INSIDE: • Chicago-area Ukrainians protest Yanukovych policies – page 4. • UCC concerned about developments in Ukraine – page 9. • Nina Matvienko: the singing conscience of Ukraine – page 13.

ThePublished U by thekra Ukrainian Nationali Association n i a Inc., a n fraternal Wnon-profit associationeekly Vol. LXXVIII No. 21 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 23, 2010 $1/$2 in Ukraine Ukraine in danger: Administration Medvedev praises Yanukovych policies curtails freedom of assembly during state visit to Kyiv by Zenon Zawada erns Ukraine’s national police force, by Zenon Zawada It was Mr. Medvedev’s first visit in six Kyiv Press Bureau began demanding lists of participants Kyiv Press Bureau years to Kyiv after boycotting Ukraine dur- from the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc, the ing the presidency of Viktor Yushchenko, Ukraine in Danger: Ukraine’s civil opposition’s biggest force. KYIV – Russian Federation President whose cultural and foreign policies infuriat- society has begun to report on authoritar- “The new government considers a pro- Dmitry Medvedev visited the Ukrainian ed the Kremlin. The Russian president ian policies and rights abuses by the test meeting of democratic forces a crime, capital on May 17 and 18 to pursue his praised the policies of President Viktor administration of Viktor Yanukovych and based on which a criminal investigation nation’s fast-track policy of deepening the government led by Prime Minister has begun,” said Anatolii Semynoha, a cooperation and integration with Ukraine. (Continued on page 8) Mykola Azarov, which was formed on national deputy of the Tymoshenko Bloc. March 11 with the appointment of the In the few months since the Cabinet of Ministers. This article exam- Yanukovych administration has taken ines reported violations of freedom of power, the freedom to gather in public assembly. spaces and protest the government has been significantly curtailed, with the KYIV – The first hint that freedom of Internal Affairs Ministry employing tac- assembly would be curtailed by the tics not seen since the reign of former administration of Viktor Yanukovych sur- authoritarian President Leonid Kuchma. faced on the very day of his presidential “Employees of the Internal Affairs inauguration, when a group of about 20 Ministry violated the freedom to peaceful protestors were blocked from protesting assembly, using force against participants the visit of Russian Orthodox Church of peaceful events,” said an April 22 Patriarch Kirill I. statement issued by the Ukrainian Soon after the Cabinet of Ministers Helsinki Union on Human Rights. was formed in March, the government “In Kyiv alone, such violations were began forbidding demonstrations that observed on March 14, 25 and 27, and April 8, 9 and 13. On March 25 the sprung up throughout Ukraine against the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine ordered scandalous Education Minister Dmytro the Kyiv City Administration (City Hall) Tabachnyk, who has expressed contempt ‘to use exhaustive measures to organize for Ukrainian culture and history. work with citizens and their groupings, Offi cial Website of Ukraine’s President Then came the raucous April 27 pro- including precluding and forbidding fur- tests outside of Parliament, after which Presidents Dmitry Medvedev and Viktor Yanukovych shake hands during a state the Internal Affairs Ministry, which gov- (Continued on page 5) visit in Kyiv on May 17-18.

CCRDF’s 20th anniversary celebration raises funds for Kyiv children’s hospital by Zoryana Bruher enormous support to CCRDF throughout many years were honored with awards. KYIV – Over 200 guests gathered on National Deputy Yavorivsky was hon- Saturday, April 24, at Kyiv’s ored with CCRDF’s Humanitarian Award. InterContinental Hotel to celebrate the Mr. Yavorivsky, one of the founding 20th anniversary of the founding of the fathers of the organization, initiated the Children of Chornobyl Relief and work of CCRDF and supported it Development Fund. The fund’s primary throughout the past 20 years. objective is to strengthen the Women’s Dr. Zenon Matkiwsky, who presented and Children’s Health Initiative Programs the award to Mr. Yavorivsky, said: “It has and to improve quality of life of disabled been 20 years since I first met this orphans. This charity event’s purpose was dynamic patriot of Ukraine – an individu- to raise funds to purchase life-saving al whose concern is the well-being of his medical equipment for the Neonatal people – and I remember the statement he Intensive Care Unit of the Kyiv City made at the Washington Press Club say- Clinical Children’s Hospital No. 2. ing, ‘Without healthy children, Ukraine The event was attended by diplomats, as a nation has no future.’ This statement the business elite and other members of prompted our [Dr. and Mrs. Matkiwsky’s] Kyiv’s international community, as well immediate reaction.” as doctors from partner hospitals who Accepting the award, Mr. Yavorivsky At the 20th anniversary celebration of the Children of Chornobyl Relief and have been working with CCRDF for said, “During my first visit to the United Development Fund (from left) are: Ukrainian National Deputy Volodymyr many years. Among the guests were U.S. States back in 1989, I appealed to Dr. Yavorivsky; CCRDF President Dr. Zenon Matkiwsky; Philip Morris Ukraine, Ambassador to Ukraine John F. Tefft, Zenon and Nadia Matkiwsky with an Caucasus and Moldova Director Elena Khomenko; Nadia Matkiwsky; and Dr. National Deputy Volodymyr Yavorivsky urgent request to help the children in Oleg Korniychuk, chief of the Neonatal Intensive Care Department of Kyiv City and actor Bohdan Stupka. Ukraine suffering from the horrifying Children’s Hospital No. 2. CCRDF’s Country Director Alexa accident at the Chornobyl nuclear station. Milanytch was the mistress of ceremonies At that time, Dr. Zenon was a prominent were truly concerned with the situation in first step in implementing the long-term for the evening. general surgeon in the U.S.A., and his Ukraine and immediately organized a mission of CCDRF, which has become Individuals who played a major role in wife, Nadia, had been actively involved committee to provide the first medical the fund’s development and provided in charity work for over 25 years. They relief cargo to Ukraine. It was just the (Continued on page 9) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 23, 2010 No. 21 ANALYSIS NEWSBRIEFS

Russia poised to leapfrog Ukraine Anti-Medvedev protest prevented Russia that threatened Ukraine with a loss of strategic sectors of the economy. The and Moldova in EU visa drive KYIV – Kyiv police prevented a protest agreements were to be signed during the against visiting Russian President Dmitry visit of Russian President Dmitry by Ahto Lobjakas what Mr. Mingarelli described as their Medvedev at a university in the Ukrainian Medvedev to Kyiv. Mr. Tomenko said he capital, RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service RFE/RL “political discretion.” does not rule out that the official position reported on May 18. About 20 activists of of Ukraine was based on the government’s Most desirable goal BRUSSELS – Russia is putting pres- the nationalist group Svoboda planned to report in Parliament on the content of those sure on the European Union to turn the Visa-free travel in the EU has become the gather near the monument to Ukrainian agreements. He noted that, until the last next top-level meeting between the two – most desirable goal for all of the bloc’s poet and writer Taras Shevchenko in front moment, the Russian side insisted on the Rostov-na-Donu gathering on May 31 Eastern neighbors, who see in it great psy- of the university named after him while agreeing or signing a number of extra – into a “visa summit.” chological, political and economic benefits. Mr. Medvedev was meeting with students agreements, including those pertaining to a Officials in Brussels say the EU and Most EU member-states, on the other hand, inside. But police blocked their way to the merger of the assets of Naftohaz Ukrainy Russia will jointly sign a document at Rostov- are fearful of greater immigration and crime, square and to the nearby park, preventing and Gazprom, and a joint nuclear power na-Donu outlining “common steps” toward and generally do not want to send Eastern the protest. Police told the activists that city venture involving Russian Energoatom. It visa liberalization. This would represent a neighbors signals which could be interpreted authorities had not received an application is clear that in both cases the management significant advance for Russia in its decade- as encouragement to pursue a course aimed from Svoboda officials to hold the gather- of the companies would wind up in long drive toward visa-free travel in the EU. at eventual accession. ing. But Svoboda activists said their appli- Russia’s hands, Mr. Tomenko said. He also At the same time, it would hand Russia a As a result, movement toward visa liber- cation was sent to Kyiv’s Mayoral Office. commented that the agreement on demar- psychological and political victory over coun- alization has been a drawn-out process. The protesters decided not to confront cation of the state border signed by the two tries like Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia, Russia was the first to secure it as a “long- police and the rally was called off. countries requires a detailed analysis. There who have long awaited visa liberalization and term” goal in 2003. Ukraine followed suit in President Medvedev began his two-day are suspicions that it has certain clauses have offered political reforms to get it. 2008, and Moldova did the same earlier this official trip to Kyiv on May 17. (RFE/RL) that call into question the current territorial If Russia, which has no obligations to year. Ukraine and the Sochi Olympics positions of Ukraine and Russia, formed on reform, steps ahead of those countries in A number of ministers on May 10 warned the principle of administrative boundaries the visa-free queue, it will only serve to that Russia is attempting to manipulate the KYIV – Ukraine is ready to take part in of the Soviet-era republics. (Ukrinform) emphasize that the status of the EU’s EU, offering unenforceable promises of the preparations for the 2014 Winter Eastern Partnership countries matters very partnership and cooperation in return for Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, President Medvedev invites Ukraine to CSTO little when it comes to strategic conces- what remains effectively the bloc’s only real Viktor Yanukovych said on May 18 at the KYIV – Russian President Dmitry sions from the bloc. leverage. seventh Ukrainian-Russian economic Medvedev, addressing the students of Diplomats say a majority of EU foreign forum in Kyiv. “We have completed legis- ministers, debating the issue in Brussels on Visa ‘currency’ Kyiv’s Shevchenko National University on lative preparations for the 2012 European May 18, said that Russia is satisfied with May 10, supported the plan. (Under EU Poland’s Radoslaw Sikorski warned that Football Championship, and are ready to the status of Ukraine as a neutral country. rules, a qualified majority decision is suffi- visa liberalization is a “currency” the EU make a contribution to the preparations for At the same time, he invited Ukraine to cient.) A concession on visas is seen as should spend wisely. Mr. Sikorski noted that the Olympic Games in Sochi,” he said, participate in the Collective Security Treaty essential to ensure the success of the the EU’s visa policy “must not go against its adding that this is only one variant of deep- Organization, whose members are, in addi- Rostov-na-Donu summit on May 31. foreign policy,” with its declared aim of ening cooperation between Ukraine and tion to Russia, Armenia, Belarus, There, the EU wants Russia to commit transforming Russia into a European society Russia in the future. The Russian state cor- Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and to a broad “modernizing partnership” by where the rule of law prevails. Talks on a poration Olimpstroy has invited Ukraine to Uzbekistan. “If there is any doubt, we take reaffirming its commitment to concluding new EU-Russia strategic partnership treaty participate in the construction of the it with respect. If in the future you consider a new strategic partnership agreement, have stalled, largely as a result of Russia’s Sodruzhestvo hotel complex in preparation joining the World Trade Organization, and palpable lack of interest in saddling itself it right to join the CSTO, we’ll be happy,” for the Sochi Olympics. The total volume President Medvedev said, noting that cooperating on a range of issues from bor- with further obligations. of investments in the project is estimated at der management to trade issues. Mr. Sikorski, along with the ministers of Ukraine may take such decisions on its $1.2 billion; the construction cost of one own. The Russian president stressed that Russia’s champions in this debate are the Baltic and Nordic countries as well as hotel is $ 115.8 million. (Ukrinform) Germany, France and most of the EU’s Romania, also argued that Russia must not the CSTO was not created as a counter- southern member states – along with, advance ahead of Ukraine, Moldova and the Opposition proud of its position weight to NATO. “We do not want any somewhat surprisingly, Finland. Poland EU’s other Eastern neighbors, who this confrontation between NATO and some KYIV – Mykola Tomenko, the vice- continues to sound a cautionary note, but week celebrated five years of membership other military bloc,” he said. (Ukrinform) chairman of the Verkhovna Rada and a even the plan’s detractors now see it as a in the European Neighborhood Policy and member of the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc, European Parliament loan for Ukraine foregone conclusion. last week the first year of their Eastern said that he believes the position of experts Partnership with the EU. KYIV – The European Parliament voted ‘Road map’ in all but name and journalists, and the active protests of A number of ministers said the issue in Strasbourg on May 18 to grant Ukraine In all but name, the common steps con- should be linked to Russia’s cooperation on the opposition, did not allow Ukraine’s (Continued on page 14) stitute a “road map” – the EU term for an frozen conflicts involving Georgia, authorities to sign agreements proposed by agreement committing the bloc to dropping Moldova, Armenia and Azerbaijan. its visa requirement for short-stay visitors to But the Friends of Russia club appears to its Schengen space (comprising all EU have carried the day, supported by the EU’s countries except Britain, Ireland, Cyprus, executive arm, the European Commission. 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NEWS ANALYSIS Moscow seeks to remove restraints on naval base upgrade in Ukraine by Vladimir Socor Introduced at Ukrainian insistence, these The Russian Defense Ministry has set up Eurasia Daily Monitor provisions have enabled Ukraine to resist a working group to look into those issues modernization or any upgrading of the Modernization and report within the next few months its Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych Russian ships and armaments from 1997 and expansion conclusions on technical issues. The has dismissed reports about the possible to date. The BSF has decayed dramatical- political decision, however, has clearly basing of Russian naval units in ly in terms of size and combat readiness. of Russia’s been made in Moscow to modernize the Mykolayiv, Odesa, and the Danube estu- The ban on modernization seems about fleet both in Novorossiysk and in ary as “fantasies” (Interfax-Ukraine, to be lifted, however, following the recent naval presence Sevastopol. The Russian BSF command- www.news.ru, May 13). regime change in Ukraine and the April er, Vice-Admiral Aleksandr Kletskov, Such reports had leaked out of the pre- 21 prolongation agreement. The Russian in Ukraine now anticipates new construction of base paratory work for Russian President side has been quick to advertise a mod- installations and personnel accommoda- Dmitry Medvedev’s May 17-18 visit to ernization program for its BSF, with ships seem to be on the tion, along with rearmament, at both Ukraine. Among a host of other issues, newly built in Russia to replace the old agenda. bases (Nezavisimaya Gazeta, May 13). the visit’s agenda included modernization ones in this fleet’s inventory. According Additionally, Russian commentators and possible expansion of Russia’s naval to the Russian chief of the General Staff, have speculated about a return of Russia’s presence in Ukraine. This is expected to Army Gen. Nikolai Makarov, the pro- naval presence at some of the other changes Moscow’s planning assumptions. be agreed in follow-up to the recent gram for the fleet’s comprehensive mod- Soviet-era naval bases and installations in It will enable Russia to maintain two agreements that prolonged the deadline ernization until 2020 envisages deploying Ukraine. Those include the Balaklava on the basing of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet new surface ships, submarines and land- main naval bases, Sevastopol and submarine base in Crimea, as well as in Ukraine from 2017 until at least 2042. based aircraft organic to the fleet Novorossiysk, and to modernize the naval naval and coastal guard bases and instal- President Yanukovych and Medvedev (Interfax, May 7). assets in Sevastopol despite the 1997 lations in Feodosia, Kerch, Donuzlav, signed the prolongation agreement in Launched in 2005, that program had agreement’s restraints. Russian officials Ochakov, Mykolayiv, Odesa and Izmail Kharkiv on April 21. The prolongation assumed that the new ships and other and commentators reflecting official posi- on the Danube opposite Romania. All does not affect the content of the main assets would be based on the Russian tions are discussing openly the prospects those locations are disused or dilapidated basing agreement, signed in 1997 and coast at Novorossiysk. Thus, the fleet of adding ships and installations to the (Balaklava is currently a naval museum). valid until 2017, which stipulates that the modernization program was launched Sevastopol base (Interfax, RIA Novosti, Any decision to reactivate one or more Russian Black Sea Fleet’s (BSF) main conjointly with a 15-year program to May 5, 7; Nezavisimaya Gazeta, May of these would be purely political. It base is in Sevastopol. Ukrainian Foreign expand the Novorossiysk naval base. 13). could, for example, feature joint basing of Affairs Minister Kostyantyn Moscow anticipated using two main bases Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Russian and Ukrainian units. Russian Gryshchenko, insists the agreement (Sevastopol and Novorossiysk) until Putin, Gen. Makarov and the head of the naval units appearing regularly in Odesa retains full force, without any changes or 2017; and it prepared for the contingency Agency for Special [military] or Izmail, or being stationed there, could additions to its content (Interfax-Ukraine, that Ukraine would terminate the basing Construction, Gen. Nikolai Abroskin, encourage local pro-Russian political April 26). agreement on deadline. This explains the inspected the Novorossiysk naval base forces to become more aggressive and Under that agreement, any changes to launch of base construction at construction site on May 7 to assess the play the Novorossiysk card in that area, the Russian fleet’s equipment, such as Novorossiysk in 2005, the year of the progress made. In parallel, Mr. Putin and where the borders of Ukraine, Moldova replacing ships or armaments (on the Orange Revolution in Ukraine. The new other Russian officials are discussing pos- and Romania intersect. ships or onshore), are not allowed without base installations were planned to accom- sible upgrading of the Sevastopol base the Ukrainian side’s consent. If consent is modate Russian ships relocating from (Interfax, May 7). The article above is reprinted from given, any changes can only be made on Sevastopol by 2015. The apportionment of naval assets and Eurasia Daily Monitor with permission a “class-for-class” or “type-for-type” The April 21 prolongation agreement construction funding between Sevastopol from its publisher, the Jamestown basis (Dzerkalo Tyzhnia, April 30). with President Yanukovych, however, and Novorossiysk is yet to be determined. Foundation, www.jamestown.org.

ten missives issued by the Presidential statements wouldn’t end up on the air on The ‘temnyky’ are returning Adminstration under former President Sunday in any form. When asked, “Why?” Leonid Kuchma instructing editors how to everyone conspiratorially laughed and by Myroslav Otkovych Postyshev. portray events, people and images to the glanced towards the ceiling. The case is closed today. The court’s As a result, the subject of the Holodomor On Tuesday, April 27, Ukrainian public.] decision can’t be appealed, nor can the was censored. President Viktor Yanukovych took one It was known by lunchtime that a “direc- guilty persons be rehabilitated. It was then that this subject became the more conscious step towards dividing the tive” emerged following a meeting of the Accordingly, a demographic study con- Rubicon for me, after which it was not pos- country. top managers. The report was removed ducted during the pre-trial investigation by sible to keep silent. The feeling of having a At the Parliamentary Assembly of the from broadcast, as if to show it later (that the Mykhailo Ptakhy Institute of conscience overcomes fear. Council of Europe (PACE), Mr. Yanukovych week) in the “Pidsumky” (Sunday week-in- Demography and Social Research at the I know that “airing your dirty laundry” is cast doubt upon the fact of genocide against review). National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine always difficult. Yet this is not a written the Ukrainian people – a fact that has been After a while the editors informed oth- concluded that 3,941,000 people died as a complaint. This is a warning of lackeys. It’s recognized by many countries of the world. ers; “The maximum – a ‘nachytka,’ ” or a result of the genocide committed in yet another attempt to prevent and discard In Ukraine, there’s a corresponding law short text from the anchor with one or two Ukraine. the subject of the genocide of Ukrainians that states: “Public denial of the Holodomor interviews. Therefore, is there any point in offering a from the television airwaves. of 1932-1933 in Ukraine dishonors the The editors predicted that the material legal analysis of the president’s statements memory of the millions of victims of the with the legal analysis of the president’s (Continued on page 21) Holodomor, denigrates the dignity of the in PACE in light of all this? Obviously yes! Ukrainian people and is unlawful.” That’s precisely what I proposed to the Therefore, President Yanukovych com- editors of the Television News Service mitted an illegal act, in the view of experts. (TSN) on the 1+1 channel – comments Quotable notes However, punishment is not foreseen. from experts and positions “for” and Proposed changes to the Criminal Code, “against.” At their preference, they could “… the Black Sea Fleet is a source of destabilization and a permanent threat where sanctions would be provided, weren’t weigh the expert commentary in order to to Ukraine’s territorial integrity. Let’s recall the Black Sea Fleet’s participation in approved by Parliament, and they’re unlike- offer equal access. the Russian-Georgian war. It delivered strikes against Georgian towns and, ly to be passed now. Now let me offer only the facts about the according to the rules of war, Georgia, had it had the capability, could have retal- As a result, according to Ukrainian law, state of the TSN news kitchen as of today. iated not only against the warships but also their bases – in other words, against the most Mr. Yanukovych deserves is public Editors approved the report at the first our territory, the territory of Crimea, the territory of Ukraine. censure, just as any other person who stage, yet said carefully; “Convince the “And this time Russia waged a war against a weak Georgia, which basically allows himself to denigrate the dignity of chief editor yourself.” Obviously, troubling doesn’t have a navy of its own. Imagine a similar adventure against our neighbor Ukrainians and dishonor the victims of the the management with such subjects isn’t across the Black Sea. They wouldn’t think too much about [Crimea] being [a for- Holodomor. fashionable nowadays. eign base] if their own towns came under fire. I am sure there’s a similar point of view I called the chief editor and briefly laid “Secondly, at a time when high-ranking [Russian] officials constantly make among the representatives of the out the gist of the proposal. I hear this on territorial claims on Ukraine and say that Crimea will sooner or later become part of Russia again, hosting that country’s navy on our territory is absolutely unwise. Presidential Administration. They say, “It’s the receiver: “The item is interesting, but “And thirdly, this goes against the Ukrainian Constitution, whose Article 17 not necessary to claim ownership of the the directives must be approved.” states that no foreign military bases may be permitted on Ukrainian territory. Yes, misery of many peoples. People died in the Your attention! TSN has been working we allowed [the Black Sea Fleet] to remain there, as an exception, until 2017 Volga region and Kazakhstan.” Yes, that’s along the lines of “approving directives” because there was an agreement. But this 25-year extension is simply astonish- true. But what’s stopping Kazakhs and ever since the day Maksym Shylenko was ing. These people signed [the deal] on behalf of entire generations to come. I Russians from putting forth analogous dismissed from his responsibility as chief think it is outrageous.” issues before the global community? editor of news on 1+1. We researched our own history. A For those who still don’t understand: – Mustafa Dzhemilev, chairman of the Mejlis (Parlament) of the Crimean Ukrainian court delivered a verdict against “directives” are those same “temnyky,” Tatars, speaking on April 28 with RFE/RL’s Tatar-Bashkir Service about the nine people accused of genocide, among only they’re verbally communicated now. Russian-Ukrainian base-for-gas deal. them Joseph Stalin, Stanislav Kosior, Pavlo [Editor’s note – “Temnyky” were writ- 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 23, 2010 No. 21 Chicagoland Ukrainians demonstrate in defense of Ukraine CHICAGO – Nearly 500 members of Chicagoland’s Ukrainian Community came out on Sunday, May 9, to protest the anti-Ukrainian policies of Ukraine’s current president, Viktor Yanukovych, and to support their patriotic brothers and sisters in Ukraine. The protest was held in front of the Consulate General of Ukraine in Chicago located at 10 E. Huron St. Speeches were given by the Rev. Melnyk, Oleh Striltschuk (Ukrainian Congress Committee of America – Illinois Division), Pavlo Bandriwsky (Organization for the Defense of Four Freedoms for Ukraine), Julian Kulas (Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, National Board), Oleh Muzyka (Orange Wave), and Maria Klimchak (“Ukrainian Wave” radio program). Mr. Striltschuk and Ms. Klimchak pre- sented a letter of protest to the Ukrainian government and a cover letter to Consul General Konstyantyn Kudryk, who prom- ised to forward it up the chain of com- mand through the Ukrainian Embassy in Washington. News media covering the protest included television stations CBS and WGN, the newspaper Chas i Podii, Medill News Service and the radio pro- grams “Ukrainian Wave” and Ivanka Bryan “Independent Community Radio.” Chicago-area Ukrainians protest the policies of the Yanukovych administration in Ukraine.

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Cetenko Venice, FL Andrij Buhel Mississauga, ON Sincere thanks to all contributors to The Ukrainian Weekly Nicholas and Slawka Springfield, NJ Andrew Czeriniak Johnson City, NY Press Fund. Hordynsky Eustachiy Derzko Lorton, VA Bohdan Hryshchyshyn Bethel Park, PA Nadia Deychakiwsky Brecksville, OH The Ukrainian Weekly Press Fund is the only fund dedicat- Adrian Kozak Silver Spring, MD John Dytiuk Wethersfield, CT ed exclusively to supporting the work of this publication. No. 21 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 23, 2010 5 Ukrainian Canadians express concern over recent developments in Ukraine The statement below was issued by the last week. Our community is concerned Ukrainian Canadian Congress on May by the physical brawls and complete lack 11. of respect for Ukraine’s hard-fought dem- ocratic institutions. Ukraine’s image in the There are 1.2 million Canadians who international arena, which we and millions trace their roots to Ukraine – the second of other Ukrainians around the world largest Ukrainian community outside of struggle desperately to promote positively, Ukraine, with a 120-year distinguished is in shambles. history in Canada. The Ukrainian Canadian Congress represents the inter- Ukraine’s strategic assets ests of this vibrant and active community According to recent statements by that closely follows developments in their Ukraine’s Prime Minister Mykola Azarov, ancestral homeland, for which they wish Ukraine is considering the proposal put nothing more than peace, prosperity, and forth by Russia’s Prime Minister Vladimir the ability to pursue a full independent, Putin to merge Russia’s Gazprom with Gazeta.ua democratic and dignified existence. Ukraine’s Naftohaz, as well as the nuclear Our community is deeply disturbed by Supporters of the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc demonstrated at the police headquar- energy assets of both countries. There are recent events in Ukraine, namely: ters in Ternopil on May 11, the day they were supposed to be in Kyiv, protesting numerous recent examples of Russia violations to their right to freedom of assembly. Black Sea Fleet leveraging energy to extort various con- cessions from Ukraine. Merging Ukraine’s The decision to extend Ukraine’s port venting buses with Ukrainian citizens state-owned energy companies, which lease to Russia’s Black Sea Fleet by 25 from leaving the Chernihiv, own its gas transportation and distribution Ukraine in danger... years was highly inflammatory and divi- Dnipropetrovsk, Ternopil, and Lviv system, its oil and gas exploration, pro- (Continued from page 1) sive among the people of Ukraine. oblasts. duction and deposits, as well as its nuclear ther acts of protest near the Presidential Overlooking the question of the constitu- The Svoboda nationalist party reported companies with those of their Russian Administration and Cabinet of Ministers.’ tionality of this move, such a significant that State Traffic Inspection (DAI) offi- counterparts will make Ukraine entirely Such ‘orders’ are brutal violations to the decision was made precipitously and cers in the Khmelnytskyi Oblast threat- dependent on Russia. Such a move would freedom of peaceful assembly and several rushed through Parliament without any ened private bus companies that provided be an unpardonable sell-out of Ukraine’s articles of the Constitution.” consultation with Ukraine’s citizens or its the party with transportation for the April principal strategic assets and, indeed, its Following the April 27 protests, mea- neighbors. 27 protests in Kyiv. independence – something that no other sures to preclude demonstrations escalat- Political commentators around the “Carriers said they were threatened by nation in the world would countenance. ed. world have been critical of these actions. people who claim to be traffic officers The Ukrainian Canadian Congress calls To prepare for the May 11 demonstra- Among these was Canada’s highly and demand that they cease to offer trans- upon the president and the Parliament of tions at Parliament, numerous reports sur- respected national newspaper, The Globe portation services to Svoboda support- Ukraine to reassure Ukrainians and the faced of police and traffic officers pre- and Mail (April 29, 2010), which criti- ers,” the party reported in a May 7 press world: cized President Viktor Yanukovych for release. “In another case, they were Sovereignty of Ukraine – Reassure having sold Ukraine into Russia’s sphere threatened with numerous inspections and Ukrainians that Ukraine has not fallen into of influence in exchange for subsidized denial of licenses for transportation.” Russia’s sphere of influence by commit- natural gas which will largely be enjoyed On May 10 on the eve of the protest, ting Ukraine on a path to remain outside by Ukraine’s oligarchs and industrialists. bus companies hired by the Tymoshenko Russia’s political and economic sphere of Bloc in the Chernihiv Oblast told their Holodomor influence. To do so we request President clients they had to decline their business Yanukovych: because they were threatened with having Our community is deeply distraught by • does not sign the extension of the their licenses confiscated. President Yanukovych’s recent remarks in Russian Black Sea Fleet lease; The morning of the protest, six cars of Strasbourg which continue to aggravate • cease all discussions regarding the sale traffic and police officers arrived at the tensions in Ukraine by diminishing the or merger of Ukraine’s state assets to Russia gathering spots for demonstrators. They enormous suffering of the Ukrainian peo- or any other party in the areas of energy, approached the bus drivers and confiscat- ple in the Holodomor, by saying it was a infrastructure, aviation or other strategic ed their inspection stickers without so consequence of Stalin’s totalitarian industries or assets of Ukraine; and much as identifying themselves. regime, rather than a genocide. • modernize Ukraine’s gas transit system The officers told the drivers not to This position is contrary to the law of in a manner that leaves the ownership of drive the demonstrators to Kyiv and Ukraine, the vast body of recent academic this strategically important energy and eco- stopped all other automobiles arriving at research based on original Soviet archives nomic asset in the hands of Ukraine, such the gathering points. in Ukraine, the position of the previous as the current proposal from the European For those buses of protestors that man- Ukrainian government, the current gov- Union which includes financing. aged to depart for Kyiv, the State Traffic ernment of Canada, the Ukrainian World Holodomor – President Yanukovych’s Inspection (DAI) posted its officers all Congress and the Ukrainian Canadian recent public statements about the Zenon Zawada along the highways to stop them and Congress, instead putting it in accord with Holodomor are as harmful and divisive as The administration of Ukrainian force long delays. All of the Tymoshenko Russia’s interpretation. saying that the Holocaust was not a geno- President Viktor Yanukovych has been Bloc’s buses were prevented by traffic The Famine was largely engineered by cide against the Jewish people because brutally violating the rights of Ukrainian police from leaving the Lviv Oblast, the the Soviet regime of Joseph Stalin, and it many Ukrainians were also murdered by citizens to peaceful assembly, said party organization reported. was so extreme and purposeful in Ukraine the Nazis. We call upon President Volodymyr Yavorsky, the executive direc- Meanwhile three Tymoshenko Bloc that it can reasonably be called an act of Yanukovych to issue a public statement tor of the Ukrainian Helsinki Union of buses that departed for Kyiv from the ethnic genocide. In terms of its cost in and appear on Ukrainian television to Human Rights in Kyiv. Ternopil Oblast never made it, said Vasyl human lives, the Famine was the most reaffirm Ukraine’s position that the Derevlianyi, the party’s oblast organiza- costly of all genocidal operations of Stalin Holodomor was an act of genocide against tion chair. and the Communist Party. It targeted the the Ukrainian people. “One bus was stopped by DAI not long destruction of the Ukrainian intelligentsia/ Upholding the Constitution of Ukraine after, and another two were pursued and Ukrainian national elites. What happened – The most important job of the president Demjanjuk suffers were stopped about 11 p.m. on the border in Ukraine respects the definition of geno- of Ukraine is to uphold the letter and the with the Khmelnytskyi Oblast,” he said. cide in the U.N. Convention. spirit of the Constitution of Ukraine. heart pain, “At that, no explanations for such actions The areas outside Ukraine where the Recent regulatory change to the were offered.” famine took place were largely populated Verkhovna Rada coalition requirements trial is postponed The party’s remaining buses never by Ukrainians. Dr. Raphael Lemkin, the and cancellation of local city and regional even departed, said Mr. Derevialnyi, who father of the United Nations genocide con- elections without setting an alternative led a protest of 200 demonstrators at vention, declared that the Holodomor was a date were unconstitutional and appear to PARSIPPANY, N.J. – According a Ternopil’s Internal Affairs Ministry local genocide as it involved “the destruction, not have been made for political advantage. report filed by the Associated Press on administration on the same day they were of individuals only, but of a culture and a New municipal elections and new election May 18, John Demjanjuk was sent to a supposed to be in Kyiv. nation.” The genocidal nature of the dates should be set immediately. private medical clinic to undergo tests “We planned to transport to Kyiv 500 Holodomor is enshrined in Ukrainian law New parliamentary elections in Ukraine after he complained of heart pain. people in 12 buses,” he said. “We signed as it is in a great number of countries – Recent events have demonstrated that As a result, this week’s sessions of Mr. an agreement with the carrier and they around the world, including Canada (which the current Verkhovna Rada is dysfunc- Demjanjuk’s trial on Nazi war crimes obtained the necessary permit from DAI. had the unanimous support of all political tional and no longer represents the will of charges were postponed. Yet the traffic officers began to place parties and Members of Parliament). the Ukrainian people. We call upon A court physician, Dr. Albrecht Stein, spokes in the wheels of the carriers, look- Ukraine’s Parliament President Yanukovych to call a new elec- told the AP he did not believe the pains ing for a hook. They said, ‘that chair isn’t tion of Ukraine’s Parliament at the earliest were serious, but did not want to risk hav- standing right,’ ‘that bumper isn’t placed Ukrainians around the world watched possible time. ing the 90-year-old defendant suffer a with apprehension as Ukraine’s Parliament heart attack in the courtroom. (Continued on page 19) (the Verkhovna Rada) spiraled into chaos (Continued on page 22) 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 23, 2010 No. 21

NEWS AND VIEWS Th e Uk r a i n i a n We e k l y An enlightened liberation movement Yanukovych and the Holodomor by Askold Lozynskyj Similarly, on the eve of the Nazi invasion Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych shocked Ukrainians throughout the world on June 15, 1941, the new OUN leader, with his statement on the Holodomor delivered on April 27 before the Parliamentary The recent Bandera/Shukhevych/OUN/ Stepan Bandera, reiterated essentially that Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). UPA debate has evoked a panoply of posi- position in a memorandum presented to the “These were the consequences of the Stalinist totalitarian regime and its attitude tions. Its gamut ranges from glorification to Germans: “Even if the German troops were towards people. But we believe it’s incorrect and unjust to recognize the Holodomor opprobrium. Somewhere in between there welcomed as liberators upon their arrival in as genocide against one or another people. This was a tragedy, a common tragedy of have been a number of academic and non- Ukraine, this attitude can soon change if peoples which once belonged to a single state – the Soviet Union.” academic papers stating that Bandera et al. Germany shows no intention of restoring the “The territories where these tragic events of the 1930s occurred are well-known. were heroes, not Nazi collaborators, poten- Ukrainian State...” These are the former nations of the U.S.S.R. Today we know that a Holodomor tial but frustrated German allies with a non- The OUN and the Ukrainian Insurgent occurred in Ukraine, in Russia, in the Stavropol and Krasnodar regions, in the Volga democratic and often fascist ideology. Army (UPA) were not a form of govern- basin, in Belarus and Kazakhstan.” On the subject of alliances, the ment, but a liberation political movement The president delivered his falsehoods the day before PACE was to vote on a reso- Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists and an army. The concept of such forma- lution on the Holodomor. It came as no surprise that his misguided remarks drew (OUN) was never reticent about its loyalty. tions being entirely democratic is ridiculous applause from the Russian Duma deputies, who serve to propagate the historical lies As early as June 4, 1935, OUN leader and certainly has no examples in history. of the Kremlin, dominated by former KGB agents. Yevhen Konovalets presented a memoran- Still, the leader of the OUN was elected It came as no surprise that Mr. Yanukovych’s denial of the Holodomor as genocide dum to the British seeking support for the through a representative democracy at a led the 55 members of PACE, squeamish of the prospect of riling the Russians, to vote Ukrainian cause: “We... are fighting for the clandestine convention. Once elected, he, against recognizing the genocide that killed millions of Ukrainians. total independence of Ukraine... we are like any commander-in-chief, was the ulti- It was committed by sealing Ukraine’s borders, preventing the starving from flee- actively challenging all foreign occupiers of mate authority. Since the purpose of the ing to neighboring Russia, where no starvation was occurring, according to the testi- Ukrainian lands, and although we consider movement and the army was to liberate mony of hundreds of survivors. And the overwhelming majority of Ukraine’s victims Russia to be the main occupier, we shall... occupied Ukraine, the OUN was responsible were themselves ethnic Ukrainians. challenge unilateral attempts of any foreign for a number of targeted political assassina- “If we don’t make an effort, we might lose Ukraine,” Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin invader to solve the affairs of Eastern tions and the UPA was responsible for wag- is reported to have said before the genocidal winter of 1932-33. Europe without the participation, or against ing an armed struggle against the occupying Yet somehow the deniers insist that this wasn’t targeted against Ukrainians. the will, of the Ukrainian people.” Polish, German, Hungarian, Romanian and For many Ukrainians throughout the world, Mr. Yanukovych crossed the Rubicon Soviet armies and partisans. Certainly there with his statement. The truth of the Holodomor is something sacred that can’t be bar- were civilian casualties. Regrettably, even Askold S. Lozynskyj is an attorney gained or negotiated with the authoritarian Putinist regime. some completely innocent civilians die in Opposition deputies protested Mr. Yanukovych’s denigration of Ukrainian memory based in New York City. He is a former by walking out of the PACE session hall. president of the Ukrainian World “It was the governor of the Ukrainian oblast of the Russian empire speaking, not Congress. (Continued on page 22) the president of Ukraine,” said Olha Herasymiuk, a national deputy with the Our Ukraine-People’s Self-Defense bloc. In his Holodomor denial, Mr. Yanukovych was not only ignoring the mountain of LETTER TO THE EDITOR documentary, testimonial and statistical evidence proving that Stalin wanted to crush the Ukrainian spirit in his grand experiment called the Soviet Union. The Ukrainian world. It is, however, far more exacerbat- president violated Ukrainian law, which states, “Public denial of the Holodomor of ed in a fledgling democracy that needs to 1932-33 in Ukraine dishonors the memory of the millions of victims of the Yanukovych implement radical change to prosper than Holodomor, denigrates the dignity of the Ukrainian people and is unlawful.” in a mature democracy like ours here in One brave television correspondent, Myroslav Otkovych of the 1+1 television net- and elections America. work, wanted to produce a news report examining whether Mr. Yanukovych indeed The solace I take in the bad news pub- violated Ukrainian law when denying that the Holodomor was genocide against the Dear Editor: lished is that Ukraine remains an inde- Ukrainian people. I just read the May 2 edition of The pendent country with very divided con- Yet he found out, after proposing the idea to his editors, that the Holodomor is no Ukrainian Weekly. I’ve been reading the stituencies that has accepted the rule of longer a “fashionable” news subject in Ukraine now that Mr. Yanukovych is president. Ukrainian Weekly for over 20 years and law and democratic elections (albeit, not It’s particularly not acceptable to suggest the president is a law-breaker. have never written to you before. My par- yet well and with corruption that will Mr. Otkovych’s news report, offering both favorable and critical views of Ukrainian ents were both from the Ternopil region decline with time and generational legal experts on Mr. Yanukovych’s statement, was duly rejected. He subsequently and came to America after World War change). That’s big. There will be another wrote an article about the incident for the Ukrayinska Pravda web site, which The II, and I was born in America. We made election coming and, hopefully, the pro- Weekly translated and published on Page 3 of this issue. our lives in Woonsocket, R.I. I’m a CPA Western parties learn from their past mis- Mr. Otkovych led reporters at 1+1, and other television networks, to declare that the who’s very proud to be Ukrainian and felt takes and take back the vote! Yanukovych government has returned censorship after the Orange era had largely compelled to write and share my opinion As much as I don’t want to see Russia eliminated it. at this time. with a base on Ukrainian land, this is Only now network managers have to abide by verbal “directives” to comply with This edition of The Weekly was full of common in global politics. America still government filters of news, rather than the written “temnyky” of the Kuchma era. articles about President Viktor has bases in Japan, Germany, the Even if Mr. Yanukovych doesn’t agree with Ukrainian law, he has the respon- Yanukovych’s “base for gas” deal and Philippines, etc. decades after a war with- sibility as president to abide by it, particularly when representing the nation in also his promise to give up highly out any threat to the sovereignty of those foreign countries. enriched uranium. I deplore both deci- countries. As much as Yanukovych is The president’s denial of the Holodomor as genocide is merely the latest in a series sions. In fact, I deplored Ukraine’s deci- leaning Eastward politically, I can’t of illegal acts committed by the Ukrainian government, whose very formation sion to become a nuclear-free country believe he’s looking to become part of the (between individual deputies instead of factions alone) violated the Ukrainian back in the 1990’s. Given our history and old Soviet Union. If he does, there will be Constitution. proximity to our historical enemies, we another election or else a revolution. His words at the April 27 PACE session deserve severe condemnation. His punish- need to be strong and should have kept ment will come at the next elections, God willing. our nuclear deterrent. Ted Klowan Jr. Anyway, in a democratically elected Franklin, Mass. country, there’s nothing we can do about Mr. Yanukovych’s decisions now. The voters elected Mr. Yanukovych and if We welcome your opinion May Turning the pages back... you truly believe in the rule of law, you have to accept it. The good news is that The Ukrainian Weekly welcomes letters there will be another election in a few to the editor and commentaries on a vari- 26 years which may change the current tide. ety of topics of concern to the Ukrainian Frankly, I blame Yulia Tymoshenko American and Ukrainian Canadian com- Ten years ago, on May 26, 2000, Ukraine’s Minister of the munities. Opinions expressed by colum- 2000 Economy Sergey Tigipko (whose name was then transliterated and Viktor Yushchenko for Mr. nists, commentators and letter-writers are as Serhii Tyhypko) announced his resignation from the Yanukovych’s election and his deals. their own and do not necessarily reflect Cabinet of Ministers. Speaking in Pavlohrad, Dnipropetrovsk They both had such an amazing opportu- the opinions of either The Weekly edito- Oblast, he indicated his intention to run for Parliament in a by-election to be held on nity back during the Orange Revolution rial staff or its publisher, the Ukrainian June 25, 2000. to truly bring Ukraine into the Western National Association. The relationship between the government and the Verkhovna Rada prompted Mr. world with democracy and capitalism. Letters should be typed and signed (anon- Tigipko to become a national deputy. “I’m absolutely certain that no matter how intel- Unfortunately, because of their own self- ymous letters are not published). Letters are ligent and strong people are in a government it cannot work effectively until there are ish political ambitions, they split their accepted also via e-mail at staff@ukrweek- better relations with the Parliament’s majority,” he said. “Today most of the issues are political support and ruined the opportu- ly.com. The daytime phone number and address of the letter-writer must be given decided in consultations between the president and the parliamentary majority. That is nity they had. Shame on both of them. for verification purposes. Please note that a not normal.” Neither deserve our support in the future. daytime phone number is essential in order Mr. Tigipko promised voters at a meeting in Pavlohrad that if he were elected he They sacrificed their country for their for editors to contact letter-writers regarding would try to implement the concept of a coalition government. The by-elections were individual political ambitions. clarifications or questions. Of course, the above happens all the Please note: THE LENGTH OF LETTERS (Continued on page 21) time in politics everywhere around the CANNOT EXCEED 500 WORDS. No. 21 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 23, 2010 7

From a Canadian Angle PERSPECTIVES by Oksana Bashuk Hepburn b y An d r e w Fe d y n s k y Celebrating 120 years in Canada Socialism? Next year will mark 120 years of 120th anniversary of our settlement. Ukrainians know as much about radical Clinton, every president for the past 30 Ukrainian settlement in Canada – a good Start with exceptional nominations for socialism as any other people on earth. For years has relied increasingly on borrowing, time to evaluate accomplishments and pre- the job of the governor general and the three-quarters of a century, from 1919 to deferring payment of our bills to future gen- pare for the future. Supreme Court justice. Without nomina- 1991, they endured its Soviet-Internationalist erations. Well, the future is here. To address Pioneer beginnings were grim. In 1891, tions there are no appointments! But hurry, form, interrupted only by three years of the a looming budget crisis, President Obama western Canada, where Ukrainian immi- candidates are already being considered. National Socialist (Nazi) variation during set up a bipartisan commission that will grants were unceremoniously dumped, was Identify top positions in other sectors – World War II. The horrors of these two sys- propose a combination of spending cuts and little more than “a few acres of snow” rath- industry, mining, academe, hospital admin- tems are well-known. tax increases. Implementing those will not er than, according to United Nations sur- istration – and persuade competent people And so, painfully aware of what social- be easy. If it were, Mr. Obama’s predeces- veys, one of the best countries in the world to apply. Do the same with school boards, ism has been historically, I find references sors would have already done so. to live in. And abandoning ancestral homes unions and cultural entities. Aim for a 5 to to President Barack Obama promoting a President Obama took office less than a to cross the Atlantic was, in today’s terms, 10 percent increase. And remember: no “socialist agenda” to be false and offensive year and a half ago in the worst economy as daunting as settling permanently on the appointments without applications. – not only because they trivialize that sys- since Franklin Roosevelt succeeded Herbert moon. Yet, the handful of Ukrainian settlers Next, make the Ukrainian presence in tem’s actual record, but also because they Hoover in 1933 – plus he inherited two has grown to a 1.2 million presence. Canada better known. Ensure commemo- distort what Americans, through govern- costly and seemingly intractable wars. The community has prospered but rative stamps and coins are issued to mark ment, have accomplished working together. Immediately upon becoming president, Mr. there’s room for improvement. the historic occasion. Lobby to name I was 21 when the U.S. first landed astro- Obama took bold and unpopular steps to There have been notable successes in mountains, rivers, islands etc. after indi- nauts on the Moon, arguably the most spec- bring us from the brink of fiscal catastro- politics; two governors generals – heads of viduals or events representing our commu- tacular example of what a government- phe. state – Ramon Hnatyshyn and Ed Schreyer. nity. Encourage cities to dedicate streets, funded program can do. Now that I’m 62, Over the past quarter, there has been Don Mazankowski was a deputy prime malls, schools or other civic places to do I’m equally impressed by the way govern- steady improvement, but, you can’t cut a minister, the second most senior post in likewise. What about a Ukrainian pioneer ment takes care of more mundane things, ribbon on a Depression averted. And so, government. John Sopinka served as one trail comprising a designated system of starting with personal hygiene. When the with times tough for many millions of of nine judges on the Supreme Court of highways through western Canada mark- need arises, we (ahem) do our business, Americans and the country still at war, Mr. Canada. Roy Romanow was premier of ing the first settlements? push a handle and the mess goes away. To Obama is vulnerable to opponents’ attacks, Saskatchewan. Currently, Ed Stelmach is Here’s another idea. The Ukrainian enjoy this luxury, we pay a tax that govern- many of whom started wishing for him to leading oil-rich Alberta, while Tim Hudak community in Ottawa has been exploring, ment bureaucrats collect, so that other fail the day he took office. To a sizable for some time now, the possibility of erect- is hoping to see his Conservative party win bureaucrats can hire people to design, build fringe, he’s a socialist, fascist, communist; a ing a monument to Taras Shevchenko. Ontario. Ukrainians in Canada have pro- and run a sewage treatment system to dis- tyrant who pals around with terrorists, wants There is one in Washington. Perhaps, on duced several senatorial appointments and pose of our collective waste. You could call to take your guns away and pull the plug on the occasion of the first settlement from numerous elected members of Parliament. that socialism. I call it civilization. grandma’s respirator – and worse. None of Ukraine – the country which 300 years ago Where votes matter, we’ve done well – Or consider food inspection. A free mar- it is true. gave the world its first democratic consti- a testament to leadership and citizen activ- ket purist might argue that a supplier selling What is it, you have to ask yourself, that ism. This contrasts sharply with appoint- tution – Canada’s capital could create a meat that kills people will lose market share, Freedom Park or Park of Democrats hon- President Obama is doing that’s so different ments to senior positions were merit is then go out of business as customers move from what President Johnson did when he meant to be the deciding factor but too oring the globe’s champions of democracy. to vendors with safe products. Well, we The first contribution would be created Medicare, Richard Nixon the often it’s an insiders game. Nationally, don’t think that way. The government man- Environmental Protection Agency, George we’ve had only one deputy minister or Shevchenko’s statue. East Indian dates that food be safe or else. Canadians might follow with one to W. Bush the prescription drug program for equivalent-ranking official, and only a (I’ve been to countries with neither food seniors or President Ronald Reagan when handful of assistant deputy ministers. Gandhi; Poles with one to Pope John Paul inspection nor decent toilets. The worst he cut taxes to cope with recession, the With 120 years of nation-building, this II. The Tribute to Liberty, a monument ones were socialist. Yuck!) same thing Mr. Obama did last year? Well, indicates a strong under-representation. devoted to the 100 million victims of American society expects government to nothing really. It’s just that “socialism” French Canadians, for instance, are present Communist governments – now in the do a lot of things because they make sense. sounds bad and Mr. Obama’s opponents, in about 25 percent of some half-million fund-raising stages – might find a home We collect taxes from younger people and unable to oppose him on substance, are jobs in the federal government. This there too. transfer the money in the form of pension demonizing him instead. Google “Obama assures them excellent employment in Time is short; there are only six months checks to the old and infirm. To defend our myths” and you’ll find more than 3 million government and spills over to other sec- left to the anniversary year. The significant way of life, we recruit and equip an enor- references. I get a couple in my e-mail every tors. Most importantly, it gives them con- marker calls for a lasting contribution to mous military. Through the Veterans day. trol over some 600 governor-in-council celebrate the seeds sown back in 1891. Administration, we care for veterans who appointments, jobs charged with running Any other proposals? suffered physical or emotional trauma. To One last thing: I’d like to correct a bit of misinformation about President Obama and Canada such as regulating banks, partici- Correction ensure a future, we provide schools for the pating in NATO efforts in Afghanistan and young. Government runs the air traffic con- Ukrainian Americans that was printed in granting funding for heritage language A correction to my column titled “Ask trol system, allocates broadcast frequencies, this same space a few weeks ago. For the retention. There are very few Canadians of the oligarchs the hard questions” (February punishes people for dumping chemicals into record, Mr. Obama has indeed appointed Ukrainian descent among these key deci- 12): It should have read that “many rivers, and makes it illegal to commit bur- Ukrainian Americans to prominent posi- sion-makers. Communists in Ukraine during the glary, murder, etc. tions, most notably Dr. Jane Lubchenco, Given their power and presence, it is not Holodomor genocide were Jewish.” We register births, deaths, marriages, administrator of the National Oceanic and surprising that Canada is currently in loud In December 2006, Ynet published cars, drivers, fishermen, dogs, boats and Atmospheric Administration; and Melanne debate over qualification criteria for replac- Sever Plocker’s commentary “Stalin’s property (but not guns). We certify, doctors, Vereer, a high-ranking State Department ing a recently retired Supreme Court jus- Jews,” in which he says: “In 1934, accord- dentists, pharmacists, lawyers, engineers, official who represented the U.S. at tice. (Is it to be French-language skills or ing to published statistics, 38.5 percent of teachers, pilots and barbers. President Viktor Yanukovych’s inaugura- merit?) Like French Canadians, women, those holding the most senior posts in the Government built the Erie and Panama tion. It’s also encouraging that the State native Canadians and the disabled fall Soviet security apparatuses were of Jewish canals, the transcontinental railway system, Department and National Security Council under special hiring practices, the talent origin. They too, of course, were gradually airports across America, the interstate high- have engaged Ukrainian Americans (includ- pool from which the new justice, and other eliminated in the next purges.” way system, dams and hydro-electric plants, ing me) in conference calls regarding U.S. opinion leaders, tend to be selected. He also writes that “Stalin’s close asso- created the network of national parks, did policy toward Central and Eastern Europe. Ukrainian males are excluded. (Mr. ciates and loyalists included member of the the research that led to the Internet, and And by the way, as someone whose fam- Sopinka’s appointment may be credited to Central Committee and Politburo Lazar developed thousands of medical procedures, ily was denied health insurance some 15 his brilliance as much as to the fact that Kaganovich,” noting that “those starving vaccines and pharmaceuticals that enhance years ago because I had a pre-existing medi- Mr. Hnatyshyn was the Justice ministerat to death in Ukraine, an unparalleled trage- the quality of life. cal condition, I appreciate the president’s the time.) dy in the history of humankind aside from None of this minimizes the role that pri- toughness in winning the battle for health Another way to measure the success of the Nazi horrors and Mao’s terror in China, vate enterprise has played and continues to care reform. (I’m fine now, thank you.) Ukrainians in Canada is to examine the did not move Kaganovich.” do to maintain a prosperous America, There are many serious problems out ethnic origin of recipients of the Order of Ynet News describes itself as “the whether led by Andrew Carnegie, John D. there. Working together to solve them does Canada – the country’s highest citizen English-language sister-site to Ynet, Rockefeller, Warren Buffett, Bill Gates or not make us socialists. For a whole lot of awards – presented to nearly 6,000 Israel’s largest and most popular news and the thousands upon thousands of people reasons, I’m opposed to socialism and will Canadians since its inception in 1989. content website” and “part of the promi- who run small businesses. The country’s be the first to rise up should I see Mr. Only some 30 Ukrainian Canadians have nent Yedioth Media Group, which publish- success has always depended on a healthy Obama or any other president promoting it. been deemed worthy. es Yedioth Ahronoth – Israel’s most widely interplay between government and the pri- I’m also opposed to nonsense, and that’s Surely we deserve better. And here are a read daily newspaper.” vate sector. An inescapable aspect of that is why I decided to write this column. few initiatives for the Ukrainian Canadian financing what people expect from govern- Congress, the community’s lead organiza- Oksana Bashuk Hepburn may be con- ment, either by levying taxes or selling debt. Andrew Fedynsky’s e-mail address is tion, and others to consider in honoring the tacted at [email protected]. Unfortunately, with the exception of Bill [email protected]. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 23, 2010 No. 21

“No one expects that we will resolve all Medvedev praises... problems immediately, but the main thing (Continued from page 1) is not to lower the pressure and not to shift Yanukovych, offering as evidence a double to a lower gear,” Mr. Medvedev told the increase in trade between the two nations in Ukraine-Russia Interstate Commission on the first quarter. May 17, reported Interfax. “To a considerable degree, this is He lamented the Commission met for because the Ukrainian state has another only the third time in the last five years, administration,” Mr. Medvedev told Mr. insisting that it ought to convene at least Yanukovych, reported the Interfax news twice a year. wire. “It’s simpler for us to talk with you.” At the meeting, the presidents gave their He pointed out it was the seventh meet- governments 14 orders on which to pre- ing between the nation’s leaders since Mr. pare future bilateral agreements between Yanukovych took over as president in the governments and ministries. early February. The leaders said they plan to develop an interstate program of socio-economic and “This frequency of contacts shows that Official Website of Ukraine’s President we have things to take care of,” he said. humanitarian cooperation between Ukraine Presidents Dmitry Medvedev and Viktor Yanukovych tout their work on improv- and Russia for 10 years, which Mr. “Things need cleaning up.” ing relations . Yanukovych said would enable the legal Indeed since the formation of the realization of the conditions of the “Great Cabinet of Ministers in early March, Agreement” of 1997 between Ukraine and Russian and Ukrainian leaders have Russia. engaged in extensive dialogue that resulted The leaders said they ordered their gov- in swift, radical measures such as the April ernments to continue work on developing 21 Kharkiv Agreement, which extended agreements in many economic spheres of the lease of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in cooperation, including ship-building, avia- Sevastopol for 25 years. tion manufacturing, the space industry, as Mr. Medvedev’s May 17-18 official well as energy, all of which “create the visit to Kyiv was the latest round of meet- conditions for economic growth and gain- ings between the delegations of Russia and ing a financial result.” Ukraine that produced more agreements Mr. Yanukovych suggested creating on cooperation. holding companies and corporations with- The two presidents signed three agree- in these industries between the two coun- ments on May 17 on security in the Black tries. Sea region, improving systems of Most notably, the Russian government European security and resolving problems has considered proposing the merger of in the TransDnister region. Naftohaz, Ukraine’s natural gas transit Mssrs. Medvedev and Yanukovych also intermediary, with Gazprom, Russia’s nat- presided over the signing of a series of ural gas monopoly. Mr. Yanukovych sub- bilateral agreements that involved demar- sequently rejected the proposal. cating the Russian-Ukrainian border, coop- Kyiv political insider Ivan Lozowy, a erating in using and developing the graduate of New York University Law The Russian and Ukrainian presidents receive a blessing by Metropolitan Russian global satellite navigation system School, said nothing significant emerged Volodymyr of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church - Moscow Patriarchate. GLONASS, cooperation between the from Mr. Medvedev’s visit. Russian and Ukrainian Ministries of Instead it demonstrated that certain “If there’s an agree- Education in 2010-2012, cooperation leaders within the government, notably ment on demarcating the between the Russian and Ukrainian Mr. Yanukovych and Vice Prime Minister land border, then that Ministries of Culture in 2010-2014, and Andrii Kliuyev, want to slow down the agreement is only possible cooperation between UkrExImBank and fast-integration process favored by Prime on one instance – if Russia’s VTB Bank. Minister Mykola Azarov. Ukraine relinquishes its (VTB Bank reportedly won a tender to “We reached the conclusion that we can’t main trump card during place Ukraine’s Eurobonds on foreign work this way, in which we’ve conducted the talks, which is preserv- exchanges.) seven meetings in such a short period of ing the line of administra- Regarding Black Sea security, the lead- time and driven the leaders of our working tive distribution between ers pledged in their agreement to actively groups into a situation where they are sup- the former Soviet repub- develop bilateral dialogue and consultation posed to prepare various decisions in accel- l i c s , ” D r. H a l y n a on security issues and welcomed the par- erated tempos,” Mr. Yanukovych said at Yavorska, an expert at the ticipation of all the region’s nations in this their May 17 joint press conference. National Institute of process. To which Mr. Medvedev responded, International Security They pledged to continue active coop- “Viktor Fedorovych said we can’t work Problems. eration with the goal of combating threats this way, but I would like to add that we’re Specifically, Russia from international terrorists and transna- led to work this way” in light of how time has insisted on moving tional crime organizations, particularly was lost during the last five years. those that engage in illegal drugs and the demarcation line so as Yet in the view of many observers, it not to give Ukraine con- weapons trafficking. was the Medvedev administration that was trol of the critical Kerch- Ukrainian and Russian agencies will reluctant to cooperate with the Yushchenko Yenykalskyi Canal of the also cooperate in ensuring safety on the administration. Kerch Strait, between the Black Sea, as well as enhancing the Details or texts of the May 17 agree- Azov and Black seas. exchange of information on ensuring sea- ments weren’t released to the public, Under the current faring safety. which drew criticism from pro-Western While the leaders achieved much of opposition leaders. d e l i m i t a t i o n l i n e s , what they planned for the two-day official Observers are already concerned that the Ukraine has possession of visit, Mr. Medvedev assured the public demarcation agreement was reached at the two-thirds of the Azov that “this was only the beginning” as the expense of Ukraine’s position on a future Sea, including the Kerch- leaders plan many more agreements for agreement expected on delimiting the mari- Yenykalskyi Canal. more extensive cooperation. time borders between the two nations. Prime Minister Azarov touted his government’s ability to resolve “large scale, perennial problems on the basis of mutual understanding, taking into account the national inter- The presidents visit a memorial monument dedicated ests of both sides.” to the victims of the Holodomor. Yet Oleksii Haran, a professor of political science at the Ukraine was estimated at $17.7 billion in National University of Kyiv Mohyla 2004, which increased to $35.2 billion in Academy, said the demarcation agree- 2008. ment had been ready for years, yet Russia “Until the global crisis, economic rela- didn’t want to sign an agreement with the tions developed absolutely normal regard- pro-Western Yushchenko administration. less of politics,” Mr. Haran said, rejecting As for Mr. Medvedev’s claim first Mr. Medvedev’s claims that a pro-Western quarter trade between the two nations government worsened economic relations doubled following the emergence of a between the countries. pro-Russian government in Ukraine, Mr. “This subject is being used for political Presidents Dmitry Medvedev and Viktor Yanukovych share ideas on cooperation. Haran said trade between Russia and motives,” he said. No. 21 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 23, 2010 9

help the children in need. Presented by CCRDF's 20th... Mr. Yavorivsky, the Lifetime Achievement (Continued from page 1) Award was given to the founders of one of the leading charity organizations CCRDF, Dr. Zenon and Mrs. Matkiwsky. in Ukraine.” The award was kept secret until the very As an ambassador of goodwill, Vera moment it was presented. All the guests Farmiga, nominated for the 2010 welcomed the honorees with a standing Academy Award for Best Supporting ovation. The applause continued through Actress, was recognized with CCRDF’s the moving picture slideshow, showing Distinguished Achievement Award. As a 20 years of their dedicated work at Ukrainian American growing up in the CCRDF. As a special surprise, the United States, Ms. Farmiga was instilled Matkiwky’s four children and 13 grand- with a Ukrainian identity which taught children sent their congratulations. her to respect her parent’s and ancestor’s “Ukraine’s Got Talent” winner Kseniya homeland and to help those in need. Simonova dedicated a video compilation Through her active participation in of her award-winning sand artwork for CCRDF’s commemorative event of the the 20th anniversary of CCRDF, which Chornobyl catastrophe in 2006, she was shown as a video clip to conclude the helped shed light on what occurred 20 official ceremony of the charity gala. years ago and its continuing ramifica- Throughout the evening, guests were tions. invited to make their winning bids on “I believe in the work that has to be auction prizes. Generous in-kind spon- done by CCRDF,” said Ms. Farmiga in sors provided prizes for the silent auction her acceptance video. “I know of the and prominent Ukrainian artists donated At the celebration (from left) are: CCRDF Country Director Alexa Milanytch, great need to help the medical sector in their paintings for the art auction. The art- U.S. Ambassador John Tefft, National Deputy Volodymyr Yavorivsky, Elena Ukraine. I know that the hospitals are ists who donated their works included Khomenko of Philip Morris and CCRDF founders Nadia and Zenon Matkiwsky. constantly seeking better and more equip- Anna Kryvolap, Maksim Vityk, David ment. I know that the doctors’ hands Sharashidze, Serhiy Savchernko, Olena graph, and four compressors need to be filled with the proper medical Ryzhukh, Victor Ryzhykh, Larisa for the Kyiv City Children’s supplies to help their patients. I know of Klyushkina, Anna Gidora and Volodymyr Clinical Hospital No. 2 val- the parents’ pleas to help their suffering Zinchenko. Kyiv.Fine Art gallery donated ued at $171,000. children. And, as a parent expecting my a painting by Ihor Galan, while Persona CCRDF’s 20th anniversa- second child, I can imagine the relief to Gallery donated Igor Gubskiy’s artwork. ry celebration event took know that my children can be treated Medical equipment was displayed as a place at InterContinental because the equipment, supplies, and special exhibit at the charity gala. Guests Kyiv, which chose CCRDF medicines exist in the hospitals.” Ms. had a chance to see the equipment, learn as its Charity of Choice for Farmiga addressed the guests, saying, “I how it works and talk to Dr. Korniychuk, 2009-2010 and allowed the urge you all to support CCRDF’s humani- chief of the Neonatal Intensive Care organization to broaden its tarian mission and help make a difference Department of Kyiv City Children’s funding capabilities. for the children.” Hospital No. 2. CCRDF’s charity gala was CCRDF founder Ms. Matkiwsky pre- He stated, “Establishing one NICU sta- made possible thanks to the sented Elena Khomenko, managing direc- tion for newborns increases our chances leading sponsors, partners tor of Philip Morris Ukraine, Caucasus of saving children with critical weight at and in-kind contributors. and Moldova, with a Distinguished birth (less than 1 kilogram) and children Sponsors and in-kind con- Achievement Award for continuous sup- born with respiratory complications and tributors were: Salans, port of the fund’s humanitarian mission birth defects. It allows saving between 60 Ukraine International and contribution to its development. to 80 newborns per year.” “By providing Airlines, American Medical Ms. Matkiwsky referred to the U.S. hospitals with needed equipment, CCRDF Center, Philip Morris Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s book creates an opportunity for our doctors to Ukraine, PriceWaterhouse- “It Takes a Village” to emphasize that work efficiently and save the lives of Coopers, Bank Forum, even a small group of people can make a children.” Allianz, SPRI Clinical Trials, big difference. Ms. Matkiwsky noted: The president and founder of CCRDF, Guliev Wine, Euroholod, “Recently, Elena Khomenko was recog- Dr. Matkiwsky, said, “I am pleased to Avis, and Admiral Club. nized as one of the top three women busi- acknowledge the increase in the quality of Partners were: LeoBurnett, ness leaders in Ukraine. This caring health care in Ukraine in the past 20 years Running Code. woman has been determined to make a of our foundation’s work here. There are Media support were pro- difference in the well-being of humanity. wonderful talented doctors here, devoted vided by: Kyiv Post, What’s CCRDF Country Director Alexa Milanytch intro- Elena Khomenko took a leadership posi- to their work, but there is still an issue with On, Korrespondent, Business duces CCRDF’s Distinguished Achievement tion and made a difference.” providing hospitals quality equipment. We Ukraine, ICTV, Radio Kyiv Award winner, Hollywood actress Vera Farmiga, CCRDF’s 20th anniversary celebration at CCRDF thoroughly investigate the and Business Radio. who addressed the audience via video. marked another milestone: the honoring needs of Ukrainian doctors, listen to them of two individuals who were recognized and do our best to support their tremen- for their massive efforts, instrumental dous work by providing the needed equip- work and daily service to the fund for the ment, medicines, professional literature, as CCRDF: a record of accomplishment benefit of the children. Their boundless well as organizing professional trainings Since 1989 CCRDF has delivered 32 Centers in Kharkiv, Rivne and energy and compassionate dedication to and conferences.” airlifts and 18 sea shipments with medi- Zhytomyr; providing hematology and the children of Ukraine inspire thousands On the night of the gala, the sixth edi- cal aid valued at over $63 million for the laboratory equipment and supplies. of supporters throughout the world to tion of the “Neonatal Manual,” translated implementation of medical programs at • Increasing partner hospitals’ capac- into Ukrainian and printed by CCRDF, 31 partner hospitals and three orphanag- ities in performing life-saving surgeries was presented. This is the third Ukrainian es for disabled children all over Ukraine. for children with different birth defects. edition of the “Neonatal Manual” that has CCRDF’s primary objective is to • Organizing over 15 medical confer- been translated, published and distributed strengthen the Women’s and Children’s ences and trainings for thousands of free of charge by CCRDF. This medical Health Initiative Programs in the fields doctors and nurses, aimed at improving textbook is recommended by Ukraine’s of neonatology, perinatology, infant car- their skills in neonatology, pediatric Ministry of Health as a textbook for med- diac surgery and pediatric oncology. oncology, perinatology and pediatric ical universities. Translation and publica- CCRDF creates medical grants, pro- cardiac surgery. tion of the “Neonatal Manual” was spon- grams and Corporate Social • Translating, publishing and distrib- sored by the CCRDF’s New Heaven Responsibility (CSR) projects; provides uting over 7000 volumes of medical Chapter. medical equipment, organizes medical textbooks free of charge for doctors, Thanks to charitable donations from conferences and trainings; translates, nurses and medical students. sponsors and partners in Ukraine and publishes and distributes medical books. • Improving the quality of the lives abroad, CCRDF raised $171,000 for the CCRDF’s achievements include: of disabled orphans in Ukraine by pro- needs of the Kyiv City Children’s Clinical • Establishing the first MRI system viding orphanages with food supplies, Hospital No. 2. An unexpected donation in Ukraine in the Emergency and as well as implementing educational was made by Tatiana Franchuk of Kyiv. Trauma Hospital of Kyiv that resulted and rehabilitation programs. Fine Art gallery and her husband, Manuel in thousands of life-saving surgeries. • Doctors credit CCRDF for estab- Alves of MCA Grupo. That evening, the • Delivering life-saving medication lishing neonatology as a branch of couple first had a chance to personally and surgical supplies for hundreds of medicine in Ukraine. learn about CCRDF’s humanitarian work. children with thyroid cancer and blood Thanks to the many years of The fund’s accomplishments motivated disorders that helped to reach Western CCRDF’s hard work, thousands of seri- them to make a generous donation of rates of remission in the Lviv ously ill children and newborns can Nadia Matkiwsky is caught by surprise $25,000 to benefit the hospital. Specialized Children’s Regional receive effective treatment in Ukraine. when recognized with CCRDF’s Lifetime The funds raised have been used to Hospital. The CCRDF offices are located in Achievement Award. Behind her (on the purchase two fully equipped neonatal • Modernizing children’s Cancer Whippany, N.J., and Kyiv. right) is actor Bohdan Stupka. intensive care units, an electroencephalo- 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 23, 2010 No. 21

COMMENTARY Stopping Yanukovych – one book at a time Ukraine’s judiciary needs by Alexander J. Motyl But books are now under a twofold threat. First, the economic crisis has cut immediate judicial reform That the Yanukovych regime has deeply into profits and forced many pub- embarked on a full-scale rollback of lishers to manage on shoe-string budgets. by Bohdan A. Futey Abraham Lincoln said, “It is as much the Ukrainian language, culture and identity is Second, the Yanukovych regime is active- duty of government to render prompt jus- now amply clear. Education, films, televi- The April 8 decision of the tice against itself, in favor of its citizens, ly considering imposing a ruinous value- Constitutional Court of Ukraine about the sion, books, discourse and scholarship are added tax (VAT) on books. Since most as it is to administer the same, between formation of a majority coalition once private individuals.” being progressively de-Ukrainized as Russian-language books are published in again raised the issue of judicial reform in The rule of law has numerous mean- Education Minister Dmytro Tabachnyk Russia and sold for far less than the country. I will not dwell on the court’s ings, but two are especially relevant at any and Vice Prime Minister Volodymyr Ukrainian-language books published in decision, because in my opinion, the time. Semynozhenko do their utmost to promote Ukraine, the VAT promises to deliver a Constitutional Court has the authority to First, law must be supreme. Each per- Russification and Sovietization. body blow to Ukrainian publishing and, If current trends continue, Ukrainian render a decision that the majority of judg- son, whether a private individual or a gov- by extension, to Ukrainian language, cul- es agrees upon. Nevertheless, such a deci- ernment official, is subject to the law, and language, culture and identity will soon ture and identity. be relegated to impoverished Bantustans. sion, disregarding the Constitution and the no special status can prevent the applica- Here’s where the Ukrainian diaspora laws of Ukraine, has its consequences: it tion of law. As Lincoln said, the govern- As Ukrainians in Ukraine fight the can push back and effectively stop the Yanukovych regime’s anti-Ukrainian undermines the rule of law and the separa- ment must swiftly render justice against Yanukovych regime’s assault. All diaspo- tion of powers. itself, and the rule of law guarantees that measures, Ukrainians in the diaspora can ra Ukrainians have to do is follow two actually make a sizeable difference. Ukraine’s Constitution is very clear on the law is supreme not just to ordinary citi- simple, and perfectly doable, steps. In general, there is little that the this subject – that a majority in the zens but also to the government itself. First, every tourist to Ukraine should Ukrainian diaspora can do to affect devel- Verkhovna Rada can be formed only by Second, the law must be centered upon buy $100 worth of books. Since thou- opments in Ukraine. The diaspora is too factions, not by individual defecting depu- a concept of justice that emphasizes inter- sands travel to Ukraine annually, system- weak, and social, political and economic ties – and yet the present coalition of the personal adjudication. Not only must the atic book-buying would translate into a new government came about as result of processes in Ukraine are too complex. substance of the law be the same for every- massive subsidy of Ukrainian-language individuals switching sides. The recent Except in this instance. one, but the procedures by which law is publishing. If you don’t need the books, decision is a reversal of a previous deci- The revival since 1991 of Ukrainian carried out must be the same. Special rules give them away – preferably to Ukrainian sion of September 17, 2008, just one and language, culture and identity has been that take important officials outside the students. They’ll gladly take them. Just half years ago dealing with the same sub- inextricably connected with the emer- purview of the law cannot be tolerated, be sure to buy all kinds of books, from ject matter. gence of a thriving Ukrainian-language and the procedures of the law ought to be novels to histories to art collections. Legally, nothing has changed save for press and publishing. Go to any Ukrainian blind when looking at litigants. Second, every Ukrainian diaspora the government. Therefore, if the rule of bookstore and you’ll see that the number institution should “adopt” two to three law and democracy are to survive in II. Separation of powers and variety of books by Ukrainians, in Ukrainian journals, presses or magazines Ukraine, its judiciary must undergo chang- Ukrainian and about Ukraine has grown A political system based on the separa- and provide them with a direct subsidy – es, the sooner the better. What is needed is exponentially. tion of powers with appropriate checks subject to strict accounting and reporting, an independent, impartial and transparent Put simply, books have become the and balances is vital to the preservation of of course – equal to the amount the jour- court system that supports public trust and heart and soul of Ukrainian language, democracy. The aim of a judiciary and, nals, presses or magazines estimate the confidence. culture and identity since 1991. more broadly, of a government, is to pro- VAT will cost them. That amount is high- Furthermore, more than 400 partici- vide stability through the consistent appli- ly unlikely to exceed $5,000 per year. pants at the judicial conference cation of the law and adherence to the Alexander J. Motyl is professor of “International Courts and Society Constitution. The separation of powers is political science at Rutgers University. (Continued on page 22) Summit,” sponsored by the U.S. Agency an especially effective way to do this, for International Development Rule of since it sets up a system of balances under Law Project in Ukraine and held on April which the different branches watch each 20-22, emphasized that judicial reform is other and keep each other in check. timely and needed both by the courts and In order for separation to be effective, the citizens of Ukraine. the different branches of government must The following recommendations may be co-equal, with each wielding sufficient serve as a guideline for the Working Group power; no one branch can so dominate the on Issues of Judicial Reform appointed by government as to render separation irrele- the president of Ukraine and headed by the vant. This type of balancing is especially minister of justice. important in regard to elections. If citizens cannot be assured of a fair and honest elec- Recommendations tion process, they will have no faith in A strong, independent judiciary holds other components of the political process. all citizens and officials accountable to the Social stability rests on the individual’s written law and thus is vital for the proper confidence in the electoral process to func- functioning of a democracy. First, the rule tion correctly in every respect. Separation of law must be upheld. Second, govern- of powers bolsters this confidence by using mental powers must be adequately sepa- the judiciary to check any undue pressure rated so that they can check each other. that might be exerted by the executive or Third, the judiciary must be strong and legislative branches. independent. III. An independent judiciary I. Rule of law A strong, independent judiciary is one The rule of law is the lynchpin to pro- of the most important ways to separate moting democracy throughout the world. power and uphold the rule of law. Three Speaking before the United States aspects of an independent judiciary are rel- Congress in 1861 about the establishment evant to its success in upholding the law: of the U.S. Court of Claims, President procedures to enable independence; treat- ment of the judiciary as an independent body; and judicial conduct that accords Bohdan A. Futey is a judge on the with and bolsters its independence. United States Court of Federal Claims in The first aspect, procedures for inde- Washington, appointed by President pendence, requires that judges be granted Ronald Reagan in May 1987. Judge protections to ensure their ability to remain Futey has been active in various rule of independent. In the United States, the law and democratization programs in Constitution guarantees the protections of Ukraine since 1991. He has participated life tenure and non-reduced salaries so that in judicial exchange programs, seminars, federal judges will not fear repercussions and workshops, and has been a consul- for making an unpopular decision. tant to the working group on Ukraine’s The American Bar Association noted in Constitution and the Ukrainian 2005 that judicial salaries in Ukraine are Parliament. He also served as an official “universally regarded as too low” and that observer during the parliamentary elec- under-funding of judicial facilities is a tions in 1994, 1998, 2002 and 2006, and serious problem. Adequate funding must the presidential elections in 1994, 1999, be made available to enable the judiciary 2004 and 2010, and conducted briefings to become self-sufficient and independent on Ukraine’s election law and guidelines for international observers. (Continued on page 21) No. 21 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 23, 2010 11 Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus elects new conductor, Bohdan Heryavenko DETROIT – At its Biennial Meeting held on May 1 in Warren, Mich., the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus membership elected Bohdan Heryavenko its eighth conductor in North America since 1949. Maestro Heryavenko will immediately begin working with the UBC. In December of 2009, the UBC execu- tive board appointed a Conductor Search Committee which included the following UBC members: Ihor Kusznir, Committee chairman and current UBC assistant con- ductor; Anatoli W. Murha, Committee Secretary and current UBC President; George Metulynsky, Roman Beley, Andrij Kytasty, Andrij Birko and Myron The Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus. Trembly. Mr. Kusznir stated that, “The search States, Maestro Heryavenko held the ty requires an individual of great musical President John Kytasty, Secretary Bohdan process revealed several highly qualified prestigious position of chief choirmaster integrity, creative talent, appreciation and, Pryjma, Treasurer Volodymyr Murha, candidates. The initial search identified of the Lviv Opera and Ballet Theater in most importantly, respect for the history Archivist Ihor Stasiuk, Chorus Elder potential candidates throughout North Lviv. His professional career began in and tradition of the UBC and everything Bohdan Sklierenko, and Members-at- America. A select number of candidates 1978 and, over the course of the next 16 they represent. The strength, soul, and Large Ihor Kusznir, Andrij Sklierenko, were contacted, all of whom were hon- years, he held positions of conductor and passion of the Ukrainian Bandurist Jeff Smolilo and Volodymyr Brechun. ored to be considered for the position. choirmaster of various choirs, resulting in Chorus is based on and grounded in, the The UBC also welcomed new mem- Candidates were given a detailed job his appointment in 1994 as of chief choir- longstanding history and traditions of the bers into its ranks at the biennial meeting. description, asked to submit a resume master of the Lviv Opera and Ballet kobzari. Maestro Heryavenko’s extensive When one first steps into the UBC, he is and, upon committee review of the Theater. There one of his most significant experience will help us expand our granted the status as “candidate for mem- resumes, interviews were held with select candidates. Following the interviews, contributions was working on the pre- ambassadorial mission.” bership.” For a period of two years, the candidates were invited to participate in a miere of Myroslav Skoryk’s opera Mr. Murha was re-elected president of candidate must meet artistic requirements working session with the full UBC con- “Moses,” which debuted in 2001. the executive board for a sixth term. Mr. set forth by the UBC’s Artistic Council. cert ensemble.” In addition to his many distinguished Murha, 32, joined the UBC in 1992 at the Once a candidate has met the require- Mr. Heryavenko started his formal awards, Maestro Heryavenko is recog- age of 14. Since 2000, Mr. Murha has led ments, can be elevated to active member musical studies at the Lviv Musical nized for his expertise in sacred music. the UBC’s executive board and spearhead status by a majority vote amongst the Pedagogical College, where he received His performance experience has taken many of the UBC’s projects, including active members. The UBC class of 2010 an honors degree. Following graduation, him to Bulgaria, Lebanon, Germany, concerts and tours in Ukraine, England, includes: Markian Gowda of Edmonton, he completed choirmaster education at Austria, Poland and the United States. He France, Germany, Austria, Canada, and Jeff Smolilo and Alexander Lys of the Lviv State Conservatory and then resides with his family in Chicago. the United States. Mr. Murha noted, “I’ve Cleveland, and Adrian Kwitkowsky and continued his studies at the Lviv UBC President Murha commented: had a great team of people to work with Joseph Tobianski of Detroit. Conservatory in opera and symphonic “The artistic director and conductor leads who are always willing to volunteer their The UBC will soon be announcing its conducting, graduating under the direc- the UBC’s artistic activities, but his most time for the best interest of the UBC.” concert and tour plans for 2011 under the tion of renowned composer and conduc- important function is to define a higher The other newly elected members of direction of Maestro Heryavenko. For the tor Mykola Kolessa. artistic potential and lead the UBC toward the executive board are: First Vice- latest news and more information, readers Prior to immigrating to the United achieving it. This incredible responsibili- President Roman Beley, Second Vice- may visit www.bandura.org

Hrynkiw and Cybriwsky present all-Ukrainian program at the Lyceum by Yaro Bihun and the Kennedy Center in Washington. Special to The Ukrainian Weekly His last performance here was in 2007 at the National Gallery of Art. ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Audiences at Mr. Hrynkiw is also known for his The Washington Group Cultural Fund annual appearances at the Newport Music Series concerts over the years have Festival in Rhode Island and for his long heard many Ukrainian artists performing association with Metropolitan Opera the world’s classical masterpieces, includ- basso Paul Plishka, accompanying him in ing some by prominent Ukrainian com- concerts in the United States and abroad. posers. In the most recent concert on May Mr. Cybriwsky comes from a long line 2, pianist Thomas Hrynkiw and cellist of musicians with direct links to some of Nestor Cybriwsky went a step further. Ukraine’s greatest composers. His father, Their program was devoted exclusively George Cybriwsky, found many of the to Ukrainian composers. manuscripts Nestor Cybriwsky used dur- Mr. Hrynkiw began the afternoon at ing his own studies in Ukraine and the Lyceum, in Old Town Alexandria, Vienna. A graduate of the Juilliard with “Ukrainka,” a folk-theme piece by School, he has been performing for more Iosyf Vytvytsky (1813-1866). The rest of than 40 years – from Broadway to the program featured 20th century com- Carnegie Hall to The Kennedy Center. posers: Lev Revutsky (1889-1977), Viktor As Mr. Hrynkiw pointed out during a Kossenko (1896-1938) and Vasyl break in the program, he, Mr. Cybriwsky Barvinsky (1888-1963). and violinist Amelia Christian are Yaro Bihun Following another solo performance – involved in a project of recording two Thomas Hrynkiw and Nestor Cybriwsky accept the acclaim of the audience at the Revutsky’s Sonata in B-Minor – Mr. CDs featuring the works of Ukrainian conclusion of their concert in Alexandria, Va. Hrynkiw was joined by Mr. Cybriwsky composers, including those in this concert for the rest of the program: Revutsky’s program and others. He said he expects “Ballade” and, after intermission, the project, which is sponsored by the Kossenko’s Sonata in D-Minor and Ukrainian Institute of America, to be Barvinsky’s “Nocturno.” completed in the fall. Mission Statement As Oksana Skidan of the Cultural Fund The Hrynkiw-Cybriwsky concert con- noted in her introduction, Mr. Hrynkiw is cluded The Washington Group Cultural a second generation Ukrainian American Fund’s 2009-2010 Music Series, in which The Ukrainian National Association exists: who hails from Wilkes-Barre, PA. they were preceded by harpist Odarka A winner of many international com- Polanskyj Stockert, violinist Zino • to promote the principles of fraternalism; petitions, he has performed on prominent Bogachek and a few of his friends from • to preserve the Ukrainian, Ukrainian American and Ukrainian concert stages in Europe and the United the Kennedy Center Opera Orchestra, and Canadian heritage and culture; and States, including New York’s Lincoln violinist Oleh Krysa accompanied by • to provide quality financial services and products to its members. Center, Philadelphia’s Constitution Hall Tatiana Tchekina. As a fraternal insurance society, the Ukrainian National Association reinvests its earnings for the benefit of its members and the Ukrainian Visit our archive online: www.ukrweekly.com community. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 23, 2010 No. 21 No. 21 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 23, 2010 13 Folk singer Nina Matvienko: the singing conscience of Ukraine by Helen Smindak christening, every wedding,” and of leaving her parents, Antonina Ilkivna Matvienko NEW YORK – Folk singer Nina and Mytrofan Matvienko, to travel alone to Matvienko has been Ukraine’s pride and joy Kyiv to audition for the Veriovka Chorus. for decades. Her pure mezzo-soprano voice Her talent and some of her songs come is the quintessence of traditional Ukrainian from her mother, a folk singer in her own folk singing in the “bilyi holos” style – a right who handed down to her daughter folk technique that has its roots in the plaintive songs she had preserved from her youth. singing of village women describing the variegated life of the Ukrainian people, often Gracious and warm-hearted through poetic images or symbols such as Besides Tonia, 29, who has an 11-year- birds. old daughter named Ulana, Ms. Matvienko Ms. Matvienko is known to millions of and her husband, painter Petro Honchar, Ukrainians at home through numerous pub- have two sons, Andrij and Ivan, who are in lic performances and to countless others their 30s. abroad through her recordings and concert Despite her fame and popularity, Ms. tours. She is famous and well-respected Matvienko is a modest woman, gracious and even today, more than four decades after she warm-hearted, preferring to talk about the came on to the musical scene in Ukraine. achievements of other people rather than her Bilyi holos (translated freely as white own. She speaks enthusiastically of Kyiv’s Margaret Morton voice), is based on a breathing technique, Ivan Honchar Museum, directed by her hus- common in Eastern Europe, that primarily Tonia Matvienko, Ainura Kachkinbek kyzy and Nina Matvienko in Yara Arts band, that has become a cultural center in Group’s “Scythian Stones.” exploits the chest register and is akin to con- Ukraine’s capital city and has been given trolled breathing, encouraging a robust, national status – a place for scholars to hold unphrased sound. The vocal range is restric- meetings and exhibits, and various arts tive and in a lower tessitura (the general groups can function for free. range of a melody or voice part). Much of She said the center hosts amateur chorus- bilyi holos music carries a melancholy es and weekly folk dance sessions directed sound, embodying it with an almost spiritual by the Bozhychi folk ensemble, which col- quality. lects ancient Ukrainian songs and dance- Ms. Matvienko mastered this vocal tech- instrumental traditions by way of canoe nique by age 19. In 1967, when she audi- expeditions to villages and farms along the tioned for the Veriovka Chorus, a renowned rivers of Ukraine. Ukrainian choral ensemble often accompa- Often invited to perform at Ukrainian nied by orchestral music and sometimes by a state functions like the Holodomor com- group of dancers, she was accepted immedi- memoration in Kyiv, she tells me proudly ately; in less than a year, she became a solo- that she supported former President Viktor ist in the famous troupe. Her beautiful, deep- Yushchenko in 2004 as well as recent presi- ly emotional delivery of cherished Ukrainian dential candidate Ms. Tymoshenko. She folk songs captured the hearts and souls of backed the Orange Revolution, seeing it as Ukrainian citizens, who began to speak of an opportunity for Ukrainians to strengthen her as the “spivucha sovist Ukrainy,” the democratic ideals, and laments the fact that singing conscience of Ukraine. “there are no true patriots, no true politi- Commenting on one of her recordings, a cians” at this time to lead Ukraine. Victor Marushchenko reviewer said that with her voice and her “We will hope for the best, but it’s abso- The Ukrainian mother in “Scythian Stones” (Nina Matvienko) wraps a sash soul, not only is a song revived, but so are lutely necessary that everyone work togeth- the hearts of those listening. “Wherever they around the waist of her daughter (Tonia Matvienko) as the young woman pre- er,” she said. pares to leave home. live, whatever language they speak, Nina Unless an occasion demands formal Matvienko in some magical way manages attire, Ms. Matvienko appears on stage in to release the light of this world, to make it authentic village dress of the Poltava region close and clear and warm. Even when she – ankle-length linen shirt with embroidered sings sheer sorrow.” sleeves, dark sleeveless jacket and woven Following many years with Veriovka, she wool skirt, accessorized with a multi-strand was lead vocalist with the Zoloti Kluichi coral and bronze coin necklace. On some women’s trio that included Valentyna occasions she wears the wide-collared silk Kowalska and Maria Mykolaychuk. More brocade coat and matching pearl-studded recently, she was associated with the cele- hat of a Kyivan noblewoman of an earlier brated chamber music orchestra Kyivska era. Petite in stature, she has a commanding Kamerata. In the past few years she has stage presence that draws the attention and been singing with her daughter, Tonia admiration of audiences. Matvienko; before the 2010 presidential At 62, she can look back on a career election, they appeared in TV commercials filled with accomplishments; in addition to in support of presidential candidate Yulia her singing, she has made numerous televi- Tymoshenko. sion and radio appearances, toured exten- Last month, mother and daughter were sively, recorded several albums and authored featured at the LaMama Theater in the Yara two books – in 2003 “Spohady Moyi z Arts Group’s latest production, “Scythian Pisniamy” (Memories and Songs) and in Margaret Morton Stones,” appearing with two women from 2009 “Viknamy do Neba” (Windows to Pictured in a scene from the musical piece “Scythian Stones” are (from left): Cecilia Kyrgyztan in a touching musical piece por- Heaven). Arana, Nina Matvienko, Kenzhegul Satbaldieva, Ainura Kachkynbek kyzy and Tonia traying the parallel journeys of two young For her extraordinary achievements in Matvienko. The screened projection (in the background) of the play’s Ukrainian women who leave their mothers and village Ukraine’s cultural sphere, she was awarded mother in her youth is that of Nina Matvienko as a young woman. life to face the travails of life in the big city. the National Shevchenko Prize in 1988. The women were complimented by critic Her latest recording, an MP3 disc titled sorrowful “Lelechenky” (Storks). if you are Ukrainian you will never be lost.” Mitchell Conway of NYTheater.com, who “Nina Matvienko Sings,” is a collection of The famed Dudaryk boys’ capella joins When it was time for me to leave, she said their voices “are what makes this pro- songs recorded at various stages of her Ms. Matvienko in the gentle lullaby “Oy, asked me to wait a moment and hurried duction so worth seeing.” career, from a 1967 rendition of “Hey, Spy Dytia” (Sleep My Child). With soloists backstage, returning soon with a copy of her On opening night, before a pre-show Dolyno, Dolynochku” (Oh Valley, Dear of the Kyivska Kamerata, she sings a por- disc and presenting it to me with an affec- rehearsal, Nina Matvienko and I met at the Valley) to a schedrivka (New Year’s carol) tion of the panakhyda for the victims of the tionate hug. As I headed for the exit, she LaMama Theater in the East Village for an in 2002. Famine-Genocide and a trio of songs set to returned to my side to add a comment. interview. As director Virlana Tkacz and The disc includes a beautiful reading of the words of Taras Shevchenko in a sym- “You mustn’t forget to mention Virlana other cast members began arriving at the “Oy, Hore Tiy Chaitsi” (Pity the Poor phonic arrangement. [Tkacz] – she’s a tireless worker and she theater, while bandurist Julian Kytasty prac- Seagull) sung to the accompaniment of the Ms. Matvienko has been in the U.S. deserves great credit for her outstanding ticed quietly in a corner and Tonia choir and orchestra of the Ukrainian Radio before, on one occasion to perform in the work in preserving Ukrainian traditions and Matvienko was occupied backstage, her Orchestra of Folk Instruments. With the Yara Arts Group presentation “Waterfall/ Ukrainian folklore.” mother talked with me about her life and her Zoloti Kliuchi trio, she sings traditional folk Reflections.” She has visited Ukrainian At home, I fed the MP3 disc into my career. songs such as the spring song “Dudochka” organizations in New York City, but has yet computer, sat back and listened for over two In a soft voice colored by the accent typi- (Flute) and the lively “Vyidy, Vyidy to see two places in New York state that stir hours to Nina Matvienko’s enchanting cal of western Ukraine, Ms. Matvienko Ivanochku” (Come to Me, Dear Ivan). her imagination – the UNA’s Soyuzivka voice, in solos, duets and trios, a capella or recounted some of the highlights of her life: She is accompanied by the Veriovka resort in Kerhonkson and the wooden with orchestral accompaniment, relating the growing up in the village of Nedilysche, Chorus in a memorable performance of Ukrainian church in Hunter. “It’s extremely hopes, dreams, joys, sorrows and all the Yemilchyne raion, Zhytomyr oblast, where “Tsvite Teren” (The Blooming Thorn-bush) pleasing to note the Ukrainian presence here important events in life from the cradle to “we always sang – every holiday, every and by the Veriovka women’s chorus in the [in the U.S.] – you can certainly believe that the grave of the village folk of Ukraine. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 23, 2010 No. 21

sensus on resolute implementation of nec- political vendetta. Ms. Tymoshenko has Communist Party faction did not partici- NEWSBRIEFS essary structural reforms. (Ukrinform) accused President Viktor Yanukovych, who pate in the voting. The law provides for defeated her in a bitterly fought election in participation in international exercises on (Continued from page 2) Tymoshenko summons postponed macro-financial assistance from the February, of being behind the summons Ukrainian territory of military units from European Union in the form of a loan for KYIV – Ukrainian justice officials have and of conducting “open repression” 16 countries, among them Russia, Belarus, 500 million euros. European MPs are con- postponed a summons for former Prime against her. If Ms. Tymoshenko’s meeting Romania, Germany, Greece, Canada, the vinced that this amount will help the coun- Minister Yulia Tymoshenko to appear for with investigators had gone ahead on May United States, Poland, Bulgaria, Great 17 as planned, it would have coincided, try find a way out of its economic crisis. questioning about a six-year-old bribery Britain, Slovakia, Hungary and Georgia. uncomfortably for Ukrainian authorities, The decision was welcomed by the presi- case, it was reported on May 16. Ms. (Ukrinform) with the arrival of Russian President dent of the European Parliament, Jerzy Tymoshenko was due to meet with investi- Dmitry Medvedev on a two-day official St. Sophia may be off UNESCO list Buzek, who said he strongly supports the gators on May 17. Ukrayinska Pravda visit. (RFE/RL) decision by the to help Ukraine using a reported that the delay resulted from one of KYIV – UNESCO has threatened to credit instrument. Ukraine is a close strate- the investigators being called away on an Our Ukraine will not join committee withdraw the St. Sophia Cathedral national gic partner of the European Union, and this “urgent official trip.” No new date for the reserve in Kyiv from the World Heritage assistance is provided at the time when the meeting with investigators has been named. KYIV – The political council of Our List in August, when UNESCO’s next ses- EU is helping to mobilize funding to sup- On May 12 prosecutors reopened the May Ukraine, headed by ex-President Viktor sion will take place, the newspaper port reforms in Ukraine’s energy sector, 2004 case against Ms. Tymoshenko, which Yushchenko, has decided not to join the Segodnia reported on May 17. The reason including the development of solid solu- was closed in June 2005. Ms. Tymoshenko Committee for the Protection of Ukraine, for the possible action is the chaotic con- tions for medium-term gas transit by has always claimed that politics was behind created around the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc. struction development around the historic Ukraine and the obligations to pay for gas, the case, which alleged that she attempted The OU Presidium, meanwhile, supported cathedral. According to a member of the Mr. Buzek said. He stressed that the macro- to pay judges $125,000 to free her assis- the establishment of the committee and its National Commission of Ukraine for financial assistance of the EU could play a tants who were being tried for corruption. purposes, it was reported on May 13. “The UNESCO, Yaroslav Yatskiv, there has been good role in economic stabilization only if She has long insisted that the case was fab- committee should really be an organization talk about this drastic move during meet- the major political forces in Ukraine ensure ricated by former President Leonid of citizens in the struggle for a democratic ings. “It is very difficult to get on the World political stability and achieve a broad con- Kuchma, a Yanukovych ally, as part of a European Ukraine, and not become a plat- Heritage List, but rather simple to get off form for political competition and individ- it,” he said. Municipal authorities say that ual leadership, or an instrument of gaining the construction in the zone is sanctioned political dividends,” the statement said. “from above.” The chief of the Cultural Our Ukraine promised to coordinate its Heritage Department of the Kyiv City State CLACLASSSSIFIEDIFIEDSS activities for the protection of national Administration, Ruslan Kukharenko, said interests with the committee and to provide he has never authorized any construction TO PLACE YOUR AD CALL MARIA OSCISLAWSKI (973) 292-9800 x 3040 the committee with comprehensive assis- project in the protected zone around St. or e-mail [email protected] tance in public resistance, rather than Sophia Cathedral. (Ukrinform) declaring a legal entry into the committee. In parallel, Our Ukraine said it was estab- Will Kerch-Kuban bridge be built? SERVICES lishing its own social protection commit- KYIV – Experts believe that the con- tees in the regions. The party explained that struction of a bridge across the Kerch “the anti-Ukrainian policy of the ruling Strait, from Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula regime can be stopped only by mass popu- to Russia’s Kuban region, is a very expen- lar resistance and consolidated actions by sive project, and it is unlikely to be carried the majority of Ukrainian citizens who out soon, Radio Liberty reported. advocate freedom and independence.” Nevertheless, said Viktor Chumak, director (Ukrinform) of programs for policy analysis and securi- Opposition demands investigation ty at the International Center for Policy Studies, if the overpass was built, “it would KYIV – The Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc be very good for this country, and would (YTB) faction in the Verkhovna Rada is stimulate different areas of businesses.” demanding the immediate establishment of Crimean experts say the bridge across the an interim commission of inquiry into the Kerch Strait is not needed by Crimea, not- situation in Parliament on April 27, the day ing that the functioning ferry operates at of ratification of the agreement extending only one-third capacity. (Ukrinform) the stay of the Russian Black Sea Fleet on Ukrainian territory, the vice-chairman of NATO chief on Ukraine’s prospects the faction, Andrii Kozhemiakin, said on KYIV – NATO’s policy toward Ukraine May 18. He stressed that the YTB consid- is based on the decisions of the alliance’s ers “illegal” the institution of criminal pro- Bucharest Summit of 2008, NATO ceedings only against the deputies repre- Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen senting the OU-PSD. “We are against the told a press conference in Brussels on May selective approach in the search for the per- 17, following the presentation of a report petrators. What happened on April 27 by the working group of high-level experts requires a careful study and investigation. concerning NATO’s new strategic concept. The Kharkiv agreement will have fateful Answering the questions of an Ukrinform aftereffects for this country, but we need to PROFESSIONALS correspondent in Belgium about what examine what namely they bring for opportunities for Euro-Atlantic integration Ukraine,” the deputy said. (Ukrinform) could be lost as a result of current develop- Anniversary of Crimean Tatar deportation ments in Ukraine, Mr. Rasmussen said that NATO is still of the opinion that Ukraine, KYIV – State and republican flags were as well as Georgia, will become NATO at half-staff on all government buildings in members if they have the desire and meet MERCHANDISE the Autonomous Republic of Crimea on the necessary criteria. This is a matter of May 18 in memory of the tragic deporta- each particular country, including Ukraine, tion of the Crimean Tatars from Crimea 66 to decide on its own path, Mr. Rasmussen years ago. In only one day, May 18, 1944, said, noting that the government of Ukraine Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin deported the had confirmed its intention to continue Crimean Tatars, accusing them of complic- cooperating with NATO within the current ity with the Nazis. According to Permanent framework of the NATO-Ukraine FOR SALE Representative of the President of Ukraine Commission. (Ukrinform) in Crimea Serhii Kunitsyn, some 266,000 Crimean Tatars are currently living in EU on agreement with Ukraine Condominium For Sale Crimea. President Viktor Yanukovych in Somerset, New Jersey his address on the occasion of the solemn KYIV – The European Union hopes that an Association Agreement with Ukraine, Located in 55+ Ukrainian community , 5 rooms anniversary said that “deportation is a com- which will set up a comprehensive free- total, 2 bedrooms, first floor, Excellent condi- mon pain of all citizens of Ukraine.” trade area, will be signed this year, EU High tion. Very close to shopping and Churches. (Ukrinform) Representative for Foreign Affairs and $125,000.00. Call 908-526-1259 Parliament OKs military exercises Security Policy Catherine Ashton said in a video address to Ukrainian citizens on the KYIV – The Verkhovna Rada on May occasion of Europe Day in Kyiv on May 15. 18 passed a law allowing foreign military “The EU and Ukraine are successfully WANT IMPACT? forces to enter the territory of Ukraine for working on the conclusion of the future Run your advertisement here, participation in military exercises in 2010. Association Agreement which will also set The bill, filed by President Viktor in The Ukrainian Weekly’s up a deep and comprehensive free-trade Yanukovych, was supported by 394 mem- area; if we are lucky there is hope to con- CLASSIFIEDS section. bers of the coalition and the opposition, who were present in the session hall. The (Continued on page 15) No. 21 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 23, 2010 15

Yanukovych dismisses ambassadors those who died is our memory and prayer; Nationalist Chasteners From OUN-UPA” NEWSBRIEFS and those who survived those terrible years [the Organization of Ukrainian KYIV – President Viktor Yanukovych (Continued from page 14) – by daily concern for them. We express Nationalists and the Ukrainian Insurgent has dismissed Andriy Veselovsky from our sympathy to all nations who experi- Army]. The monument represents a com- clude it even this year,” she said. Ms. Ashton the post of Ukraine’s ambassador to the noted that such close political association enced the terror of totalitarian regimes. position with figures of a mother chained European Union. Mr. Veselovsky had May our common memory be a guarantee to a post, a child stretching his hands and economic integration would “bring occupied that post since March 2008. The about practical benefits and new opportuni- that similar tragedies are never repeated.” toward the mother and a man with tied head of Ukraine’s Mission to NATO, Ihor (Official Website of Ukraine’s President) hands who tries to protect them. The ties to our peoples, including the opening up Sahach, who was tapped for the position of a market of about 500 million people for monument is located in the Young Guard in January 2008, also was dismissed. By Crimean Tatar groups issue appeal Park in the center of Luhansk and was Ukrainian products.” (Ukrinform) another presidential decree, Dr. Oleh PRAGUE – Crimean Tatar organiza- designed by sculptor Mykola Mozhayev. Ukraine to intensify participation in CIS Shamshur, ambassador extraordinary and The unveiling ceremony was attended by plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the United tions in Germany have sent an open letter to Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych Vice Prime Minister Viktor Tykhonov; KYIV – Ukraine will intensify its par- States of America, Antigua and Barbuda, urging him to “protect Crimea’s indige- the leader of the parliamentary faction of ticipation in the Commonwealth of was dismissed. Ambassador Shamshur nous people from discrimination,” RFE/ the Party of Regions, Oleksander Independent States, but it is not planning had been based in Washington since RL’s Tatar-Bashkir Service reported on Yefremov; Russian State Duma Deputy to become a full member of the CIS, December 2005. President Yanukovych May 13. In their letter, the authors wrote Konstantin Zatulin; Luhansk Regional Foreign Affairs Minister Kostyantyn also dismissed Oleksander Motsyk from that some pro-Russian groups in Ukraine’s Governor Valerii Holenko; and Luhansk Gryshchenko said in an interview with the post of ambassador to Poland, where Crimea are trying to disband the Crimean Mayor Serhii Kravchenko. The cost of the Kommersant Ukraine newspaper. he had served since December 2005. Tatars’ autonomous bodies. Last month, the monument is nearly 1 million hrv. The “First of all, it would be expedient to (Ukrinform) Crimean political groups such as the Luhansk Oblast Council on January 15, abandon the previous approach that we Russian Bloc, the Russian Community of 2009, had announced a tender to select will not receive anything good from the D.C. company to conduct audit Crimea and the Tavria Union officially the design for a monument to “Victims of CIS. Kyiv has been guided by this KYIV – A company from Washington demanded that President Yanukovych ban Soldiers of the Organization of Ukrainian approach over the past five years. has been selected to conduct an audit of the Crimean Tatars’ Mejlis (Parliament) Nationalists-Ukrainian Insurgent Army.” Perhaps, it’s impossible to hope that the activities of the previous Ukrainian gov- and its Kurultai (Congress), calling them (Ukrainian News) CIS will resolve all problems it deals ernment, as it is one of the best compa- organized criminal groups. The Crimean Zaporizhia students get revenge with. But the effectiveness of its work nies in the sector, according to Ukrainian Tatars first established their own Mejlis also depends on Ukraine’s activity. If a Finance Minister Fedir Yaroshenko. and Kurultai in 1917. But they were abol- free trade area is created, we’ll only ben- KYIV – Police detained two students “[The company] is one of the best in the ished by Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, who in Zaporizhia who at night on May 9 efit from this. We’ll proceed from our world. This is a public prosecutor’s com- ordered the mass deportation of the national interests in each issue, rather defaced the Dzerzhinsky monument in pany, and prosecutors from Washington Crimean Tatars to Central Asia in May one of the city’s central squares with radi- than just adhere to a certain common work at the company, the so-called law 1944. In 1991 the Crimean Tatars received cal inscriptions. The students may face approach with everybody,” he said, elite of the United States. The company official permission to return to Crimea and punishment in the form of restraint of lib- according to news reports on May 14. Mr. has a great deal of experience in the the Mejlis-Kurultai structure was revived. erty for up to five years or deprivation of Gryshchenko said Ukraine’s current sta- sphere,” the minister told the press on Crimean Tatars make up more than 12 per- freedom for up to four years. The students tus is quite sufficient to step up its May 12. Mr. Yaroshenko also said that an cent of Crimea’s current population of were motivated in their actions by the fact involvement in the CIS. “We once even agreement on the audit has not been some 2.1 million. Hundreds of thousands that they could not hamper the unveiling held the CIS chairmanship with this sta- signed, and talks are under way. However, of Crimean Tatars and their descendants of a monument to Stalin on May 5 near tus. The approach is more important than he expressed hope that the agreement are currently living in Europe, North the Regional Committee of the the format,” he noted. (Ukrinform) would be signed soon. (Interfax-Ukraine) America and Central Asia. (RFE/RL) Communist Party of Ukraine. The monu- Minister: no joint history textbook Remembering victims of repression Luhansk monument to OUN-UPA victims ment is being guarded around the clock. Earlier in the evening, an unknown per- KYIV – The Cabinet of Ministers has KYIV – President Viktor Yanukovych KYIV – The city of Luhansk on May 8 son threw a polyethylene package with no intention to work on a common addressed the people of Ukraine on May unveiled a monument “To People of red paint onto the Dzerzhinsky monu- Ukrainian-Russian textbook on history, 16, the Day of Memory for Victims of Luhansk Who Perished at the Hands of ment. (Ukrinform) Vice Prime Minister Volodymyr Political Repression. He said: “Today is a Semynozhenko told journalists on May 14. day of sorrow for Ukraine. We honor the “When they say that there will be a memory of millions of our countrymen Ukrainian-Russian text on history, I would who became victims of a totalitarian like to say that this was not planned and it regime. We remember everyone who was Anatole “Oleg” Domaratzky, is not planned. We will have Ukrainian destroyed by the punitive system, was 88, died Tuesday, May 4, textbooks, and in Russia – Russian ones,” imprisoned in the gulag, or was deprived 2010, at Runnells Mr. Semynozhenko said. At the same time, of his home and sent to a foreign land. In Specialized Hospital, he noted that, in his opinion, it is necessary the ‘30 and ‘40s of the 20th century, Berkeley Heights, NJ. Born to set up a joint commission of Ukrainian Ukraine suffered heavy losses. Stalin’s October 2, 1921, in and Russian historians to discuss disputed repressive machine destroyed all who Kremenets, Ukraine, he themes in past relations. Earlier, Education attempted to resist. Anyone could become served in the Ukrainian Insurgent Army as a and Science Minister Dmytro Tabachnyk a victim – a peasant or an intellectual, a young man. He later emigrated to France. In stated that Ukraine and Russia would pre- teacher or an engineer, a worker or a schol- Paris, he met his wife to be, Marie Haniak, and pare a common textbook for teachers of ar. It was a time of despair, desperation worked as a linotypist at Ukrainske Slovo history by the end of 2010. (Ukrinform) and hopelessness. The best way to honor (Ukrainian Word).

In 1954, Mr. Domaratzky came to the US and settled in Newark. He resided in Irvington for 16 years, then Springfield, until being hospitalized eight years ago. He worked for the Svoboda Press, Jersey City, for 32 years. In 1959 he became the Print Shop Foreman, responsible for printing the Ukrainian Weekly, the Veselka children’s magazine, the annual UNA Almanac, and numerous other magazines and books. He often wrote about the Ukrainian liberation struggle and the Ukrainian Insurgent Army. He served as editor of several publications, including the MUN (Young Ukrainian Nationalists) Almanac, the News of the Association of Veterans of the Ukrainian Resistance, and the Visnyk of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. He retired in 1986.

Mr. Domaratzky enjoyed dancing and gardening, raising delicious tomatoes. Having lived under the Russian and German regimes in his youth, he valued free speech and freedom of the press, and loved the US, his adopted coun- try. He was a very active member of Holy Trinity Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Irvington, and had served as secretary for the church. He was a member of the Ukrainian National Association

Mr. Domaratzky was pre-deceased by his wife, who died in 2002. He is sur- vived by his sons, Bernard A. Domaratzky of Tabernacle, Daniel O. (Ann Marie) Domaratzky of Long Valley; his daughter, Lydia (Kevin) Haynes of Hillsborough, and ten grandchildren.

Funeral services were held Tuesday, May 11, 2010, at St. Andrew’s Ukrainian Orthodox Church, South Bound Brook, N.J. Interment took place in St. Andrew’s Cemetery on the church grounds.

Eternal memory! 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 23, 2010 No. 21 No. 21 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 23, 2010 17 Delegation of Ukrainian educators visits UNWLA in Detroit by Elizabeth Kuczer WARREN, Mich. – Five leading edu- cators from Ukraine spent eight days, April 16-24, visiting the Detroit metro- politan area, where they were hosted by the Ukrainian National Women’s League of America (UNWLA), Detroit Regional Council. The visitors came to observe and learn about the American educational sys- tem. The program, managed by the U.S.- Ukraine Foundation based in Washington, is sponsored by the Open World Leadership Center, the U.S. legislative branch agency in charge of Open World. The U.S.-Ukraine Foundation recruited the UNWLA in February of this year through Vera Andrushkiw, its vice-presi- dent for external relations. Local families from the UNWLA hosted the delegates in their homes in order to provide a first- hand glimpse into every day American life. The U.S. Congress established Open The UNWLA’s Detroit Regional Council welcomes a delegation of educators from Ukraine at its headquarters. World in 1999, and the program was ini- tially between the United States and Councilman Mark Liss. psychotherapist and project manager of Ms. Kolupayeva observed a major dis- Russia. All of the former Soviet states Additionally, the delegates toured two the Association for the Protection of tinction between Ukrainian and U.S. became eligible for the program by 2003. local libraries, the Rochester Hills Library Families and Individuals, Kyiv; Alla schools. “The main difference is that in Its intent is to provide a venue that expos- (organized by Olya Koniuch) and the Kolupayeva, deputy director for science, Ukraine the educational system is central- es future leaders to democratic ideals and Warren Library (organized by Oksana Ukrainian Academy of Education, ized and administered by the government practices that can be adapted for use with- Urban). Educational institutions visited Institute of Special Education; Oksana of Ukraine.” She further stated the system in their developing countries. Besides were Oakland and Wayne State universi- Kovalenko, lead facilitator for Open of financing is government-based and that Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Georgia, ties, the Warren Consolidated School sys- World delegates and head of the Human American students seem to have a greater Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, tem, the Waldorf School (organized by Resources Department for the law firm of choice over their course schedules. Tajikistan and Turkmenistan have bene- Dzvinka Hayda), BPS Early Childhood Sayenko Kharenko, Attorneys-at-Law; The week culminated with a Friday fited from this partnership. Center and Brookfield Academy – a Nina Omelyanenko, head of the Preschool evening farewell reception at the The first leg of the trip for all delega- Montessori-based school. The educators and Elementary Education Division, Ukrainian Cultural Center in Warren tions begins with a two-day orientation in also spent a whirlwind day visiting facili- Ukrainian Department of Education and organized by the UNWLA. This event Washington, before the groups travel to ties at the Warren Consolidated School Science, Kyiv; and Halyna Pascal, allowed the delegates to meet with the their respective home cities. Upon their system (organized by Doris Duzyj, con- Coordinator in the Center for European local Ukrainian community, present some arrival in Detroit, the guests were wel- tent specialist in social studies and visual Information at the Institute for Political background information about themselves comed in the Ukrainian tradition with a arts). They also participated in cultural Technology, a Lviv-based NGO. and share impressions related to their korovaiy by UNWLA President Lydia At the Warren Consolidated Schools, Detroit visit. Jachnycky. A welcome reception followed excursions that included a performance at which delegates interacted with by the Livonia Symphony Orchestra, con- UNWLA members and were introduced ducted and directed by Volodymyr to their host families. They were also Shesiuk, Meadowbrook Hall, Cranbrook briefed about the full schedule of events Institute of Science and the Detroit that had been carefully planned for the Institute of Arts (organized by Iva week ahead. Matilda Kuklish was Lisikewycz, manager of curatorial assigned as the official interpreter for this affairs). delegation. The itinerary consisted of meetings at Although the theme was primarily Ukrainian educational institutions as well, focused on preschool education, the dele- including Immaculate Conception gates met not only with a local school Ukrainian Grade School and Academy, superintendent and administrators, but Ridna Shkola, Lesia Ukrainka Saturday also with the staff of U.S. Rep. Sander School of Religion and Ukrainian Studies, Levin’s local office (12th District), State and the UNWLA Branch 76 “svitlychka” Rep. Lesia Liss and various local govern- (preschool). The delegates also went to ment officials, including Andrey Duzyj of local Ukrainian churches, credit unions, the Macomb County Board of the Ukrainian American Archives and Commissioners, and Mayor James Fouts Museum, and the Ukrainian Village. of Warren. A meeting with the Warren The members of the delegation were: City Council was organized by Tamara Fedorova, psychologist, prenatal

Adrian Kwitkowsky Delegates and UNWLA members during a visit to the Cranbrook Institute of Science in Bloomfield Hills, Mich. (from left): Lydia Taraschuk, Oksana Kovalenko, Nina Omelyanenko, Tamara Fedorova, Lydia Jachnycky, Halyna Pascal, Alla Kolupayeva, Lydia Kazewych. 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 23, 2010 No. 21

Soccer Holubchenko added that fans would also tions stalled and a 30-day negotiation peri- Kostiantyn Balytsky (60 kg) won the silver be housed in light construction settle- od began on May 17. medal and Vugar Ragimov (55 kg) and • Shakhtar Donetsk defeated rival club ments to be built by investors. Dmytro Pyshkov (74 kg) won bronze med- Dynamo Kyiv 1-0 on May 5 to win its fifth • Denis Lazarev (69 kg), Ivan Senay (81 als. Ukrainian Premier League title. The win- Boxing kg) and Denys Poyatsika (91 kg) won the Martial arts ning goal was struck in the 15th minute of • Wladimir Klitschko will defend his first International Gagik Tsarukyan Boxing play by Brazilian Ilsinho. Shakhtar finished WBO title against European champion Tournament in Yerevan, Armenia, on April • Ukraine’s national judo team won the with 77 points. The league’s top goals scor- Albert Sosnowski (45-2, 27 KO) on May 5-11. Boxers from 10 countries, including third place at the World Cup competition in er for 2010 was Dynamo’s Artem Milevsky, 29 at Veltins Arena in Gelsenkirchen, Russia, Iran, Georgia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Cairo, Egypt, on May 15. The team collect- with 17 goals. Germany. Klitschko’s previous fight was Uzbekistan, Moldova and Bulgaria, com- ed two gold, two silver and eight bronze against American Eddie Chambers on peted. medals in various weight classes. • Myron Markevych has formally taken March 21, when he defended his IBF and the reins as team manager for the Ukrainian Fencing WBO titles. Klitschko (54-3, 48 KO) holds • Yulia Shtanova, 16, won the bronze National Soccer Team after the contract was the IBF, IBO and WBO world heavyweight Olha Kharlan, Olena Vornina, Alina medal at the Youth and Junior All- signed by Hryhoriy Surkis, president of the titles. Komashchuk and Olena Kravatska won the Kyokushin Karate European Championship Football Federation of Ukraine (FFU), it gold medal in the saber event at the Junior in Szentes, Hungary, on April 17. Ukraine’s was reported by Ukrinform on April 20. • Oleh Nekliudov (61 kg-64 kg) won the and Cadet World Fencing Championships karate team won second place. Shtanova’s Markevych was appointed to the post on on April 2-10 in Baku, Azerbaijan. Ukraine trainer, Mykhailo Chunhion, was named the February 1 by the FFU. gold medal at the World Youth Boxing Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan, on defeated Poland 45-31. This is Ukraine’s best judge of the competition, which attract- fourth consecutive title at the junior fencing ed athletes from 12 countries. • In a poll conducted by the Sport of May 3. Oleksandr Skoryi (+91 kg) won the bronze medal. The event was sponsored by championships, beginning with its first gold Gymnastics Ukraine news agency and Poland’s adver- medal in 2007. In the cadet individual com- tising agency Havas, Andriy Shevchenko the Amateur International Boxing petition, Komashchuk and Maryna Ukraine’s Nataliya Kononenko won the was voted Ukraine’s best and most legend- Association. Semenko won first and second place, bronze medal in the uneven bars at the ary soccer player. Following Shevchenko respectively. Kharlan won in the junior divi- European Gymnastics Championships in (with 1,531 votes) in the voting for best • Oleksandr Hvozdik (81 kg) defeated sion in the women’s saber event. Stanislav Birmingham, Great Britain, on April 28 soccer player were Anatoliy Tymoshchuk Pavel Bykov of Russia and won gold at the Turkish Prime Ministry Boxing Tournament Konopatskiy tied for bronze with Aron through May 2. (815), Oleksandr Shovkovsky (625), Szilagyi of Hungary in the men’s junior in Ankara on April 6-12. Archery Oleksandr Aliyev (574) and Serhiy saber event. Roman Svichkar tied with Nazarenko (542). Oleg Blokhin was also • Wladimir Klitschko, the IBF, IBO, Yuval Shalom Frielich of Israel for third Tetiana Dorokhova, Viktoriya Koval and nominated as Ukraine’s most legendary place in the men’s cadet epee event. soccer player, with Shevchenko garnering WBO heavyweight title holder, released a Kateryna Palekha won the team event at the just 32 more votes. video last month, calling for WBA title Tennis first stage of the World Cup in Porec, holder David Haye of Great Britain to Croatia, on May 4-8. Ukraine routed Russia Alona Bondarenko was eliminated by • President Viktor Yanukovych signed fight him. Haye was scheduled to fight (209-205) and Poland (212-211), and 13th-seed Li Na of China (3-6, 4-6) in the a decree creating a committee for the Klitschko in June 2009, but the Briton sus- defeated China in the semifinals (219-209). quarterfinals at the Mutua Madrilena preparation of the Euro-2012 soccer tour- tained an alleged back injury and called In the finals, Ukraine tied with Belarus Madrid Open on May 7-16. Along the way, nament. Kyiv’s First Deputy Mayor off the fight. On May 17 Haye indicated 197-197 and claimed the victory 29-25 in Bondarenko defeated No.2-seed Caroline Anatoliy Holubchenko said on May 4 that that he preferred to fight Vitali Klitschko, overtime. Wozniacki of Poland (6-2, 6-3). This was in addition to hotels and hostels, some instead of the younger Wladimir. Klitschko Shooting her first victory over a tennis player among visitors would be accommodated aboard also has a mandatory fight against the top three. Bondarenko is ranked in 28th ships docked on the Dnipro River. Alexander Povetkin of Russia, but negotia- • Vladyslav Pryanyshnikov and Anastasia place by the Women’s Tennis Association, Savelyeva won the gold medal in mixed and her sister, Kateryna, is ranked 33rd. running target events at the 41st Grand Prix Chess of Liberation in Pilsen, Czech Republic, on May 6-9. In the 10-meter running target Sergey Fedorchuk won the 12th event, Viktoriya Rybalova and Halyna International Chess Open Vila de Salou in Avramenko won the silver and bronze med- Spain on May 4-12. The tournament attract- als, respectively. ed 69 competitors, and Fedorchuk, a grand- master, won seven out of nine points to win • Mykola Milchev, the 2000 Syndey the tournament. Other Ukrainian chess play- Summer Olympic Champion, won silver in ers included Andriy Sumets and Viktor men’s skeet shooting with 146 points at the Moskalenko, who scored 6.5 points each and International Sport Shooting Federation won fourth and fifth places, respectively. World Cup Rifle, Pistol, Shotgun competi- Weightlifting tion in Beijing held on April 16-25. Oleh Omelchuk won bronze in the men’s Ukraine won the International Girya 50-meter pistol event. Sport Federation World Kettlebell lifting Triathlon championship in Bobruisk, Belarus, on April 2-4. Volodymyr Andriychuk (70 kg) Andriy Glushenko won the elite men’s became the world champion for the 16th division of the ITU Triathlon European Cup time after lifting two 32-kg kettlebells 66 in Atyala, Turkey, on April 18. The course times. Viacheslav Zadorozhny (60 kg) and included a 1.5-kilometer swim, a 40-kilo- Vasyl Prontenko (65 kg) also won first meter bike ride and a 10-kilometer run. Inna place in their respective weight classes. Ryzhykh and Inna Tsyganok finished in Valentyn Bondarenko (75 kg) and fourth and fifth place, respectively, in the Volodymyr Pozdniakov (80 kg) won second women’s division. place. Acrobatic sports Handball Ukraine’s athletes won eight medals, four Ukraine’s women’s team leads Group 1 in the senior division and four in the junior with seven points at the ongoing 2010 division at the 22nd European Women’s European Handball Federation Championships in Trampoline, Double Handball Championship qualifiers, being Mini-Trampoline and Tumbling in Varna, held in Norway and Denmark. Other mem- Bulgaria, on April 20-25. Viktor Kyforenko bers of the group include Romania – five won first place in men’s tumbling with 73 points, Switzerland – four points, and points. Olena Chabanenko won third place Portugal – zero points. Ukraine plays in women’s tumbling with 63.60 points. against Switzerland on May 26 and against Ukraine’s women’s tumbling team of Portugal on May 30. Chabanenko, Kateryna Bayeva and Nataliya Wrestling Kalytina won third place, and the men’s team of Kyforenko, Artem Pysaryev, Dmytro Vasyl Fedoryshyn, a 2008 Beijing Zalizniak and Igor Lisnyak won second Summer Olympic silver medalist, won the place. In the junior division, Ukraine won bronze medal at the European Wrestling gold in men’s synchronized events, silver in Championship in Baku, Azerbaijan, on men’s trampoline, and bronze in men’s team April 13-18. The Ukrainian Greco-Roman trampoline and men’s team tumbling. wrestling team tied for second place with Turkey in team competition with 38 points. – compiled by Matthew Dubas No. 21 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 23, 2010 19

Ukraine in danger... Tymkiw wins in tennis at Tryzubivka (Continued from page 5) by George Sawchak right.’” Meanwhile DAI traffic officers set up HORSHAM, Pa. – Jerry Tymkiw of more than 10 traffic posts along the Philadelphia became the first Ukrainian ten- Chernihiv-Kyiv highway, where they ran- nis tournament winner of the 2010 season domly stopped buses and cars. by defeating all of the participants of the “The Chernihiv Oblast Organization of U.S.O. Tryzub Spring Tournament held here Batkivschyna declares the intolerability at Tryzubivka (Ukrainian American Sports of the violation of civil rights and illegal Center Tryzub) during the May 1-2 week- pressure from government representa- end. Tymkiw won all matches without los- tives,” said a May 11 statement. ing any sets. “Party members point out that the ban In the first match of the round-robin tour- on transporting people to Kyiv to partici- nament, Tymkiw defeated George Hrabec pate in peaceful protests violates Article of Danvers, Mass., 6-1, 6-2 and followed 39 of the Constitution, which provides for with a win over Ihor Buhaj of Bethlehem, the rights of citizens to gather peacefully, Pa., 6-1, 6-4. After receiving a walk-over with weapons, and conduct assemblies, from George Tarasiuk of Newtown, Pa., he meetings, marches and demonstrations. completed the sweep when, with the score Through their actions, law enforcement of 6-6 in the first set, George Walchuk of organs are ruining democratic values in At Tryzub’s Spring Tennis Tournament (from left) are: George Hrabec, tourna- Clifton, N.J., decided not to continue. ment director George Sawchak, Jerry Tymkiw, George Walchuk and Ihor Buhaj. Ukraine and are voicing disrespect to the However, with wins over Hrabec (6-3, people of Ukraine.” 6-4), Buhaj (7-5, 6-3), and Tarasiuk (4-0, hampered by excessive heat and humidi- trophies were George Sawchak, USCAK’s ret.), Walchuk took second place in the tour- ty, which was predominant on the East tennis and tournament director, and Mr. nament followed by Hrabec, Buhaj and Coast during that early May weekend, Hrabec. Tarasiuk. In the best match of the tourna- causing some withdrawals from play. The next Ukrainian tennis tournament Quotable ment, Hrabec overcame the first set loss and With air temperatures over 90 degrees, will be the singles and doubles USCAK- defeated Buhaj 2-6, 6-4, 10-1 in a tie-break- the playing conditions were similar to East Championships held at Soyuzivka in notes er to claim third place in the group. July or August, not early May. Kerhonkson, N.Y., during the weekend of Throughout the tournament, play was At the closing ceremonies, presenting June 26-27. “Today is a day of sorrow for Ukraine. We honor the memory of millions of our countrymen who became victims of a totalitarian regime. We remember everyone who was destroyed by the punitive system, was imprisoned in the gulag, or was deprived of his home and sent to a foreign land. “In the 30s and 40s of the 20th century, Ukraine suffered heavy losses. Stalin’s repressive machine destroyed all who attempted to resist. Anyone could become a vic- tim – a peasant or an intellectual, a teacher on an engineer, a worker or a scholar. “It was a time of despair, desper- ation and hopelessness. The best way to honor those who died is our memory and prayer; and those who survived those terrible years – by daily concern for them. “We express our sympathy to all nations who experienced the terror of totalitarian regimes. May our common memory he a guarantee that similar tragedies are never repeated.”

– President Viktor Yanukovych’s address to the people of Ukraine on the occasion of the Day of Memory for Victims of Political Repression, May 16.

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To reach The Ukrainian Weekly all (973) 292-9800, and dial the appropriate extension (as listed below). Editorial – 3049, 3088 Production – 3063, 3069 Administration – 3041 Advertising – 3040 Subscriptions – 3042 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 23, 2010 No. 21 No. 21 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 23, 2010 21 Scholar lectures on Ukrainian-Jewish topics at University of Alberta EDMONTON – Dr. Yohanan Petrovsky- In Dr. Petrovsky-Shtern’s opinion, the Bukovyna, to contemporary Ukrainian liter- Shtern, associate professor of Jewish history main reason for this “irrational” decision ature, as well as his sense of mission with in the Department of History and the Crown was the experience of colonization and per- regard to maintaining positive Ukrainian- Family Center of Jewish Studies at secution among both Ukrainians and Jews Jewish relations. Northwestern University in Chicago, on in the hierarchical structure of the Russian Dr. Petrovsky-Shtern was born in Kyiv. March 10-11 visited the University of Empire and, later, the USSR. The lecturer After graduating from the Spanish program Alberta, where he gave two lectures and a pointed out that, despite the dominant dis- in the Department of Romance and German seminar in a lecture series at the Department course of historical opposition between Philology at the Taras Shevchenko National of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies. Ukrainians and Jews, little has been said University of Kyiv, he earned a candidate The presentations were organized jointly about the record of collaboration and soli- degree in comparative literature from by the Ukrainian Culture, Language and darity between them. This, he believes, pro- Moscow University (1988) and a Ph.D. in Literature Program, the Canadian Institute vides a basis for the construction of an alter- modern Jewish history from Brandeis of Ukrainian Studies, the Religious Studies native history. University (2001). Program, and the Department of History and Dr. Petrovsky-Shtern’s second lecture, He is the author of three books: “Jews in Classics. “What Did They Read? The Shtetl Jews and the Russian Army, 1827-1917: Drafted into On his way to Edmonton, Dr. Petrovsky- Their Kabbalistic Books,” was devoted to Modernity” (Cambridge University Press, Shtern gave two talks in Winnipeg, hosted the cultural history of Jewish communities 2008), “The Anti-Imperial Choice: The by the departments of Religion, and German in Ukraine, particularly Volhyn, Podilia and Making of the Ukrainian Jew” (Yale and Slavic Studies at the University of the Kyiv region, in the late 18th and early University Press, 2009) and “Lenin’s Jewish Manitoba, as well as the Ukrainian Labor 19th centuries. In response to Enlightenment Question” (forthcoming from Yale Temple. trends, Jewish book printing in Yiddish and University Press). In his first lecture, “Power, Victims and Hebrew increased enormously in this period, He is currently working on a book about Poetry: The Choice of Leonid Pervomaisky,” stimulating progress in education and cul- Jewish shtetls between 1790 and 1830 with Dr. Petrovsky-Shtern addressed a challeng- ture in the Jewish settlements. Dr. Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern the goal of reconstructing and contextualiz- ing and unexplored question: Why did some This book production was, however, lim- ing the material culture of these market Ukrainian Jews, whose historical experience ited mainly to kabbalistic (mystical) litera- seminar on “Moisei Fishbein and His towns of Eastern Europe. was incompatible with that of Ukrainians ture and the promotion of a new religious Poetry” as part of a Ukrainian literature A recipient of many awards, Dr. and burdened with ethnic conflict, and who doctrine, Hasidism, that stressed the preser- course taught by Dr. Natalia Pylypiuk. He Petrovsky-Shtern has lectured at many uni- could freely draw on the great tradition of vation of traditional Jewish identity. As auto- emphasized the significant contribution of versities, including the National University imperial Russian culture, nevertheless iden- cratic rule was consolidated in Russia, this Ukrainian-Jewish poet, a native of of Kyiv Mohyla Academy. tify themselves with Ukrainian culture? Jewish book printing was banned, as was Aside from the poet Leonid Pervomaisky, printing in the Ukrainian language. Both examples of such cultural figures are the cultures fell victim to the new imperial poli- candidates each; the Communists and the writer Sava Holovanivsky, the composer cy, the scholar noted. Turning the pages... Kostenko-chaired Rukh, five each; the Ihor Shamo and the politician Solomon At the end of his visit, Dr. Petrovsky- (Continued from page 6) Agrarians, Socialists and Udovenko-led Goldelman. Shtern conducted a Ukrainian-language held in 10 electoral districts to fill vacant Rukh, three each. seats in Parliament. The Central Election CEC Chairman Mykhailo Riabets con- Committee (CEC) announced that 159 firmed that Yulia Tymoshenko, who was In a 2005 review of the state of the judi- vice prime minister, would not run in the candidates were running: 60 candidates Ukraine's judiciary... ciary in Ukraine, the American Bar 99th electoral district. (Continued from page 10) Association noted that “[t]he perception of were nominated by political parties and from other branches of government. judicial corruption is widespread” and that 99 were independents. Source: “Tyhypko resigns post to run Absent these protections, judges’ ability to “[g]overnment officials employ an array of The Batkivschyna party and the for Parliament,” (Eastern Economist) make politically or socially unpopular means in their attempts to influence the Revival of the Regions nominated six The Ukrainian Weekly, June 4, 2000. decisions is imperiled, since they could judicial decisions.” Judges must fight these lose their jobs or salaries for the content of improper influences and assert their inde- their decisions. pendence. Judges will not be respected In addition to salary and job protec- until they respect themselves enough to act tion, procedures should be put in place to with the courage and conscience required ensure the prompt publication and avail- of an independent judiciary. ability of judicial decisions, so that the Third, the judiciary must act as an judiciary can truly act as its own body. independent body that impartially applies Procedures must also be in place to the law. Even with the best procedures in enforce judgments adequately and in a place, the judiciary will never earn the timely manner, so that judicial commands trust of the people and the rest of the gov- are not ignored. These protections insu- ernment if the judiciary itself does not act late judges from the pressure to conform as an independent body. Judges must be decisions to prevailing political sentiment honest brokers, in that they are indepen- and allow them to focus on and uphold dent from and neutral among the parties the rule of law. that appear before them. Judges must Second, the judiciary must act as and be decide matters before them impartially, treated as an independent branch of the on the basis of facts and the law, without government. The judiciary, as well as each any restrictions, improper influences, individual judge, must act as co-equal to inducements, or threats, direct or indirect, and independent of the other branches of from any party or institution for any rea- the government. Judges are independent in son. this sense if they are not beholden to any A judge’s moral commitment to this other branch of government or any politi- form of independence eliminates favorit- cal party. It is vital that the legislative and ism and corruption from the nation’s judi- executive branches refrain from attempt- cial system. If judges fail in this duty the ing to influence the judiciary, and it is even public will lose confidence in the basic more vital that the judiciary resist and equity of its society, generating cynicism, rebuff any attempts at influence. anger and instability.

Viacheslav Pikhovshek or Dmytro The 'temnycky'... Dzhanhirov, both of whom, by the way, (Continued from page 3) direct the president’s information policy. To sell the memory, pain and suffering of [Editr’s note: Mr. Pikhovshek served as your own people for a salary is a crime! It’s the editor-in-chief at 1+1 and led his staff in pitiful that an experienced journalist, a tal- complying with former President Kuchma’s “temnyky” leading up to the Orange ented anchor and a person who stood at the Revlution. Mr. Dzhanhirov hosted a 1+1 beginning of TSN serves the political political program that was geared toward regime so complaisantly today. And regard- smearing then-presidential candidate Viktor less of whom! Yushchenko.] [Editor’s note: The author is referring to Oleksander Tkachenko, the general director – Translated by Zenon Zawada. The of the 1+1 television network.] original Ukrainian-language article was A little more, and his name can be writ- published by Ukrayinska Pravda on April ten next to the masters of censorship – 30. 22 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 23, 2010 No. 21

Kryvbas. Stopping... There’s obviously a place at the table (Continued from page 10) for everyone, from the Ukrainian National Alex E. Kyj Three adoptees would therefore cost a Association to the Ukrainian National Financial Advisor Ukrainian diaspora institution no more Women’s League of America to the Financial Planning Specialist than $15,000 annually. Obviously, if you Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies can’t adopt three, adopt one. to the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute to the Ukrainian Congress There’s no need for this activity to be Committee of America to the Ukrainian coordinated – if only because any effort One Liberty Place Canadian Congress to Plast Ukrainian 1650 Market Street, 42nd Floor to establish some diaspora mega-fund is Scouting Organization and the Ukrainian almost certain to fail. Individual institu- Philadelphia, PA 19103 American Youth Association. tions should pick publishers that fit their The Yanukovych regime may implode (215) 854-6284 (800) 233-1414 own profile. The Shevchenko Scientific in a few years, or it may be around for a Society, for instance, could support the while. With a little effort and a few dol- Lviv-based journal Yi and the Kyiv-based lars, the Ukrainian diaspora can stop it www.fa.smithbarney.com/robertskyj Krytyka. The Ukrainian Academy of Arts from pushing Ukrainian language, culture [email protected] and Sciences could support the Kharkiv- and identity into Bantustans – one book based East/West and the Courier of the at a time.

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See you at the shore! leftist, parties, minority groups, etc.), the An enlightened... retention of private ownership of the means (Continued from page 6) of production under centralized governmen- Ukrainian Institute of America wars. tal control, belligerent nationalism and rac- Presents The OUN was founded on its own set of ism, glorification of war.” In December 1940, not long before the 10 commandments titled the “Decalogue” adopted at its first gathering in Vienna in German invasion into Soviet territory and OLGA PASICHNYAK 1929. There is absolutely nothing within when Germany’s intentions were relatively those 10 precepts that can be considered fas- clear, the OUN issued a “manifesto.” It set internationally acclaimed soprano cist. They are heroic and revolutionary, per- out a “new just world order” after “disman- and haps best exemplified by the first command- tling the appalling prison of nations – the ment which states: “You will achieve a Russian empire.” The first items on the agenda were, not only the liberation of Ukrainian state, or die in the struggle for it.” NATALYA PASICHNYAK Ukraine was, but of “all nations enslaved by Some of the more extreme are, “Do not be Moscow.” The OUN declared itself to be pianist afraid to carry out the most dangerous act if “the bearers of freedom for all nations sub- such is necessary for the good of the cause. jugated by Russia, so that they can live free- ... You will meet your enemies with disdain ly in accordance with their own will.” and unconditional fight...” Interestingly, the The 1940 “Manifesto” outlined the OUN never embraced integral nationalism OUN’s social program as being against: “the (devotion to one’s nation to the exclusion of degradation of the individual at work and at all other nations), even though there were home, …deprivation of the individual’s hap- many adherents of that ideology throughout piness in life, ... the general impoverishment the world, as well as in Ukraine, at that time. of the citizens, ... the oppression of The issue, however, remains whether the women...” The OUN stated that it was fight- OUN was undemocratic and fascist as far as ing for: “dignity and freedom of the individ- its ideology or view of a world order and the ual, ...the right to freely express one’s Ukrainian state within that order. beliefs, ...freedom of religion, ...freedom of While the OUN was a clandestine orga- conscience, ...the right of workers to freely nization, its basic founding documents, reso- express their political beliefs in word and lutions and manifestations are readily avail- print, ...the right to free assembly, ...the right able for review to anyone interested in the to form political, social and professional subject. In fact, one need not go into organizations..” In their only New York recital German, Soviet or any other These positions can in no way be related On Tuesday, June 8 at 7:30 pm archives. Today, OUN documents are to fascism. They are clearly democratic and bound in books available for purchase by enlightened for that time. The OUN’s ideol- the general public. Precisely for that reason I The Ukrainian-born sisters will perform a special program of ogy was at odds with much of that era’s am somewhat confused by the “scholars,” totalitarian Europe. It was, in fact, a libera- CHOPIN Songs and Mazurkas and Ukrainian songs arranged by who, on one hand, have defended the OUN tion movement directed against that very Western classical composers. and the UPA and their leaders, yet, on the totalitarianism. other, perpetuate the anti-democratic and The liberation struggle waged by the fascist diatribe. However, these scholars fail Ukrainian people before, during and after Admission: $30; UIA members & Seniors $25; Students $20. to produce evidence of such an ideology. World War II, under the auspices of the Ukrainian Institute, 2 East 79th Street, New York City Fascism is defined as “1. the doctrines, OUN and UPA led by Bandera and Tel: 212-288-8660 methods or movement of the Fascisti. 2. a Shukhevych deserves genuine attention and system of government characterized by rigid study. Ostensibly defending the struggle but one-party dictatorship, forcible suppression mischaracterizing, it even in good faith, is of the opposition (unions, other, especially offensive and irresponsible. No. 21 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 23, 2010 23 OUT AND ABOUT

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June 12 Concert, “Seven Deadly Sins,” Ukrainian Women’s To: Our advertisers New York Voices and the New York Bandura Ensemble, The Re: Upcoming events Ukrainian Museum, 212-228-0110 Due to the substandard delivery by the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) of The June 12 Golf outing and banquet, Ukrainian American Ukrainian Weekly, we are compelled to advise our advertisers – as well as those Horsham, PA Sports Center Tryzub, 215-343-5412 who submit listings for our “Preview of Events” and “Out and About” columns – to submit their information well in advance. June 12 Kozak Tournament, Ukrainian American Youth Yonkers, NY Association, Ukrainian Youth Center, We respectfully suggest that events should be advertised in The Ukrainian [email protected] or 914-476-6781 Weekly three to four weeks in advance (please judge by the newspaper delivery in your area and the location of your target audience) in order to allow readers June 18 Acoustic Night with Sean and Nick of Vorony, who subscribe to our print edition enough time to plan on attending or partici- Syracuse, NY Ukrainian National Home, 315-478-9272 pating in your events.

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The Ukrainian Weekly announces a special section PREVIEW OF EVENTS Friday, June 4 For information log on to http://national- pearls.org/festival2010 or call 646-894-8534 WASHINGTON: Dr. Ihor Poshyvailo, Congratulations, Graduates! or call 646-894-8534. (Editor’s note: This Fulbright scholar at the Smithsonian Institute, listing appeared previously with the wrong will speak on “Ivan Honchar and his Famous Every year tens of thousands of students throughout North day [Saturday], although the date was cor- America receive undergraduate and graduate degrees at colleges Museum: Safeguarding National Treasures.” Sponsored by the Shevchenko Scientific rect. and universities, cresting a pinnacle of personal achievement. Society, Washington, D.C. branch and The Sunday, June 20 Washington Group, the talk will be in English HORSHAM, Pa.: The Ukrainian Weekly’s special section – Congratulations, and will take place at 6:30 p.m. the U.S.- The popular Father’s Day Ukraine Foundation, 1701 K St. NW, Suite Ukrainian Folk Festival will commence at Graduates! – offers readers of The Ukrainian Weekly the oppor- 903. (The USUF is located near Metro noon, at Tryzubivka, the Ukrainian American tunity to place a note congratulating family members and dear Farragut North.) Admission is free of charge; Sport Center Tryzub, County Line and Lower friends on their recent achievements. This annual section will be donations are welcome. For further informa- State roads. A 2 p.m. stage show will feature tion call 240-205-1889. the Voloshky School of Ukrainian Dance, published on July 4, 2010. soloist-singer Julia Stupen and violinist Julia Sunday, June 6 Kourelec. A “zabava” (dance) to the tunes of To place an ad congratulating a recent graduate, BROOKLYN, N.Y.: The second annual the orchestra will follow. There will be plenti- please send us the following by June 22: Children’s Festival of Ukrainian Art and ful Ukrainian homemade foods and baked Culture will take place at Holy Ghost goods, picnic fare and cool refreshments. Ukrainian Catholic Church, 160 N. Fifth St., Admission: $5 for adults; children 14 and • your note of congratulations, in Ukrainian or English, Brooklyn, NY 11211 at noon to 6 p.m. The under: free. (That weekend Tryzubivka is which should be no more than 50 words, including names; festival venue is in the heart of the most also hosting the U.S. Amateur Soccer • in English, the full name of the graduate, the degree completed or eclectic place in the U.S. – the Northside of Association Men’s U-23 National Cups diploma received, along with the date it was presented, a list of awards Brooklyn, between Bedford and Driggs ave- Region I Championship Tournament from 10 and honors given the graduate, and the name and location of the school; nues. The highlight of the event is Ukrainian a.m. through 7 p.m., on both Saturday and • a photo of the graduate (optional); dance, singing and instrumental performanc- Sunday, June 19 and 20. Some of the best es, and arts and crafts expositions by talented amateur soccer teams in America will com- • paymeny for the ad; Ukrainian children from all over the country. pete for the U.S. Open and Amateur Region I • your daytime phone number. Also featured: food vendors of Ukrainian and Cups.) For more information call 215-362- international cuisines, workshops, exhibits, 5331, e-mail [email protected] or visit the The ad sizes for the greeting are a 1/8 page horizontal for $100 or a 1/4 screening of Ukrainian cartoons, clowns, websites www.tryzub.org, or www.Facebook. page ad for $180. games and fun for all – adults and children. com, Tryzub UkrainianClub. Please make checks payable to The Ukrainian Weekly PREVIEW OF EVENTS GUIDELINES and mail along with above information to: The Ukrainian Weekly – Congratulations, Graduates! Preview of Events is a listing of community events open to the public. It is a 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280 service provided at minimal cost ($20 per listing) by The Ukrainian Weekly to the Parsippany, NJ 07054 Ukrainian community. Attn. Maria Oscislawski Information should be sent to: [email protected] or Preview of Events, Or e-mail: [email protected] The Ukrainian Weekly, 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054; fax, 973-644-9510. NB: If e-mailing, please do not send items as attachments; For further information, please call 973-292-9800 ext. 3040 simply type the text into the body of the e-mail message. or visit www.ukrweekly.com