Clashes Erupt in Kiev Over New Laws Curbing Street Protests

What started out as largely another Sunday of peaceful protests in Kiev, Ukraine, turned violent later in the day, as protesters clashed with riot police. Police vehicles were burned, and opposition leader and presidential candidate Vitali Klitschko was doused with fire-extinguisher foam.

The protests came against the backdrop of sweeping new anti-protest laws approved Thursday by the Ukraine parliament, and signed into law Friday by Ukranian President Viktor Yanukovych.

Reuters estimated that 100,000 protesters "massed in defiance" of the new restrictions.

Right now on Hrushevskoho st. Police bus burns#kyiv #ukraine #euromaidan https://t.co/TuV4GD55zH

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