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ThePublished U by thekrainian Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal W non-profit associationeekly Vol. LXXX No. 1 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 1, 2012 $1/$2 in Ukraine Resident historian appointed Yushchenko warned of prosecution in two cases for Ukrainian settlement by Zenon Zawada Special to The Ukrainian Weekly anniversary in Canada KYIV – Former President Viktor Yushchenko played a key role in President Viktor Yanukovych’s election victory, WINNIPEG, Manitoba – The Ukrainian Canadian yet it’s mostly trouble that he’s gotten in return for helping Congress on December 20, 2011, announced the to bring the current government into power. appointment of a national resident historian, as the The latest row facing Mr. Yushchenko came from First Ukrainian community in Canada marks the 120th Deputy Procurator General Renat Kuzmin, who warned the anniversary of settlement in Canada and begins prep- former president in a December 7, 2011, interview that he arations for a celebration much larger in scope: the could be criminally prosecuted if investigators conclude 125th anniversary in 2016. that he wasn’t poisoned during the 2004 presidential elec- “These milestone anniversaries are, in and of tion, as he had claimed. themselves, historically significant in the life of our Then nearly two weeks later, on December 20, Mr. Kuzmin community – just as much as the documented events warned of renewed investigations of alleged financial machi- and achievements that we celebrate define Ukrainian nations at the state-owned Bank Ukrayina, where the for- mer president served as first deputy chair in 1991-1993. Canadians and our collective place in the national his- Zenon Zawada The warnings could lead to long trials aimed at the 2012 tory of Canada,” said the chair of the 120th Former President Viktor Yushchenko. parliamentary campaign season, drawing voters’ attention Anniversary Commemorative Committee, Roman away from real problems and boosting their support for versial figure like Mr. Yushchenko, political experts said. Brytan. “As we celebrate together, it is vital that we the Party of Regions of Ukraine for prosecuting a contro- “Yushchenko did too much for the current government for also speak with one voice about the groundbreakers, it to make short work of him,” said Olexiy Haran, a political nation-builders and trailblazers who contribute to science professor at the National University of Kyiv Mohyla the dynamic, vital role that our community plays in Academy. “On the other hand, I don’t rule out that they the ongoing growth of Canada as a nation.” want to humiliate him as the leader of the Orange maidan.” The newly appointed national resident historian is After his triumph in the 2004 presidential election, Mr. Radomir Bilash, senior historian for the Ukrainian Yushchenko decimated his public support to near-zero lev- Cultural Heritage Village, with which he has been asso- els with his active role in defeating Ms. Tymoshenko in the ciated since 1977. Insofar as this world-class historical 2010 presidential vote and then testifying against her in museum focuses on the first decades of Ukrainian the criminal trial that convicted and sentenced her to homestead settlement and East-Central townsite seven years in prison. development, “Radomir is uniquely equipped to pro- Mr. Yushchenko gained numerous favors from the vide an accurate, factual context to the region and set- Yanukovych administration when it took power in tlers that started it all,” commented Mr. Brytan. February 2010. Mr. Bilash is project manager for the Alberta- Close members of his entourage gained lucrative govern- Ukraine Genealogical Project and president of the ment posts and eluded criminal investigation, while his fami- Canadian Association of Ukrainian Ethnology. The ly was allowed to reside in a fancy state dacha in Koncha author of numerous articles on Ukrainian Canadian cul- Zaspa, a suburb of Kyiv, until the Yushchenkos finished UNIAN/Evgyeniy Borisovskiy ture and history, and researcher/consultant for the First Deputy Procurator General Renat Kuzmin. (Continued on page 10) Canadian Museum of Civilization, he also lectures at the University of Alberta on early Ukrainian Canadian cul- ture as an adjunct associate professor in the Department of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies. Mr. Bilash’s first task will be to develop a webpage Holodomor memorial design presented through the 120th Anniversary Commemorative Committee and Ukrainian Canadian Congress, which will provide a treasury of gems of factual information to D.C. commissions and worldwide historical references for anyone looking WASHINGTON – During the last month of 2011, the tives from the Embassy of Ukraine and the U.S. Committee to find a quotation, an overview, a series of statistics, or design of the Holodomor memorial in Washington was for Ukrainian Holodomor-Genocide Awareness 1932-1933 a narrative study pertaining to Ukrainians in Canada. presented to the National Capital Planning Commission (U.S. Holodomor Committee). He will also be available on an ongoing basis to respond (NCPC) on December 1 and the National Capital Memorial During the National Capital Memorial Advisory to direct requests for texts, scripts and other materials Advisory Commission (NCMAC) on December 14. In addi- Commission (NCMAC) hearing, Oresta Starak, first secre- to be used in anniversary event programs, interpretive tion, a public scoping meeting was held on December 8 for tary of the Embassy of Ukraine, and Michael Sawkiw Jr., displays or even works of artistic inspiration. residents of the District of Columbia to express their opin- chairman of the U.S. Holodomor Committee, spoke in favor ions on the project. Anniversary celebrations of establishing a Ukrainian Famine-Genocide (Holodomor) Completion of the project is targeted for the 80th anni- memorial in Washington. The launch of the 120th anniversary celebrations of versary of the Ukrainian Famine-Genocide of 1932-1933 in Ms. Starak testified that the Holodomor was covered up Ukrainian settlement in Canada took place on Victoria 2013. for decades by the Soviets and only recently brought to the Day, May 23, 2011, at the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Each of the informational meetings – as well as the first world’s attention, adding that the Holodomor memorial Village located about 50 kilometers east of Edmonton, of the hearings on the design concept on October 20, 2011, would be a testament to the expanding bilateral relation- Alberta. That event’s highlights were the unveiling of before the Commission of Fine Arts – was an opportunity ship between Ukraine and the United States. an official logo for the anniversary and a pioneer family to vet the two proposed projects before various commis- Mr. Sawkiw elaborated on the Ukrainian American com- gathering. Since then, with the encouragement of the sioners and boards. Conceptual renderings of “Field of munity’s desire to have a Holodomor memorial built so Ukrainian Canadian Congress, various celebrations, Wheat,” designed by Ukrainian American architect Larysa that more people become aware of this “unknown geno- festivals, concerts and banquets across the country Kurylas, and “Shooting Hands,” designed by Ukrainian cide.” He quoted from a statement issued by President sculptor Igor Grechanyk, were presented by Mary Kay have been dedicated to this community milestone. George W. Bush in 2003, on the occasion of the 70th anni- Lanzillotta, partner at Hartman-Cox Architects. (Continued on page 11) Also present at the various sessions were representa- (Continued on page 7) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 1, 2012 No. 1

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Ukraine and Georgia approach Tymoshenko loses appeal tions for visitors. In the meantime, individ- uals who will need visa, passport, birth reg- KYIV – An appeals court in Ukraine has istration, notarial, federal benefits and justice in disparate ways upheld the guilty verdict and the seven- other services provided to U.S. citizens year jail sentence imposed on former by Taras Kuzio Ms. Tymoshenko is in jail for allegedly bring- must keep the upcoming move in mind. ing losses of $190 million to the state, Kyiv Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. Ms. Because of the move, the Consular Section Eurasia Daily Monitor Mayor Leonid Chernovetsky, who was sacked Tymoshenko was jailed for exceeding her will be closed for all routine services on authority in brokering a 2009 gas deal with Corruption and corporate raiding are late 2010, and his associates remain free. Yet, January 18 and 19 and offer only limited growing at an alarming rate in Ukraine since the extent of their corruption is beyond doubt Russia. She has denied any wrongdoing services on January 20. Also, the Embassy Viktor Yanukovych came to power. The coun- in the biggest land grab since Ukraine became and dismissed the trial as part of a cam- will be closed for the Martin Luther King Jr. try dropped 18 places this year in an independent state. Kyiv City paign by President Viktor Yanukovych to federal holiday on Monday, January 16. The Transparency International’s annual rank- Administration Chair Olexander Popov (a get rid of a political rival. The United States Embassy will fully re-open on Monday, ings, now standing below Russia and presidential representative who serves as and the European Union also have con- January 23, at its new location. To make Azerbaijan (both 143rd) and in 152nd place mayor) reported that they had returned demned the trial as politically motivated. sure everyone who needs services has a alongside Congo, the Central African Republic 1,700 hectares of land illegally distributed by Ms. Tymoshenko has dismissed the appeal chance to come in before the move, the and Tajikistan. Moreover, 152nd place corre- the mayor’s office (Ukrayinska Pravda, hearings as a “farce” and has filed a case Embassy has set aside extra appointment sponds to 2.3 on the 10-point scale in December 4, 2011). with the European Court of Human Rights. times on January 10-17. Those needing Transparency International’s Corruption Asked if Mr. Chernovetsky and his subordi- (RFE/RL with agency reports) American Citizen Services in the near Perception Index (www.toro.org.ua/en/cpi/ nates would be punished for mass corrup- future, should make appointments now (at tion, Mr. Popov said this was a question to be Rada will not consider decriminalization table-world/). https://evisaforms.state.gov/acs/default. addressed to the prosecutor’s office. When Transparency International’s Ukraine KYIV – The Verkhovna Rada on asp?postcode=KEV&appcode=1). office warned: “In 2011, Ukraine is on the asked if the prosecutor’s office had opened December 22, 2011, refused to put on its Emergency services to U.S. citizens will way to a corruption abyss.” They found cases against Mr. Chernovetsky, First Deputy continue to be provided during the move President Yanukovych had not undertaken Procurator Renat Kuzmin replied “never” agenda bill No. 9533, which introduces period. In case of further questions, read- any noticeable fight against corruption – any (Ukrayinska Pravda, November 26, 2011). amendments to the Criminal Code of such efforts remained virtual (http://www. Asked if there were criminal cases out- Ukraine regarding the harmonization of ers may contact the American Citizen kyivpost.com/news/nation/ standing against former President Viktor the national criminal law with the United Services unit at [email protected] both detail/118032/). Yushchenko, Mr. Kuzmin replied that there Nations Convention against Corruption. before and after the move. (U.S. Embassy) Only 156 national deputies voted for plac- By contrast, Georgia has made tremen- never had been. Mr. Yushchenko defended Mr. 78% anxious about ecological situation dous strides in rooting out corruption – espe- Chernovetsky in the 2008 pre-term mayoral ing the bill on the parliamentary agenda, cially in the police and judicial system. In elections against Ms. Tymoshenko’s attempts with at least 226 votes in favor required. KYIV – According to the results of a poll 2011, Transparency International ranked to unseat him. Mr. Yushchenko supported the The bill, which was registered in the conducted by the Gorshenin Institute and Georgia 64th (compared to Ukraine’s 152nd) 2006 gas contract, even though it is little dif- Verkhovna Rada by National Deputy Viktor released on December 16, 2011, 66.3 per- showing how political will in combating cor- ferent from the 2009 gas contract for which Shvets of the Batkivschyna party, proposed cent of Ukrainians consider the ecological ruption in Georgia since the 2003 Rose Ms. Tymoshenko has been sentenced. He also decriminalizing the article of the Criminal situation where they live to be bad. Only Revolution has improved the situation. supports her prison sentence (EDM, Code of Ukraine under which former 30.9 percent of respondents believe the Ukraine, following the 2004 Orange November 7, 2011). Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia environmental situation is good in the area Revolution, failed to replace the Soviet justice Ukraine continues to include Soviet-era Tymoshenko was convicted. The Party of where they live. The majority of Ukrainian articles in its 2001 criminal code, one of system or combat corruption except in 2005, Regions, the Communist Party and the citizens, almost 78.1 percent, are anxious which was used to imprison Ms. by the first Tymoshenko government. People’s Party voted against placing the bill about the state of the environment in their Tymoshenko. As EU leaders have stated, Georgia (64th) is ranked better than old areas. At the same time, one in five respon- these articles are not included in any on the Rada’s agenda. (Ukrinform) European Union members Italy (69th) and dents is worried about the state of the envi- Greece (80th) and new EU members European country’s criminal codes. U.S. Embassy is moving ronment. According to the poll, 50.4 per- Romania (75th) and Bulgaria (86th) and sits In 2008, Georgia replaced its Soviet-era cent of Ukrainians are worried about gas alongside Slovakia (66th) and Hungary Criminal Code with a new Criminal KYIV – During the week of January 16, pollution and water pollution; about one- (54th). Proceedings Code that is fully adversarial, has the Embassy of the United States of Ukraine dropped to 152nd place (out of clear standards of evidence, provides prefer- America in Kyiv will be moving to its new third are not satisfied with the low quality 183) in the International Finance ence for non-custodial sentences in pre-trial location. The last full day of visa and other of drinking water, as well as with rubbish Corporation (IFC) and World Bank’s 2011 situations and introduced trial by jury. The consular services in the current consular and garbage dumps on streets; 24.9 per- Ease of Doing Business index, because of rationale for jury trials was explained by building at 6 Pymonenko St. is Tuesday, cent are anxious about the absence or growing corruption and corporate raiding. Levan Ramishvili, the director of the Liberty January 17. As the move gets closer, the extermination of green planting; and one in The proportion of businessmen who use Institute: “It is harder to pressure 12 people Embassy will announce more details about six is worried about enhanced radiation unofficial methods to deal with the authori- than it is to pressure one judge” (http:// its new, modern facility, including direc- (Continued on page 8) ties has grown from 35 percent to 46 percent, www.circ.ge/newsletter.php?newsid=Issue2- and their expenditures on corruption had May-2006.html&lan=en). increased from 6 percent to 10 percent of Ukraine has no framework for jury trials their budgets. (Ekonomichna Pravda, and operates under the Soviet system, where November 2, 2011). the Procurator General is all powerful and the he krainian eekly FOUNDED 1933 The nature of corporate raiding is chang- judge is an arbiter. 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This was seen in the Tymoshenko (ISSN — 0273-9348) judges to change ownership deeds, but law trial through the use of a small courtroom in enforcement structures are increasingly tak- the summer and an inexperienced judge, an The Weekly: UNA: ing over businesses by illegal means (Eurasia over-crowded jail and the denial of medical Tel: (973) 292-9800; Fax: (973) 644-9510 Tel: (973) 292-9800; Fax: (973) 292-0900 Daily Monitor) December 2, 2011). care. Mr. Yanukovych’s understanding of “jus- The Yanukovych administration argues tice” is selective and characterized by observ- Postmaster, send address changes to: that Yulia Tymoshenko’s sentence, as well as ers as “thuggish machismo” (http://foreign- The Ukrainian Weekly Editor-in-chief: Roma Hadzewycz 2200 Route 10 Editor: Matthew Dubas the arrest of Yurii Lutsenko and other notes.blogspot.com/2011_11_01_archive. html). P.O. 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While replied, “This is not a bazaar.” He joked to Copyright © 2012 The Ukrainian Weekly Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin that he would release her on her birthday, and Party of Regions national deputies offered on ADMINISTRATION OF THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY AND SVOBODA Addendum television to exchange Ms. Tymoshenko for In the story “Masquerade Gala raises former Prime Minister Pavlo Lazarenko, who Walter Honcharyk, administrator (973) 292-9800, ext. 3041 e-mail: [email protected] funds for UAYA’s Ellenville camp” was imprisoned in 2006 by a Californian (December 18, 2011), the following sen- court (http://foreignnotes.blogspot. Maria Oscislawski, advertising manager (973) 292-9800, ext. 3040 fax: (973) 644-9510 tence about the evening’s entertainment com/2011_11_01_archive.html). e-mail: [email protected] was left out due to a technical error: “Later Viktoriya Sumar explains the reasons for Mariyka Pendzola, subscriptions (973) 292-9800, ext. 3042 on, Olya Fryz had guests on their feet, danc- e-mail: [email protected] ing to her well-known tracks.” (Continued on page 18) No. 1 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 1, 2012 3 NEWS ANALYSIS: Is Ukraine leaving the European Energy Community?

by David Marples would override current Ukrainian laws, and growing frustration. Wilfred Martens, (Segodnya, December 7, 2011). which make it illegal to transfer Ukraine’s president of the European People’s Party, In general, that is a positive sign for the As Ukraine’s relationship with the transit system to Russian control – a simi- stated that Ukraine, like Poland, could be authorities and a signal that the arrest of European Union continues to flounder over lar transfer occurred recently in Belarus. an important EU player, and that without Ms. Tymoshenko has not affected ratings human rights issues, the imprisonment of Mr. Alinov also believes that the flouting of its addition the EU project could not be for the president and the Party of Regions. former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko the agreement in place would also give complete. However, as a prerequisite to the The latter seems to be calculating each and the lengthy detention of former Russia significant influence over the inter- agreement, the Party of Regions must step in cynical fashion, taking action and Internal Affairs Minister Yurii Lutsenko, nal economic and political situation in release Ms. Tymoshenko, Mr. Lutsenko and then monitoring the response. Mr. Karasev there are signs that the government is pre- Ukraine (Zerkalo Nedeli, December 9, 2011). other political prisoners (UNIAN, December also notes that the leadership thinks the pared to flout existing laws to gain closer Another analyst, Maksim Honchar, goes 7, 2011). release of Ms. Tymoshenko would be seen association with Gazprom and the Customs further, maintaining that Kyiv’s apparent However, Foreign Affairs Minister as a sign of weakness. Also the Ukrainian Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan. reversal of policy on the EEC would violate Kostyantyn Gryshchenko demurred, stat- leaders are watching closely political The consequences could be not only the the July 1, 2010, law “Concerning the Main ing that Ms. Tymoshenko could not be used events in Russia, where the rise of opposi- loss of links with the European Energy Principles of Domestic and Foreign Policy,” as a bargaining chip in trade relations and tional activities could have a domino effect Community (EEC) but also the undermin- Article 7 of which stipulates that Ukraine’s that her situation was a matter for the in Ukraine. Various polls denote that Mr. ing of sovereignty. oil, gas and electricity networks should be Ukrainian Judiciary. To discuss the issue in Yanukovych remains the leading individual On December 4, 2011, Russia’s operating according to EU rules. In his view this way, he added, would be tantamount to politician with ratings between 17.4 and Ambassador to Ukraine Mikhail Zurabov this indicates a willingness to surrender indicating that the latter is not an indepen- 20.7 percent, whereas the ratings of Ms. announced that the new gas agreement national interests, which would be an even dent body (UNIAN, December 7, 2011). Tymoshenko, the only serious contender, between the two states would have the sta- more serious threat to Ukraine’s pro-Euro- Although the ruling group of Ukraine range from 13 to 14.1 percent (polls by tus of an international agreement, rather pean policy than the imprisonment of Ms. faces several serious economic dilemmas KMIS, Social Monitoring, Rating, and than a business arrangement between the Tymoshenko. It would also strengthen con- and recently rejected for a second time the Sotsis). Arseniy Yatsenyuk, in third place two responsible companies, Gazprom and siderably the position of Gazprom, a International Monetary Fund’s demand to has, at most, 9.9 percent support. In short, Naftohaz. Russia is evidently responding to monopolist enterprise that seeks to deploy raise energy prices, it does not seem to be there is no longer a serious contender from the EU’s plans for closer integration with energy as an instrument of political con- facing a serious threat from the opposition. the opposition as with Ms. Tymoshenko Ukraine and greater transparency in the trol. Ukraine would acquire cheap gas but Indeed, the political situation seems rela- out of the picture. transit gas from Russia to Western Europe. gradually lose its sovereignty, rendering tively unaffected by the Tymoshenko saga. The ruling group may also consider that Analyst Maksim Alinov comments that the Association Agreement with the EU Analyst Kost Bondarenko maintains that the year 2011 could be expected to see its the results of the inter-state agreement obsolete and leading to the next stage, the population has lost interest in the popularity drop because of the introduc- proposed by the Russian ambassador which would be a defensive alliance with struggle between Ms. Tymoshenko and the tion of unpopular measures such as pen- Russia (Zerkalo Nedeli, December 9, 2011). ruling elite, while Vadim Karasev considers sion and taxation codes, whereas the new David R. Marples is Distinguished The EU, meanwhile, continues to that the apparent lack of public sympathy year may bring better fortunes, not least University Professor and director of the demand the release of Ms. Tymoshenko as for Ms. Tymoshenko reflects the general through the hosting of the popular soccer Stasiuk Program for the Study of a prequel to the signing of the Association perception of her as a former representa- Contemporary Ukraine. Agreement, though with diminishing hopes tive of the political establishment (Continued on page 18)

Judge rules against Demjanjuk Congress passes Belarus Democracy in his bid to return to the U.S. and Human Rights Act of 2011 CLEVELAND – In the latest twist in the Mr. Demjanjuk, formerly of Seven Hills, ongoing case of John Demjanjuk, U.S. Ohio, remains in Germany in a nursing WASHINGTON – Legislation authored by - District Judge Dan Aaron Polster ruled home. Although he was sentenced to five Commission on Security and Cooperation in mentary elections that will comply with that a 1985 FBI memo that questioned years in prison for being an accessory to Europe (U.S. Helsinki Commission) OSCE• calls standards; for new and presidential and parlia the legitimacy of the Trawniki ID card murder, he was released pending appeal, Chairman Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.) respond- was immaterial and was based on specu- which could take as long as two years. He ing to the Belarusian government’s latest Federation to suspend its plan to hold the lation and mistaken beliefs. News of the is stateless and has no passport. crackdown on human rights that began 2014• calls International on the International World Ice Hockey Ice Hockey cham- ruling was reported by The Cleveland Mr. Demjanjuk’s son, John Jr., told the with the fraudulent December 19, 2010, pionship in Minsk, Belarus – a major sport- Plain Dealer on December 21, 2011. Associated Press in October of last year Belarusian election, was passed by the ing event which the Belarusian government An attorney for Mr. Demjanjuk, Dennis that the family is confident his father’s House of Representatives on December 20, plans to use to legitimize its unjust rule, just Terez, told The Plain Dealer “we’re evalu- conviction in Germany will be over- 2011, by a voice vote. as the Chinese Communist Party used the ating all of our options.” Mr. Demjanjuk, turned. “We’ve been in this position Since last year’s fraudulent election, the 2008 Olympics. 91, who was convicted on May 12, 2011, before – he was convicted and sentenced Belarusian government of Alyaksandr Rep. Smith’s bill was originally passed by in Germany of being an accessory in the to death not in Germany, but in the state Lukashenka, infamous for heading the House of Representatives on July 6, deaths of more than 28,000 as a death of Israel, and on the face of it on much “Europe’s last dictatorship,” has stepped up 2011. In anticipation of the tragic one-year camp guard in Nazi-occupied Sobibor, more convincing evidence than Germany its campaign of repression against human anniversary of the crackdown, and the Poland, can appeal the ruling. has ever seen – and they were wrong,” he rights and democratic activists. desire of Senate leaders to send a strong Mr. Demjanjuk’s attorneys argued that said. The bill now goes to the White House message to the Mr. Lukashenka, Rep. he should be allowed to return to the “If the appellate court in Germany where President Barack Obama is expected Smith’s bill was “hotlined” in the Senate, United States because prosecutors with- takes an honest approach like the Israeli to sign it. which made technical amendments held documents that could have helped Supreme Court, it will be overturned – The bill – H.R. 515, the “Belarus Human requested by the State Department his defense when he was tried in U.S. I’m confident of that,” he said. “The bigger Rights and Democracy Act of 2011” – approved by unanimous consent on District Court in Cleveland in 2001. They question is if my father will live that long.” strengthens and expands previous legisla- December 14, 2011, and, in view of the cited an FBI memo that said the ID card, In related news, in early October 2011, tion authored by Rep. Smith, the Belarus amendments, was scheduled for final pas- purportedly issued to Mr. Demjanjuk at it was reported by various news services Democracy Act of 2004 and the Belarus sage by the House. The House debate on the the Trawniki camp where Nazi camp that German prosecutors had reopened Democracy Reauthorization Act of 2006. bill fortuitously came on the December 19, guards were trained, “was quite likely hundreds of dormant investigations of The new legislation: 2011, commemoration of the crackdown fabricated by the KGB.” That report was former guards at Nazi death camps and that inspired the legislation. Final passage never turned over to the defense. others who might be charged with war who may be subject to visa and financial by voice vote came on December 20, 2011. The Plain Dealer reported that Judge crimes. They did so because the sanctions• expands so asthe to list include of Belarusian security officials “This new law will send a powerful mes- Polster sided with federal prosecutors, Demjanjuk case in Germany had estab- involved in the post-election crackdown; sage to the Belarusian dictator,” said Rep. who said that they had no idea that FBI lished a new legal precedent whereby a Smith, a long-time advocate for human agents in Cleveland had ever looked into guard’s mere presence at a Nazi camp jailed in connection with the post-election rights and democracy in Belarus and other Mr. Demjanjuk and argued that the automatically made him an accessory to crackdown• requires as the a condition release of for all endingindividuals U.S. countries of the former Soviet Union. “This report by agent Thomas Martin was the murders committed there. government sanctions on the government law addresses the two indispensable tools of based on conjecture and misinformed The Simon Wiesenthal Center of Belarus; every dictator – security services and propa- impressions, not evidence. announced in December that it had ganda. It puts Mr. Lukashenka’s secret police The judge said that because the inter- begun Operation Last Chance II to track report to Congress on the government of on notice that we are paying attention to nal FBI documents are merely specula- down remaining Nazi war criminals. The Belarus’s• requires arms thesales State and cooperation Department with to who they are and what they do. And it gath- tive, they did not need to be turned over New York Times reported that the cen- other governments in censoring or surveil- ers information on how he is expanding his to the defense. The judge also noted: ter’s chief Nazi hunter, Efraim Zuroff, ling the Internet; control over the Internet in Belarus. It also “Despite numerous opportunities, speaking in Berlin, said rewards of up to - sends a signal to the Belarusian people – the Demjanjuk has never provided a single, $32,900 would be offered for informa- demn the fraudulent December 19, 2010, United States government hasn’t forgotten consistent accounting of his whereabouts tion leading to the prosecution and pun- election• states and a U.S. work government for the releasepolicy to of con all what happened last December, and we stand during the war years 1942 to 1945.” ishment of Nazi war crimes suspects. Belarusian political prisoners and an end in solidarity with them, not their oppressor to repression of civil society; Lukashenka and his henchmen.” 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 1, 2012 No. 1

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CHRISTMAS PASTORAL The Ukrainian Weekly Be the spark This past fall, The Ukrainian Weekly reported on the launch of a food drive in commemoration of the Holodomor. Under the initiative of the Ukrainian American Youth Association’s young adults (druzhynnyky), the food drive was a project that was discussed during the 2011 Labor Day weekend meeting at the UAYA’s camp resort in Ellenville, N.Y. What started as localized efforts to collect food in commemoration of the Holodomor has turned into a national event. It is the hope of the organizers that this food drive becomes an annual event for the Ukrainian community – not only in the United States, but also in Canada, and perhaps other countries with Ukrainian populations worldwide. (The Weekly is cur- rently collecting reports from across the United States and parts of Canada, with a full report to follow.) Some Ukrainians are turned off by community events or efforts, because they don’t see them as doing any good, or as being complicatedly organized, or for some other reason. But here is a simple example, a food drive, which started with a spark (in Ukrainian, iskra) – an idea – that turned into a project and got picked up by other localities. Sports clubs, women’s groups, youth groups, schools, churches and other organizations all participated, and, when counted together, the fruits of that com- bined effort amounts to thousands of pounds of food for the hungry. The new year, 2012, is here, and with the tradition of making and breaking reso- lutions, this is one that we can all strive for every day in our own communities – be “Mother of God” by Vera Trycieckyj (acrylic and gold leaf on carved ceramic plaque, 2008), the spark. as reproduced on a Christmas card published by the Ukrainian National Association. Whether it’s being the first to volunteer to help make varenyky, or suggesting a new idea for fund-raising efforts, recommending a new band, or a new festival ven- dor – it all helps. Don’t know how to get started? Pick up a copy of The Weekly (or read online) to May the Word become flesh see what community events are happening in your neck of the woods, or try Facebook, the online social-networking site. Check with your local library for various and dwell amongst us all performances, cooking demonstrations, film screenings, and the like, and if there is Nativity Epistle of the Permanent Christ-Child. The past becomes the present nothing Ukrainian-related – be the first to recommend something, or do it yourself. Conference of Ukrainian Orthodox Hierarchs moment of life. The word was made flesh The iskra (spark) is a recurring theme that has been incorporated into the teach- Beyond the Borders of Ukraine. and is dwelling among us! ings of both the Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization and the Ukrainian Youth Beloved: it is the easiest thing to fence Association, and can probably be traced to some didactic folktale, with parallels to To the venerable and Christ-loving clergy Christ in the walls of the church building, to the biblical David and Goliath, reminding that something as tiny as a spark can lead and laity of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church confine Him, to shut Him in the deepest and to a raging bonfire. in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Europe, smallest sanctuary of our hearts, limiting Now get out there and be the spark! South America, the United States of America Him to be the Sunday morning segment of and in Ukraine our lives. Here, confined, the Word will not Dear and beloved brothers and sisters in become flesh! The Word will not act to a the Lord! hungry and thirsty world for peace. Christ is Born! Christmas is upon us and it must remind us Jan. Turning the pages back... Into a restless and darkened world that God is here, that He dwells within us! appeared the shining light of the Bethlehem And wherever man grieve, wherever men star – the star which announced the incarna- are hurt or flesh is bruised, wherever a chil- Sixty years ago, on January 2, 1952, John W. Gibson, chairman tion of Him Who would illuminate the dark- dren are in hunger or men are in need, there 2 of the U.S. Displaced Persons Commission, reported on its three- ness and calm the sea of restlessness by His we must be, as carriers of the newly born year operation, which resettled 336,000 refugees. peace. Into the silence of the night comes the Christ-Child – there, the Word must become 1952 The DP program, as it came to be known, was started in 1948, majestic chant of the Angels heralding God’s flesh in the name of God and for “Peace on and was replaced by an “expellee program” that admitted 54,744 greatest manifestations of love towards earth, good will towards others.” Then, and German-origin Europeans who were expelled from their homes mankind – a love which sends His only only then, can Christmas have meaning in in Eastern Europe by Communists. Begotten Son to the earth. God Himself, so our lives. Then, and only then, we can pro- The report noted that in three years the U.S. had issued visas to 336,000 DPs in the long silent to the restless and darkened claim Christ is born and God is with us! crowded western zones of Germany and Austria. The program cost $100,601,000, or world, answers at last! Christ is Born! God is May the Word become flesh and dwell roughly $299.41 for each DP or $1.93 per U.S. taxpayer based on the recent census of the with us! Man can never cease to marvel – amongst us all, guiding our lives throughout time. Repayment, the report noted, would occur “in less than three years” by the DPs can never cease to reconcile to our human coming New Year by His love and with His themselves through income taxes. intellect – only by faith – for the mind is stag- Peace. It is the prayer of your hierarchs that Of the 336,000 DPs, all but 36,000 already are resettled in the U.S., with the remainder gered by the implications of the very God, you experience the most blessed and holy due within two months. Fifty-four percent were males, 46 percent Catholic, 34 percent the very Creator, made man! In the manger Christmas Season and a New Year filled with protestant or Orthodox, 19 percent Jewish and 1 percent “other and unknown.” Age demo- Child God took a form that we could see and the blessings from above. graphics showed 22 percent were under age 14, 14 percent between 14 and 24 years old, understand as the Way. By His examples – of Christ is Born! Glorify Him! 44 percent between 45 and 64 years old; and 2 percent over 65 years old. His ministry – in His teachings the way With archpastoral blessings, Mr. Gibson’s report continued that 75 percent of the DPs admitted up to that point had became evident! The Way summed up in the † Constantine already entered the labor force, as compared with 58 percent of the U.S. population. chant of the Angels as they proclaimed: Metropolitan, Ukrainian Orthodox Farmers were the most sought after workers, but 90 percent of all DPs “are now located in “Peace to men of good will!” The Way Church of the U.S.A. and in Diaspora urban areas,” he added. becomes His Peace which He gives to all who baptized in Christ, in order to be filled with † Yurij Metropolitan, Source: “Ends 3-year displaced persons program – U.S. commission says its efforts struck the desire of good will towards others. Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada at the heart of cause of wars,” The Ukrainian Weekly, January 8, 1952. The birth of Jesus Christ was a unique event in the history of the world. It hap- † Antony pened only once! The Word was made flesh! Archbishop, And year after year we commemorate this Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the U.S.A. event with hymns and carols of the manifes- † Ioan tation of God’s love towards mankind. Archbishop, However, to commemorate is not simply an Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Diaspora act of remembrance in an event of the past, † Jeremiah for it is also there to bring that past event Archbishop, Ukrainian into our present lives and apply it positively. Orthodox Church, South America Eparchy Thus, Christ is Born and we remember that † Ilarion night whenever His light entered into the Bishop, world of darkness; God is with us, for that Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada light of His life guides and sustains us pres- ently and uninterruptedly. God is with us, † Andrij His peace resides within stables of our souls Bishop, – His way permeates our very lives. Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada Christ is born – yes an event of the past, † Daniel yet an event which is continually acting in Bishop, the souls of those who receive the newborn Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the U.S.A. No. 1 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 1, 2012 7

COMMENTARY: Should Ukraine forget its history?

by Alexander Motyl treating Thomas Jefferson as a Founding may have seemed plausible during the hey- beings, capable of both good and evil, ratio- Father of both state and nation, even though day of globalization, when nations, states, nality and irrationality, and identical in his place in a territorial narrative is marred and borders appeared to be disappearing these respects to all other human beings, CONCLUSION by his ownership of slaves. Harry Truman faster than speeding bullets, but the recent including Russians, Poles and Jews. The hegemony of dominant narratives helped make America a great power and a global economic crises and the state-led The second stage is this. It is only if and transforms non-dominant narratives into strong, self-confident nation, even though responses to them have surely taught us when such Ukrainian national narratives unwelcome shifts that rock the boat. New, the destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki that national identities and state boundar- are constructed and consolidated that non-dominant narratives will, from the was arguably an act of genocide. Paul ies are here to stay – at least for a few more Ukrainians will be able to move on – not viewpoint of existing dominant narratives, Robeson was a great African American civil years. forget per se, but stop obsessing about the always appear as upstarts that threaten to rights activist and nation-builder, even I suggest that the demise of globaliza- past. It is at that point that two important upend the only correct way of seeing things. though he was also an apologist for Joseph tion fever and the reassertion of both developments will become possible. Once Feminist history was treated in just this Stalin. nations and states will frame the academic Ukrainian national narratives become rou- manner until women made it part of the I wish to emphasize that to incorporate agenda in such a way as to make post- tinized and naturalized, they will lend mainstream. Similarly, the histories of all the Ukrainian nationalist movement into a national narratives look increasingly quaint themselves to commercialization, kitschifi- formerly colonized nations had to assert Ukrainian national narrative is not to white- in the years ahead. cation, lampooning, satirizing and the like. themselves in opposition to hegemonic nar- wash it or to ignore the tragedy and vio- No less important, the urge to propel We will know that moment has arrived ratives generated by the former empire or lence done to Ukrainians and non-Ukraini- Ukraine into a post-Ukrainian age or deny when a Ukrainian version of Mel Brooks’s by elites, groups, or professions with estab- ans. It is simply to tell the story of the it a national narrative is logically unsustain- “The Producers” will feature “Springtime lished historical narratives. Ukrainian nationalist movement – not as a able and normatively retrograde. It is logi- for Lenin” in Donetsk and “Springtime for Although Ukrainian historians have pro- footnote in the story of Russia, the Soviet cally unsustainable because, as I have Bandera” in Lviv and “Springtime for duced histories since at least the 19th centu- Union, Poland or the Holocaust, not as a dis- argued, a post-Ukrainian narrative is possi- Himka” in Edmonton. ry, they have never had the status of domi- ruption of established historical narratives, ble if and only if a Ukrainian narrative Exceptionally serious Ukrainians will nant narratives. As a result, Ukraine became and not as a savage negation of civilization – already exists and can therefore be tran- react with horror to the prospect of independent in 1991 in a historical and his- but as an ontologically legitimate story with scended. It is normatively reactionary Hollywoodization, but such corrosive influ- toriographical setting of hegemonic non- a beginning, middle and end embedded in a because, in the absence of an already exist- ences will transform sacred historical nar- Ukrainian narratives that had existed and distinctly Ukrainian historical narrative. ing Ukrainian narrative, post-Ukrainian ratives into mundane and secular artifacts acquired institutionalized status in the Historians who prefer to embed the revisionism amounts to a Great Leap and thereby enable the vast majority of the course of decades or centuries. Emergent Ukrainian nationalist movement in non- Forward that denies the legitimacy of population to deal with history in the man- Ukrainian – or Kazakh, Georgian or Estonian Ukrainian narratives are free to do so, but Ukraine’s efforts to attain post-colonial sta- ner that it deserves – as the past and not – national narratives could but challenge the they have the intellectual obligation to rec- tus, to find its own voice and to be free. the present, and as a taken-for-granted primacy of the historical status quo repre- ognize that their doing so endows them Such a denial is tantamount to instruct- component of one’s national identity. sented by existing dominant narratives. with no intellectual superiority. They also ing African Americans and women that Taken-for-grantedness will also take his- Logically, emergent Ukrainian historical have the moral obligation to ask just why they have no right to engage in black histo- tory out of the realm of society or the state narratives had to correspond to the above their conceptualizations, interpretations ry and women’s history, that their right is and place it in the realm in which it is most three ideal types of national narratives. and representations are identical to those of conditional on representing Malcolm X suitably obsessed about – the realm of pro- Thus, a Ukrainian state narrative would Soviet propagandists, Russian imperialists only as a violent criminal and Betty Freidan fessional historians who do not and cannot necessarily begin Ukraine’s history in Rus’. and neo-Stalinists and share in their ideo- only as a frustrated housewife, and that take history for granted. That, of course, is It would carry it through the Kozak rebel- logical and normative predilections. their rejection of these strictures disquali- what President Peres really had in mind – lions of Bohdan Khmelnytsky and Ivan How, then, can Ukraine develop a “nor- fies them from having a voice. that Ukrainians should let their historians, Mazepa, the failed attempt to build a state in mal” relationship to history – one that Naturally, “international scholars” will and only their historians, worry about his- 1917-1921, and the activity of the integral might satisfy President Peres, historians write what they want to – and, indeed, they tory. He is wrong to think that can happen nationalists of the inter-war period and and Ukraine? should write what they want to. And if they at this point in Ukraine’s historical and his- World War II. And it would conclude with I suggest that Ukraine must still go engage in irresponsible allegations and toriographical development. But if and the development of the Ukrainian SSR, the through two stages. crude violations of academic standards, when Ukrainian national narratives are collapse of the Soviet Union, and the role First, and as I have been saying, Ukraine they harm above all themselves. But that constructed and consolidated, his advice therein of Ukrainian national Communists must construct some sort of national histo- also means that historians in Ukraine and will be correct. and dissidents. ry or histories. Constructing a national his- historians of Ukraine are perfectly free to At that point, Ukrainians will be able to A Ukrainian people narrative would have tory will not be easy, at least as long as the anticipate the end of the Putin-Yanukovych develop a variety of stances toward their the same historical sweep of the state nar- Vladimir Putin and Viktor Yanukovych regimes, to decline to succumb to globaliza- history – ranging from sacralization to tak- rative, while focusing on how state-building, regimes are in power and as long as histori- tion mania, and to dismiss premature his- en-for-grantedness to desacralization – together with developments in the society, ans deny or try to transcend national narra- torical revisionism as being on the wrong while their historians, both the honest and culture and economy, led to the emergence tives that do not yet exist. But the good side of both logic and liberation. the dishonest ones, will be able to fight over of nationally conscious Ukrainians and, news is that none of these obstacles is likely That freedom also entails a serious details, trajectories, and the utility of eventually, a distinctly Ukrainian nation. to be permanent. responsibility: to pursue the serious busi- national versus post-national narratives. Finally, a Ukrainian territory narrative I belong to those wild-eyed optimists ness of writing Ukrainian national narra- Then and only then will post-Ukrainian would tell the story of relations between who believe that Putin’s Russia, a system tives honestly and with integrity – by revisionism be logically sustainable and and among peasants, landlords, merchants, that draws on neo-imperialism and neo- eschewing heroization and myth-making, politically progressive, and then and only workers, Ukrainians, Russians, Poles, Jews, Stalinism for its legitimacy, and by rejecting blank spots, and by addressing then will calls to settle the borderlands of Ruthenians, Catholics, Orthodox and others Yanukovych’s Ukraine, which draws on a head-on all difficult, painful, complex and the historical imagination make sense and on the territory of Ukraine. denial of Ukrainian history for its legitima- embarrassing issues. be possible. It is simply impossible to ignore Roman cy, are unstable. When they find their right- The best way to counter racist depic- In a word, Ukraine must first catch up Shukhevych and Stepan Bandera in the ful place on what the Soviets used to call tions of Ukrainians in many hegemonic nar- with and have a history, before it can forget writing of a Ukrainian national narrative. the ash heap of history, two of the hege- ratives as pure negations – as only anti-Rus- it. Whatever their moral, political or other fail- monic anti- or non-Ukrainian narratives – sians, only anti-Soviets, only anti-Semites, ings, these individuals played critically call them Soviet and imperial Russian – will and thus as only anti-human, brutish Above is the text of the Wolodymyr important – and arguably constructive – experience a mortal blow. Untermenschen – is not to glorify them as Dylynskyj Memorial Lecture delivered by roles in the twin projects of Ukrainian state- That leaves the historians who wish to unremittingly positive heroes and Alexander J. Motyl, professor of political sci- and nation-building. propel Ukraine into a post-national age or Übermenschen, but to depict them as ence at Rutgers University-Newark on May 6, Americans, for instance, cannot avoid deny it a national narrative. Their views Menschen – as multidimensional human 2011, at the University of Toronto.

Also present at the hearing were repre- tence of the Ukrainian American communi- firm, federal agencies, and the Embassy of Holodomor memorial... sentatives from the Ukrainian American ty and the Ukrainian government, we will Ukraine for the establishment of the (Continued from page 1) community, including local clergy and the soon have a memorial right here in the cen- Famine-Genocide memorial in Washington. CEO of the Ukrainian National Federal ter of Washington that does just that. I am The committee is also actively engaged in versary of the Holodomor: “The world must Credit Union, Christine Balko. very proud to have been a part of that preparing plans (curricula, exhibits and teach lessons from this dark chapter in Rep. Sander Levin (D-Mich.), co-chair of effort. Today, I urge the commission to join conferences) for commemorations of the [Ukrainian] history to future generations the Congressional Ukrainian Caucus (CUC) the Ukrainian American community in 80th anniversary of the Ukrainian Famine- and prevent atrocities like this in the and the main sponsor of the congressional remembering the victims of this tragedy Genocide of 1932-1933, which will be future.” bill to allocate federal land for the estab- and renewing our commitment to ensure kicked off in November of this year. Mr. Sawkiw added., “It is because of this lishment of the Holodomor memorial, pro- that it is never repeated.” For more information, readers may visit that the Ukrainian American community vided a written statement to the commis- The NCMAC’s findings showed that the U.S. Holodomor Committee’s Facebook considers it extremely important that a sion that was read by Mr. Sawkiw. body’s affinity for “Field of Wheat,” the page at http://on.fb.me/sbPrke. Donations monument to the millions of innocent vic- The statement, in part, read: “Preventing design preferred also by the Commission of for the U.S. Holodomor Committee’s work tims of the Famine-Genocide be built in our the reoccurrence of crimes against humani- Fine Arts, which had stated that Ms. and the memorial in Washington may be nation’s capital… [to] serve as not only a ty such as the Ukrainian Famine-Genocide Kurylas’s “is the superior design.” sent to: U.S. Committee for Ukrainian memorial to those who perished, but also begins with remembering the tragedies of The U.S. Holodomor Committee contin- Holodomor-Genocide Awareness 1932- as a tool to help educate the global commu- the past and honoring those who suffered ues to monitor and actively participate in 1933, 203 Second Ave., New York, NY nity about such heinous crimes.” so greatly as a result. Thanks to the persis- various meetings with the architectural 10003. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 1, 2012 No. 1

452,000 Ukrainians live in rural areas of ties do not meet their European integration vations are aimed against them as the main NEWSBRIEFS Russia, and 1.476 million in cities. The declarations. And only 12.3 percent indi- supplier of pipeline gas to Europe. nationality of respondents during the sur- cate that authorities’ actions correspond to (Ukrinform) (Continued from page 2) vey was recorded by census takers. these declarations. In addition, the poll Ukraine disregarded in Energy Community? levels. At the same time, every tenth Ukrainians in 2010 remain the third largest revealed that 37.4 percent of respondents Ukrainian worries about the input of pol- nationality in Russia. First place is held by believe they will personally benefit if KYIV – The European Energy lutants and about changes in flora and Russians –111.02 million people (80.9 per- Ukraine joins the European Union, 26.5 Community makes decisions that are fauna. The majority of Ukrainians, 79.4 per- cent), while the Tatars come in second with percent believe they will lose. Meanwhile, inconsistent with the national interests of cent, are against keeping radioactive waste 5.31 million people (3.87 percent). The 27 percent believe they will benefit from Ukraine, President Viktor Yanukovych said Ukrainian citizenship of respondents for Ukraine’s accession to the Customs Union from other countries on the territory of at his yearend conference in Kyiv on the 2010 census was confirmed by 93,000 of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan, and Ukraine, even if it means more revenue for December 21, 2011. “We have not seen any people (in 2002 213,000 held Ukrainian 23.5 percent that they will lose. the Ukrainian budget, while one in 10 have positive results so far. We see that Ukraine citizenship). The number of residents who (Ukrinform) the opposite viewpoint if there are finan- is ignored by our colleagues in the Energy speak Russian decreased in 2010 to 138 cial revenues. A total of 45.2 percent of citi- Community. Decisions are taken that actu- million people (99.4 percent) from 142.6 Ukraine may lose gas transit volumes zens have no fears related to the emer- ally go against the national interests of million (99.2 percent) in 2002. Other com- KYIV – Ukraine may lose about two- Ukraine,” he stressed. “If this trend contin- gence of a large-scale man-made catastro- mon languages spoken in Russia are phe in the nearest future on the territory of thirds of current natural gas transit vol- ues, why do we need it, just for appear- English, Tatar, German, Chechen, Bashkir, umes to Europe by 2019 if the South Ukraine, while 38.2 percent of Ukrainians ance?” According to Mr. Yanukovych, if Ukrainian and Chuvash. (Ukrinform) Stream pipeline is launched. This opinion fear this situation. (Ukrinform) Ukraine was considered an equal partner, 45% in Ukraine support EU accession was expressed by the former Naftohaz when a decision was made on the con- Ukrainians in Russia reduced by a third Ukrainy press secretary, Valentyn struction of Nord Stream Ukraine should KYIV – A positive attitude towards Zemliansky, on December 2, 2011, while have received a proposal to participate in KYIV – The number of Ukrainians in Ukraine’s membership in the European commenting on recent statements by the the project. “But this has not happened. In Russia, according to the 2010 Russian cen- Union prevails among the citizens of European Commissioner for Energy addition, it was done, I would say, defiantly. sus, declined in comparison with 2002 by Ukraine. According to a public opinion poll Gunther Oettinger and Russian Energy They showed that they would work with- nearly one-third or 1 million people – from conducted by the Razumkov Center and Minister Sergey Shmatko about the possi- out us. These are powerful countries, and 2.94 million to 1.93 million. Such data were published on December 15, 2011, 45 per- bility of relieving Russian company proj- we can not compete with them, it is diffi- received from the automated processing of cent of those polled support entry into the ects from the operation of provisions of the cult and unnecessary,” the president noted. questionnaires of the 2010 National EU, and 34.2 percent are against it. At the EU Third Energy Package. According to Mr. It was reported that on December 19, Census and reported on December 16, same time, a significant number (20.7 per- Zemliansky, if one takes into consideration 2011, at a joint press conference with 2011. The percentage of Ukrainians in the cent) of people did not answer. However, that construction of the gas pipeline will European Union leaders after the Ukraine- Russian population fell from 2.05 percent most (55.8 percent) respondents say that start in 2013, by 2015 the first branch will EU Summit in Kyiv, Mr. Yanukovych said in 2002 to 1.41 percent in 2010. Almost the practical efforts of Ukrainian authori- be launched and by 2019 all four branches that the Energy Community had breached of South Stream will be in operation, mean- its obligations to Ukraine. “We do not ing the volume of Russian gas traveling understand when decisions were made on through Ukraine will decrease by 63 billion the construction of Nord Stream and one of cubic meters. Then, considering the opera- the components of this stream – the con- tions of Nord Stream, gas transit via struction of gas storage facilities in Serbia. TO PLACE YOUR AD CALL MARIA OSCISLAWSKI (973) 292-9800 x3040 Ukraine will make up about 25 billion to 30 This leads us to believe that the Ukrainian or e-mail [email protected] billion cubic meters. Mr. Zemliansky noted gas transit system is devalued in its eco- that, although the annual volume of transit- nomic and political importance,” he said. ed gas is written down in a contract on gas Mr. Yanukovych added that, because of SERVICES PROFESSIONALS transit between Ukraine and Russia in the Nord Stream and South Stream, the gas amount of 110 billion cubic meters until flow through the Ukrainian gas transit sys- 2009, it is not fixed by any obligations from tem (GTS) would be much lower and that the Russian party. “There are no punitive does not meet the interests of Ukraine. He sanctions, there is no principle of ‘pump or recalled that Ukraine offered to create a tri- pay,’ “ the expert noted. In addition, accord- lateral gas transit consortium with the EU ing to Mr. Zemliansky, currently it is impos- and Russia to guarantee the gas flow and sible to speculate about whether those maintain the Ukrainian GTS in a proper obligations will be fixed in the contract that state. “We are waiting for an answer, both the parties intend to sign by the end of the from Russia and from Europe – whether current year. The EU Third Energy Package, they agree with the proposal or not,” Mr. created in 2009, includes six legislative acts Yanukovych said. Ukraine became a full providing for restrictions on activities of member of the European Energy vertically integrated companies in the Community in February, having fulfilled the energy sector. The main requirement of the MERCHANDISE pre-funding requirement for GTS modern- package is the division of business into ization when the Ukrainian Parliament extraction and transportation of energy carriers. 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when a larger part of the tax burden rests NEWSBRIEFS on those who live on wages, while the taxa- tion of capital resources and property is (Continued from page 8) carried out in a preferential regime. passed a law on liberalization of the gas According to official statistics from the market. (Ukrinform) Ukrainian Finance Ministry, revenues from the tax on the income of individuals have Rich people pay less in taxes not changed since 2010 and are about 4 With great sorrow KYIV – The research center for the prob- percent of GDP. (Ukrinform) lems of taxation at the National University Ukrainian peacemakers recognized we announce that of the State Tax Service of Ukraine has con- cluded that poor people pay 50 times more KYIV – Ukrainian peacekeepers in beloved son of Therese and Orest, in taxes than rich people. The reason for Liberia were presented with United and beloved brother of Mark and this lies in current legislation, according to Nations medals “In the Service of Peace” on Mathew a December 7, 2011, report in the Delo the occasion of the Day of the Armed newspaper. A progressive tax on the Forces of Ukraine, which was marked on income of individuals introduced in the December 6, 2011, the Defense Ministry’s new Tax Code, which is aimed at ensuring press office said. The decorations were pre- Andrew Stephan Diachok that the rich pay more than the poor, is no sented to the Ukrainian peacekeepers by passed into eternity on Saturday, December 10, 2011. more than fine words, the deputy director Special Representative of the Secretary of the center, Kostiantyn Shvabii, said. The General (SRSG) Ellen Margrethe Loy. The Andrew was born on August 25, 1973, attended Navy Elementary expert noted that the salaries of the public awards ceremony was held at Roberts School in Fairfax, Va., Shevchenko Ukrainian School in Maryland, and ensured more than 90 percent of all reve- International Airport, a base for Ukrainian graduated from Oakton High School in Oakton, Va., in 1992. Andrew nues from the payment of this tax. helicopters. “You have made a significant enlisted in the United States Navy in 1994, and served his country with However, wealthy Ukrainians mainly do contribution to establishing peace in the distinction, most recently in the Navy’s Riverine Unit at Little Creek, Va. not get salaries, and, therefore, they do not region. During the year, you have once pay taxes from them and do not make con- again proved your professionalism, reliabil- Andrew received numerous awards, and achieved the rank of Senior tributions to social insurance funds. At the ity and devotion to the duty,” Mrs. Loy Chief Master at Arms. In July 2011 the Drug Enforcement Administration same time, their main income – from secu- emphasized. The 56th Separate Helicopter (DEA) selected him to be the Navy’s first representative to the DEA rities and deposits – is not taxed. Mr. Detachment of the Armed Forces of International Fellowship Program. Shvabii said that the tax on the income of Ukraine has performed the task with the Andrew was blessed with a cheerful, optimistic and exuberant per- individuals requires further reform in U.N. Mission in Liberia since January 2004. sonality. His fellow sailors and officers loved and respected him. Andrew order to eliminate the current disparity, (Ukrinform) was a natural leader of men. He had a profound impact on all who knew him. Andrew’s parents, brothers and extended family are extremely proud of all his accomplishments, and of the wonderful, caring, gener- ous and moral way he conducted his very amazing, but unfortunately very short life. A Ukrainian Catholic religious service (including Panakhyda) will be held at the Holy Family Ukrainian Catholic Church at 4250 Harewood Road, Washington, D.C., on January 10, 2012, at 7 PM. Andrew will be buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery on Dr. Martha Cenko January 11, 2012, at 9 AM. Dr. Martha Cenko was born on June 30, 1950, in Philadelphia, Pa. After receiving her Optometry degree in June 1973, she worked in a private practice in Philadelphia until her marriage on May 10, 1980, to Alex Cenko. After moving to Babylon, New York, she worked in a private practice in Brooklyn. She was offered a partnership in this practice, but decided that being a mother would preclude that. Alexander Cenko was born on August 19, 1981, and Andrew Cenko on August 23, 1983. Since she con- sidered that being a mother was her most important task, she stopped With great sorrow we announce that after a long illness, working until Alexander and Andrew were old enough to attend day care. She worked part time until we moved to Philadelphia in May 1988. our beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister and aunt Since bringing up the children as Ukrainian was very important, she enrolled them in Ukrainian school, and helped with both their English and Ukrainian homework. In 1988, while practicing with a new instrument, she Alexandra Hoszko learned that she had a mole in her right eye. Since this could be a precur- née Szafran sor of eye cancer, she had the mole evaluated every six months. In 1998, the mole turned malignant, and was treated with radiation. In passed into eternity on December 8, 2011, in Cherry Hill, N.J. 2001, the cancer returned, and received laser and cryogenics treatment. She became blind in her right eye, but continued practicing Optometry. at the age of 69. She was born in Kharkiv, Ukraine. In February 2007 her cancer had spread to her liver and kidneys, and she was given six months. Luckily advances in cancer treatment gave her Parastas was held on December 12, 2011, at Boylan Funeral some extra time. Home in New Brunswick, N.J. Funeral services were held on Martha was always the life of any party, be it at Soyuzivka, or on the December 13, 2011, at St. Andrew Ukrainian Catholic Church in subways in Manhattan... She always knew how to have a good time and Campbell Hall, N.Y., followed by interment at Holy Ghost Cemetery shared her joy with those around her. She was an incredibly caring person in Campbell Hall, N.Y. who would put the needs of her friends and family before her own. This attitude of caring was passed on to her patients as well, where she spent In deep sorrow: late nights trying to find new ways in which to help them even more. husband – Walter Martha accomplished many things and saw many places in this world, but her greatest achievement was enriching the lives of those she came in daughter – Christina contact with. Although her passing is a sad thing, her spirit lives on in the son – Andrew people’s who’s lives she affected, and the world is a better, more joyous place for her having been a part. granddaughter – Kylie Rokoszak Funeral services were held at St. Michael’s Catholic Church on Saturday, brother – Dimitri Szafran with wife Margaret and December 17, 2011. She is survived by her husband Alex, sons Alexander and Andrew, brother Truvor Kuzmowych with wife Christyna, cousin sons, Victor and John with their families, Christine Kushnir with husband Lou and their sons Nickolas and Stephen. and daughter Nina Dubniansky with family. Dr. Takami Sato’s work at the Kimmel Cancer Center helped prolong Extended family and friends in US and Ukraine. her life. Donations can be made to the “uveal melanoma research fund” at the link: http://www.kimmelcancercenter.org/kcc/kccnew/help/develop- Eternal memory! ment/waystogift.htm 3B 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 1, 2012 No. 1

although the two have categorically oppo- October 2011 he’s held out in offering his again by Oleksander Medvedko, the procu- Yushchenko... site positions on the genocide. blood out of concern that “the national lab- rator general appointed by Mr. Yushchenko The same day, the two honored the vic- oratory can be under a certain influence in 2005, Ukrayinska Pravda reported. (Continued from page 1) tims of political repressions at the Bykivnia and the conclusions can be not objective.” “In 2002 to 2004, the government had repairing the roof on their Novi Bezradychi Forest on the outskirts of Kyiv, practically In 2004, his blood was tested in four lab- enough opportunities to unravel this matter,” mansion that was damaged in a 2010 fire. ignoring the conclusion of Western govern- oratories around the globe which conclud- said Oleksandr Paliy, a Kyiv veteran political Kateryna Yushchenko announced on ments that Mr. Yanukovych himself was ed he had dioxin poisoning, Mr. observer. “Having not unraveled it one time September 1, 2011, that they were moving responsible for persecuting his political Yushchenko told the BBC. Since then he’s meant there was nothing to pursue.” to the Novi Bezradychi home from the state opponents. had 26 operations which typically lasted Bank Ukrayina was the Soviet state bank dacha. Mr. Kuzmin’s statements last month sig- four to five hours under deep anesthesia, at for Ukraine’s rural population, which later Yet Mr. Yushchenko was denied a few naled a break in their harmonious rela- a Swiss clinic. was assumed by the Ukrainian government things on his wish list. tions. Mr. Yushchenko wants his blood tested and then privatized. In May 2010, the Cabinet of Ministers “Yushchenko thought he could cooper- in Ukraine and simultaneously at a foreign In late 1991, two weeks after the Soviet took away $9.4 million earmarked for the ate and elude the grip of the Donetsk clan, laboratory, Mr. Kuzmin said, adding, “If Union’s collapse, Mr. Yushchenko approved development of the Arts Arsenal but he simply doesn’t know their ways,” Yushchenko doesn’t offer the blood soon, a bank operation in which 2 billion rubles (Mystetskyi Arsenal), a structure designed said Dr. Oleh Soskin, the director of the then following certain investigative acts we ended up in the hands of a private individu- to be Ukraine’s biggest cultural museum, Institute of Society Transformation in Kyiv. will resolve the issue of closing this crimi- al with the surname Dokiichuk, who dis- which became Mr. Yushchenko’s pet project “Their goal is to destroy all competitors, nal case.” tributed the funds and fled to the Russian following his presidency. including the [Leonid] Kuchma, [Victor] “If it’s established that there was no Federation, Ukrayinska Pravda reported. At the end of that year, Ukraine’s Pinchuk clan, the [Yulia] Tymoshenko clan, attempt on Viktor Andriyovych’s life, if there State investigators cited the negligence Parliament approved a 50 percent increase and the third most powerful Yushchenko is weighty evidence that this is all fabricat- of bank officials in the money being lost, in the budget of the Arts Arsenal to $7.5 clan,” Dr. Soskin said. ed, in that case the issue of criminal respon- particularly Mr. Yushchenko, who was million. Mr. Kuzmin, a native of Donetsk and sibility will be raised,” Mr. Kuzmin said. never prosecuted. In April 2011, President Yanukovych longtime acquaintance of Mr. Yanukovych, Meanwhile, digging into the Bank While political observers such as Mr. agreed to create a Council to Develop the has been demanding for nine months that Ukrayina affair would dredge up criminal Paliy said old criminal cases are dredged up Arts Arsenal National Cultural and Museum Mr. Yushchenko offer a fresh blood sample investigations that were conducted in the to distract the public’s attention from cur- Complex, with Mr. Yushchenko and Culture for a reinvestigation of his poisoning being early 1990s and then closed in 1995 for rent problems, others were more skeptical. Minister Mykhailo Kulyniak as co-chairs. conducted by the Procurator General’s lack of evidence. The statute of limitations “Yushchenko was certainly responsible Mr. Yanukovych joined Mr. Yushchenko Office. then expired. for Bank Ukrayina’s theft and destruction,” on November 27, 2011, in laying a ceremo- Traces of the alleged poison he was The investigations were re-examined by Dr. Soskin said. “If he’s held criminally nious wreath at the Holodomor Candle infected with, dioxin, would still remain in Mr. Yushchenko’s political opponents in responsible, there’s an entire series of monument in Kyiv, even earning a compli- his system, Mr. Kuzmin said. 2004 to find “kompromat” (compromising other involved politicians to follow, includ- ment from Mr. Yushchenko for showing up Mr. Yushchenko told the BBC in mid- information) on him. The case was closed ing Kuchma.”

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culture and heritage at the Government The formal evening celebration of the set- and he referred to Canada’s First National Resident historian... Conference Center. tlement anniversary began with a reception Interment Operations (1914-1920), which The event was coupled with two days of that featured Ukrainian cuisine, a compendi- “deprived Ukrainians from Galicia of their (Continued from page 1) meetings between Ukrainian community um of films on Ukrainian Canadian themes basic civil rights by interning thousands in The national anniversary celebrations leaders and political leaders, diplomats and by award-winning Ukrainian Canadian 24 camps across Canada, stripping several will be officially brought to a conclusion at government officials. The purpose of these director Halya Kuchmij, and the music of thousand more of their Canadian citizen- the Bloor West Village Toronto Ukrainian meetings was to inform decision-makers Toronto bandurist Borys Ostapienko. The ship and forcing the rest to register and Festival on September 14-16 of this year. about issues important to the Ukrainian event featured displays on visual arts by report to the government.” “Having launched official festivities at a Canadian community: the 120th anniversa- Ukrainian Canadian artists, including “Despite these prejudices, hardships and rural, internationally renowned historical ry of Ukrainian settlement in Canada; the Edmonton’s Larissa Sembaliuk Cheladyn the challenges of four distinct waves of museum in Western Canada, near the origi- situation in Ukraine and the erosion of and photographic displays by Chrystia immigration, Ukrainian Canadians have nal homestead site of the widely acknowl- human rights and democracy in that coun- Chudczak. There were also informational been successful in transforming western edged first pioneer settlers from Halychyna, try; Canada-Ukraine Free trade negotia- displays on the Ukrainian immigration expe- Canada into what it is today,” Mr. Grod stat- it is fitting that we conclude these celebra- tions; the proposed content for the rience and the history of Ukrainian settle- ed. “We were instrumental in formulating tions in a major hub of subsequent waves of Canadian Museum for Human Rights; and ment in Canada, as well as Sen. Paul Yuzyk, many of Canada’s key values, such as multi- settlement, and the site of the largest urban immigration levels from Ukraine and visa the father of multiculturalism. culturalism, and leading the Canadian Ukrainian cultural celebration in Canada,” processing. The evening program was chaired by nation in politics, sports, culture, academia Mr. Brytan explained. The Ukrainian Canadian Congress dele- Sen. Raynell Andreychuk and MP Robert and business. There have been Ukrainian He noted that the celebrations extend gation included representatives from the Sopuck (chair of the Canada Ukraine Canadian governors general, Olympic gold over a 16-month period because, “although Ukrainian National Federation, the League Parliamentary Friendship Group), and fea- medalists, Gemini and Juno award winners, we trace the very beginnings of Ukrainian of Ukrainian Canadians, the Ukrainian tured remarks by Minister of Citizenship, scholars and captains of industry.” settlement to 1891, this was not an event Canadian Foundation of Taras Shevchenko, Immigration and Multiculturalism Kenney, He concluded his remarks by noting: that took place in a day or even a month. the Canada-Ukraine Chamber of Commerce, Ukrainian Minister of Culture Kulynyak, “Our forefathers came to Canada to And many pioneer firsts occurred in 1892, the Ukrainian Canadian Professional and Leader of the Opposition Nycole Turmel, escape political oppression and were including the birth of the first Ukrainian Business Federation and the Ukrainian Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party Ralph instrumental in crafting many of the values child born on Canadian soil and the almost World Congress. Goodale and UCC National President Grod. that have made Canada the envy of the legendary arrival of the Nebyliv villagers, The delegation met: Jason Kenney, minis- The evening’s festivities were capped off world: universal respect for human rights, following the lead of Pylypiv and Eleniak.” ter of citizenship, immigration and multicul- with a concert featuring performances by democracy as a pillar of stability and pros- The Toronto Ukrainian Festival’s founder turalism; the office of the prime minister; Ottawa’s Svitanok Ukrainian Dance perity in the world, multiculturalism and and executive producer, Jurij Klufas, said, Ukrainian Minister of Culture Mykhailo Ensemble, violinist Carissa Klopoushak, tra- Canadian heritage, multilingual education, “Our festival committee will do our utmost Kulynyak; Louise Girouard, chief of staff to ditional Ukrainian folk songs by Theresa acceptance and successful integration of to make this closing celebration worthy of the Minister of International Trade Ed Fast Sokyrka, the Ukrainian folk duet Pochersk new immigrants, respect for the rule of law the determination and accomplishments of and with departmental officials from Tsytry, and Ukrainian liturgical and folk and a commitment to support a people’s our early pioneers and all Ukrainian Foreign Affairs and International Trade; compositions by the Akord men’s choir. right to self-determination. Canadian generations that followed.” Polish Ambassador to Canada Zenon In his address that evening, Mr. Grod “Ukrainian Canadian values are Canadian For an overview of some 120th anniver- Kosiniak-Kamysz; as well as many members underscored: “We have a deep sense of our values and we anticipate that one day they sary events of the past year, readers may of Parliament (MPs). birthright as Canadians who settled west- too will become the values of the Ukrainian visit the “120th Anniversary” events page at “Ukrainian Day on the Hill has been in ern Canada and shaped Canadian values, people. As we celebrate 120 years of www.ucc.ca. the works for many years. This highly which is coupled with a devout connection Ukrainian settlement in Canada, we must impactful event will become an annual to our Ukrainian heritage and ancestral continue to be strong advocates of core Ukrainian Day on the Hill affair,” stated Paul Grod, UCC national presi- homeland.” Canadian values by engaging our fellow citi- One of the major events of the 120th dent. “We were successful in achieving our He noted that, “Throughout these years zens and government to stand with the anniversary commemorations took place goals of bringing Ukrainian culture and her- in Canada, Ukrainians experienced periods Ukrainian people and to oppose all efforts, on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on October 24, itage to Canada’s Parliament and educating of severe prejudice and indignation, often inside Ukraine and from outside its borders, 2011. The inaugural Ukrainian Day on the decision makers about key issues for our being referred to as bohunks, peasants in that would undermine Ukraine’s hard-won Hill was a grand celebration of Ukrainian community.” sheep skin coats and even enemy aliens,” independence.” 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 1, 2012 No. 1 No. 1 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 1, 2012 13 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 1, 2012 No. 1

To Friends and Branch Members, Best wishes for a Merry Christmas and a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year. Motria Milanytch Secretary

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Georgia’s prison population swelled from Ukraine and Georgia... 6,274 to 23,789 as the administration’s anti-corruption drive bore fruit. (Continued from page 2) Many long-serving judges were sacked in Georgia and a new generation of young the demonstrative brutality: “Yes, they [the judges who had received Western education authorities] are afraid. But, by carefully hiding was appointed. The salaries of public offi- their own fear, they are trying to impose fear cials, including policemen, prosecutors and on us. Who wants to be in opposition? Who judges were hiked, reducing incentives to wants to become a viable alternative? If you take bribes. A zero-tolerance policy towards do, the same could happen to you... Hence the corruption was adopted and new standards irrational and demonstrative cruelty. Human were introduced, including a written exami- dignity does not enter into their calculations” nation for judges. As in George Orwell’s (http://www.pravda.com.ua/col- novel “Animal Farm,” in President umns/2011/11/23/6779622/). Yanukovych’s Ukraine everybody is equal, In Georgia, sweeping public-sector but some are more equal than others. reforms led to the entire justice system becoming transformed. From 2003 to 2010 The article above is reprinted from Eurasia prosecutions took place of 1,064 police- Daily Monitor with permission from its pub- men, 109 investigators, 20 prosecutors and lisher, the Jamestown Foundation, www. 30 judges. During the same period jamestown.org.

continue the current path. Is Ukraine leaving... The EEC agreement appears to have been jettisoned. However, for the second (Continued from page 3) time since the January 2010 election (the competition, Euro-2012. Perhaps of more first being the Kharkiv Accords on the importance is the evident tolerance of the Black Sea Fleet), they are posing serious EU for the abuses of power in Kyiv, in con- threats to the sovereignty of Ukraine, relin- trast to the sanctions it has applied in quishing hard-won rights for the immedi- Belarus. Ukraine has moved rapidly from ate prospect of cheap gas and permitting a one of the most democratic of post-Soviet much more powerful role for Russian agen- states to a position well down the scale. At cies like Gazprom to step in and purchase the same time the corruption that has long Naftohaz. The next logical stage would be pervaded the Ukrainian economy has not for Ukraine to join the Customs Union diminished. (with Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus). Adding to the contentedness of the rul- Only a year ago that would have been ing group in Ukraine, the United States is unthinkable, but it is now a serious possi- preoccupied with other issues and unlikely bility. to engage with Ukraine at the highest level until after the 2012 presidential election, The article above is reprinted from the according to former U.S. Ambassador to blog “Current Politics in Ukraine” (http:// Ukraine Steven Pifer (http://www.brook- ukraineanalysis.wordpress.com/) created by ings.edu/reports/2011/1208_ukraine_ the Stasiuk Program, a program of the pifer.aspx?p=1). Thus, Mr. Yanukovych and Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies at the Regions have, in effect, carte blanche to the University of Alberta.

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January 11- Art exhibit, featuring works by Kateryna Svirgunenko, January 20 Pub night, Ukrainian American Youth Association, February 5 Ukrainian Institute of America, 212-288-8660 or Philadelphia Ukrainian American Citizens’ Association, 215-627-8790 New York www.ukrainianinstitute.org or www.ukieclub.com

January 13-15 Malanka in the Mountains, Vohon Ukrainian Dance January 21 Malanka, featuring music by Burya, Assumption of the Jasper, AB Ensemble, Jasper Park Lodge, 888-442-2200 or Ottawa Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral, www.fairmont.com/jasper 613-722-7075

January 13 Malanka dance, St. Vladimir Ukrainian Catholic Church, January 21 Malanka dance, Ukrainian American Educational Center, Scranton, PA 570-563-2275 or [email protected] Randolph, MA with music by Vechirka, The Lantana, 508-245-1890 or www.ukrainiancenter.org January 13 Malanka dance, Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization, January 21 Malanka dance, featuring music by Mad Heads, Hudi a Winnipeg Fort Garry Hotel, 204-338-4898 or 204-338-2565 Toronto Mocni, and Vasyl Popadiuk, Palais Royale Ballroom, January 14 Malanka dance, St. Michael Ukrainian Orthodox Church www.megazabava.com San Francisco hall, 707-935-9142 or 650-968-6425 or January 21 Malanka dance, Canadian Lemko Association, Crystal www.stmichaeluocsf.org/malanka.aspx Mississauga, ON Grand Banquet Hall and Conference Center, 416-622-8190 or 905-702-9376 January 14 Malanka dance, with music by Svitanok, Ukrainian Los Angeles Cultural Center, 626-388-3948 or 626-428-6010 January 21 Malanka dance, with music by Nove Pokolinya, Sports Toronto Association Ukraina and the Desna Ukrainian Dance January 14 Malanka dance, St. Luke Ukrainian Orthodox Church hall, Ensemble, Renaissance by the Creek, 416-893-6475 or Warners, NY www.stlukeukrainianorthodox.org or 315-468-1981 416-253-7252 January 14 Malanka dinner and dance, St. Demetrius Ukrainian January 21 Malanka dance, Ukrainian Cultural Center, Carteret, NJ Orthodox Cathedral and St. Mary Ukrainian Catholic Vancouver, BC 604-879-2089 Church, with music by Luna, St. Demetrius Community Center, 609-655-4468 or www.stdemetriusuoc.org January 21 Malanka dance, with music by Veselka and DJ Modeste Montreal Blaise, Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization and January 14 Malanka dance, featuring music by Zolota Bulava and Ukrainian Youth Association in Canada, Ukrainian Youth Toronto Vorony, Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization, Liberty Home, 514-984-8821 or 514-463-4366 Grand Hall, 416-769-9998 January 21 Malanka dance, with music by Euphoria, Plast Ukrainian January 14 Malanka dance, with music by Chervona Ruta, Ukrainian Calgary, AB Scouting Organization, Calgary Petroleum Club, Mississauga, ON Sports Club Karpaty, Crystal Grand Banquet Hall and 403-922-7676 or [email protected] Conference Center, 416-574-1811 or 416-357-6535 Entries in “Out and About” are listed free of charge. Priority is given to events January 14 Malanka, with music by Hudi a Mocni, Ukrainian Youth advertised in The Ukrainian Weekly. However, we also welcome submissions Edmonton Association in Canada, Ukrainian Youth Unity Complex, from all our readers. Items will be published at the discretion of the editors 780-983-3134 or [email protected] and as space allows. Please send e-mail to [email protected].

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PREVIEW OF EVENTS

Saturday, January 7 The St. Demetrius Center is located just blocks from Exit 12 off the New Jersey PARMA, Ohio: St. Vladimir’s Ukrainian Turnpike. There is a Holiday Inn right near Orthodox Cathedral will sponsor its 24th the exit. Doors open at 6 p.m.; dinner is annual Christmas radio program for sick served at 7 p.m. For zabava only with open and elderly shut-in parishioners. The entire bar, the price of tickets is $40 with admis- Christmas divine liturgy will be broadcast sion after 8:30 p.m. For tickets and table res- live at 9-11 a.m. over radio station WJMO, ervations contact Peter Prociuk at 609-655- 1300 AM. It can also be heard online at 4468 or [email protected]. Dinner tickets PraiseCleveland.com. (Go to the radio sta- will not be sold at the door. Deadline for din- tion website for Praise 1300 AM, click on ner tickets is January 8. For more informa- “listen live” on the right-hand side.) The lit- tion visit www.stdemetriusuoc.org. urgy will be celebrated by the cathedral’s clergy, with responses sung by the Saturday, January 21 Ukrainian and English choirs of the cathe- JENKINTOWN, Pa.: The Ukrainian dral. Also at St. Vladimir’s, Great Complines American Youth Association invites all to and Matins will be celebrated at 7:30 p.m. attend a fun-filled “Malanka,” a traditional on Christmas Eve, Friday, January 6. Ukrainian New Year welcoming dance, fea- Saturday, January 14 turing the popular zabava band Hrim from New England at the Ukrainian Educational CARTERET, N.J.: The St. Demetrius and Cultural Center, 700 Cedar Road, Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral and St. Jenkintown, Pa. Starting time is 9 p.m. Mary’s Ukrainian Catholic Church are co- Admission is $40 for adults in advance; $45 sponsoring a Malanka, which will be held at at the door; $30 for students and seniors. the St. Demetrius Community Center, 681 Admission includes delicious hot catered Roosevelt Ave., Carteret, NJ. Entertainment buffet; champagne will be provided at mid- will be provided by Luna. Tickets are $60, night. For information and advance tickets, which include zabava, hot buffet dinner, call Roman, 215-870-3408, or Theresa, 267- open bar and a midnight champagne toast. 736-5336.

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