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 Sep. 16, 2014, 4:30 PM GMT / Updated Sep. 16, 2014, 3:22 PM GMT / Source: Reuters 
 
 One of Kiev’s prominent politicians is full of rubbish — or rather, the rubbish is full of him. Vitaly Zhuravsky, once a member of former President Viktor Yanukovich's Party of the Regions and now a member of the Economic Development Party, came face-to-face with an angry mob outside Ukraine’s parliament. 
 
 Having a history of authorizing bills placing restrictions on anti-government protests and criminalizing libel did not appear to play well in his favor. Protesters, shouting profanities, tossed the neatly dressed lawmaker into a trash can, dousing him with water and clocking him with a tire. Zhuravsky was ultimately able to crawl out of the bin and escape the mob. 
 
 — Emily Christensen-Flowers ||||| An angry mob tossed a Ukrainian lawmaker into a dumpster outside the parliament building in Kiev today, taunting him and shouting obscenities. 
 
 As police looked on, the protestors flipped pro-Russian Vitaly Zhuravsky into the trash bin, then held him down and threw a car tire and water onto him before he was finally able to escape. 
 
 Zhuravsky is a prominent former member of ousted President Viktor Yanukovich’s Party of the Regions. The incident took place before a set of controversial votes today. The first granted greater autonomy to two breakaway regions in east Ukraine that have been home to intense fighting by Russian-backed rebels. 
 
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 Fighters who have not committed war crimes were also granted amnesty. The move was a concession to Russia, but also intended to reinforce a fragile ceasefire. 
 
 Another vote ratified a trade association agreement with the European Union. That deal had been shelved by President Yanukovich last year after pressure from the Kremlin. 
 
 The move backfired, however, leading to street protests that ultimately forced Yanukovich to flee the country in February.
– It was a big day for Ukraine yesterday, and one that Ukrainian lawmaker Vitaly Zhuravsky likely won't soon forget. Parliament ratified a measure deepening its economic and political ties with Europe—the measure that was the issue that sparked the crisis last fall, when then-President Viktor Yanukovych's decision to shelve the deal in favor of closer ties with Russia sparked protests by hundreds of thousands. But before that vote happened, Zhuravsky ended up in a dumpster outside parliament, reports ABC News, which describes Zhuravsky as pro-Russian and a key member of Yanukovych's party. Protesters tossed him in with the trash, even with police nearby, and threw a car tire and water on him. He was eventually able to escape. NBC News notes Zhuravsky "has a history of authorizing bills placing restrictions on anti-government protests." The deal, meanwhile, lowers trade tariffs between Europe and Ukraine, requires Ukrainian goods to meet European regulatory standards, and forces the Kiev government to undertake major political and economic reforms. "After World War II, not a single nation has paid such a high price for their right to be European," President Petro Poroshenko said. "Can you tell me, who now after this will be brave enough to shut the doors to Europe in front of Ukraine?" Earlier yesterday, the parliament also approved laws granting temporary self-rule to rebellious, pro-Russian regions in the east, as well as amnesty for many of those involved in the fighting. The lawmakers took that action behind closed doors, in stark contrast to the patriotic fanfare of the vote on the European agreement.