INSIDE: • Update on the German trial of John Demjanjuk – page 4. • Over 500,000 attend Toronto Ukrainian Festival – page 12. • Ukrainian Canadian actress Natalia Payne – page 13.

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Leading expert on Ukraine Ukraine’s opposition forces warn tapped to head Freedom House that local elections will not be fair U.S.-Ukraine Business Council vice. The over 135 members of the U.S.- Ukraine Business Council (USUBC) con- WASHINGTON – A leading expert on gratulate David on his appointment as the Ukraine, David J. Kramer, has been cho- new executive director of Freedom House sen to serve as the new executive director and wish him the very best in the years of Freedom House, headquartered in ahead as the leader of this important Washington. Freedom House is an inde- world-wide organization with its very pendent watchdog organization that sup- critical mission,” Mr. Williams added. ports democratic change, monitors the According to the recent Freedom status of freedom around the world, and House statement, Mr. Kramer will take advocates for democracy and human over as executive director on October 4. rights, supporting the right of every indi- He succeeds Jennifer Windsor, who had vidual to be free. served as the organization’s executive Mr. Kramer has had a distinguished director since 2001. After presiding over career both in government service and in the organization for nearly 10 years, Ms. the non-governmental private sector. He Windsor has accepted the position of served as assistant U.S. secretary of state associate dean of Georgetown for democracy, human rights, and labor from March 2008 to January 2009. University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Previously, he served for three years as Foreign Service. “Freedom House’s board and staff deputy U.S. assistant secretary of state Opposition leaders Yulia Tymoshenko of the Batkivschyna Party and Borys for European and Eurasian affairs, focus- bring passion and integrity each day to the global fight to protect fundamental Tarasyuk of Rukh are among the signatories of a letter that warns the upcoming ing on Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus and local elections in Ukraine will not be fair. Russia, in addition to regional non-prolif- freedoms, and I am honored to be part of eration issues. such an organization,” Mr. Kramer said. “Jennifer leaves big shoes to fill, but I PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Leaders of opposi- ment formed by President Viktor His experience in the non-governmen- tion forces in Ukraine on September 28 sent Yanukovych after his election early this year tal private sector includes his present very much look forward to helping build upon the outstanding work Freedom a letter to leaders of European bodies, heads – are for deputies of the Crimean position as a Senior Transatlantic Fellow of states that are strategic partners of Parliament, local councils, and village, town at the German Marshall Fund (GMF) of House has done for nearly seven decades.” Ukraine, leaders of foreign diplomatic mis- and city mayors throughout Ukraine. the United States, as well as his five years sions to Ukraine and heads of international The opposition leaders’ letter states that as associate director of the Russian and Freedom House has two offices in the funds and institutions to warn that the “the election process in Ukraine began in Eurasian Program at the Carnegie United States – in Washington and New upcoming local elections in Ukraine will not conditions whereby harsh pressure was Endowment for International Peace York – and offices in Hungary, Kenya, be fair if the Yanukovych administration is exerted by the government on freedom of (CEIP) in Washington. Indonesia, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and South Africa. allowed to continue abusing its powers. speech. Furthermore there is persecution of “David Kramer is highly respected The leaders of opposition parties charge within the democracy and human rights Freedom House, an independent non- the opposition, arbitrary interference by the governmental organization, supports the that the Ukrainian government “is imple- state and judicial bodies into the internal field and across the political spectrum. menting a number of measures aimed at the He has demonstrated throughout his expansion of freedom in the world. Its activity of the opposition parties, and mission statement says; creation of a wide-scale system for vote-rig- infringement on the constitutional rights and career a firm commitment to the causes ging and the significant distortion of elec- of global freedom, U.S. engagement in “Freedom is possible only in demo- freedoms of Ukrainian citizens.” cratic political systems in which the gov- tion results in their favor.” The letter was signed by: Yulia the world, and bipartisan consensus,” The October 31 elections – the first elec- said William H. Taft, IV, chair of the (Continued on page 22) tions organized and held by the new govern- (Continued on page 10) board of trustees at Freedom House in a recent statement. “We are thrilled that he has agreed to join us and look forward to his leadership as we continue to fulfill and build upon our mission of supporting Ukraine 2020 initiative supports Ukraine’s European integration freedom around the world.” by Oksana Yakovenko is tied with two key, soon-to-be-celebrated the project’s results was the creation of the Leading expert on Ukraine U.S.-Ukraine Foundation events. Ukraine’s 20th anniversary of inde- Jackson-Vanik Graduation Coalition, which pendence and the U.S.-Ukraine united hundreds of non-profits, businesses “During the time David was at the WASHINGTON – The U.S.-Ukraine Foundation’s 20th year of operation in sup- and individuals that successfully advocated U.S. State Department and at the German Foundation on September 27 announced the port of Ukraine. for the removal of the Jackson-Vanik Marshall Fund he became well-known as start-up of Ukraine 2020, a three-part pro- Ukraine 2020 has three important com- Amendment for Ukraine. Following pas- a leading expert on Ukrainian political, gram supporting Ukraine’s European inte- ponents – Policy Dialogue, Advancing sage of legislation in Congress, President democratic, civil society, human rights gration. Ukraine’s Image and Competitiveness, and George W. Bush lifted the provisions of the and foreign policy issues. During the President Nadia Komarnyckyj People-to-People Exchanges. Jackson-Vanik Amendment for Ukraine by past year David has written a series of McConnell stated, “Ukraine 2020, an initia- Ukraine 2020 - Policy Dialogue is a col- signing into law H.R. 1053, The important articles about the recent politi- tive of the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation in laborative and integrated action plan that Authorization of an Extension of cal and democratic development of Washington and the Pylyp Orlyk Institute brings together government officials, public Nondiscriminatory Treatment to the Ukraine,” said Morgan Williams, direc- for Democracy in Kyiv, is designed to sup- policy experts, business groups, non-profit Products of Ukraine, on March 23, 2006. tor, for government Affairs, Washington port Ukraine’s European integration which organizations and individuals interested in Similar to the previous project, Ukraine Office, for the SigmaBleyzer Private President Yanukovych has declared as a pri- Ukraine’s European future. 2020 will comprise task forces, name- Equity Investment Management Group, ority goal for Ukraine.” The Policy Dialogue program is modeled ly: Business and Economics, Democracy who serves as president of the U.S.- She said this is “new strategy of engage- after the foundation’s highly successful and Governance, Education and Culture, Ukraine Business Council (USUBC). ment with Ukraine” and called on friends U.S.-Ukraine Policy Dialogue Project Energy, Foreign Policy and National “David has served as a senior advisor and supporters of Ukraine to join in the which was funded by the U.S. State Security, and Information and Media. to the U.S.-Ukraine Business Council effort. Department in 2004-2006 (http://www. (USUBC) since leaving government ser- Mrs. McConnell noted that the initiative usukraine.org/PD06/index.shtml). One of (Continued on page 19) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2010 No. 40 ANALYSIS NEWSBRIEFS

Why are Ukraine’s oligarchs silent ‘Ukrainian-Russian Euroregions’ sions in Ukraine to take part in the moni- toring of local elections in Ukraine. Their about democratic regression? KYIV – Ukraine has proposed to work as observers, in contrast to the Russia the creation of a network of OSCE mission, does not take an official by Taras Kuzio work of the YES NGO ineffectual. “Russian-Ukrainian Euroregions” that will invitation. (Ukrinform) Eurasia Daily Monitor Former European Union High link the interests of government, business Representative for Common Foreign and and non-governmental organizations, IMF funds to be spent on development The image of the Yanukovych adminis- Security Policy and Secretary General of the according to Minister of Regional tration continues to deteriorate in the eyes of Council of the EU Javier Solana, joined the Development and Construction of Ukraine KYIV – A tranche of $2 billion (U.S.) Ukrainians and Europe, as seen in opinion board of YES. YES Chairman and former Volodymyr Yatsuba, who participated in allocated by the International Monetary polls and a September 13 statement by the Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski, the plenary session of the Ural Forum on Fund (IMF) to Ukraine will be spent on Political Assembly of the center-right said, “With his outstanding record as the Russian-Ukrainian Cooperation. the country’s development, Ukrainian European People’s Party, the most influen- EU’s chief diplomat he is uniquely suited to According to a ministry statement from President Viktor Yanukovych said at the tial political group in the European further strengthen the impact of YES as the September 29, Mr. Yatsuba suggested third international investment summit in Parliament. The EPP asserted it is “deeply leading platform to promote Ukraine’s developing inter-regional cooperation, Donetsk, it was reported on September 29. disturbed by the ongoing situation with European integration.” implementing common policies to attract He said the funds would be spent on eco- Ukraine’s democratic development” (http:// “Ukraine has a special place in my investment and expanding cooperation in nomic development, including on the epp.eu/press.asp?artid=1447&fullview=1). heart,” Mr. Solana said, adding “therefore, I the humanitarian area, in particular, country’s financial sector. Mr. Yanukovych Two days later the European Union called am happy to be able to support its work exchange of delegations and days of cul- noted the importance of creating an inno- upon President Viktor Yanukovych to not towards European integration as a board ture in the regions. The plenary session of vative model of development. He said that destroy Ukraine’s democracy (www.pravda. member of YES. I will work with the YES the Ural Forum on Russian-Ukrainian Ukraine currently exports only 20 percent com.ua/news/2010/09/17/5393165/). board to provide concrete advice and help Cooperation is taking place at the resi- of high added-value products, which, in A central figure contributing to ending foster a constructive dialog on how to tackle dence of the plenipotentiary representative his opinion, is unacceptable, because the Mr. Yanukovych’s honeymoon with the common global challenges and pave the of the Russian president in the Urals country has a high scientific and technical West is Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) way to Ukraine’s EU integration” (http:// Federal District. (Ukrinform) potential. The president expressed regret that only a few engineering plants can Chairman Valeriy Khoroshkovsky. It is, yes-ukraine.org/en/events.html?_ offer high-tech products, while Ukraine therefore, surprising that his protégé, oli- m=publications&_c=view&_ Ukraine invites election observers exports mainly raw materials and metal- garch and Leonid Kuchma’s son-in-law, t=rec&id=993). Such statements appear to KYIV – Verkhovna Rada Chairman lurgical products. Mr. Yanukovych also Victor Pinchuk, a trailblazer in seeking to be mere rhetoric in the face of the assault on Volodymyr Lytvyn has sent letters to inter- noted that the authorities would have to lobby a new and improved international Ukraine’s democracy. national parliamentary organizations with take a lot of unpopular steps that will image for himself, has remained silent. Mr. Besides Mr. Pinchuk, Mr. an invitation to send their election observ- “affect political ratings,” adding, “But the Khoroshkovsky was propelled into Khoroshkovsky is also tied to Dmytro ers for Ukraine’s local elections on reform policy that is currently being car- Ukrainian politics in 2002 as a leader of the Firtash through media interests in Inter, October 31. Letters were sent to the ried out in Ukraine is not designed for KOP (Winter Crop Generation) political Ukraine’s most popular television channel, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of momentary effect and populism. It is party that Mr. Pinchuk funded as a rival to and seven regional channels. Inter, which is Europe, the Parliamentary Assembly of designed for many years and it should pro- Viktor Yushchenko’s Our Ukraine. the dominant channel in Russophone east- the Organization for Security and duce results in a certain period of time.” The seventh annual summit of Mr. ern-southern Ukraine, played a vital role in Cooperation in Europe, the Without reform, Ukraine cannot join the Pinchuk’s Yalta European Strategy (YES), mobilizing votes for Mr. Yanukovych in this year’s presidential elections. Mr. Firtash, Interparliamentary Assembly of the list of the most developed countries, he an event which senior European and unlike Mr. Pinchuk, has no political ambi- Commonwealth of Independent States and said. “If we don’t do so, we will live in the American elites regularly attend, had noth- tions beyond aligning with Ukrainian politi- the European Parliament, the press office Stone Age,” the president said. ing to say about threats to Ukraine’s democ- cians who do not intervene in his business of Verkhovna Rada reported on September (Ukrinform) racy (http://yes-ukraine.org/en/yes7agenda. interests, particularly gas. Mr. Firtash has 29. Previously, on September 10, the html). Such threats derail Ukraine’s hopes never run for Parliament, unlike Mr. Committee of Voters of Ukraine (CVU) Azarov: No lampooning of politicians for European integration, as seen in the EPP said it was concerned that the Ministry of KYIV – Prime Minister Mykola Azarov and EU statements, and thereby make the (Continued on page 22) Foreign Affairs had not yet sent a formal announced on September 21, during a invitation to the OSCE observer mission meeting with the youth wing of the Party of for the local elections. CVU Chair Regions of Ukraine, that Ukrainian televi- Oleksander Chernenko told a press confer- sion stations are forbidden to produce com- ence that, even if an invitation to the Ukraine’s government can call the bluff edies about Ukrainian politicians. “This is OSCE was sent at that point in time, the my initiative. Such [comedies] are not OSCE would not be able to organize a filmed and will not be filmed,” Mr. Azarov on Gazprom’s South Stream project full-fledged mission. The CVU chairman was quoted by Intermedia New Agency as by Vladimir Socor high prices for that gas, in excess of called on as many as possible foreign and international institutions, diplomatic mis- (Continued on page 14) Eurasia Daily Monitor European market prices. 2. This project does not help diversify The Ukrainian government is stepping up supplies to Europe since the supplier would its own efforts to discourage Gazprom’s remain the same, Russia. South Stream project. Overestimating 3. Pipeline construction in the Black Sea THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY FOUNDED 1933 Russia’s capacity to implement it, Kyiv could result in explosions, if acid leaks fears that Moscow would shift the gas tran- come into contact with the highly flamma- An English-language newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., sit to Europe into South Stream, bypassing ble, toxic gaseous compounds there (a a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. 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Allgemeine Zeitung, accused the Security ed to express concern. Reporters Without “The Procurator General’s Office wants to Service of Ukraine (SBU) of spying on Borders, a Paris-based international Ten years after the murder of the opposi- improve the authorities’ international him (Ukrayinska Pravda, August 27), but watchdog, stated that freedom of speech tion journalist Heorhii Gongadze, image,” said Oleksii Podolsky, a journalist Yanukovych aide Serhiy Lyovochkin dis- has worsened under President Yanukovych Ukrainian prosecutors announced that the whom the police harassed in the early missed this as a “provocation” ahead of (Kommersant-Ukraine, September 2), and investigation was completed and the case 2000’s. “They want to make the interna- the Ukrainian president’s visit to Germany it also questioned the PGO’s findings in will shortly be referred to court. The inves- tional community believe there is democra- (Ukrayinska Pravda, September 1). the Gongadze case (Kyiv Post, September tigation said the police killed Gongadze on cy in Ukraine,” Mr. Podolsky added Journalists polled by the Democratic 17). Several international unions of jour- the orders of the internal affairs minister. (Kommersant-Ukraine, September 15). Initiatives Foundation in early September nalists, including the International Both at home and abroad, this decision was The scandalous secret recordings alleg- assessed the level of freedom of speech Federation of Journalists and the United viewed as an attempt to cover up the real edly made a decade ago in the office of in Ukraine at 4.3 on a scale from 1 to 10, Kingdom’s National Union of Journalists, culprits. Meanwhile, freedom of speech is President Leonid Kuchma by security offi- with 1 being the worst score. This is bet- called on Kyiv to launch a new investiga- on the verge of collapsing in Ukraine, while cer Mykola Melnychenko suggested that ter than 2.4 posted in a similar poll in tion into the Gongadze murder. They also the international community is becoming Messrs. Kuchma and Kravchenko and Mr. March 2004, but much worse than 7 post- doubted that the mystery of the increasingly concerned. Kuchma’s aide, Volodymyr Lytvyn, might ed in March 2005. Most of the journalists Klymentyev disappearance would be On September 13 the Procurator have been involved in Gongadze murder. polled blamed media owners for censor- solved anytime soon (Ukrayinska Pravda, General’s Office (PGO) announced that The prosecutor’s conclusion meant that ship, followed by editors, the September 16). Oleksii Pukach, a former police general, Messrs. Kuchma and Lytvyn were no lon- Yanukovych administration, local author- Visiting U.S. undersecretary of State killed Gongadze in September 2000 under ger suspects. Had the investigation con- ities and the ruling coalition (www.liga. William Burns said there were “grounds for the order of Internal Affairs Minister Yurii firmed Mr. Melnychenko’s version, the net, September 16). The businessmen concern” about freedom of speech in Kravchenko. The PGO said that Mr. government’s reputation would have been who control the mainstream media avoid Ukraine. He said he discussed this with President Yanukovych (Ukrayinska Pravda, Kravchenko ordered Gen. Pukach to kill damaged beyond repair as Mr. Kuchma criticizing the government for fear of Gongadze in order to stop his journalistic wanted Viktor Yanukovych, who was repression, just as it was under President activities. Gen. Pukach faces life impris- elected president this past winter, to suc- Kuchma in the early 2000s. (Continued on page 21) onment (Ukrayinska Pravda, September ceed him in 2004, while Mr. Lytvyn cur- 13; UT1, September 14). Mr. Kravchenko rently remains the Parliament chairman committed suicide in March 2005, hours and a key member of the ruling coalition. before his expected testimony on the case, Freedom of speech is in danger again Viktor Yanukovych’s domestic and the three policemen who helped Gen. after several years of relative freedom. A Pukach kill Gongadze received their pris- court in Kyiv confirmed last month that on sentences several years ago. Questions Channel 5 and TVI, two opposition televi- and international honeymoon is over still remain about Mr. Kravchenko’s death. sion channels, would be deprived of sever- Two bullet wounds were found in his al frequencies in and around Kyiv by Taras Kuzio 38 percent. Yulia Tymoshenko is in sec- head, so undoubtedly his suicide remains (Ukrayinska Pravda, August 30). Black Jamestown Foundation Blog ond place with 16.8 percent, increasing suspicious. Sea TV, an opposition channel, com- her support from 13.2 percent. Mr. The PGO’s conclusion leaves the main plained that the authorities wanted to close President Viktor Yanukovych’s honey- Yanukovych and Ms. Tymoshenko were question unanswered: Why did Mr. its political talk show (UNIAN, September moon with Ukraine’s voters is over – as the two main candidates in this year’s Kravchenko decide to eliminate 6). is, judging by growing criticism from election and faced each other in the sec- Gongadze? Yurii Lutsenko, who was an Internal Affairs Minister Anatolii abroad, his honeymoon with the West. ond round, in which Ms. Tymoshenko opposition journalist in 2000 and internal Mohyliov conceded that Vasyl The Ukrainian American diaspora was defeated by a mere 3.5 percent. affairs minister in 2005, said that Klymentyev, the editor of a Kharkiv-based refused to meet with him during his visit The pollsters explain these ratings in Gongadze never wrote about the weekly who disappeared in early August, to New York to attend the opening of the two ways. First, Mr. Yanukovych’s sup- police. Therefore, Mr. Kravchenko had no could have been killed for his professional U.N. General Assembly and embarrassed port has plummeted because his honey- reason to bear a grudge against him activities as he had criticized “some well- him with widespread protests. On moon period with voters is over. Second, (Gazeta Po-Kievski, September 17). known people” (www.liga.net, August 30). September 13 and 21, respectively, the Ms. Tymoshenko’s voters have overcome European People’s Party and the Gongadze’s mother and her lawyer sug- Konrad Schuller, a journalist with the their post-election depression and European Union both issued strong con- returned, giving her a popularity rating demnations of threats to Ukraine’s just short of what she had at the start of democracy, while an editorial in the the election campaign. Ms. Tymoshenko Financial Times on September 21 was is re-assuming her majority support in Germany seeks diplomatic status titled, “Kiev’s [sic] backsliding on democracy.” western, central and northern Ukraine. A new extensive opinion poll has Mr. Yanukovych is threatened by disil- for heads of foreign foundations found that the popularity of Ukraine’s lusioned voters in the east and south, some of whom are moving to left-wing Ukrinform tional foundations in Ukraine is in con- politicians has returned to the same parties. The reasons for this are the presi- flict with common practice. He expressed approximate levels as those found at the KYIV – Members of the Bundestag his view that this could place the German launch of the 2010 presidential campaign; dent’s inability to fulfill all of his populist expressed concern in early September over side in an awkward position, because that is, they have returned to “normal” election promises and massive 50 percent the conditions for activities of foreign Germany, in turn, would be unable to after the post-election depression of the increases in utility prices mandated by nationals in Ukraine who are the heads of provide the same status for relevant opposition and Mr. Yanukovych’s six- the International Monetary Fund (one international foundations, and have sug- Ukrainian citizens. month honeymoon with voters. election promise was not to increase gested Ukrainian authorities provide them The Kyiv meeting was also attended It is during this honeymoon period that these prices). Mr. Yanukovych seeks to with a special diplomatic status. by director of the Konrad Adenauer Ukrainian politicians can potentially regain some support by focusing on the This was discussed at a meeting in Foundation in Ukraine, Nico Lange, who undertake the toughest of unpopular usual Party of Regions election strategy Kyiv involving a delegation of the was detained on June 26 at the Kyiv’s reforms. President Yanukovych, however of raising the Russian language question. Bundestag headed by German parliamen- Boryspil International Airport by – like Viktor Yushchenko when he came A draft law on languages that would sig- tarian Andreas Schockenhoff and the Ukrainian border guards. They kept Mr. to power in January 2005 – missed the nificantly increase the influence of leadership of the Presidential Lange for 10 hours, until Ukrainian opportunity of this time period, as no sig- Russian could be adopted in October Administration of Ukraine. authorities lifted the ban on his entry into nificant reforms were undertaken in his ahead of the local elections on the 31st of “Ukraine is an important European the country. first six months in power. that month. state and has the prospect of membership On June 30 Hanna Herman, deputy The poll by the sociological group in the European Union. Therefore, we chief of the Presidential Administration, Rating found that Mr. Yanukovych con- The article above is reprinted from the very carefully watch the political process- said that the secret services that detained tinues to be Ukraine’s most popular poli- Jamestown Foundation Blog published es and the modernization of Ukraine,” Mr. Lange had very serious arguments for tician with 26 percent support, but this by the Jamestown Foundation, www. Mr. Schockenhoff noted, according to their actions. number has significantly dropped from jamestown.org. September 6 news reports. The Procurator General’s Office In turn, the deputy head of the reported that Mr. Lange was detained at Presidential Administration, Andrii the request of the Security Service of Honcharuk, assured the representatives of Ukraine (SBU) because of his interfer- Quotable notes the German parliamentary delegation that ence in the internal affairs of the country. “Such allegations are clearly absurd. The United States has consistently sup- Ukraine’s authorities are working out the On May 27, in his analytical article ported freedom of the press and rule of law in Ukraine and everywhere in the issue of a special status for the heads of titled “The First 100 Days After the former Soviet Union. international foundations. He said it Change of Power in Ukraine: “As the Gongadze case enters the trial phase, we will continue to speak out in would be advisable to address the issue Authoritarian Tendencies and a our efforts to ensure that those actually responsible for ordering his abduction via the conclusion of a bilateral interna- Rapprochement With Russia,” which was and murder will be brought to justice and to support journalists everywhere who tional agreement. posted on the official website of the work to inform the public and expose corruption and injustice.” Meanwhile, President Viktor Konrad Adenauer Foundation office in Yanukovych’s adviser Andrii Fialko said Ukraine, Mr. Lange critically assessed the – U.S. Ambassador John F. Tefft, in the Kyiv Post on September 24, refuting that a proposal of the German side about actions of President Yanukovych’s team accusations by Ukraine’s former President Leonid Kuchma, who implied that the granting a special status to foreign and changes in Ukraine that have United States was behind the 2000 murder of journalist Heorhii Gongadze. nationals who head the offices of interna- occurred after he came to power. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2010 No. 40

FOR THE RECORD: UCCA’s Demjanjuk trial resumes after recess At issue: defendant’s health, Danilchenko testimony

letter to Viktor Yanukovych MUNICH – The German trial of John it appeared Danilchenko was telling the Following is the full text of the letter need to address the issue of the Demjanjuk resumed on September 13 interrogators what they wanted to hear. dated September 22 from the Ukrainian Ukrainophobe minister of education, following a summer break, but according The next court session in the Congress Committee of America to Dmytro Tabachnyk. For decades, to media reports, the proceedings have Demjanjuk trial is scheduled for October President Viktor Yanukovych of Soviet propaganda distorted the history become dominated by the defendant’s 5, when the judges said they plan to con- Ukraine. The letter is a response to Mr. of Ukraine. Today, Minister Tabachnyk failing health. tinue reading the Danilchenko statements Yanukovych’s September 20 letter to the continues these anti-Ukrainian policies The Associated Press noted on into the record. September 8 that Mr. Demjanjuk, 90, UCCA, which was published in last with widespread attacks upon the Other developments week’s issue. The English translation of nation – such destructive actions under- who suffers from multiple medical prob- the letter below was provided on mine your presidency! We believed that lems, “attends most sessions of his trial in Before the trial’s summer break, a September 28 by the UCCA. at the very least, you, Mr. President, a hospital bed set up in the courtroom, German historian testified on August 11, would relieve such a Ukrainophobe of wearing dark sunglasses and a hat pulled presenting evidence that suggested Mr. Dear Mr. President: his duties, but unfortunately, this has down over his face.” Demjanjuk worked as a guard at not happened. Could such destructive The AP also reported that nearly a Flossenberg concentration camp. We are grateful for your letter, which dozen sessions out of the 57 court dates we received through the Embassy of actions be acceptable to the President? Matthias Meissner of Germany’s On this occasion, please accept our scheduled were postponed due to his Federal Archive showed original docu- Ukraine to the United States. The health issues, including bone marrow dis- assurances that we will continue to ments from Flossenberg listing a man receipt of your letter gave us hope, not ease. Now, observers say, the trial may work “for the prosperity and well-being called “Demianiuk” and “Demenjuk” as a only at the prospect of beginning a con- continue into next spring. Originally ses- of our land, and toward global respect guard there in October 1943. The ID structive dialogue with the present gov- sions were scheduled through May, and for Ukraine,” and because this is our number on the card was the same as on ernment in Ukraine, of which you are then December of this year. intention, we cannot support your poli- the so-called Trawniki card, a Nazi- head, but also for a changed political Mr. Demjanjuk is charged with being cies, when we do not believe they are issued identity card that the prosecution course during your presidency. We an accessory to the murder of nearly in the best interests of the nation. says carried Demjanjuk’s photo and indi- thrive on events transpiring in Ukraine 27,900 people at the Nazi death camp at We are hopeful that you realize your cates he was a guard at Sobibor. that are relevant not only to its resi- Sobibor, Poland. dents, but also to all Ukrainians, wher- inconsistencies and that you will accept Prior to that court session, the As noted by Stefan Schuenemann, who Demjanjuk trial was postponed several ever they may reside. From the found- the burden of just service to our people represents two Sobibor survivors as co- ing of our organization, Ukraine has in Ukraine and beyond, by taking spe- times, including on Friday, August 6, due plaintiffs in the trial, the prosecution to the defendant’s health issues. The been our main focus, especially since cific actions to change your political faces difficulties in the Demjanjuk case. the proclamation of its independence course toward constructive engagement judge ordered Mr. Demjanjuk to appear The AP explained that the prosecution is in court on Tuesday, August 10, over the and the development of new opportuni- in the humanitarian and economic presenting arguments that “being present ties for its people. spheres. Russia is Ukraine’s neighbor protestations of Dr. Busch, who said his at the camp was akin to participation in client was not fit to follow along and Therefore, let us express our deep with whom we have a long history of the Holocaust – no matter what his job disappointment and astonishment after oppression and persecution. We must could barely hear what was being said in was.” court. reading the actual text of your letter. live in peace with Russia, but we can- Mr. Schuenemann elaborated: “How For example, your letter suggests that not forget the history between us. With Dr. Albert Stein, the court physician, near must you be to the killing? You said Mr. Demjanjuk complained about a you and your administration are pres- such individuals as Valerii Soldatenko pushed Jews into the gas chambers or very strong headache, but answered his ently solving such painful issues as the and Dmytro Tabachnyk, you will not be you just guarded the fence? These are questions “clearly and energetically.” The non-recognition of the Holodomor as able to reach such an understanding. questions that have to be answered in the doctor said Mr. Demjanjuk was suffering an act of genocide against our people. We would also like to take this trial and it’s not easy ... where does from low hemoglobin and would be While we welcome the inclusion of the opportunity to respond to your invita- responsibility start?” brought to a Munich hospital later that Holodomor page on the official presi- tion to meet with you. The organized The defense is arguing that Ukrainian day for a blood transfusion. The court dential website, we are dismayed by the Ukrainian American community has guards were under threat of death if they session that day was shortened due to the fact that the mere mention of the word always provided all possible means to tried to flee from the Nazi death camps treatment. genocide has been completely eliminat- support and strengthen Ukraine’s inde- where they were forced to serve. ed. pendence and democracy, and to assist Prisoners of war, the defense says, agreed In related news, an alleged Nazi camp We are also concerned about the the Ukrainian nation in achieving fair, to serve the Nazis in order to escape the guard questioned during the Demjanjuk SBU’s illegal behavior with regard to just and equal treatment among the horrible conditions in POW camps and investigation was charged by German the National Memorial Museum Prison community of sovereign states. We possible death. prosecutors in late July with shooting 10 on Lontsky and its director, an issue have remained firmly committed to On September 13 the defense bolstered Jews and aiding in the gassing of Jews at which has been brought under the aus- protecting the interests of the Ukrainian that argument by presenting a 1943 letter the Belzec camp in German-occupied pices of the Institute of National people, and we will continue to do so. from the administration of the Auschwitz Poland. Samuel Mr. Kunz, 88, served as a Memory. You have assigned Mr. Valerii Our united Ukrainian community in the death camp in which officials reported camp guard in Belzec from January 1942 Soldatenko the task of resolving this U.S.A. – the Ukrainian Congress that 15 Ukrainian guards had attempted to July 1943, prosecutors said. question, knowing full well his odious Committee of America, the Ukrainian to escape. Six succeeded, one was recap- “According to the indictment, more than past and his current bias against these American Coordinating Council, the tured and eight were killed. 430,000 Jews were killed in the gas blank spots in our history – namely the Ukrainian National Association, the The next day the issue before the court chambers there until July 1943,” the court tragedy of the Holodomor and the Ukrainian National Women’s League of was whether summaries of statements by said. “The accused is said to have partici- brave liberation struggle of the OUN- America, the Providence Association of Sobibor guard Ignat Danilchenko, who pated as a guard.” UPA. Only after his assignment to this Ukrainian Catholics in America, and said he served there with Mr. Demjanjuk, According to prosecutors, both Mr. task did Mr. Soldatenko also make the New Ukrainian Wave – will gladly should be allowed as evidence. Defense Demjanjuk and Mr. Kunz served in the known that he has been a Communist meet with you and engage in construc- lawyer Ulrich Busch argued that the court Russian Army, were captured by the since 1969 and boasted about the fact tive dialogue when we detect from you should not read summaries of Germans and then trained as guards at the that he never gave up his party mem- a genuine concern about the Ukrainian Danilchenko’s statements into the trial Trawniki camp. Mr. Kunz, an ethnic bership. How are we to understand nation and its problems. record since they may have been extract- German, moved to Germany after the war then, not only his appointment, but the ed by Soviet interrogators using torture and gained citizenship. entrusting of this very important and Respectfully, and because Danilchenko is not alive to Soon thereafter, on August 9, the news currently controversial issue to such an On behalf of the UCCA Executive Board, be cross-examined. media reported that prosecutors were individual? accusing a third former SS camp guard of Tamara Olexy, president The judges rejected Dr. Busch’s Although you did not mention this motions and said they would read the war crimes. Ukrainian-born Alex rather sensitive topic in your letter, we Marie Duplak, executive secretary statements into the record and decide Nagorny, who is over 90, is accused of later on their credibility. being involved in the shooting of Jewish The deceased guard’s testimony had prisoners at the Treblinka I labor camp. been discredited in earlier trials. The Spiegel online reported that a decision UCCA calls for volunteers to serve Associated Press reported that the validi- would be made on whether to charge ty of Danilchenko’s statements, made in him. Alex N. was born in Ukraine, but as election observers in Ukraine the 1970s, had been questioned by U.S. has lived in Landshut, Germany since the investigators, who said they contained end of World War II. He became a NEW YORK – The Ukrainian tered with Ukraine’s Central Election many factual errors. German citizen in 1991. He testified in Congress Committee of America Commission (CEC), the UCCA has been German historian Dieter Pohl, who had February as a witness at the Demjanjuk (UCCA), an organization with long-term actively involved in sending international testified earlier on in Mr. Demjanjuk’s trial. Since the Demjanjuk trial started, the experience in observing elections, will election observers to Ukraine since 1991. German trial, advised the court to treat the Danilchenko testimony with “the AP reported, two other elderly suspects take an active part in local elections in A UCCA communiqué noted that the Ukraine slated for Sunday, October 31, highest caution” because of their source. under investigation have died before their organization is “concerned and troubled According to an AP report, Dr. Pohl said cases could be brought to court. by hosting a delegation of international by recent reports from around Ukraine, election observers. particularly Odesa, that state that the As one of the few non-governmental Party of Regions has been stacking local organizations and the only Ukrainian Visit our archive online: www.ukrweekly.com American community organization, regis- (Continued on page 21) No. 40 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2010 5

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UNA General Assembly for 2010-2014 Executive Committee – Екзекутивний Комітет

President – Президент First Vice-President – Перший Заступник Second Vice-President – Другий Заступник Президента Президента Stefan Kaczaraj – Стефан Качарай Ukrainian National Association Michael Koziupa – Михайло Козюпа Eugene Oscislawski – Евген Осціславський 2200 Route 10 26 Summit Avenue 5 Stable Lane Parsippany, NJ 07054 Cedar Knolls, NJ 07927 Flemington, NJ 08822

Director for Canada – Директор для Канади National Secretary – Головний Секретар Treasurer – Скарбник Myron Groch – Мирон Ґрох Christine E. Kozak – Христина Е. Козак Roma Lisovich – Рома Лісович 16 Kevin Dr Ukrainian National Association Ukrainian National Association Fonthill, ON L0S 1E4 2200 Route 10 2200 Route 10 Canada Parsippany, NJ 07054 Parsippany, NJ 07054

Auditing Committee – Контрольна Комісія

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Severino Bohdan Kobryn, son of Angelita Call the UNA Home Office, 973- and A. Ihor Kobryn of Staten Island, 292-9800, N.Y., is a new member of UNA Branch Roma and Irene Kulbida, daughters of Dr. Nicholas and Lida Kulbida of 155. He was enrolled by his grandparents Niskayuna, N.Y., are new members of UNA Branch 13. The girls were enrolled by to find out how to enroll. Atanas T. and Kateryna Kobryn. their parents.

THE UNA: 116 YEARS OF SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2010 No. 40

COMMENTARY The Ukrainian Weekly “Re-KGBization” in Ukraine Rewriting history by Mykola Riabchuk All these features had been rather con- Among the regressive policies of the administration of President Viktor spicuous in the SBU under all of his pre- Yanukovych are changes to the school curriculum ordered by the Ukrainophobic min- Within the past half year, the Security decessors. What is new now, however, is ister of education and science, Dmytro Tabachnyk. Now, it may seem strange to some Service of Ukraine (SBU) seems to have Mr. Khoroshkovsky’s peculiar connec- folks to read that a minister of the Ukrainian government could be Ukrainophobic, but become the major national and, increas- tions with Russian businesses, including if you are a regular reader of this paper, that statement needs no explanation given the ingly, international newsmaker. Every the notorious RosUkrEnergo, and with many reports about Mr. Tabachnyk’s discriminatory, intolerant and prejudiced state- week they vigorously remind us that they Russian politicians. ments and policies. do exist and do not waste the taxpayers’ An unnamed insider from Ukrainian A case in point: Mr. Tabachnyk’s policies on what is taught in Ukraine’s schools. money in idling. They boldly fight the counterintelligence cited by Mr. Butusov Apparently what is most important to Ukraine’s new leaders is how Ukrainian history enemies of the state, both domestic and says that the SBU policy looks illogical is taught. The new minister of education immediately moved to impose his concept of alien. Their stated goal is to ensure “sta- only from “normal” criteria, that is from Ukrainian history. He announced that there was a need to “coordinate” Ukrainian his- bility” which, alongside “reforms,” is the the point of view of the national interest. tory textbooks with Russian “scholars” and he decreed that textbooks had to be rewrit- much-trumpeted buzzword of the new “But if we take a look at the foreign poli- ten. He thus swept away years of gains in uncovering Ukraine’s past and replacing the Ukrainian president and his team. cy priorities of the Ukrainian leadership, long-imposed Soviet view of history that were made by his predecessors. Concerning the “reforms,” so far, we at the personal connections of the SBU The result: new textbooks have appeared for fifth graders, and they appeared with- cannot say much – unless we count the head and his political status, at the kind out the usual review by historians, teachers, education specialists and the public. The increased taxes and tariffs as their most of persons harassed by the SBU, you new books have erased the Orange Revolution (which erupted when presidential elec- tangible proof. Yet, the “stability” is quite would find an iron logic in everything. tion results were falsified in favor of Mr. Yanukovych), information about which did noticeable and even praised occasionally Valery Ivanovych attends [to] the presi- appear in the 2005 edition of the schoolbooks. The cover no longer includes a back- by some Western leaders who are not dent and submits his reports every second ground depicting the Orange Revolution and the text ignores this historic event, much concerned with its price. This “sta- day. And every time he brings new proofs replacing it with brief mentions of the 2004 and 2010 presidential elections. bility” has nothing to do with law and of his personal loyalty. The number of Textbook author and historian Viktor Mysan wrote on the Ukrayinska Pravda order, as some Westerners may believe. enemies of the regime grows up and the website that “The majority of the [Education] Ministry’s recommendations [to the Rather, it is a well-ordered lawlessness value of Mr. Khoroshkovsky as the secu- textbook’s author] are tied to the formation of another, less aggressive, face of our that in neighboring Russia has acquired rity chief increases respectively… The eastern neighbor – Russia. Besides the Orange Revolution, other episodes that have the respectable name of “managed SBU methods are shocking from the been cut out of the new edition include when Ukrainians fought against Russia for democracy” and that in Viktor point of view of pro-Western policies of independence. Also, the 1933 Famine is no longer designated as ‘artificial’ and Yanukovych’s native Donbas is defined the past years. But everything looks abso- directed against Ukraine.” more colloquially as “poniatiya.” lutely differently if you look at them from Volodymyr Viatrovych, a historian and former director of the archives of the So, if one guesses that the SBU fights the point of view of Russia.” Security Service of Ukraine, under whose tenure during the administration of the rampant corruption in the top eche- So, Mr. Butusov sums up, if Mr. President Viktor Yushchenko many formerly secret Soviet-era documents were lons of power, or digs into obscure ener- Khoroshkovsky has the strategic task to opened to the public, notes that as of September 1, when the new school year began, gy schemes that, like gangrene, have poi- prove the closest integration with Russia Ukraine’s fifth graders “will see a different picture that their schoolmates who are one soned the whole of Ukraine’s body since and demonstrate full support for its poli- year ahead of them in grade 6.” Their textbook called “Introduction to the History of independence, or tries to curb countless cies in Ukraine, he fulfills this mission Ukraine” is markedly different from the one used a year earlier. For example, the term Russian spies and provocateurs that feel perfectly. A few months ago, an FSB col- “World War II,” which is used worldwide, has been altered to the Soviet term “Great as comfortable in Ukraine as at home, onel, Vladimir Noskov, who was detained Patriotic War.” Gone are sections about the Ukrainian Sich Riflemen, Stalin’s Great one is definitely wrong. along with his associates last year at the Terror, Ukrainian liberation movements of the 20th century, Soviet-era dissidents and The main target of the SBU is the Transdnistrian border during than armed the national democratic movement of the 1980s-1990s. national civil society and anyone from attempt to kidnap a Ukrainian security “These excisions,” writes Mr. Viatrovych, “were not accidental, but were prepared abroad who may support it. Hence, every officer, was released – despite the full with the goal of eliminating information about the Ukrainian struggle for indepen- week, on a regular basis, we get reports and unambiguous evidence of a violent dence and its strangulation by the occupier of Ukraine.” He adds, “Ukrainians are sup- about the SBU agents’ assaults on NGO crime and without due court decision on posed to forget why they languished for hundreds of years in the colonial yoke.” activists and opposition politicians, jour- the matter. A personal conversation In a September 28 commentary, opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko wrote of the nalists and historians, rectors and stu- between Mr. Khoroshkovsky and FSB Yanukovych administration’s policies in general: “On the one hand they’re surrender- dents, political experts and disobedient head Aleksander Bortnikov was all it ing Sevastopol and Crimea, Ukrainian uranium, the nuclear and aviation industries, businessmen. took to undermine Ukrainian law and the gas transport system; and on the other, destroying any way they can the Ukrainian There is no information about this on abuse a moral duty toward the officer language, rewriting history textbooks, doing away with Ukrainian dubbing of movies, the major national TV channels subordi- who risked his life during the operation. demanding that the festival of Ukrainian song – Haydamaka.ua – be banned, calling nated effectively to the government and, The personal role of the Ukrainian the Ukrainian language inferior and the Ukrainian diaspora worthless.” ironically, to the SBU chief himself, president in all these shenanigans, how- “They’re building a Ukraine without Ukraine,” Ms. Tymoshenko concluded. Valeriy Khoroshkovsky, who de facto ever, remains unclear. Many experts And Minister Tabachnyk’s textbooks for schoolchildren are showing the way. owns nearly 30 percent of the TV market. believe that President Yanukovych has But the Internet is growling, statements neither political will nor skill, neither are made, petitions are signed, and pick- vision nor competence to pursue an inde- eters regularly come to the SBU head- pendent pro-active policy. And, therefore, quarters in different cities to protest he becomes the prey of a narrow clique Oct. against the apparent “KGB-zation” of the who inform or, rather, misinform him in a Turning the pages back... new-old institution. manipulative way. The head of his staff, The authorities’ response is mixed and Serhiy Lyovochkin, is believed to be an confusing. Sometimes they apologize for ally of Mr. Khoroshkovsky and Dmytro 7 Four years ago, on October 7, 2006, investigative journalist an alleged “mistake” or “misunderstand- Firtash, a co-owner of RosUkrEnergo, 2006 Anna Politkovskaya, who was of Ukrainian heritage, was found ing,” sometimes they downplay the inci- which also signifies murky Russian con- dead after being shot outside of her apartment in Moscow. dent as their opponents’ exaggeration or nections, greatly facilitated now by the Helsinki Commission Chairman Sen. Sam Brownback and pure invention, sometimes – as in the “friendship” of the security services of Co-Chairman Christopher R. Smith expressed sorrow and outrage after learning of the kill- recent story with historian Ruslan Zabilyi both countries. ing. – they insist on the righteousness and Whatever the real constellation of “The murder of Ms. Politkovskaya, clearly a contract killing, is a devastating blow to jour- legitimacy of the undertaken measures. power, Mr. Yanukovych seems to be pret- nalism and civil society in Russia – an incalculable loss,” said Sen Brownback (R- Kansas). This incoherence may well be a result ty comfortable with Mr. Khoroshkovsky, “This murder of one of the most prominent journalists in Russia is a chilling reminder of either of the low competence of the SBU apparently unaware of how SBU policies the fragile façade of political and social stability in Russia. I call on the Russia authorities to staff or indicate serious hidden rifts tarnish his political image, both domesti- conduct an immediate, thorough and transparent investigation of this murder that will find between various centers of seemingly cally and internationally. There are many not only those who carried out the attack, but also those who ordered it,” added Sen. monolithic and monopolistic power. Or, signs, however, that not all his associates Brownback. most likely, both. are satisfied with these policies and that “[Ms. Politkovskaya’s] testimony on Chechnya at a 2003 Helsinki Commission hearing Yurii Butusov, a leading Ukrainian factional infighting within the Party of reflected both her professional excellence and her deep commitment to humanitarian values,” expert in the field, argues in Dzerkalo Regions may come to the surface. said Rep. Smith (R- N.J.). (The testimony can be read at www.csce.gov under the Tyzhnia that poor professionalism and Such dissatisfaction might not be suffi- “Chechnya: Current Situation and Prospects for the Future” hearing on September 16, 2003.) large-scale involvement in business activi- cient for a change of policy and is even “Her outstanding contribution to journalism and the cause of human rights will be deeply ty (i.e., corruption, to put it bluntly) is only less likely to bring about a change of missed.” a part of the SBU’s problems. Another regime. But, if combined with a popular The Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe part, he suggests, is Mr. Khoroshkovsky. dissatisfaction and mass pressure on the (OSCE) awarded Ms. Politkovskaya its Prize for Journalism and Democracy for her report- As a major Ukrainian businessman with regime, then changes may happen. ing on the brutal methods used by some elements of the Russian military forces against no experience in the Security Service but Re-KGBization of the SBU is definite- Chechen civilians. great talents of opportunism, he might be ly bad news, which seems to be the pre- The Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, also know as the U.S. Helsinki well responsible for both the dilettantism vailing pattern today from Ukraine. But, Commission, is charged with monitoring compliance with the Helsinki Final Act and other of the SBU “undercover operations” on the positive side, there is a surprising commitments of the 56 participating states in the OSCE. (“prophylactics,” as they call it in KGB resilience in society, a growing resistance lingo) and for its alleged involvement in (Continued on page 22) murky business. (Continued on page 22) No. 40 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2010 7

NEWS AND VIEWS Request to the SBU: Don’t frighten the concierge by Victoria Syumar just that matter are in no way similar to Vladimir Putin, although clearly they’d The strange case of Ruslan Zabilyi Even against the background of regu- like to repeat his career success. lar information about the “active” behav- After a night in the swaying, clattering According to the same Article 29, a per- It’s now time to pose the question: train car, you put away the sheets and son must promptly be given the reasons ior of the Security Service of Ukraine Who in reality is harming national securi- (SBU) regarding “prophylactic conversa- blankets, drink your tea, pay the atten- for his arrest. He must be informed of his ty? Activists, journalists and historians tions,” my terrified concierge was unex- dant and descend to the railway platform rights and permitted to engage a lawyer. who are simply doing their jobs, or peo- pected. at Kyiv. Suddenly you are surrounded by His family must immediately (“nehaino”) ple who issue the order to detain the She quietly recounted how SBU offi- six hefty security officers who march you be informed. Evidently none of this was director of a German foundation on the cers had come to her and asked her about to a waiting car and bundle you in. They done. eve of the president’s trip to Germany, to the people living in my flat. The main drive you to 33 Volodymyrska St., the Several explanations for the SBU’s questions were: how do they live, when have “talks” with International notorious headquarters of the security bizarre behavior suggest themselves. The do they come in, who visits the flat, etc. Renaissance Foundation grant receivers police. most obvious one is that this somewhat Quite honestly, at such behavior from before the visit of the U.S. deputy secre- For 14 and a half hours you are inter- theatrical Stalinist retro stunt was a warn- people who are supposed to ensure my tary of state, or to interrogate a blogger, rogated about your research and your for- ing by the Yanukovych administration to country’s national security, you want to provoking millions of unpleasant notes eign contacts. You are warned that your Ukraine’s intelligentsia that certain ideo- laugh. They could have asked me any of on the Internet? activities could cause problems for your logical lines must not be crossed. those questions. I’m ready to answer I am sorry for those who have to carry family. You are advised to give up your Mr. Zabilyi, a historian employed by them. My telephone is entirely accessible. out such orders, sorry for the press secre- research and find a job as a schoolteach- the SBU, which has custody of historical And Google in the modern world is also tary who has to constantly report that the er. No one tells you what law you have documents from the Soviet period, spe- capable of providing more information “incident is closed,” and look for some violated. You are not allowed to contact cializes in the Ukrainian Insurgent Army than my concierge. more or less comprehensible explanation your family or a lawyer. The documents (UPA). The UPA fought Soviet security I am sorry that our domestic “James for these overt blunders. you have been carrying are confiscated. forces after World War II. Its struggle is Bonds” are wasting time on such “infor- Is it not perhaps time to question the Later, you are publicly accused of also a focus of Mr. Zabilyi’s museum, mation-gathering” about civic activists, professional worth of people who should attempting to pass state secrets to foreign housed in the infamous prison on journalists, historians; wasting time on be dealing with serious matters and not intelligence. Lontsky Street where the retreating specific “talks” with university rectors, playing banal children’s games based on Former Security Service of Ukraine Soviet forces carried out mass executions recipients of grants from the International personal psychological complexes? This (SBU) archive director Volodymyr of prisoners in the last days of June 1941. Renaissance Foundation, and so forth. is a rhetorical question for those who are Viatrovych had a point when he said that (My maternal grandmother witnessed this I am sorry that “the grandiose tasks” still publicly explaining that the main this sounds more like 1937 than 2010. atrocity from her apartment on the other of restoring the authority of the Security offices on Volodymyrska Street (SBU But the treatment of the young SBU his- side of Lontsky Street, despite police Service of Ukraine, turning it into the headquarters) are occupied by “top pro- torian Ruslan Zabily last September 8, orders to stay away from the windows.) “new KGB,” or at least the FSB, look so fessionals in their business.” and the raid on his museum in Lviv on This kind of research comports ill with feeble. And those setting such a course in September 13-14, are as enigmatic as the neo-Soviet version of history being Source: Website of the Kharkiv Human they are chilling. imposed by the Yanukovych administra- Victoria Syumar is acting director of Rights Protection Group, http://www. Mr. Viatrovych, of course, was exag- tion and its minister of education, the Institute for Mass Information. khpg.org/en/index.php?id=1285319596. gerating. In 1937, Mr. Zabilyi would sim- Dmytro Tabachnyk. Evidently they ply have disappeared. He would have decided to give Mr. Zabilyi the opportu- been beaten and tortured, locked up in a nity to experience one of his research LETTER TO THE EDITOR prison for months, and eventually either topics, Stalinist repression of Ukrainian shot or sent to a forced labor camp. In patriots, first-hand. fact, his treatment was mild even by con- singing the liturgies, we learn the faith A second explanation is that this is a temporary standards. Article 29 of the warning to foreign scholars to sever their Ukrainian Catholic and proclaim the joyous news that Constitution of Ukraine mandates that if “Christ is Risen.” In fact, many outsiders contacts with Ukrainian colleagues – at a court does not provide the reasons for least those working on sensitive topics. A liturgies are unique who begin to experience Eastern Catholic detention within 72 hours, a detainee worship, comment that they are attracted third theory is that the administration is must be freed. Mr. Zabilyi’s detention testing the waters, to see what kind of Dear Editor: not only by the beauty, but also by the was well within these limits. Today many joyfulness of the experience. international reaction its conduct will I commend The Ukrainian Weekly and countries regularly keep detainees for The future of the Ukrainian Greek- elicit. So far, there have been letters of writers Dr. Andrew Sorokowski and weeks and months without bringing for- Catholic Church in the United States can protest from scholars and a diaspora Anisa Handzia Sawyckyj for the three mal charges. Even France has frequently be very bright indeed if it focuses on organization. Sounds like a green light. articles published in June and July on the been criticized for its excessive terms of communicating the joyful news that A fourth, somewhat conspiratorial the- future of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic preventive detention. “Christ is Risen” through beautiful sing- ory, is that the SBU is not really the SBU Church in the United States. As an educa- On the other hand, Ukraine’s Article ing and chant, whether it be in Ukrainian, – that is, that Ukraine’s security service, tor and Roman Catholic who married into 29 also provides that no one may be English or perhaps even in Spanish! or a part of it, has been co-opted by the Eastern Church, I found that the vari- arrested without a warrant. According to When people sense the joyful message, Russian intelligence. That is the implica- ous perspectives in the articles provided a reports, Mr. Zabilyi was not presented they will come. tion of a commentary by Mykola broad and comprehensive focus on with a warrant for either his arrest or the For this reason, all of the liturgies in Riabchuk (“Re-KGBization,” on page 6 Orientale Lumen, “The Light of the seizure of his laptop and hard disk. Nor, our churches should be sung. To do this of this issue). It would explain the awk- East.” according to reports, was there a warrant effectively requires renewed interest in ward handling of Mr. Zabilyi, perhaps One of the most distinguishing aspects for the seizure of two computers, disks, and dedication to teaching and learning reflecting divisions within the SBU. This of Byzantine worship is the use of the and paper and videotape files from the the sung liturgies in authentic musical theory accommodates the notion that human voice, both in chant and in song to Prison on Lontsky Museum in Lviv, of formats. This should become a priority under the Yushchenko administration the glorify God. Aside from the beauty of the which he is director. In a published clari- for the Ukrainian Catholic Particular SBU had become a professional organi- singing, however, what distinguishes all fication, the SBU claimed that Mr. Church. zation genuinely dedicated to protecting of the Eastern liturgies is the meaning- Zabilyi and others had been preparing to the security of Ukraine. filled verses taken straight from the bible Irene C. (Cathy) Pompetti-Szul, Ph.D. pass state secrets to foreign intelligence. Finally, some claim that Russia is bent or narrated as biblical stories. Through Bellmore, N.Y. If they knew this in advance, why did they not obtain warrants? Were all the on discrediting Ukraine. Provoking the judges still on their summer vacations, SBU into neo-Stalinist behavior, it will spending the last of their accumulated make Ukraine a pariah. Abandoned by its bribes? Euro-Atlantic friends, Ukraine will have Now the Constitution does provide no choice but to return to the embrace of Opinions in The Ukrainian Weekly that in cases of urgency, in order to pre- Mother Russia. vent a crime, warrantless temporary pre- All these theories are mutually consis- ventive detention is permitted. But was tent. But whatever is going on, we should Opinions expressed by columnists, commen- this an urgent case? Let’s assume Mr. follow historian Timothy Snyder in tators and letter-writers are their own and do Zabilyi was about to meet with a repre- insisting on maximum access to archives sentative of foreign intelligence and pass (“Who’s Afraid of Ukrainian History?” not necessarily reflect the opinions of either secret documents to him. If, as they NYRB Blog, September 21). We should The Weekly editorial staff or its publisher, the claim, the SBU already knew this, they never let Communist crimes be forgotten. could have obtained a warrant while Mr. We should pester the press. And we Ukrainian National Association. Zabilyi was dozing on the overnight should stay focused on Ruslan Zabilyi. train. And why didn’t the officers tell Mr. Andrew Sorokowski can be reached at Zabilyi why he was being detained? [email protected]. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2010 No. 40 Demonstrators picket SBU in connection with Zabilyi case

Illya M. Labunka KYIV – Picketers gathered in front of the Kyiv headquarters of the Security Service declassified materials confiscated from the young historian by the SBU. Mr. Zabilyi of Ukraine (SBU) on September 15 to protest the agency’s actions against histo- is charged with revealing state secrets. Among the protesters were several Soviet- rian Ruslan Zabilyi and the National Memorial Museum Prison on Lontsky, which era political prisoners, including Vasyl Ovsienko (top right) and Yevhen Sverstiuk, is located in Lviv. Demonstrators held aloft banners reading: “Freedom for histori- former director of the SBU archives Volodymyr Viatrovych (top left), and many rep- ans,” “Stop the KGB,” “This is the KGB – it bites and it smells,” “Leave historians resentatives of the younger generation and college students. alone” and “Zabilyi was bringing information for me” – the latter a reference to the – Illya M. Labunka IN THE PRESS: Backsliding in Ukraine and Russia “Kiev’s [sic] backsliding on democra- reporter, Vasyl Klymentyev. For media and “…Journalists, meanwhile, complain interest between our governments. … cy,” Financial Times, September 21: human rights monitors, the Klymentyev censorship and intimidation is returning. … “The human rights situation in Russia is “European Union and U.S. officials case has come to symbolize how advances Reporters Without Borders, a watchdog, bad and likely to get much worse as the called on Ukraine last week to ensure proper in press and democratic freedoms after the warns of a ‘marked increase in attempts to March 2012 presidential election nears. protection of journalists – 10 years after the 2004 Orange Revolution have been eroded directly obstruct’ the media. Those in power will do anything to stay in gruesome murder of Georgy [sic] since February’s election of Russian-leaning “…how to respond poses a dilemma for power. Russia’s future and political develop- Gongadze, a muckraking journalist. Their president Viktor Yanukovich [sic]. Some the West. Sharp rebukes risk pushing Mr. ment will be determined by Russians, but calls carry a renewed urgency. Ukrainian charge Mr. Yanukovich with veering Yanukovich deeper into the arms of Russia. the West should do no further harm by per- authorities face questions over the recent towards the soft authoritarianism of Russia’s The EU, by leaving Kiev’s previous govern- petuating the current system. Enough disappearance of another investigative Vladimir Putin. ment dangling over membership, lost some already with U.S. expressions of ‘regret’ authority in Ukraine – and that govern- about the deteriorating situation inside ment’s bickering left many Ukrainians disil- Russia – it’s time to call it like it is: lusioned. But there are signs Mr Condemn what’s happening there and con- Yanukovich’s business backers prefer closer sider consequences for continued human ties with Europe than with Russia. The EU rights abuses.” should emphasize that such integration requires accepting European values. The “Ukrainian Democracy in Peril,” by Orange Revolution’s legacy was mixed. But Alexander J. Motyl, Wall Street Journal, its democratic gains should on no account September 15: be allowed to be reversed.” “Ukraine’s already weak democracy has just received three body blows from the “America’s silence makes us complicit government of President Viktor in Russia’s crimes,” by David J. Kramer, Yanukovych. The Washington Post, September 20: “On September 7, Ukraine’s Parliament “…What will it take for higher levels of passed a law effectively depriving the the Obama administration to unequivocally inhabitants of Ukraine’s capital city, Kiev condemn arrests of activists, violence [sic], of self-rule. According to the law, the against protesters, pressure on journalists executive functions of the city now belong and murders of government critics? to the so-called Kiev City State “Alas, speaking the truth about Russia Administration. Who appoints the head of isn’t likely to happen as long as the Obama that body? The president. … administration spins its ‘reset’ policy with “On September 8, the young historian Russia as one of its major foreign policy suc- Ruslan Zabilyi was interrogated by the cesses. Worse, administration officials have Security Service for 14 hours. The alleged on numerous occasions rejected the notion reason was Mr. Zabilyi’s supposed dis- of ‘linkage’ between human rights problems semination of state secrets. His real crime? and the U.S-Russia relationship. Such atti- Mr. Zabilyi studies the Holodomor (the tudes signal to Russian officials that there are deliberately engineered famine that took no consequences for behavior such as crack- the lives of millions of Ukrainians in ing the heads of protesters, as Prime Minister 1932-1933) as well as the Ukrainian Vladimir Putin recently advocated in an nationalist resistance to Soviet rule in the interview with the newspaper Kommersant, post-World War II period. … or the Moscow prosecutor’s office demand- “On September 9, three members of ing organizational and financial documenta- Ukraine’s Constitutional Court resigned. tion from leading human rights groups, as it They just happened to be critics of Mr. did after the McFaul-Burns [the National Yanukovych’s electoral machinations in the Security Council’s Russia expert, Michael run-up to the Orange Revolution. McFaul, and Undersecretary of State Unsurprisingly, Mr. Yanukovych’s allies William Burns] visit. have tarred the three as corrupt. Their depar- “Given that the United States has little ture transforms an already spineless institu- leverage over Russia, some in and outside tion into a rubber-stamp body… the U.S. government argue that we should “Mr. Yanukovych’s message to Ukraine focus on areas where we can work together, — and the world — is clear: The courts and such as in dealing with Iran, North Korea the capital city are now in his pocket, and and nonproliferation. This thinking over- free thinkers have been put on alert. looks the effect that domestic developments Democracy can now be steamrollered at an have on Russia’s foreign policy. A growing accelerated pace. R.I.P., Ukrainian liberty. values gap will reduce areas of common We hardly knew ye.” No. 40 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2010 9 Toronto roundtable focuses on danger to journalists in Ukraine by Jurij Klufas ducer Oksana Sydorchuk Sokolyk out- lined the problems confronted by journal- TORONTO – Nearly 70 interested ists in Ukraine in the face of physical and people arrived on Sunday, September 12, psychological aggression by government for a roundtable discussion organized by officials. By endangering journalists’ the Toronto chapter of the Ukrainian basic human rights, the government has Journalists of North America (UJNA) to fostered an atmosphere of self-censor- gain a better understanding of the ever ship, she pointed out. deteriorating state of freedom of speech Stefan Genyk-Berezowsky of in Ukraine. Svitohliad TV compiled a poetic summa- Moderator Jurij Klufas, executive pro- ry of the historic attempts of the ducer of the Kontakt Ukrainian TV net- Ukrainian people’s struggle for freedom work and president of the UJNA, assured from the writings of eminent Ukrainian the audience that “we Ukrainians are not writers Ivan Franko, Ivan Bahriany and alone and that indeed the world is watch- Taras Shevchenko. ing the events unfolding in Ukraine with Writer Yosyp Sirka from the Internet great concern.” magazine Maidan presented a perspective Mr. Klufas reported that during a con- from the standpoint of the newer technol- versation with Prime Minister Stephen ogies. He charged that the current gov- Harper the day before during a press ernment of Ukraine is an “occupational reception in Ottawa, the prime minister force” that has and is breaking the law Walter Kish expressed awareness and concern, saying and is following the orders of an external he was “deeply concerned about the situ- force. Panelists (from left) at the roundtable on deteriorating media freedom in ation in Ukraine.” Mr. Klufas told the The only non-journalist in the panel, Ukraine: Yosyp Sirka from the internet magazine Maidan, “Song of Ukraine” audience that he then suggested to the Member of Parliament Borys radio host producer Oksana Sydorchuk Sokolyk, Associate Producer Stefan prime minister that this is an excellent Wrzesnewskyj also spoke poetically Genyk-Berezowsky of Svitohliad TV and Canadian Member of Parliament Borys opportunity to reinstate Ukrainian- about the fact that the current generation Wrzesnewskyj. language radio broadcasting at Radio is a witness to Ukraine’s resurrection and Canada International, which would rein- does not wish to be a witness to Newly arrived in Canada, Ukrainian president of that country. It was indicated force Canada’s commitment to protect Ukraine’s demise. Mr. Wrzesnewskyj astronaut Yaroslav Pustovy, who trained that this will happen at a moment when freedom of free speech throughout the asserted that Ukraine is a direct victim of in the NASA Space Program alongside Ukraine needs the Internet the most. world and would provide balanced news the current political gamesmanship Ukrainian astronaut Leonid Kadeniuk, In closing, Mr. Klufas extolled all to the population of Ukraine at a time between the United States аnd the commended the Ukrainian diaspora for present to overcome the overall state of when it’s most needed. Russian Federation. raising the various issues confronting personal and community disillusionment After a brief introduction by the mod- After these brief presentations, the Ukraine today. and get back to work. ”We must develop erator, “Song of Ukraine” radio host pro- public was invited to make comments. Engineering businessman Mykola support for the budding resistance in Moroz read out a statement now circulat- Ukraine and leverage potential world ing on the Internet that demonstrates interest in Ukraine with a reactivated massive public opposition to the events in worldwide diaspora,” he stated. Ukraine natives can apply Ukraine. Public Policy Consultant The audience agreed to engage Volodymyr Derzko pointed out that two Amnesty International, Reporters countries, the U.S. and Russia, now have Without Borders and PEN International, for 2012 diversity visas laws in place that can shut down the and to keep these institutions appraised of Internet at the single discretion of the developments in Ukraine. WASHINGTON – The congressionally Within each region, no single country mandated Diversity Immigrant Visa may receive more than 7 percent of the Program is administered on an annual available DVs in any one year. basis by the Department of State and con- For DV-2012, natives of Ukraine are ducted under the terms of legislation that eligible to apply. provides for a class of immigrants known The Department of State implemented as “diversity immigrants.” an electronic registration system beginning Section 203 (c) of the Immigration and with DV-2005 in order to make the DV Nationality Act provides a maximum of process more efficient and secure. The 55,000 Diversity Visas (DVs) each fiscal department utilizes special technology and year to be made available to persons from other means to identify those who commit countries with low rates of immigration fraud for the purposes of illegal immigra- to the United States. For fiscal year 2012, tion or those who submit multiple entries. 50,000 DVs will be available. Entries for the DV-2012 DV lottery The annual DV program makes visas must be submitted electronically between available to persons meeting simple, but noon, Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), on strict, eligibility requirements. A comput- Tuesday, October 5, and noon EDT er-generated, random lottery drawing Wednesday, November 3. chooses selectees for DVs. The visas are Applicants may access the electronic distributed among six geographic DV Entry Form (E-DV) at www.dvlot- regions, with a greater number of visas tery.state.gov during the registration peri- going to regions with lower rates of od. Paper entries will not be accepted. immigration, and with no visas going to Applicants are strongly encouraged not to nationals of countries sending more than wait until the last week of the registration 50,000 immigrants to the United States period to enter. Heavy demand may result over the period of the past five years. in website delays.

Internment Recognition Fund announces educational projects TORONTO – A meeting of the fund. The immediate focus will be high Canadian First World War Internment school education and commemoration Recognition Fund Endowment Council projects working towards the 2014 cen- was held here on September 6. tennial of the internment operations that On August 4 the fund launched an began in 1914. An annual grant applica- internment video series from the tion deadline date has now been set for Kingston Symposium held in June of this April 1 with grants to be reviewed by year titled “Canada’s Forgotten June 30. Internment Camps.” (To view and com- This fall the fund will introduce its ment on this six-part series readers may first annual Poster Challenge contest that log on to www.internmentcanada.ca and will involve four selected ethno-cultural click on “In the News.”) schools from the Ukrainian, Croatian, The Endowment Council recently dis- cussed the strategic long-term plan of the (Continued on page 21) 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2010 No. 40

Ukrainian Canadians call for respect for Ukraine’s national dignity by Borys Potapenko OTTAWA – Ukrainian Canadians gath- ered at a vigil before the Ukrainian Embassy in Ottawa on September 22 to defend histo- rian Ruslan Zabilyi and express their con- cern about the policies of the administration of Ukraine’s president, Viktor Yanukovych. Organized by the Canadian Conference in Support of Ukraine (CCSU) and support- ed by the Ukrainian Canadian Students’ Union (known by its Ukrainian acronym as SUSK), the participants displayed placards calling for the removal of Minister of Education Dmytro Tabachnyk, the head of the Institute of National Memory, Valeriy Soldatenko, and the head of the Security A view of the September 22 demonstration in front of the Embassy of Ukraine in Ottawa. Service of Ukraine (SBU), Valeriy Khoroshkovsky. During the vigil, the chargé d’affaires of and politicians, and not historians and and even clergy. ...” Other signs called for the government the Embassy, Ihor Kyzym, was presented researchers. Ukrainians remain a people The vigil organizers concluded their to stop falsifying Ukrainian history and to with the official statement of the CCSU. Mr. effectively without their own contemporary statement by calling on President tell the truth about Soviet Russian crimes Kyzym invited a few participants into the history since access to its sources is closed. Yanukovych “to match his recent words in Ukraine, for the president to acknowl- Embassy, where a frank and fruitful discus- The goal of the regime is to reinstate a his- with deeds,” to end the campaign against edge that the Holodomor of 1932-1933 sion ensued, lasting for nearly an hour. torical record that will facilitate re-Russifi- academics, researchers, journalists and civic was an act of genocide, and for the gov- The CCSU statement that was given to cation leading to Russia regaining de facto activists, to replace the minister of educa- ernment to keep Russian oppression out of Mr. Kyzym and forwarded to the Canadian control over Ukrainian society. In fact, the tion, the head of the Institute of National Ukraine. government was read out at the vigil by newly appointed head of the Institute of Memory and the head of the SBU, and to There also were signs of support for the Zenon Ciz. It stated in part: National Memory, charged with unearthing, restore the Human Rights Section of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists “The case of Ruslan Zabilyi has drawn figuratively and literally, the truth about Internal Affairs Ministry and the National (OUN) and the Ukrainian Insurgent Army international attention, including a petition Soviet repressions, is a former Communist Commission on Freedom of Speech and (UPA) as freedom fighters, support for signed by leading academics and research- Party historian, Soldatenko. Information Development. human and national rights, and support for ers from around the world. In Ukraine, aca- “The case of Ruslan Zabily is not an iso- The statement also called on the Mr. Zabilyi. Mr. Zabilyi is a historian and demics from leading institutions of higher lated incident. It continues a pattern of Canadian government “to serve notice upon director of the National Memorial Museum learning issued their own petition in defense intimidation by the SBU since Viktor the Ukrainian government that abuse of Prison on Lontsky that has been the object of Zabilyi and the national memorial. Yanukovych took control of Ukraine in late democracy and human rights will not be tol- of repressive actions by the SBU in recent “International indignation is sourced in February 2010, and the appointment of erated.” weeks. the SBU’s decision to criminalize actions Russophile and Ukrainophobe officials, The Ottawa vigil was held in solidarity Present at the demonstrations were repre- that make public declassified 70-year-old among the most visible and odious, the head with similar protests on the same day in sentatives of the League of Ukrainian archival documents about human rights vio- of the SBU, Khoroshkovsky and the minis- New York City at Ukraine’s Mission to the Canadian Women, League of Ukrainian lations by the government of a state that ter of education, Tabachnyk. United Nations, in Chicago and elsewhere. Canadians, Society of Veterans of the UPA, ceased to exist nearly 20 years ago. ... “The regime increasingly mimics tactics Similar rallies and demonstrations were held Ukrainian Youth Association of Canada and “It is inadmissible that what constitutes used by the Kremlin under [Vladimir] Putin throughout the diaspora in recent months, the Ukrainian Student Club at the the history of our country should be deter- in Russia. The targets of this new policy including in the U.S., Australia, England, University of Ottawa. mined by the Security Service [of Ukraine] have been journalists, academics, students Germany and other countries in Europe.

opposition parties on an unequal footing in members.” Therefore, any polling station result, not a single representative of the Ukraine's opposition... comparison to the ruling coalition parties, as could be hijacked by a three-member group Lviv regional party organization of (Continued from page 1) the law provides that “the corresponding that could ensure the fraudulent outcome of Motherland was admitted as a member of Tymoshenko, head of the Batkivshchyna local party organizations that formed one the vote. the Lviv regional election commission. Party; Borys Tarasyuk, head of Rukh; deputies’ faction in the Verkhovna Rada of • Other legal loopholes conducive to Instead, the authorities granted the request Yaroslav Dzhordzhyk, deputy head of Ukraine of the current convocation, or the fraud: A provision of the election law allow- of an individual who is in no way linked to Ukraine’s People Party; Yuriy Karmazin, local organization of a political party that ing voting outside the premises of the poll- the party and who is not even its member. A head of the Motherland Defenders Party; formed its deputies’ faction in the ing station, on health grounds, is conducive similar situation was observed in the case Pavlo Zhebrivskyi, head of the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of the current to massive fraud. Anybody can submit a of the Chernivtsi regional branch of Platform Party; Serhiy Soboliev, head of the convocation, could delegate not more than request to cast his or her vote from home Ukraine’s European Party. The opposition leaders underscore: Reform and Order Party; Mykola three candidates to the corresponding terri- and the law does not contain any measure to torial election commission”; all other local prevent this or a mass submission of ficti- “This total system of control over the Katerynchuk, head of the European Party of party bodies have only one candidate. Thus, tious requests. Ukraine’s Supreme Court election process and vote counting could Ukraine; and Yurii Lutsenko, head of the the Party of Regions, the Communists and admitted that this technique was widespread only be explained by the authorities’ plan to People’s Self-Defense. the People’s Party each have three represen- in the 2004 elections and resulted in large- rig the elections. It seems that Mr. The letter was specifically addressed to: tatives; the other 12 parliamentary parties scale fraud. Yanukovych’s team follows the old totali- Herman Van Pompuy, president of the together have six representatives. This con- In addition, the law allows for voters’ tarian principle: ‘It does not matter who European Council; José Manuel Barroso, stitutes an infringement of the principle of lists to be amended the day before election votes. What matters is who counts the votes president of the European Commission; equality for all parties participating in the day and on election day. The procedure of and announces the result.’ …It is obvious Jerzy Buzek, president of the European elections. putting together the election list and amend- that it is impossible to hold elections on Parliament; Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, president of • Breach of proportional TEC manage- ing it is not properly regulated. Control over October 31, 2010, in a fair and democratic the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council ment appointments: No parity principle was the printing of voting ballots is not estab- manner and in accordance with European of Europe; and Kanat Saudabayev, chairper- observed during TEC management appoint- lished. As well, the law narrows the scope and international standards. One doubts the son-in-office of the Organization for ments, thus, TEC management consists for election monitoring. The list of organiza- necessity to hold these elections altogether, Security and Cooperation in Europe mainly of the ruling parties’ representatives. tions with a monitoring mandate has been as their results will not reflect voters’ free (OSCE), as well as to “heads of states – In most TECs, the seal and signatory pow- shortened, while the powers of the observers will.” ptrategic partners of Ukraine, heads of for- ers were given to representatives of the rul- have been curtailed. The law grants the elec- They further note: “We expressed our eign diplomatic missions to Ukraine, and ing coalition. tion commission the right to suspend the concern to President Yanukovych, asking heads of international funds and institu- • Formation of polling stations commis- powers of an observer and to ban him/her him to urgently address the situation around tions.” sions as a part of vote-rigging: According to from being present at the polling station dur- the local elections in Ukraine. A request to The leaders of opposition parties charged the election law, the decision on forming the ing the vote and at the vote count. organize a meeting with the leaders of that the government is using seven main composition of polling station commissions • Hijacking of party branches by the oppositional parties was lodged, but vote-rigging methods: is taken by the corresponding TEC. Sinc the authorities. The set-up of the bogus branch- ignored. … • Strict dominance of the pro-presiden- TEC is controlled by ruling party represen- es of opposition parties and the submission “We insist that the incumbent leadership tial majority in the CEC: Nine of the 15 tatives, the quantitative and executive com- of fake candidate lists of candidates running with Mr. Yanukovych at its helm solve members of the CEC are representatives position of all polling stations will be domi- in the local election and candidates for the these issues immediately. If this request is of the Party of Regions of Ukraine and its nated by the government’s supporters. election commissions are a new twist in this once again ignored, this would mean the allies. The government also exerts signifi- • The possibility of vote counting without election campaign. authorities do not plan to conduct any fair cant pressure upon the CEC chairman to the necessary quorum in place: The election For example, during the period of July- elections in Ukraine and plan to rig them in guarantee his positive voting on all of the law states that on election day vote counting August, the departments of the Ministry of their favor.” initiatives put forward by the “pro-govern- and the decision on the outcome of the vote Justice registered self-styled bogus groups The opposition leaders conclude by stat- ment majority.” is endorsed by a simple majority of the of individuals in Kyiv, Lviv and Luhansk ing: “If the system of vote-rigging remains • Violation of the proportionality princi- commission members taking part in the regions and recognized them as legitimate untouched, we would like to call for inter- ple in the territorial election commissions meeting, irrespective of the overall number party branches of the Motherland party. The national democratic institutions to not rec- (TECs) in favor of pro-government parties: of the commission members attending the party leadership issued numerous protest ognize the elections …as fair and demo- The new law on local elc elections puts meeting, but by no less than three of its notes, but they were all declined. As a cratic.” No. 40 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2010 11 GENERATION UKE

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Halloween is spookier at Soyuzivka PHOTO OF THE MONTH PARSIPPANY, N.J. – September has thinking, as Halloween fast approaches. left us with reminders of summer and A pub night is held on Friday night, here it is, October. And with October when guests can settle in to the comes an annual tradition – Halloween at Soyuzivka Halloween experience as Soyuzivka. This year festivities will be Trembita Lounge and the entire property held on the weekend of October 29-31. are festively decorated. Halloween is a great time to enjoy at In addition to the planned activities, it is Soyuzivka, with something for all ages, also a great opportunity to take a nature including a spooky hayride to a haunted walk to enjoy the fall foliage of the house. Once evening falls, the real fun Shawangunk Mountains, or on the begins as guests transform into all sorts Soyuzivka grounds to the cliffs, the Green of creepy, funny and imaginative charac- Pool or the waterfalls. A fall mist or fog ters. might enhance the Halloween experience A costume contest is held during the in the woods. Be sure to take along a cam- masquerade dance in the Veselka Hall. era, as you never know what natural curi- Guests this year will dance to the music osity you may find on the trails. of Svitanok. Every year there are new For more information, visit the and different costumes to be seen and Soyuzivka website at www.soyuzivka. friendly rivalries have developed for best com or telephone 845-626-5641. A group costume. Facebook event page has been created at: But the most important question is: http://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#!/ What are you going as this year? Start event.php?eid=158242270867176. CHICAGO – Druzhynnyky (young adults) of the Chicago Branch of the Ukrainian American Youth Association show solidarity with other international protests FOR THE RECORD: SUSTA makes against the Yanukovych regime’s persecution of Ukrainian historian Ruslan Zabilyi. 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Sadly, Mr. Tabachnyk is widely Roksolana Starodub, treasurer UNA Branch number ______known for his anti-Ukrainian, anti-demo- Ostap Tymchyk, secretary 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2010 No. 40 Attendance at 2010 Toronto Ukrainian Festival tops half a million by Olya Grod formed by artists and ensembles from all over Canada, Ukraine and the United TORONTO – Now in its 14th year, the States. Toronto Ukrainian Festival during the Dance groups featured this year were weekend of September 17-19, attracted a Ukraina Toronto with the opening night record-breaking audience of 516,441 peo- welcome dance, Vesnianka Toronto with ple from Canada, the United States and a traditional welcome dance at the open- other countries. ing ceremonies and Barvinok of “There is no doubt that the headline Mississauga, Ontario, presenting a two- band from Ukraine Mad Heads XL, as level Hopak to close the festival. Desna well as a very strong performer line-up, Toronto and the Kozaks delivered rousing helped to bring the people to the Bloor dance numbers to introduce the Saturday West Village and our festival,” stated evening cycle of programming and Jurij Klufas, chairman of the festival. Barvinok Windsor, Chaika Hamilton, “Long-term financial support from Eugene Melnyk, Jim Temerty and Ihor Academy of Dance and Pryvit all helped Ihnatowycz,” he noted, “allows us to in keeping the many thousands of festival present a superb stage production for our visitors happily entertained. vast array of performers every production Many music ensembles added all kinds year. Our unique programming concept of musical flavor to the continuous stage presents non-stop programming of programming: The Pyx band, Ludy Dobri-Ukraine, Hudi a Mocni and Zirka Ukrainian music, song and dance from Marco Levytsky the very beginning to the very end of our played at various times on Friday night. festival.” The Baturyn marching band started the The Desna Dance Company of Toronto performs. “Through the very generous and con- Saturday program, followed by Prut, tinued support of the Ukrainian Credit Ckopa, Scrumpy Jack, Ephyra from Union, as well as the Four Points Chicago, Gypsy Rebels, Zubrivka and Sheraton by the Lakeshore Hotel and Vasyl Popadiuk with a new musical show Aerosvit Airlines, we were able to once that led into the headliner act of the Mad again feature a top band from Ukraine at Heads XL from Kyiv. our festival,” added Mr. Klufas. The Mad Heads XL, with lead singer The festival’s mission is to present Vadym Krasnooky, played a variety of Ukrainian heritage and culture to the excellent dance music in front of scream- mainstream Canadian public. To that end, ing excited young fans who sang along upon the request of the festival commit- with the band for most of the two-hour tee, the city of Toronto closes off all traf- performance. fic for three days on six blocks of one of Sunday began with an ecumenical Toronto’s busiest streets in one of the prayer and the stage activities were start- city’s most beautiful neighborhoods, ed off by a special youth program featur- Bloor West Village. ing the festival’s youngest performers The east end at Runnymede Road and children’s entertainer Maryka anchors the children’s midway, featuring Chabluk from Winnipeg, Manitoba. many exciting rides. On the extreme Every year the festival invites a differ- west end near Jane Street the festival ent cultural group to join the celebrations, stage features a continuous program of and this year the Ukrainian Festival was Ukrainian music, song and dance per- happy to welcome the Radocz Polish Dance Group of Toronto. The importance of this Mad Heads XL fire up the stage despite the rain. festival – the largest Ukrainian festival in North America – is never missed by politicians of all stripes. Mark Warwa, Conservative member of Parliament (MP) from Langley, British Columbia, and chair of the C a n a d a - U k r a i n e Parliamentary Friendship Group, brought greetings on behalf of Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the government of Canada. Gerard Kennedy, the Liberal MP for Parkdale-Highpark, and Jack Layton, the Leader of the New Democratic Party, praised the Ukrainian Festival Chairman Jurij Klufas with Raya Canadian community’s Shadursky, executive director of the Ukrainian (Continued Jewish Encounter kiosk. on page 20) Vasyl Popadiuk returns to the festival stage.

Festival parade marshall and TV food celebrity Ken Kostick (center) opens the Mad Heads XL with staff of the Ukrainian Credit Union, a festival sponsor, after official ceremonies. an autograph-signing session. No. 40 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2010 13 Ukrainian Canadian actress Natalia Payne aims for Broadway by Helen Smindak sarcastic jibes at each other throughout the Special to The Ukrainian Weekly drama. “It’s a very moving, very touching story NEW YORK – Making it big in New – trying to find your own identity really cuts York City’s world of show business is a for- to the quick,” Ms. Payne told me. We were midable goal, but Ukrainian Canadian sitting in a small cafe near the legendary actress Natalia Payne says she’s enjoying Union Square in the East Village; although every minute of the way there. it was a Friday evening, that day’s perfor- One could say she’s very close to her tar- mance had been cancelled because one of get; the Playwrights Horizons Theater com- the stars was ill. plex, where she’s currently appearing in an “I love Albee; when I was 15 or 16 I Edward Albee play, is located some three used to read his plays every night before blocks west of the Great White Way. If it bedtime,” she said. weren’t for the fact that the 198-seat theater Now here she was in New York, a tall serving the play is not large enough to be slender-as-a-model young woman with long considered a Broadway venue, Ms. Payne brown hair and dark eyes, interpreting a part might well be ballyhooed as a Broadway in an Albee play. star. Although critics are not raving about Mr. Since she arrived in New York from Albee’s new work, there have been favor- Toronto five years ago and settled in able comments about Ms. Payne’s talents. Manhattan’s East Village, she’s racked up Edward Karam of offoffonline, for example, dozens of regional and Off-Broadway roles. says the characters in “Me, Myself and I” Joan Marcus Her latest success is in the premiere pro- are not plausible, “apart from Natalia Natalia Payne and Preston Sadleir in a scene from “Me, Myself & I.” duction of Edward Albee’s new play “Me, Payne’s worried Maureen and Preston Myself and I,” which opened September 12 Sadleir’s fine otto.” and runs to October 10 at the Playwrights Beatrice Williams-Rude of Broadway Payne), the girl Baruch loves, who cherishes sode of the highly popular series “Law & Horizons Theater on West 42nd Street. Mr. After Dark said the play is “magnificently her Christian faith and is hurt when he criti- Order: Special Victims Unit” and in the fea- Albee, a three-time Pulitzer Prize winner performed by the cast” and Ms. Payne “has cizes it.” ture film “The Loss of a Teardrop and three-time Tony Award winner, has the most difficult role.” David Barbour of Ms. Payne has other credits to tout as Diamond.” authored such hits as “Who’s Afraid of Lighting & Sound felt that she “underplayed well. She played Claire in the Cherry Pit How did she happen to choose acting as Virginia Woolf?,” “The Zoo Story” and impressively” as Maureen, while The Daily Theater’s production of “Jailbait” and her profession? Ms. Payne said she was “Three Tall Women.” News critic Joe Dziemianowicz said she appeared in “Aliens with Extraordinary inspired to study acting when she was in her The story of “Me, Myself and I” revolves was “wonderfully natural” as Maureen. Skills” (Women’s Project) and “Armed and teens. “My father, Thomas Payne, a Toronto around identical twin brothers, one named In the 2009 Off-Broadway play “New Naked in America” (Naked Angels). architect, was working on the expansion of OTTO and the other otto. As otto’s fiancee, Jerusalem: The Interrogation of Baruch de Her regional work includes “Memory the Stratford Festival Theater of Canada at Maureen, Ms. Payne depicts the young Spinoza at Talmud Torah Congregation” (a House” opposite Emmy Award-winning the time, and I had a chance to see many woman’s confusion and frustration, break- Classic Stage Company production), Ms. actress Kathy Baker at the Vineyard plays there.” Her theatrical training began ing down in tears of despair when OTTO Payne’s interpretation of the young Playhouse, “Trouble in Mind” at the Yale with the Soulpepper Theater Company in declares he has no twin brother and there- Christian woman who loves Spinoza was Repertory Theater and “Last Train to Toronto. Nibroc” (MiIlbrook Playhouse). She has fore otto does not exist. The play has many termed “ardent” by Curtain Up’s Elyse She believes that “you fall in love with participated in many readings and work- humorous moments, too, as veteran actors Sommer. Sam Thielman wrote in Variety each role you undertake; you tend to get the shops, among them The New Group and Elizabeth Ashley (the twins’ mother) and that the play’s central character gained a lit- roles you’re meant to have.” Brian Murrary (her live-in boyfriend) bat tle depth “in the form of Clara (Natalia Ars Nova. On television, she has appeared in an epi- (Continued on page 21) English version of ‘Bereza Kartuzka’ screened for Montreal community by Bohdanna Hawryluk included at the Kinolev film festival in Lviv in August. MONTREAL – The Montreal branches It is currently being screened throughout of both the Shevchenko Scientific Society western Ukraine, telling the story within the (NTSh) and the Ukrainian Canadian context of European and Ukrainian histori- Congress (UCC), co-sponsored the pre- cal events at that time. This September miere of the English-language version docu- “Bereza Kartuzka” was shown at the Lviv mentary film “Bereza Kartuzka.” The film Historical Museum and the Prison on showing on September 26 marked the 80th Lontsky Museum. The film will also be anniversary of the brutal Polish “pacifica- screened in other places throughout the tion” of western Ukraine in 1930. Halychyna region of Ukraine. The Montreal film premiere was official- Mr. Luhovy then thanked the two ly opened by NTSh Montreal President Montreal organizations and others that con- Luba Zuk. She introduced filmmaker Yurij tributed to help make the film. The produc- Luhovy, congratulating him for winning the er-director’s father, then a 32-year-old law- Platinum Remi Award at the Houston yer in Ukraine, was among the survivors International Film Festival. Prof. Zuk also mentioned that “Bereza Kartuzka” was (Continued on page 21)

At the “Bereza Kartuzka” premiere in Montreal (from left) are: Iryna Davydovych, Lesia Kachor-Hawryliuk, Prof. Luba Zuk, filmmaker Yurij Luhovy and Bohdanna Hawryluk. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2010 No. 40

to consider. Mr. Kuchma sad he has not alcoholic beverages at the concert and points for equipment and means of trans- NEWSBRIEFS read the draft law in full, but he noted that none of the bands performed controversial portation. (Ukrinform) in order for other languages in Ukraine be ultra-nationalist songs,” Mr. Doniy said, (Continued from page 2) Ukraine to seek Security Council seat saying at the Kyiv meeting. Opposition protected it is necessary to “observe the adding that several security guards political leaders and government critics European Charter on languages, and then received injuries requiring hospitalization. KYIV – President Viktor Yanukovych have accused the Presidential everything will be all right.” His com- “We have filed complaints with the police on September 23 confirmed Ukraine’s Administration and new government of ments were reported on September 28. and are waiting for their response,” he told intention to be a non-permanent member monopolizing the media – a charge (Interfax-Ukraine) the Kyiv Post on September 27. Pro- of the United Nations Security Council in presidential National Deputy Vadym 2016-2017. The president was speaking President Viktor Yanukovych and Prime Thugs attack pro-Ukrainian rock festival Minister Azarov have rejected. (Intermedia Kolesnichenko had asked the State during the general debate of the 65th ses- Consulting) KYIV – Eyewitnesses said about two Security Service to check whether orga- sion of the U.N. General Assembly. The dozen men carrying baseball bats attacked nizers of the venue obtained necessary president expressed his conviction that Kuchma against second state language permits for staging the concerts, noting a rock festival at 8:30 p.m. on September important reforms of the United Nations that several of the songs of the bands pro- 26 in Irpin, a town outside Kyiv. Several are impossible without renewing the core KYIV – The second President of moted fascism and xenophobia, a charge security guards at the festival were injured of the organization, the Security Council. Ukraine (1994-2004), Leonid Kuchma, Mr. Doniy denied. (Kyiv Post) said there should be only one state lan- during the melee. Several well-known “Turning the Security Council into a more guage in the country – the Ukrainian lan- Ukrainian rock groups, such as Sun Joint projects with Saskatchewan representative and balanced body as guage. “I was and I am [a supporter of the Shadow, TNMK, Mertvyi Piven and regards its membership, strengthening fact] that there should be one national lan- Tartak, were to perform at the venue, KYIV – Ukrainian Vice Prime Minister transparency of its work are the necessary guage in Ukraine – Ukrainian, but the named Haydamaka.ua. Police made no Viktor Tykhonov has invited businessmen conditions for raising U.N. efficiency and Russian language should not be a foreign arrests. The two-day festival was spon- from the Canadian province of its adaptation to the modern world pro- one, this is the point,” Mr. Kuchma told sored by Last Barricade, a non-profit orga- Saskatchewan to take an active part in the cesses,” he stated. Mr. Yanukovych noted reporters in Symferopol, when asked to nization co-founded by Oles Doniy, a implementation of joint projects related to that Ukraine is ready to discuss all pro- comment on the new draft law on languag- national deputy from the Our Ukraine-Self the development of the agricultural sector. gressive concepts for the Security Council es which the Ukrainian Parliament plans Defense faction. “No one was drinking He made the proposal at a meeting with a reformation. “We are convinced that a rec- Canadian delegation headed by ipe for success consists in taking into con- Saskatchewan’s Deputy Premier and sideration the interests of all insufficiently Finance Minister Ken Krawetz, his press represented regional groups in this body, CLACLASSSSIFIEDIFIEDSS service reported on September 29. Mr. in particular East European groups. 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We accounting records on posting are successfully tackling its consequences RosUkrEnergo’s natural gas in the volume and are seeking to fill a new page in of 11 billion cubic meters worth $1.7 bil- Ukrainian-Canadian economic relations, lion (U.S.). According to Naftohaz, the which began after the announcement of documents that were the reason for the negotiations on a free trade agreement,” withdrawal of this amount of gas had not GEORGE B. KORDUBA the vice prime minister said. (Ukrinform) been duly registered or signed. As previ- Counsellor at Law Donors sought for Chornobyl project ously reported, accusations of involvement Emphasis on Real Estate, Wills, Trusts and Elder Law in the case were made against to the for- Ward Witty Drive, P.O. 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ship’s visit to China. Buicks are currently The main task of the executive branch in Chornobyl’s Children Foundation in the NEWSBRIEFS produced in China by SAIC, the company Ukraine is to actively stimulate growth of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, told RFE/RL that (Continued from page 14) managed by the U.S.-based General industry and exports by all possible mea- the monument would be inscribed with the recruitment, transportation, transfer, har- Motors, Ukrinform reported on September sures, the Expert Rating agency noted. The words: “To the Dead, the Alive and the boring or receipt of persons, by means of 22, citing Kommersant-Ukraine. The head agency’s experts said that the situation in Unborn Carpathian Children of the threat or use of force or other forms of of the department for foreign economic the banking sector remains relatively posi- Chornobyl.” Ms. Kaydash’s foundation is coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of decep- activities at Odesa Oblast State tive. The absence of new defaults, the the organizer of the fund drive. It hopes to tion, of the abuse of power or of a position Administration, Serhii Tetiukhin, said that growth of the deposit base, including get financial support from many private of vulnerability or of the giving or receiv- Illichivsk Automobile Parts Plant, a mem- household deposits, as well as the growth sources, including individuals and busi- ing of payments or benefits to achieve the ber of the Ukravto Corp., had already of authorized capitals with the participa- nesses. The Chornobyl nuclear disaster is consent of a person having control over expressed interest in assembling Buick tion of foreign capital were noted. believed to have killed about 2,000 men another persons, for the purpose of exploi- automobiles in Ukraine. “The Chinese However, under the pressure of bad debts and women from the Carpathian region. In tation.” (Ukrinform) government representatives have made an and very slow recapitalization, banks are 2005 a groundbreaking ceremony was offer. The Chinese side and the company not in a hurry to issue loans to new bor- held on the site of the future memorial and Scud missiles being scrapped have reached preliminary agreements, and rowers. Agency analysts said that accumu- the first stone was placed there. Almost no a contract is to be signed in the near lation of liquidity in the system and an work has been done at the site since then. KYIV – Ukraine and the United States future,” he said. Mr. Tetiukhin said that the obvious trend toward reduction of interest The organizers of the fund-raising effort have begun to dismantle around 200 9K72 assembly of LaCrosse models was expect- rates will finally lead to a loosening of hope the monument will be raised by the Scud missiles decommissioned in 1997 and ed in Ukraine. The cars will be equipped credit. (Ukrinform) 25th anniversary of the tragedy on April stored at the 48th ammunition arsenal of the with 2.4 liter engines, and their estimated 26, 2011. There are some 17,000 Ukrainian Defense Ministry in the cost will be $ 40,000 (U.S.). (Ukrinform) One in five couples infertile Chornobyl veterans living in the Ivano- Vinnytsia region, the ministry said, accord- KYIV – Every fifth couple in Ukraine Frankivsk Oblast. Ivano-Frankivsk is ing to media reports of September 20. The Ukraine accelerates work on gas fields is infertile and in 80 percent of the cases about 500 kilometers from the site of the project, which is estimated to cost $2 mil- this a consequence of abortion, it was Chornobyl nuclear power plant. (RFE/RL) lion, is funded by the United States. The KYIV – Ukraine is working towards reported on September 14. According to work is being conducted by Ukraine’s attracting partners for the development of Official accused of taking bribes information provided by the Department Commonwealth Corp. under the supervi- offshore gas fields in the Black and Azov of Family and Gender Policy of the sion of Global Offshore Projects. The direc- seas, Minister of Fuel and Energy Yurii DNIPROPETROVSK, Ukraine – The Ministry of Family, Youth and Sports, in tor general of the Commonwealth Corp., Boiko said according to news reports of Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) says a September 8. “The main gas reserves in recent years Ukraine has been the leader in Vasyl Mitishov said that around 200 mis- city official Dnipropetrovsk has been this country are on the shelf of the Black Europe in teenage abortions. According to siles were to be dismantled at the arsenal caught accepting a $5,000 bribe, RFE/ and Azov seas. We are now moving for- statistics of the Ministry of Health, in 2009 within over five months. After the disman- RL’s Ukrainian Service reported on ward very quickly in attracting partners in girls age 15-17 had more than 300 abor- tling, elements of missile systems will be September 15. SBU officials in mining,” the minister said. Since the pro- tions – and that number includes only transferred to Ukrainian steel mills for Dnipropetrovsk said the acting chief of duction of hydrocarbons offshore requires legal abortions. The abortion rate among one of the City Council’s directorates melting and further sale as scrap metal. The significant financial investment, Ukraine adolescent girls in Ukraine is seven cases accepted a bribe from the chief of a private Defense Ministry said that over 2,000 tons proposed participation in field develop- per 1,000 girls age 15-17. Abortions transportation company in exchange for of scrap metal would be received after the ment projects to the leading companies among girls of this age add up to 2.5 per- receiving a license for the firm to work in recycling of missiles. Vice-Minister of worldwide. The minister said he is confi- cent of the total number of abortions in the the city. Authorities said the official, who Defense Volodymyr Omelianchuk said that dent about the future growth of domestic country. In general there is an average of was not named, was involved in a similar funds received from the sale of scrap metal gas production on the sea shelf and its pos- 16 abortions per 1,000 women of child- action before in which he was suspected of would be sent to the ministry’s special fund itive impact on energy security. “If we bearing age in Ukraine, while in Europe “assisting a private transportation compa- and then be used for the disposal of excess master all the fields that we have offered the corresponding number is five per ny to win a tender to carry passengers in ammunition. He said that over 10,000 tons to our customers, this will significantly 1,000. Forty percent of Ukrainian women the city.” No criminal case was opened of ammunition had already been removed increase our own gas production, signifi- of childbearing age at least once in their against the official in that instance. But from the 48th military arsenal in 2010, and cantly increasing our energy security,” he life had terminated pregnancies. One in 10 this time the official was arrested and an added that the base was to be liquidated in said. Minister Boiko had said earlier that such abortions was undergone by a girl investigation was launched into the inci- four years. The cooperation program was by the end of 2014 Ukraine plans to enter under age 19. Forty percent of patients dent. (RFE/RL) signed within the framework of the the commercial production of hydrocar- seeking treatment for infertility are women November 2009 Memorandum of bons on the Black Sea shelf. (Ukrinform) who interrupted their first pregnancy. Restrictions proposed on sale of alcohol Understanding between the Ukrainian (Ukrinform) Defense Ministry and the U.S. State Ukrainian economy slowly recovering KYIV – The Ukrainian Health Ministry Department. Implementation of the pro- Kaczynski Street in Khmelnytsky has proposed introducing a ban on the sale gram on the elimination and disposal of KYIV – The Ministry of Industrial of alcohol in public places, Deputy Health Scud missiles in Ukraine is scheduled to be Policy of Ukraine hopes a joint Ukrainian- KYIV – The Khmelnytsky City Council Minister Valerii Bidnyi said at a meeting completed by the end of 2015. (Interfax- Russian aviation enterprise can be created voted in early September to rename on September 8. He stressed the need to Ukraine) in Russia in October, Minister Dmytro Uritsky Street (named in honor of a Soviet strengthen controls over the sale of alco- Kolesnikov said on September 22. He leader) in honor of President Lech holic beverages in order to prevent their Boryspil’s new terminal opens noted that a week and a half earlier Kaczynski of Poland, who died tragically sale in public places and high-risk places, Ukraine and Russia held talks on the struc- in a plane crash in Russia on April 10 of such as railway stations and sites of rallies. KYIV – Starting on October 1, regular ture of the joint venture, and the Russian this year. The street is located in a former Family, Youth and Sports Minister Ravil flights began through the new Terminal F side fully agreed with the Ukraine’s pro- suburb of Khmelnytsky where Poles his- Safiullin, in turn, said that there were 1.2 at Boryspil International Airport, so that posals. “We have now reached the techni- torically lived. The initiator of the renam- million to 1.5 million alcohol addicts in by October 20 the terminal will service cal level of work. I think that in the course ing was the Khmelnytsky city organization Ukraine. First Deputy Prosecutor General about 50 percent of the traffic. Minister of of October we will create the joint ven- of the Union of Poles of Ukraine. Earlier a Viktor Pshonka noted that 5,500 minors Transport and Communications ture,” Mr. Kolesnikov said. He stressed street named after President Kaczynski suffering from alcohol dependence had Kostiantyn Yefimenko disclosed this at the that the joint venture would be created on appeared in Odesa. (Ukrinform) been registered at the Health Ministry. Of new terminal opening ceremony on equal terms – “in principle 50 to 50.” As FSB spy turned over to Russia them, 2,200 were registered at police September 21. He also noted that, accord- Ukrinform reported earlier, Prime Minister departments. (Ukrinform) ing to schedule, work is now proceeding at Mykola Azarov of Ukraine and Prime KYIV – A Russian Federal Security Terminal D. The Transport Ministry head Minister Vladimir Putin of the Russian Service (FSB) colonel convicted in Royal Caribbean to develop Yalta seaport stressed that litigation with Aerosvit on the Federation instructed relevant ministries to Ukraine this summer on a spying charge KYIV – The Ministry of Transport and disputed land had ended. “Seventy hect- establish full-scale cooperation in the field was handed over to Russia under an agree- ares of land that rightfully belongs to Communications of Ukraine and the Yalta of aircraft engineering between the enter- ment, a source said on September 17. Commercial Seaport signed a protocol of Boryspil airport has been put on its prises of the Russian United Aircraft Vladimir Noskov was turned over to books,” Mr. Yefimenko said. (Ukrinform) cooperation with one of the world’s largest Building Corp. and the Ukrainian State Russia in the summer, the source told cruise operators, Royal Caribbean 184th party registered in Ukraine Aircraft Building Concern Antonov. Interfax. Earlier, the Ukrainian newspaper International, on the reconstruction and (Ukrinform) Dzerkalo Tyzhnia, citing its own sources, development of the port, the ministry’s KYIV – According to news reports of said Mr. Noskov had been caught red- 2010 an economic turning point? press service reported on September 22. September 16, Justice Minister Oleksander handed and put in a Security Service of The foreign investor intends to reconstruct Lavrynovych signed the order on registra- KYIV – The Ukrainian government has Ukraine (SBU) detention facility, but had the office of the Yalta harbor station and tion of a new political party, the Party of managed to stop the economic recession been turned over to Russia. The paper said increase the quayage, which will enable Ukrainian Youth, which became the 184th and 2010 will most likely be a turning his release had been a goodwill gesture. A the port to accept four cruise ships simul- political party in Ukraine. The party was point for the Ukrainian economy, accord- group of five led by Mr. Noskov was taneously. The company leadership also registered on the basis of a decision of its ing to the analytical review of the Expert arrested on January 27 during a meeting believes it is possible to quickly equip the constituent meeting on August 8, 2009. Rating agency. Over the first eight months where they were receiving classified state modern multi-purpose quay in Yalta. Serhii Mykolayovych Zymovets (born in of 2010 industrial production grew by 10.9 information from a Ukrainian. (Interfax) Royal Caribbean International also plans 1975) was elected chairman of the party. percent in Ukraine. This is a positive sig- Chornobyl victims’ monument planned to build hotels and restaurants, which will (Ukrinform) nal that gives hope for a more confident focus not only on cruise ship passengers, Ukraine may start assembling Buicks growth in the industry by the end of the IVANO-FRANKIVSK, Ukraine – A but also on tourists visiting Yalta through- year. According to news reports of campaign to raise funds for a monument out the year. Scott Lage, Royal Caribbean KYIV – The American automobile September 22, during the first half of 2010 commemorating victims of the 1986 International’s chief engineer and design- brand Buick is interested in opening pro- Ukraine experienced a slow and uncertain Chornobyl nuclear disaster is under way in er, has already started to study the poten- duction facilities in Ukraine, the deputy recovery, which was promoted by stabili- Ivano-Frankivsk, RFE/RL’s Ukrainian tial of the Yalta port; he said that once he governor of the Odesa Oblast, Liudmyla zation of the political situation and the Service reported on September 18. Nadiya obtains all the necessary information, the Varavva, said after the regional leader- favorable situation on foreign markets. Kaydash, the chairwoman of the Help to pace of development of investment proj- 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2010 No. 40 “Ukraine-Sweden” exhibition to close with series of lectures and programs NEW YORK – History – the ultimate Dr. Yurii Savchik, senior research associ- chronicler of past events and human ate at the Institute of History of Ukraine experiences – provides material for study, of the National Academy of Sciences of appreciation and learning. Museums Ukraine, the exhibition was first shown embrace history, and preserve and protect in Kyiv in 2008-2009, when it was voted its testimony of the past through exhibi- the country’s best exhibition. tions and education. Celebrating this major event, The “Ukraine-Sweden: At the Crossroads Ukrainian Museum is presenting, as part of History (17th - 18th Centuries),” a his- of its educational public programs, a torical exhibition currently on view at series of lectures that touch on numerous The Ukrainian Museum in New York aspects of the life, philosophy and deeds City, highlights one of the most important of Hetman Mazepa as viewed by contem- eras in the development of the Ukrainian porary Ukrainian historians and scholars. nation – the coming of age of Ukraine as Also included in this celebration of the an independent and sovereign state and a exhibition are musical performances. valued member of the 17th-18th century Programs developed in conjunction European community. with the exhibition round out the experi- This fascinating exhibition, featuring ence of the museum-goer. Exhibition gal- unique treasures from museums, libraries, leries are open for program participants archives and private collections in such and present a wonderful opportunity to countries as Sweden, Ukraine, France and view the treasures on display, supple- the United States is coming to a close on mented with relevant lectures and events. October 31. On Friday, September 24, Alexander A view of the exhibition “Ukraine-Sweden: At the Crossroads of History (17th This exhibition highlights the era of Motyl, Nadia Kizenko, Vasyl Lopukh and –18th Centuries).” Hetman Ivan Mazepa and the Kozak Vasyl Makhno presented “Imagining state, recounting the remarkable religious Mazepa: From the Sublime to the Wisdom in the Age of Mazepa,” was held Ukrainian Research Institute. Titled and cultural achievements in the arts and Ridiculous” through popular representa- on Sunday, September 26, and its focal “Reflections of Mazepa in World Musical education guided by Mazepa’s wisdom tions of Mazepa – from European point of discussion was a painting that is Culture,” the lecture will be given on and generosity. It also focuses on the pol- Romanticism to the 20th century pop cul- now lost that reflects the political ideolo- Sunday afternoon, October 24. itics of what turned out to be a pivotal ture in America. The program consisted gy of Mazepa’s time. This lecture was co- “From Bohdan to Ivan: Swedish contest in European history – Ukraine’s of readings, music, a slide show and film sponsored with Branch 113 of the Vector in the Politics of Hetmans” is the military alliance with Sweden against clips, and was presented, by popular Ukrainian National Women’s League of final lecture in this series of educational imperial Russia, culminating in the Battle demand, as a repeat performance in an America. public programs presented in conjunction of Poltava in 1709. The exhibition also expanded format of the program offered Two fascinating lectures will be pre- with the exhibition “Ukraine = Sweden: spotlights the contributions of Hetman in May this year under the title sented on Sunday afternoon, October 3. A At the Crossroads of History.” This talk Bohdan Khmenlnytsky, who as early as “Imagining Mazepa: From Byron to most interesting supposition will be will be offered on Saturday, October 30, the mid-17th century initiated contact Broadway to Hollywood.” explored by Prof. Serhii Plokhii of by the curator of the exhibition, Dr. with Sweden, and Hetman Pylyp Orlyk, Prof. Natalia Pylypiuk of the Harvard University concerning the out- Savchuk, and will reflect on the history who wrote Ukraine’s first constitution in University of Alberta in Edmonton, spoke come of the battle of Poltava in 1709. of the hetman state based on documents 1710. expansively and persuasively on the topic History reveals the defeat of the armies of from the Swedish archives. The exhibition has been lauded on two of Ukrainian imagery depicting Divine the King Charles XII of Sweden and On October 10, 15 and 17 The continents – Europe and America – for Wisdom in the late 1600s. The lecture, Hetman Mazepa by Tsar Peter I of Ukrainian Museum, working in coopera- the richness and uniqueness of its content titled “Why Did Sophia Let Her Hair Muscovy, and the emergence of Russia as tion with the Center for Traditional Music and historical significance. Curated by Down? Representations of Divine a major European power. But, Prof. and Dance, Ukrainian Wave, and the New Plokhii will ask: What if Peter had lost York Bandura Ensemble/Bandura the battle? His talk is titled “Poltava Downtown, will present the musical part 1709: What if History Missed Its Turning of the educational programs titled “Music Point?” from the Age of Mazepa.” The second lecture on October 3 will The three musical performances will be by Prof. George Grabowicz of feature Ukrainian instrumental artists Harvard University, who will speak on Julian Kytasty (bandura), Andriy “‘God’s Grace, Which Liberated Ukraine’ Milavsky (winds) and Roman Turovsky and Ukrainian Literature After (and (lute, torban, bandura). Before) the Battle of Poltava: The On October 10 and 17, two mini-con- Missing Link.” The obscure dramatic certs will be presented by Messrs. from 1728 work “God’s Grace, Which Turovsky and Milavsky. A full concert, Liberated Ukraine,” which advanced a titled “The Ravaged Nest: Ukrainian new paradigm for looking at the past and Historical Song after 1709” and featuring future of the Ukrainian nation, will serve all three performers, will be held on as the basis for the lecture. October 17. An overview of a fascinating musical All information about the museum, its collection of works from all over the exhibitions, programs and related activi- world created during the last three centu- ties are fully described on its website, ries (from the Baroque to the avant www.ukrainianmuseum.org garde), inspired by Mazepa will serve as the topic for a lecture by Dr. Lubomyr – Press Office of The Ukrainian Hajda, associate director at the Harvard Museum

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Ukrainian pro sports update: Boxing by Ihor Stelmach Wladimir Klitschko is the dominant champion Wladimir Klitschko’s complete domi- standard, the answer is that a boxer can KOs Peter in 10th his era with the only possible exception nation of challenger Samuel Peter in a only beat his opponent. Wladimir being his older brother, Vitali. In his last heavyweight rematch in Frankfurt, Klitschko has gotten very proficient at Five years after being knocked down 13 bouts he has registered 11 knockouts, Germany, on September 11 was addition- not only defeating his opponents, but three times in a difficult win over Samuel twice having to go the distance, but both al evidence of the phenomenal advances knocking most of them out. In the last Peter, IBO/IBF/WBO world champion times a huge winner on the judges’ score- the Ukrainian champion has made in the five years of boxing, he has almost never Klitschko kept the rematch from getting cards. last several years. lost even a round. He has perfected a to the scorecards for a result. The Based on his performance in their first Many in the boxing world are con- champion boxer’s ultimate double threat: Ukrainian bruised, battered and bloodied battle five years ago, it was thought Peter vinced the younger Klitschko brother a left jab that keeps an opponent at bay, his Nigerian challenger prior to finally might have a puncher’s chance against should now be included on any top 10 meaning he rarely gets punched, com- ending it in the 10th round. the younger Klitschko. His game plan listing of best fighters. After all, who in bined with the power of a roundhouse In still another dominant performance, was to get in close and try to hurt today’s heavyweight division could real- right. Then there’s his left hook, a bit off Klitschko (55-3, 49 KOs) let loose with Wladimir from inside. The strategy failed istically best Wladimir Klitschko in the balance when thrown, yet still thrown an array of blows, sending Peter to the as the champion wore off the early ring? Perhaps older brother, Vitali, with power. canvas with 1:22 remaining in the final advances, eventually tiring Peter out. though everyone knows the two Last year Wladimir Klitschko’s reputa- round. A right uppercut and quick left The opening round was close to a draw Klitschkos will never face each other. tion as an elite champion was solidified hook proved to be the final damaging with each fighter landing a damaging There may be two boxers out there capa- when he easily demolished the talented blows, as referee Robert Byrd first began blow. Round 2 went to the Ukrainian, ble of testing Wladimir in future matches, Ruslan Chagaev, a big brute who could counting, then waved his arms to call the who connected with several right-left but neither one is very willing to tempt have posed some problems. The only two match. combinations, to which the Nigerian had fortune. potential heavyweight obstacles left are “He took a lot of punishment and no response. Rounds 3 and 4 featured a Most of Wladimir Klitschko’s notable David Haye and Tomasz Adamek. The fought until the end,” Klitschko said in lot of holding, and Klitschko managed to improvement can be directly traced to the former boasts speed and a powerful his post-fight comments on HBO. “But elude the charging Peter in the fifth. In work of his trainer, Emanuel Steward. punch, but experts question whether he from Round 2, it was clear that his game this round he connected with several jabs The trainer studied Klitschko’s prior has the technique to get inside on plan wasn’t working.” which did damage to Peter’s left eye. fights in an effort to best maximize his Klitschko – a necessity for any success At least Peter (34-4) fulfilled his con- A huge Klitschko uppercut late in the offensive and defensive strengths. against the big Uke. Adamek may simply tractual obligations and showed up – sixth round shook Peter, but the challeng- Perhaps the area of biggest improvement be too small in stature, though blessed more than most potential opponents in er was rescued by the bell. The ferocious was his defense, concentrating on faster with boxing skills. He has not fared well the heavyweight division these days. hitting continued in the next two rounds footwork. The proof: in Klitschko-Peter in past matches against tall heavyweights. Mandatory challenger Alexander with many left-right combos making their part one, the Ukrainian boxer was In the meantime, until proven other- Povetkin reneged on his agreement to mark. Peter muscled up one more inside knocked down three times; the recent wise, the IBO/IBF/WBO/Ring Magazine fight Klitschko, opening the door for push, but got nowhere as Klitschko held sequel saw Peter not even coming close heavyweight champion, owner of 49 Peter’s rematch. and pushed his way through the ninth. to a knockdown of “Dr. Steelhammer.” knockouts out of 55 wins, is due the There is little doubt Wladimir Round 10 brought the eventual knockout To those who keep underlining the fact proper respect and recognition a domi- Klitschko has positioned himself as the and victory No. 55 for the IBF and WBO today’s heavyweight class is of a low nant fighter of his class deserves. most dominating heavyweight fighter of champion of the world. No. 40 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2010 19 Plast’s Khmelnychenky fraternity meets at Vovcha Tropa by Yurij Trytjak EAST CHATHAM, N.Y. – The Plast fraternity Khmelnychenky cele- brated the close of a busy and success- ful summer of activity at their annual summer conclave held here at the Vovcha Tropa campgrounds. The weekend of September 17-19 saw over 40 members enjoy fraternal camaraderie as they elected a new leadership for the coming year and laid plans for continued service to the youth of Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization in the U.S. Among the topics of intense discussion was the participation of the Khmelnychenky in the upcoming celebration of the cente- nary of Plast, which will be celebrated at Vovcha Tropa in August 2011. Reviewing the past summer’s activi- ties, Andrew Tytla reported on the well-attended and highly spirited three-week summer camp that he led with a staff of several other Khmelnychenky at the Novyi Sokil Yurij Trytjak campground in North Collins, N.Y. Participants of the summer conclave of the Khmelnychenky fraternity of Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization. Bohdan Iwaskiw reported on the highly successful fundraising 50/50 raffle held in Wildwood, N.J., on August 28, to benefit the Plast camps at Vovcha Tropa and Novyi Sokil. The drawing was held on the beach in the presence of a large group of supporters as Katria Harasewych, head of the Vovcha Tropa camp committee, picked the ticket of Dr. Alex Bohatiuk of Kennett Square, Pa. Dr. Bohatiuk gra- ciously donated his winnings to the Khmelnychenky. The proceeds of the raffle were contributed to the two camps in the amount of $700 each. After laudatory orations for the fine leadership of their outgoing leader, John Shmtolocha, the Khmelnychenky elected Mr. Iwaskiw to their top lead- ership post for the seniors group, while Ivan Shmotolocha (left) of Yonkers, N.Y., and Bohdan Iwaskiw of Westwood, N.J., Alex Drabyk, of Yonkers, N.Y., the Alex Drabyk was elected to head the respectively, the outgoing and newly elected leaders of the senior fraternity of newly elected leader of the young adult young adult branch of the fraternity. Khmelnychenky. fraternity of Khmelnychenky.

Democracy and David Kramer, of the Ukraine 2020... German Marshall Fund. (As of October 4, (Continued from page 1) Mr. Kramer is the new executive director of The task forces will bring together Freedom House. Due to his new responsi- experts from institutions throughout the bilities, he will step down from chairing the world to share their expertise, provide regu- task force.); lar commentary and undertake activities that • Education and Culture – Ambassador support policy recommendations for William Green Miller of the Woodrow Ukraine’s European integration. Wilson Center; A strategic component of Ukraine 2020 – • Energy – Ed Chow and Ambassador Policy Dialogue is the incorporation of the Keith Smith, both affiliated with the Center general public in Ukraine and other coun- for Strategic and International Studies; tries. Groupings of businesses, youth, • Foreign Policy and National Security – media, women, academia, etc. will be Ambassador Steven Pifer of The Brookings formed, not only for information flow to Institution (Ambassador William B. Taylor and from the task forces but also to effect will participate as a key member.); USUF changes within society needed for Ukraine’s • Information and Media – to be named. At a recent planning meeting for the Ukraine 2020 program at the office of the EU integration. In essence, the task forces Task force chairs representing Ukraine U.S.-Ukraine Foundation (clockwise, from far left) are: Nadia K. McConnell, will be supplemented and integrated with will be announced shortly as will task force president of the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation; Ed Chow, Energy Task Force co-chair, groups and individuals representing civil participating members from the U.S., Robert McConnell, member of the Democracy and Governance Task Force; society at large. Ukraine and European Union countries. Ambassador Steven Pifer, Foreign Policy and National Security Task Force chair; For example, these “civil society target The task forces are designed to perform and David Kramer, Democracy and Governance co-chair. groups” could be engaged in environmental as an NGO complement to the U.S.-Ukraine or energy projects on the local level, in the Bilateral Commission and other govern- is Advancing Ukraine’s Image and Major funding for Ukraine 2020 is being promotion of volunteerism and public ser- ment-to-government initiatives. The work of Competitiveness, a strategic effort to sought from government entities. It is antici- vice, and in working with non-governmen- the task forces will be framed by key gov- improve Ukraine’s economic development pated that support will also come from pri- tal leaders in advancing transparency or ernment documents such as the and image worldwide. The foundation has vate gifts and corporate sponsorships. fighting corruption. Engaging the youth of “U.S.-Ukraine Charter on Strategic been an active proponent of Ukraine’s eco- Anticipating interest in Ukraine 2020, Ukraine will be critically important, too. Partnership,” President Yanukovych’s nomic development and image through Mrs. McConnell noted that on online video The target groups could also be partnered “Program of Economic Reforms 2010- many programs over the past two decades, interview featuring the Democracy and with peer groups from other countries for 2014,” and the “European Neighborhood including its Community Partnerships Governance Task Force co-chairs, Dr. Diuk additional professional assistance. and Partnership Instrument Ukraine: Project and more recently, its Discover and Mr. Kramer, will soon be released. A Task force development started on the National Indicative Program 2011-2013,” as Ukraine initiative. Ukraine 2020 website is in the works. U.S. side during the summer. The task forc- well as non-government reports by The third component of Ukraine 2020 is For information on participating and sup- es and their chairs are the following: Transparency International’s “Corruption People-to-People Exchanges. For the people porting Ukraine 2020, readers may e-mail • Business and Economics – Ambassador Perceptions Index: Ukraine (2009),” and of Ukraine to maximize their role in their Ms. McConnell at [email protected]. Roman Popadiuk, currently serving at the analyses, including “Proposals for Ukraine: country’s development and European inte- The U.S.-Ukraine Foundation, a 501 (c) George Bush Presidential Library 2010 – Time for Reforms” by economist gration, the foundation proposes an expan- (3) non-profit organization, is located at Foundation; Anders Aslund as well as the World Bank’s sion of focused exchanges centering on 1701 K Street NW, Suite 903, in • Democracy and Governance – Dr. “Ease of Doing Business” Report. youth leadership and professional technical Washington, DC 20006 and at 12 Lesya Nadia Diuk of the National Endowment for The second component of Ukraine 2020 assistance in private and public sectors. Ukrainka Blvd. in Kyiv. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2010 No. 40

Juliana Osinchuk to perform on East Coast Attendance at... (Continued from page 12) ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Pianist Gallery of Art in Washington in the East contribution to the building of Canada. Juliana Osinchuk, continuing her Building Auditorium. The concert is Although primarily an entertainment highly successful series of solo recit- free. (See http://www.nga.gov/pro- venue, the festival midway hosted many als celebrating the 200th birthday of grams/music/ for more information.) pavilions, exhibits and kiosks of a more composer Frederic Chopin, will pres- The program will include songs by cultural and educational nature. The ent several concerts on the East Coast Beethoven, Schumann and Faure, and Shevchenko Foundation, Ukrainian in November. two world premieres by composers Canadian Research and Documentation Her first performance will be a solo Lawrence Moss of the University of Center, St. Vladimir Institute, Canadian recital at the West Point Military Maryland and Alaskan George Institute of Ukrainian Studies, Ukrainian Academy in West Point, N.Y., on Belden. Thursday, November 4, at 7:30 p.m. This program will be repeated on Museum, Ukrainian Jewish Encounter, in the East Ballroom. Admission is Thursday, November 11, at 8 p.m., at Koota Ooma Book Store and many others free, but reservations are the Clarice Smith Performing Arts presented diverse aspects of Ukrainian required. (Contact Prof. R. Chouairi, Center, Gildenhorn Recital Hall, arts, culture, history and literature. 845-534-5489 for further information University of Maryland at College One of the more popular exhibits was and reservations.) Park. (Contact the Publications office the Ukraine Pavilion co-hosted by the On Friday, November 5, at 7:30 [email protected] or 301-405- Consulate General of Ukraine and the p.m., Dr. Osinchuk will repeat her 3048 for tickets and further informa- Canada-Ukraine Chamber of Commerce. Chopin program on Long Island at the tion.) This exhibit, designed by Taras Hukalo of Steinway Piano Gallery, 505 Walt The Anchorage Daily News Montreal, presented amazing and gener- Whitman Road, Melville, N.Y. 11747. reviewer wrote in April: “I’ve been to ally little known achievements of Admission is $10. (Call 631-424-0525 some powerful piano recitals by pia- Ukrainians in the fields of space aviation for directions and further informa- nists famous and unknown, over the and aeronautics. The thoroughly tion.) years. This recital ended up being one researched exhibit covered much territo- On Wednesday, November 10, at of the most notable, particularly for ry from Serhii Korolev, the chief designer 12:10 p.m., she will be joined by col- Osinchuk’s clarity. ... she played it of the Soviet space program and the 1957 leagues Kate Egan, soprano, and (‘Nocturne,’ Op. 27, No. 2) divinely. I Sputnik flight, to the world’s biggest air- Marlene Bateman, mezzo soprano, in a looked around the gallery afterward to planes, the Mriya and the Ruslan. The duet art song recital at the National see many teary-eyed listeners.” Pianist Juliana Osinchuk exhibit featured information on the design of the Cyclone and Zenit Ukrainian rockets and the personal histo- ry of the world’s first helicopter designer- producer, Ihor Sikorsky. New satellite technology available through The Association of Business Improvement Areas (TABIA), of which there are more than 70 in the Greater Toronto Area, was used to calculate the number of festival attendees. TABIA Executive Director John Kiru stated “it’s simply done by applying a person identi- fication algorithm through a CCTV cam- era that tracks movement of people through a designated area. The count is accurate as it performs 24/7 and doesn’t have extrapolations of a moment in time but rather provides a true number of peo- ple that walked through the designated area.” Tamara Mischena, the Ukrainian Fetival’s parade manager, said, “This was the largest parade to date with TV Food Celebrity Ken Kostick leading the way.” The winning non-commercial entry was Desna Ukrainian Dance Company of Toronto, which is celebrating its 35th anniversary, and the winning commercial entry was Buduchnist Credit Union. Volunteer Manager Anna Heychuk said she was very happy with her crew of dedicated volunteers, who began their shifts as early as 8 a.m. daily and contin- ued to 1 a.m. on Friday and Saturday nights and until midnight on Sunday night. In addition to the local Bloor West Village restaurants, businesses and ser- vices, Vendor/Kiosk Manager Irene Nazarewycz made sure to provide lots of tasty food and interesting shopping options. The festival organizing team also included Olya Grod, vice-president; Ivanka Podilchak, entertainment manag- er; Ola Cholkan, youth stage program manager and Ukraine band management; Alex Maslej, webmaster and logistics; Oksana Wells, festival sales; Natalie Wilson, VIP management; and others. This year’s main stage master of cere- monies were Ryan Boyko, Justina Lewkowicz and Marta Czurylowicz. The youth program emcee’s were Odesa Kelebay and William Pidzamecky. Plans are well under way for 2011, which marks the 20th anniversary of the independence of Ukraine and the 120th anniversary of Ukrainian immigration to Canada. It is also the Toronto Ukrainian Festival’s 15th anniversary. The festival will take place September 16-18, 2011. No. 40 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2010 21

Committee, thanked the filmmaker for his English version... important contribution in recording aspects (Continued from page 13) of 20th century Ukrainian history. living in Montreal who were taken to The Ukrainian version of Bereza “Bereza Kartuzka.” The filmmaker also Kartuzka was shown on September 21 at spoke about the time-consuming process of the annual reunion of students of the doing the voice-overs for the English- Mittenwald gymnasium at Soyuzivka in language version, and finally seamlessly Kerhonkson, N.Y. laying it in to join the over 100 tracks which The English version will have its Ottawa included the original dialogue, music and premiere on Thursday, October 14, at the sound effects. Ukrainian Community Center. Present in the audience were Lesia All proceeds from the film screenings are Kachor-Hawryliuk, whose mother was taken designated towards making the English ver- to Bereza Kartuzka, and Iryna Davydovych sion of “Okradena Zemlya” (Genocide whose uncle was imprisoned there. Revealed)” for schools and universities. For After the film screening, held at SUM further information readers may log on to Kafe, Bohdanna Klecor-Hawryliuk, chair- www.yluhovy.com or e-mail mmlinc@hot- person of the UCC’s Cultural and Education mail.com.

days in May and get my fill of kovbasa and Ukrainian Canadian... pyrohy.” (Continued from page 13) Her early background includes ballet Being part of a family that’s “big in the dance study for 12 years. She attended the arts,” has its merits, too, she said. Her moth- Ukrainian Camp Sokil in Orillia, north of er, Irma Osadsa (who, unlike the rest of the Toronto (she’s fluent in Ukrainian, by the Osadca family, spells her name Osadsa), is a way), and taught dance to campers after painter who weaves symbolism from spending a summer at Roma Pryma Bohachevsky’s Ukrainian dance workshop Ukrainian folk art into her work. Her broth- in Glen Spey, N.Y. She performed with vari- er, Nick Payne, who studied painting at the ous Ukrainian dance groups at Toronto’s Rhode Island School of Design, is a musi- Caravan Festival and other international cul- cian and visual artist, and her grandmother, tural festivals, as well as at the annual Tania Osadca, is a master pysanka artist. Shevchenko concert organized by Toronto’s Tania Osadca’s sister, Aka Pereyma, is an Ukrainian School Board. artist and sculptor who also uses Ukrainian Though she is probably not aware of it, folk art symbols in her paintings and sculp- it’s a background quite similar to that which ture. distinguished the early lives of two other Ms. Payne is a graduate of Yale actresses of Ukrainian descent – Academy University; she selected the school “because Award nominee Vera Farmiga and award- my parents met there as students, and I fell winning actress Nina Arianda, both of in love with it once I was enrolled there.” whom achieved outstanding success in their Her life in the East Village is “absolutely careers. great,” she says; she lives near The With her admirable thespian talents and Ukrainian Museum, a locale where “I hear experience, it’s a good bet that Natalia festival music from Seventh Street for three Payne will go on to greater heights, too.

available for distribution. This leaflet is Internment... now being translated into all the affected (Continued from page 9) communities’ languages. Serbian and Hungarian communities. The In other news, Queen’s University idea is to engage students age 11-15 to Archives in Kingston, Ontario have been develop artwork around the idea of the selected to serve as the official repository government’s recognition of what was for the papers of the Endowment Council. done to the peoples who were interned, to For further information on the their families and communities. Canadian First World War Internment Leaflets are available to download Recognition Fund, readers may call from the website in both English and Program Manager Andrea Malysh toll French, along with 22,000 printed copies free at 1-866-288-7931.

election program, the UCCA will conduct UCCA calls... an extensive training seminar for its elec- (Continued from page 4) tion observers, provide practical informa- election commissions and territorial elec- tion on how best to serve as international tion commissions with their people in an monitors, coordinate in-country travel effort to manipulate the election results.” and lodging, providing translators and guides if necessary and provide official “We cannot allow for fraudulent elec- CEC accreditation as well as comprehen- tions to return to Ukraine,” the UCCA sive informational packets. stated. “The work of the UCCA delega- For further information abut the tion assists in the election process by UCCA’s international election observer helping to ensure that they are conducted program, or to register, readers may con- in a free and fair manner.” tact the national office, by e-mail at The UCCA does not support any can- [email protected] or telephone at 212- didate, political party or bloc. During the 228-6840.

commissioner, Dunja Mijatovic, for her Journalists feel... intention to visit Kyiv in October to study (Continued from page 3) the situation (Ukrayinska Pravda, September 9). The U.S. Helsinki September 17). Commission expressed doubts over the It will be difficult for the Yanukovych handling of the Gongadze case by the PGO administration to convince the EU at the and called on President Yanukovych to Ukraine-EU summit scheduled for launch a probe into Mr. Klymentyev’s dis- November that the country is still on the appearance (www.liga.net, September 16). road to democracy. On September 17 the European Union issued a statement expressing concern The article above is reprinted from over freedom of speech in Ukraine and Eurasia Daily Monitor with permission hailed the Organization for Security and from its publisher, the Jamestown Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) media Foundation, www.jamestown.org. 22 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2010 No. 40

from short-term, narrow political partisan- com.ua/news/2010/09/8/5365637/). Ukraine's government... ship. Ms. Tymoshenko’s main legacy is the Why are Ukraine᾽s... Anatoliy Grytsenko, head of the parlia- (Continued from page 2) March 2009 agreement with the European (Continued from page 2) mentary Committee on National Security Minister Vladimir Putin’s August 2009 visit Commission for gas sector reform and EU Pinchuk who did so in 1998 and 2002. and Defense, believes, like many, that the to Turkey. All this remains academic, how- assistance to upgrading Ukraine’s transit Messrs. Pinchuk and Firtash and other SBU is deliberately derailing Ukraine’s ever, as long as Moscow lacks the additional system. Originally intended to have taken Ukrainian oligarchs would not wish to see a European integration and thereby pushing gas volumes and the funding. effect in 2010, that agreement can still pro- Russian-style authoritarian regime intro- Ukraine into a single vector pro-Russian At the joint press conference, Mr. Lavrov vide a framework for EU-assisted reform duced into Ukraine, as it would be unpre- foreign policy (http://www.pravda.com.ua/ declared full confidence in Ukraine’s reli- and modernization of Ukraine’s gas sector. dictable in its relations with big business news/2010/09/19/5395398/). Such views ability as a transit country “under the current Another Tymoshenko legacy is the 2007 and would undermine European integration. about Mr. Khoroshkovsky are widespread in authorities,” and denied that Moscow aims legislation (approved also by the Party of Ukraine’s oligarchs see as more important the Foreign Affairs Ministry, a senior to bypass Ukraine for any reason (Russian Regions at that time) banning any form of Kyiv signing a Free Trade Zone (FTZ) Ukrainian diplomat confided to Jamestown, MFA website www.mid.ru, September 17). alienation of Ukrainian ownership in the agreement with the EU over the amorphous and among former SBU officers who see The thesis of Ukraine’s “unreliability,” how- energy infrastructure systems, so as to pre- CIS Single Economic Space. the SBU transforming itself into a new ever, is being propagated in Western vent Russian takeovers. The present govern- Nevertheless, Ukrainian oligarchs have KGB (http://www.dt.ua/1000/1550/70437/). Europe, not in the official Russia-Ukraine ment has these instruments available to not followed some of their Russian counter- The Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights relations. And Mr. Lavrov’s ministry does uphold Ukraine’s national interests. But the parts (Mikhail Khoroshkovsky, Vladimir Union recently warned that SBU officers’ actions “are more reminiscent of those of not make energy policy. government seems to weaken its own hand, Gusinsky and the more controversial Boris the KGB in the Soviet era.” (http://eng. Russian Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko and fracture the necessary national consen- Berezovsky) in opposing authoritarianism, maidanua.org/node/1144). used his authority to counter the Ukrainian sus on this issue, by attempting to discredit after Vladimir Putin was first elected in The detention of former Tymoshenko position. Mr. Shmatko ruled out negotiating that legacy. 2000. Some Ukrainian oligarchs, such as government ministers is not perceived, as with Ukraine or anyone else about condi- Seeking a further cut in the price of Mr. Khoroshkovsky and Igor Kolomoysky, Mr. Yanukovych claimed during his August tions for giving up the South Stream project. Russian gas (Interfax-Ukraine, Ukrayinska owner of the 1+1 channel, have been 30 visit to Germany, as a serious battle According to Mr. Shmatko, South Stream’s Pravda, September 17) is the latest step with accused by journalists of assisting in dis- against corruption because the arrests are costs would not be passed on to European potentially self-defeating consequences by mantling democratic gains by introducing the Ukrainian government. With this, Kyiv selective against only one political force, the consumers, but would be covered by censorship (www.telekritika.ua/cenzura/). acts as a supplicant to Moscow on yet Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc (YTB). Mr. Gazprom together with its partners in this The declining situation in the media has another issue, after its pleas to stop South Tymoshenko’s right-hand man, Oleksander project – a grim if unsurprising reminder to mostly contributed to tarnishing the Stream. Consecutive Ukrainian pleas to Turchynov, was interrogated by the SBU such partners (ITAR-TASS, September 16). Yanukovych administration’s image in Russia can only multiply the latter’s lever- and has since gone into hiding, together Kyiv’s arguments, as presented with Europe (Reporters Without Borders, age. with former Economy Minister Bohdan some variations by government officials September 1, http://en.rsf.org/ukraine-temp- Kyiv has already rewarded Moscow for Danylyshyn, who is wanted for questioning. include, however, some vulnerable and self- tation-to-control-report- the first price cut in April by prolonging the The Batkivschyna Party, which Ms. defeating points. Most counterproductive of-01-09-2010,38249.html). Russian Black Sea Fleet’s basing rights in Tymoshenko leads, is a member of the EPP; among these is advertising Ukraine’s fear of Mr. Khoroshkovsky has embarrassed the Ukraine for a half-century. A further price she spoke during the EPP congress on South Stream and readiness for concessions Yanukovych administration and thereby cut would almost certainly put Ukraine’s September 15. The EPP includes leaders to Russia, ostensibly to prevent South harmed Ukraine’s European credentials in gas transit system on the negotiating table, and governments from 15 EU members as Stream’s construction. his two positions as media magnate and open to Russian takeovers in salami-tactics well as EU Commission President José Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych SBU chairman. Channels 5 and TVI have fashion, which would frustrate the Manuel Barroso. Therefore, it will influence and his senior team declared this fear during been stripped of frequencies they won in EU-assisted modernization of the system. whether the West declares the October 31 the electoral campaign some months ago competitions. Academics and historians Moscow may well want to engage Ukraine Ukrainian local elections as free (http://epp. and have not stopped doing so. Offering to working in archives have been detained, in such bargaining ahead of the EU-Ukraine eu/index.asp). share control of Ukraine’s transit system in threatened or visited by the SBU, leading to some form or another with Gazprom, in summit and energy forum scheduled for late Some of Ukraine’s oligarchs have sought an outcry throughout Europe and an open return for stopping South Stream, Kyiv November. to change their international image. All have protest letter signed by over 100 Western gives Moscow heavy leverage in the negoti- EU Commission President Jose Manuel second homes in France, Monaco and scholars on September 15 (see http://eng. ations. It is difficult to determine whether Barroso and other officials have reaffirmed Britain, and support Ukraine signing a free maidanua.org/node/1147 and the SBU reply this reflects mere naiveté, inadequate analy- the EU’s readiness to work with Ukraine trade zone agreement with the EU. Why are at www.pravda.com.ua/news/ sis of Gazprom’s bluff or a way to prepare toward a European solution, during they silent about the erosion of Ukraine’s 2010/09/15/5384815/). Ukrainian public opinion for concessions to President Yanukovych’s latest visit in democracy, particularly steps undertaken by The SBU’s July detention of Nico Lange, Gazprom that some interest groups in Kyiv Brussels (Interfax-Ukraine, September 13). the SBU, which undermine Ukraine’s future head of the Ukraine office of the Konrad and Donetsk had intended in the first place. But, if Kyiv opts for quick-fix bilateral deals prospects of EU membership? Indeed, their Mr. Gryshchenko’s tone in Moscow has with Moscow, it risks mortgaging its gas Adenauer Stiftung, was embarrassing for silence is even more contradictory as they finally raised the quality of Kyiv’s public sector to Russia for the long term, even as the Ukrainian authorities coming only a have more to lose than Russian oligarchs discourse and negotiating tactics. These can the scarecrow project South Stream dies of month before President Yanukovych’s visit who opposed authoritarianism during Mr. only be successful if followed by the presi- natural death. to Germany. Mr. Lange was released only Putin’s first term. Russia – unlike Ukraine – dency and government. after the intervention of Chancellor Angela has never sought NATO or EU membership. A persisting, self-inflicted weakness is The article above is reprinted from Merkel. A subsequent investigation of the the demonization of former Prime Minister Eurasia Daily Monitor with permission International Renaissance Fund, financed by The article above is reprinted from Yulia Tymoshenko’s policy in the gas sector from its publisher, the Jamestown George Soros, was closed after a direct Eurasia Daily Monitor with permission by the new government. This rhetoric stems Foundation, www.jamestown.org. intervention by the presidential administra- from its publisher, the Jamestown tion head Serhiy Lyovochkin (www.pravda. Foundation, www.jamestown.org.

Some of the accused had reported ties with Turning the pages... the Russian Security Service (FSB). actions of committed and courageous (Continued from page 6) Following the acquittal on February 2009, Leading expert... men and women. We support nonviolent Andrew McIntosh, chairman of the (Continued from page 1) civic initiatives in societies where free- “Truth in journalism is a commodity with dom is denied or under threat and we Subcommittee on Media of the ernments are accountable to their own an immense price tag in today’s Russia,” stand in opposition to ideas and forces Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of people; the rule of law prevails; and free- said Commission Ranking Member Rep. that challenge the right of all people to be Europe and PACE rapporteur on media free- Benjamin Cardin (D-Md.). “The assassina- doms of expression, association, and free. Freedom House functions as a cata- dom, expressed frustration at what he per- tion of Anna Politkovskaya places in jeopar- belief, as well as respect for the rights of lyst for freedom, democracy and the rule ceived to be a lack of progress in investigat- dy the life of every journalist in Russia who minorities and women, are guaranteed. of law through its analysis, advocacy and attempts to tell the truth about events in that ing the murder, or the inability of the Freedom ultimately depends on the action.” country.” Russian authorities to find her killers. Her accused killers, who were previously acquitted for lack of evidence, are scheduled Source: “Helsinki Commission reacts to to appear in a new trial that was ordered by Politkovskaya’s murder,” The Ukrainian In one sense, it is not the SBU that has the Supreme Court on August 5 of this year. Weekly, October 15, 2006. “Re-KGBization”... become the major newsmaker under (Continued from page 6) President Yanukovych. It is the Ukrainian to intimidation and blackmail, and an people, a common folk, who are the real impressive readiness of many people to newsmakers through their brave response immediately report SBU pressure and to to the KGB-like maneuvers of SBU mobilize public support for their cause. agents. Authoritarian rulers, and especially their security services, used to exploit The commentary above appeared on people’s fear and carry out semi-legal September 23 on “Current Politics in activity in the shadows of silence. Now Ukraine,” the blog page of the Stasiuk Ukrainians seem to be learning how to Program for the Study of Contemporary switch on the light and expose the dirty Ukraine, University of Alberta. (See tricks of the authorities before the public. http://ukraineanalysis.wordpress.com/.)

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Through October 30 Art exhibit, featuring works by Marko Shuhan, October 16 Dance, 60th anniversary of the New York Branch Kingston, NY Suprenant Art & Design, 845.383-1279 New York of the Ukrainian American Youth Association, or www.gallerysuprenant.com featuring music by Svitanok, Ukrainian National Home, 212-473-3467 October 7 Film presentation by Yuri Shevchuk, “Soviet Film Cambridge, MA and Stalin’s War on the Peasants,” Harvard October 16 Antique appraisals, Blessed Virgin Mary Guild, University, 617-495-4053 Scranton, PA St. Vladimir Parish Center, 570-963-1580

October 9 Presentation, “Against Their Will – The Reality of October 16 Harvest festival, St. Mary Ukrainian Orthodox Chicago Human Trafficking,” Women’s Association for the New Britain, CT Church, 860-229-3833 or 860-677-2138 Defense of Four Freedoms for Ukraine, Ss. Volodymyr and Olha Ukrainian Catholic Church October 17 Fall festival, featuring hayrides and activities, hall, 773-793-0967 North Colebrook, CT Bobrivka, www.bobriwka.org

October 9 Opera, “Kozak Beyond the Danube River” by October 18 Lecture by Mykhailo Minakov, “The Ideological Sacramento, CA Semen Hulak-Artemovsky, Ukrainian Heritage Council Cambridge, MA Situation in Ukraine Today: A Crisis or Genre?” of Northern California, Theater Sierra 2 Center, Harvard University, 617-495-4053 916-771-2402 or 916-482-4706 October 23 Dance, featuring music by Oberehy, Ukrainian October 9 Fall festival, St. Josaphat Ukrainian Catholic Whippany, NJ American Cultural Center of New Jersey, Parma, OH Cathedral, 440-886-2108 201-213-4321 or [email protected] October 23 Presentation of debutantes and 60th anniversary October 10 Concert featuring The Ukrainian Chorus “Dumka,” Parma, OH of the Cleveland Branch of the Ukrainian American Washington The Washington Group, Ukrainian National Shrine Youth Association, featuring music by Klooch, St. of the Holy Family, 703-760-0438 Josaphat Astrodome, 440-773-5175 or [email protected] or [email protected]

October 10 Lvivsky Ball, featuring music by Klooch, Bajda and October 23 Holiday Craft Sale, Ss. Cyril and Methodius Toronto Kavalery, Trident Banquet Hall, 416-566-2664 Berwick, PA Ukrainian Catholic Church, 570-759-2824 or [email protected] October 14-15 Concert featuring the Pavlo Virsky Ukrainian Edmonton, AB National Folk Dance Ensemble, Jubilee Auditorium, October 23 Benefit concert for Ukraine’s orphans, featuring www.boenarts.com Troy, NY violinist Vasyl Popadiuk, Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, 518-273-8945 or 518-235-5951 October 15 Presentation by Orysia Tracz, “Konopli: Hemp in Winnipeg Ukrainian Tradition and Life,” University of Manitoba, 204-474-9986 Entries in “Out and About” are listed free of charge. Priority is given to events October 16 Feast day, New Kuban Kozak Community, Ss. Peter advertised in The Ukrainian Weekly. However, we also welcome submissions Millville, NJ and Paul Ukrainian Orthodox Church, from all our readers. Items will be published at the discretion of the editors 856-697-2255 and as space allows. Please send e-mail to [email protected]. 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2010 No. 40

PREVIEW OF EVENTS Saturday, October 9 $25; and students, $20. The Ukrainian Institute of America is located at 2 E. 79th NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific St. (corner of Fifth Avenue). For more Society invites all to a presentation of the information call 212-288-8660 or visit Stanyslaviv Almanakh, Vol. 3. The pre- 216 Foordmore Road www.ukrainianinstitute.org. 1-845-626-5641 senters will be: Oksana Lutzky, Svitlana P.O. Box 529 Andrushkiw and Prof. George Gajecki. [email protected] Thursday, October 14 Kerhonkson, NY 12446 The program will take place at the soci- OTTAWA: ety’s building, 63 Fourth Ave. (between The Ukrainian Canadian Ninth and 10th streets) at 5 p.m. For addi- Professional and Business Association, in cooperation with Ukrainian Canadian Oct 8-10 – Wedding Nov 12-14 – Plast Orlykiada tional information call 212-254-5130. Congress, Ottawa branch, invites you to Oct 15-17 – Wedding Nov 19-21 – Scrapbook Weekend Sunday, October 10 the Ottawa premiere of the English- language version of the documentary film Oct 22-24 – Wedding Nov 25 – Thanksgiving WASHINGTON: Ukrainian National Women’s League of America Branch 78 “Bereza Kartuzka.” Produced and directed Oct 29-31 – Halloween Nov 27 – High school reunion invites all to an art exhibit and sales of by filmmaker Yurij Luhovy, it recently won the first prize, Platinum Remi Award, Nov 6-7 – USCAK Convention works by well-known artists Christine Baransky, Natalia Kormeliuk, Martha at the Houston International Film Festival. Legeckis, Zenovij Onyshkevych, Romana The documentary is based on eyewitness Rainey, Ilona Sochynsky and Martha accounts, archival materials and commen- Voyevidka. The exhibit will take place at taries by specialists. The screening will be the Ukrainian Catholic National Shrine of held at the Ukrainian Community Center, the Holy Family, 4250 Harewood Road 911 Carling Ave., at 7:30 p.m. Admission NE, Washington DC, 20017, at 11 a.m.-5 is $10; proceeds are designated towards p.m. For information call 410-997-9340. the English version of “Okradena Zemlya.” The director will be present. For WASHINGTON: A 60th anniversary cel- information see www.yluhovy.com. ebration of the Dumka Chorus in the Saturday, October 16 nation’s capital will be held at the Ukrainian Catholic National Shrine of the BUENA, N.J.: All are welcome to a cele- Holy Family, 4250 Harewood Road NE, bration of the Kozak Pokrova (feast day of Washington DC, 20017 at 3 p.m. The the Protection of the Mother of God) orga- event is open seating in the cathedral’s nized by the New Kuban Kozak nave and tickets are $25 and may be pur- Community of Buena, N.J., and Ss. Peter chased in advance by sending a check and Paul Ukrainian Orthodox Church of made out to TWG Cultural Fund and sent Millville, N.J. The event features dinner, to: Dumka, c/o C. Kinal, 3303 Upland entertainment (folk and contemporary Terrace NW, Washington, DC 20015. music, dancing) and a guided tour of the Tickets can also be purchased at the door unique Kozak Historical Museum. the day of the event. Contact phone: 703- Admission of $20 includes all-you-can- 341-9635. Refreshments will be served eat-and-drink buffet/bar. The event will after the concert. This event is sponsored take place at the New Kuban Kozak by The Washington Group, The Cultural Center, 228 Don Road, Buena, NJ Washington Group Cultural Fund, 08310, at 7:30 p.m. For additional infor- Ukrainian National Women’s League of mation call 856-697-2255. America Branch 78 of Washington and the Saturday, October 23 Ukrainian Catholic National Shrine of the Holy Family. TROY, N.Y.: A benefit concert for Ukraine’s orphans, organized by members NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Institute of of Ukrainian churches in New York’s capi- America will present a special program of tal district, will feature violin virtuoso Ukrainian composers, performed by three Vasyl Popadiuk, who will headline this Ukrainian America musicians: Elena event, and a special appearance of the Heimur, soprano; Halyna Strilec, violinist; area’s children’s dance ensemble Zorepad. and Oresta Cybriwsky, pianist. The pro- Lydia Kulbida, WTEN Channel 10 news gram will feature several works written for anchor, will MC the program. The perfor- a rare combination of voice, violin and mance will be held at the Troy Savings piano by Barvinsky, Kvasnevsky and Bank Music Hall, Second and State Nyzhankovsky. The program will also streets. Tickets are: $25 and $30; $15 for include Kosenko’s Sonata for Violin, and those age 17 and younger. Tickets may be vocal works by Liudkevych, Chyszhko, purchased by calling the box office, 518- Haivoronsky, Sonevytsky and Skoryk. The 273-8945. Website: www.troymusichall. concert will begin at 5 p.m. and will be org. For information call Anna Mariani, followed by a reception. General admis- 518-235-5951, or e-mail annapawliw@ sion is $30; UIA members and seniors, yahoo.com.

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