"Fully outfitted in a special suit, RPL parliamentary leader Lyashko wears safety goggles as he enters the steel shop of the Zaporizhstal Metal Plant".
"Oleh greets miners 1,000 feet underground at a coal mine in Dnipro region, Ukraine".
One of the favorites in a parliamentary race can afford dinner at a Michelin restaurant. But it is much more valuable, I would say invaluable, when he prefers a dinner from his mom. The same mom who put her son in an orphanage, but when he grew up and became successful, he forgave her for that act.
October 26, 2014, Kyiv, Ukraine
"The parliamentary leader of the RPL faction Lyashko like Leonid Brezhnev surrounded himself with the labor collective of the plant goes to the production shop of the food factory in Dnipro.".
"Newly graduated students surrounded Lyashko in an attempt to take as many selfies as possible".
August 29, 2014, Bogomolets National Medical University, Kyiv, Ukraine. Bogomolets National Medical University, Kyiv, Ukraine
"A symbolic photo for me! The best example of how you can achieve your goals. Only recently, at the mention of the name of the party, people could sneer, but today this party has a large parliamentary force of 22 MPs, its Deputy Prime Minister, two heads of parliamentary committees, and most importantly - a Leader leading the way".
"A woman's eloquent reaction when parliamentary leader Lyashko appears out of nowhere and gives her a rose for International Women's Day on March 8"
"It always amazed me when after a hard working day he would see the beauty around him and marvel at it. "Look at this beauty" he liked to say about his Ukraine"
"Slovyansk city liberated after the Russian occupiers. We were walking through the empty streets of the city when we approached the SSU building. On the street lay the Flag of Ukraine, as if reminding us of the thorny path of Ukraine - all stained, exhausted, with bloodstains, but surprisingly whole! Oleh could not pass by, he picked up the Flag and put it on the flagpole".
"Very important when a documentary photographer doesn't just photograph the events within the day, but writes the life story. We were in a hotel, where in the restaurant was celebrating a child's birthday. The children recognized Lyashko and ran up to say hello and at that moment I was there. This photo made it to the top of my best work list just because it wasn't missed. Time and place are almost always crucial".
"During a visit to Turboatom, one of Ukraine's strategic state-owned enterprises. Turboatom is among the top ten turbine construction companies in the world, amongst other major companies such as General Electric, Siemens, Alstom, JSC Power Machines, Andritz Hydro, and Voith".
"At the end of the working day, Oleh's wife Rosita collects tulips given by her caring husband in a vase".
"Patriarch Filaret consecrates with holy water the visitors of the Church as suddenly he notices Oleh Lyashko, he comes closer and consecrates him with a large amount of holy water several times".
"At the meeting with villagers Oleh feels comfortable, because he grew up in a village in Chernigov region, and still remains "his own" for villagers and farmers".
"During a visit to wounded soldiers in the hospital, Oleh stopped to talk to the cleaning lady".
"Cadets of the Suvorov Military School take selfies with RPL parliamentary faction leader Oleh Lyashko".
"Oleh greets an employee of the strategic enterprise Turboatom, one of the world's few manufacturers of steam turbines and power equipment for power plants".
"Women at the market touch Lyashko from all sides to make sure he is the real Oleh Lyashko - defender of farmers in Ukrainian Parliament".
"Lyashko came to visit a veteran of the Second World War to congratulate him on Victory Day, and the veteran offers Oleh to drink with him, moonshine of his own making or vodka".
"Ukraine's gold. The photo shows a happy Lyashko in endless wheat fields".
"Graduation party in Yablonivka, Chernihiv region, where Oleh Lyashko grew up"
“The Godfather.” One of the most magical moments I have ever captured. During the Orthodox Baptism, the child woke up, but seeing an unfamiliar face he was not afraid, but on the contrary, he touched him".
"Parliamentary leader of the RPL faction Oleh Lyashko speaks at the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine".
"The photo that will become the face of the annual party calendar 2016. The photo shows Lyashko dreaming about something again".
"Handshake after a friendly volleyball match".
"Third President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko (right) at the birthday party of Andriy Lozoviy (middle) - the mad genius political technologist of Lyashko's party'.
"At a meeting with World War II veterans on the Victory Day".
"Summer, 35 degrees Celsius(95 F). Speaking on stage in front of residents of a village in Chernihiv region, Lyashko saw a stray dog. And what was my surprise when immediately after the speech he took water to the dog".
"Looking at this photo, you might think that it was taken at the peak of the election campaign. But no - it's an ordinary meeting with the residents of Chernihiv".
"Surprisingly, even after becoming a parliamentary leader, he has not forgotten his classmates, and every year on graduation day they meet together and recall their youthful years".
"Meeting with the military in partially occupied Luhansk Region, near the line of demarcation".
"A walk through evening Kyiv and amazed saleswoman who sold the parliamentary leader the remaining two bouquets".
"Leader of the protest tent camp Lyashko in front of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine".
"Speaking to thousands of people who came to support the protest against high communal services prices in front of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine".
"RPL faction head Oleh Lyashko chops firewood for protesters camping in front of the Cabinet of Ministers".
"Photo shows Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk reluctantly listening to a speech by Protest Leader Oleh Lyashko and his RPL faction during a meeting at the Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers. The meeting was inconclusive, the tent city continued the protest in front of the Cabinet of Ministers".
"Once in his youth he dreamed of becoming a combine tractor driver, but he was not hired and then decided to go into politics".
"Despite being the Leader and the brain of his political team, he still liked to listen to the opinions of his deputies and often put issues to an intra-factional vote before making this or that important decision. I was the only person at these discussions who did not have the right to vote, but I had more than just vote"
"What to give a man who has everything? This is a difficult question, but I found the answer - you need to give emotions! I bought balloons in the colors of the Ukrainian flag, and Lyashko was absolutely delighted. Priceless moments!"
"Hyperactive Lyashko, surrounded by fighters of the Azov Battalion, personally supervise the detention of separatists dreaming of Russian peace in Ukraine. The photo shows the detention of the Minister of Defense of the self-proclaimed DPR".
"Meeting with voters in Chernihiv's central square two days before the 2019 presidential election, won by Vladimir Zelensky".
"An elderly woman's reaction when the parliamentary leader of the RPL faction Lyashko stopped to greet her with Teacher's Day".
"the Last week of Presidential campaign of 2019".
"Presidential campaign 2019. On the way out of the hall, people try to reach out and high-five their presidential candidate".
“Odessa Military Hospital. At the end of the event, Oleh talked to a young wounded fighter. He is only 22 years old, but by the expression on his face you can clearly see that he does not regret a bit that he suffered while defending the Motherland! I was taking the picture from the third row so as not to disturb their conversation.”
"A full house at meetings with voters is not uncommon for a good speaker".
"Lyashko talks with Major General Mykola Klymchuk. The photo was taken a few days before the special military operation to restore control over Mariupol, occupied by pro-Russian armed groups. A few days after the successful operation, Mykola Klymchuk will be awarded the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky".
"Symbolic photograph! My passion for moonscapes played a role in it. I asked the party leader to climb the rocks to take a photo of him against the backdrop of the full moon and the Azov Sea on the eve of the military operation in Mariupol. And surprisingly, he did not refuse!"
"Meeting with the scientific board of the Kyiv Shevchenko University"
"A happy RPL leader Oleh Lyashko leads a column of fellow party members before the opening of the party's open-air congress in central Kyiv, where minutes later he will announce the list of candidates for the 2014 parliamentary elections".
"A happy RPL leader Oleh Lyashko leads a column of fellow party members before the opening of the party's open-air congress in central Kyiv, where minutes later he will announce the list of candidates for the 2014 parliamentary elections".
"In the life of every successful person there is always someone who supports them in the most difficult moments. In Oleh's life this place is confidently occupied by his modest wife Rosita".
May 17, 2015, Khreshatyk, Kyiv, Ukraine
"I couldn't post all my favorite hundreds of photos showing these 7 years of hard work. And I had to reduce this number many of times, but I tried to show all the rich life of the top politician in a variety of life situations. In this, the final pic, the Parliamentary Leader of the RPL in complete silence, alone with himself, personally signs a stack of appeals from people to various state authorities".
P.S. Trust is the most important thing between a politician and his photo-documentarian. When there is trust, there is everything else. If there is no trust, everything else is of no value!