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ThePublished U by thekrainian Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal W non-profit associationeekly Vol. LXXXV No. 22 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 28, 2017 $2.00 remembers Poroshenko urges G-7 states to keep sanctions against Russia intact mass deportation by Mark Raczkiewycz – President Petro Poroshenko of Crimean Tatars urged the leaders of the G-7 group of indus- trialized nations to maintain sanctions RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service against Russia for illegally taking over KYIV – Ukraine commemorated the Crimea and for waging war in the Donbas. victims of Soviet dictator Joseph Due to Russia’s persistent warmonger- Stalin’s mass deportation of Tatars ing, there are “no grounds for the EU to from Crimea in 1944. cancel or ease economic and sectoral sanc- A minute of silence was observed at tions against the Russian Federation,” Mr. noon on May 18 across the country – Poroshenko said during a telephone con- except in Crimea, which Russia seized versation with European Council President in March 2014 after sending in troops Donald Tusk ahead of the G-7 summit tak- and staging a referendum boycotted ing place on May 26-27 in Sicily, . by many Crimean Tatars. The West should “strengthen” restrictive In the Crimean capital, Symferopol, measures toward Russia, said Mark the Russian-imposed authorities pro- Galeotti, a senior researcher at the Institute hibited Crimean Tatars from gathering of International Relations in . In an in the central square to mark the anni- opinion column for the European Council versary of deportation. Several activ- on Foreign Relations, the analyst of Russian ists were detained and later released. politics said there is “much more we can do Presidential Administration of Ukraine In Kyiv, by contrast, church bells to show that aggression has consequences, tolled for a minute to pay tribute to the President Petro Poroshenko and German Chancellor Angela Merkel during their even without risking further economic cost meeting in the village of Meseberg, north of , on May 20. victims of the deportation. to ourselves.” “Seventy-three years ago the For example, Mr. Galeotti said personal that she helped broker together with ex- more than 10,000 lives and displaced mil- Communist regime brutally expelled sanctions could be expanded on “key fig- French President Francois Hollande. lions of people. Crimean Tatars and representatives of ures within the Russian regime behind the Following Emmanuel Macron’s presi- “Today our main theme will be how to other ethnic groups from their home- aggression in Ukraine and Syria, and sub- dential election in France earlier this improve the security situation,” Ms. Merkel lands,” President Petro Poroshenko version in the West.” month, the German leader said she wants said. “The security situation... is the main said. “For the Ukrainian nation it is an Peace talks must be “re-started” German to bring him together with Russian precondition for making further political unhealed wound that especially hurts Chancellor Angela Merkel told her Ukrainian President Vladimir Putin and Mr. progress.” (Continued on page 16) counterpart near Berlin on May 20, refer- Poroshenko to discuss the continuing vio- ring to the 2014 and 2015 accords lence in eastern Ukraine that has claimed (Continued on page 16) Canada moves closer to enacting Magnitsky law Ukrainian Canadian lawmakers are key players in bill’s progress

by Christopher Guly Special to The Ukrainian Weekly OTTAWA – Canada is closer to enacting Magnitsky-style legislation after Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland, a Ukrainian Canadian, announced last week that the Liberal government would support a bill sponsored by Ukrainian Canadian Conservative Sen. Raynell Andreychuk that tar- gets global human rights abuses and foreign corruption. Bill S-226, the Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act (Sergei Magnitsky Law) that Sen. Andreychuk Facebook/Chrystia Freeland Michelle Valberg Office of MP James Bezan introduced in the upper chamber last May, would freeze assets and impose travel bans on foreign nationals respon- Key players in securing passage of a Magnitsky-style law in Canada are: Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland, Sen. Raynell Andreychuk and Member of Parliament James Bezan. sible for gross violations of internationally recognized human rights. that impose sanctions for human rights abuses and foreign The Magnitsky law would give the Canadian government The private member’s bill is named after Sergei corruption. the ability to freeze the assets and deny visas to foreign gov- Magnitsky, a Moscow lawyer who uncovered the largest The Canadian version won’t just target Russia, but will ernments and officials linked to gross human rights abuses tax-refund fraud in Russian history that unwittingly have a “global application,” said Ukrainian Canadian and massive corruption, “whether it’s China harvesting involved Hermitage Capital Management, a company run Member of Parliament James Bezan, who represents a organs from Falun Gong practitioners or Chechnya impris- by Chicago-born, hedge-fund manager Bill Browder. Manitoba riding for the opposition Conservatives in the oning and murdering gay men,” he explained. His tragic story inspired countries, such as the United House of Commons, and who sponsored Sen. Andreychuk’s States and the , to create Magnitsky laws bill in the House, where it was debated on May 19. (Continued on page 18) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 28, 2017 No. 22

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Public sharply divided over Ukraine’s Visa-free travel begins June 11 information on the trials of political prison- ers, including guides on submitting letters BRUSSELS – The European Union’s deci- of support can be found on the website of sion granting visa liberalization for Ukraine ban on Russian social networks the Human Rights Protection has been published in the EU’s official jour- Group. (Ukrainian World Congress) by Christopher Miller Russian Federation, Roskomnadzor blocked nal, paving the way for the visa-free regime all our information resources, in particular, RFE/RL to enter into force on June 11, 20 days after Language quotas OKd for TV, radio Free Crimea,” Ukrainian political analyst its publication on May 22. The document KYIV – Censorship and a blow to free- Taras Berezovets wrote on Facebook, refer- KYIV – Ukrainian lawmakers have dom of expression, or a long-overdue move was signed on May 17 in Strasbourg by rep- ring to a nonprofit project that monitors approved a bill that would require in defense of national security? resentatives of the European Parliament and activities of Russian authorities on the Ukrainian television and radio stations that President Petro Poroshenko’s blanket annexed Crimean Peninsula. “Russians con- the European Council. Ukrainian President ban in Ukraine on several Russian Internet Petro Poroshenko, who attended the signing broadcast nationwide to have at least 75 stantly write letters demanding to ban percent of their programming in the services, including leading Russian-language materials from our sites to our German [ser- ceremony, called it a historic day for the . The bill was supported social networks and a popular search vice] providers. So don’t be surprised that nation. “It is an absolutely historic day for engine, has struck a chord – or a nerve, for me this is a day of personal victory. Ukraine, for my 45-million nation, and I am by 269 lawmakers in its second and final depending on whom you ask. Vendetta is such a sweet word, I’ll tell you.” absolutely confident that this is a historic day vote in the 450-seat Verkhovna Rada on The ban, based on recommendations of In justifying the ban, the Security Service for the European Union,” Mr. Poroshenko May 23. The legislation, which would the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (SBU) said in a statement that said at the time, adding that “Ukraine returns amend laws on broadcasting, culture and (NSDC) put forth in April and issued on “Russian security agencies are waging a to the European family. Ukraine says a final languages, will become law if signed by May 16 by presidential decree, immediately hybrid war against the Ukrainian popula- farewell to the Soviet and Russian empire.” President Petro Poroshenko. The issue is triggered a wave of criticism from human tion, using in their special information Ukrainian citizens who have biometric pass- controversial among Russian speakers in rights groups and journalists, who claimed operations Internet resources such as VK, ports will be able to enter all EU member Ukraine, and Russia-backed separatists in it was undemocratic. Odnoklassniki, Mail.ru, and so on.” states other than Ireland and the United eastern Ukraine claim Kyiv is deliberately Meanwhile, many Ukrainians – particular- Andrei Soldatov, a Russian cybersecurity Kingdom without a visa and stay for up to 90 curtailing the use of the . ly from the government and security appara- expert, told RFE/RL that “it is true that VK days during any 180-day period. The visa- Kyiv denies the allegation. The legislation tuses – heralded it as a long overdue step to is extremely intrusive and known to be free regime also applies to four Schengen would also require local and regional TV combat Russian instruments of information cooperative with the FSB,” a reference to warfare amid a bloody shooting war with Area countries that are not in the EU: and radio stations to have 50 percent of Russia’s Federal Security Service and main Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein and their content in Ukrainian. It would not Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine. successor to the KGB. But he argued that Switzerland. (RFE/RL, with reporting by affect foreign-based broadcasters, but Specifically, the decree orders Internet most Ukrainian users “cannot pose a secu- service providers (ISPs) to block public rity risk” as ordinary citizens “have no Rikard Jozwiak in Brussels) would require foreign films aired on Ukrainian television channels to carry access for three years to the Mail.ru group access to secrets.” UWC urges sanctions in Sentsov case and its social-networking sites, VK (former- Rather than risk public outrage, Mr. Ukrainian subtitles. The language quotas ly VKontakte) and Odnoklassniki – the top Soldatov said, Ukraine could have limited TORONTO – The Ukrainian World would be in place between 7 a.m. and 10 two in Ukraine. usage of those sites to military and officials Congress (UWC) is calling upon Ukrainians p.m. (RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service, with At least 78 percent of Internet users in with security clearances. Another option, around the world to join the campaign urg- reporting by Interfax and UNIAN) Ukraine, or some 20 million people, report- he said without endorsing it, would have ing governments to impose sanctions U.S. sentences Ukrainian hacker edly had a VK account as of late April. The been to take a page from Russia’s playbook against individuals responsible for the Mail.Ru group is controlled by Kremlin- and require the sites to store Ukrainians’ unlawful imprisonment of acclaimed WASHINGTON – A Ukrainian hacker was friendly oligarch Alisher Usmanov. personal data on Ukrainian soil. Ukrainian filmmaker Oleh Sentsov. Mr. The decree also orders a block on the sentenced on May 22 to 30 months in a U.S. Sentsov was arrested on May 10, 2014, on popular Russian search engine Yandex and But how to ban? prison for a scheme using stolen unpub- politically motivated charges for his peace- lished news releases to make around $30 its various services. At the time of publication, all of the ful protest against the illegal occupation of million in profits. The U.S. Attorney’s Office It brings the total of sanctioned physical banned sites were still accessible in Ukraine. and legal entities to 468 companies, most Crimea by forces of the Russian Federation. for the District of New Jersey said Vadym Ukraine had no legal mechanism in Three years later he continues to languish of them Russian, and 1,228 individuals in place for blocking the Internet resources Iermolovych, a 29-year-old Kyiv man, was in a Russian prison having been sentenced connection with what Mr. Poroshenko listed in the ban when Mr. Poroshenko one of several people involved in the in August 2015 to 20 years of hard labor. called via his own VK page Russia’s “hybrid signed the decree, according to an SBU scheme who were arrested in Ukraine and warfare” against Ukraine, including its sei- statement, leaving it and other law enforce- “The Ukrainian World Congress urges the the United States for accessing more than zure of Crimea in March 2014 and its role ment agencies scrambling to recommend international community, including human 150,000 press releases that contained sen- in a conflict in the country’s east that has the necessary changes in Ukrainian law. rights organizations, to increase pressure sitive financial and corporate data that they killed more than 9,900 people. Mykhaylo Chaplyhya from the Ukrainian on the Russian Federation to secure the shared with stock traders before the infor- In signing the decree, Mr. Poroshenko Human Rights Ombudsperson’s Secretariat release of Oleh Sentsov and all illegally mation was released to the public. promised to close his own VK page, where told the UNIAN news agency that no web- detained prisoners in accordance with the Authorities said the traders paid the hack- he has more than 466,000 followers. (The site may be blocked in Ukraine without a Minsk agreements,” stated UWC President page was still up at the time of publication.) court order. Eugene Czolij. The UWC noted that more (Continued on page 12) Cynical or long overdue? 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Ukraine opens criminal probe NEWS ANALYSIS against Stalin and Beria for Crimean Tatar deportations Putin defends Trump and ridicules his enemies by Pavel Felgenhauer At a press conference in Washington, after meeting Mr. RFE/RL Eurasia Daily Monitor Trump, Mr. Lavrov insisted the grace period is almost over Ukrainian officials have announced a criminal and tit-for-tat anti-U.S. measures may be enacted, if Russia investigation into Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin and his The visit of Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Sergei does not recover its U.S. dachas “taken in violation of secret police chief, Lavrenty Beria, for the mass depor- Lavrov to Washington on May 10 to meet with U.S. international law.” According to the Foreign Affairs tation of Muslim Tatars from the Crimean Peninsula Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, as well as President Ministry’s official spokesperson, Maria Zakharova, “U.S. during World War II, which killed tens of thousands. Donald Trump in the White House was seen in Moscow as officials have assured us they are working on measures to The investigation, announced on May 18 by the the beginning of the long-awaited defrosting of previously solve the dacha problem” (Interfax, May 13). Prosecutor General’s Office, is the latest effort by ice-cold relations. Federation Council Foreign Relations Another reassuring message from Washington reached Ukraine’s leadership to reopen painful chapters of the Committee Chair Konstantin Kosachev praised the decision the Kremlin last week: After meeting with Mr. Lavrov and country’s Soviet history, including the 1930s-era fam- by Mr. Trump to receive Mr. Lavrov “the same way Putin his team, Mr. Trump received former Secretary of State ine that killed millions of Ukrainians. received Tillerson in the Kremlin” as a sign the Trump Henry Kissinger in the Oval Office. The Kremlin spokesper- The probe will likely further irk the Kremlin, which administration is ready to treat Moscow as an equal. son, Dmitry Peskov, told journalists: “We have great respect has sought to burnish Soviet history particularly since According to Mr. Kosachev, the possible involvement of for the experience and wisdom of Kissinger. We will be the 2014 mass protests in Ukraine that paved the way Russia in the United States’ presidential elections was not thrilled if the Trump administration decides to use for a pro-Western government. discussed during Mr. Lavrov’s visit, “because there is noth- Kissinger’s great expertise.” Reportedly, Mr. Kissinger has The protests led to Moscow annexing Crimea, ing to discuss.” The tumult in the US press about the pres- been advising Mr. Trump to mend fences with Russia by which had been home to ethnic Tatars for centuries. ence of a TASS news agency photographer in the Oval tacitly recognizing Russia’s exclusive sphere of domination The Crimean Tatar community has resisted the Office, together with Mr. Lavrov and Russian Ambassador in the post-Soviet space, including Ukraine, , annexation, and Russia authorities have stepped up Sergey Kislyak, who accompanied him, was dismissed in Georgia and (Militarynews.ru, May 10). political repression against outspoken activists. Moscow as an attempt by the anti-Trump American media Such a turn in U.S. foreign policy would be most wel- Ukrainian Justice Minister Pavlo Petrenko on May to make a story out of nothing (Interfax, May 12). come in Moscow: In a speech last January, the Russian 19 called the decision to open criminal charges a “res- According to the chair of the Duma Foreign Relations defense minister, Army Gen. Sergei Shoigu, described as toration of historical justice.” Committee, Leonid Slutskiy, the meeting in the Oval Office one of the prime military/security threats Russia is facing In 1944, Stalin ordered the deportation of thou- may pave the way for a productive Putin-Trump summit in the “West continuing to ignore Russia’s vital interests and sands from Crimea to Siberia and Central Asia after July in , at the coming G-20 summit. “Constructive considering the strengthening of Russian influence in the Stalin accused the Turkic-speaking Muslims of collab- relations with America can be built,” continued Mr. Slutskiy, post-Soviet space as a security threat.” To counter this orating with Nazi . “first of all in fighting terrorism in Syria” (Militarynews.ru, threat, Russia is engaged in a massive military build-up of Historians estimate that around 250,000 people, May 10). In an interview with Russian state television, after its conventional and nuclear forces (Mil.ru, January 12). mostly Crimean Tatars, were deported. Tens of thou- returning to Moscow, Mr. Lavrov disclosed he mainly dis- Things seemed to be moving in the right direction, but sands died during the process. cussed Syria during his meeting with the U.S. president. this week it all apparently went south as leaks emerged Crimean Tatars were not allowed to return to the The Foreign Affairs Ministry head implied there is “mutual about President Trump disclosing at the meeting with peninsula until the late 1980s, when Mikhail understanding” with Washington on Syria and said he Minister Lavrov top-secret information, apparently origi- Gorbachev conducted reforms in the years before the briefed Mr. Trump about the Russian, Turkish and Iranian nating from an Israeli source, about the Islamic State plan- Soviet collapse. plan, announced on May 4 in Astana (see Eurasia Daily ning to smuggle explosives hidden in computer notebooks Crimean Tatar leaders had uneasy relations with Kyiv Monitor, May 4), to create “de-escalations zones” in Syria. onto U.S.-bound passenger jets. At first, Mr. Trump’s aides in the 1990s and 2000s, though Kyiv has now embraced According to Mr. Lavrov, these zones “may expand to cover denied the reports, and the Kremlin joined in with Mr. the Crimean Tatar cause in the face of Russian repres- all of Syria” (Militarynews.ru, May 14). Peskov announcing: “It is nonsense, we [Russia] have noth- sion in Crimea. Last December, the administration of Barack Obama ing to do with it” (Interfax, May 16). Ms. Zakharova accused Ukraine commemorated the victims of the depor- denied Russian diplomats access to country retreats or “American fake news media” of spreading lies about the tations on May 18 in ceremonies across the country. “dachas” Russia owns in New York state and Maryland. Also, Trump-Lavrov meeting, “but we pre-empted their plot by 32 Russian diplomats were expelled as a reprisal for Stalin died in 1953. Beria was executed several publishing the photos from the Oval Office.” According to Moscow allegedly interfering with U.S. elections. Russia did months later. Ms. Zakharova, the “corrupt U.S. media are brainwashing not undertake any tit-for-tat retaliations to expel U.S. diplo- the U.S. public and are paid to attack the Trump adminis- With reporting by Newsweek and Interfax. mats and did not seize any U.S. property in Russia, appar- tration” (Kommersant, May 16). Copyright 2017, RFE/RL Inc. Reprinted with the per- ently after Mr. Trump’s advisor Michael Flynn met with When President Trump acknowledged he did disclose mission of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 1201 Ambassador Kislyak and allegedly asked for restraint to sensitive information concerning terrorism to Mr. Lavrov Connecticut Ave. NW, Washington DC 20036; www.rferl. allow Mr. Trump to take office and possibly undo the dam- and had the legal right to do so, President Putin personally org (see https://www.rferl.org /a/ukraine-beria-stalin- age. Mr. Flynn has been disgraced and forced to resign, but stepped into the fray. Speaking to reporters in Sochi after a investigation-crimean-tatar-deportation/28498330.html) the Russian foreign ministry believes it is time for the Trump administration to revoke the latest Obama sanctions. (Continued on page 14)

50th anniversary of the Ukrainian World Congress marked in

UWC Mr. Czolij delivered the keynote address Presenting a historical overview of the during the commemoration held at the UWC, Mr. Czolij focused on the many achieve- TORONTO – Ukrainian World Congress National Home in Przemysl (Peremyshl), ments of the organization throughout its (UWC) President Eugene Czolij on May 1 which had been confiscated by the Polish 50-year history, including the UWC’s efforts participated in a commemoration of the Communist regime in 1947 during Akcja to secure the return of the National Home to 50th anniversary of the UWC in Poland Wisla and returned in 2011 to the the Ukrainian community in Poland. He also organized by the UWC member organiza- Ukrainian community by Polish governing called upon Ukrainians in Poland to continue tion Union of Ukrainians in Poland. authorities. working with the UWC and the Ukrainian diaspora in supporting Ukraine in the defense of its territorial integrity. The UWC president acknowledged vol- unteers in the Ukrainian community in Poland with certificates of recognition for their contributions to the development of Ukrainian community life in Poland. The commemorative program also included a screening of the short documen- tary film “50 Years of the Ukrainian World Eugene Czolij addresses the 50th anni- Congress.” versary banquet of the Ukrainian World Congress. “The Ukrainian World Congress congrat- ulates the Ukrainian community in Poland diaspora representing the interests of over on raising awareness of the UWC and its 20 million Ukrainians. The UWC has a net- activities during this 50th anniversary year work of member organizations and ties and calls for the further strengthening of its with Ukrainians in 53 countries. Founded cooperation with the UWC in attaining in 1967, the UWC was recognized in 2003 common goals,” stated Mr. Czolij. by the United Nations Economic and Social Petro Tyma, president of the Union of Ukrainians in Poland, speaks at the anniversa- The UWC is the international coordinat- Council as a non-governmental organiza- ry banquet. On the right is Jerzy Rejt, the organization’s first president (1990-1996). ing body for Ukrainian communities in the tion with special consultative status. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 28, 2017 No. 22 Expert on international conflict outlines Russian strategy against U.S. and Ukraine

by Patience T. Huntwork for Applied Ethics, is also founding co- by Russia’s use of elements of the Trump director of the Weaponized Narrative campaign to achieve its strategic goal in PHOENIX – The words displayed on the Initiative of the Center for the Future of that election. university lecturer’s screen were chilling, War, a partnership between Arizona State Referencing both the 2016 U.S. presiden- particularly to those personally affected by University and think tank tial election and the ongoing Russian- the ongoing Russian assault against New America. Ukrainian war, Prof. Allenby noted that Ukraine: “The very rules of war have “Weaponized narrative” is defined as a Russia has developed the ability to launch changed. The role of nonmilitary means of new form of warfare, pioneered by attacks by the informal and “unplanned” achieving political and strategic goals has Vladimir Putin’s Russia and now directed at use of narrative to engender fear and anger grown and, in many cases, they have both the U.S. and Ukraine that, in the words in the target populace, which becomes exceeded the power and force of conven- of Prof. Allenby and co-director Joel motivated more by emotion than rational tional weapons. A perfectly thriving state Garreau, “seeks to undermine an oppo- choice or thought. Using this playbook, can, in a matter of months and even days, nent’s civilization, identity and will by gen- Russia has and will invade Ukraine over be transformed into an arena of fierce erating complexity, confusion and political many years, wielding the “hybrid” weapon- armed conflict, become a victim of foreign social schisms.” ry of distrust, infrastructure degradation, intervention, and sink into a web of chaos, “Weaponized narrative” campaigns, in moral relativism, constantly shifting insta- humanitarian catastrophe and civil war.” their view, achieve significant benefits for bility and cultural control. The quoted words were those of Gen. Russia at a relatively low risk of conven- Prof. Allenby challenged all those who Valery Gerasimov, chief of the General Staff tional military response by the West, which believe in the Western values of rationality of the Russian Federation. The speaker was has reacted ineffectively through entities and “life, liberty and the pursuit of happi- Prof. Braden Allenby Prof. Braden Allenby and the topic, present- such as NATO and the European Union. ness” to arm themselves against the new ed on April 25 at Arizona State University’s Conflict and the Russian-Ukrainian War.” In his April 25 presentation at Arizona threat in the defense of Western civilization Melikian Center for Russian, Eurasian and Prof. Allenby, an international conflict State University, Prof. Allenby did not hesi- and identity. In response to audience ques- East European Studies under the leader- expert who is a professor of law and of civil, tate to warn that the U.S. is seriously tions, he expressed willingness to travel to ship of Prof. Mark von Hagen, was environmental and sustainable engineering behind its Russian adversary in countering Ukraine in the future to offer his insights on “Weaponized Narratives: Civilizational at Arizona State University’s Lincoln Center this new type of hybrid warfare, as shown the Russian-Ukrainian war.

U.S.-Ukraine Foundation marks World Press Freedom Day

U.S-Ukraine Foundation The event included an awards ceremony recognizing about two dozen Washington- WASHINGTON – On May 3, the U.S.- area journalists from the Voice of America, Ukraine Foundation organized an event The Ukrainian Weekly, 1+1 TV, the marking World Press Freedom Day, an Ukrinform New Agency, the Atlantic annual international observance estab- Council’s “Ukraine Alert” and other media, lished by the United Nations General for their “exceptional dedication in cover- Assembly in 1993. ing U.S.-Ukrainian relations.” On this date, the global community cele- The awardees were Yaro Bihun (The brates the fundamental principles of press Ukrainian Weekly), Melinda Haring (the freedom, assesses press freedom around Atlantic Council’s “Ukraine Alert”), Natalka the world, recommits to defending the Pisnya (1+1 TV), Yaroslav Dovgopol independence of news media and honors (Ukrinform), Daria Dieguts (Ukraina TV), journalists killed in the line of duty. Dmytro Anopchenko (Inter TV) and these The keynote speaker at the USUF event journalists from the Voice of America: was Roman Popadiuk, the first U.S. Zorislav Baydyuk, Anya Dydyk-Petrenko, Ambassador to Ukraine and a deputy press Alina Golinata-Slota, Kostiantyn Golubchyk, secretary in the White House during the Myroslava Gongadze, Ihor Hulawyj, Iuliia Reagan and Bush presidencies. Iarmolenko, Tetiana Kharchenko, Oleksiy Ambassador Popadiuk discussed the cru- Kuzmenko, Ouliana Leeuwenburgh, Yuriy cial role of journalists in a democratic soci- Mamon, Iryna Matviichuk, Mariia U.S.-Ukraine Foundation ety and shared some highlights from his Moiseieva, Ruslan Petrychka, Mariia Prus, Iuliia Iarmolenko (second from left) receives a certificate of appreciation for “excep- days in government as the col- Nataliya Leonova Robert, Dmytro Savchuk, tional dedication in covering U.S.-Ukrainian relations.” The award is presented by lapsed and Ukrainians established their Tatiana Vorozhko, Elona Voytovych and Nadia K. McConnell (president, U.S.-Ukraine Foundation); Ambassador Roman independence. Alex Yanevsky. Popadiuk (left) and Adrian Karmazyn look on.

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by Luba Poniatyszyn-Keske people visited this six-hour long popular event, which featured local pysanka artists LOS ANGELES – The recently renovated showing off their beautiful creations and Ukrainian Culture Center – the pride of Los conducting master classes in “writing” a Angeles’ Ukrainian community – held its pysanka to take home. yearly Pysanka Festival on April 2. In addition, regional Ukrainian costumes The festival draws many Ukrainians as were on display as were embroidered well as non-Ukrainians from all over south- blouses and shirts; “vinky”(traditional ern California. This year, approximately 800 headdresses), “rushnyky” (ritual cloths), tablecloths, ceramics, artwork and hand- made jewelry were available for purchase. Some of the vendors donated a portion of their profits to Ukrainian orphanages and toward rehabilitation expenses for several Ukrainian soldiers currently undergoing treatment in Los Angeles. Throughout the afternoon, the audience was entertained by the popular Chervona Kalyna Ukrainian Dance Company, which NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Ukrainian National Association Branch 414 hosted its 14th featured a children’s group and an adult annual Easter Egg Hunt on April 9 on the grounds of St. Michael Ukrainian Catholic group. There was also a beautiful bandura Church. The event attracted children between the ages of 1 and 10, with children performance, plus accomplished singers – preparing Easter cards for the parish shut-ins. During the festivities, children played soloists and duos – of all ages, and toe-tap- games and hunted for the eggs and candy. The event was coordinated by Gloria ping music. Visitors were treated to these Horbaty, advisor on the UNA General Assembly and financial secretary of UNA Branch performances as they savored delicious 414, and Donald Horbaty, treasurer of Branch 414. – Gloria Horbaty Ukrainian food. Zoryana Keske, secretary of Ukrainian National Association Branch 257, named in MISSION STATEMENT honor of John Hodiak, and Luba The Ukrainian National Association exists: Poniatyszyn-Keske, UNA adviser and presi- dent of the branch, hosted a UNA table that • to promote the principles of fraternalism; Deanna Stetzenko-Boulton provided information about the UNA, its • to preserve the Ukrainian, Ukrainian American and Ukrainian Canadian At the UNA information table during the two newspapers, Svoboda and The heritage and culture; and Pysanka Festival in los Angeles, (from left) Ukrainian Weekly, and the Soyuzivka are Zoryana Keske, secretary of John • to provide quality financial services and products to its members. hodiak Branch 257, and luba Poniatyszyn- Heritage Center. In addition, UNA coloring As a fraternal insurance society, the Ukrainian National Association reinvests Keske, UNA adviser and Branch 257 presi- books and miniature maps of Ukraine with its earnings for the benefit of its members and the Ukrainian community. dent. historical information were handed out. 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 28, 2017 No. 22

WINDOW ON EURASIA The Ukrainian Weekly Ukraine is Europe Red Army during World War II: “Ukraine is returning home.” Those were the words of President Petro Poroshenko on May 11, when European Union member states approved the long- Liberators-turned-occupiers awaited waiver of visa requirements for Ukraine. by Paul Goble one to breathe easier. But even more, she Three days later, at a press conference in Kyiv, Mr. Poroshenko cited Ukraine’s says, “until we do this, Russia will not have closer ties with the European Union as a major achievement. That same day he par- For Russians, Victory Day is an ever a future” because “Russians will not under- ticipated in a flag-raising ceremony on the occasion of Europe Day in Ukraine – a day more important date; but they act as if May stand why other peoples are so negatively that has become all the more significant, he said, due to Ukrainians’ sacrifices during 9 was the end of history and fail to see that inclined toward them.” the Euro-Maidan-turned-Revolution of Dignity (2013-2014) when the people rose the Soviet Army, which liberated Eastern Unfortunately, she says, there are five up to defend the country’s European future and to demonstrate that their country’s Europe from the Nazis, became an occupy- reasons the Kremlin won’t acknowledge civilizational choice was with Europe, not the “Russian world.” ing force for almost half a century. this reality. Mr. Poroshenko also cited Russia’s all-out effort to impede Ukraine’s movement Moscow commentator Tatyana Ross First, “to recognize the USSR as the occu- toward the West: “Only crazy people can consider Ukraine to be part of the so-called says that because Russians are encouraged pier of Eastern Europe means to reduce its ‘Russian world.’ Ukraine is part of a united Europe stretching from Lisbon to Kharkiv. by the Kremlin to view Victory Day in isola- own greatness in the victory” and to admit For three years Russia has tried everything to block Ukraine’s path towards the EU. tion from what followed, they view the that the Soviets committed serious crimes But nothing will stop our path to Europe.” reaction of Eastern Europeans to those along the way, even if they had a triumph. On May 17, the Ukrainian president was in Strasbourg, at the European events as efforts at “revision of the results Second, for the Kremlin to declare that Parliament, for the signing ceremony for the new visa-liberalization regime. “It is an of the Great Fatherland War” and as an absolutely historic day for Ukraine, for my 45-million nation, and I am absolutely the Soviet army was not only a liberator but impermissible defense of Hitler’s aggres- confident that this is a historic day for the European Union,” Mr. Poroshenko said. He also an occupier means to tell Russians that sion (kasparov.ru/material.php?id=59189 underscored that, with this agreement, “Ukraine returns to the European family. among those who resisted it were not only F3F19487). Ukraine says a final farewell to the Soviet and Russian empire.” Nazis but those who were legitimately Russians don’t ask themselves why, after After being published in the European Union’s official journal on May 21, the fighting for their own freedom and inde- the Red Army liberated Eastern Europe, it long-sought agreement will go into effect 20 days later, on June 11. According to Mr. pendence. Poroshenko, some 3.3 million Ukrainian citizens now have the biometric passports didn’t go home but instead “left in all the Third, such an admission undercuts the required for visa-free travel – for tourism, business or family reasons – for up to 90 liberated countries ‘a limited contingent’ of Kremlin’s insistence that Moscow conducts days, within any 180-day period, to the so-called Schengen zone that includes 26 its forces” for decades, Ms. Ross says. And “only wars of liberation.” European countries. The visa liberalization was widely celebrated by Ukraine’s peo- they don’t see the ways the liberation led to Fourth, to admit that the Soviet military ple who said they felt their country had taken another huge step toward Europe and the occupation and the occupation led to was an occupier after 1945 requires an that Europe had accepted them. Indeed, as Yale historian Prof. Timothy Snyder , Vilnius and all the rest. acknowledgement that it was an occupier explained in his talk at the United Nations on May 16, the European Union is more “If Russia would just recognize and then before the German invasion of 1941, when important for Ukraine than NATO membership. Furthermore, the scholar noted that condemn the Soviet occupation of Eastern as a result of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact the EU is also more threatening for Russia as it represents the rule of law system Europe,” Ms. Ross says, she “does not have it occupied the Baltic countries, western that threatens the Russian elite. any doubts that [the Red Army] would be Belarus and Ukraine, and part of . The president of the European Parliament, Antonio Tajani, said the visa liberaliza- viewed there as heroes who liberated And fifth – and this may be the most tion was a “good message” to “very pro-European” Ukraine, and he hailed the new [Eastern Europe] from German fascism. intolerable thing for the current occupant travel rules as “the beginning of a new era.” What will that new era bring? More free- And [in that event,] no one would be tear- of the Kremlin – such a recognition dom to travel, of course. But also yet another move away from Russia’s sphere of influ- ing down the monuments.” requires not only the denunciation of the ence. And farther down the road, as the deputy head of the presidential administra- The anger Ukrainians, Balts and other USSR for what it did but also the condem- tion, Kostiantyn Yelisieiev, commented to journalists on May 17, Ukraine’s ambition is East Europeans feel is the direct result of nation of the man Vladimir Putin calls “a to make the eastern border of Ukraine the eastern border of the European Union. For Russia continuing to “assert that it was only successful manager” in the first instance. Ukraine always was, and is, Europe. a liberator” and nothing else, just as today Russians need to recognize that no one Moscow insists that “there are no Russian in Eastern Europe disputes that the Soviet soldiers in the Donbas” and that they are in army liberated them from the Nazis, but Syria “only to help the toiling people.” they also need to recognize that they have “It is time,” Ms. Ross argues, “to honestly compelling reasons to view what the Soviet May Turning the pages back... admit that the Soviet Red Army, having lib- army and state did after that time and for erated, became an occupier.” Taking that almost 50 years was an occupation – not a Last year, on May 31, 2016, Ukrainian military aviator Nadiya skeleton out of the closet will allow every- liberation. Savchenko was sworn in as a lawmaker in Ukraine’s Parliament, 31 known as the Verkhovna Rada. She joined as a member of the 2016 Batkivshchyna Party, led by Yulia Tymoshenko, former prime minister of Ukraine. The 35-year-old was greeted as a war hero after her release on Why Putin doesn’t want Russians May 25, 2016, after over two years in Russian custody (708 days), and in her first appearance at Parliament reminded the lawmakers to urge the return of the “prisoners of the Kremlin.” to continue focusing on Crimea “I’m back, and I won’t let you forget,” she said. “I won’t let you, who sit in these chairs in the Verkhovna Rada, forget those guys who died at the Maidan and who currently are by Paul Goble In 2014-2015, Mr. Putin made “the dying in the Donbas.” sacred importance” of Crimea the center- Vladimir Putin, who exploited Russian The same effort that was made to free her should be used to free the remaining prison- piece of his speeches, but already by 2016, ers being held by the Kremlin, Ms. Savchenko said. She removed a banner with her picture euphoria over the Anschluss of the as the economic crisis in Russia deepened on it that was draped around the rostrum, and replaced it with pictures of prisoners who Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea three years and the costs of the occupation became remain in the Kremlin’s custody. ago to boost his own power, now wants more obvious, he shifted away from this “No one is forgotten, nothing is forgotten… The people of Ukraine will not allow us to Russians to pay less attention to that region theme. And by the end of that year, the occupy these seats if we betray them,” she underscored so that they will not be as inclined to com- Kremlin leader mentioned the annexed Ms. Savchenko was captured by Russian-backed forces in June 2014 and smuggled plain about the costs to them of that annex- peninsula only in passing. across the Ukrainian border into Russia, where she was sentenced to 22 years in prison ation, according to Yevgeniya Goryunova. That both drove and reflected changing for her alleged role in the death of two Russian journalists in the conflict zone. She reject- “Russian euphoria about the annexation Russian attitudes, Ms. Goryunova says. ed the charge, and often went on hunger strikes and visibly demonstrated her defiance of Crimea has significantly weakened under On the one hand, “with each passing against the Kremlin and the Russian courts. the press of social and economic problems,” year,” the share of Russians who believe that Ms. Savchenko was freed as part of a prisoner exchange following a pardon by Russian the Crimean political scientist says. “The Crimea is part of Russia has grown, from 89 President Vladimir Putin. In exchange, Ukraine released two Russians who were convicted Crimean theme is losing its importance,” percent in March 2014 to 97 percent now, in April 2016 on terrorism charges for fighting alongside separatists and sentenced to and the only aspect of it that Moscow out- even though polls suggest Russians are less lengthy prison terms. lets now talk much about is the Kerch confident that the Anschluss has been a Since her arrival at Parliament, Ms. Savchenko has been seen by observers as filling a bridge (ru.krymr.com/a/28489804.html). good thing for them. leadership vacuum. She scolded her fellow deputies saying that there is a perception in But on the other, the share of those who Ukraine that “legislators are like lazy schoolchildren who neglect their work.” Paul Goble is a long-time specialist on eth- viewed the annexation in a negative way In late 2016, she left the Batkivshchyna party (some say she was expelled), but remains nic and religious questions in Eurasia who has grown from 18 percent to 23 percent as a member of its parliamentary faction. This was after she had met secretly with sepa- has served in various capacities in the U.S. over the last three years, according to the ratist leaders, Alekxander Zakharchenko ( “People’s Republic”) and Igor Plotinsky State Department, the Central Intelligence independent Levada Center surveys. (Luhansk “People’s Republic”). Batkivshchyna members considered the meeting as “nego- Agency and the International Broadcasting However, the Kremlin-linked VTsIOM poll- tiating with terrorists.” Following the controversy, Ms. Savchenko was stripped of her Bureau, as well as at the Voice of America and sters say that those opposed, after rising membership in Ukraine’s delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and the between 2014 and 2016, has fallen this Europe (PACE). She also launched a political “mechanism” called RUNA, (based on the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. year from 22 percent to 13 percent. acronym of Ukrainian People’s Revolution). The article above is reprinted with permission Perhaps more important for Mr. Putin’s Source: “Savchenko sworn in as lawmaker, urges fight for ‘Kremlin prisoners,’” RFE/RL, from his blog called “Window on Eurasia” The Ukrainian Weekly, June 5, 2016. (http://windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/). 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FOR THE RECORD COMMENTARY Remembering the genocide NATO must offer an ultimatum of the Crimean Tatar people to Russia: Get out of Ukraine The Ukrainian World Congress issued the The Crimean Tatars returned to the pen- by Oksana Bashuk Hepburn Oval Office, the laughter at America’s following statement on May 18. insula in 1987, and in March 2014 once expense from the Kremlin, and the cheer- again faced persecution, and the curtail- There is an old saying: When the going ing, has been heard around the world. May 18, 2017, marks the 73rd anniver- ment of human rights and fundamental gets tough, the tough get going. Russia understands force. The present sary of the deportation of Crimean Tatars freedoms with the illegal occupation of the It’s been a long time since the world economic sanctions are not forceful from Crimea in 1944 on the order of Soviet peninsula by the Russian Federation. The order has hovered on the brink as it is doing enough. Mr. Putin, the main offender, is not now. In the European Union, some members dictator Joseph Stalin. representative assembly, Crimean Tatar on the list. Most importantly, the tough are leaving, while others are reversing On this day, declared in 2015 as the Day Mejlis, remains banned by the occupying move that would make Russia understand course from open societies to insular ones. that the West means business has not hap- of Remembrance of the Victims of the Russian authorities, having been branded North Korea is flexing its nuclear power. pened: members have failed to admit Genocide of the Crimean Tatar people by as an extremist organization. The Middle East is chronically unsteady, while Ukraine into NATO. the Parliament of Ukraine, hundreds of “The Ukrainian World Congress and Palestine and Israel are geometrically apart Membership should be an obvious deter- thousands of Crimean Tatars were deport- Ukrainians around the world stand united on a settlement. Africa’s resource-rich dicta- rent to the aggressor, the adversary who ed from the Crimean peninsula of Ukraine with the Crimean Tatar people in remem- tors prefer self-enrichment to the well-being considers NATO a key enemy. Yet there’s no to various regions of the Soviet Union, brance of the victims of this genocide, and of their people. So does oil-rich Venezuela’s political will among NATO members to act. with close to half perishing either during urges the international community to firm- dictator. The citizens are on the streets pro- Very likely – as appears in Washington – the journey or within a year of being ly maintain that Crimea is Ukraine,” stated testing starvation while oppression reigns. pro-Russia lobbyists have penetrated the exiled. UWC President Eugene Czolij. Perhaps most unsettling is the sustained process. Now members rationalize that admiration and coziness that President Ukraine’s corruption and Russia’s war on its Donald Trump offers to the world’s leading territories are deterrents to membership. The following release from the Ukrainian lished May 18 as the Day of Remembrance bully, President Vladimir Putin, a man who Above all, they use the Russia-offered Canadian Congress was issued on May 18. of the Genocide of the Crimean Tatar people. advances war and chaos in the name of his threat: Ukraine’s membership in NATO is Today, we join the Crimean Tatar people in Russia-is-a great-nation strategy regardless tantamount to a declaration of war. Today the Ukrainian Canadian commu- mourning, grief and solemn commemora- of the cost. This Chicken Little’s the-sky-is-falling nity stands in solidarity with the Crimean tion. He diverts money from the 144 million tactic is working by giving Russia time to Tatar people who mark the anniversary of The ancestral home of the Crimean Tatar who live in poverty for a military build-up. become stronger. It is still not as tough as the mass deportation from their ancestral people, the Crimean peninsula of Ukraine, Like other dictators, he maintains power NATO’s forces, coming from a nearly 1-bil- homeland by the totalitarian regime of is today illegally occupied by the Russian through control, corruption and a mafia- lion-strong alliance, but Russia’s military is like system of vassals who do his bidding Joseph Stalin. Federation. The Mejlis, the Representative revving up. and enrich him. The entire Crimean Tatar people, the Assembly of the Crimean Tatar people, has Alliance members must not treat Russia’s Mr. Putin aligns with other rogue regimes, threats as if they were real. This prevents indigenous people of Crimea, were exiled to been banned by the Russian occupation including Syria and Iran. Now he’s using fake NATO leading with strength; just what Russia the Soviet east in 1944. Hundreds of thou- authorities. news and propaganda to move on the United wants. Tough pushback is needed now. sands of men, women and children were The Crimean Tatar people, bravely States. If Mr. Putin has the audacity to pene- Perhaps Canada can help. It is respected forcibly and violently deported – almost half resisting this cruel occupation, are once trate the stronghold of democracy in order to globally for standing up for what is right lost their lives during the first year of exile – again subject to brutal violence, repres- directly influence America, how far is his reach even when it’s difficult. It needs to do so for no crime other than their language, cul- sions, arrests and attacks on their unalien- into democratic institutions worldwide? again in these most troubling times. ture and traditions. They were not allowed able rights and freedoms by the Russian Russia’s advances are chilling. At the NATO summit, which begins May 25, to return to Crimea for almost 50 years. occupation authorities. We join all civilized The only military pushback is coming from Canada must speak out against Russia’s disre- In November 2015, Ukraine’s Parliament nations in condemning the Russian Ukraine. It has been the finger in the dyke gard for the world order and international recognized this crime as an act of genocide Federation’s occupation of the Crimean since 2014. It is winning on the front, but law. Canada must put forward a tough ultima- against the Crimean Tatar people and estab- peninsula of Ukraine. Russia’s war is exceeding Ukraine’s capaci- tum to Russia: get out of Ukraine by a firm ty. Some 10,000 have been killed, 40,000 date, or Ukraine will be admitted into NATO. wounded and nearly 2 million displaced. It is highly likely that Russia will find a way. The statement below was released by ed the following programs on social adap- Pushback is needed now, but America is As yet, it is in no position to do other- Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on May tation of Crimean Tatars: “Program on pro- pre-occupied with the peccadilloes of its wise. The result is a win for all. Canada will 17. motion of social adaptation of Crimean Russia-leaning leader. Following Mr. Trump’s have offered NATO a way out of a difficult Tatar youth in 2002-2005” (2002), recent meeting with the Russians in the situation. NATO will have a clear position On May 18 Ukraine marks the 73rd anni- “Program on resettlement of deported for dealing with a most serious threat. Oksana Bashuk Hepburn, former direc- versary of the deportation of Crimean Crimean Tatars and other nationalities, Ukraine will have peace. tor with the Canadian Human Rights Tatars. who returned to Ukraine for residence, And Putin’s Russia? If he truly wants Commission, is a founding member of the Since Ukraine’s independence, the gov- their adaptation and integration into Russia’s greatness, he will proceed to build Canadian Group for Democracy in Ukraine. a fine country for its citizens rather than ernment of Ukraine assumed responsibility Ukrainian society for the period until 2010” The commentary above is reprinted with bully them and the world. for ensuring the rights and freedoms of all (2006, extended until 2015). permission from the Ottawa Citizen, which Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, history is Ukrainians, including those returning to In February-March 2014 Russia’s annex- posted it on May 23. watching. Ukraine after deportation. The Declaration ation of the Crimean peninsula led to signif- of the Rights of Nationalities of Ukraine, icant violations of international law and Laws “On Minorities in Ukraine,” “On human rights. Crimean Tatars suffered LETTER TO THE EDITOR Restoration of Rights of Persons Deported harassment and persecution by Russian on Ethnic Grounds” are key Ukrainian legal occupation authorities and their proxies. As acts on protecting the rights of deported Interestingly, after many years of fruit- less years of searching for information people. The government of Ukraine adopt- (Continued on page 14) More on Ukrainians’ about the person behind the “Mechanical Equivalent of Heat by Puluj’s Method” that contributions to science was described in his undergraduate phys- Quotable notes Dear Editor: ics laboratory, and an inquiry to a leading historian of physics, he finally found a “Today, we commemorate the 73rd anniversary of deportation of Crimean Tatars Many thanks to Eugene Stakhiv for the worthwhile reference to Puluj in – incredi- from their historic homeland – Crimea. We remember with compassion other ethnic very interesting and informative article on bly – The Ukrainian Weekly. The January 8, groups of Crimea that faced this challenge: Germans, Greeks, Armenians, Bulgarians, “Ukraine’s technological ‘fingerprints’ ” (April 1995, issue of The Weekly (page 7) had an Karaites and others. …Deportation is a crime without a statute of limitations and 8). It is indeed important for us to realize the article by Oleksa Bilaniuk on the occasion many contributions that Ukrainians have criminals who cold-bloodedly planned this act of genocide are not eligible for for- of the 150th anniversary of Puluj’s birth. made to the world of science. giveness. ... Subsequently Dr. Morowitz contacted I would like to add the name of one more “In 2014, shortly before the 70th anniversary of [this] deportation, post-Soviet but various Ukrainian sources in the United remarkable Ukrainian physicist, who among still authoritarian Russia annexed Ukrainian Crimea. Thousands of Crimean Tatars States, Great Britain and Ukraine. Prof. other notable scientific accomplishments, were forced to leave their home again. Invaders do everything to squeeze the free- Roman Gaida from provided him with also happened to translate the Bible into dom-loving people out of their native land. Isn’t this a new undeclared, deviously hid- references to Puluj’s articles published in Ukrainian. den deportation? ... German in the 19th century. Recently I was perusing a book on unusu- “The sacred right of Crimean Tatars to live freely on their native land will be al short stories on “science and life,” with the Larissa A. Pohorecky-Dolinsky, Ph.D. restored – finally and irreversibly using all possible means and mechanisms interesting title of “The Kindly Dr. Guillotine” Westfield, N.J. approved in the civilized world. ... Crimea is Ukraine, and Ukraine is Europe – part of by the biophysicist Harold J. Morowitz. In his the civilized world that values human dignity and the sovereign rights of nations.” Editor’s note: Readers may take a look at chapter on “Continuing Education,” he the issue of The Weekly mentioned above by – Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko addressing the requiem meeting held on the describes his long quest to find out more going to www.ukrweekly.com, then clicking Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Genocide of the Crimean Tatar People, May 18. about the co-discoverer of X-rays, the on “PDF Archive,” entering the year and Ukrainian physicist Johann (Ivan) Puluj. clicking on the date of the issue. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 28, 2017 No. 22 Book talk by Timothy Snyder attracts full house at U.N. On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder by Matthew Dubas light of globalization at the time, Ukraine was a casualty between the land grabs of “On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the UNITED NATIONS – More than 100 peo- the Nazis and then the Soviets, Germany Twentieth Century,” by Timothy Snyder. ple gathered at the United Nations head- versus Russia. During the years of 1933 to New York: Tim Duggan Books, 2017. ISBN: quarters in New York to hear Prof. Timothy 1945 more deaths occurred on the territo- 978-0-8041-9011-4. 128 p. $7.99 (e-book, Snyder, who was the guest speaker at a dis- ry of Ukraine than anywhere else in the ISBN: 978-0-8041-9012-1. $3.99) cussion on May 16 that was hosted by the world, Dr. Snyder underscored. This is a case that illustrates how bad Historian Timothy Snyder’s latest book, Permanent Mission of Ukraine to the U.N. “On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the He was introduced by Yuri Vitrenko, charge things can get, but globalization can be cata- Twentieth Century,” is a short pocket-sized d’affairs of the mission, and Prof. Snyder strophic and Ukraine is at the center of the book of 127 pages broken down into 20 thanked the guests and former ambassa- second globalization movement. The signifi- chapters. dors of Ukraine to the U.N. in attendance – cance of Ukraine’s struggle for indepen- Chapters headings are: Do not obey; Yuri Sergeyev and Valeriy Kuchinsky. dence gets lost on many Europeans and Defend institutions; Beware the one-party Opening the talk, “A Dialogue with Westerners, he added. Many see the state; Take responsibility for the faces of the Timothy Snyder about Ukraine,” Dr. Snyder European Union as an economic coopera- world; Remember professional ethics; Be discussed the parallels between the lessons tion between countries to prevent war wary of paramilitaries; Be reflective if you of the 20th century and his latest best-sell- among the European countries. However, must be armed; Stand out; Be kind to our ing book, “On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons many Europeans did not learn the lessons language; Believe in truth; Investigate; Make from the Twentieth Century.” But he also of the past. eye contact and small talk; Practice corpore- noted the difference between historians The struggle for colonization after the al politics; Establish a private life; Contribute and diplomats – historians do not need to second world war was over for Western to good causes; Learn from peers in other be diplomatic, constantly talk about the Europe. West Germany’s loss of the east that countries; Listen for dangerous words; Be million views and shares. “On Tyranny” past and how Ukraine is a prime example would last until 1989 put them equal to the calm when the unthinkable arrives; Be a offers frustrated citizens practical advice of a country still overcoming tyranny. Dutch, French, Portuguese, Spanish and oth- patriot; and Be as courageous as you can. from the past, adapted for the world of today. From the framework of colonization ver- ers. The EU, Dr. Snyder said, integrates large The book is an outline of how to resist Prof. Snyder is the Houssum Professor of sus de-colonization, in light of the contrib- spaces based on non-hierarchical principles. tyrannical methods based on the lessons of History at Yale University, and is the author uting factors that led to the first world war, This is a departure from the imperialistic the 20th century experience and under- of “Bloodlands: Europe between Hitler and Dr. Snyder noted the Balkans, the Ottoman ways of the past. The equality of member- scores how relevant these lessons are today Stalin” and “Black Earth: The Holocaust at Empire, the Hapsburgs and others that saw ship and rule of law principles underscores with the rise of nationalistic politics. Prof. History and Warning,” Dr. Snyder is a mem- the rise of national identity across Europe. the foundation of that departure. Snyder notes in his prologue: “Americans ber of the Committee on Conscience of the But in the case of Ukraine, it had no sus- The EU’s enlargement from West Europe, today are no wiser than the Europeans who United States Holocaust Memorial Museum tainable state boundaries recognized by the to the east has included the Baltics, Eastern saw democracy yield to fascism, Nazism or and a permanent fellow of the Institute for international order of the time. Europe, and, it is anticipated, Ukraine and communism in the 20th century. Our one Human Sciences in Vienna. By 1923, the USSR had incorporated Georgia. Europe does not have divisions advantage is that we might learn from their Readers may obtain copies of “On Ukraine into its structures and there would among East or West, following the collapse experience. Now is a good time to do so…” Tyranny” by contacting Tim Duggan Books, be an internal policy of colonization, first of the Soviet Union during the 1990s. EU As noted in a press release, the book was 1745 Broadway, New York, NY 10019; tele- under Lenin and then under Stalin. These enlargement complaints, he said, were a the product of a November 2016 Facebook phone, 212-572-2537; or online at www. policies included collectivization of the Russian development in the 21st century. post by Prof. Snyder, just days after the presi- TimDugganBooks.com or www.Timothy agrarian regions, which resulted in famines dential election that received more than 1 Snyder.org. and the Holodomor of 1932-1933. In the (Continued on page 18) No. 22 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 28, 2017 9 Team Moskaliuk loses competition to design Victims of Communism memorial

by Christopher Guly score among the five competing firms. the monument to be situated in what is spiring,” as ranked by level of frequency. Special to The Ukrainian Weekly The results are based on a “regionally known as the Garden of the Provinces and For Team Raff, the results were “interest- and linguistically representative” sample of Territories, west of Parliament Hill in Ottawa. ing,” “beautiful” and “powerful.” OTTAWA – The design for a Victims of 500 of the 717 surveys received. Reached by phone in Washington, Ms. With a team effort that involved more Communism memorial in Ottawa submit- However, in an earlier Canadian Kurylas said she was “very disappointed” in than 500 hours to pull together the design ted by Ukrainian Canadian architect Wiktor Broadcasting Corp. (CBC) online survey, her team’s loss, and described Team Raff’s concept, Mr. Moskaliuk said he is “done” Moskaliuk’s team topped one independent 1,954 out of 5,183 votes cast, or 38 percent sculpture as “very intriguing.” But she also submitting bids for memorials. “It’s too poll as the public favorite, but didn’t fare as of respondents, chose Team Moskaliuk’s believes her group’s effort better reflected labor intensive and costs a fortune,” he well in a survey led by the Canadian gov- design and put it in the top position. Team “the thematic victims-of-communism con- explained. ernment, which likely gave the design of Raff received 440 votes, or 8.5 percent of nection to the subject of this memorial.” Canadian Heritage reimbursed his team another team, without a Ukrainian connec- the total, putting its design in last position. Team Moskaliuk’s proposed monument a small honorarium to cover travel costs to tion, the edge in winning the competition. Team Raff’s design “is a sculpture and of four granite pillars was to be set at the Ottawa and the printing of the design pro- On May 17, the Canadian government not a memorial,” Mr. Moskaliuk commented center of a “contemplative oval space sym- posal – the amount of which Mr. Moskaliuk announced that a five-person jury it assem- in a telephone interview from Toronto. bolizing Canadian sanctuary for hundreds declined to identify. bled had selected the design by a team led Photos of Team Raff’s design appear on of thousands of refugees from communist Mr. Moskaliuk expects to receive a by Toronto architect Paul Raff. Called “Arc of the Canadian Heritage website (http://can- regimes,” according to the group’s design- “debrief” from Canadian Heritage officials Memory,” Team Raff’s concept involves a ada.pch.gc.ca/eng/1488208623937), along intent statement. some time next month as to why his team sculptural array of more than 4,000 bronze with a statement that describes the concept “The oval space symbolizes Canada as a didn’t make the final cut for the Victims of rods arranged along 365 stainless steel fins as a “dynamic living calendar, designed to land of refuge, and the four pillars at the Communism memorial. configured into a gigantic arc, and is “intend- capture the many, many moments of suffer- center embody the democratic ideals that Ms. Kurylas said that design competi- ed as a dynamic living calendar that would ing and injustice to be commemorated, in refugees from communist regimes sought tions are hard on entrants. commemorate moments of suffering and solace and in gratitude.” out,” said Ms. Kurylas, whose design for the “You cannot make a career of creating injustice that eventually resolve into reflec- Each of the bronze rods in the memorial Holodomor Memorial to Victims of the memorials,” she observed. “There is just tion and gratitude,” according to a news will point to “a unique angle of the sun, for Ukrainian Famine-Genocide of 1932-1933 too much emotional involvement in it, and release by Canadian Heritage, the govern- every hour of every day, across a year… in Washington was chosen from among 45 it can’t become production-line work.” ment department that oversaw the design divided in the middle at the winter solstice, entrants. She won’t rule out designing another competition. the darkest of the year, inviting visitors to “Our memorial was unique in the bunch memorial, if hired to do so. Mr. Moskaliuk’s team included step through in a metaphorical journey because it created a space in addition to Ms. Kurylas acknowledged the nature of Washington, D.C.-based Ukrainian American from darkness and oppression to lightness creating an object.” any design competition, that only one architect Larysa Kurylas and landscape archi- and liberty.” Vox populi had a different take on the entrant ends up being selected. tect Claire Bedat, also based in the U.S. capital. Team Moskaliuk’s design, which had no competing bids. “I sincerely feel that if another project Based on the results of an online official title, was intended to focus on the In its online survey, Canadian Heritage had addressed the theme better than ours, Canadian Heritage poll, conducted in March memorial’s subtheme of Canada as a “land of asked respondents to provide up to three I would be taking it less hard,” she said. and after the winning design was revealed, refuge,” by focusing on the four principles of adjectives that describe their impressions The Victims of Communism memorial, Team Raff scored the highest in overall favor- democracy – equality, freedom, justice and of each of the five designs. which will cost $3 million (Canadian, about ability with 23 percent; Team Moskaliuk representation – depicted in four spire-like The three most popular words for Team $2.2 million U.S.) to build, is scheduled for received 14 percent, or the second-lowest pillars made of white granite at the core of Moskaliuk were “boring,” “dull” and “unin- completion next year. Symposium discusses cultural and linguistic perspectives RIDRU Alberta noted that, despite the Chornobyl disaster and its political significance (e.g., EDMONTON, Alberta – Approximately resulting in the Green Party), there is little 40 people attended the University of in contemporary Ukrainian literature about Alberta symposium on “Crisis and Identity: the environment, particularly in contrast to Cultural and Linguistic Perspectives on the Romantic poets. Ukraine and its Diaspora” held on March 21. Discussant Natalia Pylypiuk, of the Organized by Alla Nedashkivska, lead University of Alberta, reminded the audi- researcher of the Nationalities, Culture and ence that certain other ecological disasters Language Policies Cluster of the Research have not been written about in Ukrainian Initiative on Democratic Reforms in Ukraine literature, such as the Soviet destruction of (RIDRU), the day offered three sessions the dam during World War II as a with two speakers and one discussant. result of which 100,000 Soviet citizens and In the first session, Marianna Novosolova Nazis were killed. of Dresden Technical University offered a The second session focussed on detailed analysis of several war poems pro- Ukrainian Canadian folklore. Maryna viding evidence of the distancing of Chernyavska (University of Alberta) defined Ukrainian and Russian identities as a result and explained many functions of archives as of the war. The audience welcomed future “memory institutions” (concerned with research about the Russian perspective and preservation and public access), described a comparison between it and that of source books that exist and pointed out new Ukrainians. developments in digital archives. Such Irene Sywenky of the University of archives have the advantage of giving access Olenka Bilash Dr. Alla Nedashkivska, organizer of the symposium “Crisis and Identity: Cultural and Linguistic Perspectives on Ukraine and its Diaspora,” with Prof. Dr. Holger Kusse of Dresden Technical University. while simultaneously endangering church- Ethnographic Thesaurus of the Library of es because they can then easily be vandal- Congress. ized. She announced the upcoming confer- Discussant Jelena Pogosjan, director of ence on Ukrainian Canadian archives in the the Kule Folklore Center at the University of spring of 2018. Alberta, noted that although the content of Natalie Kononenko (University of folklore is constantly shifting, the purpose of Alberta) discussed the religious practices exploring and uncovering the meaning of of Ukrainian Canadian women, noting that these ritual shifts remains. Thus, since it is churches in rural Prairie Canada are being impossible to collect everything, there is a cared for disproportionately by women need for an operational model to help through activities such as cooking for researchers collect what is needed to church “praznyky” (celebrations), quilting achieve their objectives, as for example to raise funds and looking after graves. She determining the role of women. also described new modifications to cultur- The final session focussed on questions of al practices. She noted that she and her language with distinguished scholar Holger team have added 24 new subject headings Kusse (Dresden Technical University) sug- Grant Wang to describe Ukrainian folklore and will Participants of the symposium held at the University of Alberta. soon propose them as additions to the (Continued on page 12) 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 28, 2017 No. 22 No. 22 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 28, 2017 11

Tennis attended by 89 delegates representing 39 against FC Dnipro, with scoring in member states of the International the 68th minute. Federation. Vladimir Dmitriev of Russia tournament in Rome on May 20-21 after was elected as the board president and his won the winning• Elina 4-6, Svitolina 7-5, 6-1 won against the Simona Italian HalepOpen term expires in 2020. Joining the new Championship,• For the 10th astime Shakhtar Shakhtar won Donetsk 3-2 of Romania in the final. Svitolina is ranked board are Luisanna Fodde (Italy), Allar Hint against Zorya Luhansk in the 28th round of by the WTA in sixth place amongst the best (Estonia), Christian Jolissant (Switzerland), the Ukrainian Premier League on May 6 at tennis players in women’s singles. In the Ivo Kaderka (), David Metalist Stadium in Kharkiv. Scoring for 2016-2017 tour, Svitolina tops the rank- Rawlinson (Great Britain), Attila Richter Shakhtar were Facundo Ferreyra (38th ings, and with her fourth major title win (), and Eva-Maria Schneider minute) , Ismaily (52nd) and Ivan Ordets this season, she leads the tour with 31 (Germany). (55th). Ihor Kharatin scored in the 80th match wins. In the quarterfinal, Svitolina minute and Dennis Bonaventure scored in won 6-3, 7-6(9) against Karolina Pliskova Bethanie Mattek-Sands of the U.S.A. in the the 88th minute for Zorya. Shakhtar, of the Czech Republic. Svitolina is set to round• Elina of 64 Svitolina at the Miami lost Open 5-7, on6-4 March against 21 coached by Paulo Fonseca of Portugal since play in the Roland Garros tournament, through April 2. Svitolina earned a bye in May 31, 2016, previously won the champi- known as the , that begins on the round of 128. Lesia Tsurenko lost 2-3 onship title in 2014 under coach Mircea May 27 and ends on June 11. She is seeded against Beatriz Maddad Maia of Brazil in Lucescu of Romania, who now is manager in fifth place in the tournament. Svitolina the round of 128. of Zenit St. Petersburg. Dynamo Kyiv, the won 6-2, 6-4 against of defending champion, has won the UPL Belgium at the BNP Paribas Cup against Malek Jaziri of Tunisia after retiring championship title 15 times and finished on April 24-30. This was her third title win after• Alexandrthe first set Dolgopolov in the first round lost 6-7(4) of the this year with 61 points (19 wins, four for 2017, with the other wins including the on March 20 to April 4. draws and five losses, with 62 goals for and Taiwan Open and the Dubai Duty Free 26 against). Shakhtar finished the 2016- Tennis Championships. Her next tourna- Tobias Kamke of Germany in the quarterfi- 2017 season with 75 points (24 wins, three ment in the Porsche Race to Singapore tour nal• ofSergiy the OpenStakhovsky Harmonie lost 5-7,Mutuelle 3-6 against in St. Svitolina-Instagram draws and one loss, with 59 goals for and will be at the BNP Paribas WTA Final in 19 against), Zorya finished in third place Brieuc, France, on March 27 through April with her trophy. Singapore on October 22-29. Svitolina lost 2. In doubles, Stakhovsky and Lukas Lacko with 42 points (12 wins, six draws and 10 2-6, 7-6(4), 6-3 against SaiSai Zheng of of Slovakia lost 6-7(5), 1-6 in the quarterfi- second round, Svitolina lost 6-4, 1-6, 4-6 losses, with 39 goals for and 29 against). China in the round of 64 at the nal against Oscar Otte of Germany and against Julia Görges of Germany in With the 10th championship win for Open on May 5-14. Lesia Tsurenko lost Franko Skugor of Croatia. Germany on April 22-23. Tsurenko lost 4-6, Shakhtar, the team’s crest will gain a star to 6(5)-7, 2-6, 6-2 against Pliskova in the 4-6 against Görges and lost 1-6, 4-6 against mark the achievement. round of 64. Karen Khakhanov of Russia in the round of Kerber. 32 •at Illya the 2017Marchenko BMW of lost Dallas 2-6, Irving 4-6 against Tennis Ukraine is in third place (two wins, two Thomas Fabbiano of Italy in the round of Classic in Irving, Tex., on March 13-19. 13-18 in Doha, Kateryna Bondarenko of draws• In and the one FIFA loss, World seven Cup goals qualifiers, for and 32 •at Illya the MarchenkoFILA Seoul lostOpen 2-6, Challenger 4-6 against in Ukraine• At the and Qatar Elena Total Vesnina Open of on Russia February lost three against) in Group I with eight points Seoul, South Korea, on May 8-14. the second set (6-7(3), 1-1) in the round of 1-6, 6-3, 10-12 in the round of 16 against after five matches played. Also in Group I 64• againstAlexandr Phillipp Dolgopolov Kohlschreiber retired during of of Canada and Darija are Turkey (eight points), Kosovo (one of India in the quarterfinal of Germany at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Jurak of Croatia. In singles, Bondarenko lost point), Finland (one point), Croatia (13 the• SergiyKarashi Stakhovsky Challenger lost 2-6, in 4-6 Karashi, against Wells, Calif., on March 6-19. Dologopolov 5-7, 1-6 against Christina McHale of the points) and Iceland (10 points). Ukraine , on May 8-13. Stakhovsky won won 64-61 against Viktor Troicki of U.S.A. in the round of 16. lost 0-1 against Croatia on March 24. 6-4, 7-6(5) against Karim-Mohammed in the round of 128. Ukraine plays against Turkey on September Maamoun of Egypt in the round of 16, and Olaru of Romania lost 2-6, 4-6 against 2, against Iceland on September 5, against won 6-2, 6-3 against of against Garbine Muguruza of Spain in the Jelena• Olga Ostapenko Savchuk and of AlicjaUkraine Rosolska and Raluca at the Kosovo on October 6, and again against Estonia in the round of 32. In doubles, round• Elina of 16 Svitlina at the lostBNP 6-7(5),Paribas 6-1,Open 0-6 in St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy on January 30 Croatia on October 9. Stakhovsky and of Indian Wells, Calif., on March 8-19. Lesia through February 5. Nadiia and Lyudmyla Ukraine won 6-4, 7-6(7) in the final against Tsurenko lost 2-6, 6-2, 5-7 against Shuai Kichenok of Ukraine lost 3-6, 6-4, 6-10 Vigo in Spain on February 24 as part of the Kevin Krawietz of Germany and Adrian Peng of China in the round of 128. against Darja Jurak of Croatia and Xenia (round• Shakhtar of 32) Donetsk lost stage 0-2 againstof the UEFACelta Menendez-Maceiras of Spain. In the semifi- Knoll of Switzerland. Europa League and was eliminated from nal Stakhovsky-Molchanov won 7-6(1), against of Japan in the round of the competition after losing 2-1 on aggre- 6-4; and in the quarterfinals, won 7-6(4), 16 •at Elina the Alya Svitolina Malayasia lost inOpen a walkover in Kuala against David Ferrer of Spain at the ATP gate goals. Shakhtar won 1-0 in the first-leg 6-2 against Sergey Betov and Yaraslav Lumpur, Malaysia, on February 27 through tournament• Alexander in DolgopolovRio on February won 6-4, 20-26. 6-4 match on February 23 at Metalist Stadium Shyla, both of Belarus. In the round of 16, March 5. Dolgolpolov won 7-6(4), 4-6, 6-4 against in Kharkiv. Shakhtar was relegated to the Stakhovsky-Molchanov won 6-4, 6-2 Horacio Zeballos of Argentina in the round Europa League after being eliminated from the UEFA Champions League during the against Vladislav Manafov of Ukraine and of France at the of 16, and lost in the quarterfinal against group stage. Aleksandr Nedovyesov of Kazakhstan. Abierto• Lesia Mexicano Tsurenko TELCEL won 6-1, tournament 7-5 against in Pablo Carreno Busta of Spain after retiring Acapulco, Mexico, on February 27 through in the third set (losing 6-7(4), 7-6(2), 0-1). Kyiv advanced to the round of 16, where it Akira Staillan of Japan in the round of 16 at March 4. In the semifinal, Tsurenko won lost• 0-3In theagainst UEFA Ajax Youth of the League, Netherlands Dynamo on the• GimcheonIllya Marchenko Challenger lost 1-6, in 5-7Gimcheon, against 5-0 against Mirjana Lucic-Baroni of Croatia against Kei Nishikori of Japan at the February 21. The loss eliminated Dynamo South Korea, on May 1-7. Marchenko won and in the quarterfinal, Tsurenko won 6-3, Argentina• Alexander Open Dolgopolov in Buenos won 7-6(4),Aires 6-4on from the competition. 5-7, 7-5, 6-1 against of 7-6(5) against Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia. February 13-19. Dologopolov won 7-5, 6-2 Serbia in the round of 32. against Pablo Carrero Busta of Spain in the Spanish club and was recently of at the WTA semifinal; won 7-5, 6-4 against Gerald transferred• Roman to Zozulya, Rayo Valleecano, who played had forhis round against Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia at tournament• Elina Svitolina in Dubai, won U.A.E. 6-4, on 6-2 February against Melzer of in the quarterfinal, and transfer put on hold because of suspicious the• J&TLesia Bank Tsurenko Prague lost Open4-6, 3-6 on in April the first 29 19-25. Svitolina won 6-3, 7-6(3) in the won 6-3, -76(4) against of rumors about a lapel pin he had worn that through May 6. In doubles, Nadiaa semifinal against of Uruguay in the round of 16. had a tryzub (trident, the national symbol Kichenok and Eva Hrdinova of the Czech Germany and won 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 against against Maxime Janvier of France in the of Ukraine), and accusations of Nazism. Republic lost 5-7, 6-2, 9-11 against Maria Kristin Michael of the U.S.A. in the quarter- Ukraine’s Ministry of Information Policy Irigoyen of Argentina and Paula Kania of final. With this latest win, Svitolina, who round• Illya of 32Marchenko at the Challenger lost 3-6, La 7-6(2), Manche 3-6 in Cherbourg, France, on February 13-19. contacted the Spanish Secretariat to clarify Poland in the first round. turned pro in 2010, overtook Britain’s the matter that he was wearing a pin with Johanna Konta, being the first Ukrainian to Soccer the stylized trident or tryzub – the national Kukushkin of Kazakhstan lost 6-7(4), 4-6, ever break into the top-10 singles female symbol of Ukraine. 5-10• Sergiyagainst StakhovskyJulio Peralta andof Chile Mikhail and tennis players. Kateryna Bondarenko lost May 17 in the 2016-2017 Horacio Zeballos of Argentina in the quar- 6-3, 2-6, 3-6 in the round of 16 against for the Ukrainian National Team, final• Shakhtarat Metalist won Stadium 1-0 against in Kharkiv. Dynamo on terfinal of the BMW Open by FWU in Wozniacki. In doubles, Svitolina and announced• Anatoliy a stopTymoshchuk, in his playing former career player on scored in the 81st minute after a setup by on May 1-7. Bondarenko lost 7-5, 6(3)-7, 6-10 in the the field. Having passed his pro coaching goalkeeper teammate , with a round of 32 against Irina-Camelia Begu of license on February 17, the 37-year-old, pass by Facundo Ferreyra. It was the 11th round of 32 against Tommy Robredo of Romania and of Russia. who set a record by playing 144 matches Spain• Sergiy at the Stakhovsky Grand Prixlost 4-6,Hassan 4-6 inII the in Lesia Tsurenko lost 1-6, 1-6 in the round of time that Shakhtar had hoisted the for the national team, is looking forward to Marrakesh, Morocco, on April 10-16. 64 against Shuai Peng of China. Ukrainian Cup trophy, and this year marked enjoying a vacation. Tymoshchuk ignited the “golden double” win for the team, as it controversy after he made an appearance, against of Germany at the 11, Elina Svitolina won 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 against won the Ukrainian Premier League title this with a St. George ribbon, in St. Petersburg, Volovo• Lesia Car Tsurenko Open on Aprillost 7-6(6), 3-9 in Charleston,2-6, 6-7(4) Ashleigh• At the Barty Fed Cup of Australiain Ukraine and on February6-3, 6-2 year as well. In the semifinal round on April Russia, to mark Victory Day on May 9 with S.C. against of Australia. Lesia 26, Dynamo Kyiv won 4-0 against MFC his former club Zenit St. Petersburg. Among Tsurenko won 6-3, 6-3 against Gavrilova in Mykolayiv, with three goals by Andriy those in attendance was Shakhtar Donetsk of the European Tennis Federation at its the first round. In week two of the playoff Yarmolenko (46th, 81st on a penalty kick, former coach Mircea Lucescu. 43rd• Yevhen annual Zukin general was electedmeeting to onthe March board round, Svitolina won 6-4, 6-2 against and 91st minute) and one by Tamas Kadar 23-25 in Sochi, Russia. The meeting was Angelique Kerber of Germany, and in the (62nd minute). Shakhtar Donetsk won 1-0 (Continued on page 13) 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 28, 2017 No. 22

asserted that Ukrainian authorities must Carpenter, along with former State she was appointed to follow the NEWSBRIEFS send Mr. Yanukovych a separate subpoena Department arms control director Stephen International Monetary Fund’s advice to regarding the link-up and formally ask Rademaker, also suggested that the United partially abandon state support for the (Continued from page 2) Russian authorities to set it up. After a States should consider returning interme- Ukrainian hryvnia. (RFE/RL, based on ers for access to the overseas servers break, Judge Devyatko said that the court diate-range cruise missiles to Europe, in reporting by and UNIAN) where the information was stored. They had never intended to set up a video link response to Russia’s alleged violations of a UWC congratulates France’s Macron were paid, in part, a percentage of the for the preliminary stage of the trial. key Cold War-era arms agreement. Mr. money the traders made from their illegal “Yanukovych’s testimony and questioning Rademaker told the commission that TORONTO – The Ukrainian World trading activities. Mr. Iermolovych, who during the preliminary hearings was not Russia will comply with important treaties Congress (UWC) President Eugene Czolij pleaded guilty in May 2016 to charges of under consideration,” the judge said. State like Open Skies, Intermediate-Range on May 11 sent a letter of congratulations aggravated identity theft and conspiracy to prosecutor Ruslan Kravchenko appealed to Nuclear Forces, and Conventional Armed to the president-elect of France, Emmanuel commit wire and computer hacking, was the judge to conduct the trial without testi- Forces in Europe but only when it is in Macron, on his election on May 9. The UWC also ordered by a court in New Jersey to mony from Mr. Yanukovych, saying that Moscow’s interest. When it isn’t in president expressed gratitude to France for pay more than $3 million in restitution. “the defendant is intentionally residing out- Moscow’s interest, “it will seek to terminate its unwavering support of Ukraine at a time (RFE/RL, with reporting by AP) side the country with the aim of avoiding them… or violate them while continuing to of considerable political uncertainty for the prosecution.” He also said that Mr. play lip service to them... or it will selective- European continent, exacerbated by the Yanukovych trial without video link Yanukovych has a right to choose to be ly implement them,” he said. Russia, for its disinformation campaign of the Russian KYIV – A Ukrainian court has held a new tried by a jury or by a three-judge panel. In part, has repeatedly denied violating the Federation designed to discredit the hearing in the treason trial of ex-President another development, Judge Devyatko Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces treaty European community and the Western val- Viktor Yanukovych, but an expected video agreed to register a defense claim that a and instead accuses the United States itself ues it represents. “The Ukrainian World link with the fugitive former leader failed to statement by Prosecutor General Yuriy of violating the agreement. Mr. Carpenter Congress and its member organizations materialize. The May 18 preliminary hear- Lutsenko ahead of the initial May 4 hearing called for more financial sanctions that trust that the Ukrainian people can contin- ing at the Obolon district court in Kyiv was influenced preparations for the trial. The leverage U.S. dominance in financial mar- ue to rely on France in the defense of dominated by sparring between the judge, judge scheduled the next hearing for May kets, for more pressure on top Russian offi- Ukraine’s territorial integrity and further- the prosecutor and the defense over plans 29. (RFE/RL, with reporting by RFE/RL’s cials, and he said that the so-called ing its European integration,” Mr. Czolij to establish a link that would allow Mr. Ukrainian Service) Magnitsky Act, a 2012 law that puts restric- stated in the letter. The UWC is the interna- tions on alleged Russian human rights tional coordinating body for Ukrainian Yanukovych to take part from Russia. Mr. Calls for new sanctions on Russia Yanukovych abandoned office in late offenders, had been “vastly underutilized.” communities in the diaspora representing February 2014 and fled to Russia in the WASHINGTON – The United States Steven Pifer, a former U.S. ambassador to the interests of over 20 million Ukrainians. face of protests triggered by his decision to should impose new sanctions and move Ukraine, said the list should be expanded to The UWC has a network of member organi- scrap plans for a landmark deal with the more aggressively to “shape Russian think- include relatives of Kremlin-connected oli- zations and ties with Ukrainians in 53 European Union and improve trade ties ing” in response to Moscow’s actions in garchs and other powerful government countries. (Ukrainian World Congress) officials, for example, to keep their children with Moscow instead. Dozens of people Ukraine and elsewhere, former top State Senate approves CUFTA implementation were killed when his government attempt- and Defense department officials said. from enrolling at U.S. colleges and universi- ed to clamp down the Euro-Maidan demon- Michael Carpenter, who was the Pentagon’s ties or spouses from “going on London OTTAWA – The Senate of Canada on May strations. After Mr. Yanukovych fled, Russia top Russia official until January, said the shopping trips.” (RFE/RL) 18 unanimously adopted Bill C-31, the seized Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula and measures Washington should take should NBU deputy takes over for Gontareva Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement fomented separatism in eastern Ukraine, include deploying an armored brigade per- Implementation Act. “The Canada-Ukraine where war between the government and manently to the Baltics and restricting KYIV – The National Bank of Ukraine Free Trade Agreement [CUFTA] builds on a Russia-backed forces has killed more than some Russian surveillance flights over U.S. (NBU) says its deputy governor, Yakiv longstanding history of engagement and 9,900 people. He is being tried in absentia territory now authorized under the 2002 Smoliy, will temporarily take charge on May support between our two nations,” said on charges of high treason and complicity Open Skies treaty. “If we do not check 11 as Governor Valeria Gontareva will step Sen. Raynell Andreychuk. “The unanimous in Russian actions aimed to violate Russian aggression with more forceful down that day. Ms. Gontareva, a reformist passage of Bill C-31 marks yet another Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integ- measures now, we will end up dealing with who won praise from the West, submitted a important milestone in Canada-Ukraine rity, upset its constitutional order, and many more crises and conflicts, spending letter of resignation to President Petro bilateral relations.” The senator noted: wage war against the country. At the start billions of dollars more in the defense of Poroshenko on April 10. Ms. Gontareva “With the ratification of this agreement, of the hearing, Mr. Yanukovych’s lawyer our European allies, and potentially see our took charge of Ukraine’s central bank in Canada will become the first country out- Vitaliy Serdyuk asked Judge Vladyslav vision of Europe whole and free under- 2014, after Russia seized Crimea and with side of Europe and Central Asia to sign a Devyatko to provide details on how a video mined,” Mr. Carpenter told a hearing of the Ukraine in the throes of a conflict with formal trade agreement with Ukraine. In link could be established. Mr. Serdyuk U.S. Helsinki Commission on May 17. Mr. Russia-backed separatists. Her departure doing so, Canadian businesses will be leaves President Poroshenko with one granted unparalleled opportunities in fewer ally in power at a time when lenders Ukraine across all sectors.” She cited are already questioning Ukraine’s ability to renewable energy, aeronautics and educa- follow through on promised reforms. Ms. tion sectors as examples. “This agreement Gontareva’s efforts to clean up Ukraine’s underscores Canada’s support for advanc- TO PLACE YOUR AD CALL Walter Honcharyk (973) 292-9800 x3040 financial sector irked tycoons who critics ing democracy in Ukraine amid recurring or e-mail [email protected] say have treated the country’s banks like threats to the country’s sovereignty and their private coffers. She also came under independence,” the senator, who is a fire from some ordinary Ukrainians who Ukrainian Canadian, added. (Office of Sen. SERVICES PROFESSIONALS blamed her for losses they suffered after Raynell Andreychuk)

Zakarpattia (e.g., for tourism) or in the Symposium... Donbas (for political reasons)? What is the difference in impact between modern (Continued from page 9) social media and the use of radio in the gesting linguistic “nation-building.” He drew past? Is there a difference between “lan- upon evidence from a range of sources guage as identity” and “language as part of from contemporary Ukrainian to reveal the an existential choice”? Should analysis of use of positive language imaging analogous language promotion be situated in its con- to that used in the 19th century during the text, that is, in opposition to, rather than МАРІЯ ДРИЧ period of nation-building. part of, the status quo? Ліцензований Продавець Alla Nedashkivska (University of Audience discussion was rich for each FOR SALE Страхування Життя Alberta) reviewed multiple Internet sourc- session, but the liveliest was in relation to МАRІA DRICH es that demonstrate the principle that peo- why Ukrainian television is so unengaging. Licensed Life Insurance Agent ple themselves are the innovators and lan- Symposium presentations were videotaped НА ПРОДАЖ ПОМЕШКАННЯ Ukrainian National Assn., Inc. guage planners in Ukraine. Online sites and will be available on RIDRU’s website. „Українське Село“, Cedar Grove Lane, Somerset, NJ 2200 Route 10, Parsippany, NJ 07054 encourage a variety of language uses, Olenka Bilash acknowledged the funders Світла, велика квартира в дуже Tel.: 973-292-9800 ext. 3011 including language switching, remember- and supporters of the event – the Kule доброму стані • 2 спальні, кухня, e-mail: [email protected] ing old terms, reading for pleasure, adding Institute for Advanced Study, RIDRU, вітальна і їдальня, ґанок • Українська prestige to Ukrainian, using empowering Department of Modern Languages and громада, 55 років + (1 в сім’ї) • slogans, replacing foreign words, and using Cultural Studies, Kule Folklore Center, Недалеко поїзду до NYC, N.Brunswick, OPPORTUNITIES self humor. These data suggest that volun- Ukrainian Language Education Center and укр. церков • $65,000 • Меланія teerism and creativity are key to populariz- the German Academic Exchange Service 201-245-2777 • [email protected] ing the Ukrainian language. (DAAD) and the Graduate Academy of Earn extra income! Discussant and post-doctoral fellow Ivan Technical University of Dresden – and The Ukrainian Weekly is looking Kozachenko (University of Alberta) raised a closed the day with an announcement Run your advertisement here, for advertising sales agents. series of questions for the speakers: Is about RIDRU’s fall online conference: in The Ukrainian Weekly’s For additional information contact praise more significant when it comes from “Finding a Way Forward in Ukraine: Reform Walter Honcharyk, Advertising Manager, CLASSIFIEDS section. people outside the nation? Was language vs Inertia in Democratizing Government The Ukrainian Weekly, 973-292-9800, ext 3040. used to manufacture a regional identity in and Society.” No. 22 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 28, 2017 13

Northern Ireland. Ukraine finished in pursue the rematch. Joshua has a mandato- (40-3, 26 KO) won by first-round knockout Sportsline fourth place in Group 4 with zero points, ry IBF title defense against Kubrat Pulev against Adrian Granat (14-1, 13 KO) of with zero goals for and 12 against. (25-1, 13 KO) of Bulgaria. on March 18 at Baltiska Hallen in (Continued from page 11) Malmo, Sweden. Ukraine, in Group 4 of the qualifying round, Vasyl Lomachenko (8-1, 6 KO) is set for a ranked by FIFA in 27th place (1,726 points) is set• In to theplay FIFAagainst Women’s Croatia on World September Cup, rematch• WBO against Super Orlandofeatherweight Salido champion(43-13-4, 3 KO) won by third-round TKO against as •of Ukraine’s April. The women’s women’s national team is teamranked was in 15 and against Hungary on November 24. 30 KO). Top Rank promoter Bob Arum Yasmani• Welterweight Perdroso (1-1-0,Serhii Bohachuk1 KO) of Cuba (3-0-0, on 16th place among UEFA member states. Matches resume in 2018, with Ukraine expects the fight to take place this summer March 18 at Madison Square Garden in Ukraine’s men’s national team is ranked in against Croatia on April 5, against Denmark with a location to be announced. New York. The fight was scheduled for four 37th place (761 points), six steps lower on April 9 and June 8, against Sweden on rounds. than in the previous month’s rankings by June 12 and August 30, and against KO) lost by split decision against Argenia FIFA. Topping the list are: Brazil (1,661 Hungary on September 4. Mendez• Lightweight (23-5-1, Ivan12 KO) Redkach of the (20-2-1,Dominican 16 (10-0, 8 KO) won by fifth-round TKO points), Argentina (1,603), Germany Republic on May 2 at Sportsman’s Lodge in against• Kemahl Russel Serhiy (10-1,Derevyanchenko 8 KO) of (1,464), Chile (1,403), France (1,294), Futsal Studio City, Calif. Redkach was deducted a Jamaica on March 14 at Fitzgerald’s Casino Belgium (1,281), Portugal (1,259), point for head-butting, with judges scoring and Hotel in Tunica, Miss. Derevyanchenko Switzerland (1,212) and Spain (1,204). final stage round of the UEFA Euro Cup 95-94, 93-96, 94-95. (10-0, 8 KO) is set to fight against Tureano 2018• Ukraine, after winning in Group 2-1 C,against advanced Croatia to theon Johnson (20-1, 14 KO) in a mandatory IBF Championships, Ukraine won 2-0 against April 11. Other teams that have secured KO)) won by sixth round knockout against challenge, with a date to be announced. The Norway• In theon UEFAMay 10, Under-17 lost 0-4 European against their spots in the final stage round include Luis• FlyweightManuel Macias Artem (9-4-2, Dalakian 3 KO) (14-0-0, of Mexico 10 winner will then fight against the winner of England on May 7, lost 0-1 against the Azerbaijan, Italy, Kazakhstan, Russia, at Parkovy Convention Center in Kyiv on the title unifier bout on September 16 in Netherlands on May 4 and finished in third Portugal and tournament final host April 22. Also on the fight card, super-ban- Las Vegas between Saul “Canelo” Alvarez place in Group D of the final stage. In the Slovenia. Ukraine (group host) won 1-0 tamweight Oleksandr Yehorov (18-1-1, 9 (49-1, 34 KO) of Mexico and Gennadiy Elite Round group stage, Ukraine finished against Belgium on April 8 and won 4-2 KO) won by third-round TKO against Lucas Golovkin (37-0, 33 KO) of Kazakhstan, who in second place in Group 6 after it won 2-1 against Montenegro on April 9, and fin- Rafael Baez (30-16-4, 15 KO) of Argentina holds the IBF, WBC and WBA middleweight against Sweden on March 23, lost1-3 ished with nine points (three wins, with and featherweight Oleg Yefimovych (29-2- titles. Alvarez holds the honorary Ring against France on March 25 and won 2-1 seven goals for and three against). Other 1, 16 KO) won by seventh-round knockout Magazine title. against group host on March 28. teams who are set to begin playoff matches against Urbano Guiliani (9-2-0, 2 KO) of on September 10-13 and September 24-27 Belgium. Each of the Ukrainian fighters 2 KO) lost on points in a six-round fight Under-19 European Championship after are Georgia, Hungary, Croatia, Romania, won the WBA Continental title in his against• Flyweight Anne Sophie Oksana Da Romanova Costa (22-2-0, (9-19-1, 10 finishing• Ukraine in fourth was eliminated place in Groupfrom the 1 ofUEFA the Serbia, Poland, the Czech Republic and respective weight class. KO) of France at Salle Rene-Tys in Reims, Elite Round of the tournament. Ukraine, France. The final stage of the tournament Marne, France, on March 4. with three points after three matches will have 12 teams competing. Ljubljana, 5-1, 15 KO) lost by unanimous decision played, won 2-0 against (four Slovenia, will host the tournament final after• Super 12 rounds middleweight against WBO Max WorldBursak Super (33- 1, 4 KO) lost by split decision after 10 points) on March 23, lost 0-2 against the stage beginning on January 30, 2018, and Middleweight Champion Gilberto Ramirez rounds• Welterweight against Vaginak Vladyslav Tamrazyan Baranov (11-3, (5-2- 3 Netherlands (seven points) on March 25, ending on February 10, 2018. (35-0-0, 24 KO) of Mexico on April 22 at KO) of Russia at the Sports Complex in and lost 1-2 against Finland (three points) Stub Hub Center in Carson, Calif. Berezovsky, Russia, on March 4. Judges on March 28. The tournament final is to be Boxing scored 93-97, 92-98, 97-93. hosted by Georgia on July 15. Wladimir Klitschko (64-5, 53 KO) is set for • Heavyweight European Championship, Ukraine in Group a rematch• Former against Heavyweight the current Champion IBF, WBA, Maria Oharenko, 66, Public Relations 4 of• the In elite the round, women’s lost 0-5 UEFA against Under-19 Finland IBO Champion Anthony Joshua (19-0, 19 Director and Community Activist on April 4, and lost 0-2 against Ireland KO) of Great Britain this fall, with a date of (group and tournament final host) on April late October being the earliest likely date. With deep sorrow we announce that 6 and lost 0-5 against Scotland on April 9. Klitschko, as per his fight contract terms, The final match is set for August 20 in has until early June to decide whether to Maria T. Oharenko a retired public relations professional, died April 25 at her home in Redondo Beach, THE PROMIN VOCAL ENSEMBLE California as a result of complications from pneumonia. in deepest sorrow Born in Leuven, Belgium in 1950, Maria was the daughter of Ukrainian parents and grew up in Chicago’s Ukrainian Village. She earned both a B.A. and Master’s extend their heartfelt sympathy Degree in Journalism from Northwestern University. Maria served as a public on the premature passing relations professional for the U.S. Department of Energy in Washington, DC of our long-time singer/soloist during the 1970s, and later at Northrop Grumman in Los Angeles. In addition, and unforgettable friend and bass Maria, was very active in civic and community organizations including the Kobzar Choir, American-Ukrainian Youth Association (СУМ), the Nativity of BVM Ukrainian Catholic Church Choir and a teacher at Ridna Skola. MYCHAIL NEWMERZYCKYJ May her memory be eternal. who was the crowning glory of the vocal arts with his expressive, granite-hued voice and noble kozak persona in every dimension of his life: With deep sorrow we announce that our father, whether spiritual, secular, operatic, or recreational. John Cherniawsky passed away peacefully at his home in Astoria, NY, on the morning of Sunday, April 30, 2017. He was born August 19, 1917 in Brody, Ukraine. Our father fl ed to Germany in 1942. There he was employed as a baker. We lived in Heidenau, Germany. My father played the accordion and a violin in a band. At one time he had an opportunity to play a violin solo for a prima ballerina during her dance performance. He married my mother, Maria, in 1945. Their fi rst son, Bohdan, was born in 1946, but died six month later. Their next child was me, Miroslava. My parents and I emmigrated to the US on the ship, General Taylor in 1951, and settled in New York City. My brother, Taras, was both in 1955, followed by Darka in 1956. My mother, Maria, died on July 20, 1996. They had six granddaughters and one grandson. My father remarried in 2010 to Lesia Pavlovska, who is from Ternopil. Our family expanded in 2011 with his fi rst granddaughter’s, Laryssa, marriage to Matthew Buoneto. My father had four great-granddaughters and one great-grandson, and The Kozaks of Promin с. 1983 – far left: M. Newmerzyckyj was expecting a new grandchild in November 2017. John was a member of the Ukrainian Sport Club (УСК) and Self Reliance Ukrainian Federal Credit Union in New York City. He also was a member of St. George Ukrainian Long will stories of the “legendary Mikey” be told Catholic Church and its choir. amidst the Promin membership – The wake was held on May 2nd at Peter Jarema Funeral Home in New York City. We will not meet his like again! Funeral mass was held on May 3rd at St. George Ukrainian Catholic Church in New York City. GOD REST HIS SOUL! May his memory be eternal. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 28, 2017 No. 22

bridge is going on, Crimea will get some Russian passions.” “We were first amused Why Putin... coverage in Moscow outlets. Putin defends... when these internal American squabbles But Crimea is something Russians think (Continued from page 6) began,” continued Mr. Putin, “but now we are about less and less, the political analyst (Continued from page 3) concerned” (Kremlin.ru, May 17). decision to reduce public attention to says, and that will be true even if the meeting with Italian Prime Minister Paolo A divided and unpredictable United Crimea are two other poll numbers. Kremlin changes the date of Mr. Putin’s re- Gentiloni, the Russian head of state lashed States poses a distinct challenge and even a VTsIOM reports that the share of Russians election to make it coincide with the official out against Mr. Trump’s opponents, “who danger to all global players – not only Mr. opposed to giving special aid to Crimea has annexation of the Ukrainian peninsula. are deliberately destabilizing the political Putin. Clearly, any attempts to build a stable risen from 21 percent in 2014 to 84 per- After that, the regime clearly hopes, it will situation in the U.S. using anti-Russian slo- working relationship between the Kremlin cent now, and the Levada Center says that become just one more Russian region. gans, because they are either imbeciles, and the Trump White House will be an 55 percent of Russians oppose cuts in pro- According to Ms. Goryunova, all this who do not understand what they are uphill job. Hopes to draw up a tacitly grams benefitting them to help the penin- reflects the fact that, both domestically and doing, or they are dangerous and dishon- agreed-upon “Kissingerial” realpolitik divi- sula integrate into Russia. internationally, Mr. Putin’s seizure of the est.” Mr. Putin jokingly reprimanded Mr. sion of spheres of domination in Eurasia “The logic of Russians regarding the pen- Ukrainian peninsula has been “a Pyrrhic Lavrov (who was grinning in the audience) seems a distant dream. Mr. Putin is under- insula is simple,” Ms. Goryunova says: victory” at best. The West hasn’t been will- for not reporting “any secrets” originating standably angry and must decide his next “Crimea is, of course, ours – but we do not ing to recognize his action as legitimate; from Mr. Trump. move: to either continue to wait for Mr. want to support it. Let the people there do Russians, when they focus on it, see only The Russian president offered to send to Trump to finally put his administration in so on their own.” Russian tourism to the costs rather than benefits. Congress a transcript of the meeting in the order, or move ahead unilaterally to secure region is down, and Russians clearly are “The Putin regime passionately needs Oval Office, “if the White House agrees.” Mr. Russian interests as he understands them, disregarding the “schizophrenic America.” less focused on Crimea than at any time rapid results,” the analyst continues and, Putin declared that Messrs. Trump and since before the Anschluss. “therefore for the Russian leader in this Lavrov had a very good meeting, while “ludi- The article above is reprinted from “The single thing that still generates case, the best way out will be to mention crous accusations of Trump revealing Eurasia Daily Monitor with permission from interest among Russians is the construction Crimea as rarely as possible,” to allow it to secrets are part of the political schizophrenia its publisher, the Jamestown Foundation, of the Kerch bridge,” which the Moscow recede into the myths of the past as just the gripping America, based on inflaming anti- www.jamestown.org. media are treating as a Russian analogue to “latest” Russian acquisition rather than the Soviet projects like the Baikal-Amur unique and special one Mr. Putin insisted Mainline. As long as construction on the upon only a few years ago. Ukraine,” a special department on the Remembering... Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol was established within the (Continued from page 7) Secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers of of today, 21 representatives of Crimean Ukraine, and an inter-party Crimea union Tatars were kidnapped, three of them was established by MPs. found dead, more than 130 criminal cases The U.N., OSCE ODIHR, Council of against Crimean Tatars were opened. Europe and other international organiza- Ukrainian authorities take numerous tions draw attention to numerous cases measures to protect the rights and freedoms when Ukrainian locals, especially Crimean of Crimean Tatars. Mr. Mustafa Dzhemilev, Tatars and pro-Ukrainian activists, were MP and former head of the Mejlis of the kidnapped, tortured, imprisoned by Crimean Tatar nation, was appointed as the Russian occupation authorities. president’s representative for Crimean The responsibility for all violations of Tatars. On March 30, 2014, the Parliament of human rights in Crimea rests with the Ukraine passed a decree “On Acknowledging Russian Federation as an occupying Crimean Tatars as Indigenous People of authority under international law. No. 22 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 28, 2017 15

COMMUNITY CHRONICLE Chornobyl exhibit shown at Earth Day by Vira Bodnaruk Chornobyl by prominent scholars, a fact sheet about Chornobyl and a fact sheet OSPREY, Fla. – At the celebration of Earth about Ukraine prepared by Nellia Lechman Day on April 22 at Oscar Scherer State Park and Vira Bodnaruk. in Osprey, Fla., the Ukrainian community of Members of Branch 56 of the Ukrainian southwest Florida had an exhibit about the National Women’s League of America who Chornobyl nuclear disaster that took place volunteered to be present to give informa- 31 years ago on April 26, 1986. tion to the many visitors that day were: Lesia The exhibit consisted of books about Popel, Areta Baranowskyj, Anna Macilienski,

Bohdan Bodnaruk Volunteers at the Chornobyl exhibit (from left): Tom hausman, lida hausman, Anna Macilienski, Areta Baranowskyj, Vira Bodnaruk, Ostap Macilienski, lesia Popel and Bohdan Bodnaruk. Christyna Sheldon and Lida Hausman. Also Many visitors knew about the Chornobyl present were Dr. Bohdan Bodnaruk, Ostap nuclear disaster and shared their views on Macilienski and Tom Hausman. radiation and its aftereffects on the world’s The day was pleasant, with a few show- population. Some also knew about the ers, but not enough to spoil it for the large Holodomor, while others asked about the number of people who came to celebrate current situation in Ukraine and the fight- Earth Day in a beautiful state park, with ing in the Donbas region supported by Books about the Chornobyl nuclear accident that were part of the display. many exhibits and attractions for children. Russia. Selfreliance Association of New York meets on the 70th anniversary of its founding

by Motria Milanytch NEW YORK – The regular general meeting of the New York Branch of the Selfreliance Association of American Ukrainians (SRAAU) was held on Sunday, April 2. The meeting was significant because it was held on the 70th anniversary of its founding in 1947 by post-war Ukrainian immigrants coming to the U.S. Ever since its establishment, the association has worked for the good of the Ukrainian American communi- ty, including by providing social service programs for the elderly and newly arrived emigrants as well as sponsoring the Self Reliance School of Ukrainian Studies. The Selfreliance Association of American Ukrainians Inc. is also the initiator of an organization of Ukrainian professionals in the U.S. as well as the Self Reliance Ukrainian Federal Credit Unions. The branch president, Natalia Duma, opened the meet- ing by welcoming the attendees and the president of the SRAAU board of directors, Oleh Lopatynsky. An invocation was offered by the Rev. Artemiy Novitsky, OSBM, and a minute of silence honored the memory of deceased mem- bers. Thereafter, Motria Milanytch was elected as the Jurij Stecko meeting’s chair and Daria Rekucha as the secretary. The The executive board of the New York branch of the Selfreliance Association of American Ukrainians, the meeting minutes from the previous meeting were read by Daria presidium and a participant from New Jersey; seated at the table (from left) are: The Rev. Artemiy Novitsky, Drozdowsky and the reports of branch officers followed. Natalia Duma and Oleh lopatynsky. The financial officer, Anna Safian, reported in detail the income and expenses for the past year and subsequently Mendez in order to continue receiving funds, which the The Comptrollers Commission and the Mediation Board presented the aims of the budget for 2017. association has been receiving for the past 20 years. The also presented reports. Participants unanimously upheld The office administrator, who is also the recreational goal of the program is to enrich the lives of seniors with a the comptrollers’ motion for a vote of confidence for the and social services officer, Oksana Lopatynsky, spoke variety of activities. In the social services area, she talked governing body. about her everyday managerial work and assistance to about the advice she was giving seniors and their families On the proposal of the Nominating Committee, consist- elderly members, in particular, those who find themselves regarding social assistance, as well as her visits to mem- ing of Ms. Safian (chair), Olha Gnoj and Bohdanna Slyz, the in difficult circumstances or immigrants who do not speak bers with serious health problems in their homes or nurs- participants unanimously re-elected Mrs. Duma as the English, who come to the association with a variety of ing homes. Ms. D’Alessio expressed her appreciation to vol- president of the branch executive board and Ms. problems. As a social welfare officer, she said she received unteers and recognized Neonila Onuferko, who joined the Drozdowsky, Ms. D’Alessio, Donna Lopatynsky, Oksana many letters from Ukraine requesting assistance. As a rec- team. Lopatynsky, Ms. Milanytch, Ms. Onuferko, Ms. Safian, Ms. reational officer, Mrs. Lopatynsky said her emphases were Reports were also heard from the recording secretary, Sawczuk and Jurij Stecko, M.D., as members. Elected to the weekly exercises, crocheting, bingo games, excursions and Ms. Drozdowsky; the press secretary, Ms. Milanytch; and Comptrollers Commission were: Wolodymyr Kornaha, holiday events such as the Thanksgiving dinner that is well the vice-president, Nadia Sawchuk. Wolodymyr Safian and Ihor Stecko; and to the Mediation attended by the seniors. Rounding out the reports was the president, Mrs. Board: Ms. Onuferko, Kateryna Pliszak and Stefania The program officer Irene D’Alessio, who worked at the Duma, who gave a short summary of the branch’s activi- Semuchak. office two days a week as a volunteer, presented the partic- ties and expressed her sincere appreciation to all the offi- At the end of the meeting, Mrs. Duma thanked the ulars of the program for the elderly for which she submit- cers for their contribution to the success of the associa- attendees and invited them to socialize at an early dinner ted grant proposals to New York City Councilwoman Rosie tion’s activities. procured by Mmes. Lopatynska and Safian. 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 28, 2017 No. 22

Starting on May 18, 1944, some 250,000 were put on trains – Ukraine remembers... most of them in the space of two days – and sent to Central Asia. Poroshenko urges... Tens of thousands died during the journey or after they were left (Continued from page 1) on the barren steppe with few resources. (Continued from page 1) after the annexation of Crimea.” Crimean Tatars were not allowed to return to Crimea until the In turn, the Ukrainian leader said: “We The Crimean Tatars were deported en masse from the Black late 1980s, when Mikhail Gorbachev conducted reforms in the must act decisively to return the Minsk pro- Sea peninsula in May 1944, after Stalin accused them of collab- years before the disintegration of the Soviet Union. cess to a constructive course, and we do not orating with Nazi Germany. In November 2015, the Ukrainian Parliament passed a law see an alternative to the Minsk process.” declaring May 18 the Day Separately, U.S. President Donald Trump of Commemor­ation of reaffirmed “Trans-Atlantic unity in holding Victims of the Genocide Russia accountable for its actions in Crimea of the Crimean Tatars. and eastern Ukraine,” during a meeting with After Russia seized Italian President Sergio Mattarella on May 24, Crimea, Russian according to a readout from the White House. President Vladimir And NATO Secretary General Jens Putin promised the Stoltenberg also said that the sanctions “are Crimean Tatars that extremely important,” speaking ahead of the they would be treated May 25 meeting of the defense alliance’s well and guaranteed heads of state and government. equal rights. Mr. Poroshenko added that Kyiv will host But Crimean Tatars, the next yearly EU-Ukraine summit on July 13. rights activists and The summit is the highest political meeting Western governments between Ukraine and the EU. say Russia has subjected Crimean Tatars and oth- Unprecedented corruption bust ers who opposed annex- Meanwhile in Ukraine, 23 former tax offi- ation to abuse, discrimi- cials were arrested and taken to Kyiv during a nation and politically large-scale operation involving more than Serhii Nuzhnenko/Radio Svoboda.org motivated prosecutions 2,000 law enforcement officers who conduct- People lay candles in Kyiv on May 18 to commemorate the Soviet-era mass deportation of Crimean Tatars. on false charges. ed 454 raids in 15 regions. They had served during Viktor Yanukovych’s truncated presidency in 2010- 2014 and are accused of helping him embezzle 97 billion hrv, or $4 billion at the current exchange rate. Chief Military Prosecutor Anatoliy Matios said that this was only the “first wave” of arrests on May 24. Oleksandr Klymenko, who ran the income and tax ministry under the former president’s rule and is now living abroad at an undisclosed loca- tion, called the arrests a “public relations show,” in an e-mailed note to The Ukrainian Weekly. He denied the allegations. The nationwide operation occurred as Prosecutor General Yurii Lutsenko was giving a report in Parliament on law and order. On average, three bribery cases are sent to courts on a daily basis, the chief prosecutor told lawmakers. There is now a total of 1,191 such cases. A current Security Service of Ukraine gen- eral was among those who were arrested, as was the former tax collector for Luhansk Oblast, Oleksandr Atnipov, who was found with $3.8 million in cash. All the suspects were immediately flown in military helicopters to Kyiv, where they were remanded to custody following court trials, Internal Affairs Minister Arsen Avakov told reporters at a briefing at Zhuliany Airport in Kyiv. Ukrainian language quotas Ukrainian will be the predominant lan- guage on television and radio, according to a bill that lawmakers passed on May 23. It requires that nationwide Ukrainian TV and radio stations have Ukrainian-language programming at least 75 percent between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m. Likewise, local and regional outlets must have at least 50 percent Ukrainian content during this time. “It would not affect foreign-based broadcast- ers, but would require foreign films aired on Ukrainian television channels to carry Ukrainian subtitles,” Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty reported. Mr. Poroshenko indicated that he will sign the bill, Interfax Ukraine reported. “There should be the Ukrainian language on Ukrainian TV… Have I made it clear that I will sign the bill?” the president wrote on his Facebook page. “At some channels it [Ukrainian] is at the level of 15 percent… Gentlemen, have you forgotten the name of your country?” Lawmakers failed last week to put three health care reform bills on the daily agenda that Ulana Suprun, the American-born acting health minister, has been trying to push through. Her overall plan is to promote competition among health providers by having money “fol- low the patient,” as opposed to funding hospi- tals and clinics based on the number of beds they have. She also wants to introduce a nationwide health insurance system. No. 22 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 28, 2017 17 Vovcha Tropa Plast camp prepares for 2017 summer season

by Christina Jackiw Brozyna EAST CHATHAM, N.Y. – While Vovcha Tropa Plast Camp took a much-deserved rest in its natural splendor during the fall, winter and spring months, members of the Regional Camp Commission (known as OTK, for its Ukrainian name, Okruzhna Taborova Komisiya) never afforded them- selves a respite. After cleaning and winter- izing the camp facilities and grounds in the late summer and fall, OTK quickly switched gears and initiated its planning process for this summer’s camp season. To start, OTK held board elections on December 3, 2016. After thorough report- ing, audit and a vote of confidence granted to the outgoing board, the following were elected for the next two years: Taras Popel, president; Adrianna Knihnicky, vice-presi- dent, camps; Joe Patti, vice-president, facili- OTK ties; Larissa Popel, secretary; Dan Bojcun, An aerial view of a portion of the Vovcha Tropa grounds. treasurer; Mark Turczan, inventory officer; and Daria Patti, administrator. The hope is that Vovcha Tropa will be able pleased to host an Olympics Camp, a new Plast campers and the reawakening of Each elected board member forms a to move to more environmentally responsi- specialized camp for Plast members age 15 Vovcha Tropa from its quiet slumber into a committee of volunteers who serve an ble table and drink ware as early as this and up, from July 20 to August 6. This camp bustling home for Plast camaraderie, laugh- array of functions, ranging from registra- summer. Board members pledge to contin- will include competitions in various sports, ter and adventure. All camp registration tion, medical affairs, counselor staffing and ue to report on these and other efforts, as survival, creativity and overall knowledge. deadlines are June 1, 2017. training to finances, communications, facili- one of their main goals is to work in harmo- Registration packets may be found at www. ty maintenance, inventory and boutique. All ny with, and enhance, the beautiful natural plastusa.org. (For more information, e-mail Christina Jackiw Brozyna is press secre- board members work year-round with habitat that campers call home. [email protected].) tary of the Regional Camp Commission of their committees in planning for and oper- Vovcha Tropa also announced it is OTK is anxiously awaiting the arrival of Vovcha Tropa. ating multiple Plast camps and other activi- ties at the Vovcha Tropa campsite. Furthermore, OTK has held two workshops (on December 3, 2016 and April 1 of this year) to debrief last year’s camp leaders and pre- pare for this camp season. In addition to care- ful consideration and planning of the camp’s customary functions, of particular interest are two new initiatives that OTK is undertaking. First is an aggressive tick/mosquito/poi- son ivy control program. Out of concern for the health and welfare of Vovcha Tropa campers and staff, OTK has contracted with Ivy Oaks Analytics to treat the Vovcha Tropa grounds and rid carrier hosts of ticks with EPA-approved natural compounds and insec- ticides. Treatments will be completed in late June to ensure the pest population is under control before the commencement of camps. (For more information on this important ini- tiative, readers may visit www.vovchatropa. org and www.ivyoaksanalytics.com.) Secondly, in an effort to promote sustain- ability at Vovcha Tropa, OTK is actively researching ways to become more green. 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 28, 2017 No. 22

surge in right-wing extremism and isola- response to the expansion of the European Eastern Europe. These countries are still Book talk... tionism. Union and NATO enlargement. overcoming the legacy of communism, and Following the Revolution of Dignity in Prof. Snyder said that Ukrainian identity we are still combating against the excite- (Continued from page 8) 2013-2014, Ukraine has shown Europe the has been misunderstood by the United ment of reality with propaganda. The Association Agreement between the future and Russia has shown its true colors, States, and within the confines of the 20th Orest Kyzyk, one of the organizers of the EU and Ukraine at first glance appears bor- through its “hybrid war” against Ukraine century, there has been a lack of Ukrainian event, asked Prof. Snyder to underscore the ing, and many observers have noted its and the West, with notable traits such as the policy by the U.S., which has led to many of talking points in his latest book “On political agreements. But from the Ukrainian creation of a psychosphere and a mental the current issues facing democratic prac- Tyranny.” Prof. Snyder explained that the point of view, particularly from its youth, Dr. war in the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of tices in the region. The youth of Ukraine history of the American experience has not Snyder explained, it is not about east or Crimea and the Donbas. Moscow-spun lies will be more likely to adopt democratic been threatened because of the democratic west, it is about rule of law. Ukraine is a dif- included that Ukrainians were gay or fas- reforms than the previous generations who legacy, whereas in Ukraine, which is just in ferent case, as compared to 1990s Europe. cists, or gay fascists, Dr. Snyder recounted. lived under the Soviet system. The EU is its political infancy, we have seen it struggle Ukraine’s Revolution of Dignity brought Russia’s “victory” in meddling in the 2016 more important for Ukraine than NATO with the truth, immigration and being kind Ukraine toward a European level of politics, U.S. presidential elections was a “stunning membership and in the realm of geopoli- to language. Ukrainians have handled which needs ongoing reforms, but the level success” for Russia and showed the power tics, the EU is more threatening for Russia Russian tactics better than imagined. This of development of Ukraine’s civil society is of influence of nonsensical falsehoods. as it represents the rule of law system that brings into place corporeal politics. The what really makes it European. Ukraine’s success will come when it threatens the Russian elite. Ukrainians saw that they had a future worth It is puzzling for Americans to explain adopts European reforms to bring it on par Alex Mehrle of New York asked about fighting for, whereas in Russia there have why people would want to belong to as an economic success within the EU. The how Euroskepticism is in conflict with the been waves of de-motivation amid sparks of Europe. Ukrainians understand the situa- threats include Russian propaganda “fake rule of law. Prof. Snyder explained that in opposition protests. Ukraine has been able tion on the ground and are tired of answer- news” stories and the perpetuation of the Russia there is a naivety about the liberal to transform the threat from its neighbor ing the question: why was there a war? failure of globalization. Brexit has shown order, similar to 1930s Germany and into a motivating force for positive change. Russia policy toward the EU, Ukraine that Britain has returned to form as an and the U.S.A. is against globalization. empire, but it never was a British state. In Russia is unable to join structures like the the French presidential election, Marine Le Sen. Andreychuk’s bill would, he said, European Union, but will try to be respect- Pen’s failure confirms France as an EU Canada moves... “help stop those corrupt officials from tak- ed as equals. In the process, Russia is member and not an empire. Just as in 1930s ing their dollars that they got through illicit (Continued from page 1) attempting to bring the EU down to with the collapse of globalization, and the means and [from] using Canada as a safe Russia’s level, and works to deny Ukraine’s rise of Hitler and Stalin, Dr. Snyder said. “If Russia has nothing to hide, it haven to launder that money.” EU entry. The invasion of Ukraine violated More important, for now, is Ukraine’s shouldn’t fear this,” Mr. Bezan said. Liberal, Conservative and New Democrat basics of rule of law, basic principles of sov- success in its current politics, and U.S. But Mr. Bezan added that “corrupt MPs who serve on the House Foreign ereignty, international borders etc, Dr. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson showed his Russian oligarchs profiteering from their Affairs Committee have unanimously called Snyder continued. ignorance on the matter of Ukraine when he positions of influence at a cost to the on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s govern- Today, we no longer pretend that Russia asked about why U.S. taxpayers should care Russian public will be held to account too.” ment to implement the changes cited in Bill is a democracy. The European Union is the about Ukraine. More misfortune awaits for Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs S-226. real economic powerhouse of the world, Ukraine and the United States if Washington called the Canadian government’s support In their report released in April titled “A historically better than the U.S. in terms of continues its ignorance of history. for Sen. Andreychuk’s bill “a means to make Coherent and Effective Approach to wealth and prosperity. We have changed Prof. Snyder fielded only a few ques- unsubstantiated human rights claims” and Canada’s Sanctions Regimes: Sergei our language in focusing on values rather tions. Askold Lozynsyj, former president of an “openly hostile move” against Russia. Magnitsky and Beyond,” the committee rec- ommends that the 25-year-old Special than decadence, and in the 20th century, it the Ukrainian World Congress, noted the A statement released from Moscow on Economic Measures Act, which allows was a Communist or Nazi utopia. Today, reality of Russian aggression as something May 18 noted: “Should the Canadian Canada to impose sanctions against foreign globalization has resulted in a generalized that has existed for centuries, and since the Parliament approve this punitive legal act, it would seriously damage relations states and individuals regarding grave confusion, as there is a cyclical transition collapse of the Soviet Union, Russian between our countries, which are not expe- breaches of international peace and securi- from contraction and growth in the market. aggression has once again targeted riencing the best of times already.” ty, also include serious human rights viola- Today we see the rise of Trumpism, the Ukraine, under the guise of Russian “Canada does not stand to gain from this. tions. The MPs also want Canada’s Its government, which is following the lead Immigration and Refugee Protection Act of political agitators like financial con man amended to designate all individuals cited William Browder from Britain, prefer to under the Special Economic Measures Act distance itself from Russia instead of pro- to also be declared inadmissible to Canada. moting mutually beneficial… economic In a statement released last week, cooperation and cooperation to develop Minister Freeland said the government the Arctic,” read the statement. would propose “some technical amend- At a personal level, Mr. Bezan said he is ments to strengthen [Bill S-226] and ensure unfazed by Russia’s warning. it can have maximum effectiveness.” “If Russia wants to retaliate against Mr. Bezan told The Ukrainian Weekly Minister Freeland, Sen. Andreychuk and that one of the amendments would likely me, they can go ahead. They can’t ban us build “some fairness” into the appeal pro- again,” he said in reference to the list he and cess identified by the Foreign Affairs the other two parliamentarians are on, Committee. along with 10 other Canadian lawmakers It recommended that the government and officials (including Ukrainian Canadian provide an “independent administrative pro- Congress President Paul Grod), which the cess” through which individuals identified on Russian government created three years the sanctions list “can challenge that designa- ago to ban them from traveling to the coun- tion in a transparent and fair manner.” try in response to Canadian sanctions Bill S-226 includes a “mistaken identity” imposed against Russia in retaliation clause that allows someone claiming not to against its annexation of Crimea. be a foreign national to apply to the foreign Mr. Browder, a staunch anti-Putin critic affairs minister for a certificate stating that now based in London, doesn’t seem both- they are not subject to an order or regula- ered by Russian rhetoric either. Last week, tion under the law. he appeared on Canadian television urging The government might broaden the appeal Ottawa to pass the Magnitsky legislation and mechanism to include family members, who last year he testified before the House of may be estranged from a foreign national on Commons Standing Committee on Foreign the list, and allow them to conduct business Affairs and International Development. or live in Canada, Mr. Bezan said. He told MPs that a Canadian Magnitsky Once the amendments are introduced in law would negate “the whole concept that the House, where they will likely pass, this is an American anti-Russian initiative.” given the opposition’s support to fast track It is, in fact, “an anti-torture initiative, which the proposed legislation, the bill will be Canada as a leader should get involved in.” sent back to the Senate for its expected In 2015, Canada’s House of Commons approval and could become law before unanimously passed a motion, sponsored Parliament takes its summer break. by former Liberal Justice Minister Irwin “What’s important to me as a Canadian Cotler, which called for sanctions against is we always talk the talk about human human-rights violators. rights and corrupt foreign officials,” said Mr. Mr. Bezan said that Mr. Browder has also Bezan. “But if we’re going to stand up to identified 30 Russian shell companies that individuals profiteering from being human have moved over $20 million (Canadian, or rights abusers and stealing from their own about $14.8 million U.S.) through Canadian citizens, we need to walk that talk. This leg- banks. “So they’re laundering their money islation allows Canada to do that faster and here already,” he told reporters on quicker than it can under the Special Parliament Hill on May 19. Economic Measures Act.” No. 22 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 28, 2017 19

Through Art exhibit, “Viewpoints: Ilona Sochynsky,” Windham June 6 Performance, “Golden Harvest” by Larysa Kuzmenko June 14 Fine Arts Gallery, www.windhamfinearts.com or Montreal performed by Andriana Chuchman (soprano), John Windham, NY 518-734-6850 MacMaster (tenor) and Theodore Baerg (baritone) and the St. Lawrence Choir, McGill Chamber Orchestra, June 2 Art exhibit, “Night Train,” featuring works by Marcos Raya, Maison Symphonique, 514-842-2112 or 866-842-2112 Chicago Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, www.uima-chicago.org June 9-11 Kingston Folklore Festival, Lviv, Ukraine, Pavilion, June 3 Performance, “The Wonder of Today,” Svitanok Kinsgton, ON Ukrainian Canadian Club of Kingston, Regiopolis Notre Ottawa Ukrainian Dance Society, Centerpoint Studio Theater, Dame Catholic High School, 613-549-5060 613-580-2700 or www.centerpointetheaters.com June 9-25 Performance, “1917/2017: Tychyna, Zhadan & the Dogs,” New York Poetry by Pavlo Tychyna, music by Serhiy Zhadan and June 3 Spring Festival, St. Michael Ukrainian Catholic Church, the Dogs with Julian Kytasty, Yara Arts Group, La MaMa Jenkintown, PA 267-709-8300 or [email protected] Theater, www.lamam.org/tychyna or 212-352-3101

June 3 Lecture by Stefania Hnatenko, “Political Arrests in Soviet June 11 Golf tournament, Limekiln Golf Course, Ukrainian New York Ukraine in 1972: The Dissident Movement and the Dobosh Horsham, PA American Sports Center Tryzub, www.tryzub.org Case,” Shevchenko Scientific Society, 212-254-5130 June 11 Parish picnic, St. Sophia Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral, June 3-4 Calgary Ukrainian Festival, Acadia Recreation Complex, Chicago [email protected] Calgary, AB www.calgaryukrainianfestival.ca June 11 Ukrainian Cultural Festival, Holy Family Ukrainian Catholic June 4 “Honoring Heroes of Ukraine,” with presentation with Lindenhurst, NY Church, www.holyfamilyucc.com or 631-225-1168 Chicago Volodymyr Parasiuk and Pavlo Podobied, Orange Wave, June 11-16 Seniors Week, Soyuzivka Heritage Center, Ss. Volodymyr and Olha Ukrainian Catholic Church, Kerhonkson, NY www.soyuzivka.com www.stsvo.org June 14 Ukrainian Days advocacy events, Ukrainian National June 4 Presentation by David Kramer, Ukrainian Institute of Washington Information Service, Ukrainian Congress Committee of Chicago Modern Art, www.uima-chicago.org America, Capitol Hill, www.ucca.org or [email protected]

June 4 Performance by violinist Solomiya Ivakhiv, “From Ukraine June 14-18 Scientific conference and assembly of delegates, Reno, NV to U.S.A. with Music,” Temple Sinai Men’s Club, followed Arlington, VA “Rehabilitation and Reintegration” Helping Ukrainians by afternoon recital at the Temple Sinai Sanctuary, Help Themselves, Ukrainian Medical Association of North www.sinaireno.org/community/212-mensclub or America, Key Bridge Marriott Hotel, 773-278-6262 or www.sinaireno.org/current-events/603-2017-06-04-violin- www.umana.org fund-raiser Entries in “Out and About” are listed free of charge. Priority is given to events June 4 Fund-raiser concert, solo violin by Solomiya Ivakhiv and advertised in The Ukrainian Weekly. However, we also welcome submissions Reno, NV the Reno Chamber Orchestra, Nevada Museum of Art, from all our readers. Items will be published at the discretion of the editors www.renochamberorchestra.org and as space allows. Please send e-mail to [email protected]. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 28, 2017 No. 22

PREVIEW OF EVENTS

Saturday, June 3 Thursday, June 15 archival war footage, and interviews with wounded soldiers and a dedicated medical team. The film is under the patron- NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific Society invites all to a MONTREAL: The Ukrainian Canadian Congress, Montreal age of the Ukrainian World Congress and will be shown at lecture by Stefania Hnatenko titled “Political Arrests in Soviet branch, invites you to the Montreal screening of the award- the Ukrainian Youth Center, 3270 Beaubien East, at 7 p.m. Ukraine in 1972: The Dissident Movement and the Dobosh winning feature documentary film “Recovery Room,” direct- Admission is $20; $15. for seniors and students. The director Case.” Mrs. Hnatenko is an art scholar and was involved in ed by Adriana Luhovy and produced by Yurij Luhovy. This is and the producer will be present. For further information the dissident movement in Ukraine in the 1970s-1980s. The a story about war, hope, resilience and the humanitarian aid contact Bohdanna, UCC cultural chair, at 514-945-7162 or lecture will take place at the society’s building, 63 Fourth to the ongoing war in eastern Ukraine. The film is based on [email protected]. Ave. (between Ninth and 10th streets) at 5 p.m. For addition- al information, call 212-254-5130. PREVIEW OF EVENTS GUIDELINES Friday, June 9-Sunday, June 25 Preview of Events is a listing of Ukrainian community events open to the public. It is a service provided at minimal cost ($20 NEW YORK: Yara Arts Group’s new theater piece per listing) by The Ukrainian Weekly to the Ukrainian community. “1917/2017: Tychyna, Zhadan & the Dogs” is based on 12 To have an event listed in Preview of Events please send information, in English, written in Preview format, i.e., in a brief para- poems by Pavlo Tychyna performed in English; Serhiy graph that includes the date, place, type of event, sponsor, admission, full names of persons and/or organizations involved, Zhadan and his Kharkiv rock band, the Dogs, perform live in and a phone number and/or e-mail address to be published for readers who may require additional information. Items must Ukrainian. The show is directed by Virlana Tkacz, with Bob be no more than 100 words long. Holman, Marina Celander, Sean Eden, Rob Feldman, Chris Preview items must be received no later than one week before the desired date of publication (i.e., they must be received Ignacio and Maria Pleskevich; music is by Julian Kytasty and by 9 am Monday morning). Please include payment for each time the item is to appear and indicate date(s) of issue(s) in the Dogs. Show times are Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays which the item is to be published. Also, senders are asked to include the phone number of a person who may be contacted by at 8:30 p.m. and Sundays at 4 p.m. at La MaMa Theatre, 66 E. The Weekly during daytime hours, as well as their complete mailing address. Fourth St. Tickets are $25; $20 for seniors and students, To Information should be sent to [email protected]. When e-mailing, please do not send items as attachments – simply purchase tickets go to www.lamama.org/tychyna/ or call type the text into the body of the e-mail message. Preview items and payments may be mailed to: Preview of Events, The 212-352-3101. Ukrainian Weekly, 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054.