Follow-up to yesterday

Todays news.
Party of Regions spokesperson Chechetov stood in front of TV cameras once again and declared that the Tymoshenko people themselves were responsible for the brawl by beating themselves up and then they had the audacity to claimed that this was done by Party of Regions members.  The TV cameras showed how the attack took place and it was brutal, with fists flying and beatings with chairs and stools.   A female reporter had the nerve to challenge him and call him a liar to his face.  The report quickly switched and we didn't hear his reply.  Yanukovych declared that all deputies should begin behaving like civilized people but nothing was said about disciplining or punishing the guilty. 

Some unrelated issues.

- During a talk show Putin claimed that Russia could have won the war against the Nazi's without any help by Ukraine.  He said that the Russian people were a brave powerful people and Ukraine didn't contribute anything to the victory over Hitler.
- While on a visit to Latvia, Yanukovych refused to visit a museum dedicated to Soviet Occupation.