Viktor Yanukovich and Jean-Paul Costa

President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovich, left, and European Court of Human Rights President Jean-Paul Costa during the meeting, in Kiev, on Friday, July 01, 2011. During the meeting Viktor Yanukovich stressed that the European Court "is a litmus test helping Ukraine to follow the right path of democratic development." According to the President, a series of reforms are being carried out now in Ukraine, including the reforms of the judicial system, criminal justice, law enforcement, anti-corruption legislation. Photo by Mikhail Markiv / POOL / UNIAN