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Moscow concerned over clashes in central Kiev: spokesman

Xinhua, September 1, 2015 Adjust font size:

Russia expressed on Monday concerns over violence in central Kiev, the capital of Ukraine.

Clashes erupted earlier Monday near the Ukrainian parliament building in central Kiev between police and protesters, who opposed constitutional amendments on decentralization.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that Moscow was alarmed to see the eruption of violence in Kiev.

"Undoubtedly, we condemn such outbursts of violence and consider them unacceptable," RIA Novosti news agency quoted Peskov as saying.

Still, Russia sees the incident as the domestic issue of Ukraine, "no matter what is happening there," said the spokesman.

At least 50 Ukrainian police officers, three journalists who were covering the clashes, as well as several protesters were injured during the clashes in Kiev.

The protesters were demanding that lawmakers oppose a decentralization bill that would give more rights to the areas in Donetsk and Lugansk regions controlled by pro-independence insurgents, while police officers set up a cordon around the parliament building where voting on the bill was underway. Endit