Inside: l Poroshenko visits U.S. Military Academy at West Point – page 5 l At the U.N.: speeches by the presidents of Ukraine, Lithuania – page 9 l Book notes: U.S.-Ukraine relations, semantic theory – page 18

ThePublished U by thekrainian Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal W non-profit associationeekly Vol. LXXXV No. 40 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2017 $2.00 Semena handed Ukrainian Canadian community wants Canada suspended sentence to lead U.N. peacekeeping mission in Ukraine by Christopher Guly in ‘separatism’ case Special to The Ukrainian Weekly OTTAWA – The national president of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC) has called on Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to take the lead in a United Nations peacekeeping mission in eastern Ukraine. Following a September 22 meeting with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in Toronto, Prime Minister Trudeau told reporters at a joint news conference with both leaders that a U.N. mission could ensure that “people are able to live their lives in peace and security in a way that upholds the principles of international law Current Time TV that, quite frankly, Russia violated with its Mykola Semena illegitimate actions.” But he did not commit Canadian troops RFE/RL to such an operation, which President Poroshenko has requested for the Donbas A court in Russia-occupied Crimea region since 2015. on September 22 found RFE/RL con- The UCC not only wants Canadian peace- Presidential Administration of Ukraine tributor Mykola Semena guilty on a keepers in Ukraine, it hopes that Canada At the Invictus Games gala welcoming Team Ukraine on September 23 (from left) charge of separatism and handed him would direct the U.N. mission there. are: Maryna Poroshenko, President Petro Poroshenko, Prime Minister Justin a two-and-a-half-year suspended sen- Trudeau, Ukrainian Canadian Congress Vice-President Alexandra Chyczij and UCC tence in a case criticized by the West (Continued on page 15) National President Paul Grod. as politically motivated. RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service said the 66-year-old Mr. Semena was also barred from “public activities” – apparently including journalism – for Daughter of Oscar winner Jack Palance talks three years. RFE/RL President Thomas Kent about heritage during first visit to Ukraine condemned the verdict and sentence, describing them as “part of an orches- by Mark Raczkiewycz trated effort by Russian authorities in LVIV – As Holly Palance neared her Crimea to silence independent voices.” ancestral village of Ivane-Zolote in Ternopil The European Union called the ver- Oblast on September 15, she couldn’t help dict “a clear violation of the freedom of noticing how much the lush green, hilly expression and of the media.” countryside resembled the rural coal-min- EU foreign policy chief Federica ing area of Pennsylvania where her father Mogherini’s spokeswoman Maja grew up and once worked, and where she Kocijancic said in a statement on would visit her grandparents on trips from September 22 that the verdict “repre- Los Angeles. sents another example of the deterio- “In those days, in the 1950s-1960s, in ration of the human rights situation in the mines [in rural Pennsylvania]… there the Crimean peninsula after its illegal were a lot of Ukrainians. It was a very dif- annexation by Russia.” ferent world,” she told The Ukrainian The statement said that the EU Weekly in Lviv on September 18, as she remains “unwavering in its support for spoke of her Ukrainian ancestry. the territorial integrity and sovereign- To her surprise, standing at the entrance ty of Ukraine” and called for the charg- to the hamlet of 450 people, was the village es against Mr. Semena to be immedi- head of Ivane-Zolote, educators from the ately dropped. local school and its pupils, who were eager- Courtesy of Holly Palance Mr. Semena’s lawyer Emil ly awaiting her arrival. They were all Kurbedinov called his client’s sentence Holly Palance holds the ritual bread with which she was greeted in her ancestral vil- dressed in traditional Ukrainian attire hold- lage of Ivane-Zolote, Ternopil Oblast, with her cousin Lida Palahniuk (second from “a lesser evil” referring to its being ing a ritual bread known as “korovai, nes- left), the local school’s principal (right) and a schoolteacher (left). suspended. tled on an equally elaborate embroidered “We will appeal the verdict and sen- “rushnyk,” or ritual cloth. Emmy award-winning actor Jack Palance, illustrious life (the only factual error was tence at Crimea’s Supreme Court and It was a homecoming welcome that is who was born Volodymyr Palahniuk to that her father wasn’t buried in Kyiv – his other higher courts, but we will do afforded to highly esteemed guests and one Ukraine-born parents in Lattimer, Pa. remains were scattered at his California that to officially exhaust all the appeals which Ms. Palance, 67, hadn’t expected. Instead, she got what is the Ukrainian ranch and farm in Pennsylvania), a beauti- “I thought it was going to be, ‘in-and- red-carpet treatment that also included a (Continued on page 18) out’,” said the daughter of Academy and concert, a video presentation of her father’s (Continued on page 14) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2017 No. 40

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U.S. defense secretary’s visit to Ukraine Trump praises Ukraine’s ‘good progress’ assuaged the fears of groups such as Poles, Romanians and Hungarians, all of which U.S. President Donald Trump has praised have sizable ethnic communities in Ukraine. and perspectives for military cooperation Ukraine for making “good progress” amid Russia has been particularly vociferous in communications, training aids, logistics difficult conditions sparked by Russia’s its criticism, with the Foreign Affairs by Ihor Kabanenko annexation of the Crimea Peninsula. Mr. Eurasia Daily Monitor infrastructure and IT systems, tactical Ministry asserting this month that the law unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), and medi- Trump met his Ukrainian counterpart, Petro was designed to “forcefully establish a The August visit of the U.S. Secretary of cal equipment. U.S. advisors are helping Poroshenko, on the sidelines of the United mono-ethnic language regime in a multina- Nations General Assembly in New York on Defense James Mattis to Ukraine was the Ukraine to implement key defense reforms, tional state.” Mr. Poroshenko in signing the September 21. “I wouldn’t say it’s the easi- first such trip by a Pentagon head in the such as promoting civilian oversight, great- bill insisted that it “is in harmony with est place to live” but “it’s getting better and last 10 years. Before arriving in Kyiv, Mr. er efficiency and transparency, as well as European standards and is an example for better on a daily basis. I do hear very good Mattis told reporters he planned to com- combatting corruption. neighboring countries,” according to a state- things. Ukraine is coming along pretty well,” memorate Ukraine’s Independence Day, The United States and Ukraine also host ment on the presidential website. “The law underscore Washington’s commitment to Mr. Trump told Mr. Poroshenko in front of raises the role of Ukrainian as a state lan- two exercises each year in Ukraine – a reporters before the start of their private the bilateral strategic partnership, as well guage in the education process,” he said. ground forces peacekeeping exercise (Rapid meeting. Speaking in English, Mr. as express U.S. support for Ukraine’s sover- “The law ensures equal opportunities for Trident) and a naval exercise (Sea Breeze) in Poroshenko said he believed that the two eignty and territorial integrity. He said he all... It guarantees every graduate strong lan- the Black Sea. These military drills seek to countries had improved security and eco- would also highlight the U.S. efforts to train, guage skills essential for a successful career enhance interoperability and strengthen nomic cooperation. He followed those com- equip and advise in order to build up the in Ukraine.” Language has become a hot-but- regional security through realistic training, ments in a televised briefing by saying the capacity of Ukrainian forces (Defense.gov, ton issue across the country, particularly in while also sending an important signal of two leaders had a shared vision on a “new August 20). eastern regions where the majority of the reassurance to Ukraine and other regional level” of defense cooperation. “We discussed Secretary Mattis’ presence at the population speaks Russian as its first lan- partners. Ukraine also regularly participates all areas of this cooperation, including coop- Independence Day military parade in Kyiv, guage. The bill’s language requirement over- in other U.S.-hosted exercises elsewhere in eration with the Defense Ministry and other where armed forces personnel of both turns a 2012 law passed under Moscow- Europe (Eurointegration.com.ua, July 12, institutions,” he added, saying the meeting states marched, had an important political- friendly President Viktor Yanukovych, who 2016). with Mr. Trump lasted an hour. He did not military significance: the United States sent fled to Russia two years later amid mass At the same time, the enduring military say whether there had been any progress a clear signal of its continued support for street protests. That legislation allowed for threats to Ukraine’s national security are on a defensive-weapons initiative. The Ukraine’s independence and territorial minorities to introduce their languages in forcing the government in Kyiv to consider United States has imposed sanctions on integrity. At the same time, the Ukrainian regions where they represented more than different possible scenarios of enemy offen- Moscow for its activities in Ukraine, includ- side looked forward to the possibility of 10 percent of the population. (RFE/RL, with sive operations against the country, not only ing the annexation of the Crimean Peninsula new opportunities to strengthen its self- reporting by AFP) on land but from the sea as well. In this and support for separatists in eastern defense capabilities. regard, serious attention will need to be Ukraine. The conflict in eastern Ukraine Romanian president cancels Ukraine visit Thus, a key topic of discussion during paid to the Sea of Azov and the Kerch Strait, between Kyiv’s forces and Russia-backed Secretary Mattis’ negotiations with Kyiv has voiced disappointment after particularly in light of Russia’s creeping separatists has killed more than 10,000 Romanian President Klaus Iohannis said he President Petro Poroshenko and Defense people since it erupted in April 2014. Mr. annexation of Ukraine’s exclusive maritime would not travel to Ukraine next month in Minister Stepan Poltorak was the option Poroshenko said the U.S. president support- economic zone in the northwestern part of protest over a bill that obliges schools to for the U.S. to send lethal defensive weap- ed a proposal to deploy U.N. peacekeepers the Black Sea (Hromadske Radio, September teach in the Ukrainian language only. Mr. ons to Ukraine – an issue that has been “including on the uncontrolled part of the 9; see EDM, August 3, September 6). Iohannis said the bill “drastically limits” the under debate in Washington since 2014. Ukraine-Russia border, which would pre- Historical experience suggests that access of minorities to education in their Yet, after meeting with Secretary Mattis, vent the possibility of penetration by when Russian neighbors exhibit signs of native language, adding that the cancella- President Poroshenko said the defensive Russian troops or Russian weapons.” (RFE/ weakness, this can be a factor in provoking tion of his visit is a very strong signal. A lethal weapons issue “requires silence RL’s Ukrainian Service) before making a decision” (Radiosvoboda. aggression from the Kremlin. Thus, Russia Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Ministry spokes- org, August 24). could consider Ukraine’s critical lack of Poroshenko signs language bill woman on September 22 confirmed that That said, the two sides reached impor- military sea power to be favorable to the the visit had been canceled. “We are disap- tant agreements on expanding military initiation of a sea phase of the conflict. Ukraine’s president has signed into law a pointed that the Romanian side doesn’t controversial bill that makes Ukrainian the cooperation, including in the fight against Presently, the probability of such a scenario want the leaders to have dialogue,” she said. required language of study in state schools cyber threats (President.gov.ua, August 24) is growing higher, which in turn could Mr. Iohannis told reporters on September from the fifth grade on. Petro Poroshenko and electronic warfare (EW) asset trans- ignite a continental war with the involve- 21 that the legislation, if signed into law by signed the measure on September 25 after fers (Liga.net, August 25). ment of different countries. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, “will days of criticism, particularly from It should be noted that military assis- In this precarious situation, comprehen- drastically limit the access of minorities to Ukraine’s ethnic minorities. The bill does tance from the U.S. to Ukraine was and sive strategic deterrence is urgently needed education in their native language.” He not outlaw instruction in other languages; remains the most significant among for Ukraine. But, deterrence does not arise added, “We are deeply hurt by this.” students can still learn their native languag- Western countries. Its total volume reached at the negotiating table – soft power with no es as a separate subject. But that hasn’t (Continued on page 12) $770 million in 2014-2017 (UNIAN, August hard power in reserve is no power at all, as 24), including $175 million in 2017. Next the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s year, $421 million will be allocated for this (NATO) former Supreme Allied Commander purpose (Apostrophe.ua, September 10). in Europe, Admiral James Stavridis, has The U.S. military aid package includes noted (U.S. News, July 25, 2013). In this con- The Ukrainian Weekly FOUNDED 1933 training, equipment and advisory support. text, a shrewd defensive lethal weapons Three hundred and fifty U.S. military transfer to Ukraine would significantly An English-language newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., personnel are training up to five battalions increase the chances that diplomacy would a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. 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Quite recently, it was fighting ernmental advisory organization International Advisory Group (a body that pied with countering Russian aggression. the threat of critically inadequate funding Reanimation Package of Reforms (RPR) included NATO and EU advisors along with Indeed, almost every SBU officer has been (Facebook.com/sergey.vysotsky, June 21) called on President Petro Poroshenko and Ukrainian senior experts, together with the deployed at some point to the so-called in addition to being under-reformed. the National Security and Defense Council SBU Internal Reform Support Office direc- anti-terrorist operation (ATO) against Interestingly, Ukraine’s intelligence ser- (NSDC) to immediately reform the Security torate). Russia-backed separatists in the Donbas vices (unlike the SBU) cultivate partnership Service of Ukraine (known by its Ukrainian The SBU Reform Concept was drafted in region (Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts). and cooperation agreements with their based acronym as SBU). July 2016. But despite numerous subse- Notably, since 2014, the SBU has NATO counterparts, yet they remain out- The authors of the RPR letter asserted quent announcements of its imminent deployed elements of its elite Alpha Group side the NATO-Ukraine reform advisory that the SBU was unable to provide effective approval, that process has been hampered special operations unit to Donbas, where it partnership. This does not allow the shar- counterintelligence against several recent by continuous foot dragging from both the has shown some success in counterintelli- ing of valuable management know-how – violent assassinations: namely, of former NSDC and the presidential administration. gence and countersubversion efforts quite in contrast with the much more suc- Russian Duma member Denis Voronenkov The goal of the reform is for the SBU to against Russian military intelligence (GRU) cessful international partnerships to and defense intelligence operations com- hand over its current array of economic, anti- as well as Russia’s Federal Security Service reform the Ukrainian armed forces. The manding officer Maksym Shapoval in Kyiv, corruption and some redundant surveillance- (FSB). Most recently, the SBU obtained uneven reform paths explain the absence of as well as the SBU counterintelligence chief type functions to other agencies, such as the intelligence demonstrating that Russian a systemic security reform center in in Donetsk oblast, Oleksandr Kharaberiush. National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU), military contractors serve in virtually all Ukraine and also the lack of managers, sub- RPR experts alleged the SBU suffers from the National Police or the State Bureau of command functions within the separatist ject-matter experts and financial resources ineffective management and fails to use its Investigations. The SBU’s core areas of forces (Ssu.gov.ua, July 22). to address the reform issues. resources efficiently. They called on the responsibility would be limited to counterin- Alternatively, it may be useful to take a Those special services with more widely authorities to implement the Council of telligence, counterterrorism and security more holistic approach and look at the fal- recognized war-related functions apparent- Europe Parliamentary Assembly’s (PACE) analysis, while retaining some national secu- tering SBU reforms within the broader con- ly had a more realistic sense of urgency to Recommendation 1402 (adopted in 1999), rity-related law enforcement duties. text of reforms of the Ukrainian intelligence reform, while attitudes toward the complex which states that intelligence services So why has President Poroshenko community – even though the SBU does not task of reforming the SBU or the Foreign should not have law enforcement functions. seemed so reluctant to sign the new con- formally consider itself a member of this Intelligence Service could, heretofore, prob- Finally, the RPR urged President cept? Though the presidential office has sector due to the service’s counterintelli- ably best be characterized as “if it’s not bro- Poroshenko and the NSDC to approve the remained mum on the subject, several pos- gence role. ken, don’t fix it.” SBU Reform Concept (Rpr.org.ua, July 27). sible explanations have been proposed. Progress in reforming the Ukrainian That said, the changing nature of the While the RPR is not particularly known First, some argue the current unreformed intelligence community has been rather Ukrainian-Russian conflict has been bolster- for having strong intelligence reform exper- and quasi-military SBU is seen as more uneven. The Joint Intelligence Committee ing international and domestic interest in tise, its call nevertheless highlights the likely to remain loyal to Mr. Poroshenko’s Under the President of Ukraine is based speeding up intelligence reform. Indeed, in extremely slow pace of intelligence reform political power hierarchy. Others suspect within the NSDC staff and is thus influ- 2017, this limited war has increasingly in Ukraine as well as mounting impatience the SBU may be a source of corrupt rents enced by NSDC Secretary Oleksandr become focused on special operations and with President Poroshenko regarding his for some highly placed officials. Indeed, the Turchynov, who is more known as a politi- subversion, as illustrated by the recent string promises to restructure this important sec- service has recently come under criticism cian than a reform-minded manager. The of terrorist attacks in Kyiv (Kyiv Post, June 8, tor. for abusing its economic powers to conduct National Intelligence Program, which sets August 25; Thenews.pl, July 3). The “diplo- Earlier this summer, the head of the numerous questionable search raids of pri- the development goals for the intelligence matic front” of the political war requires ade- European Union Delegation in Ukraine, vate companies. Ukraine’s business community, was approved in March 2016 – quate and effective intelligence support. Hugues Mingarelli, called on the Security ombudsman, Algirdas Shemeta, noted that but it is fully classified and thus non-trans- Service of Ukraine to stop being used to the number of corporate-sector complaints parent. Ukrainian military intelligence and The article above is reprinted from fight corruption and focus on anti-terrorist regarding the SBU’s conduct surged 60 per- the State Border Guard Service’s intelli- Eurasia Daily Monitor with permission from activities (Frontnews, July 4). cent in the second quarter of 2017 gence arm are widely judged to have been its publisher, the Jamestown Foundation, Moreover, the director of the North (Evropeiska Pravda, July 28). And, although performing effectively since the beginning www.jamestown.org. Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO) rep- the SBU fired 2,000 of its 28,600-32,500 resentative office to Ukraine, Alexander personnel in 2014-2017 for corruption or Vinnikov, emphasized that, in NATO’s view, charges of disloyalty to the state (TSN, non-symmetrical, flexible and effective the reform of the SBU should be one of the March 25), the NABU has never brought U.S. defense... deterrence against Russia. And together country’s highest priorities (DCAF- any cases against SBU officers for corrupt with sanctions, this could eventually lead to Razumkov Center Security Sector Reform activities. (Continued from page 2) a final peaceful settlement of the conflict. In It is worth focusing on one other impor- this regard, two of Secretary Mattis’ mes- tant area Mr. Carpenter touched upon: sages during his visit to Kyiv look particu- rebuilding Ukraine’s navy. Ukraine lost 70 larly poignant: “Defensive weapons are not U.N. report on Crimea details percent of its naval assets when it lost provocative unless you are an aggressor, Crimea, leaving hundreds of kilometers of and clearly Ukraine is not an aggressor,” unprotected maritime flank along the Black and “On defensive lethal weapons, we are grave human rights violations Sea and the Sea of Azov. While U.S. security actively reviewing it; I will go back now assistance has rightly focused to date on having seen the current situation and be U.N. News Service high commissioner added. The report reiterates that the imposition the land forces fighting in the Donbas, able to inform the secretary of state and the GENEVA – The human rights situation in of Russian citizenship affected tens of thou- Ukraine needs additional support to build a president in very specific terms what I rec- Crimea has significantly deteriorated under sands of people, particularly three groups: “mosquito fleet” to disrupt potential ommend for the direction ahead” (Defense. Russian occupation, says a United Nations those who formally rejected citizenship; Russian aggression along its coast, as well gov, Espreso, August 24). report that details how residents there civil servants who had to renounce their as to protect the country’s exclusive mari- were affected when Ukrainian laws were Ukrainian citizenship or lose their jobs; and time economic zone (see Eurasia Daily The article above is reprinted from substituted by those of Russia and Russian Crimean residents who did not meet the Monitor, March 9). Eurasia Daily Monitor with permission from citizenship was imposed on tens of thou- legal criteria for citizenship and became The above-cited measures could collec- its publisher, the Jamestown Foundation, sands of the peninsula’s residents. foreigners. tively contribute to Ukraine developing www.jamestown.org. “Grave human rights violations, such as “Persons holding a residency permit and arbitrary arrests and detentions, enforced no Russian Federation citizenship do not disappearances, ill-treatment and torture, enjoy equality before the law and are Quotable notes and at least one extra-judicial execution deprived of important rights,” the report were documented,” notes the report pub- says. “They cannot own agricultural land, The United States is deeply troubled by the decision of a court in Russian- lished on September 25 by the Office of the vote and be elected, register a religious occupied Crimea against Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty journalist Mykola U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights community, apply to hold a public meeting, Semena, convicting him of separatism charges and handing down a two-and-a-half- (OHCHR). hold positions in the public administration year suspended sentence and a ban on future journalistic activity. “The citizenship issue has had a major and re-register their private vehicle on the This conviction was based on the fact that Mr. Semena had criticized Russia’s occu- impact on the lives of many residents of peninsula.” pation and attempted annexation of Crimea in his writing. Crimea,” High Commissioner Zeid Ra’ad Al The report makes 20 recommendations We call on the Russian occupation authorities to vacate Mr. Semena’s conviction, Hussein said in a press release. to the Russian government, urging it to allow him to resume his journalistic activity and cease their campaign to stifle dis- “As the report states, imposing citizen- respect “its obligations as an occupying sent in Crimea. ship on the inhabitants of an occupied ter- power,” uphold human rights for all, and Crimea remains an integral part of Ukraine, and the United States remains stead- ritory can be equated to compelling them effectively investigate alleged torture, fast in its support for the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine. to swear allegiance to a power they may abductions and killings involving members – Press statement by Heather Nauert, spokesperson for the U.S. Department of State, consider as hostile, which is forbidden of the security forces and Crimean self- issued on September 25. under the Fourth Geneva Convention,” the defense. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2017 No. 40 No. 40 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2017 5 Poroshenko visits U.S. Military Academy at West Point WEST POINT, N.Y. – President Petro Poroshenko of Ukraine visited the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in the course of his recent working visit to the United States. He had a chance to interact with the academy’s leaders as well as students. In his meetings at the academy on September 19, Mr. Poroshenko underscored that Ukraine is struggling both for its land and for the freedom of the world. “The whole world is with us and we have an effective instrument – sanctions against the Russian economy,” he noted in response to questions posed after his address to the stu- dent body. He also explained that “Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea and aggression in the east of my country complete- ly destroyed the post-war world security, which was based on the U.N. Security Council, “ adding that “one of the per- manent members of the Security Council, who has the right to veto, became an aggressor.”

Presidential Administration of Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko with Lt. Gen. Robert L. Caslen, superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, and cadets. The president also reminded his listeners that in 1994 ry, unable to get rid of the legacy of tyranny. With hybrid Ukraine gave up the third largest nuclear arsenal in the terror and cowardly aggression, Moscow cannot accept the world, having received guarantees of security from the sig- sovereignty of Ukraine and wants to suppress the will of natories of the Budapest memorandum. the Ukrainian people and our freedom. Today, Ukraine is Mr. Poroshenko said that it was a great pleasure for him on the forefront for its independence, the future of the to be in such a prominent place filled with feelings of duty world of free nations and is among those who are strug- and honor, aspirations for freedom, democracy and dignity. gling for a new and better world order,” the president said. “The centuries passed, and we thought that oppression, He said that three years ago, when Crimea was occupied aggression and disrespect for human freedoms were already and the Donbas was invaded, nobody believed that The question-and-answer session after the Ukrainian in the past. In fact, the world was moving towards progress. president’s remarks at West Point. However, unfortunately, Russia is still lost in the 18th centu- (Continued on page 6) 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2017 No. 40

WINDOW ON EURASIA The Ukrainian Weekly U.S. focus on Russian interference in elections 84 years old In just a few days, this newspaper will be 84 years old. In its first issue, dated working to Moscow’s benefit, says commentator October 6, 1933, it was underlined that the new publication would be geared to the new generation of Ukrainians born and raised here in North America and would by Paul Goble Moscow has long tried to get governments strive to keep them engaged in the Ukrainian community. The English-language to focus on in order to get countries to newspaper was also meant to be used to tell the English-speaking world around us Many assume that the exposure of crack down on NGOs and other institutions about our ancestral homeland – most importantly at the time of its founding, about Moscow’s intervention in the U.S. elections backed by the U.S. and other Western gov- the genocidal famine, the Holodomor, that ultimately killed millions in Ukraine. Now, represents a failure in that Kremlin opera- ernments. nearly eight and a half decades later, The Ukrainian Weekly can say that it has faith- tion, but in fact, Irina Alksnis argues, the And third, the American talk about fully and proudly served several generations of readers in our community. continuing U.S. focus on this works to Russian interference has put Moscow in a The National Newspaper Association – a trade association whose mission is “to Russia’s benefit in many ways – and, much stronger position to demand under- protect, promote and enhance America’s community newspapers” – notes: “the dis- although she doesn’t say so, may even have standing and support for its efforts to tinguishing characteristic of a community newspaper is its commitment to serving been part of the original plan. restrict the activities of any foreign govern- the information needs of a particular community.” That community, the NNA Writing in Vzglyad, the Moscow com- ment in advance of the Russian presidential explains, “is defined by the community’s members and a shared sense of belonging. mentator says that constant discussions in elections, something that, again, the A community may be geographic, political, social or religious. A community newspa- the American media about “’Russian inter- Russian side has wanted but that the West per may be published once a week or daily. Some community newspapers exist only ference’ in the U.S. presidential elections” opposes. in cyberspace. Any newspaper that defines itself as committed to serving a particu- has “boomeranged” on Washington and As a result, the Moscow commentator lar community many be defined as a ‘community newspaper.’ ” given Moscow some real advantages both says, the continuing American conversation Clearly then, The Ukrainian Weekly, as well as its sister publication, Svoboda at home and abroad (vz.ru/poli- about Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. (founded back in 1893), are community newspapers. In that role, we publish news tics/2017/9/25/888479.html). presidential election, something Ms. Alksnis both about and for our community. Thus, you read news about what our local “hro- First of all, Ms. Alksnis says, they have dismisses as invented, is working against mady” (communities) are doing, as well as news from Ukraine – including reports by highlighted both the extent to which the U.S. the U.S. and for Russia rather than the other our Kyiv-based correspondent – that you are not be able to get anywhere else. The can’t prevent others from doing what way around, as many have suggested. keystone of our community reporting is the involvement of local activists who share Washington has done elsewhere and, as the Her comments highlight, even though information from their areas and thus are our partners in community journalism. discussions in the media have continued, she at no point says this, that Russian active We are ever grateful to them! raised questions about the effectiveness of measures of the kind Moscow clearly In more than 4,300 issues published to date, The Ukrainian Weekly has rallied U.S. institutions charged with defending the deployed in the U.S. are routinely planned our community behind national causes, such as independence for Ukraine, the country. Both these things have undermined to succeed even when they appear to “fail” defense of human rights activists, the erection of the Taras Shevchenko monument the legitimacy of the U.S. government. when they are exposed. Indeed, their being in Washington, the creation of Ukrainian studies chairs at Harvard, the establish- Second, the American discussions have exposed is something Russian intelligence ment of the U.S. Commission on the Ukraine Famine, international recognition of the drawn the attention of the world to the fact operations routinely plan for. Holodomor as genocide and the construction of the Holodomor Memorial in that interference in the elections of other This approach has its origins in how Washington. What’s more, since January 1991 – even before Ukraine re-established countries is a fact of life, something Moscow chose to expose the Cheka’s its independence – The Weekly’s Ukrainian American journalists based in Kyiv have Operation Trust in 1927 in ways that dis- reported the news especially for our readers. It’s a track record we’re immensely Paul Goble is a long-time specialist on credited those who were taken in by it even proud of, and a record we hope to build on. ethnic and religious questions in Eurasia more than they harmed Soviet relations As The Weekly turns 84, we thank our loyal subscribers – generations of them – who has served in various capacities in the with the West. There was a big scandal at for supporting our work and appreciating the import of a community newspaper. U.S. State Department, the Central the time and many thought Moscow was With the continuing support of our dear readers and the patronage of our publisher, Intelligence Agency and the International the loser, but over the longer term, it is the Ukrainian National Association, our community newspaper will continue to be Broadcasting Bureau, as well as at the Voice clear Moscow viewed this as a win. there for you. of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio But this is often not understood in the Liberty and the Carnegie Endowment for West, because most Western operations International Peace. The article above is are designed to succeed with little thought reprinted with permission from his blog of how their organizers might gain even if called “Window on Eurasia” (http://windo- in the end what they have done is exposed Oct. Turning the pages back... woneurasia2.blogspot.com/). by the other side. Sixty years ago, on October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union got the 4 jump on the United States in what would later be called the “space United States, and said that battalions pre- race” when it had successfully launched into orbit the first man- Poroshenko visits... pared by American instructors have 1957 made satellite – Sputnik. The launching of Sputnik was also a con- showed the best tactics and the lowest level firmation, as claimed by the Kremlin, that the Soviets indeed pos- (Continued from page 5) of casualties during hostilities. “Due to the sessed the technology to launch intercontinental ballistic missiles. Ukraine could withstand the aggression of technical equipment already provided by Clarence A. Manning, a regular contributor for The Ukrainian Weekly, noted in a com- Russia. “We are proud that many the United States, the number of victims mentary: “The United States has treated this as a scientific process and has not regarded it Ukrainians from all over the world rallied among the Ukrainian soldiers has signifi- as a race. The Soviets again in accordance with their policy did so and when they launched to defend their historic homeland,” Mr. cantly decreased, and thanks to the new the satellite without warning, they blandly explained that this was not the promised satel- Poroshenko continued, and he pointed out defense technology, we can save more lives, lite for which they had contracted. They were well aware that its effect upon the entire that an alumnus of West Point was among both civilian and military,” he added. world would be even greater, if they broke their agreement than if they had done every- them. “Immediately after the beginning of Mr. Poroshenko also praised the cour- thing in due and proper order. Once again they were right and they have followed it up Russia’s aggression against Ukraine in age, perseverance and invincible will of with renewed threats against Turkey and the free world and in the diplomatic sphere they 2014, Mark Paslawsky, nom-de-guerre Ukrainian veterans and recalled that last have again taken a long step to strengthen their position especially in the Middle East. In Franko, left the United States and joined the year a team of four wounded Ukrainian sol- the meanwhile they have renewed their promises, whatever they are worth, to share sci- struggle for our freedom,” he said. Sadly, he diers took part in the U.S. Marine Corps entific information with the West.” noted, the hero was killed in action near Marathon for the first time. Two of them The data that was collected by Sputnik was expected to be shared with the West, and Ilovaisk in eastern Ukraine. underwent rehabilitation at the Walter already there were doubts that the data would somehow be compromised by the Soviets. President Poroshenko invited represen- Reed National Military Medical Center. Dr. Manning urged U.S. leaders “to take account of the situation and to face it coldly and tatives of West Point to join the military “In a few days the Ukrainian team will not through a cloud of hysteria or of unwarranted optimism.” education project in Ukraine through part- also take part in the Invictus Games in The U.S. should determine how it would react in the case of an outbreak of hostilities, nership with one of the Ukrainian military Toronto. Their bright and extraordinary and how this new science is applied to the field of international diplomacy and psycholog- institutes. “We are waiting for you in example encourages us that a country with ical warfare, he said. Ukraine, where you can learn more and get such people and such support from our Dr. Manning added: “Here the United States, following its hopes that the difference your own experience of the hybrid war,” he American partners will inevitably win,” between freedom and slavery, between the free world and Russian Soviet imperialism can noted. President Poroshenko stated. be adjusted peacefully, must also reconsider its policy. It has hoped to free the satellite In his speech to West Point cadets, the nations peacefully and has failed to support except by resolution efforts of the struggling president gave examples of successful mili- Source: Presidential Administration of oppressed peoples. It was content to allow the continued separation of Korea lest any tary cooperation between Ukraine and the Ukraine other policy precipitate World War III. It allowed the division of Vietnam for the same rea- son. Thus it gives at least superficial support to [Nikita] Khrushchev’s plea for peaceful coexistence, since it interprets that in the normal language and not as an excuse for Soviet The Ukrainian Weekly welcomes letters to the editor and commentaries on a Russian political penetration… Khrushchev is willing to jeopardize the peace of the world variety of topics of concern to the Ukrainian American and Ukrainian Canadian with his threats of war and open Soviet military aid against the ‘imperialist aggressors.’ communities, as well as the Ukrainian diaspora. Opinions expressed by colum- The United States can only answer that threat by a counter threat that Soviet Communist nists, commentators and letter-writers are their own and do not necessarily interference in any form outside the Soviet Union will be met by open and armed reflect the opinions of either The Weekly editorial staff or its publisher, the Ukrainian National Association. (Continued on page 12) No. 40 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2017 7 PERSPECTIVES

BY ANDREW FEDYNSKY

A century of Ukrainian American advocacy Osyp Zinkewych, 1925-2017 Ukrainian-Americans have been advo- Ukrainian Americans and Washington poli- Years ago, I wrote a column dedicated to cating for Ukraine in Washington for a long cymakers, as well as Ukrainians from fathers – including my own, of course, but time, beginning 100 years ago with the Ukraine as Mikhail Gorbachev’s glasnost also those who served as mentors and proclamation of a “Ukrainian Day” by and perestroika took hold. helped to shape the person I’ve become. President Woodrow Wilson based on a And, as we celebrate the 50th anniversa- Premier among them was Osyp Zinkewych, joint congressional resolution. Our com- ry of the Ukainian World Congress this year, the founder and tireless engine who ran munity’s work, especially with the U.S. I especially wish to underscore the vital Smoloskyp for 60-plus years. Beyond ques- Congress, has continued with greater or role during the 1980s and early 1990s tion, he was the most brilliant person I’ve lesser degrees of intensity throughout the played by its Human Rights Commission ever known and I’ve worked with several last century. and specifically its director at the time, extraordinary people. Sadly, my friend, col- Efforts in support of Ukraine continue to Christina Isajiw, who did much to bring to league and inspiration, Zinkewych, passed this day. In some respects, the task has official Washington’s attention Soviet away September 18 at the age of 92. become easier as, since its independence, human rights violations in Ukraine. I first met Zinkewych in 1974 following Ukraine has developed an impressive array I was fortunate to have the opportunity to a presentation he made at a Cleveland-area of friends and supporters in Washington. work with many of these advocacy groups, college about the nascent dissident move- We also have official Ukrainian government initially as an activist in my student days, ment in Ukraine. Soviet Ukraine at the time representation through the Embassy of then later from the other side, if you will, was a totalitarian state. Every printed Ukraine and through numerous visits and while working for the U.S. government at the word, song, painting, public gathering, cin- other interactions between Ukrainian offi- Commission on Security and Cooperation in ematic production – even cookbooks, chil- cials and their U.S. counterparts. Europe (aka the Helsinki Commission). I dren’s nursery rhymes, greeting cards and In other respects, the task has become saw first-hand the tenacity and dedication of symphonic compositions – had to undergo more challenging as there are so many many of these activists, who often volun- censorship and get government approval. issues that require attention in what is a teered considerable time, energy and Informants at school and work monitored very dynamic and multifaceted resources for the cause of a free Ukraine. conversations; agents tested loyalty with Osyp Zinkewych U.S.-Ukraine relationship, especially since And I can assure you that their voice, even provocative dialogue, turning in those who Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in early 2014. prior to independence, was heard in person Zinkewych had recruited. Going failed to denounce them; children were back to his days as a courier in the Therefore, the role of the Ukrainian Congress and even the executive branch. taught to inform on their parents. American community remains as impor- These Ukrainian American volunteer Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists Punishment for “anti-Soviet agitation and (OUN), a student in Paris after World War II tant now as it has ever been, notwithstand- efforts continue to this day. They have been propaganda” was severe – 10 to 15 years in ing the more favorable landscape of strong especially pronounced since the 2013- and then an immigrant to America, he had the Gulag. developed a network of activists in key cit- U.S. support for Ukraine. 2014 Maidan Revolution of Dignity and I got a short glimpse of that ghastly soci- Ukrainian American advocacy has been played a key role in helping to secure many ies in North America – Detroit, Newark, ety in 1970, when, fresh out of college, Baltimore, Cleveland, Toronto, Montreal, manifested in many ways throughout the pieces of legislation that support Ukraine. three of my friends and I visited Ukraine decades. Beginning in the 1950s through For many decades, the bulk of this advoca- Philadelphia, New York, Minneapolis, etc. for 10 days, driving all the way to Kyiv in He also had contacts in Vienna, London, the 1980s, the Ukrainian American com- cy was done principally by the earlier our Volkswagen microbus. Having experi- munity was a lone voice lobbying for the waves of Ukrainian immigrants, particular- Paris; in Argentina and Australia; even enced the police state which was Ukraine, I Bulgaria and Poland; and, of course, in Kyiv, human and national rights of the Ukrainian ly the highly politicized post-World War II had a renewed appreciation for what it was people, given the fact that Ukraine was a generation and their children. Since the Lviv and elsewhere in Ukraine. In due to be an American. course, he inspired hundreds of young peo- captive nation, repressed and isolated by Maidan, the newest wave of immigrants And yet, given my upbringing, Ukraine ple to organize committees dedicated to Moscow. Because it was not independent, has become increasingly engaged – a signif- was close to my heart and what Zinkewych defending Valentyn Moroz and other dissi- Ukraine was a relative terra-incognita on icant factor in helping to re-invigorate com- said that evening in 1974 made a lot of dents. the Washington policy map, as well as for munity advocacy. sense, and I told him so. Zinkewych pointedly dismissed nation- the public at large. Ukrainian Americans While volunteer efforts have always “Who are you,” he asked, “and can we alist slogans about liberating Ukraine with did much to increase consciousness about been necessary, having a professional pres- meet tomorrow?” And so I did, along with weapon in hands as unrealistic and for the the plight of the Ukrainian nation, and even ence in Washington has been vital. my brother Peter. Zinkewych proceeded to found fertile ground working with the U.S. Volunteer efforts, no matter how valuable, world in the 1970s meaningless. “We live recruit us to his cause. Smoloskyp, he said, Congress, which was very supportive prior can only go so far. The UNA’s Washington in an era of events, Andriy,” he told me. was a movement dedicated to supporting to independence and has continued to be a office, which existed during the critically Wherever there’s an event, we have to be dissidents challenging the Soviet Empire, strong friend of Ukraine ever since. important time of 1988-1995, employed there and demand that Ukraine be a part of notwithstanding its iron rule and seeming- The Ukrainian American community’s three paid staffers and was able to accom- it. ly impenetrable walls. The dissidents in efforts became much more pronounced in plish much. UNIS has been a mainstay now And sure enough, he found the people Ukraine, Russia, the Baltic states, the the late 1970s and the 1980s. They were for 40 years, playing an essential role in for that – the Olympics in Mexico City in Caucasus, Poland and elsewhere behind focused on the defense of human and consistently advocating Ukrainian 1968, Munich in ‘72, Montreal in ‘76, Lake the Iron Curtain were a minuscule handful, national rights in Ukraine, notably on American community concerns on the Hill Placid in ‘80, etc. He researched which Zinkewych said, so it was essential that we Helsinki monitors and other political pris- and with the executive branch. Its periodic Soviet athletes were Ukrainian, touted bring their writings to the West, publish oners who were harshly repressed by the Ukrainian Days, when community activists their accomplishments and proclaimed them and amplify their voices with media Soviet regime, on behalf of the banned from around the country gather in that Soviet Ukraine had the right to field its attention and political support from city Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church, and on Washington to meet with their elected rep- councils to Congress, the White House and own Olympic team. I was in Montreal in informing the U.S. government about the resentatives, is among its most worthwhile capital cities around the world. And for 1976 and met a lot of fellow activists – Holodomor. The early 1990s saw a major endeavors. The next one is scheduled for that we need people. young people like me, and older ones like push for U.S. recognition of Ukraine’s inde- October 11. For much of its existence, UNIS I was 26 and adrift when I met Petro Wojtowycz from Baltimore. We pendence. has only had one paid employee, and, as I Zinkewych. Less than two years prior to gained widespread media attention and, Among the more active groups that were have suggested to my friends in the UCCA, that, I was in a serious motorcycle accident we learned, the attention and approval of either based in or often came to Washington would be well-served in having more than many Soviet Ukrainian athletes. were the Ukrainian Congress Committee of one paid position in Washington. in California; a doctor in the car behind me saved my life. Looking back, I realize that There was more. In 1980, Zinkewych America and its Washington office, the An essential presence on the Washington sent a group to the World Conference on Ukrainian National Information Service Ukrainian scene for the last 25 years has psychologically I had to justify being spared and Smoloskyp became the outlet. Women in Copenhagen to protest the (UNIS), the Ukrainian National Association been the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation (USUF), arrests of women activists in Ukraine and (UNA), Americans for Human Rights in part of whose mission is dedicated to When Zinkewych asked me to ghostwrite an introduction to a book Smoloskyp was elsewhere. In 1977, he sent my brother Ukraine (AHRU), Smoloskyp, the strengthening U.S.-Ukraine relations. In and good friend Andrew Hruszkewycz to Philadelphia-based Ukrainian Human contrast to the UCCA, it does not represent preparing, “Boomerang” by Valentyn Moroz, I readily agreed. That would be but Hawaii to the World Psychiatric Meeting Rights Committee and later Ukraine 2000 the Ukrainian American community, where they successfully pushed for a reso- and the Committee to Aid Ukraine, as well although it enjoys the support of many the first of many projects and assignments that not only gave my life meaning, but lution to condemn Soviet abuse of psychia- as several local groups of activists. Ukrainian Americans, as well as other try. Etc., etc. While not an advocacy organization per friends of Ukraine. (Full disclosure: I recent- would utterly change it. I soon discovered I was far from the only Zinkewych had a keen sense for the flow se, The Washington Group of Ukrainian ly joined the USUF board of directors.) of history, putting him at odds with the American professionals also played a key Earlier this year, the foundation initiated diaspora “liberation movement,” their role holding yearly conferences and many Andrew Fedynsky’s e-mail address is other events which brought together (Continued on page 12) [email protected]. (Continued on page 13) 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2017 No. 40 No. 40 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2017 9

FOR THE RECORD Poroshenko’s address at the United Nations Excerpts of the statement by President Mejlis, and to ensure the right for Ukrainian Petro Poroshenko of Ukraine during the citizens to study in the Ukrainian language. General Debate of the 72nd session of the Such disregard of Russia’s international United Nations General Assembly on obligations must receive proper response September 20. The full text was released by from the international community. The the Presidential Administration of Ukraine. international community has to keep a close eye on Crimea to prevent a new geno- Distinguished Mr. President, cide inspired by modern proponents of Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen: Stalin’s totalitarian ideology against the …Let me take this chance to state clearly Crimean Tatars and Ukrainians. that we in Ukraine cannot agree more with I rely on the support of your delegations the call for the sovereignty to be universally for Ukraine’s initiatives to ensure obser- respected and guaranteed. This very con- vance of human rights in the temporarily clusion was timely and rightly raised yes- occupied Crimea, in particular a further terday from this podium. respective UNGA resolution. When the U.N. was set up, it was designed We need to strengthen the international to maintain peace and security in the world regime of de-occupation of Crimea. based on principles of respect for sovereign- The fact that at the highest international ty and integrity of borders. The founding level – the U.N. General Assembly – Russia nations, among those was Ukraine as well, was recognized as an occupying power, aimed at securing the world where the sov- proves that we are on the right track. ereign right of free choice to be respected. The time has come to establish an inter- Presidential Administration of Ukraine So this principle was to be guarded by national group of friends of Ukrainian the P5 [the five permanent members of the President Petro Poroshenko of Ukraine speaks before the U.N. General Assembly on September 20. Crimea to coordinate our common steps. U.N. Security Council] in the name of sus- We count on the coordinated and targeted tainable peace and security. suffering. The occupied Crimean peninsula, Umerov, with serious health problems, support of our international partners. That was the principle that happened to according to human rights activists, has remains under house arrest, not even Militarization of Crimea is another secu- be so blatantly violated against my own turned into a territory of repressions. allowed to leave Crimea for medical treat- rity threat that affects the whole of country by one of the P5. This is the princi- Anyone disagreeing with the Kremlin ment. Southern and Eastern Europe, as well as ple which is to be back on track upon what- risks their freedom and even life. Russia blatantly violates U.N. General North Africa and the Middle East. ever means and tools we have at hand. Ukrainians and Crimean Tatars get Assembly Resolution 71/205, “Situation of Ukraine strongly condemns numerous And Ukraine is a right place to invest arrested even for posts on social networks Human Rights in the Autonomous Republic military exercises conducted in the occu- into this noble endeavor, in the name of or, as it was in case of Crimean farmer of Crimea and the City of Sevastopol.” pied Crimea as well as close to the borders sustainable peace and security. That is Volodymyr Balukh in December 2016, for It keeps ignoring all requests of the of Ukraine, in particular “West-2017” what millions of Ukrainians have struggled putting a Ukrainian national flag on a pri- Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for [Zapad-2017]. for since the beginning of the Russian vate residence. Human Rights to ensure proper and full Together with our neighbors and part- aggression in 2014 in Donbas and Crimea. Persecution of the leaders of the Mejlis – access of international human rights moni- ners, we urge Russia to ensure full compli- A three-year-long war with Russia has the representative organ of Crimean Tatars, toring missions to Crimea. ance with its commitments under the OSCE resulted in 10,000 people killed, 7 percent whose activities were banned by the The Kremlin pays no respect to the pro- Vienna Document and other international of Ukrainian territory occupied, 20 percent Russian occupiers – continues. visional measures of the International rules concerning military activities. of the Ukrainian economy and industrial Only a week ago, Akhtem Chiygoz, depu- Court of Justice imposed on it. The ICJ The security and human rights situation output seized, destroyed or simply stolen. ty head of the Mejlis, was sentenced to urged Russia to refrain from maintaining or in Donbas remains no less dramatic than in However, the most horrific thing in this eight years of prison for standing up imposing limitations on the ability of the Crimea. situation is that the Kremlin has conscious- against the Russian occupation. Crimean Tatar community to conserve its ly chosen the tactics of increasing human Another deputy head of the Mejlis, Ilmi representative institutions, including the (Continued on page 16) Statement by Dalia Grybauskaite at U.N. Statement by President Dalia Abuses and indifference to basic interna- Grybauskaite of the Republic of Lithuania at tional norms by regimes across the world the General Debate of the United Nations are not unrelated cases. Too often they are General Assembly on September 19. The text a result of our collective failure to condemn was published by Euromaidan Press. and properly react to violations. Time and time again we have no courage Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen: to enforce the rules that we ourselves cre- The topic of this year’s debate invites to ate. We draw red lines in the sand and then focus on people and our responsibility to pretend they don’t exist. ensure their peaceful and sustainable future. This has to change. Bullies are aggres- However, in today’s world such peaceful sive precisely because they are weak and future is threatened as never before. insecure. That is why we must stop being Authoritarian regimes continue to kill passive observers and start calling things with impunity, extremist ideologies treat by their own names. innocent people with unspeakable cruelty, Aggression cannot make anyone stron- and thousands die after leaving their ger. It can never earn anyone even a drop of homes in search for better lives. respect. The only thing the aggression will The world’s attention is now focused on bring is contempt, shame and condemna- North Korea and Syria, but the same meth- tion. ods of blackmail, bullying and aggression The international community has to take are being used by Russia in Ukraine and its share of responsibility. We cannot let fear along NATO’s eastern border. Robertas Dačkus/Office of the President of the Republic of Lithuania win by closing our eyes to violators, because As we speak, around 100,000 Russian Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaite addresses the U.N. General Assembly on it will only encourage them to go further. September 19. troops are engaged in offensive military We must learn to read the warning signs, exercises Zapad 2017 on the borders of the the West. and uses its “sputniks” to spread fake news because abuse of human rights, nationalis- Baltic states, Poland and even in the Arctic. Despite Russia’s special responsibility to and destabilizing propaganda. tic rhetoric and suppression of free speech The Kremlin is rehearsing aggressive sce- protect international peace as permanent Energy blackmail has long become explode into violence if ignored. narios against its neighbors, training its member of the Security Council, it violated Russia’s weapon of choice. In Belarus, just Finally, we must change the U.N. This army to attack the West. The exercise is the U.N. Charter by attacking Georgia, ille- 40 kilometers from Lithuania’s capital, it is unique universal body was created to save also part of information warfare aimed at gally annexing Crimea and directly partici- building the unsafe Astravets nuclear the world from wars. So far it has failed to spreading uncertainty and fear. pating in the war in eastern Ukraine. power plant as a geopolitical weapon that fulfill this promise. Even more disturbingly, the Zapad exer- The Kremlin’s arsenal does not stop at fails to comply with basic international Now we face the choice: either we give cise is just one symptom of the Kremlin’s conventional weapons. Russia continues to nuclear standards. this organization the voice to rise against inability to finally end its hatred towards meddle in elections, conducts cyberattacks Ladies and Gentlemen, the abuse or we will make it irrelevant. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2017 No. 40 No. 40 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2017 11 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2017 No. 40

the main language used across the country ing Mr. Semena would not be imprisoned Needed: independent anti-corruption court for school classes above the fifth grade. unless he violates the terms of the verdict. NEWSBRIEFS Transparency International on Hungary, Moldova and Russia have also The separatism charge stems from an arti- September 20 called on Ukraine to create an (Continued from page 2) denounced the legislation, calling for it to be cle Mr. Semena wrote for RFE/RL’s Krym. independent anti-corruption court to revised. Around 8 million Russians, making Realii (Crimea Realities) website in 2015. Speaking on the sidelines of the United strengthen the country’s efforts to fight cor- up some 17 per cent of the population, are The Kremlin-installed prosecutor in Crimea Nations General Assembly meeting in New ruption. Ukrainian President Petro the largest minority in Ukraine. There are an charged that the article had called for the York, he said, “We have many Romanians in Poroshenko has proposed creating an anti- estimated 140,000 ethnic Hungarians living violation of Russia’s territorial integrity. Ukraine.” Mr. Iohannis said that he and Mr. corruption chamber within the current in Ukraine. Ukrainian officials reject charges (RFE/RL) Poroshenko had planned a visit together in court system. But the anti-corruption watch- that minority languages will be sidelined. Ukraine’s western region of Bukovyna, dog group said that would not win the trust They note that the law guarantees students DNR opens office in France where many ethnic Romanians live. of Ukrainians. “Ukraine should adopt an from national minorities of Ukraine the right Ukraine’s ethnic Romanian minority num- Envoys of the Russia-backed separatists independent anti-corruption court to to study in municipal institutions using their bers some 400,000 people. “The legislation in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region have ensure that nepotism and cronyism play no language along with Ukrainian. It says class- comes at the wrong time and the entire opened up a new representative office in part in how justice is delivered in Ukraine. es for students from national minorities approach, as far as I am concerned, needs to the southern French city of Marseille. The President Poroshenko understands the should be taught in their languages as well be questioned,” Mr. Iohannis said. He center, which was formally unveiled on urgency of the situation, but his proposal of as Ukrainian. (RFE/RL’s Moldova Service, described his decision as “an extremely... September 25, was the latest effort by sepa- a chamber within the current system will with reporting by Agepress.ro, AP, Interfax tough diplomatic signal.” The Romanian ratist officials to try and legitimize their not work,” said Jose Ugaz, chairman of and DPA) president said he personally told Mr. authority in eastern Ukraine, where war Transparency International. “People do not Poroshenko about his decision when he met RFE/RL condemns Semena verdict broke out in March 2014. The office of the trust the judiciary to hold the powerful to him on the sidelines of the U.N. General so-called Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) account because the courts have shied away Assembly in New York, adding that Mr. RFE/RL President Thomas Kent has was organized with the help of a small from this in the past,” he said. Unlike many Poroshenko was in “a pensive mood” after condemned the sentence of Crimean jour- right-wing French political party known as European countries, the group said Ukraine his discussion with Mr. Iohannis. Romania nalist Mykola Semena, describing it as “part the National Center of Independents and does not have a judicial system with a repu- has withdrawn an invitation for the speaker of an orchestrated effort by Russian author- Peasants. Hubert Fayard, who heads a tation for independent and fair justice based of the Ukrainian Parliament, Andriy Parubiy, ities in Crimea to silence independent voic- branch of the party and is heading the new on the rule of law. “There is no reasonable to visit Bucharest, Mr. Iohannis said. He also es.” On September 22, a court on Ukraine’s center, said the goal was to “inform French alternative to the anti-corruption court. said he had withdrawn an invitation for Mr. occupied Crimean peninsula found RFE/RL people of developments in the Donbas,” the With proper political will from the president Poroshenko to visit Bucharest. The bill, contributor Mr. Semena guilty on a separat- region encompassing much of the eastern and Parliament in place, the court can be approved on September 5 by the Verkhovna ism charge. The court handed him a two- Ukrainian industrial heartland. “France, as established within a reasonable time. Rada, says the Ukrainian language will be and-a-half-year suspended sentence, mean- we know, does not officially recognize [the Political will is the key ingredient and that is separatists in the Donbas] but this does not what we are missing now,” said Yaroslav prevent us from this activity, from inform- Yurchyshyn, executive director of ing people, establishing humanitarian con- Transparency International Ukraine. To tacts,” Mr. Fayard was quoted by the ensure the court cannot be undermined by Russian state-run news agency TASS as special interests, the group said judges TO PLACE YOUR AD CALL Walter Honcharyk (973) 292-9800 x3040 saying. A spokesman for France’s Foreign should be elected through open competi- or e-mail [email protected] Affairs Ministry last week said the govern- tion. Also, it said the court and its judges ment had no plans to recognize the new should be provided with security details and center in Marseille. According to TASS, sim- receive adequate resources and compensa- SERVICES PROFESSIONALS ilar centers have been opened in other tion to ensure independence. (RFE/RL) European countries including Finland, Yanukovych’s justice minister detained МАРІЯ ДРИЧ Greece, and Italy. An office in the eastern Ліцензований Продавець Czech city of Ostrava was shut down in Ukraine’s prosecutor-general has said Страхування Життя June after the Ukrainian Foreign Affairs that former pro-Russian President Viktor МАRІA DRICH Ministry sent a note of protest. (RFE/RL, Licensed Life Insurance Agent with reporting by TASS) (Continued on page 13) Ukrainian National Assn., Inc. 2200 Route 10, Parsippany, NJ 07054 Tel.: 973-292-9800 ext. 3011 are not sure and they remember the les- e-mail: [email protected] Turning... sons of Budapest and the repercussions within the Soviet army itself and in (Continued from page 6) Ukraine, they will hesitate and without a OPPORTUNITIES American support for the endangered blow haul in their horns. The defeat given countries and that the entrance into those to the United States by the launching of countries’ governments of Russian- Sputnik may be salutary in that it leads the Earn extra income! dominated Communist representatives will United States once more to drop its illu- The Ukrainian Weekly is looking be answered by bombs upon Moscow and sions that all is well in the world. It should for advertising sales agents. the liberation of all the non-Russian have the effect of a Pearl Harbor to con- For additional information contact oppressed people within the Soviet Empire. vince the United States that freedom is indi- Walter Honcharyk, Advertising Manager, “This may seem the way to the holo- visible and that the world cannot exist half The Ukrainian Weekly, 973-292-9800, ext 3040. caust. It will be, if the Russian Soviet lead- slave and half free.” ers in the Kremlin are sure of the loyalty of their slaves, are sure that they have Source: “The meaning of Sputnik,” by crushed the last spark of the human crav- Clarence A. Manning, The Ukrainian Weekly, ing for freedom within their domain. If they October 19, 1957.

advocate for maintaining, and even increas- A century... ing, U.S. assistance to Ukraine. Please take a look at these recommendations and view a (Continued from page 7) recent Friends of Ukraine Network Capitol a Friends of Ukraine Network (FOUN), Hill briefing with the participation of House which includes a number of former ambas- Ukraine Caucus co-chairs and task force sadors and other former officials from the representatives by going to the USUF web- State Department, U.S. Agency for site: www.usukraine.org. International Development, Defense These recommendations can serve as an Department and Congress, as well as invaluable aid for both community organi- experts from think-tanks and representa- zations and individual contacts with mem- tives of key NGOs involved with Ukraine. bers of Congress in the coming weeks as Separate task forces came up with policy the budget for the next year is discussed. recommendations for U.S. assistance to Contact your senators and congressman, Ukraine in four areas: national security, thank them for their past support, and ask economy and energy, humanitarian issues, that they continue to provide adequate and democracy and civil society. assistance to help Ukraine counter Russian About a dozen Ukrainian-American orga- aggression in Ukraine, help the victims of nizations have endorsed these serious, sub- Vladimir Putin’s war, and support Ukraine’s stantive recommendations, including the continued economic, democratic and rule- Ukrainian World Congress and the UCCA. of-law efforts to integrate with the With the probability of cuts in the U.S. bud- European and trans-Atlantic community. get for foreign assistance, it is incumbent Let’s continue the longstanding tradition upon the Ukrainian American community to of advocacy at an especially crucial time. No. 40 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2017 13

Kazakh citizen gets suspended sentence ment said. Ukraine’s military prosecutor’s Some 1,200 Ukrainian firefighters were office said investigators were treating the working to contain the blaze, UNIAN report- NEWSBRIEFS A court in northeastern Kazakhstan has explosions and fire as an act of sabotage, ed. Witnesses said that after an initial loud (Continued from page 12) handed down a suspended prison sentence Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) spokes- explosion, bright flashes were visible in the to a local man convicted of fighting along- woman Olena Hitlyanska said on September night sky. Witnesses said the sound of explo- Yanukovych’s justice minister has been side Russia-backed separatists in eastern detained over allegations that he participated 27. Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman, sions could be heard as far away as Kyiv. A Ukraine. Authorities in the city of Semei in an illegal coup d’état in 2010. A court in who arrived in Vinnytsia hours after the volunteer of the Avtoevrozile organization of said on September 20 that the man, whose Kyiv has placed Oleksandr Lavrynovych, 61, blast, said that “external factors” were Vinnytsia, Ihor Rumyantsev, said that he saw name was not disclosed, was convicted of in provisional detention for 60 days, behind the incident. National Police chief about 10 buses arrive to evacuate people. illegally participating in armed conflicts Ukrainian Prosecutor-General Yuriy Vyacheslav Abroskin said in a statement on Early on September 27, Mr. Rumyantsev said abroad, illegally possessing firearms, and Lutsenko said in a statement on September September 27 that hundreds of police offi- the explosions started to increase, doubling gave him a three-and-a-half-year suspend- 15. Mr. Lavrynovych is accused of having par- cers from surrounding regions were provid- in size, prompting people to hide in their cel- ed sentence. According to the authorities, ticipated in a coup d’état due to his role in ing security and safe evacuation of people at lars. Trains going through Kalynivka were the man joined the separatists in Ukraine’s pushing for the adoption of a controversial the site. Some 600 National Guard troops rerouted, according to oblast authorities. eastern region of Donetsk in July 2016 and constitutional reform that increased the pow- were deployed to the area to assist with the Residents posted video online showing ers of the president. The reform was adopted fought against Ukrainian government forc- evacuation of the residents and to ensure what appeared to be a fire burning, lights in 2010 by Ukraine’s Constitutional Court, es until December 2016. At least three the protection of their property from loot- flashing and smoke billowing into the night but not by the Verkhovna Rada, making it ille- other Kazakh citizens have been jailed in ers, the National Guard said in a statement. sky. (RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service) gal, according to Mr. Lutsenko. The pro-West- Kazakhstan on similar charges since fight- ern opposition in Ukraine at the time said the ing between government forces and sepa- ratists broke out in eastern Ukraine in April reforms amounted to a coup d’état. Unlike his basement office/library in Ellicott City, 2014. In November 2016, a court in the other top officials from Mr. Yanukovych’s pro- Osyp Zinkewych... Md., he continued his work, calling people northwestern city of Aqtobe sentenced one Russia government, Mr. Lavrynovych across area codes, time zones and conti- of them, Maksim Yermolov, to three years in (Continued from page 7) remained in Ukraine after pro-European pro- nents, or at his typewriter. Often, he was on prison. (RFE/RL, based on reporting by tests in February 2014 forced out Mr. mindset stuck in the 1930s and ‘40s. In the road spreading the word and raising Yk-news.kz and KazTAG) Yanukovych, who fled to Russia, where he 1976, the United States and 34 other coun- money for his exploits. lives in exile. The ex-president is on trial in Sentenced for fighting with separatists tries signed the Helsinki Accords recogniz- When Ukrainian independence came in absentia in Kyiv, accused of high treason and ing post-World War II boundaries and 1991, Zinkewych and his wonderfully sup- A court has sentenced a Belarusian man having violated the territorial integrity of political realities in Europe in exchange for portive wife, Nadia, moved to Kyiv and to a two-year suspended sentence for fight- Ukraine. (RFE/RL, based on reporting by AFP, Soviet acceptance of human rights. opened the Smoloskyp center in the Podil ing alongside Russia-backed separatists in RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service and Interfax) Diaspora nationalists rejected the accords neighborhood. When I visited them in eastern Ukraine. The court in the eastern as illegitimate because they effectively 1993, they greeted me with a bottle of Explosion injures two pilgrims in Uman city of Vitebsk, Belarus, on September 26 rewarded Moscow for its aggression – champagne. I don’t remember whether I found Alyaksey Yarshou, 29, guilty of ille- A celebration of Rosh Hashanah in the which was true. Zinkewych, for his part, brought flowers – I hope so – but I do gally participating in armed conflicts central Ukrainian city of Uman has been saw Helsinki as an opportunity and remember how Zinkewych, always charm- abroad. The trial was held behind closed marred by an explosion that authorities say embraced it. He promptly got in touch with ing and engaging, would stop for a bouquet doors. The prosecution is the first known lightly injured two Israeli pilgrims. Ukraine’s Mykola Rudenko, head of the Writers whenever we visited a friend or benefactor. case involving a Belarusian citizen found to National Police said that an unidentified Union in Soviet Ukraine and co-founder of Once in Ukraine, Zinkewych organized be fighting alongside separatists, whom explosive device went off early in the morn- the Ukrainian Helsinki Group and set up an annual literary competition for young Russia has backed with irregular forces and ing on September 21 in a garage near the site the Helsinki Guarantees for Ukraine authors. Over the past quarter century, heavy weaponry. In two earlier cases, two where pilgrims are celebrating the Jewish Committee in Washington as a counterpart hundreds saw their poetry and prose pub- New Year. A 13-year-old boy from lsrael sus- Belarusian men were found guilty of fight- ing alongside Ukraine’s armed forces in the organization. lished for the first time. Smoloskyp also tained cuts on his left hand and was treated In the spirit of Baskets Two and Three of hosted thousands of creative young people by medical personnel, and an Israeli man conflict, which has killed at least 10,000 people since erupting more than three the Helsinki Accords regarding human at an annual seminar-conference in Irpin who was hit by debris from the blast refused rights and personal exchanges, he clandes- outside of Kyiv and, as Zinkewych had medical assistance, the police said in a state- years ago. Large-scale fighting in the region, known as the Donbas, has mainly tinely secured and published the founding throughout his entire adult life, published ment. Followers of the Breslov Hasidic move- memoranda of the Ukrainian Helsinki books and periodicals. ment come to Uman every year to mark the ebbed, though outbreaks of intense fighting Group, organized warm welcomes for tour- The man’s productivity was staggering. Jewish New Year by praying at the grave of have periodically broken out. (RFE/RL’s ing groups from Ukraine and, above all, Under his leadership, Smoloskyp published the movement’s founder, Reb Nachman, who Belarus Service) promoted the principal demand of the more than 500 books; some of those he died there in 1810. More than 30,000 pil- Huge ammo-depot blast in Ukraine Kyiv-based group: that Soviet Ukraine, as a wrote himself, many more he edited and grims from 14 countries came this year for U.N. member, be included as an indepen- hundreds he prepared of authors and top- the ceremonies, which end on September 22. Massive explosions at an ammunition dent country in the Helsinki process. ics banned in Soviet Ukraine – e.g., a five- By the Jewish calendar, the year 5778 started depot in central Ukraine have prompted the Ironically, both Ukrainian nationalists and volume set of Mykola Khvyliovy’s complete at sunset on September 20. The number of evacuation of more than 30,000 people and pilgrims traveling to Uman for Rosh the closure of airspace over the region, the the Kremlin, approaching the issue from works from the 1920s and ’30s, the legacy Hashanah has increased dramatically since country’s emergency response agency has ideologically divergent positions, opposed of the Berezil Theater in Kyiv from the Ukraine gained independence in the 1991 said. The blasts late on September 26 this demand, precisely what got Rudenko same era; essays, poetry and memoranda collapse of the Soviet Union and made it sparked a blaze at the depot near Kalynivka and fellow Ukrainian Helsinki Group mem- of dissidents from the 1960s, ’70s and ’80s. much easier for most foreigners to enter the in the Vinnytsia region, some 270 kilome- ber Oleksa Tykhy arrested. He documented and published accounts of country. (RFE/RL) ters west of Kyiv, the September 27 state- In response, Zinkewych sent a group of Ukrainian clergy murdered or repressed by us to Belgrade for the 1977 follow-up con- the KGB, compiled an Encyclopedia of the ference to stage a press conference Dissident Movement and established an THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE denouncing the repression of Soviet archive to preserve their legacy. Less than a Ukrainian citizens who were supporting year ago, he published his diary notes. OF THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION the Helsinki process. Before I left for Friends tell me he was still working weeks announces that its Yugoslavia with a suitcase full of docu- before his passing. ments, I met with Zinkewych at the airport I was privileged to have worked closely DETROIT DISTRICT FALL ORGANIZING MEETING hotel in Cleveland. The best outcome, he with Osyp Zinkewych for nearly two said, was for someone to get arrested. And decades. I never saw him in a hurry, in a will be held on that’s what happened. It became interna- panic, on an ego trip. He was a humble Saturday, October 21, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. tional news, whereupon Zinkewych set up man, utterly focused on his immediate goal a tour of cities to capitalize on the event – whatever that was – and ultimate mis- at the Ukrainian Cultural Center and focus more light on the plight of sion: the independence of Ukraine. I saw 26601 Ryan Rd. Warren, MI Ukrainian dissidents. For me personally, him do grunt labor (carrying boxes) when the arrest opened the door to a Capitol Hill that was needed; cutting and pasting col- Obligated to attend the organizing meeting career. umns with scissors and glue (before com- are District Committee O cers, Convention Delegates I can go on and on about the exploits of puters). He was confident talking to dissi- and two delegates from the following Branches: Zinkewych, so please forgive me for break- dents, congressmen, journalists, presidents 82, 174, 175, 292, 341 ing with the discipline of a half-page col- of Ukraine and thousands of young people umn and allow me to continue. whose lives he touched, including mine. All UNA members are welcome as guests at the meeting. Osyp Zinkewych’s obituary describes At our first meeting, Zinkewcyh told him as a chemist and publisher. And yes: he Petro and me how essential it was to dispel Meeting will be attended by : supported his family working in a lab the sense of hopelessness associated with Yuriy Symczyk, UNA National Secretary developing cleaning products. How confronting the Soviet Empire. We can pre- Roma Lisovich, UNA Treasurer American is that? But his primary focus vail, he insisted, and with his characteristic was Ukraine. I often fielded his calls while optimism was confident the movement DISTRICT COMMITTEE he had idle time at work, waiting for some would succeed. Osyp Zinkewych’s life Dr. Alexander Serafyn , District Chairman solution to come to completion. Invariably, deserves a book; indeed, a movie. Ukraine Olya Hnatievych, Secretary the calls involved an emergency transla- is different, and better, because of him and Olha Maruschak, Treasurer tion, a letter to Congress, a lecture at a uni- the beautiful, productive life he led. May his versity or a press release. Getting home to memory be eternal! 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2017 No. 40

rolls) and varenyky (stuffed dumplings). Daughter... And nanna [grandmother] was a fantastic cook.” (Continued from page 1) An indelible father-to-daughter lesson ful embroidered blouse, a five-course meal took place during the six years that she and access to church records about her lived in Europe with her father starting in family that were kept safely hidden during 1957 and included schooling in Lausanne the times of oppressive Soviet rule. (Switzerland), Berlin and Rome. Part of the “I think it was a display of pride of the reason they moved was that the actor was whole town. That one of their own had a tired of being typecast in roles as a villain, son who made it. Listen, to go from a coal or as Ms. Palance said, “No escape from the miner to a movie star is a big deal,” Ms. bad guy.” Palance, a mother of two adult children age They had been living in Switzerland near 30 and 28, said. “My father, he had the work the family of Charlie Chaplin around the ethic that Ukrainians have that I’ve wit- time of her upcoming seventh or eighth nessed here. Driving to and from the vil- birthday, Ms. Palance said, when her father lage, everybody is out in the fields. Even on gave her a “beautiful doll in Ukrainian dress the Saturday when we drove back, people and then my father said: I have a bunch of on their own plots working on the week- these dolls. We’re going to the orphanage ends. I was so impressed.” and we’re going to hand these out.” Courtesy of Holly Palance A former actress herself, Ms. Palance The act had a profound effect on her, so Holly Palance in Lviv, at the top of Vysokyi Zamok, or Castle Hill, which overlooks the city. said she had no assumptions prior to visit- much so that it featured prominently in a ing this part of her ancestry, located 144 blog she wrote for Huffington Post on miles south of Lviv. Her mother has English- January 12, 2012, which was dedicated to Scottish roots. her father. “I didn’t know what to expect. I’ve main- “That had an amazing effect on me. tained an open mind. I was told I had a [dis- Instilling the principle of giving to others. tant] cousin, Lida [Palahniuk]. In the Oscar Instilling the emotional act of giving dolls speech [on March 30, 1992, my father], he with Ukrainian dress in Switzerland,” she said my name is Volodymyr Palahniuk. The told The Ukrainian Weekly. only time I took that in was in the village of The profundity of having Ukrainian heri- Ivane-Zolote.” tage would strike once again when her She also gave an impromptu perfor- father rejected the title of a “Russian mance with her cousin Lida, who lives in People’s Choice Award” during a cultural nearby Zalishchyky, during the village visit. festival in Los Angeles on June 11, 2004, They sang two folk songs that Ms. Palance’s that was supported by Russian President father had taught her: “Hrav by ya Banduru” Vladimir Putin and sponsored by his coun- (I’d Play a Bandura) and “Rozluka” try’s Ministry of Culture. (Separation). Although she hadn’t accompanied her Standing at six-feet, Ms. Palance also father, “It wasn’t until he ‘won’ that award inherited her 6-foot-4 father’s protruding that I fully understood the passion he had Holly Palance (center) inside the village’s Ukrainian Greek-Catholic church with her high cheekbones and wide, bright eyes. for his heritage. I thought it was pretty great,” Ms. Palance recalled. husband, Robert Wallace (left), the priest, and the mayor standing next to him on More shared attributes include the strong September 15. will, hard work ethic and humble attitude After being introduced, according to an that Mr. Palance had. account by the National Tribune (that belong here. It’s best if we leave.” and they became best friends there in New “When I was a little girl I was aware that appeared also in The Ukrainian Weekly), Part of his four-person entourage was York. my father had Ukrainian ancestry because Mr. Palance said: “I feel I walked into the Peter Borisow, president of the Hollywood “Christopher was a great guy,” Ms. we – we lived in Los Angeles – but we room by mistake… but I have nothing to do Trident Foundation, an advocacy group Palance recalled. “I met him one day on the would go to Pennsylvania to visit my grand- with Russia or Russian film. My parents formed under Mr. Palance’s leadership. set, and he was blonde. Then they took him parents,” Ms. Palance said. “[There] we ate were born in Ukraine. I’m Ukrainian. I’m Ms. Palance said, “There was dead away, and a half-hour later he had dark hair. different food… holubtsi (stuffed cabbage not Russian. So, excuse me, but I don’t silence, and it was a big theater and they He was a real actor. He wanted to work on had to walk all the way out.” the scene, he wanted to talk about motiva- Still, her life “was formed from all the tion, music… a lovely guy – and we stayed times I spent in Europe,” she said. friends.” So when she turned 19, Ms. Palance By the late 1980s, roles had become announced that she would attend a three- scarce. Ms. Palance’s last movie appearance year course at drama school in London. was in the 1989 thriller “Cast the First While there, her grandmother, Anna Stone” – so she decided to switch careers (Gramiak) Palahniuk, who hailed from the and enter journalism. Lviv Oblast area, died. When Ms. Palance “For me, in the year that I quit acting, I was 5, her grandfather, John (Ivan) came in second on three major screen Palahniuk, died in 1955 of lung disease tests,” she said. “I just thought, if I’m not after working 39 years in the mines, going to be at that level, then I would rather according to an Associated Press obituary do something else. Writing and reading and of Jack Palance. journalism was a huge interest of mine, and She went into acting after that with a I got married, I had two children… It just notable role in the 1976 film “The Omen” as made sense to me.” an ill-destined young nanny alongside Around this time, she escorted her Gregory Peck and Lee Remick. father to the Academy Awards ceremony Her most memorable role, however, was on March 30, 1992. Mr. Palance had earned playing alongside Robin Williams in the his third Oscar nomination for supporting Holly Palance was greeted in her grandfather’s village with a school concert on September 15. 1986 comedy “The Best of Times.” actor – this time for playing the mythic Playing Mr. Williams’ wife, she said: “He cowboy Curly in “City Slickers” that fea- was the funniest man. And [after] a number tured the previous year. of takes they had to say, ‘cut.’ I was laughing That evening, Ms. Palance knocked on so hard. They had to re-write [the script at her father’s bedroom door to notify him one point] and he said, ‘I will now do songs that their car had arrived. Opening the of Aretha Franklin as sung by Prince door, he appeared in a silver suit and not in Charles.’ You could only imagine.” the customary tuxedo for such an event. His She also fondly recalls conducting screen tuxedo jacket had a rip on the back vertical tests with Christopher Reeves for the 1978 seam – a foreshadowing of what would movie “Superman” at the behest of director happen later that night when he finally won Richard Donner, who had directed her in the award – so off they went “The Omen.” His cast member in the movie, Billy She accepted the job, but also asked, Crystal, was hosting the Academy Awards “How come I can’t be Lois Lane?” that night. Given her strong-willed persona, the After receiving the Oscar statuette, Mr. director replied, “Let me be honest with Palance, then 73 years old, dropped to the you, you’re a wonderful actress, but you stage while doing one-armed push-ups, don’t look like you need a Superman,” Ms. much to the astonishment of his daughter. Palance recounted of the director’s reply Always looking at him as a father first, referring to her lack of natural vulnerability. Ms. Palance said, “I don’t know if I could Holly Palance, daughter of Oscar-winning actor Jack Palance (Palahniuk), stands Working with Mr. Reeves was rewarding, handle this,” to actor Timothy Dalton, who with the mayor and his family in the village of Ivane-Zolote in Ternopil Oblast on she said. Mr. Reeves and Mr. Williams were September 15. roommates at the Juilliard acting school, (Continued on page 15) No. 40 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2017 15

possibility of further support for Ukraine’s Ukraine. At best, it will follow the Ukraine to help reform the country’s police Ukrainian Canadian... military, including – it is believed – a role Americans,” said Mr. Grod, a former invest- and judiciary, and develop a system of for Canada in a U.N. peacekeeping mission. ment banker and corporate lawyer, who regional government. But those programs (Continued from page 1) Mr. Grod said that Mr. Poroshenko views now runs a Canadian energy company end over the next two years, and the “Canada has the experience and the his- Canada as playing a pivotal role in Ukraine’s called Rodan. Trudeau government has not committed to tory of peacekeeping and is best positioned future. “I think the president of Ukraine is “Canada doesn’t want to get in front of renewing them. to do this,” said UCC President Paul Grod, starting to recognize the strategic impor- the largest member of NATO and without Mr. Grod explained that in a meeting this who raised the issue in a discussion with tance of Canada,” the UCC president said. the support of the Five Eyes [the intelli- summer with UCC officials, Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau and President “Unfortunately, what happened histori- gence alliance comprising Canada, the U.S., International Development Minister Marie- Poroshenko following their meeting on the cally is that Canada has always been looked the United Kingdom, Australia and New Claude Bibeau, who oversees international margins of the Invictus Games in Toronto, at as a middle power, and I think the presi- Zealand], which all tend to move in tan- technical assistance, said that “there is no an international sporting competition for dent of Ukraine has finally realized that dem.” money for continuing these programs in injured soldiers that both leaders attended. Canada, although a middle power in terms He suspects the U.S. may be using any Ukraine. The government’s focus will be on Canadian involvement in U.N. peace- of its military strength and capacity, very weapons shipments to Ukraine as “a bit of a helping the poorest, and on women and keeping missions is almost synonymous much helps influence and moves the agen- stick” against Russia, which wants any children.” with the country’s identity, thanks in large da of the big powers, and it makes a lot of peacekeeping operation restricted to moni- “That’s a big deviation from the previous part to a future Canadian prime minister, sense for Ukraine to be working through toring the front line between Russian- [Harper] government. The current govern- Lester B. Pearson, who won the Nobel Canada to bring the international commu- backed separatist forces and the Ukrainian ment has taken a completely different Peace Prize for helping to resolve the Suez nity onside.” military in the Donbas. approach to international technical assis- Crisis in 1956 through his idea of a peace- Mr. Grod said he also believes that a signifi- “The Americans may be taking the posi- tance, where its foreign-policy priorities don’t keeping force, which at the time also cant part of Canada’s clout rests with Prime tion that if Russia doesn’t agree to a U.N. seem to line up with its international funding involved Canadian troops. Minister Trudeau’s “star power on the inter- peacekeeping mission, it will then arm focus. It doesn’t make sense,” he noted. That history, along with today’s geopoliti- national stage” that augments his govern- Ukraine,” said Mr. Grod. Mr. Grod said he got a “non-answer” from cal reality, makes Canada better suited to lead ment’s “very clear” foreign-policy position on In an exclusive interview with Canadian Mr. Trudeau when he raised the issue with a U.N. mission in Ukraine than the United Ukraine, as articulated particularly by Broadcasting Corp. (CBC) television news him in New York City on September 19 States, France or Germany, said Mr. Grod. Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland, a on September 23, President Poroshenko when the two, along with Minister Freeland, “The Trump administration is very Ukrainian Canadian, who was promoted to rejected Russia’s proposal to only protect sat together at an awards dinner at which unpredictable in terms of where it’s going the senior Cabinet post earlier this year. monitors from the Organization for the prime minister received a Global Citizen to be positioned vis-à-vis Russia, Ukraine As a result, President Poroshenko sees Security and Cooperation in Europe near Award from the Atlantic Council, a and the rest of Europe, and is not in the Canada as “one of the more stable and reli- the battlefield there to ensure the 2014 Washington-based American think tank best position to bring together a coordinat- able partners right now” for Ukraine, said Minsk Protocol to end the war is on track. focused on global affairs that also promotes ed effort by the international community,” Mr. Grod. He said he also asked Prime Minister a strong and independent Ukraine. he said in an interview. Still, there are Ukrainian and UCC Trudeau to restart a satellite imagery-shar- Mr. Trudeau said that, “it’s something “France has the drive and the interest to requests to the Canadian government that ing program with Ukraine’s military that that we need to continue to look at,” move this forward, but I think Ukraine is have not been fully answered. the former Conservative government began recalled Mr. Grod, who nonetheless believes probably pretty low on the foreign-policy During President Poroshenko’s recent in 2015 but which the current Liberal gov- the prime minister is “doing a great job on list for the French.” Canadian visit, Prime Minister Trudeau ernment ended the following year. the Ukraine file.” (The UCC was one of the Mr. Grod explained that Germany will be said his government would add Ukraine to RADARSAT-2 images would help Ukraine proponents of Mr. Trudeau receiving and preoccupied with domestic issues in at the Automatic Firearms Country Control “implement the Minsk agreement, to have accepting the Global Citizen Award from least the short term following the recent List, a process that began under former evidence that Russia moved their tanks, the Atlantic Council, which the congress German election that has left re-elected Conservative Prime Minister Stephen artillery systems [and] multi-rocket launch also supports through funding the council’s Chancellor Angela Merkel scrambling to Harper’s government in 2015 that would systems,” Mr. Poroshenko told CBC’s Ukraine in Europe Initiative.) assemble a coalition to govern in light of a allow Canadian weapons manufacturers to Rosemary Barton. “But our job is to point out where there historic showing by the right-wing sell and ship arms to Ukraine. Among the president’s other “asks,” are inconsistencies and how we can move Alternative for Germany party. Mr. Trudeau said that Ukraine would according to Mr. Grod, is that Mr. Poroshenko different agendas forward,” added the UCC “When you look at the other nations “absolutely” be added to that list, but told be invited to the next G-7 summit to be held president, who pointed to such incongruity that could potentially take the lead on a reporters at his news conference with Mr. in the Canadian province of Quebec next June in Mr. Trudeau’s remarks at the awards gala. U.N. peacekeeping mission, Canada – politi- Poroshenko that “a series of criteria” first and press the government leaders of the “Worldwide, the long-established interna- cally – is the most stable, has support for “have to be reached,” without providing any Group of Seven countries and the European tional order is being tested. With Russia’s ille- Ukraine from all political parties in Canada, detail. However, it’s believed likely to hap- Union, which also participates in the annual gal annexation of Crimea and encroachment and has the opportunity to bring peace to pen by the time Ukrainian Prime Minister meeting, to take a leadership role in sup- in Ukraine, we have seen the first major terri- Ukraine,” Mr. Grod said. Volodymyr Groysman visits Canada in late porting Ukraine’s political and economic torial seizure in Europe since the Second “We’re trying to press on the prime min- October. development and reforms. World War,” the prime minister said. “This is ister that all the stars have lined up for On a government-to-government basis, But Mr. Grod is concerned about a “dis- not the time for retrenchment. It is a time for Canada to take the lead on this, and an Ukraine has also asked Canada to provide connect” between Canada’s foreign-policy the Atlantic democracies to renew our com- opportunity for Mr. Trudeau to be a Lester lethal-aid assistance in the form of defensive objectives regarding Ukraine and the mitment to universal standards of rights and B. Pearson in terms of his leadership on the weapons. But Mr. Grod believes Canada is amount of money the Canadian govern- liberty, enforced through a multilateral rules- global stage in bringing peace to a conflict awaiting President Donald Trump’s signoff ment needs to allocate toward helping based order that has promoted peace and that has been ongoing for the last three to authorize the U.S. equipping Ukraine with Ukraine maintain its sovereignty and terri- stability and stood the test of time.” years,” he added. arms, as U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis torial integrity. Mr. Grod commented: “If that’s his for- Following the Ukrainian president’s visit said this was under consideration during his He explained that Canada has provided eign-policy focus, then he needs to put to Canada, Harjit Sajjan, Canada’s defense visit to Kyiv last month. about $50 million ($40 million U.S.) a year money behind that – and that’s where it minister, traveled to Ukraine to explore the “Canada will not take the lead on arming in international technical assistance to seems to be disconnected.”

zine, ESPN, ABC News and Rocky Mountain Keeping in-line with what she calls a Asked what kind of connection she may Daughter... Magazine – for seven years, she has just fin- “pilgrimage, a journey of discovery ... of have with Ukraine, Holly Palance remained ished the initial draft of her first play. who am I... what Ukraine is,” she also read humble and joked, mentioning that her (Continued from page 14) “What I really love to do now is writing Anna Reid’s “Borderland: A Journey ancestral village has an opening for an had played James Bond and who was sit- and producing. I have a couple of deals, I Through the History of Ukraine,” consid- English language schoolteacher. But she ting in front of her. have a couple of TV shows in development,” ered by many a seminal historical account then mentioned that she had donated “He was completely forgiven for that, but Ms. Palance said, adding that her husband of the country. money for computer and other equipment we all have fathers and mothers,” she said. also has several projects in the pipeline. Ms. Palance continued: “I have discov- for the village school after learning that ered that I am a daughter of Ukraine... and what was used during her visit was bor- “And when our parents do things that are Visiting dad’s homeland out of the ordinary… I didn’t know he Ukraine is a great country that deserves rowed from a nearby town. would do the push-ups… so, when his name Late last year, PEN International, an asso- immediate help and the respect of the In all sincerity, the former actress said was called… I said, ‘why can’t he be like a ciation of writers that promotes freedom of world in its fight to become a self-deter- she “would love to” incorporate Ukraine in normal father.’ ” expression and literature, announced it mining democratic power.” her writing. “This is my first visit. My eyes Her friend, Mr. Dalton, turned around would hold its next yearly conference in Lviv. Part of the calculus for that to happen is are wide open.” and said, “This is so fantastic. It’s only Mr. Wallace is a member of PEN, and that the nation’s youth, something she wit- And it won’t be her last visit, she empha- because he is your father, the rest of us love was the impetus that Ms. Palance needed to nessed while attending the school concert sized, adding that she wants to contribute it,” she recalled. And awards host Mr. visit her homeland. Also, she had recently in Ivane-Zolote. to help Ukraine develop as a nation on a Crystal would make a running joke of the watched the documentary “Breaking Point: “It was a journey into the past when they more “systemic” level, like helping get all physical feat for rest of the night. The War for Democracy in Ukraine,” about [the schoolchildren] had folk clothes on and rural schools equipped with computers and Not many know that Jack Palance “did the Euro-Maidan Revolution that led to the it was a preview into the future when [after- getting in touch with Ukrainian advocacy calisthenics every day… until the end of his ouster of a corrupt pro-Russian president, wards, they] put on their leggings and jack- groups in North America. life,” his daughter said. triggering Moscow to invade Ukraine and ets, and dove into their phones,” she said. “My father was a humble guy, I hope that Her journalism work included heading foment a war in the far eastern region of the Like her father, who “never forgot about I’m a humble person. I don’t presume to the Santa Barbara Magazine and being the Donbas that continues to rumble to this day. Ukraine” and who visited Ukraine after the know in one visit what people want, or need, editor-in-chief of the L.A. Times’ lifestyle “Why now? Because I saw that documen- 1986 Chornobyl nuclear disaster to help or where they are. What I see is that this magazine, as well as a stint with Buzz mag- tary… that opened my eyes to the struggle in orphans, “It would be impossible to have land, this soil, could feed the world… I’m just azine in that same city. the country of my heritage. The timing of been in that village school… and not believe learning. It’s important people don’t come Now, married to Robert Wallace – a vet- my husband’s involvement in the PEN con- that this is part of my heart and soul too. It one time and start spouting… I’m learning… eran journalist with Rolling Stone maga- ference was the perfect time to visit.” was really something.” this is just opening my eyes, that’s all.” 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2017 No. 40

Russia is not a contributor to interna- Let me stress: any abuse of the U.N. Pyongyang’s nuclear arsenal, coupled with Poroshenko’s... tional security, but its biggest threat. peacekeeping toolbox to secure the gains of serious human rights abuses. We resolutely Today Russia is, perhaps, the only coun- aggression is unacceptable. stand for reinforced measures to stop (Continued from page 9) try in the world that has conflicts – hot, fro- If we have an opportunity to bring peace Pyongyang’s illegal activities and bring This year Ukraine initiated three major zen or potential – with almost all its neigh- to the heart of Europe – we should get the North Korea in line with the international ceasefire attempts: Easter, harvest and bors. conditions right. legal framework. … back-to-school ceasefires. Yet again, Mr. President, A robust international presence can also We also express our deepest concern Russian occupation troops and their prox- The key problem in Donbas is that help us cope with the increase of terrorist with the current situation in Syria. ies violated them almost immediately. Ukraine and Russia strive for completely activities in the conflict-affected areas. The We believe that full implementation and In breach of the Minsk agreements, different things. terrorist component in Russia’s hybrid war adherence to the word and spirit of the Russia keeps its regular military and con- Ukraine wants peace and restoration of against Ukraine is clearly visible and 2012 Geneva communiqué and UNSC tinues to supply heavy weapons and sovereignty over its territory. Russia wants became a reality of everyday life in Donbas. Resolution 2254 are absolutely vital for the ammunition to the occupation troops in control over Ukraine and undermines Three years ago, the world was stunned settlement of the conflict in that country. certain areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk every effort to restore our sovereign con- when the Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 What draws our special concern with regions. trol within Ukraine’s borders. carrying 298 people onboard was blown regard to this bloody conflict is Russia’s use It flatly denies the establishment of the So, Russia tries to exchange peace in up in the skies over Donbas. of the occupied Crimea as a military out- OSCE permanent control over the Ukraine- Ukraine for Ukraine’s freedom. Ukraine will Ukraine is determined to do everything post for projecting power in Syria. Russia border. never accept that kind of a deal, nor will the to bring to justice those responsible for this As the war there rages on, huge num- The release of hostages within the Minsk international community. mass murder. bers of Russian military assets are process is completely deadlocked. A list of The latest hybrid “peacekeeping propos- Two investigations – technical and crim- deployed to Syria by ships based in the Ukrainian hostages in Donbas grows con- als” from Moscow are yet another example inal – have been carried out. Both revealed Crimean harbors. … stantly. People are captured deliberately. of Russia’s real ambitions – to legalize its the details. Those who were behind this Mr. President: Their only fault is that they have a pro- proxies and to freeze the conflict forever. horrible crime came from Russia. The mis- The United Nations has always played a Ukrainian position. We would welcome any proposal that sile came from Russia. The death of the leading role in ensuring that the crimes of We remember the fate of 16-year-old would bring peace to my country. MH17 victims is on Russia’s conscience. the past could never happen again. Stepan Chubenko, who was killed with five We remain convinced that a full-fledged The five countries comprising the Joint The 72nd session of the General shots in the head after Russians saw him U.N. peacekeeping operation is the only via- Investigation Team have decided to prose- Assembly coincides with the 85th anniver- wearing a Ukrainian ribbon. ble solution to de-escalate, to protect peo- cute those responsible for downing MH17 sary of one of the deadliest crimes of the Another example. The 63-year-old ple of Ukraine and to get us closer to a within the Dutch judicial system. 20th century – the crime of Holodomor. It Donetsk theologian Ihor Kozlovsky is in jail political solution. This year, the International Court of was a man-made famine in Ukraine in for over two years under false accusations That is why the peacekeepers’ mandate Justice has started hearings in the case 1932-1933 organized by the Stalin totali- and deprived of any communication with should cover the entire occupied area, brought by Ukraine against Russia for vio- tarian regime that killed 7 to 10 million family and friends. including the Ukrainian-Russian state bor- lating the 1999 Financing of Terrorism Ukrainians. Russia still keeps at least 16 Ukrainian der. This is a must. Convention. Dr. Raphael Lemkin, the author of the political prisoners on its territory. As long as the border is used as the main We hope that the decision of the United Convention on the Prevention and Ukrainian film director Oleh Sentsov and supply route for manpower and weapons Nations’ highest court will help bring the Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, adopt- Ukrainian journalist Roman Sushchenko to Donbas, there will be no peace in my Russian Federation to justice for its numer- ed by the U.N. General Assembly in 1948, are among the most prominent cases. country. ous violations of international law and for described that destruction of the Ukrainian Just think about it. This mission should respect basic U.N. financing crimes committed since 2014. nation as “the classic example of genocide.” Stealing other nations’ land, kidnapping peacekeeping principles and guidelines. As the process begins, we count on the I appeal to all U.N. member states to people, conducting a hidden war, downing One of them is that U.N. peacekeepers support and facilitation of all U.N. member make their own historic judgment and to a civilian aircraft, spreading lies globally – should be impartial. There is no place for states. make a decision by recognizing the is this the kind of behavior we expect from aggressor’s personnel. They cannot be a Mr. President: Holodomor as an act of genocide. a permanent Security Council member? part of it by definition. For decades, Ukraine has served as a res- Mr. President: olute contributor to global security. This is a challenging time for all of us. In the name of peace and in exchange for Evermore people die in wars and natural security assurances, Ukraine gave up its disasters. Truth is blindsided by the post- nuclear arsenal – third largest in the world. truth. Twenty years after, Ukraine was invaded by The world is divided again – between one of those who vowed to respect and, if those who believe that freedom is indis- necessary, to protect Ukraine’s borders. pensable and those who believe freedom is Yet, we remain resolute advocates of expendable. global non-proliferation and disarmament. One group wants to reach a better That’s why we strongly condemn nuclear future. The other one drags us into the past. tests and multiple launches of ballistic mis- It’s time for those who believe in free- siles by North Korea. dom to come together. It’s time for freedom We are deeply concerned about the con- to be strong, convincing and convinced. tinuous diversion of the resources from Let’s be that way! critical human needs to feeding Thank you for your attention.

THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION announces that its PHILADELPHIA DISTRICT FALL ORGANIZING MEETING will be held on Saturday, October 14, 2017 at 10:00a.m. at the Ukrainian Educational and Cultural Center 700 N Cedar Rd., Jenkintown, Pennsylvania 19046 Obligated to attend the organizing meeting are District Committee O cers, Convention Delegates and two delegates from the following Branches: 10, 83, 116, 153, 162, 163, 173, 216, 231, 245, 247, 347, 362, 397 All UNA members are welcome as guests at the meeting MEETING WILL BE ATTENDED BY: Yuriy Symczyk, UNA National Secretary Roma Lisovich, UNA Treasurer DISTRICT COMMITTEE Luba Streletsky, Chairman Maria Luba Walchuk, Secretary No. 40 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2017 17

COMMUNITY CHRONICLE Ukrainian Cultural Center holds fifth annual golf outing

Russell Jablinsky Participants and volunteers of the 2017 Ukrainian Cultural Golf Outing honoring the memory of Michael Yurkanin Sr. at Devil’s Ridge Golf Club in Oxford, Mich.

by Walter Pytiak and dinner held in the club house. also a special thank you to Russell Jablinsky Prior to dinner, Walter Pytiak, master of for photographing the entire golfing event. OXFORD, Mich. – Seventy-eight men and ceremonies, introduced Edward After superb dining and libation, Mr. women golfers from the metropolitan Holowchak, head of the Ukrainian Cultural Pytiak announced the winning foursome of Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, area came Center Golf Committee, who thanked every- the golf outing: Alex Maritczak, Paul together on Saturday, July 22, to participate one for their participation. He also thanked Lukasik, Paul Kinal and Mark Weigle. Their in the Ukrainian Cultural Center’s Michael the many Ukrainian sponsors and the cor- names will be engraved onto the golf tro- Yurkanin Memorial Golf Outing at Devil’s porate sponsors who helped make the fifth phy that is on display in the UCC trophy col- LIKE Ridge Golf Club in Oxford, Mich. annual fund-raiser for the Warren, Mich., lection. Prizes were also given for longest With much fun, cajoling and camarade- center a great success. drive and closest to the pin. As well, all par- rie, and the passing of a soaking rain storm, Introductions were also made of Walter ticipants received a gift from the Ukrainian spirits were not dampened. The shot gun Kozar, head of the board of directors of the Cultural Center. The Ukrainian Weekly golf competition resumed, and the esprit de Ukrainian Cultural Center, as well as the Organizers say they look forward to an on Facebook! corps continued. The day quickly turned other members of the golf outing commit- even bigger participation in next year’s out- into a picture-perfect, balmy summer after- tee: Alex Maritczak, Michael Andriaschko, ing. (Readers may visit the Ukrainian https://www.facebook.com/ noon. The festivities and entertainment Jaroslaw Andriaschko, Bohdan Koshiw, Cultural Center Facebook page to view pic- TheUkrainianWeekly carried on during the post-golf reception Pavlo Prokop and Mr. Pytiak. There was tures of the golf event and all participants.) 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2017 No. 40

Pifer’s “Eagle and Trident” “Knowledge Semantics” theory examines U.S.-Ukraine relations by Tarnawsky in Ukrainian translation “The Eagle and the Trident: U.S.-Ukraine “Znannieva Semantyka/Teoriia Relations in Turbulent Times,” by Stefen Semantyky, Bazovana na Znanni,” by Pifer, Washington: Brookings Institute Press, Yuriy Tarnawsky. Kyiv: National University 2017. 366 pp. ISBN: 978-0-8157-6040-8 of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, 2016. 292 pp. ($29.99 hardcover), ISBN: 978-0-8057-3062- 0 ($29.99 e-book). “Znannieva Semantyka,” a translation of Yuriy Tarnawsky’s 1982 New York “The Eagle and the Trident” provides the University Ph.D. dissertation, “Knowledge first comprehensive account of the devel- Semantics/A Knowledge-Based Semantic opment of U.S. diplomatic relations with an Theory,” is the first work in Ukrainian lan- independent Ukraine, covering the years guage on the subject of transformational- 1992 through 2004 following the collapse generative grammar, an approach to the of the Soviet Union. The United States study of language which has dominated the devoted greater attention to Ukraine than field of linguistics for over half a century, any other post-Soviet state (except Russia) since its introduction in 1957 by the after the break-up of the Soviet Union. American linguist Prof. Noam Chomsky of Steven Pifer, a career Foreign Service offi- MIT. cer, worked on U.S.-Ukraine relations at the Sponsored by the U.S. branch of the State Department and the White House dur- Shevchenko Scientific Society, the ing that period and also served as ambassa- Ukrainian-language version was created by dor to Ukraine. With this volume he has writ- a group of translators in conjunction with ten the definitive narrative of the ups and Dr. Tarnawsky, who developed the technical downs in the relationship between vice officer, where his career spanned 27 vocabulary and authorized the sections tation should be carried out in terms of a Washington and newly independent Ukraine. years in the U.S. Department of State, focus- which were not done by him. knowledge base representing the knowl- The relationship between the two coun- ing on U.S. relations with the former Soviet The project was initiated and coordinat- edge of the hearer, and may be achieved by tries moved from heady days in the mid- Union and Europe, as well as arms control ed by Prof. Orysia Demska of the National mapping the input sentence, translated 1990s, when they declared a strategic part- and security issues. He was ambassador to University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. The from its syntactic representation into one nership, to troubled times after 2002. Ukraine from 1998 through 2000 and original text, which has been updated by Dr. in higher-order predicate logic, onto the During the period covered by the book, the served as deputy assistant secretary of state Tarnawsky, is augmented by prefaces by knowledge base represented in the same United States generally succeeded in its in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Prof. Demska and Prof. Ray Dougherty, one notation, in which each entry points to the major goals in Ukraine, notably the safe Affairs and special assistant to the president of the earliest students of Chomsky and the entries it implies. The interpretation, then, transfer of nearly 2,000 strategic nuclear and senior director for Russia, Ukraine and original dissertation advisor, by an author’s is the sum of all the pointers generated by weapons left there after the Soviet collapse. Eurasia on the National Security Council foreword, as well as by an English- the words in the sentence. The theory Washington also provided robust support “I am very much impressed by the political Ukrainian and Ukrainian-English diction- appears to be as valid today as it was when for Ukraine’s effort to develop into a modern, insights and broad historical perspective of ary of technical terms and expressions the dissertation was written. democratic, market-oriented state. But these ‘The Eagle and the Trident.’ It should be an numbering some 2,500 entries compiled by In his preface to the book, Prof. efforts aimed at reforming the state proved essential item in anyone’s operational library, Dr. Tarnawsky Dougherty notes: “Dr. Tarnawsky’s disser- only modestly successful, leaving a country given the high probability that Ukraine will “Knowledge Semantics” describes the tation, with its strong emphasis on the that was not resilient enough to stand up to continue to be an important issue for the semantic component within Chomsky’s ‘social and contextual usage’ of sentences Russian aggression in Crimea in 2014. United States, for East-West relations, and as Revised Extended Standard Theory, which falls squarely into the camp of [Harvard The author reflects on what worked and a critical test of Russia’s ability to be a genu- is radically different from those proposed philosopher Hilary] Putnam, who was rare- what did not work in the various U.S. ine European state,” noted Dr. Zbigniew at the time the dissertation was written, all ly discussed by Chomsky MIT linguists. Dr. approaches toward Ukraine. He also offers Brzezinski (who died in May of this year), of which required a level on which the Tarnawsky’s dissertation ran counter to 99 a practitioner’s recommendations for cur- counselor and trustee, Center for Strategic meaning of the sentence had to be defined percent of semantic research in the rent U.S. policies in the context of ongoing and International Studies, and former U.S. in terms of the so-called semantic primi- Chomsky MIT School of linguistics. It was uncertainty about the political stability of national security adviser. tives, which purportedly constituted the revolutionary in offering a novel perspec- Ukraine and Russia’s long-term intentions Readers may obtain copies of “The Eagle interpretation of the sentence. Dr. tive and a detailed computational theory toward its smaller but important neighbor. and Trident” at booksellers and online Tarnawsky’s work argues that such a level that merged Chomsky’s and Putnam’s Ambassador Pifer is a senior fellow in the retailers. More information can be found at does not constitute an interpretation but a views. […It] might well have been the first foreign policy programs at the Brookings www.brookings.edu/book/the-eagle-and- mere paraphrase which still remains to be work to integrate Putnam’s and Chomsky’s Institute. He was previously a foreign ser- the-trident/. interpreted. Under his theory, any interpre- views into one formulation.”

sentence is suspended, on the other hand I any issues, ...and therefore Article 280.1 of Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and interna- Semena handed... am disappointed with Russian justice, the Russian Criminal Code, on which my tional media watchdogs have all expressed because all the arguments and statements case was based, contradicts Russia’s concern about the case. (Continued from page 1) by the defense and experts, whom we invit- Constitution,” Mr. Semena said. “The case of Semena reminds us all of here to be eligible to refer the case to the ed from Moscow and Kazan had not been Russia added Article 280.1 to its the arbitrary practice of silencing critical European Court of Human Rights. We do taken into account by the court,” Mr. Criminal Code right after the annexation of voices in Crimea,” the OSCE Representative not believe that we will win the appeals Semena noted. Crimea in 2014, making it a criminal here because the way the trial proceeded Talking to Current Time TV, the Russian- offense in Crimea to question Russia’s terri- said in a statement earlier this year. clearly showed that the case is politically language network run by RFE/RL in coop- torial integrity. on HumanFreedom rights of the advocates Media Dunja say Russia Mijatović and motivated,” Mr. Kurbedinov said. eration with the Voice of America, Mr. The chairman of Ukraine’s National the authorities Moscow has installed in Mr. Semena told RFE/RL after the sen- Semena said the ruling is “a sentence Union of Journalists, Serhiy Tomilenko, Crimea have conducted a persistent cam- tence was pronounced that the trial against against journalism in Russia.” called the Semena verdict and sentence “a paign of oppression that targets opponents him was “biased.” “The Russian Constitution allows citi- persecution for expressing an opinion,” of Crimea’s annexation, including many “On the one hand I feel a relief as the zens to express their opinions and discuss adding that his union will be working on among the region’s indigenous Crimean relocating Mr. Semena to Ukraine. Tatars, independent media outlets and The separatism charge stems from an journalists. article Mr. Semena wrote for RFE/RL’s Krym. In May 2014, filmmaker and activist Realii (Crimea Realities) website in 2015. Oleh Sentsov was arrested by Russian secu- The Kremlin-installed prosecutor in rity services and later sentenced to 20 Crimea charged that the article had called years in prison on terrorism charges. for the violation of Russia’s territorial integ- Mr. Sentsov is a native of Crimea who rity. opposed Russia’s seizure and annexation of Mr. Semena has said the accusation was the Ukrainian peninsula. politically motivated and that Russian Copyright 2017, RFE/RL Inc. Reprinted authorities based their case on an inaccu- with the permission of Radio Free Europe/ rate translation of his article from Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, Ukrainian into Russian. Washington DC 20036; www.rferl.org (see The United States, the European Union, https://www.rferl.org/a/crimea-russia- the Organization for Security and ukraine-semena-verdict/28750607.html). No. 40 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2017 19

Through Inherit Chicago, a city-wide art, ideas and performance October 6 through Art exhibit, “A is for Artist,” by Scott J. Hunter, Ukrainian October 29 festival, Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, November 26 Institute of Modern Art, www.uima-chicago.org or Chicago www.uima-chicago.org or www.inheritchicago.org Chicago 773-227-5522

October 2 Film screening, “Recovery Room” by Adriana Luhovy, October 7 65th anniversary banquet, Ukrainian National Museum, Oakville, ON St. Joseph Ukrainian Catholic Church, 514-481-5871 or Chicago Ukrainian Cultural Center, 312-421-8020 www.recoveryroomthemovie.com October 7 Fall Fest, Ukrainian American Sports Center Tryzub, October 2 Seminar with Paul D’Anieri, “”Democracy and Horsham, PA www.tryzub.org Cambridge, MA Geopolitics in the Conflict Over Ukraine,” Harvard University, www.huri.harvard.edu October 7 80th anniversary banquet, Ukrainian Museum and Stamford, CT Library of Stamford, Sheraton Stamford Hotel, October 5 Presentation by Olena Nikolayenko “Spatial Analysis of 203-323-8866 or [email protected] Cambridge, MA Civil Resistance: The Revolution on the Granite in Soviet Ukraine,” Harvard University, www.huri.harvard.edu October 7 Fashion Show, Ukrainian Federation of America, Ukrainian Jenkintown, PA Educational and Cultural Center, [email protected] October 5 Presentation by Mykola Riabchuk, “Hybrid Censorship During New York the Hybrid War: Freedom of Speech and Expression in October 7 Commemorative evening honoring Bohdan Boychuk, the Post-Euro-Maidan Ukraine,” Columbia University, New York Shevchenko Scientific Society, 212-254-5130 http://harriman.columbia.edu or 212-854-4697 October 7 Concert, “Beethoven, Barvinsky and Brahms,” October 6 Film screening with discussion with Dr. Oleh Weres, New York performed by violinist Solomiya Ivakhiv, cellist Darret Fresno, CA “Genocide Revealed” by Yurij Luhovy, California State Adkins and pianist Jerome Lowenthal, Ukrainian University Fresno, 559-278-2153 Institute of America, www.ukrainianinstitute.org

October 6-7 Genealogy conference, “Unlock Your Heritage: Discover October 7 through Gerdany courses, with instruction by Olha Lesko, Somerset, NJ Your Ancestry,” Nashi Predky Family History Group, November 4 The Ukrainian Museum, 212-228-0110 or Ukrainian History and Education Center, Ukrainian New York [email protected] Cultural Center, 732-356-0132 or [email protected] October 8 25th anniversary concert, Pikkardiyska Tertsiya, Toronto 773-540-0733 or www.tercia.com.ua October 6-7 Conference, “Did Ten Days Shake the World? Centenary Cambridge, MA Perspective on the Russian Revolution,” Harvard University, October 8 Felting for beginners, with instruction by Marta 617-495-4037 or [email protected] New York Zahaykevich, The Ukrainian Museum, 212-228-0110 or [email protected] October 6-8 Columbus Cup Tournament, Ukrainian American Sports Horsham, PA Center Tryzub, www.tryzub.org Entries in “Out and About” are listed free of charge. Priority is given to events October 6-8 Convention, League of Ukrainian Catholics – North advertised in The Ukrainian Weekly. However, we also welcome submissions Wilkes-Barre, PA Anthracite Council, Genetti Best Western Hotel and from all our readers. Items will be published at the discretion of the editors Conference Center, 570-759-2824 and as space allows. Please send e-mail to [email protected]. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2017 No. 40

PREVIEW OF EVENTS Thursday, October 5 pot. Registration fees: Friday only, $50; Saturday only, $65; both days, $100. Visit NEW YORK: Please join the Ukrainian NashiPredky.org for schedule, speaker bios Studies Program at the Harriman Institute, and registration information. Additional Columbia University for a talk by Mykola information by phone, 732-356-0132, or Riabchuk (president, Ukrainian PEN-center) e-mail, [email protected]. titled “ ‘Hybrid Censorship’ During the ‘Hybrid War’: Freedom of Speech and Expression in Saturday, October 7 the Post-Euro-Maidan Ukraine.” Mr. Riabchuk NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific will discuss the debate between the demand Society invites all to an event commemorat- for unrestrained freedom of speech indispens- ing the well-known Ukrainian poet, co-found- able for modern democracy and the need of er and member of the New York Group of those very democracies to protect themselves Poets, Bohdan Boychuk (1927-2017). from the rogue individuals, groups and Participants include Dr. Yuriy Tarnawsky, Dr. regimes that increasingly learned how to wea- Bohdan Rubchak, Dr. George G. Grabowicz, Dr. ponize media and (dis)information for their Maria Rewakowicz and Vasyl Makhno. The malevolent goals. This event will take place at event will take place at the society’s building, noon in the Marshall D. Shulman Seminar 63 Fourth Ave. (between Ninth and 10th Room (Room 1219, International Affairs streets) at 5 p.m. For additional information, Building, 420 W. 118th St). The event is free call 212-254-5130. and open to the public. For additional infor- mation call 212-854-4697. Sunday, October 8 Friday-Saturday, October 6-7 CHICAGO: The Chicago Business and Professional Group invites members and the SOMERSET, N.J.: ”Unlock Your Heritage: community to a presentation by journalist Discover Your Ancestry,” the fourth annual David Satter titled “Russia-Ukraine conflict: Ukrainian genealogy conference hosted by The Stakes for the World.” David Satter, a for- the Nashi Predky Family History Group of mer Moscow correspondent for the the Ukrainian History and Education Center, Financial Times of London and the Wall will take place at the Ukrainian Cultural Street Journal will review the current state Center, 135 Davidson Ave., Somerset, NJ of the war and the implications for U.S.- 08873. The event features internationally Russian relations, regional peace and world known experts in Eastern European geneal- stability. Mr. Satter has authored numerous ogy and will span two days, including a full- articles and four books on Russia, Ukraine day dedicated to DNA, along with a work- and the former Soviet Union, including his shop on using cadastral maps, the choice of most recent book “The Less You Know, the seven lectures and opportunity for network- Better You Sleep: Russia’s Road to Terror ing. Lecture topics include genetic genealogy, and Dictatorship Under Yeltsin and Putin.” census records in the Russian era, the histo- Two of his books have been translated into ry of Ukrainian Catholics in America, Polish Ukrainian and published in Ukraine. The State Archives records for Lemkos, immi- presentation will be held on at 1 p.m., at the grant cluster communities, and a look at Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, 2320 W. Galicia as an ethnic and religious melting Chicago Ave. Admission is $10.

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Ukrainian National Association Inc. will host a presentation “OPPORTUNITIES WITH UNA” Saturday, October 21, 2017 from 10 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Ukrainian Cultural Center 26601 Ryan Rd., Warren, MI 48091 COMMUNITY BREAKFAST The presentation sponsored by will be attended by UNA Detroit District UNA Treasurer Roma Lisovich UNA Detroit District Fall Organizing Meeting and UNA National Secretary will follow the presentation. Yuriy Symczyk.