On April 30, 2004, a Meeting of Volyn regional organizations of political parties and public organizations belonging to the "broad democratic coalition," or, in other words, being components of the PUK (the so-called parliamentary-government coalition), took place in Lutsk. I would like to draw attention to several points related to this event. Firstly, the conspiratorial nature of holding this event was striking. Only the "chosen" Volyn residents who had been given invitations knew about it. There were no announcements whatsoever; information reached interested parties only through the OBS system (one baba said). And even despite this, considerable hype was created around these meetings. As politically active people, Volyn journalists and political observers also came to this "get-together." However, whether the editors of local media were slow off the mark, or the organizing committee of the event approached the matter unprofessionally — in the end, a significant portion of Volyn journalists found themselves outside the drama theater building. And all for the simple reason that they did not have invitations with them. Journalist IDs were of no help. Obviously, the organizers of the event decided that Ukrainian legislation regulating media activity was not binding on them, and therefore gave orders to the security of the meeting, in which capacity "convincing-looking" young men acted (for some reason one thought of Mukachevo!!!), not to let anyone in without invitations. Thus, such well-known political observers of local media as Volodymyr Lys ("Volyn"), Oleksandr Pyrozhyk ("VHV"), Enver Seit-Dzhelilov ("Interfax"), as well as journalists from the "Avers" and "Polissia TV" channels, were unable to get into this notable political event. Moreover, even those who had invitations but arrived 5 minutes late could not get into the drama theater hall. And it is a pity — after all, several delegates of the meeting who arrived from district centers of the region were late due to vehicle delays, and as a result could not fulfill the "directive" of their leadership, which had delegated them to the regional center. An interesting fact — several young delegates of the meeting, who, as it turned out, were students of one of the local universities, said that for "participation" in this event they would be credited for one of their exams!!! Others came here to fulfill their professional duty — what difference does it make what you receive budget money for, for working in a state institution or for sitting in a hall!!! As one of the participants of the meeting said, most of those present in the hall had a "vague" idea of what would be discussed and what they would be doing, but noted that they obediently carry out the instructions of their leaders. Thus the event took place. All participants, satisfied with having fulfilled their duty, went home, and all other politically active and nationally conscious people had only to read about all this in press releases distributed through "good" media. This is how presidential candidates are nominated in Volyn. I wonder how they will vote? Will people again "obediently" carry out the instructions of their leadership?