A brawl erupted in the Ukrainian parliament after prime minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk was interrupted during his annual address and then carried away from the podium.

Ukraine Today reports that Oleh Barna, a member of president Petro Poroshenko's party, handed prime minister Yatsenyuk a bouquet of roses before grabbing him from behind and dragging him away from the podium.

Mr Barna, who had been collecting signatures for a draft resolution of no confidence in the government, then lifted Mr Yatsenyuk off the ground before other parliamentarians intervened, beginning a brawl.

Footage uploaded to the official Ukraine parliament YouTube channel shows the brawl beginning, but not Mr Barna dragging Mr Yatsenyuk away from the podium.

Prime minister Yatsenyuk, from the People's Front party, had been preparing to deliver his annual cabinet ministers report, which included issues of anti-corruption, tax reform, energy and next year's budget.

Not the first brawl in Ukraine's parliament

Ukraine's parliament saw a schoolyard push and shove in July 2014, after a member of parliament accused authorities of running a war against the Ukrainian people.

Sorry, this video has expired Ukraine parliament comes to blows July 23, 2014

During a debate about the best way to quell a pro-Russia uprising in the country's east, two parliamentarians from opposing parties began pushing each other after chairman Oleksandr Turchynov accused Russia of "acts of military aggression against Ukraine".

In 2010, Ukrainian prosecutors opened an investigation after several opposition deputies were badly injured in a bloody brawl.

The fight came amid tensions after a criminal probe had been opened against then opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko.

Deputies from Tymoshenko's BYuT-Batkivshchyna party and the Regions Party of president Viktor Yanukovych slugged it out for several minutes behind the speaker's chair.

Ukraine is not the only country to see violent scuffles in its federal houses of parliament.

Sorry, this video has expired Scuffles in Japan upper house in September 2015

In September, politicians in Japan's upper house scuffled as they tried unsuccessfully to stop a security bill that cleared Japan's military to fight abroad for the first time since World War II.

Opposition lawmakers climbed on top of one another as they tried to grab the committee chairman's microphone to prevent him calling a vote on the controversial bills.

Japan's parliament is normally sedate, but a huge scrum developed, mirroring scenes outside the building, where tens of thousands of protesters vented their anger at the bill.

A Nepalese constituent assembly member breaks a chair as tensions flare at parliament in Kathmandu early on January 20, 2015. ( AFP: Bikash Karki )

Nepal's parliament saw chairs broken in January, during debate over a post-war constitution.

Maoist politicians threw chairs and injured four security officers, and a ruling-party politician claimed two fellow MPs had been struck by flying microphones.

The parliament had two days left to approve the constitution and had met late into the night, with the Maoist party attempting to prevent Nepal's ruling coalition from pushing proposals through parliament without common agreement.

In December 2014, Georgia's parliament saw a fist-fight between politicians during a debate on the composition of Georgian delegations in international institutions.

After a member of the ruling coalition swore at a member of the opposition United National Movement, other MPs joined in.

The Republican People's Party's Ali Ihsan Kokturk suffered a bleeding nose in the scuffle. ( Reuters )

Punches were exchanged, microphone stands were used as clubs, and a man climbed onto a desk before lunging at fellow parliamentarians.

In February 2014, Turkey's Ali Ishan Kokturk suffered a bleeding nose and Bayram Ozcelik had a finger broken after a violent scuffle.

Fighting erupted as politicians debated a controversial bill to give the government more control over the judiciary.

In 2010, more than 70 politicians brawled in Taiwan's parliament, the first melee in the island nation's notoriously rambunctious seat of government in two years.

Taiwanese politicians come to blows on the floor of parliament on August 2, 2013 ( Reuters: Pichi Chuang )

Members of the anti-China opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) wrestled and yanked the clothes of ruling Nationalist (KMT) MPs after commandeering the speaker's podium to block a law allowing local officials to be appointed instead of elected.

In Taiwan, brawls in parliament are seen as one way for the opposition to show voters that it stands tough on issues.

In 2013, Taiwanese lawmakers brawled over a proposed nuclear power plant in Taipei.

The scuffles were broadcast live on TV as politicians from opposition parties fought for the chamber's podium.

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