Yury Kostenko and Ivan Drach

Yury Kostenko, left, the candidate for the President of Ukraine and Ivan Drach, the Head of the Congress of the Ukrainian Intelligentsia, cross themselves in the Presidium of the Forum of the National-Democratic forces in Kyiv, Saturday, October 23, 1999. The 32 Parties and Organizations from all over Ukraine took part in the Forum. The Forum passed almost an unanimous decision that Yury Kostenko can be the single candidate from the national democratic forces. Photo by Mikhail Markiv/ UNIAN