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The Ukrainian Weekly 2011, No.27 www.ukrweekly.com INSIDE: l Dictionary of Boyko dialects is ready for publication – page 3 l Trial of Yulia Tymoshenko begins in Kyiv – page 3 l Rep. Chris Smith on Ukraine’s democratic reversals – page 9 THEPublished U by theKRAINIAN Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal W non-profit associationEEKLY Vol. LXXIX No. 27 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 3, 2011 $1/$2 in Ukraine Prelude to Soyuzivka’s Festival Kyiv’s honeymoon with Moscow Singer Maria Burmaka discusses appears to be over, observers say by Volodymyr Musyak Ukrainian culture and consciousness Special to The Ukrainian Weekly by Zenon Zawada KYIV – Don’t look now, but Special to The Ukrainian Weekly Bankova Street’s honeymoon with the Kremlin appears to be over. KYIV – Hardship entered into Maria Conflicts in the political, economic Burmaka’s life recently, ranging from and cultural spheres have erupted in illness and death among those closest to recent weeks between Russian and outrage with the Ukrainian govern- Ukrainian officials, revealing that the ment’s hostile cultural policies. Russian government wants far more Yet these setbacks haven’t chilled concessions than the administration of her passionate heart. She spent 2010 President Viktor Yanukovych is willing recording new singles, including her to make. protest hymn “Ya Vtomylas vid Tsykh “The elites of the Party of Regions Revolutsiy” (I’m Tired of These of Ukraine, who have good relations Revolutions), and produced a new album, “Ne Zabuvayetsia Liubov” with Russia, have understood that it’s (Love Isn’t Forgotten). very difficult to develop relations in She’ll be traveling to western which Russia is always satisfied. That Canada on July 3 to participate in cere- might even be impossible for Ukraine,” monies related to the 120th anniversary said Niko Lange, the director of the of Ukrainian settlement in Canada. Konrad Adenauer Stiftung in Kyiv, a Then she’ll hop the border to perform a German political think-tank. July 16 concert at Soyuzivka during the “It’s possible that relations now UNIAN/Vladimir Gontar Niko Lange, director of the Konrad- fifth annual Ukrainian Cultural Festival. aren’t so euphoric, a year after the Adenauer-Stiftung in Kyiv. “I told [former First Lady of Kharkiv agreements, but that’s a sign of Ukraine] Kateryna [Yushchenko] that I normalization. Following serious prob- The Russian Foreign Ministry also was invited to perform at Soyuzivka. lems in relations and the euphoria stated it’s disturbed by the Ukrainian She said she practically grew up there,” stage, the path is leading now to nor- government discussing with NATO offi- Ms. Burmaka said. malizing relations between two inde- cials “eight issues sensitive to Moscow An interview with Ms. Burmaka is a pendent states,” said Mr. Lange. behind closed doors,” including security simple task, because there’s no dearth of Russian diplomats harshly criticized in the Black Sea region, the future of the thoughts, feelings and ideas flowing the Yanukovych administration in Black Sea Fleet’s stationing in Crimea, from among Ukraine’s most prolific recent weeks, accusing its officials of the Transdniester conflict settlement, poet-singer-guitarist-activist. The chal- pursuing tighter cooperation with the Ukraine’s energy and economic security, lenge becomes staying on one topic North Atlantic Treaty Organization the anti-missile defense shield, intelli- before unknowingly drifting into another. (NATO) than even what the “anti-Rus- Olena Fedoreyko sian” former President Viktor gence agency reform, its principles of Maria Burmaka (Continued on page 4) Yushchenko had engaged in, reported foreign policy and strategy. the Kommersant-Ukrayina newspaper “The document testifies to complete on June 21. non-independence of Ukraine in form- They were particularly miffed with ing its foreign policy,” an anonymous Sociological firm releases the permission that Ukraine granted to high-ranking Russian official told Kommersant. “All this is poorly associ- allow the U.S. Navy cruiser Monterey, ated with its government’s declared non- which is equipped with the Aegis anti- study of Ukrainian character aligned status and rejection of NATO missile system, to participate in the integration.” by Mark Raczkiewycz including Ukraine. annual Sea Breeze exercises in the President Yanukovych in July 2010 Special to The Ukrainian Weekly The study was released in June after a Black Sea. The renewal of the military signed a law passed by the Verkhovna face-to-face public opinion poll conduct- exercises was another source of Rada that outlines the foundations of KYIV – Ukrainians are insular, pater- ed on March 22-30 of 2,022 respondents Russian discontent. Ukrainian domestic and foreign policy. nalistic, and extremely patient and toler- age 18 and over; and a survey of 13 The Russian Foreign Ministry It declared Ukraine a non-aligned state ant; they make good middle-managers, experts conducted on March 25-April 12. referred to the cruiser’s proximity as a but lack ambition. Those are the conclu- that rejects membership in international The poll’s margin of error was plus or threat to Russian security, the newspa- military alliances. sions of a recent study that attempted to minus 2.2 percent. The study’s findings per Kommersant reported. capture the essence of a typical citizen of “We had the illusion that everything were released in the Russian language. “Being in the opposition to [former would work out if we removed the key Ukraine. Citing client privilege, the Sofia Social President Viktor] Yushchenko, Conducted by the sociological firm irritants to relations with Russia, such as Research Center declined to identify who Yanukovych did everything so that recognizing the Holodomor as genocide, Sofia, the study – “Ukrainian Character: commissioned the study. NATO exercises didn’t occur in NATO membership plans and not Characteristic Social-Psychological The study’s value, sociologists said, Ukraine,” Konstantin Kosachev, chair extending the presence of the Black Sea Features of the Population of Ukraine” – was that it paints an elaborate portrait of of the international affairs committee of Fleet,” an anonymous high-ranking was based on a nationwide poll of resi- the average Ukrainian by relying on the Russian State Duma, told the Ukrainian official told Kommersant. dents of Ukraine, a survey of 13 experts empirical, country-specific not compara- Kommersant. “For us, Ukraine’s activi- “But that didn’t happen. Moscow ranging from sociologists and philoso- tive data or stereotypes. ty in the NATO course isn’t entirely wants us to be in its orbit and, moreover, phers to political scientists and psycholo- “It’s topical given that Independence transparent. We see inconsistency in to pay for that. Take the Customs Union, gists, and data drawn from the annual Day is coming up and fascinating… it’s a Kyiv’s steps. They tell us one thing, but where they’re strangely calling us to. European Social Survey, a comparative do another. That’s regrettable, and we’ll study that covers more than 30 nations, (Continued on page 15) react to that.” (Continued on page 19) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 3, 2011 No. 27 ANALYSIS Kyiv expects investment deluge Funds for Holodomor memorial in D.C. filed a complaint, where we outlined our position where we proved fully the exis- after Chinese president’s visit KYIV – The Ukrainian government tence of political repression in Ukraine. has agreed on a draft resolution, under We expect that our studies, and expert by Pavel Korduban President Yanukovych and Hu did sign which the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will opinions will be enough for a just deci- receive budget funds of 4 million hrv Eurasia Daily Monitor a political document, but it did not require sion by the European Court of Human sacrifices from Kyiv. The strategic part- (nearly $502,000 U.S.) for the erection in Rights,” said Ms. Tymoshenko at a press China’s president, Hu Jintao, signed nership declaration signed in Kyiv on Washington of a monument to the victims conference. In turn, Ms. Tymoshenko’s important political and trade documents June 20 obliges the two sides to respect of 1932-1933 Holodomor in Ukraine, it defense lawyer Serhiy Vlasenko during his June 18-20 visit to Ukraine, each other’s territorial integrity and sover- was reported on June 29. On October 13, explained the legal grounds for the com- winding up his CIS tour, during which he eignty as well as the economic and politi- 2006, the U.S. Congress passed a law giv- plaint to the international judicial body. also visited Kazakhstan and Russia. cal model of the partner state. China and ing the government of Ukraine permis- “The legal basis for filing such a com- While Beijing is interested mainly in Ukraine also pledged to develop close sion to construct a memorial on federal plaint is Subparagraph C of Paragraph 1 military-technical cooperation, Kyiv cooperation at the United Nations, and land in the District of Columbia to com- of Article 5 of the European Convention views China as primarily a source of China promised not to use nuclear weap- memorate the Holodomor. Under U.S. on Human Rights. We did not use Article investment for its weak economy. ons against Ukraine as a non-nuclear state legislation, the Ukrainian government is 6, which speaks of the absence or pres- Although the practical meaning of the (UNIAN, June 20). to build the monument by September ence of a fair trial, which is used the most documents signed should not be underes- The Ukrainian daily Segodnya, which 2012, within seven years from the date of by Ukrainian citizens who turn to the timated, the symbolic benefits for Kyiv is close to the ruling party, reported on enactment of the law. The design compe- European Court. In the complaint we’ve from establishing personal contacts with June 21 that Kyiv hopes to develop an tition held in December 2009 by the [cited] a number of examples that, in our the leader of the world’s second largest exclusive relationship with China through Ministry of Culture and Tourism of opinion, undoubtedly prove that the crim- economy may be even more important.
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