A Chechen MMA fighter was detained last week for attacking a Ukrainian parliament member with tear gas.
According to several reports, Ruslan Khazhmurzaev was arrested for attacking Vitaly Kupiry, a member of the Verkhovna Rada, on August 16. The fighter, who showed up in a Opel car driven by a female accomplice, allegedly sprayed the politician with tear gas before dousing him with a triarylmethane antiseptic dye called zelyonka.
The zelyonka attack is seem as a form of protest or violent assault that has become commonplace in Ukraine and across the Russian Federation. Opposition politicians have been doused with the green dye, which is exceedingly difficult to remove from the body.