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INSIDE:• The political divorce of Viktor and Yulia (conclusion) — page 3. • And the winner of the Narbut Prize is ... — page 13. • Vera Farmiga reaches for stardom — page 15. Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXXIV HE No.KRAINIAN 42 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2006 EEKLY$1/$2 in Ukraine UCCLAT kicks off finalU drive to complete 750-year-oldW Lviv suffers from neglect, installation of plaques at internment sites and abuse, of its historic landmarks QUEBEC CITY – The Ukrainian chairman, John Gregorovich. “This would Canadian Civil Liberties Association on be a remarkable legacy to the memory of October 2 kicked off its “Five Plaques to the 8,579 men, women and children who Go” campaign urging Canadians to pitch were unjustly interned during this dark in and help the association complete its chapter in Canada’s past.” most recent project to recognize the “We are a project-driven group,” he unjust internment of Ukrainian Canadians added. “Every dollar raised will go and others during World War I. towards the purchase and installation of The UCCLA wrapped up another suc- permanent bronze plaques for the five cessful annual conclave on October 1 in remaining internment camp locations.” Quebec City, where the association The UCCLA has placed plaques at 19 of placed the 18th and 19th of 24 memorials Canada’s 24 World War I internment camp – these commemorating internees who locations, from Valcartier, Quebec, to spent time at Valcartier and Beauport. Nanaimo, British Columbia. There is evi- On hand to help mark the solemn dence that the UCCLA’s bronze trilingual occasions was 15-year-old Quebecker plaques and statues are achieving their Kim Pawliw, who read aloud a poem she intended purpose of educating Canadians. dedicated to her grandmother Stephania Photographer Sandra Semchuk, who Mielniczuk. Mrs. Mielniczuk, who died attended the two unveilings, said she recently, was interned as a little girl at learned of the internment operations by Spirit Lake, Quebec, near Val D’Or. reading the UCCLA’s bronze marker in Zenon Zawada With these plaques now installed, five Banff National Park in Alberta at the foot Lviv Admirers Association Vice-President Ivan Svarnyk stands in front of a Canadian internment sites remain to be of Castle Mountain off Highway 1A. Since deteriorating 16th century building in Lviv’s central district that is now being commemorated by the UCCLA: then, she has located and photographed used as a bottle recycling station. Montreal; Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario; every internment site and plaque. Edgewood, British Columbia; Lethbridge, The Ukrainian Canadian Civil by Zenon Zawada thousands of revelers swarming the city’s Alberta; and Halifax, Nova Scotia. The Liberties Foundation, the education arm Kyiv Press Bureau ancient center. UCCLA is seeking support for its of the UCCLA, gave Ms. Semchuk a Amidst the thick crowds, 16th century UCCLA's “Five More to Go” campaign. grant to help finish her photography and LVIV – For Lviv’s 750th anniversary buildings stood dilapidated, on their way “Our goal is to have the 24 camps com- festivities, rock concerts and abundant to collapse. memorated by 2010,” said the UCCLA’s (Continued on page 11) beer amply distracted the hundreds of Graffiti marred the walls of the 14th century Armenian Church. Meanwhile, illegal construction was ubiquitous. Crusading journalist Politkovskaya remembered in Kyiv “The celebration was like a theater; it by Olena Labunka and Zenon Zawada and flowers in her hand. Shapoval in protest in front of the was a theatrical performance,” said Dr. Mykola Bevz, a top expert on Lviv’s Special to The Ukrainian Weekly She handled the murder of journalist Russian Embassy on October 10 to Anna Politkovskaya, 48, as a deep, per- honor Ms. Politkovskaya, the crusading architecture. “The main thing that I, and KYIV – A journalist by profession but all my colleagues, would say is that the sonal tragedy. “I heard about this on the Russian journalist of Ukrainian descent th now a pensioner, Hanna Shapoval came radio and I couldn’t not come and whose murder three days earlier shocked restoration work for the 750 anniver- to the Embassy of the Russian Federation express my horror,” she said. the world. sary of Lviv was not done, although this wearing a black veil, holding a lit candle More than 100 mourners joined Ms. Ms. Politkovskaya was murdered in date was known for many years before- the elevator of her own residence in cen- hand.” tral Moscow. The gunman left his gun at The anniversary festivities on the murder scene – the signal that it was September 30 and October 1 revealed an assassination. that an inefficient Soviet style of budget- Colleagues, co-workers and even law- ing and planning remains entrenched in enforcement authorities were convinced the government, officials said. Ms. Politkovskaya’s murder was related Coupled with unmitigated post-Soviet to journalistic works such as “Druha corruption, both factors are contributing Chechenska” (Second Chechen War), a to the physical deterioration of a city book that describes the horrors of the known throughout the world as “an war, exposing its absurdity, brutality and architectural gem,” as it was recently inhuman cruelty. referred to in The New York Times. Organized by Ukrainian journalists Ukraine’s own neglectful leadership, and the international information agency unable to reform its old ways, is threat- Yevropeyska Khvylia (European Wave), ening Lviv’s magnificent architectural protesters placed flowers and lit candles inheritance, experts said. at the Embassy’s tall metal fence, hold- “There is a very sluggish system in ing Ms. Politkovskaya’s photo and a Kyiv,” said Liliya Onyschenko, the assis- copy of “Druha Chehchenska.” tant director of Lviv’s Historical Activists from the Citizens Environment Defense Administration. Opposition of Ukraine unveiled a plac- “Kyiv has to realize that Lviv is a special ard that read, “Putin – Murderer” and city that can be like Krakow is for Iryna Cherepynska read aloud Ms. Politkovskaya’s works, Poland as its spiritual capital,” she said. including “Why I Don’t Like Putin” “And they need to allocate funds direct- A mourner lights a candle at a makeshift memorial for Anna Politkovskaya, a from her book, “Putin’s Russia,” pub- ly, every year, regardless of whether slain journalist from Russia, at the fence of the Russian Federation Embassy in Kyiv on October 10. (Continued on page 5) (Continued on page 10) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2006 No. 42 ANALYSIS NEWSBRIEFSNEWSBRIEFS Ukraine in search of a regional policy No funding for Holodomor complex Church from 1901 to 1944. His cause for by Vladimir Socor with implementation. Neither of these beatification is making progress in Rome Eurasia Daily Monitor assets seems commensurate with KYIV – The draft budget for 2007 and the case has now been referred to the Ukraine’s potential, however. does not include any funding for the Vatican’s Theological Commission. Ukraine’s independence from Russia is • Moldova/Transdnistria: Undoubtedly memorial complex planned in honor of (Religious Information Service of the single largest geopolitical gain to the the most serious security challenge in the millions of victims who were killed Ukraine) free world and Ukraine’s neighbors, Ukraine’s neighborhood is Russia’s by the Soviets during the last century, resulting from what Russian President attempt to create a Kaliningrad-type reported Channel 5 TV on September 28. Ukraine to import Central Asian gas Vladimir Putin bemoans as “the 20th cen- enclave in Transdnistria; and, as a maxi- In addition, practically no funds are allo- tury’s greatest geopolitical catastrophe.” cated to the Institute of National Memory KYIV – Fuel and Energy Minister Yurii mal objective, Russian dominance of all Boiko told journalists in Kyiv on October Ukraine’s independence has trans- that was created by presidential decree Moldova through power-sharing between 6 that Ukraine will not import Russian gas formed the politics of European security last year. Human rights groups, together Chisinau and Russian-installed authori- for domestic consumption next year, generally and the international politics of with the Prosvita and Memorial organi- ties in Tiraspol. Ukrainian media reported. Mr. Boiko spec- Europe’s East directly, shielding the zations, issued an appeal (for full text, The 2005 plan for political settlement ified that Ukraine in 2007 will receive at region from Russia and enabling most of see page 9 of this issue) alerting in Transdnistria, credited to Ukrainian least 57.5 billion cubic meters of gas from its countries to join NATO and the Ukrainians to the fact that despite prom- President Viktor Yushchenko, displays Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan European Union without fear of Russian ises, the government is not following serious flaws: through the Swiss-based Russian- countermeasures. through on its plans. Roman Krutsyk of a) it fails to call for the withdrawal of Ukrainian joint venture RosUkrEnergo. None of this implies reducing the Memorial organization said that the Russian troops, ignoring their presence Two days earlier Mr. Boiko announced Ukraine’s role to that of a mere buffer or government has taken the Institute of altogether; that Ukraine has signed contracts on buy- some other function traditionally associ- b) it stipulated OSCE-supervised National Memory away from the ated with the status of an object of inter- ing 42 billion cubic meters of Turkmen “democratic” elections in Transdnistria Ministry of Culture and made it subordi- gas, 7 billion cubic meters of Uzbek gas national relations. Ukraine had variously and recognition of its Supreme Soviet as nate to the State Archive Committee now served as buffer, outpost, imperial and 8.5 billion cubic meters of Kazakh gas a democratic representative body in headed by Communist Olha Ginzburg. in 2007.

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