Ukraine Extends Lease on Russian Base

Ukraine Extends Lease on Russian Base

By CLIFFORD J. LEVY
Published: April 27, 2010

Summary After a debate that Luke More like a cafeteria fight between kids, the Ukrainian parliament agreed on an agrement with Russia. The interesting part was that the opposition threw eggs at the speaker, with security protecting the speaker with umbrellas. The opposition was so angry because the previous president had promised not to renew the base lease after it expire the agreement came thanks to the close ties that the current president has with Russia's president, Dmitri Medvedev. Uk r anian parliament aprove

d to extend the lease for an other 25 years. Russia's parliament agree d on the law unanimously.