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The Ukrainian Weekly, 2017 INSIDE: l Photo follow-up: Ukrainian Days in D.C. – page 5 l Op-ed: Canada’s unwavering support for Ukraine – page 6 l N.J. Devils host 4th annual Ukrainian Heritage Day – page 11 THEPublished U by theKRAINIAN Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal W non-profit associationEEKLY Vol. LXXXV No. 13 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 26, 2017 $2.00 Ukraine lawmaker calls on U.S. to investigate Shevchenko Prize laureate Malkovych offers new ‘evidence’ of secret payments to Manafort eloquent defense of the Ukrainian language by Christopher Miller Neocom Systems Limited $750,000 for the RFE/RL sale of 501 computers, in January from IT company employees who found it in a safe KYIV – Paul Manafort is under scrutiny after they rented central Kyiv office space again after a Ukrainian lawmaker released that had been vacated by Mr. Manafort in documents he says show that U.S. President 2014. Donald Trump’s former campaign chair- Mr. Leshchenko said he released the doc- man went to great lengths to hide $750,000 uments only now because it took time to tied to his work for former President Viktor “verify” them. He said he did so by compar- Yanukovych. ing Mr. Manafort’s signature on his 1996 The documents, made public by National company registration documents with the Deputy Serhiy Leshchenko at a press confer- signature on the invoice. ence in Kyiv on March 21, include an invoice “It is an identical signature to the one on that bears the name of Mr. Manafort’s this contract,” Mr. Leschenko commented. Virginia-based consulting company, a blue Mr. Manafort has claimed Mr. seal and what appears to be his signature. Leshchenko tried to blackmail him via Initially described in a report published e-mail last summer when he came into pos- by The New York Times on March 20, the session of a secret “black ledger” kept by Mr. document seems to show that $750,000 Yanukovych’s Party of Regions showing was laundered through an offshore account entries worth $12.7 million from an alleged Presidential Administration of Ukraine and disguised as payment for computers. slush fund set aside for his services. Mr. Poet and publisher Ivan Malkovych receives the Taras Shevchenko National Prize for his con- Mr. Leshchenko called on Ukrainian and Leshchenko denies the claim, saying that tribution to promoting Ukrainian literature from President Petro Poroshenko on March 9. U.S. law-enforcement agencies to investi- the threatening e-mail – which was made by Mark Raczkiewycz Novymy Virshamy). gate the payment. public by a murky hacker website – is a fake. Mr. Malkovych, 55, instead spoke twice as “This is money stolen from Ukrainian Mr. Leshchenko showed that the alleged KYIV – When Ivan Malkovych, the long, and very quickly at that, on March 9. citizens and has been paid to Manafort for $750,000 payment corresponds to one of renowned poet and book publisher, took He first lamented that school curricu- [his work] with our former corrupt presi- 22 entries in the “black ledger.” the podium to accept this year’s Taras lums still portray Mr. Shevchenko as a “serf dent,” Mr. Leshchenko charged in a brief Mr. Manafort did not respond to a text Shevchenko National Prize for literature, he and peasant poet-martyr.” interview with RFE/RL on March 21, message from RFE/RL requesting com- passionately exalted the Ukrainian lan- Instead, the founder of the A-BA-BA-HA- speaking in English. “This corruption must ment, but he denied Mr. Leshchenko’s latest guage and voiced disapproval for how the LA-MA-HA publishing house called the be exposed.” allegations to The New York Times. award’s namesake is portrayed in society. bard “modern and contemporary… because The authenticity of the invoice and other Mr. Leshchenko’s news conference came The selection committee for the nation’s the real meanings of Shevchenko in many documents Mr. Leshchenko presented hours after a March 20 hearing by the most prestigious state award in the arts of his works sound like heavy, hard rock, could not be confirmed. Intelligence Committee in the U.S. House of had asked him to give a five-minute speech and not syrupy pop music.” He said he received the invoice, which for his prize-winning poetry collection “A billed a Belize-based company called (Continued on page 16) Plantain with New Poems” (Podorozhnyk z (Continued on page 17) FOR THE RECORD: Third anniversary of Russia’s occupation of Crimea Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine. The importance of 2014, nor its attempted annexation of Crimea and contin- Canada condemns Russia’s violation this access was endorsed on December 19, 2016, in a U.N. ued violation of international law. We once again reaffirm of Ukraine’s territorial integrity General Assembly resolution co-sponsored by Canada. our commitment to Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland Canada is steadfast in its support for the people of integrity. issued the following statement, “Third Anniversary of Illegal Ukraine. Together, the international community must Over the past three years, Russian occupation “authori- Annexation of Crimea,” on March 16. maintain its pressure, including through economic sanc- ties” in Crimea have engaged in a campaign to suppress tions, until Russia respects international law and Ukraine’s dissent. In Russian-occupied Crimea, human rights moni- Today we mark three years since Russia’s illegal annexa- sovereignty. tors have documented enforced disappearances, extrajudi- tion and invasion of Crimea. We condemn unreservedly this cial killings, torture and punitive psychiatric hospitaliza- violation of Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. tions. Crimean Tatars, ethnic Ukrainians, pro-Ukrainian Since the occupation of Crimea, there has been a severe U.S. reaffirms commitment activists and independent journalists have been subjected suppression of human rights, including freedom of expres- to sovereign, whole Ukraine to politically motivated prosecution and face ongoing sion and association. The following press statement on “Reaffirming U.S. repression. Russian occupation “authorities” have silenced Canada is deeply troubled by the politically motivated Commitment to a Sovereign and Whole Ukraine on the Third and forced the closure of nongovernmental organizations application of “anti-terrorist” and “anti-extremist” legisla- Anniversary of Russia’s Crimean ‘Referendum’ ” was deliv- and independent media and have consistently denied tion; ongoing harassment of human rights activists, jour- ered by the U.S. State Department’s acting spokesperson, international observers access to the peninsula. We call on nalists and lawyers; arbitrary detentions; disappearances; Mark C. Toner, on March 16. Russia to cease its attempts to suppress freedom of expres- and the persecution of Crimean Tatars and other minori- sion, peaceful assembly, association and religion. ties. We denounce the banning of the Mejlis, the self-gov- Three years ago, Russia seized and occupied Crimea. Crimea is a part of Ukraine. The United States again con- erning body of the Crimean Tatars, and have called on Russia then staged an illegitimate referendum in which demns the Russian occupation of Crimea and calls for its Russia to reverse this illegal and immoral decision. residents of Crimea were compelled to vote while heavily immediate end. Our Crimea-related sanctions will remain It is shameful that Russia impedes access to Crimea for armed foreign forces occupied their land. The United States in place until Russia returns control of the peninsula to international human rights groups, including the Human does not recognize Russia’s “referendum” of March 16, Ukraine. 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 26, 2017 No. 13 ANALYSIS Ukraine’s navy: Conceptual aspects Kremlin critic fatally shot in Kyiv huge conflagration that the authorities have blamed on “sabotage,” prompting the KYIV – Denis Voronenkov, a former evacuation of thousands of people living and cooperation with the West Russian lawmaker who defected to Ukraine nearby. President Petro Poroshenko point- and aired damning criticism of Russia’s ed the finger at Russia, saying it was “no ment will allocate about €34.9 million leadership, has been gunned down in by Ihor Kabanenko accident” that it occurred on the day that a ($36.9 million U.S.) for corvette construction broad daylight in the heart of Kyiv in what Eurasia Daily Monitor former Russian lawmaker who has criti- (Korrespondent, February 2). But this will Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko cized Russia’s government was shot dead in In late February 2017, the commander not be enough to complete even the first of called “an act of state terrorism by Russia.” Kyiv. Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman of Ukraine’s naval forces, Vice-Admiral Ihor the four planned vessels, which is estimated A city police spokesman told RFE/RL that said he was on his way to the depot at an Voronchenko, in an interview with to cost €250 million ($265 million) in total. the ex-Duma deputy was killed by a gun- army base in Balaklia, located near Kharkiv Ukrainian Channel 5, said that the country An additional key problem for the domestic man as he and his bodyguard were was considering procuring used combat corvette program is the lack of an available approaching the five-star Premier Palace and around 100 kilometers from the front ships from the West as a way to increase weapons system to fit out this class of ship. Hotel on March 23. An Internal Affairs line in the conflict between government Ukraine’s naval capabilities. The vice admi- “We do not have such systems, it should be Ministry spokesman at the scene, Artem forces and Russia-backed separatists fur- ral stated Kyiv would be willing to purchase bought [abroad],” the chief of the General Shevchenko, said the attacker fired at least ther southeast.
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