Aleksandr Lavrinovich and Nikolay Tomenko

First deputy Speaker of the VRU Oleksandr Lavrynovych, left, and deputy Speaker of the VRU Mykola Tomenko in the session hall of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine in Kyiv, on Wednesday, April 15, 2009. This day the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted in the first reading the draft Law "On Introducing Amendments into the Law of Ukraine "On Status and Social Protection of citizens suffered from the Chernobyl catastrophe" with a goal of the social protection of citizens suffered from the Chernobyl catastrophe. 312 out 442 lawmakers registered in the session hall voted for adoption of this draft law. Photo by Aleksandr Kosarev/UNIAN