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Dutch-led investigators name Russian military unit Ukrainian National Association holds 39th Convention in 2014 downing of MH17 by Matthew Dubas KERHONKSON, N.Y. – Dozens of mem- by Mark Raczkiewycz bers of the Ukrainian National Association KYIV – A Dutch-led international from across the United States and Canada probe has concluded that a sophisticated gathered at the Soyuzivka Heritage Center anti-aircraft Buk missile system that was on May 18-20 for the fraternal organiza- used to shoot down Malaysia Airlines tion’s 39th Regular Convention. Flight 17 (MH17) over eastern Ukraine This year, the UNA marks the 124th anni- on July 17, 2014, came from Russia. versary of its founding in Shamokin, Pa., in It allegedly originated at a Russian 1894. Its official publications, Svoboda and military base in Kursk, some 216 kilo- The Ukrainian Weekly, this year celebrate meters from Ukraine’s second largest 125 and 85 years, respectively. city of Kharkiv, and belonged to the The quadrennial convention is the high- 53rd Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade, est governing body of the organization; Dutch prosecutor Fred Westerbeke during its business sessions, delegates said on May 24 in the Utrecht province review the challenges and necessary city of Bunnik during a briefing. changes for the future and elect a new Dutch authorities led the Joint board of officers, auditors and advisors. Investigative Team (JIT) because the The three full-time executive officers of Michael Gold/The Corporate Image flight nearly four years ago to Kuala the UNA – President/Chief Executive The newly elected General Assembly of the Ukrainian National Association. Lumpur originated in the country’s Officer Stefan Kaczaraj, Chief Operations capital of Amsterdam and 63 percent Officer/National Secretary Yuriy Symczyk, (Florida), Oksana Stanko (New Jersey), with registration and dinner in the Main of the passengers who perished were and Chief Financial Officer/Treasurer Nicholas Fil (New York), Irene Jarosewich House, followed by an orientation session for from Holland. Investigators from Roma Lisovich – were re-elected. The new (New Jersey), Gloria Horbaty (Connecticut), new delegates and a meet-and-greet social. Australia, Belgium, Malaysia and first vice-president is Gerald Tysiak (New Bohdana Puzyk (Florida), Julian Pishko The convention officially opened on Ukraine also comprise the JIT. York), a former auditor, and the new second (Minnesota), Dr. Andrij V.R. Szul (Penn­ Friday morning on the Veselka Patio with “The JIT is convinced that the BUK- vice-president is Eugene Serba (Delaware), sylvania), Oksana Koziak (Pennsylvania) an introduction by the current first vice- TELAR that was used to down MH17, also a former auditor. Ewhen Osidacz and Michael Luciw (Pennsylvania). president, Michael Koziupa, and the singing originates from the 53rd Anti-Aircraft (Quebec), a former advisor, was elected as New this year, and as a mark of the UNA’s of the national anthems of the United States, Missile Brigade, … a unit of the Russian director for Canada. move toward incorporating cutting-edge Canada and Ukraine led by Advisor Luba army from Kursk in the Russian A new slate of auditors was elected: Andrij technology for its business operations, dele- Keske of Los Angeles. Ukrainian American Federation. The JIT reached this con- Skyba (Illinois), Luba Walchuk (New Jersey) gates received the convention reports load- Veterans Petro Polny and Hnatenko Zinchuk, clusion after extensive comparative and George Fedorijczuk (Pennsylvania). The ed on an Amazon Kindle Fire 7 tablet. as well as Myron Groch, UNA director for following were elected as advisors: Lubov Convention participants began arriving at (Continued on page 4) Streletsky (Pennsylvania), Olya Czerkas Soyuzivka on Thursday evening, May 17, (Continued on page 8)

Direct flights between Toronto and Kyiv to begin in June by Christopher Guly with UIA in Toronto or elsewhere in its rout- stop service between New York City’s John F. omy (in the business-class cabin) on Air Special to The Ukrainian Weekly ing – such as New York or London – and Kennedy International Airport and Boryspil. Canada, also on June 6. But UIA’s price for travel to Ukraine any day of the week. The Ukrainian Embassy and UIA are its direct flight to Kyiv on the same day in OTTAWA – Canadians will soon again be And UIA doesn’t just fly to the Ukrainian jointly hosting an event to celebrate the its similar premium-economy cabin is able to fly direct to Ukraine between the capital. June 6 inaugural flight, which will include $1210 ($945 U.S.). largest Canadian and Ukrainian cities. Last month, the 26-year-old airline added about a dozen representatives from UIA also provides all passengers with Ukraine International Airlines (UIA), the daily non-stop service to Vinnytsia, bringing Ukraine’s hospitality industry who plan to free checked baggage, free in-flight enter- country’s largest airline, will inaugurate its the number of cities the airline flies to in network with their Canadian counterparts tainment and free meals on its long-haul first nonstop flight from Kyiv to Toronto on Ukraine to 10. The other eight are Chernivtsi, on how to best to promote Ukraine as a flights, which will include the first direct June 6. Dnipro, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kharkiv, Kherson, tourist destination. Canada-Ukraine link. Fifteen years ago, AeroSvit added Lviv, Odesa and Zaporizhia. (UIA does not fly For those unfamiliar with UIA, Gregg One of the airline’s goals is to make it easi- Toronto to its routes, but ceased flying to to destinations anywhere near the war zone Truman, the U.S.-based general manager of er for the estimated 1.4 million Canadians of the Ontario capital in 2012 when the airline in eastern Ukraine or to Crimea.) the airline’s North American operation, full or partial Ukrainian descent to visit their ran into financial difficulties and ceased The direct link from Toronto’s Pearson describes it as a “value carrier with great ancestral homeland, explained Mr. Truman, operations a year later. to Kyiv’s Boryspil international airports fares.” an airline-industry veteran who worked for UIA will now pick up the slack and run could become a portal to other European Prices seem to be lower than the compe- Air Jamaica, South African Airways and three flights between Kyiv and Toronto cities, said Andriy Shevchenko, Ukraine’s tition. Ethiopian Airlines before joining UIA in 2016. each week – on Mondays, Wednesdays and ambassador to Canada. A direct UIA flight from Toronto to Kyiv “It makes sense for us to fly where Saturdays until October, when the schedule “Boryspil could serve as a hub,” he on June 6 in economy costs $1,005 Ukrainians live, and there is a large diaspora will be reduced to two flights per week, explained. “It’s a 90-minute flight to (Canadian – about $783 U.S.). By compari- in Canada,” he said. “We offer legendary until the following May. Warsaw and two hours to Berlin.” son, a flight from Toronto to Kyiv, departing Ukrainian hospitality. Our passengers are like But an inter-airline agreement between He added that the non-stop flight could on the same day with an 11-hour, 15-minute family, and when you have family, you know UIA and Canada’s two major carriers – Air cast Toronto as a connector to not just layover in Rome, costs $5,222 ($4,073 U.S.). what they want before they even ask for it.” Canada and WestJet – will allow Canadians Canadian cities but those in the U.S., such as A less expensive flight, priced at $2,793 to fly from other cities in Canada to connect Chicago, as well. UIA also runs daily non- ($2,179 U.S.) is available in premium econ- (Continued on page 9) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 27, 2018 No. 21

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Ukraine to resume privatization Global Sentsov campaign planned Facebook page. “Thanks to them, the com- bat capabilities of the Armed Forces of Activists have announced a global cam- Ukraine have increased significantly.” RFE/ according to new rules paign to demand the release of Ukrainian RL was first to report the delivery of 37 ny Centerenergo and OPZ. Kyiv has been filmmaker Oleh Sentsov, who opposed Javelin launchers, including two spares, and by Oleg Varfolomeyev Moscow’s 2014 annexation of Crimea and is Eurasia Daily Monitor postponing their sales since the last decade, 210 missiles to Kyiv in April. The U.S. State and the IMF has been insisting for several now on hunger strike in a Russian prison. Department approved the sale of the Javelin The Ukrainian government will resume years that the two be sold. Centerenergo is The Save Oleg Sentsov group said on Twitter systems to Ukraine at an estimated cost of its privatization campaign in October, the the country’s second-largest regional power late on May 22 that the campaign, dubbed $47 million in March. Mr. Poroshenko on acting head of the local privatization body, generation company. Since 2009, when then #SaveOlegSentsov, is being organized for May 22 personally thanked U.S. President the State Property Fund, Vitaly Trubarov, Ukrainian president Viktor Yushchenko June 1-2, ahead of this summer’s World Cup Donald Trump, Vice-President Mike Pence, announced on May 10. Speaking after a allowed the privatization of Centerenergo, soccer competition in Russia. Mr. Sentsov, Secretary of Defense James Mattis, meeting of the Cabinet of Prime Minister its sale has been postponed almost every who is a native of Crimea, is currently serv- Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and the U.S. Volodymyr Groysman, which discussed year. Centerenergo owns three thermal ing a 20-year prison term after being con- Congress “for supporting Ukraine and privatization, Mr. Trubarov said all the large power plants in eastern and central victed on terrorism charges that he and adopting a decision to provide Javelin anti- state-owned stakes slated for sale this year Ukraine, with a total capacity of 7,660 human rights groups say were politically tank missile systems.” He added, “Of course should change hands by the end of the year. megawatts. Last year, it cut power genera- motivated. “In different cities around the this is a defensive weapon and will be used Addressing his Cabinet, Mr. Groysman tion by 36 percent because of coal shortages world, we will show a red card to [Russian only when there is an attack by the Russian vowed to put an end to “shadow privatiza- caused by the government-imposed ban on President Vladimir] Putin’s regime, which Federation on positions of Ukrainian forces.” tion,” apparently meaning certain past coal purchases from mines controlled by illegally holds people behind bars,” the The special U.S. envoy for Ukraine, Kurt privatization schemes in which lucrative Russian proxies in the Donbas region (see group said. Separately, a demonstration is Volker, has said that the Javelins are being businesses were sold to local oligarchs Eurasia Daily Monitor, March 29, 2017). being planned for New York City’s Times stored in a secure facility far from the front- cheaply and without competition (UNIAN, Nevertheless, Centerenergo managed to Square on May 26 to protest against Mr. Kmu.gov.ua, May 10). almost quintuple its net profits, to the line of the conflict in eastern Ukraine’s Sentsov’s detention, according to organizers Donetsk and Luhansk regions, where gov- The privatization list approved by Kyiv equivalent of $73 million, in 2017. who contacted RFE/RL. Mr. Sentsov, who is includes majority shares in several power OPZ’s privatization progressed to the ernment forces continue to fight Russia- being held in the far-northern Yamalo- backed separatists. The Javelin test came generation and supply companies; turbine stage of auctions several times, only to be Nenets Autonomous Region, said he began a maker Turboatom and the manufacturer of derailed at the last moment. In 2009, the amid what international observers of the hunger strike on May 14. He is demanding Organization for Security and Cooperation electric equipment Electrovazhmash, both government of then prime minister Yulia the release of 64 Ukrainian citizens that he based in Kharkiv; the chemical plants Tymoshenko invalidated OPZ’s sale to in Europe’s Special Monitoring Mission considers to be political prisoners in Russia. Sumykhimprom and Odesa Portside Plant Nortima, a company reportedly linked to (OSCE-SMM) in Ukraine said on May 21 has Mr. Sentsov, 41, was arrested in May 2014 (OPZ); and the United Mining and Chemical local oligarch Ihor Kolomoysky, for $600 been the deadliest week of the year in the on suspicion of planning fire-bombings of Company, which is a player on the interna- million. The State Property Fund then conflict zone, with heavy weapons banned tional titanium market (Spfu.gov.ua, claimed that the price was too low. pro-Russian organizations in Crimea. A by a tenuous peace accord agreed in accessed on May 16). Nevertheless, in 2016 the State Property Russian court convicted him on multiple ter- February 2015 used against populated The privatization of most of those com- Fund failed to find buyers for OPZ – initially rorism charges in August 2014. Mr. Sentsov areas. (Christopher Miller of RFE/RL) panies has been delayed for years. Speeding for the equivalent of $527 million and sever- has denied all charges against him, saying up the sale of government-owned industrial al months later even for $200 million. It may that a “trial by occupiers cannot be fair by Potential cyberattack linked to soccer final definition.” The prominent Russian human assets has been one of the main conditions not be easy to find buyers for OPZ this year Ukraine’s main security agency has rights group Memorial has recognized of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) either, because it has been losing money for warned of a potential Russian cyberattack Sentsov as a political prisoner, and interna- for the $1.9 billion tranche of its Extended several years and accumulated large debts ahead of this weekend’s final match of the tional rights organizations have called for Fund Facility loan, which Ukraine hopes to for natural gas to the state oil and gas firm Champions League soccer tournament. In a obtain this summer. In order to convince the Naftogaz Ukrainy and to Ostchem. The latter his release. (RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service) May 23 statement, the Security Service of IMF that privatization will be honest, Kyiv company is linked to local tycoon Dmytro Ukraine (SBU) gave few details, but it came last January approved new privatization leg- Firtash, who is wanted in the United States Ukraine showcases Javelin firepower just hours after global networking compa- islation. It came into effect in March, later on bribery charges. OPZ CEO Mykola Ukraine has showcased the firepower of than planned initially, so the start of the Shchurykov said recently that the starting ny Cisco Systems warned that hackers had the Javelin anti-tank missile systems given infected at least 500,000 routers and stor- privatization campaign this year has been price of OPZ would be set at $54 million to it by the United States last month in a postponed from last winter until the fall. (day.kyiv.ua, May 2). age devices in dozens of countries. There performance President Petro Poroshenko was no immediate comment from Russian In line with the new law, privatization The state budget law for this year provides called “a dream come true.” “Finally, this day procedures have been simplified in order to for privatization proceeds of $813 million. officials to the SBU statement. Russia has has come – and today, on May 22, for the previously denied allegations by Ukraine make the process faster and to attract more Ukraine’s total state budget for 2018 equals first time in Ukraine, a test of the third-gen- foreign investors. At the same time, compa- $37.8 billion (Interfax, December 30, 2017). and the United States about its hacking eration Javelin antitank complex took place,” nies from Russia are explicitly prohibited Last year, the projection was for the equiva- efforts, which have allegedly included a grinning Mr. Poroshenko told his soldiers from buying assets from the government. lent of $653 million in privatization proceeds, in a video of the closed test published on his (Continued on page 12) Russia is being punished for the continuing but less than $8 million was received because war in eastern Ukraine and the annexation almost all of the scheduled privatizations of Crimea in 2014. 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NEWS ANALYSIS Russian naval exercises in Sea of Azov: A prelude to ‘hybrid’-style invasion?

by Ihor Kabanenko navigation guaranteed to Ukrainian and Recent historical experience with from the sea because it, by definition, “vio- Eurasia Daily Monitor Russian merchant vessels and warships. At Russian “new type” (popularly called lates peace, good order or security of a the same time, however, this cited docu- “hybrid”) warfare suggests that provocative coastal state” (Article 19 of UNCLOS). On May 18, Moscow released a naviga- ment includes a clear provision that “the activities like the current naval exercises The serious negative impact of such an tion alert (NAVAREA 0423/18 – reprinted Sea of Azov is delimited by a line of state near and partially extending into Ukrainian action on regional security and local mer- by the Ukrainian government as coastal borders in accordance with the agreement waters rarely appear alone. In this regard, it chant shipping is predictable. To deal with warning PRIP 173) for a section of the Sea of between the parties,” thus undermining is worth paying close attention to a Russian this potential threat, Ukraine would need to Azov, cautioning that Russian naval training Moscow’s case. air defense competition that began along boost patrols of its territorial waters, as exercises would make the area dangerous Although Russia had blocked the process Russia’s Azov coast on May 20. In total, nine well as undertake other military and non- for maritime passage from 0500 to 1700 of state border delimitation of the Azov Sea, Russian military teams, including represen- military preventive countermeasures – UTC, on May 21-23 (Hydro.gov.ua, May 22). Moscow is nevertheless still obligated to tatives of the Airborne Troops, are compet- some of them immediately. At the same The zone, which occupies 2,000 square kilo- adhere to the strictures specified in the ing against one another to showcase their time, it is impossible to exclude at this time meters, has been closed to shipping traffic. United Nations Convention on the Law of skills (TVzvezda.ru, May 20). Meanwhile, that the demonstrative character of this Though the announcement quickly drew the the Sea (UNCLOS) (Un.org, accessed May fishermen from the Ukrainian Azov Sea port current Russian activity in and around the attention of Ukrainian news outlets 22, 2018), which legally supersedes any city of Berdiansk began receiving cellular Sea of Azov may be intended to divert (Obozrevatel.com, May 21), the Russian bilateral maritime agreement. According to text messages appealing for them to attend attention from planned sea- or land-based state media has so far kept silent. this law, littoral states have the right to a meeting demanding the release of the operations elsewhere. Indeed, as of late According to the NAVAREA 0423/18 determine their territorial waters up to 12 Crimean vessel Nord. This ship and its crew May 22, combined Russian-separatist forc- warning, the training area is located in the miles from their coast. This internationally were detained several months ago, near the es began shelling the important southeast- northern part of the Sea of Azov, in close recognized right of Ukraine was codified in Ukrainian coast in the Sea of ​Azov, by the ern Ukrainian port city of Mariupol proximity to Ukraine’s coastline; notably, it the 1989 presidential order “On the State Border Service of Ukraine (see Eurasia (Mariupil) (0629.com.ua, May 22). intrudes several kilometers into Ukrainian Protection of the State Border of Ukraine in Daily Monitor, April 12). Iryna Friz, a mem- Moscow, of course, is unlikely to stop territorial waters. The Kremlin’s position is the Sea of Azov, the Black Sea and the Kerch ber of the Verkhovna Rada, stated that “sty- such hybrid activities aimed at destabiliz- that Russian naval assets are allowed to Strait, and the Enforcement of the Rights of listically, the messages are very similar in ing the situation in Ukraine and raising carry out military drills in this area based the Exclusive (Maritime) Economic Zone appearance to those that were actively sent political-military tensions in the region, on a bilateral agreement between Ukraine and the Continental Shelf in the North- in 2014-2015 by Russian radio reconnais- because they succeed in maintaining pres- and Russia signed in 2003 (Zakon.rada.gov. Eastern part of the Black Sea” (Zakon.rada. sance and electronic warfare units to mobile sure on Kyiv. At the same time, however, ua, December 24, 2003). This agreement gov.ua, October 6, 1989). So Ukraine is fully phones of Ukrainian service members on experience shows that effective deterrence classifies the Sea of Azov as a historically within its legal rights to control as well as the frontline, with the goal of demoralizing measures in the early stages of a crisis can internal sea of both states, with freedom of protect its own territorial waters. them” (Dsnews.ua, May 21). prevent it from deteriorating into violent At least two objectives are apparent in conflict. This is why early recognition of such Russian “hybrid” activity. First, is to such Russian activities, combined with an threaten Ukraine’s territorial integrity by adequate immediate response may be blatantly violating international and required to prevent the onset of a worst- Poroshenko: BBC report on secret payment Ukrainian maritime law. And second – to case scenario in the coming days. destabilize Ukrainian coastal territories via The current situation thus highlights the to Trump lawyer a “blatant lie, slander” military and informational provocations. In importance of both preemptive efforts by at least one particular aspect, however, such Ukraine as well as by the international RFE/RL whose father-in-law is a Ukrainian emigre, clearly unfriendly Russian actions could community, in diplomatic, informational is under suspicion of possible bank fraud lead to a seriously dangerous development. and military domains. Ukraine’s president has lashed out at a and violations of election law, among other If Russian naval assets cross Ukrainian terri- BBC report that asserted a secret $400,000 things. torial waters – even if carried out to look The article above is reprinted from payment was made to U.S. President Legal experts have said the timing of the like a “peaceful passage” or disguised in Eurasia Daily Monitor with permission from Donald Trump’s longtime lawyer last year payment to the actress, Stephanie Clifford, some other fashion – such an action would its publisher, the Jamestown Foundation, to set up talks between the two leaders. could be construed as an illegal campaign effectively amount to a military invasion www.jamestown.org. Petro Poroshenko’s office released the contribution, since it could have been statement on May 23, hours after the BBC intended as “hush money” – to secure Ms. published a report saying the payment to Clifford’s silence during the election cam- the lawyer, Michael Cohen, was arranged by paign. intermediaries acting for Mr. Poroshenko Sources in Ukraine told the BBC that UCC calls on Canadian government who wanted to open a back channel to Mr. President Poroshenko believed that Mr. Trump. Trump’s Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton, to stand up for Ukrainian political prisoners The BBC report cited unnamed sources would win the U.S. presidency, and had in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv. authorized the leak of a document that was UCC Sentsov, who was sentenced to 20 years in “Blatant lie, slander and fake. This is how published by The New York Times in prison in a farcical show trial, declared a we perceive the disinformation,” the presi- August 2016. OTTAWA – The Ukrainian Canadian hunger strike. In a letter to his lawyer, Mr. dent’s press office said in the statement. That document appeared to show that Mr. Congress (UCC) on May 17 called on the Sentsov stated, “The only condition for end- “We believe that the blatant disinforma- Trump’s then-campaign manager, Paul government of Canada to take a strong ing it is the release of all Ukrainian political tion that has been disseminated is a part of Manafort, had received millions of dollars stand in support of Ukrainian political pris- prisoners held by Russia. Together to the a fake campaign aimed at discrediting from a pro-Russian political party in Ukraine. oners illegally jailed by Russia. The UCC end. Glory to Ukraine!” Ukraine-U.S. relations, as well as a personal Mr. Manafort resigned a few days later. urged Canada to immediately implement Ukrainian activist Volodymyr Balukh, ille- attack against the presidents of Ukraine Last year, Special Counsel Robert sanctions against Russian officials respon- gally imprisoned by the Russian occupation and the U.S.,” it said. Mueller filed two indictments against Mr. sible for these deplorable violations of authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea, has The statement demanded the BBC Manafort, charging conspiracy, financial inalienable human rights. been on a hunger strike for over 50 days in retract the article, and suggested Ukrainian crimes and failing to register as a foreign In a letter to Prime Minister Justin protest of his illegal detention. officials would consider legal action. agent. Trudeau, UCC National President Paul Grod The UCC expressed its deep solidarity Mr. Cohen told Reuters in a text message, Meanwhile, one of Mr. Cohen’s longtime outlined that “the Russian regime has ille- and profound admiration for the courage of “This story is completely false.” business ventures was buying licenses, or gally imprisoned over 50 Ukrainian citi- Messrs. Sentsov and Balukh, and all other The report comes amid growing pres- medallions, to operate taxi cabs in New York zens, including Oleh Sentsov, Volodymyr Ukrainian political prisoners, victims of a sure on Mr. Cohen, who worked for years as City and elsewhere. One of his partners, Balukh, Oleksandr Kolchenko, Stanislav repressive, brutal Russian regime that rou- Mr. Trump’s personal lawyer and “fixer,” Yevgeny Freidman, earlier this week plead- Klikh and many others.” tinely and systematically flouts internation- helping to smooth business deals and make ed guilty to tax fraud and agreed to cooper- Mr. Grod called on Prime Minister al law and universal human rights, and new ones for Mr. Trump’s business empire. ate with state and federal prosecutors. Trudeau to “demand that Russia immedi- wages wars of aggression against its neigh- He also helped arrange a 2016 payment That is expected to increase pressure for ately release these Ukrainian political pris- bors. to an adult film actress who said she had a Mr. Cohen himself to cooperate with inves- oners and that Canada utilize the In October 2017, the Justice for Victims sexual relationship with Mr. Trump. Mr. tigators looking into Trump’s business Magnitsky Act to implement sanctions of Foreign Corrupt Officials Act (Magnitsky Trump has denied having an affair, but dealings. against Russian officials responsible for Act) became the law of the land in Canada. admitted that he had made a payment of gross violations of human rights.” The Magnitsky Act provides “for the taking more than $100,000 to Mr. Cohen in 2017; With reporting by the BBC and Reuters. The UCC also called on Canada, which of restrictive measures in respect of foreign he did not specify the reason for the pay- Copyright 2018, RFE/RL Inc. Reprinted holds the G-7 Presidency in 2018, to ensure nationals responsible for gross violations of ment. with the permission of Radio Free Europe/ that one of the priorities of the upcoming internationally recognized human rights.” Federal agents raided Mr. Cohen’s offices Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, G-7 leaders’ summit focuses on ending To date, the government of Canada has and home last month, after federal prose- Washington DC 20036; www.rferl.org (see Russia’s aggression against Ukraine and taken no action against Russian officials cutors in Manhattan obtained a search war- https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-president- supporting Ukraine’s sovereignty and terri- responsible for the illegal imprisonment rant. bbc-report-on-secret-payment-to-trump- torial integrity. and violation of human rights of Ukrainian Court documents indicate Mr. Cohen, lawyer-blatant-lie-/29246082.html). On May 14, Ukrainian filmmaker Oleh political prisoners, the UCC pointed out. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 27, 2018 No. 21

Dutch-led investigators... (Continued from page 1) research,” The Netherlands Public Prosecution Service said on its website. According to the Associated Press, “Mr. Westerbeke said the JIT is not yet ready to name suspects, but added: ‘I can say that we are now entering the... last phase of the investi- gation. When we will be ready, it is not possible to say at the moment, because there is still a lot of work to do.’” Russia’s Defense Ministry denied that the Buk system ever crossed the Russian-Ukrainian border in a statement released the same day. “The Defense Ministry of Russia from the first hours after the tragedy and in the future officially denied the Ukrainians’ insinuations about the alleged involvement of Russian servicemen in the catastrophe over the skies of Ukraine and has provided relevant evidence to the Dutch investigative team,” Moscow said, as cited by Kremlin- controlled RIA Novosti. Two years ago, the JIT said the passenger plane was shot down by a Buk 9M38 missile fired near Torez in Donetsk Oblast which was controlled by Russia-led forces that later hurriedly returned across the border to Russia. Petr Shelomovskiy/RFE/RL Current Time This week, the JIT identified the exact Russian military unit allegedly involved in the downing of MH17. At the site of the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in the Donetsk region of Ukraine. British-based open-source data sleuth Bellingcat had transported the Buk missile system to and from Ukraine in been internally displaced. arrived at the same conclusion as the Dutch-led JIT. previous reports using geolocation technology, including Western sanctions against Russia were already in place Bellingcat has shared its findings with the JIT and has and video and photographic analysis. when MH17 was shot down due to Moscow’s illegal annex- identified Russia’s 53rd Brigade of Kursk as the unit that Ukraine’s intelligence has also provided a trove of evi- ation of the Ukrainian territory of Crimea that took place in dence, which included intercepted phone calls, to the JIT. March 2014. Bellingcat and The Insider announced they would hold a After the MH17 tragedy, the European Union expanded news conference at The Hague on May 25 to release an its sanctions to include an arms embargo and financial updated report on their findings. restrictions on Russian businesses. The U.S. followed “Of the 298 people of more than 30 nationalities killed, through with its own set of measures. 196 were Dutch, 42 Malaysian and 27 Australian. Dutch “The major sanctions we’re announcing today will con- Foreign Minister Stef Blok welcomed the newly released tinue to ratchet up the pressure on Russia, including the findings,” the Associated Press reported. cronies and companies supporting Russia’s illegal activities When MH17 was downed, Ukraine was in the midst of a in the Ukraine,” then-President Barack Obama said on July summer offensive to regain occupied territory in the Donbas 29, 2014. “In other words, today Russia is once again isolat- that Moscow-led forces had covertly invaded in April 2014. ing itself from the international community, setting back The successful campaign led the Kremlin to increasingly decades of genuine progress.” escalate warfare by deploying more advanced weapons and As the American president made the announcement, the culminated with the battle of Ilovaisk in August 2014 that Dutch-led investigators still weren’t being given full access to led to the first unfulfilled truce, known as Minsk I, a month the MH17 crash site by armed forces commanded by Russia. later. The second truce was brokered in the Belarusian capi- “Dutch investigators have yet to lay eyes on the wreckage tal in February 2015, after the battle of Debaltseve. or the human remains believed still to be strewn across the Ukraine lost both battles, both of which saw regular huge debris field near the town of Torez,” CNN reported. Russian forces swiftly augment irregular Kremlin-led forc- Since the MH17 tragedy, Russia has offered numerous www.bellingcat.com es that resulted in peace agreements. Cross-border shelling explanations for the plane’s downing. They include the involve- This photograph was probably taken on July 17, 2014, in the town of Makiyivka of Donetsk Oblast, according from Russia had preceded the Ilovaisk battle, enabling the ment of Central Intelligence Agency of the U.S. or Ukraine’s to the Dutch-led team investigating the downing of free flow of Russian soldiers and weapons across Ukraine’s Air Force, as well as other obfuscating versions of the event. MH17. It shows a Russian-made Buk 332 missile system border. The acts of war were also documented by A nationwide survey conducted by the Moscow-based that was allegedly used to shoot down the passenger air- Bellingcat, but have gone largely ignored by the West. Yuri Levada Analytical Center found that only 2 percent of plane on the same day, killing all 298 people on board Over 10,300 Ukrainians have died in the Donbas war, respondents believe that the plane’s downing was the fault near the town of Torez in the same region. according to the United Nations, and some 1.7 million have of their government or its military proxies in the Donbas.

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WINDOW ON EURASIA The Ukrainian Weekly Looking back and looking ahead 74 years on, Russian genocide The following is a guest editorial by Stefan Kaczaraj, newly re-elected president and CEO of the Ukrainian National Association. It is adapted from his Ukrainian-language of Crimean Tatars continues remarks at the opening of the 39th Regular Convention of the UNA on Friday, May 18. by Paul Goble well, and if they shot those people, they’d have to account for the bullets. Welcome to all of you, convention delegates of the Ukrainian National Association, Seventy-four years ago, Stalin deported So, Stalin’s NKVD detachments on the as we once again gather here at our dear Soyuzivka as we did four years ago. These the Crimean Tatars from their historical ground came up with a horrific “solution.” years have flowed by so quickly, like the water in a rushing mountain stream. We homeland, an action that cost nearly They loaded up the Crimean Tatars in these once again have the opportunity, indeed the need, to exchange ideas and feelings 200,000 lives at the time, set the stage for three villages onto garbage scows and had about our community and organizational life, to weigh its plusses and minuses, to Vladimir Putin’s Anschluss of the Ukrainian them pulled out into the deep waters of the carefully and responsibly look toward the future. peninsula, and continues in the form of a Black Sea. There, the Soviet police beat To be sure, the Executive Committee did not function in isolation behind office Russian genocide against that nation. them to death and tossed their bodies into walls. We had countless contacts with you, constantly interacting in the best inter- On May 18, Crimean Tatars in their occu- the water. ests of our common cause. Nonetheless, the UNA convention is the highest level of pied homeland and around the world and That outrageous crime was reported in our interaction, the most significant of our exchanges of ideas because we are their supporters in Ukraine and again the mid-1950s by the Munich Institute for reporting about the work accomplished during the past four years and planning for around the world are pausing to remember the Study of the USSR in its book on Soviet the next term. the events of 1944 that almost three years genocides. When I recalled that at a gradu- I think I will not be mistaken if I say that during the past four years all of us were ago the Ukrainian government recognized ate seminar at the University of Chicago in concerned not only about our internal UNA matters but also about events and devel- as an act of genocide and called on the rest the early 1970s, my professor said that, as opments in the United States, including our presidential election. This is our county, of the world to do the same. bad as the Soviets may have been, they our government, and together with the entire U.S.A. we celebrate its every achieve- But in remembering that singular horrific couldn’t have acted as barbarically as that. ment and wish it success in meeting every new challenge. act, it is equally important to take note of the Unfortunately, he was wrong. But let us take a look back – to decades past, to the upheavals of the 20th century, fact that Moscow is continuing it. As the In 1990, Mikhail Guboglo of the Moscow when painful challenges came one after another: the Great Depression of the 1930s, Ukrainian foreign affairs minister put it on Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology World War II, the post-war displacement of nations. There was threatening turbu- May 18, Moscow holds “the entire Crimean published a chronology on the history of lence all around us, like a storm at sea. And only the strong ships with mighty sails Tatar people in prison” and seeks to destroy the Crimean Tatars and included an and talented, courageous captains survived. them as a collective community (qha.com. archivally based note that what the Munich The Ukrainian National Association was just such a ship. The complete history of ua/ru/politika/rossiya-derjit-v-tyurme-ves- institute and then I had said had in fact taken place. Ukrainians in America has yet to be written, and perhaps it will never be written, krimskotatarskii-narod-klimkin/192286/). Others have echoed similar views – see But confirmation of that crime has come because it is a truly enormous and truly unique history that could perhaps be tack- Ukrainian historian Serhii Gromenko’s arti- even more recently. In 2016, following led by an entire institute created specifically for that purpose. However, if such a his- cle in Delovaya Stolitsa (dsnews.ua/soci- Putin’s illegal occupation of Crimea, one of tory were ever to be written, then I have no doubt its essence would come down to ety/zvichayniy-genotsid-yak-rosiyani-dvis- his henchmen there threatened the Crimean one word: self-organization. tiv-rokiv-znishchuvali-krimtsiv-170 Tatars with the same fate that caught up the One hundred twenty-four years ago our fathers, grandfathers and great-grandfa- 52018220000). But the author of these residents of the three villages in 1944 if they thers in America united, and they did so without any external pressure, without the lines would like to share one often neglect- continued to resist (windowoneurasia2. slightest coercion, without any government decrees or directives. They did so on the ed action in 1944 that the Russian occupi- blogspot.com/2016/12/russian-occupier- basis on good will, mutual support, and national and social solidarity. This is the ers have threatened to repeat. of-crimea-threatens-to.html). invaluable experience that is essential for every succeeding generation. When the NKVD rounded up the Crimean So far as I am aware, he hasn’t acted on This is also the invaluable experience that can help the Ukrainian state that today, Tatars and loaded them onto box cars for that threat; but the fact that he felt free to with great effort, but always more assuredly and more quickly, is emerging from the deportation to the wilds of Central Asia, the make it is emblematic of the Putinist vicious circle of old conflicts – ethnic, religious, partisan – and is moving forward on officers in Joseph Stalin’s secret police approach to the Crimean Tatars, a long-suf- a straight and clear path. Ukrainians are led out onto this straight path thanks to the missed those who were living in three coast- fering people who deserve far better than nation’s reborn ability to self-organize. al villages. That presented a problem: if they they have received from Moscow be it under With these words, I express my fervent hope that this 39th Regular Convention of reported their mistake, they’d be exiled as Stalin in 1944 or under Mr. Putin now. the Ukrainian National Association will once again become a shining example of suc- cessful and fruitful self-organization at a time of new political realities by demon- strating the strength and authority of the oldest and largest Ukrainian organization on the North American continent. So help us God! Stop Putin propaganda by dispelling myth of U.S. as world center of evil Turning the pages back... by Paul Goble speakers in Berlin for a film about the dias- May pora in Germany, Mr. Eidman says he found Many European intellectuals think that that “all of those queried, like criminals Three years ago, on May 27, 2015, the major press outlets ran Russian propaganda is essentially “post- who had earlier agreed on their story or 27 scathing reports of corruption within FIFA in the selection of modernist,” that it sows confusion but does followers of a totalitarian sect reproduced Russia for 2018 and Qatar for 2022 as FIFA World Cup hosts. not have a specific message, Igor Eidman one and the same invented stories… the 2015 An editorial in The Washington Post, “FIFA’s ugly stains on the says. But his own interviews with Russian cornerstone of which… is the image of the beautiful game,” noted the U.S. investigation against FIFA led by speakers in Germany show that is not the enemy in the form of the U.S.” Attorney General Loretta Lynch, and called FIFA “a cesspool of case and that Moscow today is successfully Many simply repeat verbatim the mes- corruption and bribery.” It stated: “Soccer fans have long been mystified at FIFA’s choice of promoting its myth that the U.S. is “the cen- sages of Russian television that the U.S. Vladimir Putin’s increasingly aggressive and repressive Russia over several Western ter of world evil.” wants to “subordinate and exploit the European candidates to host the World Cup in 2018, and rich but tiny and climactically And even if one is not a fan of what the entire world and above all Russia which is unsuitable Qatar over the United States, Australia and a joint Japanese-Korean bid for U.S. is doing in the world, the Russian com- very rich in resources.” Sometimes such 2022.” The editorial also noted that a criminal investigation was opened by Switzerland, mentator for Deutsche Welle says, “it must claims are accompanied by truly strange and Swiss agents were helping U.S. prosecutors by arresting several indicted FIFA officials be recognized that to stop Putin’s propa- notions, such as America wanting to seize in Zurich. ganda will be possible only by destroying Siberia as a place to move to because of an The New York Times editorial, “FIFA’s Corruption Stains World Soccer,” dated May 27, this myth.” Unfortunately, “judging from approaching climate catastrophe. pointed out that 14 soccer officials and sports marketing executives were charged with everything, no one is working on that, not According to his interlocutors, Mr. “rampant, systemic and deep-rooted” corruption, and seven were promptly arrested by even the Americans” (kasparov.ru/materi- Eidman continues, “the U.S. (plus some- Swiss authorities in Zurich. Investigators also seized electronic data and documents at al.php?id=5AFDB7FC9F18C). times Great Britain as the junior partner of FIFA headquarters. “Those selections [of Russia and Qatar] immediately raised suspicion In the course of interviewing Russian the Americans) is guilty in all current wars of foul play when they were announced in December 2010, and the controversy has only including Ukraine, Syria, Iraq and so on. deepened with reports about the appalling treatment of foreign laborers working on Paul Goble is a long-time specialist on The Americans wanted to seize Crimea and World Cup facilities in the blistering heat of Qatar.” The editorial called for the ouster of ethnic and religious questions in Eurasia the Donbas, they help ISIS, and they sow FIFA President Sepp Blatter and the restructuring of FIFA, as well as a rigorous re-exami- who has served in various capacities in the trouble and bloodshed everywhere.” nation of the selection of Russia and Qatar as host countries. U.S. State Department, the Central For such people, “Crimea, of course, is An article by Red Standish in Foreign Policy read: “Moscow accused Washington of ille- Intelligence Agency and the International ours and always was (many simply don’t gally applying laws around the world. ‘Once again we are calling on Washington to stop Broadcasting Bureau, as well as at the Voice know about the seizure of the peninsula by attempts to make justice far beyond its borders using its legal norms and to follow gener- of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Catherine the Great, but the main thing is ally accepted international procedures,’ said Alexander Lukashevich, a Russian Foreign Liberty and the Carnegie Endowment for that the Americans wanted to occupy it in Ministry spokesman, adding that the recently announced investigation is ‘clearly another International Peace. The article above is order to approach closer to Russia.” case of illegal exterritorial use of U.S. law.’” reprinted with permission from his blog Everything Moscow has done in Ukraine, called “Window on Eurasia” (http://windo- (Continued on page 12) woneurasia2.blogspot.com/). (Continued on page 18) No. 21 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 27, 2018 7

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR FOR THE RECORD

Calling Trump Bishops UWC remembers deportation et al to account and their flocks Dear Editor: Dear Editor: of Crimean Tatars from Ukraine The release below was disseminated on rights and fundamental freedoms by the I am astonished by Ihor Mirchuk’s letter Andrew Sorokowski’s article on the May 18. Russian occupying forces. In 2017 alone, to the editor (“Seek collaboration, not par- future of Ukrainian Churches in North among activists who openly oppose the tisanship,” May 18), including his reference America (“Future Flock,” May 13) skips the On May 18, 2018, the Ukrainian World peninsula’s occupation by the Russian to the paid advertisement of the UACTT importance of the episcopal factor in church Congress (UWC) and the 20-million strong Federation, the Crimean Tatar Resource [Ukrainian-Americans for Compassion, viability. Ukrainian diaspora join Crimean Tatars Center documented four deaths, 16 new Truth & Transparency) that appeared in Both of the major Ukrainian confessions worldwide in remembrance on the 74th political prisoners, 16 disappearances, 286 the February 25, 2018, issue of The in the U.S. belong to (or are in communion anniversary of the deportation of Crimean detainees, 340 interrogations, 62 searches, Ukrainian Weekly calling for the support of with, if you prefer) non-Ukrainian Tatars from Crimea. 46 arrests and 104 fines. the Mueller investigation into Russian elec- Churches. Thus, the bishops are bound by On this day in 1944, on the order of The UWC continues its efforts to high- tion interference. oaths of strict obedience to carry out what- Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin, hundreds of light the plight of the Crimean Tatars in As one of the so-called “anti-Trump ever orders come down the pipeline, how- thousands of Crimean Tatars were deport- occupied Crimea, calling for the deploy- Ukrainian Democrat zealots” who signed ever it may reflect on them and whatever ed from the Crimean peninsula of Ukraine ment of an OSCE monitoring mission to the ad and as a citizen of this country, I will they may bode for their Churches to various regions of the Soviet Union, with Crimea to reduce the number of human continue to criticize and call to account The Ukrainian Catholic Church (UCC) in close to half perishing either during the rights violations and to prevent the isola- President Donald Trump. This is a presi- the U.S. is a case par excellence of this journey or within a year of being exiled. In tion of the peninsula’s residents from the dent who lies about matters great and conundrum. Its flock has been shrinking 2015, the Parliament of Ukraine declared West. small; who is eroding our democratic insti- for decades, in part due to flawed episcopal May 18 as the annual Day of Remembrance “May this day, on which we remember tutions; who has installed incompetent and decisions – whatever their origins. That of the Victims of the Genocide of the the victims of the genocide of the Crimean corrupt Cabinet secretaries and appointed being the case, relying on new immigrants Crimean Tatar people. Tatar people, serve as a reminder of the fra- his daughter and ethically compromised to maintain the flock will be just a tempo- The Crimean Tatars had lived peacefully gility of human rights and strengthen the son-in-law as “advisors” at the White rary solution, as Mr. Sorokowski points out. on the peninsula since their return in 1987 resolve of the international community to House; who is undermining our law A few examples should illustrate why until the illegal occupation of Crimea by increase efforts to secure the withdrawal of enforcement and security services; who is over the years some of the flock felt Russian forces in February 2014. foreign troops from the Crimean peninsula shredding long-standing economic and stressed when confronted with develop- In 2018, history is being repeated as the and the release of all illegally detained by Crimean Tatar people continue to face per- the Russian Federation political prisoners,” security alliances on a whim; and who is ments they viewed as regressive and which secution, and the curtailment of human stated UWC President Eugene Czolij. enamored of strongmen in power, includ- generated some painful questions. ing Vladimir Putin. Why did some bishops in the 1950s and 1960s dress up as Roman Catholic bishops Shall we all ignore or wish away charges for their official photographs? Were the tra- that have already been filed against ditional black robes just too modest for their Michael Flynn (the president’s former station in life, or were they ordered to do so? UCC remembers the Genocide national security advisor), Paul Manafort What did it mean when, in the early ‘50s, (former campaign manager for both some priests started celebrating liturgy in President Trump and Ukraine’s corrupt of the Crimean Tatar people Roman Catholic vestments? and Russia-loving former President Viktor The statement below was released on Parliament recognized this crime as an act What was the flock to think when, in the Yanukovych), Richard Gates (Mr. Trump’s May 17. of Genocide against the Crimean Tatar peo- ‘60s and ‘70s, some bishops publicly ple and established May 18 as the Day of former top campaign aide) and 13 Russian decried lay activists they disagreed with as nationals and three Russian entities? May 18 is the Day of Remembrance of the Remembrance of the Genocide of the “a bunch of dopes,” as reported in the Genocide of the Crimean Tatar People. The Crimean Tatar People. With three guilty pleas and a Dutch law- Philadelphia press, and who were charac- yer in jail, a total of 100 criminal charges Ukrainian Canadian community joins the The ancestral home of the Crimean Tatar terized as “Bolsheviks,” “Viet Cong” and so Crimean Tatar people in mourning, grief and people, the Crimean peninsula of Ukraine, have been brought thus far. And now on in UCC’s own America and The Way? Michael Cohen, the president’s personal solemn remembrance. May the Memory of is today illegally occupied by the Russian What was the flock to feel when Roman Federation. The Mejlis, the Representative lawyer/self-proclaimed fixer and former Catholic Cardinal John Krol of Philadelphia executive vice-president of the Trump The entire Crimean Tatar people, the Assembly of the Crimean Tatar People, has mocked Patriarch Josyf Slipyj as a geriatric indigenousthe Victims Bepeople Eternal. of ВічнаяCrimea, Пам’ять. were exiled been banned by the Russian occupation Organization, is being investigated for has-been on TV, and the local UCC arch- numerous serious crimes. to the Soviet east by the totalitarian Soviet authorities. bishop remained mute? Communist regime in 1944. Hundreds of The Crimean Tatar people, bravely Being an informed citizen and voter, I Were all of the flock supposed to be thousands of men, women and children resisting this cruel occupation, are once will continue criticizing this president and insensate blobs of protoplasm because, were forcibly and violently deported – again subject to brutal violence, repres- his Republican aiders and abettors who are after all, they’re not called a flock for noth- almost half lost their lives during the first sions, arrests and attacks on their unalien- busy turning our country into a kleptocrat- ing? Is it that “pray, pay and obey” just year of exile – for no crime other than their able rights and freedoms by the Russian ic kakistocracy. doesn’t cut it anymore? language, culture and traditions. They were occupation authorities. We join all civilized Tania Vitvitsky R. B. Worobec not allowed to return to Crimea for almost nations in condemning the Russian Sudbury, Mass. Alexandria, Va. 50 years. Federation’s occupation of the Crimean In November 2015, Ukraine’s peninsula of Ukraine. GUIDELINES FOR LETTERS TO THE EDITOR UCCA commemorates 80th anniversary The Ukrainian Weekly welcomes letters to the editor and commentaries on a variety of topics of concern to the Ukrainian American and Ukrainian Canadian communities. Opinions expressed by columnists, commentators and letter-writers are their own and do of the assassination of Yevhen Konovalets not necessarily reflect the opinions of either The Weekly editorial staff or its publisher, the The following statement was released by to the rank of commander of the Corps of Ukrainian National Association. the Ukrainian Congress Committee of Sich Riflemen, commandant of the Letters must be signed (anonymous letters are not published). The daytime phone America on May 21. 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Struck the diaspora, as well as the establishment of TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS, ADVERTISERS, DONORS down by the cowardly time-bomb of an foreign-language press bureaus in order to NKVD agent, his body was discovered on help garner political support for Ukraine’s Please note that as of March 1, 2018, due to a change in our bank account, all the streets of Rotterdam, Germany, in 1938, independence; this included his personal payments by check for subscriptions, advertisements, Preview of Events listings, almost 12 years to the day after the assassi- appeals to the League of Nations to address UNA Almanacs, donations, etc., must be made payable to UNA Publications. Please nation of his close friend and comrade-in- the issue of Ukrainian sovereignty. indicate what your check is for with a notation on the check’s memo line. Thank arms Symon Petliura. Col. Konovalets’ once wrote, “Neither the you for your cooperation! Born in Zashkiv, outside of Lviv, Col. enemy’s prisons, deportations, nor the – Administration of Svoboda and The Ukrainian Weekly Konovalets was a man deeply dedicated to the cause of Ukraine’s independence, rising (Continued on page 18) 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 27, 2018 No. 21

Michael Gold/The Corporate Image UNA holds... The participants of the UNA’s 39th Regular Convention, held on May 18-20 at Soyuzivka Heritage Center. the monument to the Rev. Hryhoriy effective for both not-for-profit and for- reached $1.3 million,” he said. (Continued from page 1) Hrushka, the first president and co-founder profit corporations – is one in which a soci- Mr. Kaczaraj also cited the sale of of the UNA, and the first editor of Svoboda. ety’s members or delegates elect qualified Soyuzivka in 2015 to the Ukrainian Canada, served as a color guard. This was Friday’s business session was opened board members and then the board is National Foundation, an affiliated company followed by the singing of “Zapovit” with a greeting by President Kaczaraj, who responsible for hiring a qualified CEO. that performs charitable activities on (Testament), written by Taras Shevchenko, welcomed guests and delegates to the Then the CEO is charged with hiring a man- behalf of the UNA. the patron of the UNA. Marika Oprysko, UNA’s 2018 Convention. In his statement, agement team to assist him or her in man- Mr. Kaczaraj stressed that the UNA must dressed in a traditional Ukrainian costume, Mr. Kaczaraj recapped the previous four aging the operations of the organization. continue to grow both its life insurance and greeted the delegates with bread and salt. years’ work and outlined plans for the com- This structure enhances the accountabil- annuity products in the future. Women of the UNA General Assembly – ing years, noting that the UNA – the oldest ity of the CEO to the board, and the board National Secretary Symczyk highlighted Treasurer Lisovich, and Advisors Horbaty, and largest Ukrainian organizations in to the members; enhances the ability of the the reasons for choosing the convention Puzyk, Keske, Streletsky, Czerkas, Walchuk North America – will be marking its 125th organization to identify and retain the most theme “Success by Design,” as success isn’t and Maya Lew – laid a wreath at the foot of anniversary next year. highly qualified leaders; and results in the something achieved by accident, but rather The Rev. Dr. Ivan Kaszczak, who was his organization’s leaders making sound deci- by design. The UNA’s achievements over branch’s delegate at the convention, led the sions for the benefit of its members – cur- the past four years were accomplished fol- participants in the recitation of the Lord’s rent and future. lowing a carefully designed strategic plan, UNA Prayer. Mr. Kaczaraj then introduced the Mr. Annotti further noted that most fra- he said. New regulations, industry experi- General Assembly members seated at the ternals have implemented similar gover- ence and adapatability will need to guide General Assembly dais. nance structures or are making progress the UNA’s vision for the future. Bohdan Doboszczak, chairman of the toward doing so soon. Despite this fact, Mr. Symczyk also recalled his journey Credentials Committee, reported on the many society leaders still bristle at the across the U.S. to visit UNA districts, for 2018-2022 delegate verification process. Once dele- notion of making such significant changes to branches and members. The UNA looked gates were reviewed and verified, a voting their corporate governance, arguing: Our to partnering with other organizations in PRESIDENT/CHIEF quorum was established. governance structure has served us well for community events to broaden its member- EXECUTIVE OFFICER A moment of silence was held to com- more than 100 years. We are financially ship outreach and increase the UNA’s visi- Stefan Kaczaraj memorate those UNA activists and execu- strong and don’t need anyone telling us how bility. Community breakfasts were only one tives, notably National Secretary Christine to run our organization. This attitude will type of the successful events that helped FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT Kozak, who had passed away during the pre- negatively impact the long-term sustainabil- expand the UNA’s prominence and role in Gerald Tysiak vious four years. Branch secretaries who ity of these fraternals in the future as corpo- the community. Another successful effort were remembered included: Nicholas rate governance laws are being adopted was the UNA’s “Ridna Shkola” program, SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT Bobeczko, Wsewolod Hnatczuk, Michael across all states, Mr. Annotti commented. used as a means to educate the community Eugene Serba Sawkiw, Emilia Smal, Roman Kuropas, Mr. Annotti also noted that essential to about the UNA and interact with potential Stephan Chorney, Eugene Gulycz, Peter membership growth is the adoption of new members. DIRECTOR FOR CANADA Pytell, Janet Bardell, Sofia Semanyszyn and technologies to appeal to the younger gen- The UNA has significantly increased its Ewhen Osidacz Vera Banit. eration through online applications, text online presence with social media through Dr. Wasyl Szeremeta was elected as the messages, e-mail, focusing on phone and sites such as Facebook and Twitter, as well CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER/ convention chairman, Mr. Skyba was elected web interfaces. “Youth do not attend lodge as LinkedIn. Mr. Symczyk also informed the NATIONAL SECRETARY vice-chairman, and Dr. Szul was tapped as [branch] meetings,” he said. Ultimately, Mr. convention that the UNA has launched a Yuriy Symczyk the convention parliamentarian. Recording Annotti noted, each fraternal society must new modern website with interactive secretaries for the Convention were consider that “to find your way, you must online tools for members. More informa- CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER/ Christine Syzonenko and Lydia Semanyszyn. first find your why.” tion will be released by the UNA as it TREASURER An 11-member Election Committee, The UNA’s structure has not changed becomes available. Roma Lisovich chaired by Dr. Andrew Hrechak, was select- since 1894, and today, Mr. Annotti said, the Partnering with other fraternals to mini- ed by the convention. Other committees organization must focus on flexibility, mize costs is another avenue the UNA has AUDITORS selected included the Petitions Committee, adaptability and a good governance struc- pursued. For example, the UNA is one of George Fedorijczuk Resolutions Committee, Press Committee, ture. These will help to ensure that good the fraternals that joined efforts to engage a Andrij Skyba as well as sergeants at arms. decisions are made by the UNA leadership marketing PR company to develop a brand- Luba Walchuk Selected prior to the Convention were and secure the organization’s future. ing and marketing campaign. The UNA the Committee on Revision of By-Laws and Following a break for lunch, Mr. Kaczaraj launched its latest “Guide to Life” magazine, ADVISORS the Finance Committee. delivered his “State of the UNA Address,” which outlines UNA products in Ukrainian Olya Czerkas Mr. Kaczaraj introduced the convention with a focus on the slogan “Success by and English. Both an online interactive edi- Nicholas Fil keynote speaker, Joseph Annotti, president Design.” He noted that he was proud to tion and print copies are available. of the American Fraternal Alliance, the announce significant positive financial Mr. Symczyk thanked UNA employees Gloria Horbaty umbrella organization of fraternal benefit results for the period since the previous who collaborated on the content and Irene Jarosewich societies in the United States and Canada. convention in 2014. Five years of both sig- design of the website and the new maga- Oksana Koziak Mr. Annotti noted that one of the most nificant capital surplus and net income zine, adding that more additions are in the Michael Luciw important trends in our fraternal system is growth are evidence of the UNA’s continued works. Mr. Symczyk explained how he and Julian Pishko the regulatory emphasis on corporate gov- success. The UNA continues to thrive, Ms. Lisovich have represented the UNA at Bohdana Puzyk ernance. He emphasized that regulators thanks to prudent financial management American Fraternal Alliance events in New and an adaptable business model. As of Oksana Stanko believe there is a direct correlation Jersey and nationally, where the UNA has between good decision-making (i.e., gover- December 2017, “UNA’s total net admitted cultivated a network of fraternal leaders Lubov Streletsky nance) and organizational sustainability. assets stand at $187.8 million, and our sur- who share their experiences with issues and Andrij V.R. Szul The preferred governance structure, and plus stands at $10.6 million, a milestone one they believe has proven to be the most event, and our net operating income (Continued on page 13) No. 21 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 27, 2018 9

Direct flights... (Continued from page 1) If a Ukrainian Canadian passenger has a hankering for some traditional ethnic cuisine, the on-board menu often includes smoked fish, varenyky and borshch. The Holodomor and Canada’s response UIA will operate its wide-body Boeing 767-300 aircraft, which offers three classes of service (economy, premium “Starving Ukraine: The Holodomor and Canada’s economy and business) between Pearson and Boryspil. Response,” by Serge Cipko, Regina: University of Regina Ambassador Shevchenko, who has previously preferred to Press, 2017. 351 pp. ISBN: 978-0-88977-506-0. $65 fly to Ukraine on Air Canada, with connecting flights in Europe, (U.S.)/$80 (Cdn.). welcomed UIA’s non-stop service between Toronto and Kyiv as a boost to the Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement. Through an extensive analysis of newspapers, political “When we signed this agreement [in 2016], we hoped it speeches and protests, “Starving Ukraine” by Serge Cipko would help us to navigate new business contacts between examines both Canada’s reporting of the Holodomor, the Ukraine and Canada,” he said. “The direct flight will be a won- Famine-Genocide of 1932-1933, and the country’s derful opportunity to create people-to-people ties into a strong response. In doing so, Dr. Cipko alludes to how public business context from which both countries will benefit.” domestic reaction to crises impacts how those events The ambassador added that since Canadians require no play out on the world stage. The book also explains visa to travel to Ukraine, they will now have an easier way to Canada’s role in raising the Famine issue during the get there without having to endure a stop – and a layover in USSR’s acceptance into the League of Nations. another city – on connecting flights to the country. Canadians came to learn about the Holodomor UIA’s direct flight could also help attract tourists curious through many sources, though some of the reports were about discovering Ukraine, said Mr. Truman, an American with found to be contradictory. Meanwhile the perpetrators of German and Scottish ancestry, who has spent considerable time the Holodomor, the Soviet government, denied that the exploring Kyiv and Lviv on his frequent trips to the country. Famine ever happened, or denied that it was a systematic “Kyiv is fabulous, and the restaurant scene in Lviv is amaz- targeting of the Ukrainian people. ing,” he said, noting that Canadians who have never before Myrna Kostash, author of “Bloodlines” and “All of been to Ukraine should expect their dollars to go far. Baba’s Children,” wrote: “After reading ‘Starving Ukraine,’ “It’s an affordable destination with a lot of young, energetic no one can say they ‘didn’t know.’ Indeed, this compelling, activity, and art, culture, theater, music and clubs.” pitiless, but always readable account of the revelation of For a man still struggling to properly pronounce Ukrainian the Great Famine, engineered by the Stalinist state, words, Mr. Truman said he was happily surprised by how reveals the breadth and depth of public discussion across many Ukrainians in Ukraine speak English. Canada about what was happening in Soviet Ukraine. Our His trips to Ukraine also dispelled the culinary stereotype newspapers and magazines, left and right, town halls and he expected to encounter. Legion halls, legislatures and even the Alberta Wheat “I thought there would be old-fashioned, stick-to-your-ribs Pool all weighed in, in an often heart-breaking, often food in restaurants. But I’ve had some of the best steaks I’ve nerve-wracking, and always dramatic discourse about co-author of “One-Way Ticket: The Soviet Return-to-the- ever eaten in my life there,” Mr. Truman explained. the ransom paid in human suffering to raisons d’état cru- Homeland Campaign, 1955-1960.” “There is also excellent Chinese food in Ukraine, and a lot of elly masquerading as Revolution.” Readers may obtain copies of the book at booksellers good regional cuisine in Georgian and Armenian restaurants.” Prof. Cipko is coordinator of the Ukrainian Diaspora and online retailers. Additional information can be found He added that he also hopes that the direct Kyiv-Toronto Studies Initiative for the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian on the publisher’s website, https://uofrpress.ca, by flight will encourage Ukrainians to also discover the “majesty Studies at the University of Alberta in Edmonton. He is e-mail [email protected]; or telephone, 306-585- and beauty that Canada has to offer.” the author of “Ukrainian in Argentina, 1897-1950,” and 4758. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 27, 2018 No. 21 No. 21 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 27, 2018 11 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 27, 2018 No. 21

a victory or a draw – ranged from 30,000 Crimea,” President Petro Poroshenko wrote strongly opposed placing armed U.N. peace- NEWSBRIEFS ($1,150 U.S.) to 100,000 hrv ($3,840 U.S.).” on Facebook. “We will never forget the cyni- keepers along its border with Ukraine. Ukrainian Deputy Police Chief Ihor cal crime of the Soviet regime, the crime (RFE/RL, with reporting by AP and AFP) (Continued from page 2) Kupranets told reporters, however, that no against an entire ethnic group, against efforts to shut down parts of Ukraine’s elec- arrests had been made. He added that pros- humanity,” he wrote. “I am confident that Belarusian court jails Ukrainian reporter trical grid. “Security Service experts believe ecutors would decide whether and when to these days’ criminals will also face punish- Media reports say a Belarusian court has the infection of hardware in Ukraine is bring charges against the suspects. Neither ment for occupation of the Crimean sentenced a Ukrainian reporter to more preparation for another act of cyber- the names of the football clubs involved in Peninsula, and the Ukrainian Crimea will be than eight years in prison after convicting aggression by the Russian Federation the fixing nor the names of the people who free again.” (RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service) him of espionage. The Ukrainian ambassa- aimed at destabilizing the situation during allegedly took part were disclosed. dor to Belarus, Ihor Kizim, was quoted by Deadly spike in fighting reported the Champions League final,” the SBU said Ukraine’s Football 24 online sports site the Belarusian news site Tut.by and in its statement. The match will be played reported that teams and players from the Monitoring officials say clashes between Reuters as saying that the trial of Pavlo in Kyiv on May 26. Earlier on May 23, the Premier League, First and Second Leagues, Ukrainian forces and separatist rebels in Sharoyko took place behind closed doors, cyberintelligence unit for Cisco Systems, as well as the junior teams were suspected eastern Ukraine have escalated in recent but he didn’t specify when the Supreme called Talos, said that its researchers had of being involved. The announcement days to some of the fiercest fighting of 2018. Court issued his sentence. Mr. Kizim also high confidence that the Russian govern- comes four days before Kyiv hosts the Alexander Hug, the deputy chief of the said he had visited Mr. Sharoyko in a KGB ment was behind the malware campaign, Champions League final between Liverpool Organization for Security and Cooperation in detention center, and that his detention which it called VPNFilter. VPNFilter could and Real Madrid. (RFE/RL, based on Europe’s monitoring mission in Ukraine conditions were acceptable. Mr. Sharoyko be used for espionage, to interfere with reporting by AFP and Interfax-Ukraine) (OSCE-SMM), said it had confirmed that two was detained in October 2017 by Belarus’s Internet communications, or launch civilians were killed and another three were KGB, accused of being part of a spy ring Ukraine remembers Crimean deportation destructive attacks on Ukraine, Talos said. injured last week, adding that “we have working for Ukraine’s Defense Ministry. (RFE/RL, with reporting by Reuters) Ukraine commemorated the victims of many more cases pending.” At a briefing in Ambassador Kizim also said Mr. Sharoyko Kyiv on May 21, Mr. Hug said, “Last week was had pleaded guilty to the charges, but said Soccer clubs, officials accused of match fixing Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin’s mass depor- tation of Crimean Tatars from their home- in many ways the worst we have seen so far that the Embassy did not believe the Ukraine has accused 35 football clubs of land in 1944, and authorities on the this year. In total, we recorded 7,700 cease- reports. Ukraine and Belarus expelled each involvement in a match-fixing operation Russian-controlled peninsula briefly fire violations.” Ukrainian officials said two other’s diplomats after Mr. Sharoyko’s that allegedly earned millions of dollars a detained dozens of people there. A minute soldiers were killed and another four were arrest. (RFE/RL’s Belarus Service, with year for the organizers. Ukraine’s Internal of silence was observed at noon on May 18 wounded in fighting near the village of reporting by Tut.by and Reuters) Yuzhnoye early on May 21. The militants in Affairs Ministry said a special operation across the country – except in Crimea, Duma adopts countersanctions bill had uncovered that two-thirds of all the which Russia seized in March 2014 after the Donetsk region accused Ukraine of using teams in top divisions of Ukrainian soccer sending in troops and staging a referendum heavy artillery and tanks to shell residential The lower chamber of the Russian par- took part in fixing the outcome of games. boycotted by many Crimean Tatars. An areas. They said four civilians were killed and liament, the State Duma, has approved in “Club presidents, former and current play- RFE/RL correspondent reported from the another four were wounded in Ukrainian its third and final reading a bill that pro- ers, referees, trainers, and commercial Crimean capital, Symferopol, that the shelling last week. (RFE/RL, based on vides for countermeasures against the organizations were involved,” Internal Russian-imposed police briefly detained reporting by AP and Interfax-Ukraine) United States and other countries that Affairs Minister Arsen Avakov wrote on dozens of Crimean Tatars who tried to com- imposed sanctions against Russia. The bill Duda asks for peacekeepers for Donbas Facebook. He said the ministry has docu- memorate victims of the deportation early is expected to be adopted by the upper mented 320 people involved in 57 “proven in the morning. Later in the day, several Poland’s president has asked the U.N. chamber of Russia’s Parliament, the cases” of match fixing, adding that five dozen Crimean Tatars held another com- Security Council to deploy a U.N. peacekeep- Federation Council, before going to criminal groups organized the fixing of memoration event next to a stone erected in ing force in eastern Ukraine throughout the President Vladimir Putin to be signed into games. Mr. Avakov said the organizers had a park in Symferopol to honor the deporta- zone of conflict with Russia-backed separat- law. The proposed legislation would give earned up to $5 million a year by betting in tion victims. Dozens of riot police officers ists and along the border with Russia. “We the Russian government the authority to Asia on Ukrainian football matches in monitored the event. In Kyiv, by contrast, are advocating the deployment of a U.N. ban trade in certain items with countries which the result was already predeter- bells at Orthodox Christian churches tolled peacekeeping mission,” Andrzej Duda told a that “implement unfriendly moves towards mined. “Any methods were used to get the for a minute to pay tribute to the victims of news conference in New York late on May Russia.” Under the bill, the decision about ‘right’ score in the match – from the bribing the deportation. “The pain of the Crimean 17 after delivering a similar plea before the what products or services would be affect- of players, referees, club owners, to intimi- Tatar people is our common pain. It is the U.N. Security Council, where Poland holds ed by the restrictions would be made by dation and threats,” said Mr. Avakov. “The pain of tens of thousands of Crimean Tatars the rotating presidency for the month of the government following a decision by Mr. amount of ‘reward’ for the desired result – who never made it back to their native May. “First, those forces should be deployed Putin to impose restrictions against a coun- along the internationally recognized border try. The proposed legislation is seen as an between Ukraine and Russia,” he said. “I effort by Moscow to respond to the asset also stressed in the strongest terms that if freezes and financial restrictions on that happened, those forces should deploy Russian officials, tycoons, and companies across all territory which today is in the associated with Mr. Putin imposed by the TO PLACE YOUR AD CALL WALTER HONCHARYK (973) 292-9800 x3040 hands of separatists,” he said. Ukraine has U.S. government in April. Those sanctions, or e-mail [email protected] supported the introduction of United the latest in a series of measures taken by Nations peacekeepers as long as they are the United States, the European Union, and placed along the border with Russia to mon- other countries since Russia seized Crimea SERVICES PROFESSIONALS itor and ensure Russian troops and weap- and began backing armed separatists in ons do not come over the border to aid the eastern Ukraine in 2014, were meant to separatists. As president of the council this punish Moscow for alleged interference in month, Poland’s U.N. representative may the 2016 U.S. presidential election and bring Warsaw’s proposal up for debate. But other “malign activity around the globe.” it could face a veto from Russia, which has (Current Time TV)

Minsk Peace accord, brokered by Russia, Turning... has ended the conflict. Thus, Russia’s only role in Ukraine is that of a peacemaker. (Continued from page 6) Russia’s sports minister rushed before the Paul Roderick Gregory, in his Forbes cameras to declare that ‘Russia has nothing magazine opinion piece “Sanction FIFA and to hide.’ Blatter declared that ‘there are no Putin at the Same Time: Take the 2018 boycotts’ in international soccer and that World Cup from Russia,” suggested, “noth- ‘football is an instrument of peace.’ …” ing could be worse for Putin that losing the Since then, Mr. Blatter has been fired, 2018 World Cup; it would be more severe and there has been a global call by the that the economic recession and Russia’s Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, declining living standards. Russians can live the Ukrainian Canadian Congress and the Ukrainian World Congress for government MERCHANDISE without imported foods and Turkish vaca- tions, but they may not tolerate being leaders to boycott the World Cup in Russia branded as a rogue nation not deserving a this year, which runs from June 14 through OPPORTUNITIES July 15. Meanwhile, German Judge Hans- Натуральні продукти World Cup…” Mr. Gregory continued: “Kremlin propa- Joachim Eckert cleared Russia and Qatar of Award-winning, Certified any wrongdoing in what many saw as a Organic Neal’s Yard Remedies. ganda has shifted into high gear. In an on- EARN EXTRA INCOME! camera interview, Russia’s World Cup repre- whitewash of the incident, and a confirma- Health, Beauty and Essential Oils, tion of rampant corruption at FIFA. loved in the UK for 37 years, The Ukrainian Weekly is looking sentative expressed surprise that the now available in the US. for advertising sales agents. ‘armed conflict’ in Ukraine could be consid- Source: “In the Press: Corruption in For additional information contact ered a reason to relocate the 2018 World FIFA,”(The Washington Post, The New York @OrganicMcD • 307-250-4633 Walter Honcharyk, Advertising Manager, Cup. H intoned disdainfully that Russia has Times, Foreign Policy, and Forbes) The www.us.nyrorganic.com/shop/lisa The Ukrainian Weekly, 973-292-9800, ext 3040. no involvement in Ukraine and that the Ukrainian Weekly, June 7, 2015. No. 21 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 27, 2018 13

recommendations from the previous con- installed consul general of Ukraine in New munity to not only be informed of what’s UNA holds... vention. The UNA has developed classes for York, Oleksii Holubov, Consul Denys going in Ukraine, but more importantly, branch secretaries and invited them to be Semenovych, Judge Bohdan Futey, and the what is happening within our organized (Continued from page 8) guests at the UNA Convention. Rev. Dr. Kaszczak of Holy Trinity Ukrainian Ukrainian American community. And they industry challenges. Mr. Symczyk cited the The committee recommended that the Catholic Church in Kerhonkson. Guests deserve our support – so if you do not sub- work and example of his predecessor, the UNA annually host a one-day meet-and- included Christine Bihun, Ukrainian scribe to these papers, I implore you to do late Christine Kozak, and the support he has greet, and that branch secretaries work to American Youth Association; Stepan so as soon as possible. By subscribing, you received from the staff of the Home Office encourage youth to become officers, learn- Kaczurak, chairman of the Ukrainian will not only become plugged in to our during the difficult time after her death. ing about the work of the Home Office and National Federal Credit Union, and his wife, efforts to support our brothers and sisters Treasurer Lisovich welcomed the dele- attending courses for UNA secretaries and Natalya, as well as Zenon Halkowycz, CFO in Ukraine, but will learn about the various gates and noted it had been a challenging, organizers. Mr. Symczyk added that the of the credit union, who was joined by his endeavors to maintain and strengthen our yet rewarding four years. She said there UNA continues to investigate options and wife, Olenka; and Walter Zarycky, president vibrant Ukrainian American community.” was much good news to report as 2017 opportunities for new products, including a of the Center for U.S-Ukraine Relations. Consul Holubov, in his statement of greet- was a milestone year for UNA. The UNA’s webinar service. The banquet’s keynote address was ing, noted that the UNA is a global example financial capital surplus, which is the fiscal Friday’s business session concluded delivered by Andrew Futey, president of the as the oldest and largest Ukrainian organiza- bedrock of every insurance company, has with the Election Committee reading off the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America. tion in North America. “As Ukraine defends more than doubled since the 2014 names of candidates entered in the primary Mr. Futey noted the illustrious history of itself against Russian aggression, Ukraine Convention, to $10.6 million as of December round of elections to the General Assembly. the UNA since its founding in 1894 in thanks [you for] the support of the UNA and 31, 2017. This is a significant improvement Each candidate then had to accept or Shamokin, Pa., and pointed out that next wishes the UNA continued success as it cele- from the $4 million achieved as of 2013 decline the nomination. year the UNA will celebrate its 125th anni- brates its 39th Convention,” he said. yearend. Not since 1993 has the UNA stood That evening, a “Vyshyvanka Dinner” versary. In the course of its history, he said, Yuriy Vitrenko, deputy permanent rep- on such a solid financial foundation, she was hosted on the Vorokhta Lawn under a the UNA has made lasting impacts and con- resentative of Ukraine to the United underscored. tented canopy. The UNA anthem was per- tributions to the community, “by publishing Nations, wished the UNA and its conven- Strong and profitable operating results, formed by soprano Swiatoslava Kaczaraj two of the most important newspapers in tion participants continued success in the as well as strong investment returns, con- with accompaniment by Dr. Szul on electric North America – the Ukrainian-language realization of the organization’s plans and tinue to bring about positive results, even piano. Awards were presented to UNA sec- Svoboda and The Ukrainian Weekly in the goals. He thanked the UNA for its support though, industry-wide, annuities (the main retaries, district chairs and General English language – an outlet that has as one of the oldest Ukrainian diaspora revenue generator for insurance compa- Assembly members, as well as Home Office allowed our community to keep abreast of organizations. nies) and life insurance products were staff, for their years of service to the UNA. Ukraine-related news, but even more Dr. Szeremeta, president of the experiencing a downtrend. She empha- After dinner, guests enjoyed Lvivska Kava importantly, to be informed about the work Ukrainian National Foundation, also greet- sized that success rarely happens at ran- dessert and coffee, followed by a lively sing- and accomplishments of our organized ed the banquet guests. He noted how dom. Successes happened with a combina- along session accompanied by a trio of Ukrainian American community.” through Soyuzivka there is an integration tion of hard work – the efforts of many, a accordionists – Mr. Koziupa, Alex Chudolij Other notable contributions of the UNA into various facets of the Ukrainian com- dedicated staff and the implementation of a and Mr. Dubas. included its role in the formation of the munity, such as credit unions and various strategic plan. As delegates gathered for the Saturday Ukrainian Congress Committee of America other organizations, and he reminded Also, through the period 2014-2017, the session, a group photo was taken by a pro- in 1940 and the creation of the Ukrainian guests to respond to the call to action to UNA achieved a solid financial performance fessional photographer in the Veselka Hall. World Congress (known previously as the preserve this Ukrainian diaspora treasure. with annual net profit gains of an average of The convention resumed business with a World Congress of Free Ukrainians) in He called for support of Soyuzivka’s capital $1 million-plus during each year. The UNA comprehensive presentation by Dr. Shul, 1967. Also noteworthy, Mr. Futey contin- improvement needs, saying, “The only has not had five years of consecutive net chairman of the By-laws Committee, on pro- ued, was the UNA’s purchase of the proper- thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for profits since the late 1980s, Ms. Lisovich posed amendments to the current UNA ty today known as Soyuzivka Heritage good people to do nothing.” observed. On the other side, careful expense By-Laws, which forsee a corporate gover- Center, which is now owned by the Walter Kozicky of SUMA Yonkers Federal management has resulted in a significant nance structure that replaces the Executive Ukrainian National Foundation. Credit Union explained the longstanding reduction in fraternal benefit expenses – and Committee with a new Corporate Board of Mr. Futey went on to explain the role history of cooperation between the UNA overall general administrative expenses Directors, with the financial competencies that the UCCA serves in the community. He and SUMA Yonkers, as the two organiza- were below projections. and fiduciary responsibility to run insurance spoke also about his visits to Ukraine, tions continue to work together toward Lastly, she reported that the UNA will operations in accordance with new with reg- where he met with high-level officials and shared goals of supporting Ukrainian need to continue to build upon the out- ulatory mandates. A separate Fraternal government representatives, as well as reli- youth. As the UNA celebrates its 125th standing performance record of the past Advisory Board is being proposed to handle gious hierarchy and representatives of vari- anniversary in 2019, I wish “eternal youth four years to ensure the UNA’s corporate the fraternal side of the UNA’s activity. ous NGOs. Through these trips to Ukraine, for Batko Soyuz” and peace for Ukraine, he sustainability as an insurance company for Delegates approved an amendment to the UCCA has gained a solid understanding said. the next 100-plus years. the By-Laws, whereby UNA’s three full-time of the situation on the ground in Ukraine in Marianna Zajac, president of the On the regulatory front, by 2020 the UNA executive officers will now be known as the face of Russian aggression and has been Ukrainian National Women’s League of will need to change its corporate governance President/Chief Executive Officer, Chief able to communicate that reality to U.S. America, recognized the work of the UNA’s structure. This will be a milestone change for Operating Officer/National Secretary and government officials to foster cooperation publications, Svoboda and The Ukrainian the UNA that will help ensure its future. Chief Financial Officer/Treasurer. in economic sanctions against Russia as Weekly, and congratulated them on their The UNA’s publications were covered in Another amendment approved by the well as continue support for Ukraine by work as part of the longstanding history of the report given by Roma Hadzewycz, edi- required two-thirds majority vote provided supplying lethal defensive weapons. Mr. the UNA. She said she looks forward to con- tor-in-chief of Svoboda and The Ukrainian for the appointment of four standing com- Futey noted that Javelin anti-tank missiles tinued cooperation between the UNA and Weekly. She stressed the important role of mittees of the General Assembly: Finance and anti-sniper equipment had already the UNWLA. the newspapers in the UNA’s marketing Committee, Governance and Compliance arrived in Ukraine. Guests enjoyed their dinner, prepared by and communications. Ms. Hadzewycz Committee, Nominations Committee and He said the UCCA invites all of its mem- Chef Andrij Sonevytsky. Headlining the eve- acknowledged the employees of the news- By-Laws Committee. bers and member organizations to join ning was the renowned Taras Chubay of papers present at the convention, including In addition to corporate governance, the them on July 18 in Washington for its Ukraine, who sang songs while accompany- Petro Chasto (Svoboda), Matthew Dubas discussion at the convention concerning Ukrainian Day advocacy event, and he ing himself on guitar. Singer Pavlo Tabakov (The Ukrainian Weekly) and Christine the proposed new UNA By-laws also thanked the UNA for its continued advoca- from Ukraine entertained with ballads and Syzonenko (The Ukrainian Weekly). included the important topic of succession cy for Ukraine and support of the UCCA. He pop tunes, as well as duets featuring vocal- The advisors, who had submitted their planning, both in terms of nominees for urged members of the community to ist Anya Kosachevich of New Jersey. reports to all delegates prior to the conven- election to UNA offices and the filling of become involved, from festivals to bazaars, The 39th UNA Convention was success- tion, had an opportunity to add to their vacancies, due to disqualification or disabil- politics to cultural events – there are many fully concluded with delegates bidding fare- reports. Messrs. Groch and Oscislawski, ity, death or resignation, on the UNA’s ways for people from all walks of life to be well to one another on Sunday morning fol- outgoing director for Canada and second General Assembly. active. Mobilizing the community is impor- lowing breakfast served in the Main House. vice-president, respectively, thanked the The final round of elections was held tant now more than ever, Mr. Futey under- Special thanks went to the 39th UNA UNA for allowing them to serve and to rep- after each candidate presented a statement. scored, as the world wakes up to the reality Convention Organizing Committee: Myron resent the UNA. They opted to retire and When the session reconvened after lunch, of the Russian menace and formulates a Kolinsky, Nestor Paslawsky, Ms. Puzyk, Ms. have been elected as honorary members of the By-Laws discussion continued with vot- response. Walchuk, Mr. Symczyk and Oksana Trytjak. the UNA General Assembly. ing taking place on two motions. Mr. Futey added: “Here I would like to In addition, Soyuzivka General Manager The Auditing Committee noted that The Finance, Petitions and Resolutions emphasize the importance of our Ukrainian Paslawsky, Assistant Manager Stefko there was an addendum to their report, committees also presented their reports American mass media – in particular Drabyk and the entire Soyuzivka staff were with print copies to be made available to and recommendations, and the Election Svoboda and The Ukrainian Weekly – these cited for their hard work in helping to make the delegates. The convention body agreed Committee announced the results of the newspapers provide forums for our com- the convention run as smoothly as possible. that the Auditing Committee’s reports that final vote for General Assembly positions. were made throughout the four-year peri- On Saturday evening, a fund-raising gala od and the Executive Committee’s respons- banquet for Soyuzivka was hosted by the TO ALL MEMBERS OF UNA BRANCH 42 es would be mailed to the delegates. UNA inside the Veselka Hall. As of May 1, 2018 the secretary’s duties of UNA Branch 42, were Following discussion and questions from Master of ceremonies Roman Hirniak assumed by Maria Drich. the delegates, the convention unanimously invited re-elected UNA President Stefan We ask all members of this Branch to direct all correspondence accepted the reports of officers, auditors Kaczaraj to be sworn in by newly designat- regarding membership and insurance to the address listed below: and advisors. ed Honorary Member Oscislawski. The Mrs. Maria Drich The Secretaries Committee discussion on remainder of the new General Assembly 2200 Route 10, PO Box 280 “Roadmap for the UNA,” led by Mr. Symczyk was sworn in by Mr. Kaczaraj, who adminis- Parsippany, NJ 07054 and Oksana Stanko, focused on increasing tered the oath of office. 973-292-9800 ext. 3035 • [email protected] the UNA’s membership and highlighted the Mr. Hirniak welcomed the newly 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 27, 2018 No. 21

MUSIC REVIEW Salov wows Washington

by Laryssa Lapychak Courtney sponsors of the Sunday Music Series. She informed the audience that in 2004 Mr. ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Pianist Serhiy Salov Salov won first prize at the prestigious cut a dashing Byronesque figure on April Montreal International Musical 22 as he bounded up to the stage at the Competition, and in 2014 the first Richard Lyceum: Alexandria’s History Museum in Lupien Improvisation Prize at the same Old Towne, Alexandria, just outside competition. Ms. Lucyk also mentioned that Washington. Youthful and lanky, he is origi- his program reflected the range of his rep- nally from the war-torn city of Donetsk. For ertoire, from Bach to the Romantic com- more than a decade, he has been a posers, to contemporary music. Canadian resident in Montreal. Before beginning his program, Mr. Salov Christine Lucyk, co-director of The explained the juxtaposition of Chopin and Washington Group Cultural Fund, wel- Bach in his program. Both Bach fugues comed the audience to this last recital of were composed as improvisations, and the 2017-2018 season, and thanked all the Chopin composed his four Ballades using Yaro Bihun this technique. Mr. Salov said, “Chopin During the sing-along with pianist Serhiy Salov. greatly admired Bach as well as Mozart, and only one of his contemporaries, Bellini, the father of Ukrainian music, and Ihor glided effortlessly across the keyboard in but it was Bach that was always on Shamo, a Kyivan composer who studied sparkling arpeggios or percussively struck Chopin’s desk.” composition with Boris Liatoshynsky and the keys like drums. In his performance, Mr. Salov led seam- Lev Revutsky at the Kyiv Conservatory. The enthusiastic audience of music lov- lessly into the Chopin from the Fugue in Lysenko’s Ukrainian Rhapsody “Dumka- ers was rewarded with the quintessential three voices, and then from the Chopin into Shumka” vividly incorporated Ukrainian encore piece, Liszt’s “La Campanella,” in the amazing Fugue in six voices, intending folk and dance themes, as well as patriotic which Mr. Salov’s technique was once again the Fugues to be bookends for the four hymns, in lively and dramatic improvisa- put to the test. Those who lingered after Ballades. In the Bach, his playing was at tion. the reception were treated to a sing-along, once cerebral and sensitive, as his long Shamo’s ever popular “My Kyiv” (Kyive with Mr. Salov, of course, at the piano. In a slender fingers moved gracefully and with Miy) is considered to be Kyiv’s anthem. Mr. world in which we are increasingly more precision, like dancers caressing every note Salov explained that Shamo’s approach to connected to our phones and computers, and creating long melodic lines balanced composition was different from that of events that bring us together physically are between all three or six voices. In the Bach, Chopin and Lysenko. Shamo loved that much more important and rewarding. Chopin, Mr. Salov’s power and technique painting, and Ukrainian folk themes were The afternoon was perfect. were on display as each Ballade came to its subtly woven into his descriptive and picto- On August 15, Serhiy Salov will be the fiery and devilish finale. rial compositions. “Hutsulian Watercolors” soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra in The second half of the program was included depictions of a sunrise, waterfalls, Saratoga Springs, N.Y. And next fall, the Serhiy Salov discusses use of improvisa- devoted to works by two Ukrainian com- dances and rain showers complete with Cultural Fund looks forward to celebrating tion in composition. posers: Mykola Lysenko, considered to be thunder and rainbows. Mr. Salov’s fingers its 25th anniversary season. No. 21 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 27, 2018 15

COMMUNITY CHRONICLE Ridna Shkola of Pittsburgh ends school year with concert by Nickolas C. Kotow CARNEGIE, Pa. – The students of Ridna Shkola of Pittsburgh ended their school year with a concert beginning at noon on Saturday, May 12, 2018 at Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church auditorium in Carnegie, Pa. Incorporated in 1973 by Andrew and Marta Farley, Peter and Luba Hlutkowsky, and Michael and Taisa Korchynsky, the school of Ukrainian studies encompasses grades 1-12. The students dedicated their performances to their mothers in anticipation of Mother’s Day. Parents, brothers, sisters, potential stu- dents and guests were welcomed in Ukrainian by Principal Olexandra Korenovska. Clergy representatives were the Revs. Jason Charron (Holy Trinity), Ihor Hohosha (St. George, Pittsburgh) and Yaroslav Koval (St. Vladimir, Arnold, Pa.). Other honored guests included Dr. Volodymyr and Oksana Lernatovych. She is the Ukrainian language instructor at the University of Pittsburgh, and both produce the “Ukraine in the Heart of Everyone” and “Christ Among Us” radio programs in Andriy Bidochko Pittsburgh, which along with the “Ukrainian Students and teachers of Ridna Shkola of Pittsburgh. Radio Program” are live streamed on the Internet at 1-2:30 p.m. each Sunday at “Ridna Matusia” and “Tilky Mama Odna.” under Ms. Korenovska. wish them a happy Mother’s Day and to www.wpitam.com. Ms. Lernatovych hopes The older students sang the song Special guests visiting during the school thank them for their love. Finally, he graduates of Ridna Shkola will continue “Chornobryvsti.” Marta Charron, Yaryna year were Ukraine’s Ambassador to the blessed all present and all recited the their Ukrainian language studies at the Korenovska and Angelika Pyvovar sang United States, Valeriy Chaly, and his wife, prayer “Otche Nash.” University of Pittsburgh, and advises that “Mamyna Sorochka.” Students and the audi- Ludmyla Mazuka, and 2017 Ukrainian of A bountiful luncheon was then enjoyed there is a special program in place for stu- ence joined in signing “Mnohaya Lita” to the Year Natalie Ann Jaresko. by all. Special thanks went to Roman dents speaking Ukrainian to attend univer- end the concert. In closing, Father Hohosha introduced Komichak, host of the “Ukrainian Radio sities in Ukraine. Ms. Korenovska gave a red rose to each the dedicated teachers: Halyna Charron, Program,” for concert announcements, and Also present was Marika Zaliszczuk, student, and the students then went into Yaryna Korenovska and Chrystyna to Charles Sradomski for audio equipment president of Ukrainian National Women’s the audience to present these to their Nazarewycz-Silecky. He thanked the stu- set-up and operation. League of America Branch 27, which is mothers. dents for attending every Saturday Information on the Ridna Shkola of based in Pittsburgh. Each student was then presented with a throughout the school year, and urged them Pittsburgh program of Ukrainian studies and Every student performed, with a person- certificate of completion of their studies for to continue their Ukrainian studies in the the start of the new academic year in the fall al recitation in Ukrainian of stanzas from the school year. Special recognition was coming years. can be obtained by contacting the principal Ukrainian poems about the love of moth- given to Stanislav Davyda, who was gradu- He also asked all present to call their Ms. Korenovska, at 412-708-1260 or by ers, and in ensemble singing of the songs ating after nine years of Ukrainian studies mothers and grandmothers in Ukraine to e-mailing [email protected].

SGA 12th graders participate in liturgy with Cardinal Dolan Armany was thrilled to be selected for this opportunity. During the liturgy, he was at the cardinal’s side and held the Gospel during Cardinal Dolan’s reading. Armany has served as an altar server at St. George Ukrainian Catholic Church for the past three years. During his homily, Cardinal Dolan’s mes- sage was simple: “…take your faith with you into your future and remember that you are part of the sacred family of Christs’ Church.” SGA senior Lilya Dovhanyk appreciated the cardinal’s words: “I liked Cardinal Dolan’s address the most because he blessed us, and his words were very inspi- rational and warm.” Oleksandra Roik, also an SGA senior, felt the mass was a unique and necessary expe- rience for all 12th graders: “When you’re there, participating, you feel like part of one big senior family.” Following the liturgy, Dr. Timothy McNif, superintendent of all Catholic schools, approached Principal Andrij Stasiw and SGA News Association thanked the students for their participation St. George Academy seniors at St. Patrick’s Cathedral. Senior Armany Torres with Cardinal Timothy Dolan. in the service. All of the 12th graders were very moved SGA News Association Patrick’s Cathedral on Friday April 23. Catholic Archdiocese of New York informed by the Cardinal’s homily and the entire The liturgy was celebrated by Cardinal St. George Academy that 12th grader experience. “With the majestic cathedral as NEW YORK – St. George Academy’s class Timothy Michael Dolan, archbishop of NY. Armany Torres had been selected as one of a backdrop, and the melodious sounds of of 2018 and Principal Andrij Stasiw partici- In attendance were over 1,000 12th grad- three students from all of the Catholic high full organ and choral music, it was a once- pated in the annual Eucharistic Liturgy for ers from the city’s Catholic schools. Several schools to act as an altar-server for the lit- in-a-lifetime experience for the SGA Class of NYC Catholic high school seniors at St. weeks prior to the celebration, the Roman urgy. 2018,” said Mr. Stasiw. 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 27, 2018 No. 21 Preparations for 2018 camp season under way at Vovcha Tropa Plast camp

by Christina Jackiw Brozyna EAST CHATHAM, N.Y. – Last summer, as the last campers waved their good-byes and left the Vovcha Tropa Plast camp for their homes, members of the Regional Camp Commission (known by the Ukrainian-based acronym as OTK) busily worked to tie up all loose ends after anoth- er exciting and successful camp season. Then, without missing a beat, OTK com- menced its planning for the 2018 summer camp season. As is customary, OTK held two work- shops to debrief last year’s camps and to prepare for the upcming camp season. These were held on December 10, 2017, and March 25 of this year. Protocols for all aspects of camp, ranging from registration,

Andrij Zwarych Campers of Vovcha Tropa in 2017. medical affairs, counselor staffing and responsible table- and drinkware last sum- training to finances, communications, facili- mer. The plan is to continue this trend and ty maintenance, inventory and boutique, improve upon it as one of OTK’s main were carefully reviewed, updated and set objectives is to work in harmony with, and into action. It is of primary importance for enhance, the beautiful natural habitat that OTK to continually fine-tune its protocols we call home during the camp season. and systems in order to better serve its Moreover, OTK is pleased to announce campers, who are growing up in an ever- some exciting changes in the kitchen. First, changing, fast-paced world. plans are currently being drawn up to install In addition to all customary camp prepa- a steamer in order to provide healthier food rations, OTK has been working on a few new options and improve the overall quality of initiatives. First, readers may recall that last food offered to campers, counselors and year, OTK contracted with Ivy Oaks Analytics staff. In addition, the kitchen will be recon- to treat the Vovcha Tropa grounds and rid figured to promote better and more efficient carrier hosts of ticks with EPA-approved nat- workflow. It is our belief that such additions ural compounds and insecticides. and tweaks will translate into better tasting The final good night ceremony at Vovcha Tropa’s 2017 camp for first time campers. Because 2017 was a blockbuster year for and healthier nutrition for all to enjoy. ticks, the tick incidents per camper num- Finally, Vovcha Tropa is moving forward bers stayed approximately the same as in with plans to erect a new pool, which will METROPOLITAN ARCHEPARCHY OF PHILADELPHIA the previous year. However, we were enable campers to partake in more water Ukrainian Catholic informed by the New York State activities for longer periods of time. 810 North Franklin Street Department of Health that camps in the sur- Naturally, this endeavor requires a tremen- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19123-2005 rounding area, which did not treat their dous amount of effort and funds. OTK Phone (215) 627-0143 Fax (215) 627-0377 grounds against ticks, had significantly high- thanks everyone who has already contrib- [email protected] er numbers of ticks. uted to this campaign for their generosity Therefore, OTK concluded that the initial and support. Those who have not yet had treatment in 2017 was indeed successful an opportunity to do so, may visit https:// No. 201/2018 О and has opted to retreat the grounds this www.gofundme.com/VovchaPool. This Number Should be Prefixed to Your Reply year. Areas that require additional treatment With the belated coming of spring and have been identified with the aim of further Vovcha Tropa’s reawakening from its quiet reducing tick populations on the property. winter slumber, the anticipation for sum- Most Reverend Andriy Rabiy, Apostolic Administrator and As last year, treatments will be completed mer camp is in the air. In no time, Vovcha Most Reverend John Bura before the commencement of camps. (For Tropa will again be home to Plast camara- together with the Clergy, Religious and Faithful of more information on this important initia- derie, laughter and adventure. All camp the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia tive, readers may visit www.vovchatropa.org registration deadlines are June 1. We look and www.ivyoaksanalytics.com. forward to another great camp season! Cordially invite you to join in the Secondly, in an effort to promote sustain- Moleben (Intercessory Prayer) to the Mother of God ability at Vovcha Tropa, OTK made great Christina Jackiw Brozyna is press secre- on Sunday, June 10, 2018 - 3:00 pm strides in reducing Styrofoam consumption tary of the Regional Camp Commission of in the and in moving to more environmentally Vovcha Tropa. Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception 830 North Franklin Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

as we o er Praise, Gratitude and  anksgiving to God for Blessing the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia with

THE MOST REVEREND STEFAN SOROKA METROPOLITAN-ARCHBISHOP EMERITUS

and his dedicated years of service in the vineyard of the Lord

You are invited to a reception and social immediately following the Moleben in the Cathedral Hall honoring +Stefan Soroka, Metropolitan-Archbishop Emeritus

+Andriy Rabiy +John Bura Apostolic Administrator Auxiliary Bishop No. 21 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 27, 2018 17 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 27, 2018 No. 21 Ukrainian Catholic Church to honor Archbishop Emeritus Stefan Soroka Ukrainian Catholic Metropolitan Archeparchy of Philadelphia PHILADELPHIA – Sunday afternoon, June 10, will be a memorable milestone in the history of the Ukrainian Catholic IV Ukrainian Journalists of North America Church in the United States as the clergy, Convention religious and faithful gather in prayer to Soyuzivka, Kerhonkson, NY, USA give thanksgiving to God for blessing the June 15-17, 2018 Philadelphia Metropolitan Archeparchy with Archbishop Emeritus Stefan Soroka How to Fight Fake News and his dedicated years of service in the Sponsored by SELF RELIANCE (NY) FEDERAL CREDIT UNION vineyard of the Lord. Friday June 15, 2018 A Moleben to the Mother of God will be 7:00 PM Welcome Reception with celebrated at 3 p.m. in the golden-domed ex Journalist Ambassador Andrij Shevchenko Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Topics and Speakers for Saturday June 16, 2018 SKYPE Bridge with Selfreliance UAFCU Chicago Immaculate Conception, 830 North Franklin 9:00 AM Status of Media in Ukraine - Myroslava Gongadze St., by Archbishop Stefan and brother bish- Sponsored by the Philadelphia-based Ukrainian Selfreliance Federal Credit Union ops, priests and deacons. They will be 10:00 AM Russian Disinformation - Advocacy - Marco Levytsky joined in prayer by religious and faithful Archeparchy of Philadelphia Sponsored by the Ukrainian Credit Union from throughout the archeparchy and the 11:00AM Political Assassination today Serhii Plokhii - Author Archbishop Emeritus Stefan Soroka metropolitan province. “The Man with the Poison Gun” After the prayer service, everyone is Francis accepted the resignation of 1:00 PM Lunch - Ukraine International Airlines - Cultural Tourism 2:00 PM Skype Presentation Victor Malarek Lviv Media Forum Report invited to attend the social and reception Archbishop Stefan for medical reasons. The update re ‘ The Natasha’s Global Trafficking honoring Archbishop Stefan in the cathe- holy father declared the Archeparchy of 3:00 PM Moscow Behind the scenes Everywhere - Daria Dieguts dral social hall, where personal greetings Philadelphia as “sede vacante” and appoint- Sponsored by SUMA Federal Credit Union and well wishes may be extended to the ed Bishop Andriy Rabiy as the apostolic 4:00 PM Disinformation: Where are we Headed? - Michael Bociurkiw retiring hierarch. administrator until the appointment of the 5:00 PM Ukrainska Mova - Stephan Berezowsky Archbishop Soroka was appointed as new archeparch. 7:00 PM Dinner Film Presentation- Ihor Wolansky - Breaking Point metropolitan-archbishop of the Bishop Andriy has extended a cordial Agenda for Sunday June 17, 2018 Philadelphia Archeparchy by Pope John invitation and encourages everyone to join 9:00 AM - Administrative, Elections Paul II on November 29, 2000, and installed in this historic celebration honoring 12:00 PM - Lunch Open Session, General Brainstorming, Future Targets on February 27, 2001. On April 16, Pope Archbishop Stefan. 2:00 PM - IV Conference Close

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Students wishing to apply for a UNA scholarship or Russian-language viewers of Moscow tele- award must meet the following criteria: Stop Putin... vision believe the Americans want to over- throw him “using all these Navalnys.” (Continued from page 6) • Have been an active, premium-paying UNA member Even “in Soviet times, there was nothing they say, is a response to American plans. like this,” Mr. Eidman says. “The anti-Ameri- for at least two years by June 1st of 2018 “It is interesting,” the commentator con- can propaganda then didn’t work. Many • Have had a single premium policy or an annuity, tinues, “that Germany is not viewed as an Russians viewed the U.S. with interest and valued at a minimum of $5,000 during the last two independent international force. In the eyes even hidden pleasure.” And those Russians years of Russian TV viewers, it also is a victim of who emigrated were far more likely to be the Americans.” But Mr. Putin for them is “a positive about the U.S. than about their own • Be enrolled as a full-time student in an accredited remarkable leader: he should do more in country. college or university, studying towards their fi rst the social sphere… but all his efforts have to But now Putin propaganda with its anti- bachelor’s degree go to fend off the Americans, preserve American focus “has turned out to be Russia and peace on earth.” extraordinarily effective.” And it is being All other myths – about the disintegra- used successfully by Moscow to “justify in e application for a UNA scholarship or award must tion of the USSR, the wild 1990s and so on the eyes of the people economic difficulties, be postmarked no later than June 1, 2018. – “are secondary.” In every case, these military adventures and territorial sei- disasters are the product of American ill zures.” That must be recognized first of all For complete details and applications, please call the will “but now Putin has imposed order and in order that the West can counter and dis- UNA headquarters or visit the Our Bene ts page on restored the country.” That is why these pel this message. the UNA website at: www.UkrainianNationalAssociation.org independence and territorial integrity UCCA commemorates... against the very same tyrants who for centu- ries have kept the Ukrainian nation in chains. (Continued from page 7) On this solemn anniversary, the UCCA UNA, Inc. death of individual fighters will destroy the pays tribute to the unconquerable and 2200 Route 10 will of the Ukrainian people to an indepen- unbreakable spirit of Col. Yevhen dent life, because Ukraine is an unconquer- Konovalets, a true hero in Ukraine’s ongo- Parsippany, NJ 07054 able bastion of heroes.” ing quest for freedom. May his legacy con- 800-253-9862 ext. 3035 Unfortunately, his words still ring true tinue to be an inspiration for Ukrainians today, as the valiant men and women of worldwide in their ongoing promotion and Ukraine are once again forced to defend their defense of the Ukrainian state. No. 21 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 27, 2018 19

Through Historical exhibit, “Cultural Identity to Statehood: June 2 Concert, “Spring Romance,’ featuring the Ewashko Singers, November Ukraine 1917-1921,” Ukrainian History and Education Ottawa Southminster United Church, www.ewashkosingers.com Somerset, NJ Center, http://ukrhec.org/exhibits or 732-356-0132 June 2 Mississauga Ukrainian Festival, Mississauga Celebration Through July 29 Art exhibit, “Pushing the Limits,” Ukrainian Institute of Mississauga, ON Square, http://www.ukrainianfestival.com/index.html Chicago Modern Art, www.uima-chicago.org or 773-227-5522 June 2 Film screening, “Music of Survival: The Story of the May 30 Luncheon and book presentation, Lunch and Learn – Webster, NY Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus” by Orest Sushko, Ukrainian New York “The Ukrainian Night: An Intimate History of Cultural Center, 585-747-7379 Revolution,” 92nd Street Y, 212-415-5500 June 2 Black Sea Circle International Folk Dance Festival, May 30 Presentation by Mustafa Dzhemilev, “Crimea: Russia’s New York featuring Ukrainian, Georgian, Bulgarian and Romanian Stanford, CA Unique Experiment on Integration of Annexed dance troupes, Riverside Theater, http://gorana- Territory,” Stanford University, [email protected] or international-folk-dance-festival.ticketbud.com/black- http://tec.fsi.stanford.edu/events/registration/224803 sea-int-l-folk-dance-festival

May 31 through Mosaic 2018 Ukrainian Kyiv Pavilion, Ukrainian Canadian June 2-3 Calgary Ukrainian Festival, Acadia Recreation Complex, June 2 Congress – Regina Branch, Agribition Building, Regina Calgary, AB www.calgaryukrainianfestival.ca Regina, SK Exhibition Park, www.reginamulticulturalcouncil.ca June 3 Ukrainian Talent Festival, Ukrainian Congress Committee June 1, 2 Film screening, “Julia Blue” by Roxy Toporowych, Uniondale, NY of America, School of Ukrainian Studies and Religion, Great Barrington/ Berkshire International Film Festival, Triplex Cinema St. Vladimir Ukrainian Parish Center, Pittsfield, MA and Beacon Cinema, 413-528-8885 or 516-754-7657 or 516-545-1069 https://www.biffma.org/event/julia-blue/ June 3 Film screening, “Music of Survival: The Story of the June 1 Performance, “Don Quixote,” National Ballet of Ukraine, Syracuse, NY Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus” by Orest Sushko, Syracuse Newark, NJ New Jersey Performing Arts Center, www.njpac.org Ukrainian National Home, 315-478-9272 or 315-218-1468 June 1 Presentation by Maria Klimchak about her visit to Odesa Chicago and Lviv, including marking the 100th anniversary June 3 Benefit concert, “Re:Sheto” featuring Oksana Mukha, of the Black Sea Fleet, Ukrainian National Museum, Whippany, NJ Revived Soldiers Ukraine, Ukrainian American Cultural 312-421-8020 or www.ukrainiannationalmuseum.org Center of New Jersey, www.uaccnj.org or 973-585-7175

June 2 Film screening, “War of the Chimeras,” by Anastasiia June 6, 8 Film screening, “Julia Blue” by Roxy Toporowych, New York Starozhitska, The Ukrainian Museum, Seattle, WA Seattle International Film Festival, SIFF Cinema www.ukrainianmuseum.org or 212-228-0110 Uptown, https://www.siff.net/festival/julia-blue June 2 25th anniversary commemoration honoring Patriarch South Bound Brook, Mstyslav, with memorial service and luncheon, Holy Entries in “Out and About” are listed free of charge. Priority is given to events NJ Resurrection Mausoleum, St. Andrew Memorial Church, advertised in The Ukrainian Weekly. However, we also welcome submissions Pokrova Sisterhood Community Social Center, from all our readers. Items will be published at the discretion of the editors [email protected] or 732-356-0090 and as space allows. Please send e-mail to [email protected]. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 27, 2018 No. 21

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Saturday, June 2 Sunday, June 17 NEW YORK: “War of the Chimeras” (2017, HORSHAM, Pa.: The popular Father’s Day Ukraine, 94 minutes, Ukrainian, Russian, Ukrainian Fest will commence at 1 p.m. at with English subtitles), a documentary Tryzubivka (Ukrainian American Sport directed by Anastasiia Starozhitska and Center, County Line and Lower State roads). Mariia Starozhitska, is a story of war, love A 2 p.m. stage show will feature the and death, captured on camera during the Voloshky School of Ukrainian Dance, accor- ongoing conflict in Ukraine. This is a dionist Walter Syzonenko, and singers Ukrainian Museum Film Festival (UMFF) Sofiya Pitula and Maksim Shcherbatyuk. A event. The screening is at 7 p.m. Admission: lively outdoor “zabava” in the dance pavilion $10; tickets are available online or at the to the tunes of the accordionist will follow. door. The Ukrainian Museum is located at There will be plentiful Ukrainian homemade 222 E. Sixth St.; telephone, 212-228-0110; foods and baked goods, picnic fare and cool website, www.ukrainianmuseum.org. refreshments for all tastes and ages. Enjoy Saturday, June 16 the U.S. Adult Soccer Association’s Region One U.S. Open Cup and U.S. Amateur Cup NEW YORK: Attend a felting demonstration (U.S. national championship quarterfinals) during the “Festival of Felt.” At 1-4 p.m. games, men’s, women’s, and men’s over 30 instructor Marta Zahaykevich will show visi- and under 23 throughout the afternoon. tors how to felt fleece and produce small Admission and parking are free. For infor- usable objects. The demonstration is free with museum admission; no registration is mation call 267-664-3857, e-mail info@try- necessary. The Ukrainian Museum is located zub.org or visit www.tryzub.org; see also at 222 E. Sixth St.; telephone, 212-228- the Facebook page of Tryzub Ukrainian 0110; website,www.ukrainianmuseum.org. American Sport Center.

NEW YORK: Join us at 7 p.m. for the NEW YORK: The Felted Ruffled Scarf “Fashion in Felt” Runway Show and Designer Workshop is a great workshop for experi- Sale, the highlight of the “Festival of Felt.” See enced felters, as well as for beginners who original creations in felt by designers Natalya will learn the basics of felting with fleece. Brashovetska and Irena Levkovich, and Each participant will produce an elegant, introducing Marta Zahaykevich. A designer wearable scarf. Designer Irena Levkovich is trunk sale and light reception will close the teaching the class as part of the “Festival of evening. Tickets are $20; seating is limited. Felt.” The fee is $120; additional materials Order tickets in advance online. The fee per person is $40. Call 212-228-0110 to Ukrainian Museum is located at 222 E. Sixth register. The Ukrainian Museum is located at St.; telephone, 212-228-0110; website, www. 222 E. Sixth St.; telephone, 212-228-0110; ukrainianmuseum.org. website, www.ukrainianmuseum.org.

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