The widely publicized pension reform, which pensioners had awaited so eagerly, ended in unheard-of disappointment and despair. Rising prices for bread and basic necessities sharpen the feeling of powerlessness before the future life among those who expected real changesF, believes Bohdan Shyba, deputy head of the regional representation of the "Our Ukraine" Bloc. After the loud statements of government officials and local officials, pensioners expected their pensions to increase to a level close to the elementary subsistence minimum. Instead of the promised increase in pensions by 50-70 hryvnias, they received at best 5-7 hryvnias each, and some - less than 1 hryvnia. The fate of more than ten million Ukrainian pensioners: peasants, workers, teachers, who through their hard work have earned a dignified retirement with proper financial security, cannot be indifferent to "Our Ukraine." Their interests will be defended in court by Viktor Yushchenko's Bloc, which will demand the cancellation of Yanukovych's Resolution that "cut" pensions by at least 20%. According to the representative of "Our Ukraine," Bohdan Shyba, Viktor Yushchenko himself is preparing a lawsuit against the government for pension fraud. The interests of pensioners will also be defended by the regional representation of the "Our Ukraine" Bloc, taking care to protect the right of every individual pensioner to decent and honest treatment by the state and proper provision for old age.