Vasili Durdynets

Emergency Minister Vasili Durdynets during the meeting of Chernobyl in front of the Ukrainian Parliament‘s house in Kyiv, on Wednesday, Oct 17, 2001. This day the all-Ukrainian protest action organized by the “UNION. Chernobyl. Ukraine.” was held in all the Ukrainian oblast centers. The action was planed for the day, when the draft state budget for the next year was to be discussed. The budget did not foresee complete payment of compensations and debts to Chernobyl victims. Photo by Aleksandr Sinitsa/ UNIAN