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ThePublished U by thekrainian Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal W non-profit associationeekly Vol. LXXXV No. 38 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2017 $2.00 Saakashvili returns to Ukraine Poroshenko to make repeat bid Police serve him with notice on breaching border for U.N. peacekeepers in Donbas by Mark Raczkiewycz Democratic Initiatives, said over the phone. “But [Russian President Vladimir] Putin – Historically, Ukraine has been in wanted political concessions to run parallel the top tier of contributors to United with security.” Nations peacekeeping missions in conflict Now, given that the two truces agreed to zones worldwide. Now, one of the intergov- by France, Germany, Ukraine and Russia ernmental body’s truce contingents might have failed, the West, including the U.S., is land in eastern Ukraine, where Russia has beginning to see the importance of Ukraine waged an unprovoked war since April needing “security” first – including regain- 2014, a month after it illegally annexed the ing control of the more than 400 kilome- Ukrainian territory of Crimea. ters of the border area neighboring Russia Ukrainian President – before any political actions are taken, the was to leave Kyiv on September 15 to professor added. attend the 72nd session of the U.N. General The renewed attention to peacekeepers Assembly, and he plans to address the U.N. surfaced on September 5 when Mr. Putin Security Council next week. visited China and set out conditions for a At the podium, post-Soviet Ukraine’s mission to enter the Donbas. During a news fifth president is scheduled to repeat the conference, he initially supported the idea, but only along the 450-kilometer frontline proposal he made more than two years with peacekeepers providing security ago: to send U.N. peacekeepers to the war- exclusively to truce monitors from the torn easternmost regions of Donetsk and Organization for Security and Cooperation Luhansk amid two internationally bro- in Europe (OSCE). Furthermore, he empha- kered ceasefires that never took hold since sized the precondition that peacekeepers February 2015. would be present after both sides with- Facebook/Mikheil Saakashvili Then, the West, namely Germany and drew heavy weapons and Kyiv held negoti- Mikheil Saakashvili in Przemysl (Peremyshl) in Poland before boarding a train bound France – which were integral in cementing for Ukraine on September 10. He is seen at a press briefing with . ations directly with Russia’s proxies in the a truce between Kyiv and – occupied Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts. weren’t keen on the idea. German leader Angela Merkel, an essen- RFE/RL firmed the operation was aimed at serving Mr. Saakashvili with the document. “Ukraine wanted ‘security’ first with its tial mediator in the failed peace process, borders restored, then the political part – Ukrainian border-control authori- Mr. Saakashvili said in Lviv on subsequently said that she supported the that would’ve given [more autonomy] to ties have formally read out a document to September 12 that the document should idea, but that peacekeepers would have to the Donbas,” Olexiy Haran, a political scien- Mikheil Saakashvili on what officials said have been delivered to him earlier. be situated throughout Ukraine’s sovereign tist professor at the Kyiv Mohyla Academy was his illegal entry into Ukraine on and research director at the policy center September 10. (Continued on page 17) (Continued on page 16) The ex-Georgian president and former governor of Ukraine’s Odesa region was served the notice on September 12 in front of a group of journalists and lawmakers Ukrainian World Congress celebrates its 50th anniversary in Kyiv outside of a hotel in Lviv, with police and border guards on hand. Ukrainian World Congress Ukraine’s state-run Ukrinform news agency reported that Mr. Saakashvili signed KYIV – The Ukrainian World Congress the document, acknowledging the allega- (UWC) held its 50th anniversary commem- tions of an “administrative violation,” dur- oration at the Mystetskyi Arsenal in Kyiv on ing the meeting outside the Leopolis Hotel August 26. in central Lviv, where he has been staying Joining the UWC leadership and repre- since September 10, when he and support- sentatives of its international network were ers broke through a line of Ukrainian bor- Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko and der guards to cross from Poland to Ukraine. First Lady ; Head of the Ukraine’s Internal Affairs Ministry was Ukrainian Orthodox Church Patriarch later quoted by the Interfax news agency as Filaret of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – saying that Mr. Saakashvili was in the coun- Kyiv Patriarchate (UOC-KP); Patriarch try illegally but authorities were not intent Sviatoslav of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic on detaining him at the moment. Church (UGCC); and other religious leaders, Local media said he was ordered to high-ranking officials from Ukraine, diplo- appear at the Mostyskyi District Court of mats from around the world and represen- UWC the Lviv region on September 18 for a hear- tatives of Ukrainian civil society. Participants of the annual general meeting of the Ukrainian World Congress held in Kyiv. ing over the incident. Speaking on behalf of the UWC, President Police arrived at the hotel on the morn- Eugene Czolij enumerated the international the restoration and consolidation of President Petro Poroshenko, in his ing of September 12 and initially blocked organization’s achievements in furthering Ukrainian statehood, and highlighted the address at the jubilee event, thanked the access to the building in Lviv, whose mayor, Ukrainian interests throughout its 50-ayear current priorities related to the support of UWC for its longstanding support of Andriy Sadovyi, has clashed with President history. He particularly focused on the activ- Ukraine in countering Russian aggression, Ukraine and asserted that the UWC is a Petro Poroshenko in the past. ities of the over 20-million strong Ukrainian and in the realization of its aspirations for The State Border Guard Service con- diaspora headed by the UWC in support of European and Euro-Atlantic integration. 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ANALYSIS

Russia’s Kerch Strait bridge: Poland drops controversial plan guard OSCE observers not only on the line of contact following the disengagement of both WARSAW – Poland’s government says it is parties’ forces and hardware, but in other New threat to regional stability abandoning a plan to include images in locations as well, where the OSCE SMM Polish of landmarks that are now restrictions on this passage have already [Special Monitoring Mission] pays its inspec- by Ihor Kabanenko within the borders of Ukraine and Lithuania. raised the cost of freight and have pushed tion visits.” In a statement, the German Eurasia Daily Monitor The passport plan had angered both Ukraine Chancellery said Mr. Putin “agreed to Mariupol’s leading metallurgical business and Lithuania, with the government in Kyiv After illegally annexing Crimea in 2014, group to transfer its shipping cargo to remove the previous limitation of deploy- calling it an “unfriendly step that will have a ment of the planned U.N. mission” after Ms. Russia declared it would build a 12-mile-long Mykolayiv (located west of Crimea) (Mind. negative impact on the development of the road-and-rail bridge across the Kerch Strait, ua, August 8). Ukrainian ports on the Azov Merkel pointed out that “changes in the Ukraine-Polish strategic partnership.” The mandate were necessary.” On September 5, connecting mainland Russia to the occupied Sea are projected to lose around $190 mil- Polish government’s proposal appeared to Crimean peninsula. And last year (2016), lion during the 23 days in August- Mr. Putin had called for the deployment of break a longstanding practice of not making lightly armed peacekeepers to protect OSCE with construction under way, Moscow offi- September Russia announced it would any claim, even symbolic, to territories cials promised that the building of this mas- close the strait (Interfax, August 2). observers monitoring the conflict in eastern Poland lost in the redrawing of borders dur- Ukraine. But he indicated that the peace- sive bridge would “in no way limit [maritime] The long-term economic damage to ing the 20th century. The disputed images navigation in the Kerch-Enikalsk Channel [a Ukraine will be even greater. After the cen- keepers would operate only along the front were of a Polish military cemetery in Lviv line separating Ukrainian government forc- deeper, navigable portion of the Kerch tral arches are installed on the Kerch and the 16th century Gate of Dawn in Vilnius Strait, linking the Black and Azov Seas], bridge, passage through the strait for es and separatists. (RFE/RL, based on – one of the most important religious, histor- reporting by Reuters and Interfax) ensuring free passage for vessels both dur- Mariupol-bound Panamax-class vessels will ical and cultural monuments in the ing the construction phase and in the period be impossible because their height can Lithuanian capital. Polish Internal Affairs Poroshenko on purposes of peacekeepers of use” (RIA Novosti, February 19, 2016). reach 37.5 meters (Deutsche Welle – Minister Mariusz Blaszczak says his ministry But instead of holding to this pledge, Russian service, June 30). Mariupol seaport has picked other images to include in place KYIV – Ukrainian President Petro freedom of passage via the Kerch Strait – – sometimes referred to as the “Sea Gates of the two disputed ones. The new passports Poroshenko says that the purpose of a pro- which in fact is protected by international of Donbas” – is Ukraine’s main outlet for are due to be introduced in 2018 to mark the posed U.N.-mandated peacekeeping mission in war-torn eastern Ukrainian must be to fos- law – is now at serious risk due to Russian metal exports thanks to its specialized port 100th anniversary of Poland regaining its ter peace, not to cement what he called actions. facilities and proximity to the industry. And independence after more than a century of “Russia’s occupation” of a chunk of his coun- In May, Moscow revealed the new maxi- because of the restrictions being posed by foreign rule. The pages of the new passports try. Mr. Poroshenko spoke in an annual mum dimensions of ships allowed to pass the Kerch bridge, trade turnover in will feature background images of 26 nation- address to the on through the strait: due to the unique con- Mariupol is anticipated to fall by 25 to 30 al symbols. (RFE/RL, based on reporting by September 7, two days after Russian struction features of the Kerch bridge, to percent. Indeed, Russia’s actions of sealing AP and usnews.com) cross underneath vessels can be no more off the Kerch Strait to Ukrainian commer- President called for the than 160 meters long, 31 meters wide and cial vessels, effectively cutting Mariupol Putin on peacekeepers in conflict zone deployment of lightly armed peacekeepers to protect OSCE observers monitoring the con- 33 meters tall, with a draft of up to 8 meters and Berdiansk off from the Black Sea, could MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir flict. Russia has indicated that, under its (Ports.com.ua, June 14; 0629.com.ua, June have a debilitating economic impact on the Putin has signaled his willingness to look plan, the peacekeepers would operate only 21). And this past August, Russia for the entire Donbas region. Moreover, these ship- into the idea of deploying United Nations along the frontline separating Ukrainian first time fully closed the Kerch Strait on ping restrictions run the risk of undermin- peacekeepers to eastern Ukraine, not only government forces and Russia-backed sepa- account of the bridge work, citing construc- ing an already delicate social situation in along the conflict line separating Ukrainian ratists. Russia also says that the plan should tion requirements while it fitted the central Mariupol, which is heavily dependent on its government forces and Russia-backed sepa- be subject to approval by the separatists. Mr. arches on the structure (Bsamp.ru, Bsamp. ability to export Ukrainian steel to interna- ratists, but also in other areas where moni- Poroshenko said the mission should patrol ru.pdf, accessed September 5). Officially, tional markets. tors from the Organization for Security and the whole conflict zone, including the border Russia pre-emptively declared that mari- All of these Russian activities should be Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) work. The between Russia and the separatist-held time passage across the strait would be considered in connection with Moscow’s Kremlin said Mr. Putin made the comments parts of Ukraine’s Donetsk and Luhansk closed for 23 non-consecutive days in attempts to establish a so-called “land cor- in a phone conversation with German regions, which Kyiv says is used to ship August–September (Cfts.org.ua, June 14). ridor to Crimea” (Krymr.com, March 18). Chancellor Angela Merkel on September 11. weapons and military personnel in from The construction of the Kerch bridge vio- Within this context, the intermittent clo- “Vladimir Putin elaborated on the Russian Russia. “Its purpose should not be the pres- lates the United Nations Convention on the sures of the Kerch Strait look like one more initiative to set up a U.N. mission to facilitate ervation of Russia’s occupation and the Law of the Sea (Un.org, accessed September example of Russian-style hybrid warfare – the guarding of the OSCE Special Monitoring legalization of the Russian military presence, 5) as well as a number of other internation- whereby socio-physiological destabiliza- Mission (SMM),” the Kremlin said. “In light but a durable peace,” Mr. Poroshenko said. ally recognized agreements and regulations. tion precedes an overt military blitzkrieg. of thoughts voiced by Angela Merkel, the He called Mr. Putin’s proposal “strange,” but Based on provisions found in the 2004 trea- The Russian game vis-à-vis this vulnerable Russian leader indicated a readiness to said that Ukraine is ready to discuss any ty between Ukraine and the Russian Ukrainian region is thus possible to antici- update the functions of the aforementioned proposal at the United Nations. The conflict Federation on cooperation in the use of the pate. Moscow’s actions regarding the Kerch U.N. mission in the Russia-sponsored draft has killed more than 10,000 civilians and Sea of Azov and the Kerch Strait (Rada.gov. Strait are likely to include further “access resolution of the Security Council.” It added, ua, accessed September 5), the construction limitation” (restrictions scenario) with dif- “It is intended that U.N. peacekeepers could (Continued on page 12) of a bridge from Russia to Crimea would ferent freedom-of-navigation restrictions had to have been agreed upon with Kyiv. But as well as an “access denial” (blockade sce- the Ukrainian government never gave its nario) policy, which would involve a unilat- blessing for the project. 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NEWS ANALYSIS Russia effectively supports North Korea in its standoff with the U.S.

by Pavel Felgenhauer (Kremlin.ru, September 5). been in contact with the militant group North Korean “provocations,” but at the Eurasia Daily Monitor Mr. Putin also made a potentially omi- (Militarynews.ru, August 22). same time he rejected the imposition of nous threat while speaking to journalists in Russia has officially demanded the U.S. additional sanctions on Pyongyang. Rather, Speaking to journalists after the conclu- Xiamen, warning of grave consequences if withdraw all its forces from Afghanistan, the Russian leader again (see EDM, May 7, sion of the latest leadership summit of the the decides to supply the assuming a continued U.S. presence will 2014; March 28, 2017) expressed under- so-called BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, Ukrainian military with defensive lethal only make things worse. In the framework standing of North Korean’s push to develop India, China and South Africa), held in weapons (anti-tank and anti-aircraft) – a of the zero-sum logic of the , an weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and Xiamen, China, President Vladimir Putin move supported by Congress, the State Afghanistan controlled by the Taliban (at intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM). threatened to continue the tit-for-tat cycle Department and the Pentagon. According present in conflict with the local chapter of The Russian president recalled the plight of of diplomatic expulsions and diplomatic to Mr. Putin, the delivery of U.S. weapons to the Islamic State) would be more in the Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, who was property takeovers with the United States. Ukraine may aggravate the fighting and Russia’s interest than a continued U.S. mili- captured and eventually hanged, his male Earlier this summer, Moscow ordered the bloodshed in Donbas but will not change tary presence in that country. If the U.S. and family members killed in action in Mosul, U.S. to recall its diplomats from Russia to the military balance. Russia’s head of state its allies are losing the war anyway, and if “while Iraq was devastated,” because match the number of Russian diplomats also noted “the self-pro- Saddam destroyed his missiles and WMDs. accredited in the U.S. (455 persons) by claimed republics” [the Mr. Putin also recalled the destruction of September 1. And last month (August), Mr. Moscow-backed “people’s Vladimir Putin’s formula Libyan strongman Muammar Qaddafi: “[W]e Putin announced that some 755 U.S. “diplo- republics” of Donetsk and for solving the Korean nuclear remember what happened, as do the North mats” must leave in order for both countries Luhansk – DPR and LPR] Koreans, who will not abandon their ballistic to have parity in the number of personnel have lots of weapons. “If problem by appeasement, missiles and nukes under any sanctions” (see Eurasia Daily Monitor, August 3, American weapons enter investment, cooperation and (Kremlin.ru, September 5). September 5). the conflict zone,” contin- removal of sanctions with little Days later, while attending an economic The U.S. Embassy fired hundreds of ued Mr. Putin, “the self-pro- forum in Vladivostok, Mr. Putin accused the Russian employees, while mostly keeping claimed republics may if any preconditions is exactly U.S. and its allies of provoking Pyongyang its diplomatic staff intact; in retaliation, the send the weapons they how Moscow wants itself to be into developing WMDs by pressuring the U.S. government demanded the closure of have to other zones of con- regime. He insisted that attempting to the Russian Consulate in San Francisco and flict that are sensitive to treated by the West. coerce North Korea into giving up its nucle- the evacuation of two other diplomatic those who create problems ar weapons and ballistic missiles will not buildings in Washington and New York. for them” (Kremlin.ru, September 5). the pro-Western government in Kabul is work. Mr. Putin was adamant “there is no Mr. Putin told journalists in Xiamen, This has been interpreted as a threat doomed, it would seem reasonable to sup- military solution”; instead, he suggested, “The Americans had the right to reduce the that the Russia-backed forces in Donbas port the Taliban in the hopes of forming a North Korea must be appeased by pro- number of our diplomatic institutions, but could try to expand the conflict zone fur- tentative alliance with those forces against longed patient negotiation and investment. did it in an insulting manner.” He promised ther into Ukraine (Reuters, September 5). both the Islamic State and the United States Economic development will push North to consider a further expulsion of 155 U.S. But that was not what Mr. Putin actually at the same time. According to such think- Korea to become more fully integrated into diplomats from Russia “because 155 supposed: It would seem the Kremlin is ing, then, it would also make sense to use the regional economy, Mr. Putin argued, Russians are accredited with the [United threatening that DPR and LPR may, in retal- the Donbas “self-proclaimed republics” as a adding that Russia is ready to take part in Nations] in New York” and should not be iation, export arms to, say, the Taliban in cover to supply weapons to militant organi- such projects. Apparently, the Russian pres- counted in the overall balance of diplomatic Afghanistan, or to North Korea, or any zations and regimes and to bypass U.N. ident wants Pyongyang to be allowed to personnel in both countries. Mr. Putin also “other zones of conflict” worldwide, where sanctions. Indeed, during the Cold War, retain its nuclear warheads and ballistic called the takeover of the San Francisco they may hurt the U.S. and its allies. Moscow used Cuba and other proxies to missiles while sanctions are removed: “It is Consulate and other Russian diplomatic Washington has accused Moscow of sup- supply terrorist organizations and radical their only security guarantee. It is impossi- property a violation of Moscow’s property plying the Taliban with weapons, but the regimes around the world. ble to scare the North Koreans, it is only rights, and he ordered the Foreign Affairs Russian government has adamantly denied While speaking to journalists following Ministry to litigate the case in U.S. court doing so, while acknowledging to have the BRICS summit, Mr. Putin condemned (Continued on page 6) ‘That awkward moment’: Putin cited debunked Quotable notes …The treatment of the population in Russian-occupied Crimea remains alarming MH17 claims in interview and is deteriorating. In August, authorities detained an elderly Crimean Tatar activist, Sever Karametov, for 10 days for picketing outside the courthouse in Symferopol in by Carl Schreck Mr. Putin’s comments, from September support of his compatriot, Akhtem Chigyoz, deputy chairperson of the banned RFE/RL 2015, about the purported Spaniard – the Crimean Tatar Mejlis, who is the subject of politically motivated persecution. Another @spainbuca Twitter post in question was activist, Emil Minasov, was sentenced to a year and three months for expressing his Russian President Vladimir Putin, it signed “Carlos” – had gone largely unno- opposition to Russia’s occupation on social media. Aleksiy Stogniy and Redvan seems, didn’t get the memo – or just doesn’t ticed. But they drew headlines in Russia Suleymanov were accused of spying for Ukraine and sentenced to three years and six care. this week after the independent Dozhd TV months’ imprisonment, and one year and eight months’ imprisonment, respectively; A purported “Spanish air-traffic control- network published excerpts from a forth- plus a fine of 3.5 million rubles, reportedly on the basis of coerced confessions. ler” at a Kyiv airport was exposed as a fake coming Russian translation of the book. Ruslan Zeytullaev had his sentence extended yet again to a total of 15 years’ almost immediately after that Twitter perso- “That awkward moment when your imprisonment for alleged involvement with the political movement Hizbut-Takhrir, na claimed Ukrainian warplanes were flying president refers to Twitter fakes as if they which operates legally in Ukraine. He has now been transferred far from his family to near Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 before it was are truthful information,” Russian journal- a prison in Russia. Likewise, the sentencing of Volodymyr Balukh, a farmer and activ- shot down over eastern Ukraine in July ist Tikhon Dzyadko tweeted. ist, in a Soviet-style show trial in August to nearly four years’ imprisonment, and the 2014. The strange saga of “Carlos” began assessment of a fine of nearly 10,000 rubles in retaliation for his flying the Ukrainian In comments left out of U.S. filmmaker shortly after the Boeing 777 was shot down flag and displaying a plaque in honor of slain Euro-Maidan activists in Russian- Oliver Stone’s recent documentary on the on July 17, 2014, with a war raging occupied Crimea, has chilled free expression. The harassment of members of the Russian leader, Mr. Putin cited claims by a between Kyiv’s forces and Russia-backed Ukrainian Cultural Center, Halyna Balaban and Alyona Popova, who were temporari- “specialist originating from Spain” in con- separatists in eastern Ukraine. ly detained in Symferopol without charges on August 24, contributes to the climate nection with the air disaster, which killed In the hours after the tragedy, the Twitter of fear propagated by the occupying authorities. 298 people. persona claimed to be a Spanish air-traffic salute the Ukrainian citizens who celebrated Ukrainian flag day and Ukrainian “As far as I know, right away after this controller working in Kyiv and that there independence day on August 23 and 24 in Russian-occupied Crimea. Dozens of brave terrible catastrophe, one of the Ukrainian were two Ukrainian military jets in the air in people demonstrated their allegiance to Ukraine and protested against the occupying air controllers – I think he was a specialist the vicinity of the crash. Russian state-run authorities, including those individuals who made a powerful video, protesting originating from Spain – announced that he media jumped on the claims. restrictions on their freedom of expression. had seen a military aircraft in the corridor The state-controlled RT network in one The United States continues to fully support Ukraine’s sovereignty, independence assigned for civil aircraft. And there could of its earlier reports on the claims stated and territorial integrity within its internationally-recognized borders. We do not, nor have been no other military aircraft than unequivocally that the Twitter user was a will we ever, recognize Russia’s purported annexation of Crimea. We join our the one controlled by the Ukrainian author- “Spanish air-traffic controller who moni- European and other partners in affirming that our -related sanctions against ities,” Mr. Putin is quoted as saying in a tored the Malaysia Airlines” flight. Russia will remain in place until Russia fully implements its Minsk commitments. book based on Mr. Stone’s interviews. Another Russian state television report The separate, Crimea-related sanctions will remain in place until Russia returns full The book, titled “The Putin Interviews,” cited the claims the same day as well, not- control of the peninsula to Ukraine. was published in English in June and ing that “Carlos also writes that defense includes comments by the Russian presi- officials have confirmed: the airplane was – Statement by Chargé d’Affaires ad interim Harry R. Kamian to the Permanent dent that were not included in Mr. Stone’s shot down by the Ukrainian side. But it is Council of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Vienna four-part Showtime documentary of the on August 31. same name. (Continued on page 13) 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2017 No. 38 Crimean Tatar leader sentenced to eight years in prison after sham trial

Crimean Desk, RFE/RL’s one shall be held guilty of any criminal Mr. Chiygoz, 52, and two other Crimean Ukrainian Service offense on account of any act or omission Tatars charged in connection with the dem- which did not constitute a criminal offense onstration – Ali Asanov and Mustafa SYMFEROPOL, Ukraine – A court in under national or international law at the Degermendzhy – are recognized as political Ukraine’s Russian-controlled Crimea region time when it was committed.’” prisoners by the Russian human rights has sentenced prominent Crimean Tatar After a Moscow-friendly Ukrainian pres- group . leader Akhtem Chiygoz, to eight years in ident was pushed from power by pro-Euro- The Parliamentary Assembly of the prison after what pean protests in Kyiv, Russia took control of Council of Europe (PACE), the Organization called a “sham trial.” Crimea in March 2014 by sending in troops for Security and Cooperation in Europe A court in the regional capital, Symferopol, and staging a referendum denounced as (OSCE), and other international organiza- sentenced Mr. Chiygoz on September 11 after illegitimate by at least 100 countries, tions have called for their releases. finding him guilty of organizing an illegal including the United States and Ukraine. demonstration there in February 2014. Russia has been criticized by interna- Copyright 2017, RFE/RL Inc. Reprinted Mr. Chiygoz is the deputy chairman of the tional rights groups and Western govern- with the permission of Radio Free Europe/ Mejlis, the Crimean Tatar assembly that was ments for its treatment of members of the Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, outlawed by Russia after it occupied and indigenous Turkic-speaking Crimean Tatar Washington DC 20036; www.rferl.org (see seized control of the Black Sea peninsula. minority. https://www.rferl.org/z/666). In Kyiv, Ukraine’s Foreign Affairs Ministry issued a strongly worded protest over the trial, verdict and sentence. Ukraine Crisis Media Center It said Mr. Chiygoz was arrested for “his Akhtem Chiygoz FOR THE RECORD: On the sentencing support for the territorial integrity of Ukraine and his fight for human rights.” criminal and administrative cases instigat- of Crimean Tatar activist Akhtem Chiygoz The case against Mr. Chiygoz was “yet ed by the occupying Russian authorities another manifestation of Russia’s repres- against members of the Crimean Tatar Statement by Ukraine’s Ministry of Russia’s repressive policies on the sive policies on the Crimean peninsula community,” a statement from the London- Foreign Affairs on September 11 issued Crimean peninsula, aimed at suppress- aimed at suppressing dissent... and yet based group quoted Oksana Pokalchuk, its the following statement regarding ing dissent and opposition to the more evidence of discrimination against director in Ukraine, as saying. “It epitomiz- Russia’s sentencing of Crimean Tatar Kremlin regime, as well as yet more evi- Crimean Tatars,” the ministry said. es the ongoing persecution of these activ- activist Akhtem Chiygoz. dence of discrimination against Crimean – the chairman of the ists whose only ‘crime’ is to vocally oppose Tatars. Crimean Tatars’ self-governing body, the Crimea’s annexation by Russia.” The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of We demand that the Russian Mejlis, which is now banned by Moscow – In a statement posted on Facebook, Ukraine expresses its resolute protest Federation release Akhtem Chiygoz, stop called the sentence “a new attempt to intimi- Council of Europe Commissioner for Human over the illegal sentencing of Ukrainian repressions against Crimean Tatars and date Crimean Tatars and suppress their will.” Rights Nils Muiznieks said that the judg- citizen Akhtem Chiygoz by the Russian on the territory of occupied Mr. Chubarov fled Crimea after Russia illegal- ment against Mr. Chiygoz “represents yet occupation authorities on the territory of Crimea and restore the sovereignty and ly annexed the peninsula in March 2014. another blow to the already difficult situa- the Autonomous to territorial integrity of Ukraine. Rights groups say Mr. Chiygoz is a victim tion of Tatars in Crimea.” eight years of imprisonment. We call on the international commu- of a persistent campaign of reprisals “Chiygoz has been in fact convicted for Akhtem Chiygoz, the deputy chairman nity to consistently respond to the cyni- against Crimeans who opposed Russia’s having violated a law that was not applica- of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People, cal human rights violations in Crimea seizure of the Ukrainian region. ble when the facts in question occurred,” was punished by the Russian occupants and to strengthen the political and diplo- Amnesty International called for his Mr. Muiznieks said. “This raises serious for his support of the territorial integrity matic pressure on the Kremlin in order immediate release. doubts as to this judgment’s compatibility of Ukraine and his fight for human rights. to ensure the return of the aggressor “The unfair trial of Akhtem Chiygoz tops with the [European Convention on Human This is yet another manifestation of state to the tenets of international law. a wave of spurious and demonstrably false Rights] which clearly establishes that ‘no No. 38 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2017 5

THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUM UNA Seniors spend week Mission at Soyuzivka Heritage Center Statement The Ukrainian National Association exists: • to promote the prin- ciples of fraternalism; • to preserve the Ukrainian, Ukrainian American and Ukrainian Canadian heritage and culture; and • to provide quality financial services and products to its members. As a fraternal insurance society, the Ukrainian National Association reinvests its earnings for the benefit of its mem- bers and the Ukrainian community. KERHONKSON, N.Y. – Seniors of the Ukrainian National Association and friends enjoyed a special week at Soyuzivka Heritage Center from Sunday, June 11, through Friday, June 16. Seen above are some of the participants of UNA Seniors Week.

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WINDOW ON EURASIA The Ukrainian Weekly We remember Ilovaisk Moscow must mobilize émigrés in U.S. In August, Ukraine solemnly marked the third anniversary of the battle of Ilovaisk, which took place on August 7-September 2, 2014. It was the bloodiest bat- for 2018 elections, says commentator tle of Russia’s ongoing war against Ukraine. by Paul Goble view not comme il faut in many American The battle for this strategically important city located between Donetsk and or Russian circles, Mr. Prilepin says. Luhansk was aimed at cutting off supply lines between the two cities held by Russian- Zakhar Prilepin, a Russian writer, con- In general, then, “if Russia would like to backed insurgents. Ukrainian government forces were on the move during the summer troversialist and opposition figure, says work with various centers of power in the of 2014 and were successfully retaking areas that had not been under Ukraine’s con- that Moscow must mobilize the 3 million U.S. and to the extent possible oppose the trol. They entered Ilovaisk on August 18, and battles in the streets ensued; there were Russians living in the United States in pressure of hostile forces there,” the reports that the city was now under government control. However, soon afterwards, advance of the 2018 Congressional elec- Russian writer says, “we have a serious Ukrainian forces were encircled by combined “separatist”-Russian forces. Indeed, on tions to help ensure the election of pro- group of support.” It may not include all 3 August 24, regular Russian forces were reported in the area, and their numbers Moscow candidates. million but perhaps at least 2 million – and increased over the next few days in what was a massive invasion that, according to In a Svobodnaya Pressa commentary, he “this is a lot.” Ukrainian government reports, included nine battalion-tactical groups: 3,500 person- says that Russian officials must recognize Moreover, the real size of this pro-Mos- nel, up to 60 tanks, up to 320 infantry fighting vehicles, up to 60 artillery pieces, up to that this community is fundamentally dif- cow diaspora may be even larger, he sug- 45 mortars and five anti-tank guided missile systems. (It was also in Ilovaisk that one ferent than it was in Soviet times. Then, it of our own, Ukrainian American Mark (Markian) Paslawsky, was mortally wounded on gests, because many of the spouses of was largely anti-Moscow; but now, he August 19. The West Point graduate and former U.S. Army Ranger was a volunteer with Russian women in the U.S. in the course of argues, the situation has fundamentally the Donbas battalion known by the nom de guerre “Franko.”) time become pro-Moscow in their thinking On August 27, the U.S. State Department said reports from eastern and southeast- changed – and Russia must take advantage as well. If one adds them, Mr. Prilepin says, ern Ukraine “indicate that a Russian-directed counteroffensive is likely under way” of it (svpressa.ru/world/article/180600/). the real size of this pro-Moscow bloc could against government forces in Ukraine’s Donetsk and Luhansk regions. Reports noted First of all, Mr. Prilepin writes, “the be not 2 million but 4 million. “columns of Russian tanks, multiple rocket launchers and armored vehicles pushing majority of Russians who’ve moved to the Thus, it is time to think about how to use toward communities in southeastern Ukraine” and “heavy fighting and shelling near U.S. … vote for Republicans not for them, especially in the upcoming the city and airport in Donetsk.” Washington said it was “concerned by the Russian Democrats, and the Republicans, as you Congressional elections. Where there are a government’s unwillingness to tell the truth, even as its soldiers are found 30 miles will understand, are something like the large number of Russian-speakers, Moscow [50 kilometers] inside Ukraine.” KPRF [Communist Party of the Russian should encourage them to support pro- In a 2015 article – titled “Putin’s Ilovaisk teachery forgotten?” – Halya Coynash of Federation] fortified by the LDPR [Liberal Moscow candidates in races for the House the Human Rights Protection Group described the battle: “Attempts by the Democratic Party of Russia] and with a of Representatives. And that is “only one Ukrainian military to regain control of the city of Ilovaisk from fighters linked to the sprinkling of ‘United Russia.’ ” That means example” of what Russia should be doing. so-called Donetsk People’s Republic began on August 7, 2014, and went badly that “not only in Russia are ‘slaves’ dream- On the one hand, there is nothing sur- wrong, with government forces becoming encircled by the militants.” After days of ing of ‘a strong hand’ and other ‘militarism’ prising about such musings: many people shelling, by August 28 “the situation was dire.” The Ukrainian forces decided to sur- but there too” – in the U.S. in various countries think about making render the city and negotiated a retreat. Russian President Vladimir Putin called for And second, “it is curious how Russians use of their diaspora populations in other a humanitarian corridor to give the Ukrainian soldiers a safe route out. “Government who want to get an American passport but countries as a major form of “soft” power to forces began leaving in a column of 60 vehicles, with the first carrying dead and still haven’t received it continue to vote in influence outcomes. But on the other, in the wounded soldiers and flying a white flag. The agreement was a trick, and the vehi- elections for the State Duma of the Russian current case, it is quite remarkable indeed cles immediately came under attack with the use of mortar fire and heavy ammuni- Federation.” In 2011, the overwhelming for three reasons. tion,” Ms. Coynash wrote. Hundreds were killed on that day, August 29. majority of the Russians who took part First, Russians have long been condi- What she, and others, have described was a savage war crime. voted for the systemic parties in Russia – tioned to view émigrés as invariably hos- According to information released this year by the Prosecutor General’s Office United Russia, KPRF and LDPR. Only a third tile. Mr. Prilepin’s words suggest that ever (PGO) of Ukraine, investigators have determined that 366 soldiers of Ukraine’s forc- voted for Yabloko. more people in Moscow are recognizing es were killed, 429 wounded and 300 captured when the convoy was attacked. And Before the 2016 presidential elections in the reality that many of the new Russians many more were killed during the nearly monthlong battle of Ilovaisk (some sources the U.S., he continues, 53.3 percent of the give a figure of up to 1,000 killed). In mid-August the PGO submitted evidence of war in the West are anything but and thus can Russian-speaking diaspora there expressed crimes to the International Criminal Court at The Hague. It is hoped that justice will be used to good effect. support for Donald Trump. The real figure be served and that the perpetrator of the Ilovaisk massacre of surrendering troops – Second, Russians also traditionally was undoubtedly higher, but some of these the Russian Federation – will face charges. looked to the Democratic and not the Today, three years after what has become known as the “Ilovaisk kettle” people felt constrained from expressing a Republican Party in the U.S. as their better (“Ilovaiskyi kotel” in Ukrainian, a reference to the encirclement by the enemy), ally in promoting good relations between Russia continues its aggression. Speaking at the 2017 Human Dimension Paul Goble is a long-time specialist on East and West. Now that has changed as Implementation Meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe ethnic and religious questions in Eurasia well, at least in the perception of those who (OSCE) on September 11, U.S. Ambassador Michael Kozak stated, “The Russian who has served in various capacities in the think like Mr. Prilepin. Federation’s aggression against Ukraine reflects a stark disregard for the Helsinki U.S. State Department, the Central And third, his proposal comes even as principles. The conflagration that Russia ignited and continues to fuel is far from fro- Intelligence Agency and the International the U.S. is investigating Russian involve- zen. To date, 10,000 people have been killed, 24,000 have been wounded or injured. Broadcasting Bureau, as well as at the Voice ment in the 2016 presidential elections. Mr. An estimated 1.7 million Ukrainian citizens have been forced from their homes. The of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Prilepin’s words are a clear indication that Russian proxies in Donetsk and Luhansk – kept in power by the forces that Russia Liberty and the Carnegie Endowment for Moscow has no intention of backing off or leads, arms, trains and fights alongside – threaten and intimidate the local popula- International Peace. The article above is of limiting such participation. Instead, it tion. In Crimea, Russian authorities target Crimean Tatars, ethnic Ukrainians and reprinted with permission from his blog appears to be planning to do even more in others who oppose the occupation. …” called “Window on Eurasia” (http://windo- the future – and to do so in far more races Ambassador Kozak also underscored: “Even while under attack, the Ukrainian woneurasia2.blogspot.com/). than in the past. people are unwavering in their commitment to realize a future of dignity and pros- perity through greater integration with Europe.” And the people of Ukraine remember their fallen heroes. Each August 29, they Mr. Putin’s formula for solving the place flowers and candles at a memorial erected in Kyiv in honor of those killed in Russia effectively... Korean nuclear problem by appeasement, the battle of Ilovaisk. investment, cooperation and removal of (Continued from page 3) sanctions with little if any preconditions is possible to cooperate in ways they under- exactly how Moscow wants itself to be stand” (Kremlin.ru, September 7). treated by the West. In the Kremlin’s view, Mr. Putin seems to be, in effect, rooting the West must accept the annexation of Sept. Turning the pages back... for Pyongyang by advocating a solution of Crimea, Moscow’s domination of Ukraine, the Korean nuclear crisis on their terms. and Russian military build-up, while pro- Three years ago, on September 21, 2014, more than 26,000 Seemingly still fixated on the plight of viding investment, technology and cooper- 21 people gathered in Moscow for what was considered at the time Saddam and Qaddafi, Mr. Putin is apparent- ation. the largest opposition protest since Vladimir Putin’s inaugura- ly afraid the U.S. and the West may be con- If Mr. Putin indeed self-identifies with 2014 tion for a third presidential term in 2012. Crowd estimates for spiring to destroy him personally, right Mr. Kim, securing Russian cooperation on the protest in Moscow were based on checkpoint results by the after removing North Korean leader Kim North Korea will be an uphill battle. independent monitoring group SONAR. Jong Un. Mr. Putin’s emotional self-identifi- Thousands also demonstrated in St. Petersburg and other Russian cities against what cation with Kim, the dead dictators of Iraq The article above is reprinted from they said was a covert Russian war in eastern Ukraine. and Libya, and possibly Bashar al-Assad of Eurasia Daily Monitor with permission from Aleksandr Ryklin of the opposition Solidarity movement said the slogan for all of the Syria appears to be driving Russian foreign its publisher, the Jamestown Foundation, protests was: “Putin, enough lying and making war!” and domestic decision-making. www.jamestown.org. Yelena Volkova of Moscow said that Russian authorities should “stop this outrageous covert war that they don’t admit” waging. Banners at the Moscow protest read: “Putin, I’m sick of your lies,” “Don’t shoot our Visit our archive online: www.ukrweekly.com (Continued on page 7) No. 38 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2017 7

FOR THE RECORD Proclamation of the Centennial Anniversary Year of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the U.S.A. At the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th, immigrants to the United States of America from territories of Roald Hoff mann: Kyivan-Rus’ – later identified and recog- nized as the independent State of Ukraine – Ukraine’s Nobel laureate began new lives as settlers, steelworkers, The small boy peered through the slats of farmers throughout the U.S.A. They came the only window in the attic roof. It was a seeking a better life for their families free of cold and dark evening – the moon had not suppression and oppression they had risen yet. He was looking for any signs of known in their native land. movement, any shadow at the edge of the The first instincts of these new immi- woods that would indicate that his father was grants were to gather themselves together close by. He was waiting for his father, Hillel into local communities in order to provide Safran, to appear on this night in early April support, comfort and social interaction, but 1943. That night, Roald and his mother, Clara, Michael Grace-Martin via iit.edu most importantly of all, to worship God were to wait in vain, for his father would Roald Hoffmann Almighty according to their 900+ year-old never again return to their hiding place in Ukrainian Orthodox customs and traditions. the attic of Mykola Dyuk’s schoolhouse. They sought to establish churches, first in That boy was Roald Hoffmann (born Roald the large cities of the United States around Safran on July 18, 1937, in , Ukraine), the year 1915, and eventually organized into an American theoretical chemist who won a solid ecclesiastical structure in 1918. the 1981 Nobel Prize in chemistry. Over the We, by the Grace of God, the present hier- course of a highly productive scientific career, archs of our Holy Church, hereby proclaim Dr. Hoffmann has attained over 20 major the year 2018 as the Centennial Anniversary scientific awards. In 2017, Ukraine issued a Year of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the postage stamp in honor of Dr. Hoffmann’s U.S.A. for our clergy, monastics and faithful, 80th birthday and his Nobel Prize. and we commemorate all those hierarchs, Dr. Hoffmann is also a prominent figure clergy, monastics and faithful who came in the philosophy of chemistry and scientif- before us, sacrificing so much more than ic ethics, a poet, essayist and playwright. He most of us do 100 years later, for the exten- is also a Holocaust survivor. He is now the sion of God’s Kingdom here on earth. Frank Rhodes Professor of Humane Letters, Through those first 100 years of our his- emeritus, at Cornell University. tory, our founders and benefactors gave of Roald Safran and his family of five were Cornell University the best of what they had, in order to sheltered in Mykola and Maria Dyuk’s one- The Ukrainian postage stamp honoring ensure the preservation of our rich spiritu- room schoolhouse that was also the resi- Roald Hoffman. al legacy, inherited from our ancestors, pre- dence of the Dyuk family. Mykola Dyuk was serving it in a land free of fear, repression of 1919, which gave a schoolteacher in Univ, a small farming vil- autonomous status, the right of self-gover- and extinction. We thank God Almighty for lage of about 200 people located 20 miles their conviction, dedication and devotion, nance, and the ability to teach and conduct affairs in their own language. For 15 years which continues to inspire us to follow Polish occupation of western Ukraine]. their example. before World War II, Ukrainians rightfully Univsouthwest is also of the Zolochiv site of the[Złoczów Ukrainian during Greek- the resisted what they viewed as unlawful As we prepare for this great celebration As we prepare for and make these cele- Catholic monastery [lavra] where Polish oppression. of the legacy of our forefathers from both brations, may we always remember our Klymentiy Sheptytsky was the prior from Soon after the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact Ukraine and here in the United States of mission to be the salvation of souls and “... to 1926 and set up an orphanage for boys. of August 1939, the Soviets swept through America, we call upon every Ukrainian offer healing, comfort, wholeness, spiritual Roald is a strange name for a boy born in western Ukraine and took control, arrest- Orthodox Christian to join in all commemo- fulfillment and joy as we work together to the western Ukrainian part of Poland that we ing and imprisoning all the known rations, which will be scheduled to share reveal the beauty of God’s creation by pro- know as Halychyna []. As Dr. Hoffmann Ukrainian nationalists who had resisted our great joy with one another, and with claiming and living the Gospel of Jesus tells it, he was named after the famous Polish occupation, their sympathizers and our friends and neighbors. Our prime cele- Christ.” Norwegian explorer, Roald Amundsen, who bration event will take place at the the town intelligentsia. +Antony, Metropolitan was the first to reach the South Pole in 1911. Metropolia Center on the Feast of Holy Ukrainians knew who they were dealing +Daniel, Archbishop Perhaps his father, Hillel, had remembered with, for just seven years earlier the Equal-to-the-Apostles Great Prince as a boy himself that Amundsen was in the Bolsheviks had launched their barbaric Volodymyr, July 28, 2018. We look forward Given at the Ukrainian Orthodox news as the first to fly over the North Pole in Holodomor [Great Famine] campaign in to the participation and support of all our Metropolia Center, South Bound Brook/ 1926 and hoped that, one day, his son would eastern Ukraine, imposing their collectiv- faithful. Regional events will also be sched- Somerset, N.J., on the Great Feast of the become an explorer. Alas, he was never to ization policy. The result was the mass star- uled so that every single clergy and lay Baptism of Ukraine, August 14. know that his son, Roald, did eventually vation of over 5 million people during the member of our Church might join in the (Editor’s note: The proclamation was become a world-famous explorer – of the period 1932-1934. celebration. released to the press on September 12.) microscopic inner world of molecules, atoms Two years later, the Germans marched and electrons. into Zolochiv in June 1941. As the Russians The history of Zolochiv is a familiar one to retreated, they gratuitously murdered 650 said “Siberia against war.” any western Ukrainian, and is representative nationalists, sympathizers and intelligen- Turning.. The protests were scheduled on of hundreds of small towns across western tsia in the Zolochiv palace. Soon after, it was September 21 to coincide with the United (Continued from page 6) Ukraine. Its population of 12,000 in 1939 the Nazi’s turn for slaughter. Dr. Hoffmann Nations annual International Peace Day. was roughly divided into three equal groups noted that “in the first week of the war, the brothers” and “I don’t want a war with This year, an anti-corruption protest was of , Jews and Ukrainians. The Poles ran SS Einsatzgruppe C shot 2,000 Jews at the Ukraine.” held across Russia on March 26 that the municipal administration and treated the same castle where the Soviets had killed Daria Nikolayeva told RFE/RL that a attracted 60,000 people across 80 Russian Ukrainian populace harshly. hundreds of Ukrainians days before. By the precedent was set by Russia’s deployment towns and cities. The protest was a Since its settlement in 1180, Zolochiv had end of the war, there were no more than of military forces across Ukraine’s Crimean response following the release of an inves- withstood intensive periods of war, savagery 200 Jews left. I was one of perhaps five chil- peninsula in March 2014 and Russia’s tigative film posted on YouTube by opposi- and barbarism in each century of its exis- dren from Zolochiv who survived.” speedy annexation of Crimea through an tion leader Alexei Navalny, “He Is Not tence. The period between 1939 and 1948 Hillel Safran was interned in a German illegal referendum. Dimon to You,” about the corruption of concentrated 500 years of barbarism, as labor camp that was set up nearby, mostly The Moscow march was officially Prime Minister Dimitry Medvedev. A simi- invading hordes of Bolshevik and Nazi savag- for Jews and other townspeople with useful approved by the authorities, while in St. lar protest was held on June 12 that also es fought for control of Ukraine. skills. The camp was in a town the Poles Petersburg, nearly 10,000 people gathered attracted even more people across more What is often left out in that terrible called Lackie Welkie – today Chervone – outside the Kazan Cathedral for a rally that cities in Russia and is widely viewed as the World War II history of western Ukraine about five miles west of Zolochiv. The entire was not sanctioned by authorities. In largest protests since 2012. More than are the precedents – that in 1930 the Poles Safran family, including young Roald, spent Yekaterinburg, nearly 5,000 anti-war dem- 1,000 protesters were arrested or detained. cracked down hard on the Ukrainian most of 1942 in that labor camp. onstrators were jeered by hecklers and in nationalist dissident movement, causing Hillel was useful to the Germans for he the Siberian city of Barnaul, at another Source: “Thousands march against war in even more resentment against the Poles, was a civil engineer, with a degree from the unsanctioned demonstration, activist Moscow and St. Petersburg, Opposition grows and those who served them. University, and had worked Artyom Kosaretsky was reportedly assault- to war in Ukraine,” RFE/RL Russian Service, What is often ignored is that the Poles ed by authorities after holding a sign that The Ukrainian Weekly, September 28, 2014. abrogated the terms of the Versailles Treaty (Continued on page 8) 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2017 No. 38

scurrying about. Dr. Hoffmann once all the Jews of Zolochiv who perished in the Roald Hoffmann... remarked that “knowing without seeing is Holocaust. He enlisted the help of Bishop at the heart of chemistry.” In his hiding Borys Gudziak and the late Cardinal Husar. (Continued from page 7) place, Roald and his family spent 15 They turned to Myroslav Marynovych, who for the municipal public works department months “seeing without knowing” what is the vice-rector of the Ukrainian Catholic since graduating in 1935. The camp laborers was happening to the rest of his family, his University in Lviv. Today, an imposing repaired roads, bridges and infrastructure friends and the world outside Univ. memorial to the Jews of Zolochiv stands in that was destroyed by the Russians as they For months, Roald’s family lived in fear an empty fenced-in field that was once the retreated in June 1941. and danger that they would be discovered Jewish cemetery. A year later, between August and or betrayed. “Every day we looked death in In 2015, Prof. Hoffmann wrote an auto- December 1942, the Germans began the eye.” And every day, for 15 months, the biographical play, “Something That Belongs deporting over 5,000 Jews from the sur- Dyuk family risked their lives to shelter the to You,” about his time in the attic and the rounding region to the Belzec extermina- Safran clan until the Red Army showed up events that surrounded that moment in tion camp and began rounding up the in July 1944. Maria Dyuk tended to the history. It is a story of survival and memory, remaining Jews into the Zolochiv ghetto. daily needs of the Safran family – cooking, of complex Ukrainian-Jewish relations, of Hillel understood what was happening, and washing and caring. For their sacrifices and struggles to remember and forgive. in December1942 bribed the guards to heroism, Mykola and Maria Dyuk are The underlying themes are of coming to allow his family to leave the labor camp. among the 2,400 Ukrainians honored by terms with great loss; of the importance of He enlisted Mykola Dyuk to shelter his Israel as “Righteous Among Nations.” both remembering and forgetting on the family, along with three other family mem- Not far from the schoolhouse where the way to forgiving; and of the choices, always bers. At first, Hillel Safran, who worked on Safran family was hiding, the prior of the there, that human beings must make many projects in the area, was able to visit Univ Lavra [monastery], Klymentiy between good and evil in terrible times. his family several times during the period Sheptytsky, brother of Metropolitan Andrey Though the Nobelist is a world- of January-March 1943. Sheptytsky, was secretly hiding Jewish boys renowned chemist and philosopher, Prof. At the same time, he and another work- among those in his care at the small Hoffmann considers himself, above all, a er were planning an escape from the labor orphanage that he founded in 1926. Courtesy of Roald Hoffman teacher. He prides himself in the fact that camp. In late March 1943, news got out Kurt I. Lewin, whose father was Lviv’s Roald Hoffman and his mother, Clara, in he always taught introductory chemistry that the Zolochiv ghetto was to be liquidat- last rabbi and who would later become a Warsaw in 1945. for freshmen, and classes for non-chemists. He has written many essays on the ethics of ed, and the remaining 6,000 or so Jews renowned businessman, and David explanation of the unique bonding proper- science and chemistry, believing that scien- were to be sent off to extermination camps. Kahane, later chief rabbi in the Israeli Air ties of organic and metallic compounds. tists must understand and be responsible Roald’s father could not visit that fateful Force, were both harbored by Metropolitan What made his discovery so unique as to for the consequences of their inventions – night on April 2, 1943, for Hillel Safran was Andrey in Lviv. Later in their lives, both merit a Nobel Prize? A Japanese scientist, for good and bad. one of the leaders of two resistance groups men would write about their experiences, Kenichi Fukui, was a co-recipient of the Most importantly, he believes that scien- in the labor camp that were planning their Lewin in “A Journey Through Illusions” and Nobel Prize that year for discovering, quite tific discoveries, especially those funded escape. One group made its breakout, but Kahane in the “Lvov Ghetto Diary.” independently, the same phenomenon. through government grants, should be avail- was betrayed. All were caught and shot. Klymentiy was arrested by the Basically, using quantum physics and able free to the scientific community and the Hillel’s group stayed behind, having Bolsheviks in 1947. Though he was already knowing the structure of atoms and elec- citizenry. That is why he owns no patents. planned a different escape route and a time 77 years old, he was sentenced to 25 years trons in molecules, Prof. Hoffmann found a His research results are available to all. when circumstances were deemed to be of hard labor, and died on May 1, 1951, in way to make what he calls “very poor quali- “It was an accident that I became a more favorable. Unfortunately, their plot Vladimir Central prison, 160 miles north- ty but very useful” quantum calculations, Nobel Laureate,” said Prof Hoffmann when was quickly uncovered and Hillel and all of east of Moscow. This is the prison where which yielded approximate predictions of his followers were executed in April 1943. Jewish refuseniks and dissidents such as how chemical interactions would proceed I met him a week ago in Washington. He One can barely imagine how extraordi- Natan (Anatoly) Sharansky and Yosef between unrelated molecules and com- was attending the annual American narily difficult the first winter months in Mendelevitch were also held 25 years later. pounds. As, for example, between organic Chemical Society Conference, and more the attic were for Roald and his mother, two The Soviets closed the monastery and and inorganic [metallic] molecules and than 100 of his former graduate students uncles and an aunt. It was a hard winter turned it into a shelter for the elderly, and atoms. This has led to major breakthroughs had organized a symposium honoring Prof. and freezing in the attic. Later, the summer later into a psychiatric hospital. In order to in a variety of new compounds – from light- Hoffmann and his path-breaking research. was to become insufferably stifling in the completely erase the memory of this sacred weight materials for automobiles, aircraft “There are many scientists, in any given attic, with no ventilation – the single small place, they renamed it ‘Mizhhirya’. For his and stealth bombers, to solar panels and year who deserve the award. But it is not window in the attic had to be covered at all sacrifices, Klementiy was beatified by the new classes of polymers. an accident that I became a good scientist, times. There could be no heat, nor lights, Catholic Church, and was awarded the title It is these kinds of calculations that most simply because I was able to pursue my little food and limited movement, lest the of Righteous Among Nations by Israel in other experimental chemists use today for interests in America. Otherwise, if my fami- floor boards creak, and no voices or noises. 1995 for saving Jews. exploring new reactions and synthesis ly had been able to remain in Ukraine, most Below them was the schoolhouse, and In August 1944, the Safran family fol- problems. Some of Prof. Hoffmann’s stu- likely, I would have followed in my father’s every day school was in session just below lowed the advancing Red Army to Krakow, dents provide theoretical blueprints for footsteps to become an engineer – that’s their hiding place. where Clara met Paul Hoffman and married creating very interesting but inherently the way it was in those times.” This cloistered, claustrophobic life was him in 1945. The new Hoffmann family useless molecules. At other times, the blue- “I don’t own a single patent, not that I’m unimaginably difficult for an active boy of 6. ended up in a displaced persons camp in prints solve such highly practical puzzles as especially proud of that. But that work that Decades later, in an interview for Scientific Germany and arrived in New York City on how the various components of electronic we did on ‘orbital symmetry control’, in the American, Dr. Hoffmann noted: “I’m a watch- Washington’s birthday in February 1949. chips form chemical bonds with each other. hands of others, led to many useful and er – I look at how things interact. It interests Roald attended Stuyvesant High School, Dr. Hoffmann wrote a commentary that lucrative patents,” he said. me.” He spent the long lonely and quiet days where he won a prestigious Westinghouse appeared in the August 24, 2006, edition of Like his work in theoretical chemistry, of his early childhood in the attic, watching Science Scholarship, and then went on to the International Herald Tribune. He which joins organic and inorganic atoms the world outside and wondering what lay study at Columbia University. described his experiences during the war, and molecules into new combinations, Prof. beyond his limited line of sight. Since the At Columbia, Roald Hoffman wasn’t sure along with his thoughts on revisiting Hoffmann has created unique bonds slats in that window were slanted down – he that he wanted to be a chemist, and he seri- Zolochiv years later: between chemistry, poetry and philosophy. could not see the sky nor the sunsets – only ously considered switching his major to art “I traveled to Zolochiv in Ukraine, the He is more proud of his title, “Professor of the grass, rain, mud, falling leaves, snow and history. Nevertheless, he was persuaded to town I left as a small boy. I was returning Humane Letters,” than perhaps of his Nobel the outhouse at the edge of the woods. continue in physics and chemistry, and for the first time in 62 years, to remember. Prize. Prof. Hoffman is an extraordinary Roald explored the world through his imagi- obtained his doctorate in chemistry at Remember whom? The people who lived Renaissance man in an age of specialization. nation and the images in the geography Harvard University in 1962, working under there and are forever gone from us – the At a recent lecture at Penn University in book that his mother, Clara, read to him. Prof. William Lipscomb, who subsequently Jews of Zolochiv. They were there for centu- March 2017, Prof. Hoffmann noted that Through that small portal to the outside won his own Nobel Prize in chemistry in ries, as their gravestones once testified. “almost everyone who survived [the world he noted the changing light, as 1976. There are no gravestones left. … Holocaust] has a good story to tell, and in it clouds darkened the sky, the changing sea- Dr. Hoffmann’s Nobel Prize lecture, “We survived. How? By chance. Through feature good human beings… Saviors,” and sons, the schoolchildren below running delivered in Stockholm on December 8, the unimaginably courageous acts of good “because it is impossible to survive without freely and playing in the schoolyard, and 1981, was titled “Building Bridges between people. Millions around us were passive; help from somebody, and there are good the occasional farm and forest creatures Inorganic and Organic Chemistry.” It was an hundreds of thousands collaborated, par- people in any times, it is those good people ticipating actively in atrocities. But thou- who save the world.” sands of Ukrainians helped Jews survive.” Through these words and his many The current situation around the Kerch Among those whose actions redeem actions, Prof. Hoffmann has displayed a Russia’s Kerch Strait... Strait is, indeed, serious. Not only do the one’s faith in humanity were Metropolitan humanity and nobility that is rare in our restrictions and closures of the strait threat- (Continued from page 2) Andrei Sheptyts’kyi, of the Greek times. Not only has he foregone the mone- en crude iron exports from Mariupol to the [-Catholic] church in the region, and his tary rewards that were potentially due him maritime powers; the conference would United States and Europe, but also could brother Klement. And the good teacher on account of his discoveries in the form of help to create a clear road map for a spark other negative outcomes for Ukraine who hid us in the unlit attic and then a patents, but he considers his lasting Ukrainian and international community and the Black Sea’s NATO littoral states. storeroom of his schoolhouse for 15 achievements – his true legacy – the many response to Russian actions; months, Mikola Dyuk.” students whom he mentored over the - The article above is reprinted from After that memorable trip to Zolochiv in decades of teaching. gation activities in the Kerch Strait by both Eurasia Daily Monitor with permission from 2006, Prof. Hoffmann’s mission became the The Ukrainian embassy in Washington is Ukrainian• Carrying and out practicalNorth Atlantic freedom-of-navi Treaty its publisher, the Jamestown Foundation, restoration of the Jewish cemetery and preparing a special ceremony in October to Organization (NATO) vessels. www.jamestown.org. those gravestones in honor of his father and honor Prof. Hoffmann. 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Greater Boston celebrates Ukraine’s independence at multiple events

by Peter T. Woloschuk BOSTON – As has now become tradition- al, the Ukrainian American community of greater Boston and eastern New England began its celebration of the anniversary of Ukraine’s declaration of independence on August 24, 1991, with a commemorative ceremony and raising of the Ukrainian flag on the ceremonial flagpole on Boston’s City Hall Plaza. Representatives of the state, city, clergy, community leaders, the Lithuanian com- munity, and more than 250 Ukrainian Americans – most wearing Ukrainian embroidery – participated. The ceremonies were under the auspices of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America Boston Branch (UCCA-Boston) in conjunction with a number of local organizations and a host Yuri Petriv of volunteers. The crowd attending the Ukrainian Independence Day ceremonies in front of City Hall. In addition to the ceremonial flag-raising at Boston’s City Hall, this year’s various “We give thanks to you on this day for married a Ukrainian American from Independence in both Ukrainian and events included a reception hosted in the the many ways that you have blessed the Chicago, and their wedding as well as the English. He was followed by Paul City Council Chambers, a cruise in Boston people of Ukraine. … By Your Grace, the baptisms of their three children were all at Rabchenuk, who read the governor’s proc- Harbor, cooking classes on how to make Ukrainian people have sustained a quality Christ the King Ukrainian Catholic Church lamation. varenyky and holubtsi, formal liturgies of life in their homeland and have made in Boston. Thus, she said, she was really The benediction was delivered by Father offered for Ukraine at all Boston-area contributions to many nations in the dias- Ukrainian by extension. She went on to say Nalysnyk who prayed in Ukrainian: “…Oh churches, and a traditional Ukrainian picnic pora, including the United States and this that she values the contributions of Holy, All-Powerful Triune Eternal God, we, on the spacious nine-acre grounds of Christ greater Boston area.” Ukrainian Americans into the local civic life the sons and daughters of Ukraine, who by the King Ukrainian Catholic parish. “In the fullness of time you willed that as well as their ongoing struggle for free- the will of Your Divine Providence came to In all, some 2,000 people attended some the people of Ukraine should be victorious dom. this free country to have a fitting and pros- part of the celebration, and, it should be in their long and hard-fought struggles for Mr. Colimon briefly welcomed everyone perous life, raise our joint prayer with faith noted, a very high percentage of those who independence as a nation,” he continued. to the ceremony on behalf of the mayor and and hope, through the intercession of the took part were fairly young, wore “Today as we give thanks for that gift, we then echoed the remarks of Ukrainian Most Holy Virgin and all the Saints, blessed Ukrainian embroidery (vyshyvanky), and also turn to You for Your unfailing assis- Americans contributions to the local area. and holy martyrs of our native land as well were members of the Fourth Wave. tance. Be with Ukraine today as You have Councilor Flaherty spoke passionately as of our chosen homeland, America, and Precisely at noontime on Thursday Brig. always been in its struggle against all about Ukraine’s ongoing struggle to win ask Your Blessing for the Ukrainian nation, Gen. Leonid Kondratiuk opened the cere- adversaries and every attack of visible and and maintain its freedom and indepen- its military, and Christ’s Kyivan Church of mony by welcoming everyone and then by invisible powers of evil, lust for power and dence, and cited the number of people who Volodymyr and Olha.” calling for a moment of silence to honor corruption.” had given their lives or who had been seri- He called on God to protect the country those who gave and are giving their lives Tenor Michael Hotz sang the American ously wounded over the past three years in from the Muscovite invaders, to heal the for Ukrainian independence. national anthem and the founder and prin- the . wounded and to have mercy on the dead The Very Rev. Archpriest Roman cipal of the Commonwealth Lyric Theater, Councilor Annissa Essabi-George, whose soldiers, and he prayed for unity in this Tarnavsky, pastor of St. Andrew Ukrainian Olha Lisovska, sang the Ukrainian national grandparents and mother fled Poland time of peril. He concluded by calling on Orthodox Church, gave the invocation in anthem. before the advancing Soviet army, referred God to “enlighten the minds of all Ukrainian. He was followed by the Rev. Representing government were State to her personal familial experience and Ukrainians with His Wisdom; to warm their James Morris, pastor of St. John the Baptist Sen. Linda Dorcena Forry, Mayoral emotionally expressed her solidarity with hearts with His Love; and to firm their will Ukrainian Catholic Church in Salem, who Representative James Colimon from the the Ukrainian community. with the strength of His Holy Spirit.” delivered an invocation in English. city’s Global Affairs Office, City Councilors- Finally, Councilor Matt O’Malley, who Following the ceremony, most partici- “We give thanks to You for the gift of the at-Large Michael Flaherty, Annissa Essabi represents the district where both pants went into City Hall to the City Council’s part of creation we call Ukraine. We stand in George and Ayanna Pressley, and District Ukrainian churches as well as the head- Piemonte Room for a reception co-hosted by awe before the beauty of the forests, rivers, Councilor Matt O’Malley. Most of the offi- quarters of a number of Ukrainian Councilor Essabi-George and UCCA-Boston. streams and mountains. We thank You for the cials wore vyshyvanky and each, without American organizations are located, deliv- Councilor Ayanna Pressley, who had been at rich soil and lands which have been cultivat- exception, greeted the audience with “Slava ered rousing remarks on the Russian inva- another meeting, came to the reception as it ed by the Ukrainian people to nourish and Ukrayini!” sion of the Donbas that elicited continued was winding down, and spent a few minutes sustain them and the many other nations and Sen. Forry began by explaining that, applause and two standing ovations. with those who lingered. people who have shared in Ukraine’s bounti- although she is Haitian American herself, Miron Kravchuk read the Ukrainian That evening, more than 60 people, pri- ful harvest,” Father Morris prayed. her Irish American husband’s niece had Parliament’s Act of Declaration of Ukraine’s marily young and most in vyshyvanky, gathered aboard the Provincetown II for a three-hour cruise of Boston Harbor. The event was arranged and coordinated by Ostap Nalysnyk and co-sponsored by UCCA-Boston. On Sunday, August 27, both Boston churches offered their main liturgies for Ukraine and the Ukrainian nation. Following the liturgies UCCA-Boston spon- sored the traditional Ukrainian Independence Day picnic on the grounds of Christ the King Ukrainian Catholic Parish, drawing more than 1,000 celebrants. The traditional Ukrainian kitchen offered more than 1,000 varenyky that had been prepared jointly by St. Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox Church and Christ the King Ukrainian Catholic Church and over 500 holubtsi from Christ the King. Gallons of borshch and kapusta, along with rings of Jessica Taubner kovbasa disappeared, as did mounds of Some of the participants of the boat cruise for Ukrainian Independence Day on the Boston City Councilor Ayanna Pressley evening of August 24. on Ukrainian Independence Day. (Continued on page 11) No. 38 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2017 11

TROY, N.Y. SOUTH BOUND BROOK, N.J.

Cynthia Tysiak TROY, N.Y. – On Wednesday, August 23, in preparation for Ukraine’s Independence Day, members of St. Nicholas Brotherhood Society (Bratstvo) and Ukrainian National Association Branch 13 raised Ukraine’s flag at Park in Troy, N.Y. The Bratstvo and UNA Branch 13 have been affiliated for over 100 years. In recent years, Bratstvo-UNA Branch 13 members have taken responsibility for maintenance of Taras Shevchenko Place in Troy. Troy is considered the birthplace of the new immigrants to Albany’s Capital District and, for that reason, a statue to honor the bard of Ukraine, Taras Shevchenko, was placed in a small urban park given the name Taras Shevchenko Place on June 5, 1988. The first individual Yuriy Bobko Ukrainian arrived in the Capital Region in the mid-1880s. Above, Bratstvo and UNA SOUTH BOUND BROOK, N.J. – The 26th anniversary of Ukraine’s independence was members – (from left) Ivan Uruskyj with granddaughter Amelia, Bratstvo President marked here at the Metropolia Center of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the U.S.A. Slavko Tysiak, UNA Branch 13 Secretary Nicholas Fil and Andrij Demczar – hold on Sunday, August 27, with a liturgy, flag-raising ceremony and concert. Officiating Ukraine’s flag prior to the flag-raising. at the services was Archbishop Daniel, assisted by clergy. Above, children carry the – Slavko Tysiak Ukrainian national flag in the procession after the liturgy.

Boston... BETHLEHEM, PA. (Continued from page 10) cole slaw, potato salad and various green salads. A variety of open face sandwiches was offered, including those made with “salo” and the parish grill was very active with shashlyk sponsored by the Ukrainian Federal Credit Union. A new offer- ing, Kozak kulish, appeared on the menu this year. Members of the Ukrainian American Youth Association (UAYA) manned dessert tables inside the parish center. Jars of honey from a local Ukrainian apiary were available and, as part of a parish initiative to promote heart-smart, healthi- er dining alternatives spearheaded by Father Nalysnyk, fresh fruit and vegetable smoothies were also offered. There were tented areas with tables that accommodated several hundred people, and there were small canopies for various organiza- tions, including UCCA-Boston, Ukrainian American Veterans, School of Ukrainian Studies, Wounded Warrior Ukraine, Art Help Ukraine, Ukrainian Federal Credit Union, UAYA, the Ukrainian community members in front of City Hall in Bethlehem, Pa. Ukrainian American Educational Center of Boston, Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization, by Mathew Koziak were also read by their respective staff Troyan, pastor of Holy Ghost Ukrainian Kozatski Zabavy and the Sunflower of Peace members. Catholic Church in Easton. Foundation, which explained their work and BETHLEHEM, Pa. – The Lehigh Valley Later that day in Bethlehem, Oksana Bethlehem Mayor Robert J. Donchez raised money for their causes. Communities of Allentown, Bethlehem Koziak welcomed the attendees on addressed the audience and presented a At 1:30 p.m. a brief formal ceremony that mir- and Easton, Pa., celebrated the 26th anni- behalf of Branch 91 of the Ukrainian proclamation from the city of Bethlehem. rored Wednesday’s ceremony at City Hall was versary of Ukrainian independence with National Women’s League of America This was followed by a proclamation and conducted, with Luba Gentek and Olena Bovdur two separate flag-raising ceremonies. and turned the program over to Oksana address by State Rep. Samuelson. Mr. serving as emcees. Tenor Michael Hotz sang the Jaroslaw Chorwat led the Allentown Kipa, who then led the proceedings. The Kindrachuk delivered the keynote American anthem and Luba Gentek sang the program, which began with the raising of American and Ukrainian flags were address titled “Ukraine Today.” Ukrainian. the Ukrainian flag in front of City Hall by raised by UAV Post 42 members Messrs. Oksana Satkanitch delighted the audi- The picnic continued until dusk and special Ukrainian American Veterans Post 42 Chorwat and Litkewycz, while the ence, singing two Ukrainian songs, attention was given to the children and youth. A member Viktor Litkewycz. Jerry national anthems were sung by Carol “Cranes Drinking Water” and “A traditional Ukrainian “khata” (house) was con- Kindrachuk delivered the keynote Hanych, cantor of St. Josaphat’s Woman’s Fate.” Father Troyan ended the structed, and the “Kozatski Zabavy” included address and Mayor Ed Pawlowski pre- Ukrainian Catholic Church in Bethlehem. program with a prayer and a blessing for Kozak challenges, pony rides, clowns, face-paint- sented a proclamation from the city of The opening prayer written by Ukraine. U.S. Rep. Charlie Dent (R-Pa.) ing, balloons, arm wrestling, storytelling, races, Allentown. Proclamations from the dis- Archpriest Daniel Gurovich, pastor of St. then arrived to present his greetings and art work and songs. trict’s state and federal representatives Josaphat’s, was read by Father Daniel congratulations. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2017 No. 38

Affairs Minister Pavlo Klimkin, who con- Ukrainian World... gratulated the UWC on its anniversary and highlighted its contribution to the re-estab- (Continued from page 1) lishment of Ukraine’s independence and strong and consolidated voice for Ukraine’s consolidation of its statehood, as well as to aspirations and its loyal defender world- this year’s historic achievements of Ukraine wide. – the ratification of the European Union- The UWC president presented the Ukraine Association Agreement and the Ukrainian president with a symbolic gift – visa-free regime for Ukrainian citizens to an “Angel of Peace” glass sculpture. Schengen zone member states. The program of the commemoration Minister Klimkin emphasized that included a screening of the short documen- Ukrainian diaspora communities are the tary film titled “50 years of the Ukrainian people’s ambassadors of Ukraine for World Congress” and a thematic presenta- advancing Ukrainian issues in the world. tion of the most important stages of the The participants were greeted by UWC history designed by art director Serhii Patriarchs Filaret and Sviatoslav, Archbishop Proskurnia based on material from the trav- Yevstratiy of Chernihiv and Nizhyn of the elling exhibit produced by the International UOC-KP, Minister of Education and Science Institute for Education, Culture and Diaspora Liliya Hrynevych, Minister of Culture Yevhen Relations of Lviv Polytechnic National Nyshchuk and acting Minister of Health of University. Ukraine Dr. Ulana Suprun. Minister Pavlo Klimkin speaks at a special session of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. President Poroshenko and Mr. Czolij also Mr. Czolij emphasized the current priori- had the opportunity to exchange views on ties of the UWC, foremost among them fur- On August 24-26, participants of the and to continue resolutely countering further processes related to the European thering the consolidation of the interna- annual general meeting also attended vari- Russian disinformation. and Euro-Atlantic integration of Ukraine. tional community in support of Ukraine’s ous Ukrainian Independence Day events, Rada chairman’s congratulations “The over 20-million strong Ukrainian dias- defense of its territorial integrity, and the including the military parade on pora headed by the Ukrainian World importance of continued effective coopera- Independence Square. They also participat- On August 30, Verkhovna Rada Congress will continue to actively promote tion between the Foreign Affairs Ministry of ed in the inaugural economic forum Chairman congratulated the interests of Ukraine and the Ukrainian Ukraine and the UWC. “Support for Ukraine’s Economic the delegates of the UWC’s annual general people,” Mr. Czolij reaffirmed. Also discussed during this session were Development: Cooperation between the meeting on the 50th anniversary of the the defense of the national interests of Special session at MFA and the Diaspora” UWC during a joint meeting with members Ukraine and countering the Russian disin- on August 25. Also on August 24, the UWC of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and On August 25, participants of the UWC’s formation campaign that constitutes part of leadership attended a reception at St. Sophia Committee on European Integration held in annual general meeting took part in a spe- the hybrid warfare of the Russian of Kyiv National Reserve. the Parliament. cial session at Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Federation against Ukraine. The UWC annual general meeting adopt- Mr. Parubiy noted the important role of Affairs that was convened on the occasion The participants were also viewed an ed a series of resolutions, among them the UWC in uniting the over 20 million of the UWC’s 50th anniversary. exhibit of the Central State Archive of those calling for the ecumenical patriarch strong Ukrainian diaspora and the role of The session was chaired by Foreign to issue a Tomos of Autocephaly to the the UWC in supporting Ukraine during the Ukraine.” Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv process of ratification of the EU-Ukraine Foreign Uсrainica titled “Our Love for UWC annual general meeting Patriarchate; and for the Catholic Church to Association Agreement and in obtaining a recognize the patriarchal status of the visa-free regime for Schengen area states. On August 25-26, the Ukrainian World Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church. UWC President Eugene Czolij focused on Congress held its annual general meeting at Other resolutions urged the internation- current UWC priorities, which are primari- Taras Shevchenko National University of al community to unite in combating the ly related to supporting Ukraine in order to Kyiv with 206 delegates and guests from 32 hybrid war of the Russian Federation, overcome Russian aggression, promoting countries participating. The meeting adopt- which threatens peace and stability in the reforms and furthering Ukraine’s member- ed the UWC President’s report, which world; and called upon the entire Ukrainian ship in the EU and NATO. reflected the major activities of the UWC. diaspora to continue promoting support for Leading this special session was Foreign Written greetings were received from Ukraine by the international community Affairs Committee Chair Hanna Hopko. the patriarchs of the UOC-KP and the UGCC, Ukraine’s president, prime minister, foreign affairs ministers and Verkhovna Rada equipped for the transportation of convicts. chairman, as well as the president of the Transfers from one jail to another, especial- President Petro Poroshenko delivers an NEWSBRIEFS World Federation of Ukrainian Women’s ly long-distance transfers, typically have address at the Ukrainian World Congress (Continued from page 2) anniversary event at the Mystetskyi Organizations, and the rectors of Taras been used to put pressure on some Arsenal as UWC President Eugene Czolij Shevchenko National University of Kyiv and combatants in eastern Ukraine since it inmates. Convicts are forced to spend days looks on. Lviv Polytechnic National University. erupted in April 2014, after Russia seized in narrow cages inside the train cars, which control of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula and very often are jammed with people. There fomented separatism across large parts of often is no fresh air nor the possibility to the country. The war has persisted despite use a toilet on the train. Long distances are a European-brokered agreement on a covered in many days because Stolypin ceasefire and steps to peace that was trains are only allowed to move during cer- TO PLACE YOUR AD CALL Walter Honcharyk (973) 292-9800 x3040 signed by Ukraine, Russia and the “separat- tain hours, usually at night. That means or e-mail [email protected] ists” in February 2015. (RFE/RL, with prisoners are kept either inside the railroad reporting by AFP and UNIAN) cars at stations or in transit jails, making such trips long and exhausting. Mr. Sentsov, SERVICES PROFESSIONALS Sentsov moved to another Siberian jail a native of Crimea who opposed Russia’s IRKUTSK, Russia – Ukrainian writer and seizure and annexation of the Ukrainian filmmaker Oleh Sentsov, who is jailed in peninsula, is currently serving a 20-year Russia over his opposition to Russia’s 2014 prison term on terrorism charges. He and annexation of Crimea, has been transferred international human rights groups say the from a penal colony in Yakutsk to a notori- charges are politically motivated. Mr. ous detention center in the city of Irkutsk, Sentsov was arrested in May 2014 on sus- some 1,900 kilometers away. Lawyers and picion of planning the fire bombings of pro- members of the Public Monitoring Russian organizations in Crimea. A Russian Commission in Angara, who visited Mr. court convicted him on multiple terrorism Sentsov in Detention Center No. 1 in charges in August 2014. He has denied all Irkutsk, said on September 11 that he was charges against him, saying that a “trial by in solitary confinement in the jail’s base- occupiers cannot be fair by definition.” ment. Lawyer Svyatoslav Khromenkov told (RFE/RL’s Russian Service) OPPORTUNITIES RFE/RL that the Irkutsk detention center Jailed activist facing abuse, mother says was considered one of the worst jails in Earn extra income! Siberia, but he added that Mr. Sentsov’s cell PRAGUE – An activist who is serving was recently repaired and was “more or time over Internet posts criticizing Russia’s The Ukrainian Weekly is looking less OK.” Mr. Khromenkov said Mr. Sentsov for advertising sales agents. actions in Ukraine is being mistreated in For additional information contact did not know why he was moved so far. He prison, her mother says. Darya Polyudova’s Walter Honcharyk, Advertising Manager, suggested Mr. Sentsov may have been mother, Tatyana Polyudova, told RFE/RL on The Ukrainian Weekly, 973-292-9800, ext 3040. transferred to prevent him from staying at September 7 that her daughter went on a one detention facility long enough to estab- hunger strike on August 31 to protest con- lish himself there. Inmates in the former ditions at the prison where she is being Run your advertisement here, are typically moved from one held but had to stop after several days due in The Ukrainian Weekly’s CLASSIFIEDS section. detention facility to another in so-called Stolypin train carriages that are specially (Continued on page 13) No. 38 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2017 13

Washington and New York. The U.S. action rush-hour traffic near the posh Arena City experts had roped off the mangled vehicle NEWSBRIEFS came after Moscow ordered the United entertainment complex at 6:10 p.m. The at the intersection of Basseyna and Velyka States to reduce its personnel at diplomatic bomb was planted in his car, a police official Vasylkivska streets. Traffic was stopped for (Continued from page 12) facilities in Russia to 455, which represent- said. A woman was hospitalized with seri- blocks as investigators combed through to medical problems. The prison director ed a cut of about 755 staff members. ous injuries, while a child of 5 to 10 years of debris. There have been at least three tar- had warned Ms. Polyudova that she would Ambassador Antonov, a veteran diplomat age was in satisfactory condition. Police geted car bombings in Ukraine in the past be forcibly fed if she did not stop the hun- who is under sanctions by the European said they were not related to Makhauri. An 14 months that killed two Security Service ger strike, her mother said. She said it was Union for his role in Russia’s interference in RFE/RL correspondent at the site reported officials and a prominent journalist, Pavel her daughter’s third hunger strike since she Ukraine, did not speak directly to the diplo- that police, security officials and bomb Sheremet. (Christopher Miller of RFE./RL) was sent to the prison in the southern matic row, only saying that “we want our Russian city of Novorossiysk. Tatyana relations to be trusting, mutually respect- Polyudova said her daughter has been sub- ful, equitable, and certainly mutually bene- RT, which earlier in 2014 aired what it jected to physical attacks and other abuse ficial.” Before his meeting, the ambassador ‘That awkward moment’... said was an interview with the man purport- by fellow inmates and suspects that the said that “it’s highly regrettable the ing to be Carlos – blurring his face – later prison authorities are behind the mistreat- Russian-U.S. relations are going through (Continued from page 3) changed its description of the individual to “a ment. There was no immediate comment this upheaval now, right at the moment unclear who gave the order.” The report person who claims that he works as an air- from prison officials. Ms. Polyudova was when international problems we could also said the man “monitored” the flight. traffic controller at Kyiv’s Boryspil airport.” sentenced to two years in prison in 2015 resolve together with the United States are An international criminal investigation The man claimed in the interview to after being convicted of propagating piling up.” (RFE/RL, with reporting by in 2016 concluded that the plane was shot have faced threats from supporters of extremism and separatism online. She had Reuters, Interfax and TASS) down by a Buk anti-aircraft missile fired Kyiv’s pro-Western government. been charged in 2014 over Internet posts Car bomb in Kyiv kills man from separatist-controlled territory and The Twitter account associated with in which she criticized the Russian govern- that the missile system was smuggled back Carlos later became active again, but this ment for its support of separatists in east- KYIV – A bomb exploded on September to Russia shortly afterward. time using the female Russian name ern Ukraine, where fighting that erupted in 8 in a car in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, Moscow called the findings “biased and “Lyudmila Lopatyshkina.” It has since been April of that year has killed more than killing one man and injuring two other peo- politically motivated,” and has repeatedly suspended again. 10,000 people. The Moscow-based ple in what police suspect is the fourth tar- sought to cast doubt on evidence pointing In the English-language version of the Memorial human rights center has desig- geted car bombing in just over a year. Police toward a Russian role in the downing of the book featuring Mr. Putin’s comments about nated Ms. Polyudova a political prisoner. and witnesses identified the man as Timur plane. the alleged Spanish air-traffic controller, an (RFE/RL’s Russian Service) Makhauri, a Chechen with Georgian citizen- In the days following the incident, a appendix directs readers to a link that ship. Police and several people who knew claims the testimony by Carlos has been Russian envoy ready to improve relations Russian official had suggested a Ukrainian Makhauri claimed he was a member of a Su-25 may have shot down the plane. That validated. It suggests Carlos’s disappear- WASHINGTON – Russia’s new ambassa- Ukrainian volunteer battalion who fought claim has been widely dismissed as ance from Twitter is “real, mounting evi- dor to the United States, arriving at a time against Russia-backed separatists in the groundless. Russia has since suggested dence which points to an obvious cover-up of heightened tensions between the two country’s war-racked east. The claim could MH17 was blown apart by a land-based by Kiev [sic] and its NATO partners.” countries, says Moscow is ready to take not be immediately verified. Artem missile fired from Kyiv-controlled territory. Kremlin-loyal and nationalist media out- “concrete” steps to improve ties with the Shevchenko, a spokesman for the Ukrainian In the more than three years since the lets that reported on Mr. Putin’s comments United States. Russian state-run news Internal Affairs Ministry, told RFE/RL that downing of MH17, no public evidence has about Carlos did not mention that the agencies reported that Ambassador Makhauri ran in “criminal circles” and was emerged suggesting the individual’s claims Twitter persona had been exposed as a fake. Anatoly Antonov presented his credentials “not an example of a law-abiding citizen.” about working at the airport were true. to U.S. President Donald Trump on Mr. Shevchenko added that a criminal case The Boryspil airport told the BBC’s Copyright 2017, RFE/RL Inc. Reprinted September 8, just days after the latest chap- had been opened into the incident, with Russian Service that it had never heard of with the permission of Radio Free Europe/ ter in a raging tit-for-tat diplomatic dispute charges likely to include “premeditated such a person. A senior official from Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, between Moscow and Washington. “I have murder committed using a publicly danger- Ukraine’s state air-traffic service told the Washington DC 20036; www.rferl.org (see just been received by President Trump to ous method.” Makhauri was reportedly fact-checking site StopFake that there was https://www.rferl.org/a/putin-debunked- hand over my credentials. On my part, I arrested in January near the spot where he no controller by that name and that all of spanish-air-traffic-controller-claims-oliver- told him that we hope for improvement in died in connection with a spate of car rob- its controllers were Ukrainian citizens. stone-interview/28709936.html). relations between our countries,” Mr. beries and for illegal possession of weap- Antonov said, according to Russian media. ons. Timerhan Minayev, who said he served “The atmosphere was good, constructive, with Makhauri in a volunteer battalion, told With deep sorrow we announce that and friendly.” U.S. officials have not yet com- reporters with Ukraine’s Channel 112 tele- mented on the ambassador’s meeting with vision that Makharui had survived several Myron Martynetz Trump. The United States on August 31 prior assassination attempts. Police said 66, of South Orange, NJ, died August ordered the closure of Russia’s Consulate in Makhauri died when his black Toyota 31 2017, after a two-year battle with ALS. San Francisco and trade annexes in Camry with Georgian plates exploded in A funeral service was conducted at St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church in Newark, NJ on Saturday, September 2, 2017, with interment at St. With deep sorrow we share with family and friends Andrew Cemetery in South Bound Brook, NJ. that our beloved husband, father, He was born in (West) Germany on March 29, grandfather, brother and uncle 1951. He came to the United States as a small child, and grew up in Rochester NY. He was a graduate of Cornell George Vladimir Kinal University, and in 1976 received his law degree from the Syracuse University College of Law. The greater part of his legal career was spent as a partner in passed away on July 21, 2017, at the age of 74. the former law rm of Kramer, Martynetz, and Verbesey in Manhattan, where Sharing in our grief is his: he loved the excitement of trial work. For the last ten years of his life, however, before his illness forced his retirement from practice, he was a deputy counsel sister-in-law Natalia (Chytra) Rybak with her husband Borys. Natalia has for the New York State Grievance Committee for the 2nd and 11th Judicial been very supportive and kind during these di cult times. Districts, a position he enjoyed enormously. Vichnaya Pamyat! Everyone, who ever met Myron, loved him. He had a smile and a kind word always. He only saw the good in people, and whomever he met, he touched, and left feeling happier. He was sel ess, humble, and unassuming, always thinking of other people before himself. Full of life, he was enthusiastic about all sports, and loved nothing more than teaching his kids, (any other kids) about baseball, With great sadness we announce soccer, volleyball, and skiing; he played tennis every week of his life until illness that on August 24, 2017, our beloved claimed him. He often said that as a child, baseball helped him learn about Husband, Father, Grandfather and Brother America, and he followed baseball, particularly the Mets, all of his life. Every year, he looked forward to college basketball season and the Syracuse Orange. In all of the years of his illness, he never complained, and always had a smile on his Askold Roman Tatarsky face. “Kyka” He was the kindest and most loving son, brother, husband, and father, proud and appreciative of his Ukrainian heritage. He is survived by his wife, passed away at the age of 71. Mary-Ellen Skenyon, whom he met in law school, their four children, Daniel, of New York City, Tatiana, of Camillus, NY, and Markian and Alexander, both Surviving him in great sorrow: of South Orange, as well as his mother, Iwanna Martynetz, of North Port, FL., wife Marta and his sister, Alexandra Martynetz of Oakland, CA. He was predeceased by his father, Miroslav Martynetz, and grandmother, Tatiana Motyka. daughters Zenia and Lesia grandson Severin The family wishes to express its gratitude to the ALS Foundation of New York brother Nestor together with his wife Lidia City for its help and support over the last two di cult years, and to Barnabas Hospice and Palliative Care, for their kind assistance during the last wrenching as well as family in the U.S., Canada, and Ukraine days. In lieu of  owers, donations in his name may be made to either wonderful organization. Vichnaya Pamyat. May his memory be eternal 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2017 No. 38 No. 38 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2017 15

COMMUNITY CHRONICLE Ukrainian pavilion a hit at Edmonton Heritage Festival by Natalie Kononenko EDMONTON, Alberta – Where does one see an elderly couple get up to dance to the modern music of two young musicians recently settled in Canada? Where do a young Alberta members of the legislative assembly and her sister dance in the pouring rain to the traditional tunes of Ukrainian Canadian old-timers? Answer: At the Ukrainian Pavilion at the Edmonton Heritage Festival. The Ukrainian Pavilion at the Edmonton Heritage Day Festival, which took place on August 5, 6 and 7, was a big success in spite of less-than-ideal weather. The weather on Sunday was perfect and crowds filled Hawrelak Park. An estimated 375,000 people attended on that one day, breaking the attendance numbers for all three days in years past.

Marko Kopinec The authentic Ukrainian Fashion Show organized by Lyudmila Shefel. Saturday and Monday had less favorable weather with taking on champions from other pavilions. rain on both days. Still, people did come and the many Musical entertainment featured the Molfary, a band play- Ukrainian Pavilion volunteers provided them with deli- ing new Ukrainian music; the New Melody Kings; bandura cious food, informative displays of arts and crafts, and non- instrumentalists Chris Kyrzyk and Andrij Hornjatkevych, the stop entertainment, which paused only briefly in the most Cipko sisters playing the violin; and a “backyard party” with severe downpours. Groups like the New Melody Kings singers and dancers organized by George Paleniuk. Roman played in the rain, huddled under a canopy rapidly erected Brytan manned the sound system through sun and rain, and on the stage; the arm-wrestling contest, initially delayed, helped with announcing the performers. Master of ceremo- also went ahead under the same canopy. nies duties were also performed by Mila Luchak, Vasyl The Ukrainian entertainment was rich and varied with Yavorskyy and Natalie Kononenko. shows every half-hour for the duration of the festival. The The Arts and Culture Pavilion was richly enhanced with performers included: the Korinnya Ukrainian Choir from museum displays that were organized under the leadership Calgary, the Yatran Ukrainian Dance Academy, the KaRAR of Elaine Harasymiw, representing the Ukrainian Museum of Performing Arts group of Ukrainian dancers and the Canada, Alberta Branch, of the (Orthodox) Ukrainian Zorianka Ukrainian Dancers. Women’s Association, and by Evelyn Cook, who represented There were two fashion shows, one showcasing tradi- the Ukrainian Catholic Women’s League Museum. The tional outfits and another displaying modern vyshyvanka Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies provided a display, as (embroidered) clothing. A special part of the modern show did the Ukrainian Genealogical Project. Ludwig Marianych At the arm-wrestling show, Bohdan Marfei (Ukraine featured entire families in their embroidered shirts. Arm Pavilion) and Payman Parseyan (Iranian Pavilion). wrestling was part of the show, with Ukrainian contestants (Continued on page 16) Youths enjoy Ukrainian Week in Wildwood WILDWOOD CREST, N.J. – What has come to be known as “Ukrainian Week” in Wildwood (it’s the week before the week leading to Labor Day) brings droves of Ukrainians to this popular beach town in New Jersey. At right and below, two groups of Ukrainian youths – one age 17-21, the other age 22-30 – were spontaneously called together by Talia Danysh for memorable photos on the beach on August 26. – Christa Kozak Ivanka Iwaskiw 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2017 No. 38

test for support for Ukraine and Russia – Poroshenko... most of it will be for Ukraine, but it’s not a guarantee of full backing because Moscow (Continued from page 1) has veto power [in the Security Council],” occupied territory, including at the he said by phone. Ukrainian-Russian border area that Kyiv no Mr. Poroshenko could also use argu- longer controls. ments that Ukraine has traditionally been In turn, the Kremlin leader told Ms. one of the largest contributors to U.N. Merkel on September 11 that “U.N. peace- peacekeeping missions, Mr. Melnyk added. keepers might be deployed in other parts Ukraine has 539 military personnel where OSCE monitors work, but even this engaged in such missions, according to the concession still leaves Russians to decide website of country’s Permanent Mission to where monitors can go,” the Washington- the U.N., with 50 and 34 percent of them based think tank Atlantic Council wrote. stationed in the Democratic Republic of Afterwards the U.S. buttressed the Congo and Liberia, respectively. German chancellor’s assertion that the Moreover, there are about 30,000 U.N.’s Blue Helmets also patrol the Ukraine- Ukrainians who’ve been auxiliary partici- Russia border. pants in U.N. peacekeeping missions as part “However, I want to make it clear that of civilian or police units worldwide, Mr. such peacekeeping forces should have a Melnyk noted. Andrii and Svitlana Sumaruk, with their daughter Maria, in the Modern Vyshyvanka Show. broad mandate to maintain peace and secu- Yet, Mr. Putin’s overall goal is to fuel the rity throughout the occupied territory of war within a “peacekeeping context,” stated People bought and ate pyrohy, kovbasa and Ukraine, up to the border with Russia, Serhiy Taran, a political scientist and found- Ukrainian pavilion... borshch for breakfast, lunch and dinner, as including the border, in order to avoid deep- er of Kyiv-based International Institute of well as for snacks in between. The line-ups (Continued from page 15) ening or consolidating the split within Democracy. by the food tent were enormous, even in Ukraine,” Heather Nauert, a State “This isn’t a standard situation. Russia’s promoted Ukrainian classes for adults, the rain. The tent sold 29,520 pyrohy and Department spokesperson, said at a brief- stance is a component of its hybrid war while Peter Holloway and Daria Polianska 365 kilograms of sausage, with sour cream ing in Washington on September 14. against Ukraine – it won’t be purely a showed the websites produced by students and borshch numbers to match. Head chef That is what Mr. Poroshenko is expected peacekeeping mission,” he said. “It’s a ploy at the University of Alberta. These provide James Schaub deserves credit for both the to say at the U.N.’s Security Council next to get sanctions removed [or softened by interactive Ukrainian materials for elemen- wonderful cuisine and the many dedicated week. the West]… it’s also a way for Putin to stay tary education. and hard-working volunteers who worked “Poroshenko will talk about this, the relevant, a person who needs to be reck- Several tables sold embroideries, cheerfully to make the food tent such a specific mandate, terms and deadlines,” oned with if peace is to be achieved.” T-shirts, necklaces and other wares. One of resounding success. Prof. Haran said. “But there are pitfalls [that Moscow’s current U.N. resolution propos- these was a philanthropic organization col- Of course all of these individual contri- Ukraine must avoid], like giving legitimacy al looks more like another way for the world lecting money for wounded Ukrainian sol- butions would not be possible without diers. One table sold sculptures and show- Orysia Boychuk, president of Ukrainian to the proxy forces in Donbas that are led to see the Donbas war as an “internal con- cased two korovai breads that were cut and Canadian Congress Edmonton Branch, tak- by Moscow.” flict” and not the result of Russia’s war-mon- served to the public on the last day. Laryssa ing on the leadership of this event and Russia’s leader foresaw the West’s bent gering, Mr. Melnyk added. Luciw provided a display with pictures and Dmytro Petruschak, president of the towards first ensuring security for Ukraine “It’s another maneuver in the general stories about Ukrainian Canadians, both Friends of the Ukrainian Heritage Festival before possible political concessions are context of war… and not a [real] peacekeep- new arrivals and people who had come Society, for coordinating the event. made, so he took the initiative, said Oleksiy ing mission… It’s like the Minsk [peace] with the early migrations to Canada. There All are invited to join us next year for an Melnyk, co-director of foreign relations and agreement, it has nothing to do with peace, were also quizzes which, if answered cor- event that both provides an opportunity to international security programs at the Kyiv- it’s an objective of war by Russia,” the foreign rectly, won the participant free food. showcase Ukrainian Canadian heritage and based Razumkov Center. relations expert commented. “All other As always, the food tent was a big hit. is a fun way to meet others. “Now, [at the U.N.] we might see a con- details [of the resolution] aren’t significant.” No. 38 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2017 17

Two Saakashvili supporters – Oleksandr Reuters also reported that reformist With reporting by UNIAN, RFE/RL’s Saakashvili... Burtsev and Andriy Kotichenko – were lawmaker Mustafa Nayyem, one of the lead- Russian Service, Interfax, AFP, Reuters, TASS detained by police on September 12 for ers of the Maidan protests and a member of and RFE/RL’s Russian Service. (Continued from page 1) their alleged role in the border violence, the Poroshenko faction in the Verkhovna Copyright 2017, RFE/RL Inc. Reprinted “If they brought this protocol within according to the Internal Affairs Ministry. Rada, traveled with Mr. Saakashvili and has with the permission of Radio Free Europe/ three hours when we crossed the border... Mr. Saakashvili, who is wanted in accused Kyiv authorities of trying to silence Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, they could not say that I was hiding some- Georgia on allegations of corruption and opponents. Washington DC 20036; www.rferl.org (see where. I was on the main square of Lviv, abuse of power, claims to have UNHCR rec- “We didn’t want this country when we https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-saakashvi- along with thousands of [people], I would ognition as being “stateless.” stayed on Maidan,” Reuters quoted Mr. li-politics-unite-opposition/28730522.html have taken this protocol without question. He says he wants to challenge the revo- Nayyem as saying. “We wanted a country in and https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-saa- But what they bring now is a violation of cation of his citizenship before a court in which opponents, political opponents, have kashvili-criminal-probe-border-cross- the law,” Mr. Saakashvili said. Ukraine. a right to say what they want.” ing/28728515.html). Mr. Poroshenko chided Mr. Saakashvili He also said he would travel to Kyiv Press conference in Lviv “within days, or weeks” after visiting for crossing the border without proper doc- “towns and ” across Ukraine. On September 11, after forcing his way uments. He said Mr. Saakashvili should A day earlier, Mr. Saakashvili said he into Ukraine, Mr. Saakashvili said he wants have contested the decree stripping him of wanted to unite Ukraine’s opposition to get involved in Ukrainian politics again Ukrainian citizenship in court if he dis- against Mr. Poroshenko and that he and help unite Kyiv’s opposition. agreed with it. planned to campaign for support. “I want to say that this is the beginning Mr. Saakashvili said in Lviv that he no President Poroshenko had appointed Mr. of my fight,” he said at a press conference in longer had a Ukrainian passport, claiming it Saakashvili to govern Ukraine’s Odesa Lviv after illegally crossing into Ukraine was “stolen by police” from a bus that had Oblast in 2015. But Mr. Saakashvili resigned from Poland. transported him into Ukraine. from the post in November 2016 after fall- “I am fighting against rampant corrup- “This morning my lawyer delivered to ing out with Mr. Poroshenko, complaining tion, against the fact that oligarchs are in the Ukrainian migration service my appli- that his reform efforts were being blocked. full control of Ukraine again, against the cation for protection from Ukrainian In July, Mr. Poroshenko issued a decree fact that the Maidan has been betrayed,” authorities,” Mr. Saakashvili said. “That that stripped Mr. Saakashvili of his Ms. Saakashvili said. “We should have means I am legally in Ukraine.” Ukrainian citizenship. democracy in our country and should not In a statement, police in Lviv denied that That left the former Georgian president have the diktat of the oligarchs.” Mr. Saakashvili’s passport had been taken essentially stateless, because Georgia had He said he would travel to all regions of and said his claim “did not correspond to stripped him of Georgian citizenship in Ukraine to unite “different political forces events” at the time of his border crossing. 2015 when he obtained Ukrainian citizen- around a common theme that we must Earlier, police in Lviv, where Mr. ship in order to take the Odesa post. have a democracy and we should not let oli- Saakashvili spent the night, said regional On September 11, Ukrainian Internal garchs hold sway.” police were investigating “events near the Affairs Minister said Mr. He said that he does not want the presi- [Medyka]-Shehyni checkpoint along the Saakashvili faced “serious” criminal charg- dency for himself and wants to promote a Ukrainian-Polish border.” The statement es for his border breach, which Mr. Avakov new, younger politician to the post, the said those found guilty of illegally crossing described as “an attack on the state’s basic Reuters news agency reported. the border could face up to five years in institutions.” Under Ukrainian law, the pen- Mr. Saakashvili was joined as he crossed prison. alty could be up to five years in prison. the border by Yulia Tymoshenko, a former Writing on his Facebook page on Sixteen security personnel were injured prime minister and leader of one of September 11, Ukrainian Prime Minister in clashes with Mr. Saakashvili’s supporters Ukraine’s largest opposition parties. She called the incident an during the incident on the Polish-Ukrainian currently is ahead of Mr. Poroshenko in “attack” on Ukraine’s statehood. “It’s time to border. public opinion polls, Reuters reported. fight for the state and not for power,” he said. 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2017 No. 38

Tennis update after 12 rounds against Giovanni De Carolis and two bronze medals at the 2017 ished in sixth place after it lost 37-45 (24-7-1, 12 KO) of Italy on July 25 at European Boxing Championships in against Poland. Olga Kharlan finished in Centrale Live del Foro Italico in . New York that concluded on September 10, Kharkiv on June 16-24. Super 10th place in the women’s saber event after Marta• In girls’Kostyuk doubles of Ukraineat the U.S. and Open Olga in Viktor Vykhryst (+91) won gold against she lost 12-15 against Cecilia Berder of announced on July 1 that Danilovic of Serbia won first place after Frazer Edward Clarke of England; France in the third round. he •would WBO join fellow cruiserweights Champion – WBC winning 6-1, 7-5 against Lea Boskovic of Oleksandr Khyzhniak (75 kg) won gold Cruiserweight Champion Mairis Briedis of Croatia and Wang Xiyu of China in the final. against Kamaran Shakhsuvarly of the women’s saber Grand Prix in Moscow Latvia, IBF Cruiserweight Champion Murat The Ukrainian-Serb duo won 6-4, 7-6(7-3) Azerbaijan; and Iurii Shestak (60 kg) won on •June Olga 2. Kharlan Kharlan finished lost in inthe ninth third place round in Gassiev of Russia, WBA Cruiserweight against Sofya Lansere and Kamilla gold against Gabil Mamedov of Russia. against Chika Aoki of Japan 14-15. Champion (regular) Yunier Dorticos of Rakhimova of Russia in the semifinal and Silver medalist Mykola Butsenko (56 kg) Cuba, former WBO and IBO Cruiserweight won 6-3, 6-3 in the quarterfinal against lost against Peter McGrail of England. in the women’s épée at the Épée Grand Prix Champion of Germany and for- Emily Appleton of Great Britain and Bronze medalists were Dmytro Zamotayev in Bogota,• Olena Colombia,Kryvytska onfinished May 26. in 10thKryvytska place mer IBF and WBC Cruiserweight Champion Emiliana Arango of Colombia. (52 kg) and Ievgeni Barabanov (69 kg). lost 9-15 against Alberta Santuccio of Italy Krzysztof Wlodarczyk of Poland, as well as The competition attracted 232 boxers from in the third round, and Dzhoan Feybi Boxing of Cuba and Dimitry 39 countries. Buzhura finished in 11th place after losing Kudryashov of Russia – in an eight-man 13-15 against A Lam Shin of South Korea in bracket-style tournament of the World KO) won his third match the third round. ers at the AIBA World Boxing Boxing Super Series that began in against• Heavyweight Jani Kagura Vladislav (0-1-0, Sirenko 0 KO) (3-0-0,of Japan 3 Championships• Ukraine was in represented Hamburg, byGermany, eight box- on September. In the draw for opponents on with a in the first round (the fight Beach volleyball August 25 through September 2. July 8 in Monte Carlo, Usyk had drawn for- was called by the referee at 27 seconds, fol- Oleksandr Khyzhniak (81 mer WBO champ Huck; both fighters were lowing two successive left hooks that sent kg) won the gold-medal bout against Ievhenia Shchypkova competed at the Beach hoping for this match-up. Super- Kagura to the canvas) at Cape Sun Hotel in • Ukraine’s Valentyna Davidova and Ablikhan Amankul of . Viktor Volleyball World Championships on July 28 middleweight fighters are also scheduled to Cape Town South Africa on June 30. Vykhryst (+91 kg) lost in the second round through August 6 in Vienna, Austria, based participate in their own division. Usyk (13- Previously, Sirenko won by TKO against Peto against Joseph Goodall of Australia, and on the team’s performance during the regu- 0, 11 KO) retained his WBO title against Kapela (0-2-0, 0 KO) of South Africa on June Iurii Shestak (60 kg) lost in the quarterfinal lar season for 2016-2017. This is the third Huck (40-5-1, 27 KO) on September 9 at 16 and won by KO in his debut professional against Sofiane Oumiha of France. time in 10 years that Ukraine was represent- Max Schmeling Halle in with a 10th- fight against Emmanuel Mnengi (0-2-0, 0 Khyzhniak was named the best boxer of the ed at the world championships. Davidova round TKO. Referee Robert Byrd stopped KO) of South Africa on May 26. and Shchypkova lost 0-2 (18-21, 16-21) in tournament in Hamburg and won the 2017 the fight at 2:18 of round 10. Usyk advanc- European Boxing Championships in their opener against Tatyana Mashkova and es to the semifinal to fight against the win- KO) won by unanimous decision after eight Kharkiv on June 16-24. Ukraine tied with Bakhtygul Samalikova of Kazakhstan, won ner of the Briedis vs Perez fight. rounds• Lightweight against Lorenzo Denys Berinchyk Parra (32-10-2, (4-0-0, 19 3 France for fifth place in the medals stand- 2-1 (21-13, 16-21, 15-7) against Cornelia KO) of Venezuela at Sporthall Budakalasz in ings. The tournament attracted 279 boxers Rimser and Lena Plesiutsching of Austria 19 KO) lost by unanimous decision after 12 Budakalasz, Hungary, on June 10. Also on from 85 countries. and won 2-1 (17-21, 21-16, 11-15) against rounds• Heavyweight for the vacant Andriy WBO Rudenko international (31-3-0, the fightcard was featherweight Oleh Summer Ross and Brooke Sweat of the heavyweight title against Russia’s Malinovsky (19-0-0, 5 KO), who won by weight) WBO champion Vasyl Lomachenko U.S.A.. The Ukrainian duo was eliminated (32-1-0, 23 KO), the unanimous decision after eight rounds (9-1,• Super7 KO) is featherweight set for his next (junior bout against light- 1-2 (21-18, 25-25, 11-15) against Elize Maia former WBA heavyweight champion, on against Isaias Santos Sampajo (21-13-0, 21 Guillermo Rigondeaux (17-0, 11 KO) of and Tainana Lima of Brazil in the round of July 1 at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow. The KO) of Brazil. 32. Davidova/Shchypkova were seeded in Cuba on December 9 at Madison Square winner must defend the title within 120 Garden Theater in New York. 20th place among 45 teams and have a days of the victory. Futsal world tour ranking of 31st place. Ukraine was also represented by Inna Makhno and (11-0-0, 9 KO) won by 12th-round TKO 0, 9 KO) won by third-round TKO against against• Middleweight Tureano Johnson Sergey (20-2-0, Derevyanchenko 14 KO) of of the UEFA Futsal Cup and is awaiting Iryna Makhno; and in the men’s division, by Jesus• Welterweight Alvarez Rodriguez Taras (15-3-0,Shelestyuk 11 KO)(16-0- of teams• MFC to Khersonconclude is the set preliminaryfor the main round.round Mykola Babich/Iaroslav Gordieiev and Bahamas on August 25 at Buffalo Run Mexico at the Omega Products Casino in Miami. After the fight Kherson earned a bye among 24 clubs with Oleksii Denin/Sergiy Popov. International in Corona, Calif., on July 1. the highest coefficients (19th place, 5,501 Derevyanchenko said he was ready to fight Volleyball the winner of the Gennadiy Golovkin vs Saul points). The winners of the preliminary KO) lost by unanimous decision after eight round (32 teams) will be drawn in six “Canelo” Alvarez middleweight unifier. rounds• Welterweight against Jamontay Ivan Holub Clark (13-1-0, (12-0-0, 11 7 groups of four teams for one-venue mini- pete at the 2017 Women’s European KO) of the U.S.A. at Huntington Center in tournaments with the top two teams of Volleyball• Ukraine’s Championship women’s team on September is set to com- 22 Shabranskyy (19-1, 16 KO) won against Todd Toledo, Ohio, on June 30. Unthank• Light May heavyweight(10-1-1, 4 KO) of Vyacheslavthe U.S.A. on each group advancing to the elite round through October 1. The tournament is co- before the final stage. Kherson has drawn hosted by Azerbaijan and Georgia in Baku August 4 at the Fantasy Springs Casino, in Velykovskiy (9-1-0, 4 KO) lost on points Group 3 with Sporting CP (Portugal), and Tbilisi, respectively, under the auspices Indio, Calif. The fights was scheduled for 10 after• six Super rounds middleweight against Daniel Scardina Andriy Ekonomac Kragujevac (Serbia, group of the European Volleyball Confederation. rounds but was stopped after May’s corner (10-0-0, 10 KO) of Italy at the Teatro Nuovo hosts) and Nikars (Latvia). Matches Ukraine is in Pool C with Russia, Turkey retired at the end of the seventh round. in Milan, Italy, on June 24. are to be played on October 10-15. The top and Bulgaria. three teams in the Path A (four groups), (12-0-0, 6 KO) won by unanimous decision the medals table with three gold, one silver Diving • Viktor Poliakov • Ukraine won six medals and topped will advance to the elite round. Fencing points) and Anastasiia Nedobiga won KLK ANNUAL FALL WEEKEND bronze• Anna (291.65 Pysmenksa points) won in thegold women’s (303.30 September 30 – October 1, 2017 Leipzig, Germany, on July 19-26, Ukraine’s 3-meter springboard event at the LEN women’s• At the saber Fencing team World finished Championships in sixth place in European Diving Championships in Kyiv on SOYUZIVKA HERITAGE CENTER after losing 43-45 against Russia, and June 12-18 at Liko Sports Center. The team Ukraine’s men’s épée team also finished in scored 366.55 points. Viktoriya Kesar and KLK cordially invites all our members, family and friends to our Annual Fall sixth place after losing 41-42 against Italy. Oleksandr Gorshkovozov won silver in the Weekend. You can choose to play some friendly tennis, or just relax and mingle Ukraine’s men’s foil team finished in ninth team diving events (3-meter springboard with friends. place after winning 45-36 against Poland, synchronized and 10-meter platform syn- SCHEDULE OF EVENTS: and Ukraine’s women’s epee team finished chronized, total 366.55 points). Kesar and in 10th place after losing 34-45 against TENNIS DOUBLES- Registration at 11:00 AM. Pre- registration desirable. Stanislav Oliferchyk won silver in the mixed Italy. Ukraine’s men’s saber team finished in pairs synchronized 3-meter springboard AFTERNOON SOCIAL – Begins at 2:30 PM. Enjoy some good food, drink and 10th place after losing 28-45 against event (282.96 points). Illya Kvasha won good company. Germany. In individual competition, Olga gold in the men’s 1-meter springboard DINNER DANCE will begin at 6:30 PM starting with a cocktail hour, sit down Kharlan won first place in the women’s event (431.75 points) and silver in the dinner and dance will begin at 7:30 PM. Dance to the spectacular saber event after defeating Azza Besbes of men’s 3-meter springboard (484.30 tunes of “ANNA-MARIA” Tunisia 15-5 in the final, and Olena points). Valeriia Liulko and Sofiia Lyskun Kryvytska tied with Julia Beljeva of Estonia won bronze in the mixed 10-meter syn- Afternoon Social, Cocktail hour, Dinner, Dance and Open Bar – $140 per person. for third place in the women’s epee. chronized platform dive (288.96 points). Dinner Dance and Open Bar – $120.00 per person Oleg Kolodiy won bronze in the men’s after losing 32-33 against Russia at the 3-meter springboard (470.30 points), Our annual meeting and ELECTIONS will be held Sunday morning. Please plan to European• Ukraine’s Championships men’s épée team in won Tbilisi, silver Kvasha and Kolodiy won silver (426.96 attend. Georgia, on June 12-17. Ukraine’s men’s points) in the 3-meter synchronized spring- To register, RSVP or for more information please contact [email protected], saber team finished in fifth place after its board, and Maksym Dolhov and call 732 991-1095 or go to our website: www.klkusa.com 45-38 win against Romania, while Gorshkovozov won gold in the men’s Please RSVP if you are planning to attend. It is important that we get a headcount so Ukraine’s women’s épée team finished in 10-meter synchronized platform (431.28 that we can make this weekend a success and enjoyable for you. seventh place after it won 32-31 against points). Ukraine finished in second place in Italy. Ukraine’s women’s saber team fin- the medal standings with three gold, four Room Reservations - Please call SOYUZIVKA at 845 626-5641 and mention KLK. ished in fifth place after winning 45-43 silver and three bronze medals. Twenty- against Spain. Ukraine’s men’s foil team fin- three teams competed in the tournament. No. 38 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2017 19

September 18 Seminar with Adam Teller, “In the Wake of Catastrophe: September 23 Performance, “Svatannia na Honcharivtsi,” The Volodymyr Cambridge, MA Jewish Refugees Following the Khmelnytsky Uprising,” Yonkers, NY Ivasiuk Theatrical Performance Group, Ukrainian Youth www.huri.harvard.edu Center, 914-409-3564

September 20 Fall Soirée and Art Auction, The Ukrainian Museum, September 23-30 USC Karpaty Soccer Festival during Invictus Games New York www.ukrainianmuseum.org or 212-228-0110 Toronto 416-722-9989

September 21 Panel discussion about police reform in Ukraine, September 23 Embroidery courses, with instruction by Lubow Wolynetz, Ottawa Ukrainian Canadian Congress, Canadian Police College, through December 2 The Ukrainian Museum, 212-228-0110 or 613-744-8367 or [email protected] New York [email protected] September 24 Hierarchical divine liturgy with Bishop Andriy, with September 21 Presentation by Mike Buryk, “History of Ukrainians in Philadelphia reception to follow, Immaculate Conception Ukrainian Whippany, NJ the U.S. (1600-present),” Carpe Diem Club, Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral, www.ukrcathedral.com American Cultural Center of New Jersey, 973-590-8026 September 24 Ukrainian Festival, Holy Ascension Ukrainian Orthodox September 23 Ukrainian Festival, Ukrainian American Cultural Center Clifton, NJ Cathedral, www.ukrcoc.org or Whippany, NJ of New Jersey, www.uaccnj.org or 973-887-3616 www.facebook.com/cliftonorthodoxcathedral

September 23 Oakville Ukrainian Festival, St. Joseph Ukrainian September 24 Concert, Gerdan, ensemble, The Washington Group Oakville, ON Catholic Church, www.tserkva.ca/ukrainian-festival.html Alexandria, VA Cultural Fund, The Lyceum, [email protected] or www.twgcf.org September 23 Golf tournament, “Dennis Czar Classic,” to benefit Edmonton, AB Multiple Sclerosis Canada, River Ridge Golf and Country September 24 Liturgy offered on the eve of the 100th anniversary of Club, 780-982-5197 Hillside, NJ the birth of Phil Rizzuto, Immaculate Conception Ukrainian Catholic Church, 908-322-7350 or September 23 Performance by the Tamburitzans International Folk www.byzcath.org/immaculateconception Clifton, NJ Ensemble, Holy Apostles Orthodox Church, Clifton High School, [email protected] or 973-460-0243 September 25 Seminar with Martin Blackwell, “Kyiv as Regime City: Cambridge, MA The Return of Soviet Power After Nazi Occupation,” September 23 Book presentation by Nastasiya Marusyk, “Ancient Harvard University, www.huri.harvard.edu Chicago Beaded Artwork from Bukovyna,” Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, www.uima-chicago.org September 25 Networking event, “CUFTA: Opening Doors for Canadian Edmonton, AB Business in Ukraine,” Canada-Ukraine Trade and September 23 Lecture by Alexander Lushnytsky, “One Hundred Years Since Investment Support Project, Fairmont Hotel Macdonald, New York the Mysterious Death of Soter Ortynsky (1866-1916), 416-628-5444 ext. 504 or [email protected] Bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Church,” Shevchenko Scientific Society, 212-254-5130 Entries in “Out and About” are listed free of charge. Priority is given to events advertised in The Ukrainian Weekly. However, we also welcome submissions September 23 Potato Bake and Pig Roast, Ukrainian Homestead, from all our readers. Items will be published at the discretion of the editors Lehighton, PA 216-235-3709 and as space allows. Please send e-mail to [email protected]. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2017 No. 38

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Saturday, September 23 N. Oakley Blvd. The 20-member ensemble will perform a diverse repertoire, ranging WHIPPANY, N.J.: The annual Ukrainian from traditional spiritual hymns to modern Festival will be held at 11:30 a.m.-7 p.m. at compositions. Tickets are available online at the Ukrainian American Cultural Center of banduristky.eventbrite.com and at New Jersey. Visitors will enjoy two fabulous Selfreliance Ukrainian American Federal stage shows at 12:45 and 3 p.m. featuring Credit Union at an early-bird price; they will the Iskra Ukrainian Dance Ensemble; violin- be $25 at the door. Join us for a night full of ist Inessa Tymochko Dekajlo; the Ukrainian enchanting bandura music. More informa- folk dance groups Iskra Academy, Tsvitka tion can be found at www.facebook.com/ and more. The festival will also feature womensbanduraensemble or www.ban- homemade Ukrainian foods and desserts, an duristka.org. international beer garden with live music and children’s activities. Vendors galore will Friday-Saturday, October 6-7 offer jewelry, clothing, crafts, music and eth- nic foods. Admission is free. The UACCNJ is SOMERSET, N.J.: ”Unlock Your Heritage: located at 60 N. Jefferson Road. For more Discover Your Ancestry,” the fourth annual information call 973-887-3616 or 908-759- Ukrainian genealogy conference hosted by 1771; check the website uaccnj.org; or visit the Nashi Predky Family History Group of the Facebook page of the Ukrainian the Ukrainian History and Education Center, American Cultural Center of NJ. will take place at the Ukrainian Cultural Center, 135 Davidson Ave., Somerset, NJ Sunday, September 24 08873. The event features internationally ALEXANDRIA, Va.: The Washington Group known experts in Eastern European geneal- Cultural Fund Music Series presents the ogy and will span two days, including a full- ever-popular Washington-based ensemble day dedicated to DNA, along with a work- Gerdan. The group, known for its versatility shop on using cadastral maps, the choice of and virtuosity, will perform an all-Ukrainian seven lectures and opportunity for network- program of classical, folk and ethno jazz/ ing. Lecture topics include genetic genealo- fusion music. A reception to meet the artists gy, census records in the Russian era, the will be held immediately following the per- history of Ukrainian Catholics in America, formance. The concert will be held at 3 p.m. Polish State Archives records for Lemkos, at The Lyceum, 201 South Washington St., immigrant cluster communities, and a look Alexandria, VA 22314. Suggested donation at Galicia as an ethnic and religious melting is $30; free admission for students free; pot. Registration fees: Friday only, $50; unreserved seating. For more information Saturday only, $65; both days, $100. Visit visit http://www.twgcf.org or e-mail twg- NashiPredky.org for schedule, speaker bios [email protected]. and registration information. Additional information by phone, 732-356-0132, or Saturday, September 30 e-mail, [email protected]. NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific Saturday, October 7 Society invites all to a lecture, “Political Situation in Contemporary Ukraine” by STAMFORD, Conn.: The Ukrainian Museum Myroslav Marynovych (Lviv). Mr. Marynovych and Library of Stamford, the oldest cultural is a vice-president of the Ukrainian Catholic institution of its kind in North America, is University, a former Ukrainian dissident celebrating its 80th anniversary with a ban- 1970-1989s and as member of the Ukrainian quet, starting at 5 p.m. at the Sheraton Helsinki Group. The event will take place at Stamford Hotel, 700 Main St. The evening the society’s building, 63 Fourth Ave. program for this milestone event includes (between Ninth and 10th streets) at 5 p.m. two guest speakers and a musical perfor- For additional information, call 212-254- mance. To attend, call 203-323-8866 or 5130. e-mail [email protected]. Tickets are $125 per person. Proceeds will benefit CHICAGO: The Women’s Bandura Ensemble the Ukrainian Museum and Library. For of North America invites you to its Chicago information see the website www.ukraini- premiere at 7 p.m. at the historic St. anmuseumlibrary.org or the Facebook page Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral, 835 www.facebook.com/UkrMusOfStamford/.

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