Inside: l UNA to reach financial milestone this year – page 5 l Conference discusses legacy of World War II – page 9 l Wladimir Klitschko’s reign comes to an end – page 11

ThePublished U by thekrainian Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal W non-profit associationeekly Vol. LXXXIII No. 49 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2015 $2.00 Candle-lighting remembrance is first Activists call for united front to be held at new Holodomor Memorial against Ukraine’s corrupt oligarchs by Zenon Zawada consensus amid their heavy influence over Ukraine’s politics. KYIV – If there’s anything that Ukrainians “We need to set the task now that we can agree on, it’s that the country’s headed should have done immediately after the for an enormous crisis next year that prom- Revolution of Dignity, which is to get ises to alter the current state of affairs, par- together and form a political force as a ticularly the ongoing domination of the counterweight to the oligarch projects. A nation’s corrupt oligarchy. simple unification of two small political Not only have Ukrainian President Petro parties is not an answer. The time has come Poroshenko and Prime Minister Arseniy to create a powerful platform that will win Yatsenyuk failed to pursue structural reforms the competition for young, high-quality or rein in the oligarchs, but they’ve been politicians,” Vasyl Hatsko, the head of the exposed in corrupt schemes, and so have the Democratic Alliance party, told the tyzh- entourages they brought with them. den.ua news site. Increasingly, prominent figures such as Among those young quality politicians Donbas oligarch Serhiy Taruta are warning of are 15 national deputies of the Petro political-economic collapse within months. Poroshenko Bloc, who held a press confer- “We’ve already passed the bifurcation ence in the Verkhovna Rada on November point of where we can’t doubt it any longer Yaro Bihun 25 to announce they were forming a group, The candle-lighting ceremony held at the site of the Holodomor Memorial in – there’s no possibility of survival in this the Anti-Corruption Platform, within the Washington. existing model,” said Yuriy Romanenko, the faction to expose and fight corruption – director of the Strategema Center of both within their faction and beyond. ration took place at the site of the by Yaro Bihun Political Analysis in Kyiv. The announcement came a day after a Holodomor Memorial, constructed this The big question now is what the new closed-door meeting of faction deputies in WASHINGTON – This year’s candle-light- year and dedicated three weeks earlier. model will look like. In order to stop the which the reformists accused establish- ing remembrance ceremony in Washington As the sun was setting that cloudy current descent into chaos, activists have ment politicians of not only indulging their for the millions of people who died in November 28 evening in Washington, a begun calling for urgent action, and among own corrupt business schemes, but even Joseph Stalin’s genocidal famine, the 1932- large group of people started gathering in the most-discussed proposals is forming a undermining their reform projects. 1933 Holodomor in Ukraine, was unique. unifying nationwide force to challenge the For the first time, the annual commemo- (Continued on page 18) oligarchs, who haven’t been able to reach a (Continued on page 8) Toronto symposium examines the Holodomor in comparative perspective spective organized by HREC. In 2014 HREC sponsored a HREC conference on “Communism and Hunger” looking at fam- TORONTO – An international symposium on “Starvation ines in China, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and the Soviet Union. as a Political Tool from the 19th to the 21st Century,” held In his opening remarks, Dr. Frank Sysyn, the chair of at the University of Toronto, brought together leading HREC’s executive committee, noted “With this conference, scholars to discuss the Irish Famine, the Armenian HREC has sought to examine famine as a political tool over a Genocide, the Ukrainian Holodomor and the genocide by long period and in widely dispersed countries in order to attrition in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan, in particular to achieve a broad comparative perspective in famine and the extent to which starvation has been used, or become a genocide.” way to discriminate against, punish, or eliminate national, In the first session Prof. McGowan provided an overview ethnic, racial or religious groups. of the history and historiography of the Irish Famine of The event was organized by the Holodomor Research 1845-1852. He noted that, while British authorities had not and Education Consortium (HREC) at the Canadian engineered the famine, they exacerbated its effects through Institute of Ukrainian Studies (University of Alberta), the inadequate relief efforts and by adhering stubbornly to a International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights laissez-faire economic policy that made relief food supplies Studies (a division of the Zoryan Institute), the Canadian unaffordable for the general Irish population. Foundation for Ukrainian Studies, the Petro Jacyk Program Approximately 1 million people died in this period, while for the Study of Ukraine (Center for European, Russian, and the harsh conditions forced some 1.5 million others to emi- Eurasian Studies, University of Toronto) and the Chair of grate. At the same time, landlords were able to expel numer- Ukrainian Studies at the University of Toronto. ous tenants and then consolidate their holdings into larger The symposium’s speakers were Mark McGowan tracts in pursuit of animal husbandry. (University of Toronto), George Shirinian (Zoryan Mr. Shirinian examined starvation as a factor in the Institute), Andrea Graziosi (University of Naples) and genocide of 1.5 million Armenians that started in April Samuel Totten (University of Arkansas). Joyce Apsel, a 1915. He focused on the forced marches that accompanied renowned expert on comparative genocide and human- the expulsion of Armenians – ostensibly for the purpose of rights studies from New York University, served as a dis- military security – from their homes in (present-day) cussant. The event concluded with a special presentation Turkey. Food and water were routinely withheld from the by Natalia Khanenko-Friesen (University of Saskatchewan). Armenians in the deportee caravans or, when provided, The October 22 symposium was the second major aca- A poster for the international symposium on “Starvation demic event examining the Holodomor in comparative per- as a Political Tool from the 19th to the 21st Century.” (Continued on page 9) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2015 No. 49

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Russia warns of penalties Biden to address Verkhovna Rada Russia to charge Vira Savchenko WASHINGTON – U.S. Vice-President Joe OTTAWA – According to documents pub- on Kyiv after failed trade talks Biden will address Ukraine’s Parliament lished by Mark Feygin, attorney for Nadiya next week as part of a two-day visit to the Savchenko, Russia has opened criminal RFE/RL ly with a very, very long list of amendments that they presented at the table.” country. A senior U.S. administration offi- proceedings against Nadiya’s sister, Vira Russia is likely to penalize Ukrainian Kyiv’s sharp break with Moscow in the cial said in Washington on December 2 that Savchenko, for “obvious disrespect for the imports starting in January after negotia- last two years was triggered by its move Mr. Biden will speak to Ukraine’s unicamer- court and for the Russian judiciary.” tors failed to agree on ways to address toward closer trade with the West. al legislature on December 8 about U.S. According to the documents, Vira Moscow’s objections to Kyiv’s free-trade Ukrainian wavering over whether to opposition to Russia’s annexation of the Savchenko allegedly stated to the judge at agreement with the European Union. sign the EU trade accord in late 2013 fueled Crimean peninsula and U.S. support for Nadiya’s trial, “He is not a judge, but a “It is a very probable scenario that there street protests that toppled pro-Moscow Ukraine’s debt-restructuring agreement schmuck.” Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign will not be an agreement before January 1,” President Viktor Yanukovych, leading to with the International Monetary Fund and Affairs stated that “the opening of criminal when the EU trade pact goes into effect, and Russia’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimean other international lenders. The official proceedings against Vira Savchenko, as that will prompt Russia to end Ukraine’s peninsula and conflict in Ukraine’s east. said this will be the first time a U.S. leader well as the trial of Nadiya Savchenko and preferential trade status, Russian Economy Now, after nearly two years of sharp con- of Vice-President Biden’s rank has other Ukrainian political prisoners in Minister Alexei Ulyukayev said after unsuc- flict and a raft of tit-for-tat trade sanctions addressed the Verkhovna Rada. Vice- Russia are reprisals against free thinking.” cessful trade talks between Russia, Ukraine between Moscow and Kyiv, Ukrainian offi- President Biden has visited Ukraine several Nadiya Savchenko was serving in eastern and the EU in Brussels on December 1. cials reckon they have little to lose from the times since the 2013-2014 Euro-Maidan Ukraine, when abducted by Kremlin- While the three parties agreed to keep end of favored trading status on January 1. uprising that overthrew pro-Moscow backed terrorists in June 2014 and taken to talking, time is running out on the EU’s Ms. Malmstrom said that technical teams President Viktor Yanukovych; he also Russia, where she has been illegally yearlong bid to quell Russian opposition to from the three sides could meet again as speaks frequently with Ukrainian President the accord, which is at the root of the early as next week, and they could reach detained and imprisoned since that time. Petro Poroshenko. Mr. Biden is to meet broader conflict between Kyiv and Moscow. “practical solutions” on such issues as veter- Russia has ignored repeated calls from the with Mr. Poroshenko and Prime Minister “The clock is ticking very, very fast,” said inary standards and customs data-sharing. international community for her immedi- EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom But she noted that the trade dispute has Arseniy Yatsenyuk on December 7. (RFE/ ate release. (Ukrainian Canadian Congress) RL, with reporting by Reuters) after hosting the meeting. She stressed that become part of the broader political con- Kyiv to keep defense spending high she expects the agreement to go into effect on frontation between Moscow and Western Obama, Putin discuss Syria, Ukraine January 1 as Ukraine and the EU are no lon- powers, and it is not clear if either side has KYIV – Ukrainian President Petro ger willing to heed Russian calls for a delay the political will to resolve it. PARIS – Barack Obama has urged Poroshenko says his government will after having already postponed the accord Russia maintains that the Ukraine-EU deal Vladimir Putin to ratchet down tensions spend 5 percent of gross domestic product for a year in an effort to appease Moscow. could lead to a flood of European imports with Turkey as the U.S. and Russian presi- on defense and security next year, in a bid Ms. Malmstrom said she was willing to across its own borders and damage the com- dents met on the sidelines of the Paris cli- to strengthen the army in its fight against continue trying to address Russian con- petitiveness of Russian exports to Ukraine. mate summit. White House and Kremlin pro-Russian separatists in the east. Mr. cerns next year, but only if Moscow does officials said that during the 30-minute Poroshenko said on December 2 that his not take retaliatory measures. With reporting by Reuters, AFP and DPA. meeting on November 30 that Obama government plans to spend about 14 per- Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Minister Pavlo Copyright 2015, RFE/RL Inc. Reprinted expressed regret for the death of the pilot in Klimkin criticized Russian negotiators for with the permission of Radio Free Europe/ cent of the government budget, or 100 bil- a recent shoot-down of a Russian fighter jet lion hrv, on defense and security in 2016. delivering new demands just before the Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, by a Turkish plane, which has sent relations negotiating session on December 1, some Washington DC 20036; www.rferl.org (see Ukraine spent 90 billion hrv ($3.75 billion) between Moscow and Ankara plummeting. of which he said were “unacceptable.” http://www.rferl.org/content/russia-warns- this year. The conflict has killed more than Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the Ms. Malmstrom also said she was “a bit penalties-kyiv-after-failed-trade- 7,900 people thus far. After a period of rela- surprised” when “Russia came unexpected- talks/27401805.html). two discussed the ongoing crisis in Syria tive calm, both sides have complained of and both supported starting full talks to increased ceasefire violations and use of reach a political resolution to the war, now heavy artillery that was meant to have been in its fifth year. A White House official said withdrawn under the terms of a truce deal. Mr. Obama told Mr. Putin that President NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg Invitation for Montenegro is signal Bashar al-Assad must leave power as part of said on December 2 that there is a “real any transition in Syria. The official also said risk” hostilities will flare up again in east- Moscow cannot stop NATO enlargement Mr. Obama called on Mr. Putin to focus ern Ukraine. ”Russian-backed separatists Russian air strikes on Islamic State mili- have not yet withdrawn their troops and by Charles Recknagel Balkans that the alliance is not intimidated tants, not rebels fighting Mr. Assad. Mr. equipment, illegal groups in eastern by Moscow. RFE/RL Peskov said the two leaders also talked Ukraine have not been disarmed, and “For NATO, it gives a stronger sense of about Ukraine and the need to implement Ukraine has not been able to re-establish NATO’s membership offer to Montenegro having a security reach in this part of the Minsk ceasefire accords. 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REMEMBERING THE HOLODOMOR President Poroshenko’s address on Holodomor Remembrance Day Following is the text of President Petro This week, Lemkin was officially Poroshenko’s speech at the November 28 declared an extremist in Moscow. His arti- ceremony held in Kyiv in remembrance of cle, which I have just mentioned, is includ- Holodomor victims in Ukraine. The fourth ed on the list of banned literature. Nothing Saturday of November is commemorated hurts like the truth. What else could one each year in Ukraine as Holodomor say about this? Remembrance Day. The English text here Lemkin was absolutely right! Social and was released by the Ukraine Crisis Media national motives of hatred crossed in Center and edited by The Ukrainian Weekly. Stalin’s mind. The social hatred was for the Ukrainian peasantry, and the national one – “Spring has come, but a black cloud is for rural Ukrainians who constituted the hanging over a village. Children do not run, vast majority of the Soviet Ukraine. they do not play, but sit on the roads. Their According to Yevhen Sverstiuk, a great dis- feet are so skinny, drawn up, and there is a sident intellectual of the 1960s, the whole big belly between them. The head is large nation was “selected for dismantlement” and the face is bowed to the ground. And under the slogans of internationalism. there is almost no face, only teeth. A child is Special units, regular troops and militia sitting and rocking with its whole body ... turned Ukraine into a huge concentration An infinite moaning song... And it demands camp and a testing ground for weapons of – neither from a mother or a father – and mass destruction – the slaughter of pleads into the empty space and the world Ukrainians by famine. Today this would be for only one thing: ‘Eat, eat, eat.’ ” called ethnic cleansing. “At the market in a village of Verbivka, a Ukrainian peasants were banned from woman was carrying a bottle of oil. The Presidential Administration of Ukraine leaving their hometowns and villages for bottle slipped out of her hands and broke. President Petro Poroshenko and First Lady Maryna Poroshenko place symbolic bou- regions of the USSR where famine was not Women came running from everywhere; quets of wheat before the statue named “The Sad Memory of Childhood,” which is as all-encompassing or did not happen at they fell on the place where the oil was part of the national museum complex dedicated to the memory of Holodomor victims. all. Soviet troops detained hundreds of spilled and started to chew the earth.” thousands of farmers, 90 percent of whom “Every day the dead were taken to the There are graves in yards and gardens in Volodymyr Maniak, as well as dozens of were forcibly returned back to their hungry cemetery by dozens... Some of those in the some villages even today. The living had no others of renowned individuals, “people of villages to die. The routes to salvation were carts were still alive, moaning on their way strength to take the dead to the cemetery, the truth.” They broke through the tight intentionally blocked. to the grave...” burying them where they lived. blockade of deception and disinformation Many countries and international orga- My dear Ukrainians, these are not the Fear and persecution failed to erase the in which Moscow held Ukraine and the nizations have officially recognized the worst memories of witnesses like Mykola, memory. whole world for decades. Holodomor as genocide. The Ministry of the survivors of the Holodomor. They are In the multi-volume “History of the The truth pierced its way to the people. Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, the government from the very first Memorial Book pub- Ukrainian SSR” published in 1984, it is writ- See how Ukraine has changed over the last and I, as president, will persist in expand- lished in 1991, when Ukraine gained inde- ten shamelessly that 1933 – a year of care- two, three, four years. According to today’s ing the geography of such recognition. pendence. After 60 years of taboo imposed fully planned mass murder of Ukrainians by sociological research, 80 percent of Russia has not only denied the such recog- by Soviet authorities on this tragic subject, famine – was a joyful period when the wel- Ukrainians consider the Holodomor an act nition, but has been exerting pressure on the Ukrainian journalists Lidia Kovalenko fare of farmers had improved. of genocide. Such an assessment prevails foreign governments. and Volodymyr Maniak collected and But in the mid-1980s, the famous work throughout Ukraine without any exception It was a long time before some of us arranged testimonies from all over Ukraine. of historian Robert Conquest, “The Harvest – in the east and in the west. could understand why modern Russia per- According to the authors of the book, the of Sorrow,” was released. Since we have But for those who are still undecided, I sistently protects the Kremlin’s old crimes, survivors had reached their final stages in gathered at this place last year, Robert shall refer to the world-famous lawyer allegedly committed by a different regime. life and they “hastened to tell the terrible Conquest has passed away in the 99th year Raphael Lemkin. He coined and explained Why do they take other people’s sins on truth that haunted them for all their lives... of his life. We, as grateful Ukrainians, shall what the term “genocide” means both de their souls? Now, when Ukraine has been In the villages, old people led to the out- never forget his unique contribution to facto and de jure. In 1953, Lemkin proved fighting against Russia’s aggression for 21 skirts, to the wormwood-covered waste- spreading the truth about the Holodomor. that Ukrainians were subjected to nothing months, the answer is clear. land, and said: ‘Here.’ The men took off their Neither shall we forget the invaluable but genocide. First, there was a mass elimi- Let us give this some thought. Only over hats, women held white handkerchiefs to contribution of the American-Ukrainian nation of the Ukrainian peasantry, the the last hundred years, the Russian Empire their eyes...” It was rare to see a memorial writer and historian James Mace, who keeper of Ukrainian culture, language and twice collapsed or its size decreased. It cross or even a burial site. The totalitarian worked with the U.S. Commission on the traditions. Secondly, there was annihilation existed under five names. At least seven dif- regime tried to trample the very memory of Ukraine Famine. We call Robert Conquest of the Ukrainian intelligentsia, the brain the terrible famine into the ground. and James Mace, Lydia Kovalenko and and the mind of the nation. (Continued on page 17) Former U.S. ambassadors, generals, members FOR THE RECORD: of Congress demand more funding for Ukraine Statement by Canada’s prime minister On November 18, a diverse group of mili- Republican administrations, to urge an on Holodomor Remembrance Day tary and foreign policy leaders released a let- expansion of U.S. assistance to Ukraine as ter urging Congress to enhance and expand part of the final negotiations on fiscal year Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on denouncing the historical atrocities com- U.S. economic, military and humanitarian 2016 appropriations. November 28 issued the following state- mitted against them, and in support of assistance to Ukraine as part of the final On the Maidan in Kyiv, hundreds of ment on Holodomor Remembrance Day. their enduring right to self-determina- negotiations on fiscal year 2016 appropria- thousands of Ukrainians stood up for their tion, freedom and democracy. To this tions. The signatories include former ambas- country’s European future in the face of bit- One of the darkest chapters of human end, the government of Canada stands sadors, military leaders and officials in ter winter weather and heavily armed history, the Holodomor, occurred over 80 firmly against Russia’s ongoing military Democratic and Republican administrations, police who killed more than 100 protesters. years ago between 1932 and 1933. The aggression in Ukraine. We believe that, including former CIA Director Gen. David H. In the year and a half since, Ukraine has Holodomor was the systemic and horrif- along with the international community, Petraeus (USA, ret.), former NATO Supreme made important progress on several fronts, ic genocide of millions of Ukrainians by a Canada can play an important part in Allied Commander Adm. James Stavridis including holding free and fair national and totalitarian Soviet regime. Children, bringing this conflict to an end. As a (USN, ret.), former Undersecretary of Defense local elections, instituting political, eco- women and men were starved and exe- country, we also remain committed to Michele Flournoy, and former Undersecretary nomic and governance reforms, and negoti- cuted for nothing more than trying to helping rebuild the democratic, econom- of State Paula Dobriansky. The letter was ating a landmark debt renegotiation. But, speak their language, maintain their cul- ic and security institutions that will help sent to Thad Cochran, chairman, and as Ukrainians have worked to create a new, ture, keep their land and live in peace. Ukraine flourish once more. Barbara Mikulski, ranking member, Western-looking government, they have While the Holodomor tried to break On this somber anniversary, we pause Committee on Appropriations, U.S. Senate; been confronted with a multi-front war the Ukrainian people, they endured, per- to remember the victims, families and Hal Rogers, chairman, and Nita Lowey, rank- from Russia that continues to threaten severed and ultimately won their inde- communities who suffered as a result of ing member, Committee on Appropriations, Ukraine’s sovereignty and independence. pendence. Their descendants continue to the Holodomor, and we strengthen our U.S. House of Representatives. The support that America has provided make immeasurable contributions in resolve to continue promoting and to Ukraine since 2014 has been vital in pro- countries around the world – including upholding basic freedoms, rights and We write today as individuals with deep viding a foundation for the people of right here in Canada. dignity to help ensure that atrocities like expertise on Ukraine, many of us former Today, we stand with Ukrainians in this never happen again. ambassadors or officials in Democratic and (Continued on page 13) 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2015 No. 49 No. 49 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2015 5

THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUM UNA will reach fi nancial milestone by end of 2015 by Roma Lisovich rate-sensitive products like annuities. The UNA will cau- UNA Treasurer tiously return to the market in 2016, having successfully improved the profitability margins of key products. The Ukrainian National Association will reach a finan- Analysts predict rising rates in the market by 2016. cial milestone by the year-end 2015, as net admitted assets Hopefully, the rise will be slow and steady as one of the big should exceed $200 million by December 31. downsides of incredibly low short-term and long-term For those unfamiliar with the terminology, a growth in interest rates is that life insurance companies were having a assets signifies the growth of a company. The term net very hard time making enough nominal returns over the admitted assets is the financial term used to describe the long haul to be able to match up their future commitments. assets of an insurance company that are permitted by state The Federal Reserve’s low interest rates have been compet- law to be included in the financial statements of the com- ing with (and hurting) life insurance and annuity markets. pany. Even though each state has discretion over its own Now we have a report out from Moody’s suggesting that a insurance laws, there is a general consensus by which vari- continued rise in interest rates would be credit positive for ous assets should be suitable to use when determining the the U.S. life insurance sector, but a rapid rise in interest rates solvency of the insurance company. might prove to be very bad for insurers as well. This growth of the UNA would not have been possible The gradual rise in rates would allow the insurance sec- without our loyal members purchasing our products. Ten Expense reduction was a major challenge. UNA manage- tor’s “spread products,” like annuities, to regain popularity years ago, the UNA’s asset size was only $65 million. A ment has successfully cutback on expenses, from the $2.9 and reinvestment risk would decline. The flip side is that a hearty thank-you goes out to all who made this possible. million high recorded a decade ago in 2005, to an estimat- rapid spike in interest rates could push annuity policyhold- Yet another positive indicator for 2015, is that net ed $2.2 million in general administrative and fraternal ben- ers to jump over into higher-return products offered by Income (after all expenses) is projected to reach a healthy efit expense for the year ending December 31, which will other financial institutions or move to the stock market. $1.7 million. As you are all aware, the last few years have be slightly below projections. Moody’s believes that fixed-rate annuities and similar been very challenging, economically and financially. The In 2015, management’s decision to cut back sales to products would do well with gradually rising interest rates. financial crisis of 2008 precipitated many new rules and increase profitability margins on annuities is reflected in We shall be watching these developments carefully. regulations that are not favorable to small insurers and fra- the low premium income figure. A prolonged low-interest We are looking forward to the new year and wish you all ternal societies. Adaptability was and remains the key. environment negatively impacts profitability of interest a merry Christmas.

UNA Auditing Committee completes review of payroll Young UNA’ers PARSIPPANY, N.J. – On June 5, the Auditing Committee of Ukrainian National Association – con- sisting of Slavko Tysiak (chairman), Eugene Serba and Andrij Gavdanovich – performed an audit of the UNA’s payroll. The examination covered the UNA employee payroll for the calendar year ended December 31, 2014, and included payroll practices in effect through June 5, 2015. The Auditing Committee’s report was issued on October 7 to members of the UNA General Assembly and the UNA Executive Committee.

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WINDOW ON EURASIA The Ukrainian Weekly We thank you! Expert says: Putin not interested in fighting Islamism As we near the end of 2015, it is a fitting time to thank those who have supported but promoting instability and undermining the West our work here at The Ukrainian Weekly, indeed, those who have made this newspa- per possible. by Paul Goble for solving declared goals, such as the First of all, our gratitude is due to our loyal subscribers – many of whom have struggle with ISIS or Islamism, but rather been with us for decades. Your ongoing support means a lot to us and your subscrip- Western countries may be willing to for solving his own specific tactical expan- tions – print, online or, best of all, both – are crucial in ensuring that The Weekly con- form a “tactical” alliance with Russia about sionist tasks.” tinues to fulfill its founding mission, which is to tell the world the truth about the fight against ISIS, but any such accord Moreover, he continues, there is no possi- Ukraine and Ukrainians, as well as its role as a network that keeps us all in touch and will have limited value both because “the bility that Mr. Putin will “genuinely enter engaged in our Ukrainian community life. struggle with Islamism doesn’t interest into an international coalition” against ISIS Second, we thank all our correspondents. Of course, we mean our regular corre- Putin” and because “history shows” that and subordinate Russia’s actions to that spondents in several major cities of the Ukrainian diaspora, those we know we can the Kremlin leader will violate it whenever group in the defense of civilization. That count on to report the major news and developments from their areas. There are also it suits him, Igor Eidman says. would “contradict all the practice of Russian our regular columnists and commentators, whose contributions enhance The Weekly. In the course of a roundtable discussion policy and all its tasks which to a large But perhaps the most important of our correspondents are those local communi- with Radio Liberty’s Mikhail Sokolov, the extent do not differ from the tasks of the ty leaders and activists who feel a sense of duty to share the news from their “hro- Moscow sociologist said he does not expect Islamists” – including aggression and “the mady” in order to let others know about their endeavors. Your dedication is very any grand bargain between Moscow and destruction of the civilized world order.” much appreciated. We especially thank those who value The Weekly as a historical the West because of Vladimir Putin’s Given “the total propaganda” at his com- record by sending in information not only about upcoming events (for our listings in actions and his reputation for agreeing to “Preview of Events” and “Out & About”) but also follow through by letting readers mand, Mr. Putin can probably get Russians do one thing and then doing just the oppo- to “support whatever he does,” including a know how these events turned out. Thank you for working with us and confirming site (svoboda.org/content/transcript/ that The Weekly is our community’s top newspaper. possible ground operation in Syria. But 27368760.html). how stable and long-lasting support would Third, as always, we are thankful to those who contribute to The Ukrainian If the West does agree with Mr. Putin on be is very much in doubt, given the experi- Weekly Press Fund. We are pleased to see that there are many of you! Among our some kind of cooperation against ISIS, “the ence with the war in Afghanistan, Mr. regular supporters is a perennial donor, Self Reliance (New York) Federal Credit West will not get anything out of this.” Instead, Eidman points out. Union, which has made major donations to this newspaper and our sister publica- “Putin yet again will deceive Western politi- With regard to the possibility that the tion, Svoboda. But we hasten to add that we are grateful for all donations, large and cians and wrap them around his fingers.” West might sacrifice Ukraine in the name of small, because each and every one is indicative of support for this newspaper and But, Mr. Eidman says, he hopes that the getting Putin to agree to support an anti- the public’s desire to see it continue its work. West won’t give up anything fundamental ISIS effort, Mr. Eidman says that he very At the same time, we thank those who donated to the Publication Endowment Fund to gain Mr. Putin’s temporary agreement. established in May of 2014 by the Ukrainian National Association to support its two And he adds that in his opinion, “there much doubts that will happen. And he newspapers. (The UNA donated $10,000 of seed money for the fund.) Our benefactors will not be any serious alliance with Putin bases his conclusion on the nature of public play a role in securing the future of The Weekly and Svoboda, by donating to the on the struggle with Islamism or on any opinion in Western countries, which is fun- endowment fund via the UNA’s charitable arm, the Ukrainian National Foundation. other issue between the West and Putin. damentally different from what is called Fourth, we thank our advertisers. By placing your ads in our newspaper you not Some kind of marriage dances may take “public opinion” in Russia. only let readers know about your valuable services and products, or worthwhile place, some kind of talks – they are already “If you look at Western and European events, but you support the publication of The Ukrainian Weekly with your advertis- going on – but most likely this will end with public opinion,” he says, “in contrast to ing dollars. Consider it money well spent! nothing or almost nothing being agreed to.” Russian pseudo-public opinion, it is not so Finally, we thank our publisher, the Ukrainian National Association, our adminis- controlled or not so in the extreme case tration (which today consists of one person doing three jobs) and our editorial and A major reason for this, Mr. Eidman sug- gests, is that, “as the history of the clearly dependent on state policy, but to a production staff (two editors, one part-time editorial assistant, one layout/design art- much greater degree depends on certain ist and a webmaster we share with Svoboda). These are the folks, all devoted mem- Ukrainian conflict shows, any agreements bers of our community, who ensure The Weekly’s publication each and every week. that can be reached with Putin, he will vio- Thank you all for your assistance, cooperation, participation and benefaction in late at will and try to use any situation not (Continued on page 11) 2015. Europe has not rejected Russia, Dec. Turning the pages back... Russia has rejected Europe, says analyst Last year, on December 9, 2014, U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden, during an event at the National Democratic Institute in Washington, by Paul Goble mentally, it reflects an unwillingness to 9 urged Ukraine not to blow its chance at change. “These people have consider the links between domestic and braved snipers’ bullets, freezing cold, to win for themselves a Two leading Russian analysts, Vladislav foreign policy, and the way that must play 2014 chance to fundamentally alter their country for the better,” he said. Inozemtsev and Igor Yurgens, have argued out in relations with structures like the EU. Ukraine continues to need reforms in its economy and in the that the European Union has failed to pro- In her current article, Ms. Shevtsova fight against corruption. Battling “kleptocracy,” Mr. Biden added, vide Russia with a path to Europe and thus takes Messrs. Inozemtsev and Yurgens to would help protect Ukraine’s sovereignty, as Ukraine defended against Russian military have “rejected” Russia. But in fact, Liliya task for their suggestions (at snob.ru/ aggression in the east. “Some think that’s offensive to say but it’s a reality. And they’ve Shevtsova says, that is exactly backwards: selected/entry/99514 and novayagazeta. made great progress [on corruption]. But there’s still major impediments.” Europe hasn’t rejected Russia – Russia has ru/politics/70497.html) that the European “Fighting corruption is not just about good governance, it’s about self-defense, it is rejected Europe. Union has failed Russia because it has not about integrity, it is about sovereignty,” Mr. Biden noted. Ukrainians have a chance again, Many Russian liberals, the Moscow com- offered it a path to full membership like the and “they can’t blow it,” he said, adding, “freedom is over 25 years old and they blew it; the mentator writes in Novaya Gazeta, consis- one it provided Germany, which as a result Orange Revolution and they blew it.” Mr. Biden warned, “They don’t have many more tently criticize the Kremlin’s domestic poli- has become the most European of states. chances in the near term.” cies but fall in line with Vladimir Putin Given the Putin regime’s aim to keep That same day, Mr. Biden was the keynote speaker at the annual NDI Democracy Award when it comes to foreign affairs and espe- itself in power forever and extract as many dinner “From Protest to Politics: Honoring Ukraine’s New Democrats” that was held at the cially when they are talking about the atti- resources from Russian society as possible, Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Washington. The NDI Democracy Award, of which Mr. Biden was a tude of other countries toward Russia there could be no basis for Europe taking in recipient in 2004, honors individuals and organizations that have exhibited a sustained (novayagazeta.ru/politics/70824.html). Russia as a member, Ms. Shevtsova points commitment to democracy and human rights, and have demonstrated leadership, integri- On the one hand, of course, this is noth- out. Russia would never accept going ty and courage in their dedication to democratic values and practices. ing more than the latest example of the old through the EU application process and The 2014 recipients were Hanna Hopko, a legislative reform activist, Oleksandr Solontay, would only become more convinced that a political analyst at Kyiv’s Institute of Political Education, and Serhii Leshchenko, an investi- principle that “Russian liberalism ends at Ukraine.” But on the other, and more funda- Europe was “rejecting” it. gative journalist and deputy editor-in-chief of Ukrayinska Pravda. What it wanted and wants is something “Although what they’ll face now,” Mr. Biden said, “is not snipers on top of a building. else – something Europe could not concede What they’ll face now in a sense is harder – undoing 24 years of the vestiges of corruption Paul Goble is a long-time specialist on without betraying the principles on which in a system that was supposedly democratic. Ukraine is fortunate to have some of the ethnic and religious questions in Eurasia Europe is based, a reality that is highlighted bravest, most patriotic men and women I’ve ever seen. It’s a good thing because there’s so who has served in various capacities in the by what Ms. Shevtsova describes as Mr. much for them to do.” U.S. State Department, the Central Inozemtsev’s view about the biggest mis- Ms. Hopko stated: “Being a civic activist for 14 years, I did not want to go into politics. Intelligence Agency and the International take the EU has made: “the artificial divi- But at some point I realized that I had to take responsibility for my daughter’s future in my Broadcasting Bureau, as well as at the Voice sion of the post-Soviet space … into Russia own hands. It was not enough to complain from the sidelines.” of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio and ‘other’ countries.” Mr. Leshchenko said, “We have a rare second chance to create a democratic and inde- Liberty and the Carnegie Endowment for In brief, the Moscow commentator con- pendent country. I have an obligation to myself and to those who died on the Maidan – to International Peace. Mr. Goble writes a blog tinues, Mr. Inozemtsev sees “Europe’s mis- use my own hands to try to solve these problems.” called “Window on Eurasia” (http://windo- take” as rooted in “the recognition of the Sources: “Biden: Ukraine can’t ‘blow’ another chance to change,” by Luke Johnson (RFE/ woneurasia2.blogspot.com/). The article RL), The Ukrainian Weekly, December 14, 2014. (www.ndi.org) above is reprinted with permission. (Continued on page 15) No. 49 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2015 7

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

criticism of Islam should be punishable by A response to Fedynsky’s death. So many immigrants are seeking to establish their own legal system of Sharia. column on immigration Unlike the Muslims who filed a lawsuit (and won $240,000) against their employ- Dear Editor: er who “forced” them to transport alcohol, In his “Immigration” column (October our parents didn’t file lawsuits for being 25), Andrew Fedynsky expressed his forced to work on Julian-calendar holidays. Two Vovochkas and the Fourth Rome shame for those of us who have found long- When confronted with discrimination Alexander J. Motyl, a Rutgers University Antichrist.” Conclusion? American deca- awaited relief in Donald Trump’s brave against Catholics or insults against political science professor, respected politi- dence must be stopped from contaminating stand on immigration. Perhaps he should “Polaks,” they turned the other cheek like cal columnist, artist and novelist, recently the civilized world. examine some facts instead of relying on mature adults. That’s a stark difference authored “Vovochka: The True Confessions What about Ukraine, a.k.a. “Little emotions. from “clock boy” Ahmed, who staged a of Vladimir Putin’s Best Friend and Russia? At present, Ukraine is a problem,” In the July 6, 1948, issue of The provocation to expose the alleged Confident.” explains Putin, “But imagine that its so- Ukrainian Weekly (the year that Mr. “Islamophobia” of Americans (So are we Vovochka is a tale of two friends named called revolutions continue. Imagine they Fedynsky arrived in America), the colum- supposed to be on the lookout for bombs Vladimir, two “Vovochkas” (the Russian spread. Need I say more?” nist G.H. penned a column called, or not?), and then filed a lawsuit for $15 diminutive of Vladimir), one of whom All was going according to Vovochka’s million in emotional damages. “Americans First.” becomes a slavishly adoring friend, story plan for Ukraine until “the treachery of the Before the 1965 Immigration Act, about “There is gratitude owed to America by narrator and acolyte, the other, Vladimir Little Russians,” explains the acolyte. the immigrant and his descendants, grati- a third of immigrants returned from where Putin, the unopposed dictator of Russia. “Abetted, encouraged, funded, supplied – in tude and undivided loyalty, which demand they came from because they couldn’t The story begins when the two a word created – by the imperialist secret him to be American first,” he wrote. make it here. Now almost nobody returns Vovochkas, junior KGB officers on assign- services, the orange fascists stormed the Compare that with the 60 percent of because 58 percent of legal immigrants ment in East Germany during the Cold War, ancient streets of Kiev [sic] and unleashed Muslim Americans under age 30 who said (and 71 percent of illegals!) receive some meet and strike up a friendship that evolves a reign of mad terror against Ukraine’s they’re more loyal to Islam than America, form of government assistance, according into a lifelong mutual pledge. “Tovarishchi democrats... They imposed their peasant according to a poll conducted in 2007 by to commentator and lawyer Ann Coulter. forever,” whispers Vovochka...” “Comrades dialect on the language of the great Lenin, the Pew Research Center. The “doing jobs Americans don’t want” na vsegda,” replies his faithful Sancho. the great Pushkin, the great Dostoevsky... In Let’s examine another excerpt from myth has long been shattered. Since 2000, For them, the collapse of the Soviet Little Russia, things are different. The peo- G.H.’s 1948 column. all of the net gain in the number of work- Union was truly “the greatest catastrophe” ple are backward. They still smell of hay “We should be primarily interested in ing-age people holding a job has gone to in history. “One day we were the vanguard and manure... The Ukrainians are turning the welfare of America if our aim is to aid immigrants, both legal and illegal, the of the working class,” bemoans the acolyte, away from Holy Russia and seeking to align the national aspirations of Ukrainians in Center for Immigration Studies confirmed “the next day we were the underpaid themselves with the decadent West.” their native land,” he wrote. Compare that in June 2014. employees of Pizza Hut.” Capitalism in “It is a well-known fact that Little to 42 percent of Canadian Muslims who There were fewer working-age, native- Russia wasn’t working. Russians understand only the knout,” said that Islam is irreconcilable with born Americans holding a job in the first Mikhail Gorbachev proved to be a great asserts the acolyte. “And the whip,” Western values, according to a poll con- quarter of 2014 than in 2000, while the disappointment to the two Soviet loyalists, Vovochka smiles broadly. “But we shall ducted in 2013-2014 by Leger Marketing number of immigrants with a job was 5.7 while the traitor Boris Yeltsin was “an teach them to remember who the master is of Montreal. million above the 2000 level, the center agent of the CIA, Mossad, MI-6 and the and who the serf is... It is high time for Among those Western values is free reported. Bundesnachrichtendienst,” a drunkard Russia to rule the world, and is also high speech. In 2012, a poll conducted by I’m ashamed for Mr. Fedynsky for failing who “made no effort to hide the fact that he time for the republics to abandon their Wentzel Strategies revealed that 58 per- to understand such economic devastation was on Washington’s payroll.” games of independence.” Vovochka, maintains Dr. Motyl, “consists cent of American Muslims believe that criti- felt by average Americans. Or is his under- Disillusioned and depressed but still only of fictional characters, fictional situa- cism of Islam should not be permitted by standing limited to those who help him feel committed to socialism, the two Vovochkas tions, fictional dialogues.” Or so he says, the First Amendment. morally superior to “sad” people like me? seek a new identity, a reason to go on liv- tongue in cheek. The poll also revealed that 11 percent of ing. The messianic role of Holy Russia pro- Zenon Zawada One reviewer called the entire book respondents, or 575,000 American vides the answer. “It was during this time,” Kyiv “parody” and noted, “The results are hilari- Muslims, strongly or somewhat agree that explains the faithful acolyte, “that we came ous and often revealing of how the old to appreciate that our socialism was made Soviet mindset lives on.” Perhaps, but for of the same cloth as our Russianism. ...we me, Vovochka drips with veracity, with the realized that we were socialists because we truth of today’s Russia, of not the Soviet FOR THE RECORD: Rep. Boyle’s were Russians... It is a well-known fact that mindset but the mindset of Holy Russia. the bourgeois press is determined to por- The reader is left with the impression that, tray the defenders of socialism in the worst even though the events and dialogue might statement on the Holodomor possible light. We expect nothing less from not have occurred exactly as portrayed, them. Imperialist and fascist ‘scholars’ – On November 5, Rep. Brendan Boyle Stalin and those around him committed there is enough authenticity to the especially those, such as the Orwellian thoughts and behavior of the two (D-Pa.) submitted the following statement genocide against Ukrainians in 1932-1933.” ultranationalist scribbler of a slanderous on the record on the anniversary of the And so, today I stand here in solidarity Vovochkas to make it all very plausible... column, ‘Ukraine’s Orange Blues,’ from the and very chilling. Nothing funny here. Ukrainian Famine-Genocide. with the Ukrainian people, to remember reactionary diasporas of the so-called ‘cap- the suffering experienced under Stalin. I am Anyone familiar with the history of tive nations’...” Russia knows that it was an empire from As we near the anniversary of the a proud representative of Pennsylvania’s “The Lord created many nations, but Ukrainian Famine-Genocide of 1932-1933, 13th District where I have many Ukrainian its inception; tsars and commissars were only one was chosen to be a bearer of civili- forever concerned about a near-abroad I would like to extend my deepest sympa- constituents whom I would like to specifi- zation,” the junior Vovochka proclaims. thies to the victims, survivors and families cally acknowledge. that was always expanding; the Russian “The Russian people deserve nothing but Orthodox Church was a willing partner in of this tragedy. I commend the Congress when in 2006 the best form of rule, precisely because the imperialist narrative – inventing the During this time, nearly 10 million legislation was enacted to authorize the they have always been true to democracy concept of Moscow as the Third Rome to Ukrainians were killed under the direction construction of a memorial in the District and freedom... We Russians are Orthodox, justify its moral sellout. The foundational of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin who of Columbia to honor the victims of the and Orthodoxy is necessarily Russian. ideology of Russia, under the tsars as well ordered the borders of Ukraine sealed to Ukrainian Famine-Genocide. Today, we can Moscow was once the Third Rome. It is as under the commissars, was prevent anyone from escaping the man- see the culmination of this effort with a high time for it to become the Fourth (and Narodnichestvo (nationalism), authority made starvation and prevent any interna- meaningful memorial by Union Station that final!) Rome..., Russia, as the embodiment and orthodoxy. The people called them- tional food aid from entering. I visited earlier today. of all that is the best in the human race, selves “Great Russians,” as compared to Grain harvests were deliberately confis- Unfortunately, today many people have cannot and will not be defeated..., “Little Russian” Ukrainians. cated so millions of innocent men, women never heard of Holodomor, despite the 10 Nationalism, authority and Orthodoxy; Mr. Putin’s Russia has changed little. and children starved, all to destroy the million that perished. I call for more efforts these are, were, and always will be the sole Holy Russia is back in vogue. The tsar has nationally conscious movement for inde- to be made like that of the Commission to guideposts for our activity.” returned from the grave. Only a miracle can pendence. educate the public on this issue, so every- In one of his letters to his faithful acolyte, prevent Russia and its people from sliding In 1985, the United States Commission on one understands the events of this geno- Vovochka Putin labels America the great back to its deep-rooted ways. the Ukraine Famine formed to expand the cide. We must learn our history so we do Satan. “It is not just that the Americans are One more thing, dear reader. The orange world’s knowledge and understanding of the not repeat the mistakes of our past. We imperialists, capitalists and racists... they and blue cover of “Vovochka” was rendered events of this genocide of 1932-1933. They must ensure this never happens again – are the most profound example of the civili- by the author of the “infamous” “Ukraine’s found that the victims were “starved to death especially at a time where Russia continues zational malaise that has overcome the Orange Blues” column. Isn’t that just too in a man-made famine” and that “Joseph to show aggression in Ukraine. world today... Their crude materialism, their cool? complete indifference to matters of the soul “Vovochka” is available at Amazon.com are just not provisional problems that wise and Barnes & Noble. leadership can eradicate. No, these qualities Visit our archive online: www.ukrweekly.com are the very core of the American psyche... Myron Kuropas’s e-mail address is We are Christ, and the Americans are the [email protected]. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2015 No. 49

Patriarch Sviatoslav visits Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral in Philadelphia

by the Rev. John M Fields founded the Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate. Blessed Sister Josaphata, was PHILADELPHIA – The world spiritual beatified by Pope St. John Paul II on June father of the Ukrainian Catholic Church 27, 2001, during his visit to Ukraine. concluded his historic pastoral visitation to “Today, we commemorate in a special the United States and the Ukrainian way Blessed Mother Sister Josaphata Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia by Hordashevska, the first sister among the leading the clergy, religious and faithful in Sisters Servants of the Blessed Virgin Mary,” prayer during a hierarchical divine liturgy Patriarch Sviatoslav noted. in the golden-domed Ukrainian Catholic To the assembled religious men and Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, religious women in consecrated life who on Sunday, November 15. renewed their vows during the divine litur- Patriarch Sviatoslav was the main cele- gy, the patriarch said, “On behalf of the brant at the divine liturgy honoring conse- entire Ukrainian Catholic Church, I come to crated life. Archbishop Stefan Soroka of the express our gratitude to you, brothers and Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of sisters in Christ, who gave all your heart, Philadelphia, the metropolitan of Ukrainian and your soul, all your strength and all your Catholics in the United States; Bishop John Teresa Siwak/The Way mind to service and love for God. Thank Bura, auxiliary bishop of the Ukrainian Patriarch Sviatoslav (second from right) prays with Bishop Basil H. Losten, Bishop you for your service to the Church, especial- Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia; John Bura and Metropolitan-Archbishop Stefan Soroka. ly here in the United States. …And I call Bishop emeritus Basil H. Losten of the upon everyone here present to please learn Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Stamford, inside me than my most inmost part; You this year. He called him the real image of the how to love God and neighbor from our sis- Conn.; Bishop John McIntyre, auxiliary bish- were higher than my highest powers… God Good Shepherd, representing divine love in ters here present.” op of the Latin-rite Catholic Archdiocese of is closer to us than we are to ourselves.” service and love for his people. Metropolitan Newly installed mosaics of the Venerable Philadelphia; and clergy from the Continuing, he said love is the divine Sheptytsky was the “unique Catholic hier- Andrey and Blessed Sister Josaphata, Philadelphia Archeparchy were also cele- motion of us to God and God to us, the God arch in Europe who raised his voice, who designed by iconographer Chrystyna brants during the liturgy. we must love with all our heart, soul, mind defended and saved many Jews from the Dochwat, were blessed by Patriarch During his homily, Patriarch Sviatoslav and strength. Holocaust at the time of World War II… Sviatoslav at the end of the liturgy. reminded the faithful that God Himself In honoring consecrated life, Patriarch Today, we venerate him as the one who led After Metropolitan Soroka thanked becomes not only our neighbor, but He is Sviatoslav cited the life of the Venerable the renewal of monastic life in our Church.” Patriarch Sviatoslav on behalf of all the with us, within us. Quoting St. Augustine, he Servant of God Andrew Sheptytsky, who was He also honored the memory of Blessed said of God, “All the while You were more declared heroic by Pope Francis on July 16 of Sister Josaphata Hordashevska, SSMI, who (Continued on page 13)

corrupt actors from government, reported The demands included launching a real various regions are controlled by local oli- Activists... the newspaper Ekspres. fight against corruption, renewing justice, garch groups and their foreign clients. The first result could have come on achieving rule of law, ensuring the trans- “Ukraine would become a gray zone con- (Continued from page 1) December 1, when National Deputy Mykola parency of government, presenting a clear trolled by local feudal lords: Viktor Baloha “These were situations of the so-called Martynenko announced he was surrender- plan to overcome the economic and will control Zakarpattia, Rinat Akhmetov ‘deoligarchization’ that began last year but ing his mandate as a national deputy. He is humanitarian crisis, and returning occu- will have Zaporizhia and parts of the was never completed and it’s happening also widely recognized as one of the closest pied territory. Donbas, Igor Kolomoisky will have now, when each of us is being persecuted political allies of Mr. Yatsenyuk and a key The idea of activists uniting to challenge Dnipropetrovsk, and so forth,” Mr. and being destroyed in the media. All of our financer of his election campaigns. the oligarchs is being promoted by Yuriy Romanenko said. attempts to bring this information to the With wealth estimated in the hundreds Romanenko, the director of the Strategema The second scenario is an armed over- country’s leadership, to the procurator gen- of millions from sources such as nuclear Center of Political Analysis in Kyiv and chief throw, likely by nationalists, which will eral, to law enforcement bodies merely fuel trading, Mr. Martynenko is the target of editor of the hvylya.net political website. probably fail given the likelihood that they ended with us being on our own. We decid- criminal charges filed by the Swiss govern- He said he’s confident that a political will be unable to gain access to economic ed to unite our efforts,” said Mustafa ment for allegedly taking a bribe of 30 mil- force or forces, led by what he described as resources to handle state expenses, such as Nayyem, a Poroshenko Bloc national deputy. lion Swiss francs from a Czech supplier of the “new elite,” will emerge in the next paying pensions and the wages of soldiers, Most of the 15 deputies were Euro-Maidan atomic power plant equipment, as reported three months, with Western backing, to doctors and teachers. activists, including Mr. Nayyem, Euro-Maidan by Mr. Leshchenko. challenge the nation’s oligarchs – or the “After two months, everyone will hate chief medic Dr. Olha Bohomolets and Ekspres went so far as to claim the U.S. “old elite” – to reach a consensus on the them, and they will have entered into con- Svitlana Zalishchuk, a founder of the government is searching for replacements nation’s future, particularly in the context flict with everyone, who will start to kill Reforms Resuscitation Package. for Messrs. Poroshenko and Yatsenyuk, of amending the Constitution of Ukraine. them,” Mr. Romanenko said. “At that, the The mistake of that historic moment, Mr. even naming former Security Service of This is what happened in Tunisia in Russians will play off the destabilization, Hatsko said, is that the Euro-Maidan activ- Ukraine (SBU) chief Valentyn Nalyvaichenko 2011, where the Jasmine Revolution led to which will be exceptionally advantageous ists went their separate ways for the 2014 and physics major-turned-rock star a peaceful transition to a new model of gov- to them, and we lose southeastern Ukraine, parliamentary elections and joined oligarch Sviatoslav Vakarchuk as possible candi- ernance. which wants to eat.” parties after the protest, rather than unit- dates to lead a political project. “A significant part of the existing oli- The threat remains that Ukraine will ing their efforts into a single force. Ekspres called this scenario “Pyatt’s garchs is ready to transition to such a repeat its history from a century ago, when For example, Messrs. Nayyem and Serhii plan” – a reference to U.S. Ambassador to model,” Mr. Romanenko said at a November independence was declared only to have it Leshchenko joined the Poroshenko Bloc, Ukraine Geoffrey Pyatt – which is based on 30 press conference in Kyiv. lost to Moscow because the elites were Igor Lutsenko joined the Batkivshchyna “a soft replacement of the government hier- “The moment that a political force unable to reach a consensus. Mr. party, while Tetyana Chornovol joined the archy without a loss of control.” emerges as a guarantor of relations with Poroshenko is reminiscent of Hetman Pavlo People’s Front party, which has lost so Yet just how this replacement is sup- the oligarch groups – which are incapable Skoropadsky, Mr. Romanenko said. much support that it didn’t bother to run in posed to occur without an election wasn’t of finding common ground – is when a During his brief rule, which lasted less the October local elections. explained by Ekspres and eluded Ukraine’s pivot will emerge around which the new than a year in 1918, Skoropadsky formed “Not creating such a platform we formed political experts. The U.S. Embassy didn’t governance begins to be built because the alliances with Germany and Russia, which the preconditions for thousands of civic comment on the Ekspres report, but has oligarchs begin to communicate with it and earned the support of wealthy landowners activists to become diluted in parties that previously said it doesn’t influence the West begins to communicate with it, but incurred the wrath of hungry Ukrainian hide their sources of financing,” Mr. Hatsko Ukrainian elections. since those who ensure negotiating ability peasants. said. “We didn’t give these people alterna- Meanwhile, Ukrainian civic leaders gain a super position of being important for “We are not even introspective on the tives, practically pushing them towards made their latest attempt this week to everyone and, in turn, gain a resource base historical experiences that we had,” Mr. looking for opportunities in oligarch politi- warn the current government of the disas- that no one has,” he observed. Romanenko said. “If this experience is not cal projects. We can only win the fight for trous consequences of its irresponsibility. The effectiveness of such a political force fully absorbed, we’ll have a culture of end- them when we unite our efforts and pro- “We don’t want a new revolution that you will depend on the ability of the middle- less revolts and maidans.” pose a dignified path towards fulfilling are unconsciously approaching. We are class of Ukraine’s largest cities to organize Meanwhile, Mr. Taruta, the Donbas steel themselves.” ready to take responsibility for the future of themselves quickly enough in the next few and metallurgical magnate, told the The public need for new leadership, par- our country. So we are not requesting, but months and gain access to a resource base Ukrayinska Pravda news site in an interview ticularly with the high stakes involved, has demanding,” said the letter published on to make them an equal player in Ukraine’s published on December 1 that Ukraine has prompted the U.S. government to take December 1 signed by civic activists and political landscape, said Mr. Romanenko. If “half a year, maybe eight months, until the action, reported Mr. Leshchenko, who has young politicians, including Messrs. Nayyem this political force fails to emerge, he out- country’s economic collapse.” earned the reputation among his colleagues and Leshchenko, Ukrayinska Pravda Chief lined two alternative outcomes, the first “And that’s under the condition that we as “the voice of the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine.” Editor Sevgil Musaeva-Borovik, Novoye being the current scenario of a “war of change something in that time,” he said, The U.S. government has already begun Vremya Chief Editor Vitaly Sych, Forbes everyone against everyone.” adding, “Earlier, people were dissatisfied, acting behind the scenes ahead of U.S Vice- Ukraina Chief Editor Volodymyr Fedorin and The logical outcome of this scenario is but now they’re aggressive, angry. And President Joe Biden’s planned visit to Kyiv Valeriy Pekar, one of the founders of the the fragmentation of Ukraine into a large- anger leads to them only resorting to force on December 7, with the aim of removing Nova Krayina civic platform. sized Bosnia-Herzegovina, in which the when they will act.” No. 49 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2015 9 “Contested Ground” conference in Edmonton convenes experts from around the globe

Oleksander Pankieiev Janusz Bugajski of the Center Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Oleksandr Hladun of the Academy Former Ukrainian Ambassador for European Policy Analysis in Yitzhak Brudny of Hebrew Studies Director Volodymyr of Sciences of Ukraine speaks to the U.N. Valerii Kuchynskyi Washington speaks about the University Jerusalem discusses Kravchenko delivers the open- about Ukrainian demographic speaks about the 1945 founding historical context of Vladimir Russian remembrances of the ing address, framing the theme losses in World War II. of the United Nations. Putin’s war cult. war. of the conference.

by Jars Balan that shaped the destinies of states occu- of resistance to fascism, when Russia itself could have very serious ramifications not pied by the Red Army and which became has increasingly become a fascistic autoc- just for Ukraine but for world peace. EDMONTON, Alberta – A conference Soviet republics or satellites. Meanwhile, racy that is actively cultivating radical Besides featuring four speakers from inspired by the 70th anniversary of the other neighboring states, like Finland and right-wing movements in Europe, confer- Ukraine, the conference program included Allied victory over Nazi Germany in World Austria, were forced to make concessions ence speakers pointed out. a concise history of Crimean Tatars by War II stimulated wide-ranging discus- to appease Joseph Stalin’s ambitions and All of the academic sessions were well- Turkish scholar Hakan Kirimli that effec- sions by academics and policy analysts at a fears about Western influence. attended by conference participants, as well tively challenged commonplace Russian gathering held at the University of Alberta Not surprisingly, many of the speakers as students and members of the Ukrainian myths about the peninsula. Two former on October 23-24. also ended up addressing Russia’s current community – among whom were regis- ambassadors, a former Polish defense min- “Contested Ground: The Legacy of the aggression towards Ukraine and the West. trants from Ontario, Saskatchewan and ister, and a retired colonel and military his- Second World War for Eastern Europe,” was As was pointed out by a number of pre- British Columbia. “Contested Ground” was torian from Finland all brought unique per- a successful joint undertaking of the senters, the government of Vladimir Putin entirely financed by donors from within the spectives to the theme of the conference, Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies and is not only trying to restore the contentious Ukrainian community in North America, which auspiciously took place on the anni- the Center for U.S.-Ukrainian Relations. It post-war division of Europe by the Great and it was mounted with extensive help versary of the founding of the United brought together an impressive array of Powers, it is simultaneously attempting to from local volunteers. Nations on October 24, 1945. experts from countries that included impose a distorted and questionable histo- A gala banquet at the conclusion featured a The high quality of so many of the pre- Ukraine, Poland, Finland, Romania, Moldova, ry of the Soviet regime and the war itself. keynote address by James Sherr of the Royal sentations makes it extremely difficult to Lithuania, Great Britain, Germany, Turkey, Mr. Putin’s obvious goals are to bolster Institute of International Affairs (Chatham single out individual speakers, but it is Israel, the United States and Canada. Russian pride and to reinforce his hold on House), who received a standing ovation for clear that the mix of historians, think-tank Presenters took as their starting point power, while downplaying and denying the his incisive, albeit sobering, analysis of the civ- analysts, and political scientists proved to the impact of the second world war on brutality and failures of 70 years of ilizational problems that continue to motivate be a winning combination. Eastern Europe, large parts of which were Communist dictatorship. At the same time, the Russian actions that are fomenting both Co-organizers of the event were Volodymyr consigned to the Soviet sphere of influence by invoking rhetoric about the war being a regional and global instability. Zaryckyj and Jars Balan. There are a plans to in the Cold War that followed the “Peace of great Soviet – and now explicitly Russian – Mr. Sherr, along with several other con- publish select papers from the proceedings, 1945.” One major focus was the agree- triumph over Nazi Germany, the Kremlin is ference presenters, expressed concern that and conference talks will soon be available ments negotiated at Yalta and Potsdam attempting to portray Moscow as a bastion the Kremlin’s reckless threats and behavior for viewing over the Internet at www.cius.ca.

landlords, conflicted churchmen and self- SSR in search of food. As a result, millions of Toronto... serving farmers. Prof. Apsel also raised the people died there in the spring of 1933. issue of the long-term impact of such fam- Prof. Totten presented an account of the (Continued from page 1) ines. Later discussion noted that in both the lesser-known situation in the Nuba were in inadequate amounts or required Irish and the Armenian case, the famines Mountains of South Kordofan in Sudan, exorbitant cash payments. The occasional had a strong impact on their respective soci- where the local population initially tried to efforts of the local Muslim population to eties and diasporas over several generations. steer clear of a renewal of civil war that provide relief were routinely rebuffed by The afternoon session started with a pre- erupted in the country in 1983. However, the Ottoman authorities. sentation by Prof. Graziosi about the by the end of the 1980s the conflict had Mr. Shirinian noted that rather than Ukrainian Famine of 1932-1933 in Soviet come to them. Government forces started being killed outright, the Armenians were Ukraine, known now as the Holodomor. The destroying farms in the low-lying areas of deliberately subjected to measures meant famine grew out of the general Soviet cam- the region, forcing people to flee to the to enhance their physical suffering as a way paign against its peasantry that began in mountains for shelter. The terrain provided for the Ottomans to exert violently their 1929 with the campaigns of collectivization shelter but not the means to grow food, and domination over this subordinate group, and dekulakization. Matters took a distinc- over time people were compelled to make which was perceived to be challenging the tive turn in November 1932 when Joseph do with eating leaves, grass and roots. existing social order. Stalin decided to launch an all-out assault Their lot was exacerbated by the fact that In her comments Prof. Apsel followed up against the Soviet Ukrainian republic, after any government agreements allowing HREC on the deliberate withholding of food in the reckoning that Communist Party officials humanitarian relief for the war-torn areas Andrea Graziosi (University of Naples). Armenian case as a means of eliminating a there were siding with the peasants to sub- of Sudan excluded the Nuba Mountain vulnerable portion of the population. As for vert the state’s hugely ambitious but unreal- region. The Nubas did not gain specific con- Society: An Oral History of Culture in the the Irish Famine, she paid specific attention istic grain-procurement plans. He sent in his cessions from the 2005 peace agreement Ukrainian Village of the 1920s-1930s.” to the issue of agency and government henchmen to restore political order and brokered in Sudan and today remain in a Prof. Khanenko-Friesen has launched a responsibility. It was subsequently noted instigate punitive measures. Foodstuffs were precarious position. project at the University of Saskatchewan that many parties could share blame – rigid confiscated from the peasants, who were Prof. Apsel again provided comments on to digitize and make available the inter- politicians, greedy merchants, opportunistic then prevented from leaving the Ukrainian the afternoon presentations. She emphasized views from this project with the assistance the importance of recognition of crimes and of HREC. A link is available at the HREC noted that within Sudan the situation in website (www.holodomor.ca) under Darfur has gained attention, whereas the “Memoirs.” Nuba region has not. She also pointed out The symposium ended with a reception, that the enormous crime of the Holodomor during which the work of HREC was sum- had previously been written out of history, marized by Prof. Graziosi, and a launch of but that that omission has been corrected the book “Contextualizing the Holodomor: through the use of archival sources. The Impact of Thirty Years of Ukrainian In the final presentation, Prof. Famine Studies,” containing the papers of a Khanenko-Friesen provided the back- previous HREC conference. ground to a project in Ukraine during the Special thanks were expressed to Ian 1990s to interview people about their Ihnatowycz and Marta Witer, who made experiences during collectivization and the possible the publication of this volume with Holodomor. Led by American ethnomusi- a grant from the Ihnatowycz Foundation, as cologist William Noll, this undertaking pro- well as to James and Louise Temerty for During the symposium’s first session (from left) are: Doris Bergen (University of their ongoing funding of HREC activities Toronto), Joyce Apsel (New York University), George Shirinian (Zoryan Institute) vided the basis for the 1999 publication in and Mark McGowan (University of Toronto). Ukrainian of “The Transformation of Civil through the Temerty Family Foundation. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2015 No. 49

Edited and compiled by Matthew Dubas Millennials on a medical assistance mission by Irka Sawchyn Doll wanted to enlist the support of others who wanted to help Ukraine, particularly from NEW YORK – Our Ukrainian society their generation, through a website that would not be sustainable without the influx allowed immediate and transparent insight of new community activists from the young- into the progress of the project. er generations of Ukrainian Americans. In As a first step, Areta and Solomiya creat- the past few months, six young adults, raised ed GoFundMe website pages with the and educated in the United States, decided intent of raising $2,000 and $2,500, respec- to make a personal commitment to apply tively. In a very short time they exceeded their skills and interests to help victims of their goals and raised just under $8,000 war and others in need of medical support collectively. The funds were to be used to in Ukraine. Their story is one of passion and purchase medical equipment and supplies patriotism, and how much a few individuals for Ukrainian medical institutions. can achieve when working as a team. As the venture became known among A grassroots project called Medical Aid for their friends, four more students and post- Ukraine was initiated this spring by Areta college grads decided to join Areta and Bojko, 23, and Solomiya Grushchak, 22, when Solomiya in expanding the project. They they decided to raise funds for medical assis- were: Andrea Marushka (23, occupational tance for war-wounded in Ukraine. Both therapy student, Huntington University), Areta and Solomiya are pursuing careers in Markian Bojko (21, medical student, Drexel medicine, and were raised in the spirit of University), Mark O’Connell (23, growth community service as Plast scouts. They also coordinator, Percolate) and Philip Kulas (19, In front of Lviv Regional Clinical Hospital (from left) are: Markian Bojko, Areta Bojko, Andrea Marushka, Solomiya Grushchak and Phil Kulas. undergraduate student, Loyola University). Ukraine. Dr. Rostyslav Davidov was their The next steps were two-tiered: to travel primary contact, while Lesya Kalandyak, a to Ukraine to volunteer in hospital settings, volunteer at the hospital, organized the and to develop a purchasing process that day-to-day assignments. The group also identified and addressed the medical needs worked at the Lviv Regional Clinical of war-wounded soldiers, their families and Hospital under the supervision of Dr. Vitaliy others on an ongoing basis. Averchuk, chief cardiothoracic surgeon. Collaborations were established with The six volunteers arrived in Lviv in late three major medical facilities in Lviv. The May, paying their own transportation and first was the Metropolitan Andrey living expenses. They rotated as two teams Sheptytsky Hospital, under the guidance of through different assignments in the three Father Andriy Lohin. The Sheptytsky hospitals. At the Sheptytsky Hospital, the Hospital is primarily a palliative care unit volunteers provided direct care to elderly that administers to terminally ill patients. and dying patients, often suffering from Another facility was the Military Medical dementia, Parkinson’s disease, strokes or Clinical Center of the Western Region, paralysis. They fed patients, conversed with which provides medical care for military Areta Bojko with patients at the Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Hospital. personnel wounded in the war in eastern (Continued on page 18) Passaic team wins USCAK invitational volleyball tournament by Walter Syzonenko Other teams that registered for the tour- nament were Chornomorska Sitch, Lys WHIPPANY, N.J. – Six teams – from New Sports Academy and two teams from UAYA Jersey, Connecticut and Toronto – compet- Hartford. ed in the USCAK (Ukrainian Sports Following opening ceremonies that fea- Federation of the U.S.A. and Canada) Indoor tured the recordings of the national Invitational Volleyball Tournament that anthems of the U.S.A., Ukraine and Canada, was held on November 21 at the Ukrainian Roman Darewych, USCAK volleyball direc- American Cultural Center of New Jersey in tor, welcomed the players, outlined the Whippany. In the final, Passaic Ukrainian rules of the tournament and introduced American Youth Association (UAYA) won Myron Bytz, president of USCAK, who offi- 25-17, lost 23-25, and won 15-10 against cially opened the tournament. Sport Club Ukraina Toronto. The round-robin play format had each

Nick Syzonenko 2015 USCAK Invitational Volleyball Champions Passaic (in green) with USCAK Organizers, right to left, Myron Bytz (USCAK president), Roman Darewych (USCAK director of volleyball) and Walter Syzonenko. team playing two matches against each of Ivan Manolaki and the tournament’s most- the other teams, with the best-ranked valubale player (MVP) recipient, Igor teams, based on win-loss record, advancing Kocherov. to the final that went to best of three Second-place Ukraina Toronto included matches. The remaining four teams com- Mr. Darewych, Roman Kabanov, Slavko peted in the semifinal playoff. Betlej, Anton Yakovliev, Nikita Kitaygora Mr. Bytz congratulated all of the tourna- and Petro Rependa. ment participants and presented the tour- The tournament was deemed a major suc- 2015 USCAK Invitational Volleyball finalist Passaic (in green), Toronto (in black/red) nament trophy to UAYA Passaic team mem- cess, with future invitational tournaments with USCAK tournament organizers Myron Bytz (USCAK president) and Walter bers – Sergii Studennyi, Krysztof Osiecki being planned by USCAK. For more informa- Syzonenko. Andrew Chernyavskyy, Oleg Chornenko, tion, readers can visit www.uscak.org. No. 49 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2015 11 Wladimir Klitschko’s reign comes to an end by Ihor N. Stelmach consecutive successful defenses. The 6-foot-9 Fury, unlike all but one other of Perhaps he was still suffering from the calf Klitschko’ opponents, had height and reach injury that postponed the original bout. advantages over the champion. Maybe the long layoff (since April 25) took its Both fighters landed 23 percent of their toll on the aging champion. Then again, the punches: Fury landed 86 of 321, Klitschko 39-year-old veteran of the fight game may connected on 52 of 231. In power punches have finally succumbed to the age factor. landed, Fury’s advantage was 48-18. The three judges scored the fight 115- There is a rematch clause in the 112, 115-112 and 116-111 – a unanimous Klitschko-Fury fight contract, although it decision. Great Britain’s Tyson Fury out- was too soon to talk about a rematch or pointed champion Wladimir Klitschko in a Klitschko’s retirement. heavyweight championship bout at ESPRIT In a post-fight press conference, Klitschko Arena in Dusseldorf, Germany, on admitted he was surprised by the challeng- michaelsterlingeaton.com er’s speed despite his towering frame. November 28. The challenger barely Wladimir Klitschko salutes his fans after losing four heavyweight title belts to Tyson showed more aggression than the defend- “I prepared well, but my speed was Fury in Dusseldorf, Germany. ing champion. The boxing world witnessed missing tonight and I didn’t expect speed a punch-less Klitschko throwing few jabs from him,” said Klitschko, who turns 40 action in the first four rounds with a Fury despite repeated warnings from the refer- and fewer hooks, ignoring his corner’s next May. “I knew I needed a knock-out at jab in the fifth cutting Klitschko’s left cheek. ee. The Ukrainian came out hard in the advice to attack Fury. the end,” he added, after only his fourth The fight burst to life with a flurry of 12th, looking for the knock-out as Fury The Ukrainian saw his nine-and-a-half- professional loss. punches from Fury in the seventh round, looked tired, but it was too little, too late. year reign as heavyweight champion come to Klitschko’s poor attacking display was followed by a big left in the ninth which The title fight was almost called off an end as Fury, 27, took his WBA, IBF, IBO and further marred with cuts to both cheeks caught Klitschko flush in the face before the because of issues with the arena’s canvas WBO titles, improving to 25-0 with 18 knock- while Fury survived unmarked. The Briton champion finally got his right-hand jab being too soft and Klitschko’s gloves being outs. Klitschko fell to 64-4 with 53 knock- showed no signs of nerves at the start, low- going and landed a shot on Fury’s chin. wrapped without any witnesses from the outs. It was his first loss since April 2004. ering his guard and trying to lure Klitschko Fury lost a point in the 11th round for Fury camp. The spat was resolved when Klitschko was defending his title after 18 inside his huge reach. There was little punching the back of Klitschko’s head Klitschko agreed to a re-wrap.

return to the former policy of cooperation Thus, “there will not be a principal chaos, boost the price of oil and thus Expert says... with Russia and to the former attitude toward change of the situation because public improve his situation at home. Stability in Russia as a normal civilized country with opinion is not in a position to turn so quick- the region won’t help him, so why should (Continued from page 6) which one needs to maintain close ties and ly and suddenly fall in love with the Putin anyone think he has any but a propagandist fundamental things.” That generally pre- good relations,” the Russian analyst opines. regime, and Western leaders depend on interest in that? cludes the sharp turns that authoritarian Those in Russia, Ukraine and the West public opinion in their countries unlike the Indeed, Mr. Eidman concludes, Mr. Putin regimes often make. who fear a new Yalta are being overly “pes- Russian rulers. Therefore,” Mr. Eidman says, almost certainly would like the current con- “As long as Putin and his regime are in simistic,” he suggests. There isn’t going to he does not think “that any catastrophe or flicts there to intensify and spread, possibly power, as long as the annexation of Crimea be any long-term close alliance between tragedy will occur.” including to Saudi Arabia, where if a civil and the de facto occupation of the Donbas Russia and the West, and the West isn’t And for those leaders who would ignore war were to break out between Sunnis and continues, as long as all this continues, nei- going to stop supporting Ukraine in order this public opinion, he suggests that they Shiites, that would represent the achieve- ther public opinion, nor political elites, nor to fight ISIS. That kind of thing just isn’t should focus on the fact that Mr. Putin’s ment of “Vladimir Vladimirovich’s lifetime governments or leaders of the West will going to happen, Mr. Eidman says. main goal in the Middle East is to create dream.”

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of Ukraine’s highest awards – the Order of delayed local elections on November 29 We strongly encourage Ukraine to continue NEWSBRIEFS Liberty – on November 12. (RFE/RL, with were conducted in accordance with laws along the path of reform.” (Ukrainian reporting by bloomberg.com) and regulations in the eastern Ukrainian Canadian Congress) (Continued from page 2) cities of Mariupol and Krasnoarmiysk. The control over its border,” he added. (RFE/RL, Poroshenko pardons Russian prisoner European Network of Election Monitoring Russia halts gas supplies to Ukraine Based on reporting by DPA and Reuters) KYIV – Ukrainian President Petro Organizations (ENEMO) said on November MOSCOW – Russia’s state-controlled 30 that high voter turnout in the two cities Soros invests in ‘New Ukraine’ Poroshenko has pardoned a Russian citizen natural-gas giant Gazprom has stopped arrested in eastern Ukraine and exchanged indicated the population’s engagement in deliveries of gas to Ukraine because of KYIV – U.S. financier and billionaire phi- him for a Ukrainian serviceman held by political developments. Ukraine’s Central Kyiv’s alleged failure to make the required lanthropist George Soros is buying a “sig- Russia-backed separatists. Mr. Poroshenko Election Commission said voter turnout prepayments. Gazprom CEO Aleksei Miller nificant” stake in Ukrainian software devel- announced the exchange on his official was 34.6 percent in Mariupol and 34.5 per- said in Moscow on November 25 that no oper Ciklum. According to a November 18 website, which showed a photograph of cent in Krasnoarmiysk. The two cities, further gas deliveries will be forthcoming statement, Mr. Soros’s Ukrainian him meeting early on December 1 with the which both are in government-held territo- until payment is made. He said Ukraine’s Redevelopment Fund has agreed to buy the freed Ukrainian, Andriy Hrechanov. The ry of eastern Ukraine’s turbulent Donetsk refusal to buy Russian gas “creates risks for stake from Ciklum’s Danish founder Torben president said he pardoned Vladimir region, were supposed to conduct local gas transit to Europe.” The gas cutoff comes Majgaard and private-equity fund Horizon Starkov, who was arrested in July in eastern elections in October. But polling stations less than two months after Russia and Capital, which was co-founded by Ukraine and later sentenced to 14 years in did not open there during the October vote Ukraine signed a European Union-brokered Ukrainian Finance Minister Natalie Jaresko. prison. Ukrainian security services had because of disputes over ballots. Much of deal aimed at ensuring gas supplies Ciklum employs more than 2,500 program- released a video in which Mr. Starkov the Donetsk region and the neighboring through March. Relations between Kyiv and mers in Ukraine and other countries. “It is a acknowledged being a Russian military Luhansk region are controlled by Russia- Moscow have been soured since Russia very dynamic company in an industry that officer. Russia has denied sending troops backed separatists. Self-styled separatist annexed the Ukrainian Black Sea peninsula represents the future of Ukraine,” Mr. Soros and weapons to eastern Ukraine, where leaders have agreed to postpone their own of Crimea in 2014 and began supporting said. “It is also an investment in what I call separatists have been fighting government elections until sometime in 2016. (RFE/RL, separatist militants in eastern Ukraine. the ‘New Ukraine’ – Ukrainians who are troops since April 2014 in a conflict that based on reporting by UNIAN and Interfax) Tensions have been particularly high in young, well educated and eager for their has killed more than 7,900 people. (RFE/ Russian generals head invasion forces recent days after explosions damaged country to break from the past and to build RL, based on reporting by AP and UNIAN) power lines sending electricity from main- an open society.” Mr. Soros said in March OTTAWA – The Main Intelligence land Ukraine to Crimea, plunging much of that he was ready to invest $1 billion in Monitors on elections in eastern Ukraine Department of Ukraine’s Ministry of the peninsula into darkness. (RFE/RL) Ukraine’s economy. President Petro Defense has identified two Russian gener- KYIV – A non-governmental group of Kyiv says Russia cuts coal deliveries Poroshenko presented Mr. Soros with one international election monitors says als in charge of Russia’s invasion forces in Eastern Ukraine. The first is Col. Gen. Sergei KYIV – Ukraine’s energy minister has Istrakov, deputy commander of the General told the Verkhovna Rada that Russia has Staff of the Russian Federation Armed begun to restrict coal supplies to Ukraine, Forces, who “is responsible for the coordi- days after the Kremlin threatened to pun- nation of Russian occupying forces in ish Kyiv for a power blackout of Russian- Donbas.” The second is the Southern annexed Crimea. Volodymyr Demchyshyn TO PLACE YOUR AD CALL Walter Honcharyk (973) 292-9800 x3040 Military District staff commander of the or e-mail [email protected] told lawmakers on November 27 that pro- Russian Armed Forces, Lt. Gen. Mykhailo Russian separatists who control coal mines Teplynsky, “who directly commands the in eastern Ukraine also have halted the SERVICES PROFESSIONALS Russian occupying forces in eastern delivery of coal supplies. He said that with Ukraine,” the Main Intelligence Department two ships carrying coal from South Africa said. (Ukrainian Canadian Congress) due to arrive in December, Kyiv would have NATO reaffirms support for Ukraine enough coal to “ensure the stable function- ing” of its energy system for 45 to 50 days. BRUSSELS – At a December 2 meeting of He said Ukraine was in talks with South the NATO-Ukraine Commission at the Africa about further coal deliveries. Russian NATO Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, NATO Energy Minister Aleksandr Novak said on Secretary General J. Stoltenberg stated, “We November 24 that Russia might cut coal meet today to reaffirm our strong contin- supplies to punish Ukraine for what he said ued commitment to Ukraine. And our sup- was its deliberate refusal to help rebuild port for a peaceful and diplomatic end to power lines to Crimea that were blown up the conflict.” He also noted: “Russia has not by unknown saboteurs. Russia has already withdrawn its troops or its equipment. The cut natural gas deliveries to Ukraine. Mr. illegal separatist groups are yet to be dis- Demchyshyn said Ukraine had enough armed. And Ukraine still does not have full reserves to last through the winter. (RFE/ control over its own borders. Ceasefire vio- RL, based on reporting by Reuters, AP, AFP lations have recently increased. So we see a and DPA) real risk of a resumption of violence. It is urgent that the Minsk agreements are Eastern EU members on Nord Stream implemented. And that they are imple- BRUSSELS – Ten European governments mented in full. NATO has been supporting – the easternmost members of the Ukraine politically as well as practically. European Union – have complained in a let- SERVICES Including by setting up Trust Funds, to ter that Russia’s plans to extend its natural- enable Ukraine to better defend itself and to strengthen and reform its institutions. (Continued on page 13)

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month, the two countries banned landings November 25 is a contribution to a discus- Western leaders to extend sanctions NEWSBRIEFS by each other’s airlines. Mr. Yatsenyuk also sion of these issues, she said. Among other ANTALYA, Turkey – Western leaders said his government had decided to order things, the discussion document calls for (Continued from page 12) who met on the margins of last week’s Ukraine’s Naftohaz oil and gas giant to stop the “abolition of government-run media.” Group of 20 summit in Turkey agreed to gas link to Germany run counter to EU buying natural gas from Russia. He said the (RFE/RL) extend sanctions imposed on Russia for its interests and risk further destabilizing major reason for the decision was the dif- Foreign military instructors in Ukraine intervention in Ukraine by six months until Ukraine. The letter, written on November ference between European and Russian gas July of next year, reported Reuters, citing a 26, was signed by Poland, Bulgaria, the prices, with European ones being “much OTTAWA – Military instructors from senior European diplomat. Reuters report- Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, better.” Russia’s state-controlled natural- Canada, the United States and Lithuania ed on November 21 that U.S. President Romania, Greece, Estonia, Latvia and gas giant Gazprom said earlier on began training the Ukrainian army in Barack Obama, Germany’s Angela Merkel, Lithuania. It calls for a summit-level EU November 25 that it had stopped deliveries Yavoriv, Lviv Oblast. A ceremonial opening Britain’s David Cameron, Italy’s Matteo debate on the Nord Stream II project. of gas to Ukraine because of Kyiv’s alleged of the course was held on November 23. Renzi and French Foreign Affairs Minister Reuters quoted the letter as saying: “The failure to make the required prepayments. The training program is scheduled to last Laurent Fabius, who represented President position of the European Commission on (RFE/RL, based on reporting by UNIAN until 2017 and includes training on tactics, Francois Hollande at the summit, “attend- the Nord Stream II project will also essen- and Interfax) weapons training, tactical medicine, com- ed the brief meeting near the conclusion of tially influence the perception of the EU’s OSCE paper on propaganda munications, countering explosives and the G-20 meeting in Antalya. ...Western common foreign and security policy among other areas. Approximately 500 Canadian, countries have said all elements of Minsk its core allies and traditional partners.” A VIENNA – The media-freedom represen- American and Lithuanian armed forces [agreements] need to be fulfilled before group of European companies in tative of the Organization for Security and personnel will take part in the training, they can consider easing the sanctions.” September signed an agreement with Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has issued a Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense reported. (Ukrainian Canadian Congress, based on Russia’s state-controlled Gazprom to discussion paper on propaganda and (Ukrainian Canadian Congress) Reuters) expand its Nord Stream pipeline to media freedom, repeating her assertion Germany, bypassing Ukraine. (RFE/RL, that propaganda is “an ugly scar on the face based on reporting by Reuters, Platts, and of modern journalism.” Representative A reception followed in the cathedral Naturalgaseurope.com) Dunja Mijatovic noted on November 25 Patriarch... social hall, where the clergy, religious and Kyiv bans Russian aircraft transit that her office had devoted much time in faithful had an opportunity to personally recent months to addressing the root (Continued from page 8) greet Patriarch Sviatoslav. KYIV – Ukrainian Prime Minister causes of propaganda, particularly in con- clergy, religious and faithful for his pastoral The patriarch had begun this most Arseniy Yatsenyuk says his country has nection with the conflict between the visit and inspirational message, the patri- recent visit to the United States by partici- imposed a ban on transit flights over Ukrainian central government and Russia- arch presented a special medallion com- pating in the dedication and blessing on Ukraine for all Russian airlines. Speaking at backed separatists. Ms. Mijatovic said that memorating the 150th anniversary of the Saturday, November 7, of the Holodomor a Cabinet session in Kyiv on November 25, “ignorance, hate, hostility, and other conse- birth of Sheptytsky to Ms. Dochwat for her Memorial in Washington. The next day, he Mr. Yatsenyuk asked the Infrastructure quences of propaganda are imminent life’s work in designing liturgical appoint- celebrated a special liturgy at Ukrainian Ministry to officially notify Russia about threats to journalism and free media and ments and church iconography that are National Shrine of the Holy Family in mem- “the closure of [Ukrainian] airspace to all we need to put more resources in fighting found not only in the Immaculate ory of the victims of the Holodomor. Russian airlines without exception.” Last these threats.” The paper issued on Conception Cathedral in Philadelphia but in While in Washington, he and other reli- churches throughout the world. gious leaders from Ukraine met at the White After the recessional, the entire congre- House with representatives of President Chris Dodd, former member of the U.S. gation carrying lit candles gathered outside Barack Obama, asking for desperately need- Former U.S. ... Senate (D-Conn.), former member of the on the cathedral grounds where Patriarch ed humanitarian aid and support for the vic- U.S. Helsinki Commission Sviatoslav blessed a new bell tower which tims of the war in Ukraine and held a news (Continued from page 3) Eric Edelman, former U.S. undersecre- houses the “Stefan” bell from the original conference at the National Press Club. Ukraine to build the vibrant democracy tary of defense for policy, former U.S. cathedral which was cast in 1919 in He also had an opportunity to visit with that they demand and deserve. But ambassador to Turkey and Finland Baltimore. Then the candlelight prayer vigil students and teachers in several of the Ukraine’s stability and its sovereign role in Michele Flournoy, former U.S. under- for Ukraine, with the entire congregation Philadelphia Archeparchy’s parish schools. a united Europe remain under siege. secretary of defense for policy reciting Metropolitan Sheptytsky’s prayer In Pennsylvania, he met with students Accordingly, we believe a redoubling of Mark Green, former U.S. ambassador to for Ukraine concluded the services. and teachers at St. Nicholas parish school assistance from America and our European Tanzania, former member of the U.S. House Over 1,200 faithful from parishes in east- in Minersville, and also visited the follow- allies is vital at this time. We urge Congress of Representatives (R-Wis.) ern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, the ing churches in the South Anthracite in the final FY 2016 funding negotiations to William Green Miller, former U.S. District of Columbia and Virginia attended Deanery: Transfiguration of Our Lord, increase U.S. assistance and support by ambassador to Ukraine (1993-1998) the liturgy, which was broadcast live over Shamokin, Pa.; Ss. Peter and Paul, Mount providing: John Herbst, former U.S. ambassador to the EWTN television network. Carmel; Assumption BVM, Centralia; St. $3 billion in macro-economic assistance: Ukraine (2003-2006) Responses to the liturgy were sung by Michael, Shenandoah; St. John the Baptist, tools include loan guarantees, direct bud- Barry Jackson, former assistant to the the combined choir of parishioners of the Maizeville; and St. Michael, Frackville. get support grants, or debt swaps as well as president and chief of staff to the speaker Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of In New Jersey, he visited with students assistance to support reforms in key sec- of the House Philadelphia under the direction of the Rev. and teachers at Assumption School In Perth tors, such as banking, judiciary and energy, David Kramer, former assistant secre- Paul Wolensky. The Fourth Degree Color Amboy and St. Nicholas School in Passaic. He and to encourage investment in Ukraine. tary of state for democracy, human rights Corps of the Knights of Columbus was pro- also had an opportunity to visit the newly $1 billion in military equipment and train- and labor vided by Archbishop Wood Assembly of constructed churches of St. Stephen in Toms ing support, including defensive lethal Michael McFaul, director of the Warminster, Pa. River and St. John the Baptist in Whippany. assistance as authorized by the Ukraine Freeman Spogli Institute for International Freedom Support Act. Studies at Stanford University, former U.S. A minimum of $200 million in additional ambassador to the Russian Federation immediate humanitarian aid to meet the Gen. David H. Petraeus, Chairman of funding gap identified by the U.N. Office for the KKR Global Institute, former director of Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs the Central Intelligence Agency, former (OCHA) as Ukraine grapples with 1.5 million Commander of the U.S. Central Command internally displaced persons. Increased Roman Popadiuk, former U.S. ambas- resources to assist Ukraine in countering sador to Ukraine (1992-1993) Russia’s massive disinformation campaign. Stephen Rickard, executive director of The potential for a prosperous and dem- the Open Society Policy Institute Ukrainian Engineers’ Society of America ocratic Ukraine is limitless. With strong U.S. Adm. James Stavridis (USN, ret.), for- support, an independent and free Ukraine mer commander of the U.S. European Товариство Українських Інженерів Америки can thrive as a democracy in the heart of Command and NATO Supreme Allied Europe. Commander Europe With great sadness we announce to our members Moscow’s ambitions go beyond impos- Melanne Verveer, former U.S. ambassa- the death on November 26, 2015 of ing its will on Ukraine. It is in our national dor for global women’s issues interest to stop Kremlin aggression in Kurt Volker, former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine and to demonstrate the falsity of NATO Lev Dobrjansky, PhD the Russian narrative equating democracy Gen. Charles F. Wald (USAF, ret.), for- and reform with chaos. We urge action on mer deputy commander of the U.S. Past President of the UESA National Board, an expanded assistance package to help European Command New York City Chapter Member Ukraine achieve this bright future. Kenneth R. Weinstein, President and Thank you for your consideration of our CEO, Hudson Institute The Directors express their sincere condolences to the family. views. Copies of this letter were sent to: Sen. Sincerely, Lindsey Graham, chairman, and Sen. Patrick Eternal memory. William Danvers, former deputy secre- Leahy, ranking member, State-Foreign tary-general of the OECD and former depu- Operations Appropriations Subcommittee; Board of Directors ty staff director, U.S. Department of State and Rep. Kay Granger, chairwoman, State- Ukrainian Engineers’ Society of America (UESA) Paula Dobriansky, former undersecre- Foreign Operations Appropriations tary of state for democracy and global affairs Subcommittee. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2015 No. 49

Katya Mischenko-Mycyk/UGFF-USA The Char-Zillya Bandura Ensemble. Artistic ensembles of St. Joseph the Betrothed Ukrainian Catholic Parish of Chicago. Famine-Genocide of 1932-1933 commemorated in Illinois

by Victor W. Groszko lion were exterminated during the Famine- Genocide in Ukraine.” BLOOMINGDALE, Ill. – The Ukrainian “Three million children alone starved a community of Chicago and Illinois suburbs painful death,” said Dr. Korkatsch-Groszko. and parishioners of St. Andrew Ukrainian “Only by acknowledging and understand- Orthodox Cathedral – Kyivan Patriarchate ing the genocides of the past, can one hope in Bloomingdale, Ill., gathered on to stop those presently occurring in the November 15 for the annual commemora- Middle East, Asia and Africa.” tion of the Holodomor, the Ukrainian geno- “Literature exists in which intellectual cide of 1932-1933. writers forewarn and condemn genocide Members of the Ukrainian community as an egregious act against humanity… it is gathered at the Holodomor memorial in the responsibility of all to be vigilant for Bloomingdale. The event was organized by patterns that identify the coming of geno- the Ukrainian Genocide Famine Foundation cide… if the world had paid attention and – U.S.A. Inc. acknowledged the Holodomor, the This year’s ecumenical memorial Holocaust would not have happened,” panakhyda for the 10 million victims of the declared the Rev. Panchuk. Holodomor was led by the Very Rev. Mitered Following the religious observance, a Archpriest Victor Poliarny, vicar of St. Andrew traditional “Holodnyi Obid,” prepared by Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral and secretary the members of the St. Sofia Sisterhood, for the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyivan was served in the parish auditorium. Patriarchate in the U.S.A. and Canada. Consul General Gerasko presented a his- Clergy participating in the memorial ser- torical overview and acknowledgement of The Very Rev. Mitered Protopriest Victor Poliarny of St. Andrew Ukrainian vices represented the various eparchies of Orthodox Cathedral – Kyivan Patriarchate, prays before the monument dedicated to the Holodomor by the government of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and the memory of the 10 million victims of the Holodomor. Ukraine. Ukrainian Catholic Church in the diaspora. The program that followed consisted of At the request of the Ukrainian Genocide Gerasko; Dr. Maria Korkatsch-Groszko, were recognized during the bilingual several lyric selections in memory of the Famine Foundation – U.S.A. (UGFF-USA), commissioner of the Illinois Holocaust and memorial program. In the established tra- victims of Holodomor performed by an all- the panakhyda was recited by the Choir of Genocide Commission and member of the dition, wreaths of flowers were laid at the female Char-Zillya Bandura Ensemble of St. Andrew under the direction of choir UGFF-USA; and the Rev. Myron Panchuk of foot of the memorial monument to the mil- Chicago (Oksana Rodak, Iryna Turchyn, master Bohdan Koleshko. St. Joseph the Betrothed Ukrainian Catholic lions who died from the forced starvation Motria Poshyvanyk-Caudill, Lesya The memory of the Holodomor victims Parish and vice-president of the UGFF-USA. premeditated by Joseph Stalin. Klimchenko, Khrystyna Musij). was honored by the Rev. Poliarny; Consul Survivors of the Holodomor, most of In his remarks at the commemoration, Presentations dedicated to the Holodomor General of Ukraine in Chicago Larysa A. whom are members of St. Andrew Parish, Mykola Kocherha, president of the UGFF- were performed by three artistic ensembles USA, stated that “…although many of our from St. Joseph the Betrothed Parish: the intelligentsia question and dispute the Children’s Theatrical Group Dyvo (Vasyl numbers that perished during the geno- Metnychuk, director), the Vyshyvanka cide, we have researchers currently analyz- School of Dance (Paul and Oksana Fedkiv, ing newly discovered documents… initial directors) and the School of Boyovyi Hopak indicators are that a minimum of 10 mil- (Andrij Kachala, director).

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by Lt. Cmdr. Christine Corser BETHESDA, Md. – Rear Adm. Boris D. Lushniak, deputy surgeon general of the United States, was honored and cel- ebrated in a retirement ceremony here at the National Institutes of Health on September 3. Dr. Lushniak, a derma- tologist, preventive medicine specialist and family physi- cian by training, faithfully served in the U.S. uniformed ser- vices as a U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps (USPHS) officer for 27 years. Dr. Lushniak joined the USPHS in 1988 and was sta- tioned in Cincinnati at U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). In 2004, he transitioned to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and served as the chief medical officer of the Office of Counterterrorism. He was appointed as the FDA assistant commissioner, coun- terterrorism policy, and director of the Office of Counterterrorism and Emerging Threats in 2005. Throughout his career he deployed for several national and international deployments including to: Bangladesh, Cmdr. Kun Shen St. Croix, Russia, Kosovo, New York; most recently he Rear Adm. Lushniak exits the celebration through side boys with his wife, Dr. Patricia Cusumano, and younger deployed to Liberia in support of the Ebola mission. daughter, Stephanie Lushniak. The culmination of his career was his assignment as deputy surgeon general in 2010 and then his transition nity – and fellow USPHS officers. es: Rear Adm. Lushniak’s daughter Larissa was away at into the role of acting surgeon general of the U.S. in 2013. Distinguished guests were also in attendance including: university and not physically in attendance at the auditori- Rear Adm. Lushniak valiantly served as the acting surgeon Lt. Gen. Patricia Horoho and Vice Adm. Matthew Nathan, um, but participated in the ceremonious “Old Glory” via general for 18 months and during his tenure released the the surgeons general of the U.S. Army and Navy, respective- broadcast. “50th Anniversary of the Surgeon General’s Report on ly; Dr. Jonathan Woodson, assistant secretary of defense for There was also a musical component; the USPHS Music Smoking and Health” and launched the first “Call to Action health affairs; and Vice Adm. (ret.) Mike Cowan, former Ensemble and Choral Group performed beautiful rendi- to Prevent Skin Cancer.” He transitioned back into his role surgeon general of the U.S. Navy. Various high-ranking offi- tions of compositions at the conclusion of the ceremony, as deputy surgeon general in late December 2014, and cials were part of the official party and participated in the including a surprise Ukrainian song called “Chornobryvtsi.” served in this role until his retirement. ceremony, including: Dr. Karen DeSalvo, acting assistant There were also tears of pride as everyone witnessed The retirement ceremony was witnessed by nearly 500 secretary of health; Vice Adm. Vivek Murthy, surgeon gen- the official retirement of Rear Adm. Lushniak and the cere- supporters in a packed auditorium. Many others viewed eral of the U.S.; Vice Adm. Richard Carmona, the 17th sur- monious retirement of his flag, followed by thunderous the ceremony remotely via broadcast. Attendees included geon general of the U.S.; and, Rear Adm. Kenneth applause to acknowledge and celebrate Dr. Lushniak and family from the United States and Canada, friends, current Moritsugu, former deputy surgeon general of the U.S. all of his commendable work over the past 27 years in the and former colleagues, proud Ukrainian Americans – The ceremony included remarks from the official party USPHS. including members of the Ukrainian Medical Association of and military formalities including: the Old Glory Ceremony, Many of those offering remarks expressed their admira- North America and members of Plast Ukrainian Scouting a reading of the poem “The Watch,” and an invocation and tion of Rear Adm. Lushniak’s public speaking abilities. Dr. Organization and his Orden Khrestonostsiv scouting frater- benediction by U.S. Navy Capt. Salvador Aguilera. Rear Jonathan Woodson described all of his speeches as “evan- Adm. Lushniak received numerous gifts and traditional gelical.” Another presenter, retired U.S. Army Col. James military gifts, including a shadow box containing all of his Currie of the Commissioned Officers Association, noted medals, ranks, challenge coins, as well as the American flag that all of his speeches were “TED Talks.” that was flown at the Monrovia Medical Unit in Liberia. It was no surprise that Rear Adm. Lushniak wowed the It is important to note that Rear Adm. Lushniak was also audience with an inspiring and hopeful speech towards the awarded the Surgeon General’s Medallion by Vice Adm. end of the retirement ceremony. He grabbed the wireless Murthy, marking the second time he received this prestigious microphone and stepped down from the stage so he could award. The Surgeon General’s Medallion is one of the highest deliver his remarks in a personal manner; he spoke directly USPHS awards and it is awarded at the sole discretion of to individuals describing the impact they had on his life the surgeon general for the highest level of contributions to and looked every audience member in the eye to remind initiatives of the surgeon general. It is rarely awarded and it them that “this is not the end.” USPHS officers in atten- is especially rare for an officer to be awarded it twice. dance left motivated to continue to fulfill the USPHS mis- Rear Adm. Lushniak’s wife, Dr. Patricia Cusumano and sion of protecting, promoting and advancing the health and their daughters, Stephanie and Larissa Lushniak, also par- safety of the nation. ticipated in the ceremony and were honored and recog- This full-honors retirement ceremony was the largest in nized for their full-fledged support of Dr. Lushniak’s USPHS USPHS memory, clearly indicative of how many lives Dr. commitments and additional professional endeavors. Lushniak had impacted throughout his personal life and There were lots of laughs during the ceremony, as senior professional career. Rear Adm. Lushniak receives “Old Glory” from Rear officers shared stories of Dr. Lushniak in his professional Fair winds and following seas, Rear Adm. Lushniak, fair Adm. Peter Delaney. career and personal life over the years. There were surpris- winds and following seas.

ognize this because they had devoted too much time, ener- that perhaps will calm things down.” Such attitudes mean, Europe has not... gy and money to it.” Consequently, they “continued to play Ms. Shevtsova says, “the European elite bears a share of (Continued from page 6) at partnership,” and Moscow “continued to play along.” responsibility for the fact that Putin has not seen any ‘red “After the Orange Revolution in Ukraine in 2004, it was lines.’ ” sovereignty and territorial integrity of the new indepen- possible to sense that the love story between Russia and But Mr. Putin’s “adventure in Ukraine,” she continues, dent states” because that represents a challenge to “histor- Europe had ended. The Kremlin had not received what it “forced Europe to finally come out of the paralysis” and ic Russia” whose capital Moscow should be the capital of a wanted – the role of partner with a super-status and the allowed Germany to become a power in place of “the tooth- new post-Soviet integration project. right of veto over decisions of the EU and NATO,” some- less Brussels” and “the guarantor of a new European unity.” If Europe were to accept that, Ms. Shevtsova says, it thing that would have put Moscow above those institutions Many Europeans don’t want to see this even now, but would not be Europe; and what would emerge would be rather than under their rules, she notes. “Europe will try to find a new formula for relations with nothing but “a variation of the USSR, but in a still more By that point, it had become clear that “Europe had not Russia, balancing containment and dialogue.” repressive form.” No country that wants to be part of the been able to Europeanize Russia, but the Russian ruling “However much the Kremlin seeks to sponsor its ‘Trojan EU has or could have similar pretensions. But Russia “was class had been able to integrate itself into Europe on per- horses’ in European capitals and to buy up left and right not prepared for what Eastern Europe and the Baltic coun- sonal basis.” And at the same time Europe proved “unable extremists, as well as European parliamentarians, and to tries were – subordination to a super-national structure.” to respond to the challenges of an autocracy which was try- co-opt European business,” she argues, Mr. Putin will fail. In fact, Ms. Shevtsova points out, Europe went far further ing to survive by imitating liberal democracy,” Ms. “Europe will search for a way out of its twilight” because “it in that direction than it should have, making “a bet on lead- Shevtsova writes. is a civilization with a powerful civil society” that has not ers” in Moscow rather than insisting “on standards” of behav- “The double standards of European politicians” – not lost its vitality. ior. That led the Kremlin to think it could continue to make the ones Moscow talks about, but the real ones – and their Those who will continue to act in ways intended to demands for “the right of influence in European structures willingness to make deals not only discredited liberal avoid making Russia angry “will only help the Kremlin fur- even though it has refused to follow European principles.” democracy but created the temptation and possibility for ther cultivate in Russian society ‘the Weimar syndrome’ By 2000, she continues, “it had become obvious that the Kremlin to play in Europe according to its own rules.” and justify the transformation of Russia into ‘a besieged Russia had turned out to be the most dramatic failure in Many in the West continued to argue that “one must fortress,’ ” because that is how the Russian “genetic code” European politics. But it wasn’t easy for Europeans to rec- understand the Kremlin! One must give it what it demands – predisposes them to think regardless. 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2015 No. 49 No. 49 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2015 17

History knows no “ifs,” but it is my President... strong belief that the Holodomor would not have happened if we had not lost our state- (Continued from page 3) hood in the early 1920s. The Moscow ferent flags fluttered over it. Its subjects are Bolsheviks would not have gained victory singing its seventh national anthem. Four in Ukraine if independence supporters had different political regimes ruled it from two united their forces rather than killed each capitals; one of those was renamed three other to the pleasure of Moscow. times. We must remember our past and draw Only hatred of Ukraine and the uncon- conclusions from it. As the great thinker trollable desire to destroy us, Ukrainians, as Ortega y Gasset put it, nations are born and a separate nation, has remained live as long as they have a program for unchanged. This obsession united the tomorrow. That is why we should finally Whites, the Reds and even the Red-Browns. get rid of the nation-victim sentiment and In this historical continuity, the be proud that we have defended our place Holodomor is nothing but a manifestation on the political map of Europe and the of a centuries-old hybrid war against world in such a fierce struggle. Ukraine waged by Russia. The dream of our enemies was stated Whether they take our grain or fire Grad back in the Valuyev Circular: Ukraine “did rockets at our land, their goal remains the not exist, does not exist and cannot exist.” same and it is clear. It hurts the same way In response to that we say: Ukraine when all the children died of hunger in the “existed, exists and will exist.” Starobilsk orphanage, Luhansk region, in Now is the time for us to assert to the 1933, and when children died in the shell- world and to ourselves: We will not forget ing of Mariupol by Russia-backed militants the crimes of the Holodomor-Genocide and last winter. their perpetrators. We will not betray the The role of the Communist Party is also ideals of the Revolution of Dignity. We will terrible and criminal. However, history puts do everything for the national, political and everything in place. The Communist Party economic rebirth of Ukraine, and for its did not win a single seat in the Verkhovna entry into the European family of free Rada during the parliamentary elections nations. last year. This was a true verdict of the The key to our victory can be, as Ukrainian people. Holodomor survivor Mykola said, only the This party did not participate in local unshakable unity of the Ukrainian people. elections last month at all because of the These words are not the pathos of books, Law on De-Communization. As president, I but an objective necessity. This is the require full and unconditional adherence to imperative without which we cannot sur- this law, as well as further disclosure of the vive. KGB archives. The rebirth of Ukraine continues. This is Dear Ukrainians: Today we traditionally an unstoppable process of reinvigoration, light candles in memory of the the purification of our lives, the building of Holodomor’s victims. We pray for a several- a renewed country and the arrival on the million-strong heavenly legion of the forefront of new people – the patriots and Ukrainian people. The pure souls of inno- heroes who stopped the empire’s advance. cent Ukrainian victims are here, invisibly Glory to our new heroes! Glory to among us. Ukraine!

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hold. The group worked with the military aware that we want democracy, we are our three hospitals, for the high quality of care Millennials... hospital and purchased the mesh plates on own separate nation with our own lan- that was provided despite the scarcity of behalf of the soldier. Upon hearing that the guage, traditions and territory.” Soldiers, on resources. “The work ethic of the personnel (Continued from page 10) surgery could now take place, the soldier the other hand, requested “weapons and we interacted with was inspiring. We were them, transported them to hospital stations was deeply moved by this generosity and armaments, and political support,” report- constantly impressed by their expertise and assisted in the care of bed sores. At the expressed his heartfelt gratitude. He suc- ed Mark. and resourcefulness,” Areta observed. military hospital, the two teams were cessfully underwent cranioplasty the fol- The six volunteers worked for three “Anything we send them will go a long way.” assigned to the rehabilitation wing. One lowing day. weeks in staggered time frames, and Moving forward, the group will continue project involved cleaning and refurbishing In collaboration with the three hospitals, returned to the United States feeling both to work with its collaborators and hospitals a collection of old wheelchairs and walkers, the GoFundMe donations were used to pur- exhilarated and humbled by their experi- to purchase needed items. The group feels resulting in over 50 useable mobility devic- chase surgical tools, blood-pressure cuffs, ences. At every step, the volunteers were it has developed a viable, workable and es. At the Lviv regional hospital, Dr. catheters, disposable diapers and other warmly welcomed by their hosts. People secure process for identifying what is nec- Averchuk took a personal interest in pro- items for a total of almost $8,000 of equip- who met them often commented on their essary, disbursing the funds, documenting viding the volunteers with real medical ment and supplies. command of Ukrainian and dedication in the purchases, and paying for supplies in experiences: he had them participate in An important goal was to maintain com- coming to Ukraine. an accountable and transparent manner. over a dozen open heart surgeries as plete transparency in all purchases, so the “We were overwhelmed by the sheer And, the group members feel confident observers in the operating rooms. group created a process of accountability, generosity of everyone we met, in the true that the relationships they developed are In addition to hands-on work, the volun- delivery and financial review that demon- meaning of the culture of ‘shchedrist,’ ” said trustworthy in sending and delivering teers provided the hospitals with needed strated secure fiduciary responsibility. The Mark. They had not expected to have so equipment to these hospitals. equipment and supplies. The first major volunteers established working collabora- much personal contact with patients, or These young activists truly exceeded item purchased with funds donated on the tions among the hospitals, suppliers and such upfront exposure to surgeries. It was their own goals on all levels. Not only did GoFundMe site was a Stryker sternal saw banks, and reported all transactions on the incredibly fulfilling for the group to see they succeed in raising money and push and kit, which is used in open heart surgery. GoFundMe site. how much of a morale booster their pres- forward into uncharted territory, they were The donated Stryker saw replaced a less The group members were invited to ence was for staff and patients alike. able to engage and inspire their fellow efficient and more invasive Gigli wire, and make several presentations to their host Throughout the course of the three Millennials in supporting the Ukrainian was presented to Dr. Averchuk and staff of communities. At the Metropolitan weeks, the team developed an extraordi- cause. (For more information readers may the Lviv Regional Clinical Hospital on June Sheptytsky Hospital, staff members wanted nary respect for the medical staff at the contact Mark at [email protected].) 11. “This was a huge moment for both us to understand what had motivated these and the hospital,” wrote Areta in one of her young adults to come to Ukraine, and how blog updates. (A video of the presentation was it possible to be “raised Ukrainian,” responsible for getting the monument built, can be found on the GoFundMe site. See the learning the Ukrainian language and heri- Candle-lighting... noted in his remarks that the memorial was link at end of this article.) tage while living in the diaspora. erected not just for Ukrainians but for the (Continued from page 1) In another example, a wounded soldier The audience was also interested in how entire world to acknowledge that the with a skull-deforming head injury could Ukrainians in the U.S. view the war in front of the memorial. Many came with Holodomor was, indeed, a genocide direct- not afford the necessary titanium cranial Ukraine. One staffer’s feedback was that flowers and candles, which they then lit ed against Ukraine. prostheses, and the surgery was put on diaspora Ukrainians should “make people and placed at the base of the monument as The remembrance ceremony concluded the religious memorial service was about with the remaining flowers and lit candles to begin, led by Bishop John Bura and being placed at the foot of the memorial, members of the clergy from the local whose artist-designer, Larysa Kurylas, was Ukrainian Catholic and Orthodox churches. among those paying their respect that eve- Then, Ukraine’s Ambassador Valeriy ning. Chaly shared his thoughts about the mean- In previous years, the candle-lighting ing and historical context of the Holodomor, remembrance of the Holodomor – which is and Michael Sawkiw, chairman of the U.S. held to coincide with similar ceremonies held Committee for Ukrainian Holodomor- in Ukraine on the last Saturday of November Genocide Awareness 1932-1933, which was – was held at the Embassy of Ukraine.

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