Natalya Vitrenko

, the leader of the Progressive Socialistic Party of Ukraine (PSPU), holding flowers in her hands, leaves the CEC building in Kyiv (Thursday, July 29, 1999). The same day the CEC passed a decision to register Vitrenko as the candidate for the President. 1,012,036 signatures, supporting Vitrenko, were declared valid, out of the amount of 1,114,274 presented ones. Photo by Sergey Demidov/ UNIAN