Aleksey Kostusev and Lev Mirimsky

COMM Leader of the party “Union” Alexey Kostusev (left) and Ukrainian deputy Lev Mirimsky carry boxes with signatures during a meeting held in support of giving Russian language status of the second official language near Ukrainian Parliament building in Kiev, Tuesday, July 5, 2005. The party “Union” finished all-Ukrainian collection of signatures in support of Russian language by such a meeting. Photo by Alexander Sinitsa / UNIAN