Nikolay Gaber

Nikolay Gaber, right, the newly registered candidate for the President of Ukraine, the national deputy together with the people who came to congratulate him drinks the Champaign in front of the entrance to the Central Election Committee (CEC) (Tuesday, August 10, 1999, Kyiv). The same day the CEC registered Gaber in order to fulfill the decision passed by the Supreme Court of Ukraine. According to the Court decision, the CEC resolution of July 30 on the non-registering of the candidate was declared illegal and reversed. The CEC declared invalid 722,972 signatures out of the amount of presented 1,176,101 ones, supporting the candidate. Nikolay Gaber, born in 1960, non-party, higher education, Kyiv dweller, nominated by the Patriotic Party of Ukraine. Photo by Mikhail Markiv/UNIAN