A fistful of democracy: A fight breaks out on the floor of the Ukrainian parliament

On Friday, December 11, a fight broke out on the floor of the Ukrainian parliament. Oleg Barna, a deputy in President Poroshenko's bloc approached the speaker's podium, where Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk was delivering an address. Handing him a bouquet of roses, Barna started shoving Yatsenyuk, then tried to carry him away, even grabbing him between the legs and lifting him into the air. Immediately, several other deputies intervened and a mass brawl began. Neither Yatsenyuk nor his roses took part.

Barna was responding to Yatsenyuk telling members of Poroshenko's bloc that they are welcome to direct questions about Ukraine's energy sector to "their own minister," Minister of Energy and Coal Industry Volodymyr Demchyshyn.

Commenting later on the incident, Yatsenyuk said, "Everything is fine, but there are a lot of morons here." The head of the Poroshenko bloc has apologized for Barna's behavior and excluded him from the faction. 

Barna's awkward assault on Ukraine's prime minister has already inspired a myriad of edited photos online, many exploiting the homoeroticism of one man grabbing another in so nether a region.

Even the 50 Shades of Grey meme came into play.