Aleksandr Shlapak

First deputy Chief of Staff Aleksandr Shlapak delivering a speech from the rostrum in the parliament in the session hall of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine in Kyiv, Monday, April 6, 2009. extraordinary session of the VR is closed. An extraordinary session took place in the parliament today, because the VR does not work in the plenary regime this week. Lawmakers adopted a range of laws and listened to the speech of the President of the European Parliament. Photo by Aleksandr Kosarev /UNIAN