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1. Parliamentary Deputy Mykhailo Volynets of the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc, chairman of the Confederation of Free Trade Unions		2. Parliamentary Deputy Mykhailo Volynets of the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc, chairman of the Confederation of Free Trade Unions		3. Parliamentary Deputy Yefym Zviahilskyi of the Party of the Regions, board chairman of the council of lessees of the Zasiadko coal mine
4. Parliamentary Deputy Yefym Zviahilskyi of the Party of the Regions, board chairman of the council of lessees of the Zasiadko coal mine		5. The Energy Company of Ukraine joint-stock company's President Volodymyr Zynevych		6. The Energy Company of Ukraine joint-stock company's President Volodymyr Zynevych
7. a meeting of the coordinating council on resolution of the crisis in the coal industry		8. a meeting of the coordinating council on resolution of the crisis in the coal industry		9. Fuel and Energy Minister Yurii Prodan
10. Fuel and Energy Minister Yurii Prodan		11. Parliamentary Deputy Viktor Turmanov of the Party of the Regions, chairman of the trade union of coal-industry workers		12. Parliamentary Deputy Viktor Turmanov of the Party of the Regions, chairman of the trade union of coal-industry workers
13. Parliamentary Deputy Viktor Turmanov of the Party of the Regions, chairman of the trade union of coal-industry workers		14. Fuel and Energy Minister Yurii Prodan		15. Fuel and Energy Minister Yurii Prodan
16. Parliamentary Deputy Viktor Turmanov, chairman of the trade union of coal-industry workers		17. Fuel and Energy Minister Yurii Prodan		18. Fuel and Energy Minister Yurii Prodan
19. Fuel and Energy Minister Yurii Prodan		20. Parliamentary Deputy Yefym Zviahilskyi, board chairman of the council of lessees of the Zasiadko coal mine		21. Economics Minister Bohdan Danylyshyn
22. Fuel and Energy Minister Yurii Prodan		23. A meeting of the coordinating council on resolution of the crisis in the coal industry		24. The Confederation of Free Trade Unions' Chairman Mykhailo Volynets (left) and the trade union of coal-industry workers' Chairman Viktor Turmanov
25. Economics Minister Bohdan Danylyshyn		26. Fuel and Energy Minister Yurii Prodan (front) and the council of lessees of the Zasiadko coal mine's Board Chairman Yefym Zviahilskyi		27. A meeting of the coordinating council on resolution of the crisis in the coal industry
28. A meeting of the coordinating council on resolution of the crisis in the coal industry		29. Parliamentary Deputy Natalia Koroliovska of the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc, head of the Parliamentary Committee on Industry, Regulatory Policy, and Entrepreneurship		30. Coal Industry Minister Viktor Poltavets
31. Coal Industry Minister Viktor Poltavets		32. Vitalii Haiduk, chief adviser to Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko		33. Vitalii Haiduk, chief adviser to Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko

Tymoshenko believes that it is necessary to create a state reserve of power-generating coal, facilitate 100% sale of all types of coal, limit importation of coal, and extend the deadline for repayment of the loans obtained by enterprises in the coal industry.

As Ukrainian News earlier reported, coal mining enterprises have asked the Cabinet of Ministers to provide UAH 730 million in financial assistance to them before 2009.

The Cabinet of Ministers has instructed the Coal Industry Ministry to prepare by 2009 a draft law on state support for (subsidizing of) the coal industry.