threw smoke-bombs and used air guns to shoot out windows of the parliament building, forcing an early end to the session, which also voted in a new defence minister. Their motives and party affiliations were not clear.
