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ThePublished U by thekrainian Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal W non-profit associationeekly Vol. LXXXVII No. 7 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2019 $2.00 NEWS ANALYSIS Health care reformer Suprun Patience, commitment needed to transform reinstated as acting minister ’s Public Broadcasting Company Still faces ruling on right to hold post by Mark Raczkiewycz Other functions that require her signature – If politics wasn’t behind the dis- by Mark Raczkiewycz were kept in flux, including sending 44 missal of public broadcasting chief Zurab KYIV – Medical care system reformer patients for treatment abroad and ongoing Alasania, then the shifting of its date until Ulana Suprun, M.D., can perform her duties construction work at the National Children’s after the March 31 presidential election was. as Ukraine’s acting minister of health after Specialized Hospital Okhmatdyt in Kyiv. This week the general director of the the judge who suspended her last week The Cabinet of Ministers gave her clear- Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine ance to act on such matters on February 13 (UA:PBC) had his contract truncated, effective reversed his injunction on February 14. on May 6, two years before its expiration. The decision came after four days of based on a resolution, but forbade her from By 2021 he was supposed to transform deliberation by Kyiv Administrative Circuit sitting in government meetings and formu- the Soviet-era dinosaur, consisting of 4,500 Court Judge Serhiy Karakashyan based on a lating strategy. employees, 23 branches, 26 television Justice Ministry appeal. Now, in a rare move in Ukrainian juris- channels and 28 radio stations, into a shell Dr. Suprun will face the same judge on prudence, Judge Karakashyan backpedaled with a foundation modeled on the British February 15 on the issue of whether she on his earlier decision. The court where he Broadcasting Corporation or the Public has the authority to be acting health minis- presides is notorious for making dubious Broadcasting Service in the U.S. ter, and from which his original injunction rulings. The justice who heard Dr. Suprun’s That endeavor was pre-emptively cut emanated, based on a complaint by case is not an exception. short on January 31 when the broadcaster’s National Deputy Ihor Mosiychuk of the In late 2018 he had ruled to reinstate UA:PBC populist Radical Party. Roman Nasirov as head of the State Fiscal supervisory board ended Mr. Alasania’s ten- Zurab Alasania, general director of the “Thanks to everyone for their support,” Service. Anti-corruption activists noted that ure less than two months before the presi- Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine. dential election by secret ballot after chang- the 56-year-old Detroit-area native said in Mr. Nasirov, whom the Cabinet of Ministers ing the agenda during a regular meeting. An uproar ensued among some of the a statement on the Health Ministry’s web- had suspended from duties pending a fraud The vote was initiated by a Radical Party civil society members of the board, inde- site. “The fight for qualitative changes [in case that allegedly caused $75,000 damages representative who sits on the governance pendent journalists and media watchdogs. health care] continues.” to the state, won back pay for “involuntary board – each parliamentary faction gets They decried the non-transparent and The daughter of patriotically minded absence from work.” Activists said that the one seat while civil society members get closed manner in which Mr. Alasania was Ukrainian parents had warned that judge didn’t take into account evidence pre- one seat more than the total given to fac- dismissed, and raised questions about the Ukraine’s patients were being “held hos- sented by the National Anti-Corruption tions. (Currently there were 17 seats: eight political nature of the board’s vote, how it is tage” due to the legal proceedings that kept Bureau, including a letter from the British for parliamentary factions and nine for her from signing off on the delivery of $23 non-profits.) (Continued on page 4) million worth of drugs to regional clinics. (Continued on page 5)

Freedom House report on global freedom notes “democracy in retreat” Freedom House In 2018, the “Freedom in the World” report recorded the 13th consecutive year of decline in global freedom. The reversal has spanned all continents and a variety of coun- tries, from long-standing democracies like the United States to consolidated authoritarian regimes like China and . The overall losses are still shallow compared with the gains of the late 20th century, but the pattern is consis- tent and ominous. Democracy is in retreat. Overall in 2018, 68 countries suffered net declines in political rights and civil liberties, with only 50 registering gains. The share of “Not Free” countries has increased over the past 13 years, and the crisis of confidence in long- standing democracies has intensified. Democratic norms such as free and fair elections and free expression are being shattered. Over the period since the 13-year slide began in 2006, 116 countries have seen a net decline, and only 63 have experienced a net improvement. Key global findings - gory but ranked behind other major democracies such as France,• The Germany United States and the remained United Kingdom.firmly in theU.S. “Free” rule of cate law declined as government policies and actions improperly

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U.S. now threatening sanctions Record 44 candidates for president near , the Ukrainian peninsula that Russia occupied and took over in 2014. The Ukrainian election officials said a record sailors face up to six years in prison if con- against Nord Stream 2 contractors 44 candidates have registered to run in the victed. The United States and other country’s March presidential election. Pioneering Spirit, the world’s largest multi- Western countries have called for the by Rauf Mammadov President is seeking a purpose vessel, completed the 930-kilome- Ukrainian sailors’ release, calling their Eurasia Daily Monitor second five-year term and has vowed to ter-long subsea segment of TurkStream in a detention illegal. (RFE/RL, with reporting press for European Union and NATO mem- The administration of President Donald record three months. It then sped to the by TASS and Interfax) bership for the country. Recent polls indi- Trump has moved beyond browbeating the Baltic Sea to join other vessels working on cate former Prime Minister Yulia , Dutch to talk re MH17 European countries involved in the Nord Nord Stream Two. Gazprom is racing to Tymoshenko and comedian Volodymyr Stream 2 project and threatening sanctions complete both TurkStream and Nord is ready to engage in talks with Zelensky will be Mr. Poroshenko’s closest against the natural gas pipeline’s partners; Stream 2 before January 1, 2020, when the the Netherlands about the 2014 downing rivals in the March 31 election. The it is now making the same threats against company’s gas-transit agreement with of a Malaysian passenger jet over territory 53-year-old Mr. Poroshenko, one of its contractors. But German Chancellor Ukraine expires. held by pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine’s richest men, came to power in Angela Merkel and her successor at the Saipem, which built Gazprom’s original Ukraine, said Russian Deputy Foreign the aftermath of the pro-European Maidan Christian Democratic Union party, Nord Stream 1 and the Blue Stream pipeline Affairs Minister Aleksandr Grushko. “Our protests that pushed Moscow-friendly Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, refuse to (Offshore-mag.com, November 1, 2002), dialogue did not stop, including on a politi- President Viktor Yanukovych out in knuckle under. At the World Economic won a contract to build the subsea section cal level,” he said on February 8, according February 2014. He has vocally advocated Forum in Davos (January 23), Germany’s of Russia’s South Stream pipeline before the to Russia’s Interfax news agency. “We closer integration with the West and criti- departing leader said that will stick project was canceled in 2015. Although it is touched upon those issues, we are ready with the deal to buy more Russian gas, in a legal dispute with Gazprom over the cized Russia following Moscow’s seizure of for talks.” Mr. Grushko made the comments which will be delivered via Nord Stream 2 cancellation, Saipem won a major contract Ukraine’s Crimea region and amid a con- the day after the Netherlands said it was (Russia Business, January 24). in December 2018 to build the Russian tinuing war against Russia-backed separat- “increasingly confident” Russia will agree Meanwhile, U.S. Ambassador Richard company Novatek’s Arctic 2 liquefied natu- ists in parts of the eastern region known as to formal talks about the findings of an Grenell has elevated to a new level his con- ral gas project (Saipem.com, December 19, the Donbas. Ms. Tymoshenko, 58, was a international investigation that Moscow demnations of German businesses involved 2018). The Italian firm has also signed an leader of the 2004 but bears legal responsibility for its role in the in the offshore gas pipeline (Handesblatt, agreement with Gazprom to study the feasi- was defeated by Mr. Poroshenko in the downing of Malaysian Airlines flight 17. January 14). Specifically, he sent a letter bility of the so-called South Stream Lite 2014 presidential election. Former Deputy The Dutch Foreign Affairs Ministry on warning the country’s two pipeline part- pipeline, which is planned to connect the Prime Minister is also among February 7 said initial diplomatic contacts ners, Uniper and Wintershall, that they face second line of TurkStream to Western mar- those who registered. (RFE/RL, based on with Russia took place in “a positive atmo- economic sanctions (EU Observer, January kets (Interfax, July 27, 2018). reporting by AP and AFP) sphere” and that it was hopeful the discus- 16). It was the first time a U.S. official had Allsea, Saipem and Saipem’s majority Court upholds sailors’ pretrial detentions sions would lead to formal talks on the sent a direct warning to a Nord Stream 2 shareholder, ENI, also do a lot of oil and gas matter. It is not known where and when partner. The other pipeline owners are work in the United States. For instance, A Moscow court on February 12 upheld formal talks might be held. A Dutch-led France’s Engie, the United Kingdom’s Royal Allseas has worked on the Appomatox gas the extension of the pretrial detention of international criminal investigation has Dutch Shell and Austria’s OMV. project in the Gulf of Mexico and the Sur de four of 24 Ukrainian sailors detained by concluded that the Buk missile that shot Washington has also threatened sanctions Texas Pipeline, which will supply U.S. gas to Russian forces along with their three naval down the Malaysia Airlines flight over against companies constructing the pipeline. Mexico. vessels in November of last year near the Ukraine came from Russia’s 53rd Anti- Switzerland’s Allseas and ’s Saipem Saipem America has done project man- Strait, which links the and Aircraft Missile Brigade. The Joint were warned that if they continued working agement, engineering, procurement and the Sea of Azov. Last month, the Lefortovo Investigative Team (JIT) “has come to the on Nord Stream 2, they faced sanctions that construction work for offshore, subsea, and court in Moscow extended the pretrial conclusion that the Buk-TELAR that shot included being unable to bid on U.S. proj- deepwater developments in the Gulf. ENI, detention of the sailors, who are charged down MH17 came from the 53rd Anti- ects, the German newspaper Handesblatt whose 30 percent stake makes it Saipem’s with illegal border crossing, until April 24 Aircraft Missile Brigade based in Kursk in reported (Handelsblatt, January 6). largest shareholder, has a substantial pres- and April 26. On February 7, the court Russia,” top Dutch investigator Wilbert Allseas won tenders to build the lion’s ence in all phases of the U.S. oil and gas rejected the appeals lodged by four of the Paulissen told reporters on May 24. “The share of Nord Stream 2 as well as another industry – from exploration to production sailors against the extension of their pretri- 53rd Brigade is part of Russia’s armed forc- flagship Gazprom pipeline project – to trading. al detentions. The appeals of the other 16 es.” The JIT comprised authorities from the TurkStream. The Swiss firm owns a fleet of If the United States places sanctions on Ukrainian sailors from the group will be Netherlands, Australia, Belgium, Malaysia vessels that can do heavy lifting, subsea Allseas and Saipem, it will be difficult for assessed in the coming days. Russia has and Ukraine. MH17 was shot down over pipe-laying, dredging and other deep-water held the Ukrainian sailors since its forces the conflict zone in Ukraine’s activities. Last November, Allseas’ (Continued on page 16) fired on, boarded, and seized their vessels region on July 17, 2014, killing all 298 peo- near the Kerch Strait on November 25, ple on board. About two-thirds of the peo- 2018. Moscow claims the Ukrainian vessels (Continued on page 14) Pompeo: Putin threatens illegally entered Russian territorial waters democracies worldwide The Ukrainian Weekly FOUNDED 1933 RFE/RL as they tried to reach the West through the Iron Curtain. An English-language newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, “Where barbed wire and armed guards a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. 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NEWS ANALYSIS Russia defends the Minsk agreements and status quo in Ukraine’s east

by Vladimir Socor Minsk dispensation as “without alternative,” resentative Ambassador Kurt Volker was role”; it “casts the OSCE’s effectiveness into Eurasia Daily Monitor since Sajdik’s plan itself outlines a possible the counterpart to Mr. Chesnakov’s own doubt” and aims to “sabotage the Minsk alternative – albeit suboptimal, compared chief, Mr. Surkov, in the negotiations on a process. Any disruption of the implementa- The new plan for peace in Ukraine’s east, with the 2017 U.S.-Ukrainian initiative for a possible U.N.-led peace mission in tion of the Minsk documents is unaccept- disclosed by former Ambassador of Austria U.N.-led peacekeeping operation. Although Ukraine’s east (2017-early 2018), which able. They codify the only peaceful settle- to the United Nations Martin Sajdik (see parts of Mr. Sajdik’s plan contravene Mr. Surkov has broken off. The Kremlin sus- ment plan, without alternative.” The OSCE Eurasia Daily Monitor, January 30) and the Ukraine’s interests while favoring Russia’s pects, not entirely without reason, that Mr. and Mr. Sajdik must react to Ukraine’s eva- reactions to it from Kyiv, Moscow, Donetsk (see EDM, January 30), Moscow and Donetsk- Sajdik’s plan seeks to float a B-grade ver- sion of its obligations under the Minsk and , illustrate three basic facts Luhansk have attacked Mr. Sajdik’s plan sion of that 2017 concept. agreements (TASS, Donetskoye Agentstvo about the Russian-imposed Minsk agree- vituperatively, and his person scurrilously. Moscow’s chief representative in the Novostei, Lugansk Infotsentr, January 28). ments and their non-implementation from The Kremlin’s authorized voice, Aleksei Minsk Contact Group, Boris Gryzlov, also Moscow’s and its proxies’ remarks dem- 2014-2015 to date. Chesnakov, responded: “The Minsk agree- attacked the OSCE and personally Mr. Sajdik, onstrate, in their content and their tenor, a First, as is generally recognized, “the ments must be fully carried out. Any talks his regular counterpart in the Minsk forum: fierce resolve to preserve the status of the Minsk agreements do not work”; more to about ‘adding to’ and ‘further development “The OSCE’s special representative [Sajdik] Minsk dispensation as the sole basis for the point, they do not work the way of’ Minsk, are manipulative attempts at is thereby admitting to his own incompe- negotiations, at least in theory. From a dif- Moscow designed them against Ukraine, enabling Ukraine to avoid its obligations.” tence… The road to peace in Donbas leads ferent perspective and different motives, because Ukraine has immunized itself mili- Initially assuming that Mr. Sajdik was acting through the exact fulfillment of the Minsk the German and French governments also tarily, legally and politically from those on his own initiative, tolerated by the agreements.” Within the Contact Group, Mr. insist on the sacrosanct nature of the Minsk agreements’ destructive potential. Organization for Security and Cooperation Gryzlov said, “Russia continually works to agreements. This stance both explains and Second, the Minsk dispensation is not one in Europe (OSCE), Mr. Chesnakov warned impress upon the parties that a political set- guarantees deadlock in the forums that “without alternatives”; hence Mr. Sajdik’s the latter: “The OSCE’s own representative is tlement under the Minsk agreement has no those agreements begat, namely the plan itself (for all its flaws) seeks to move casting this organization’s effectiveness into alternative” (TASS, January 29). Normandy Forum (Russia, Germany, the negotiations from the level of the Minsk doubt. The OSCE’s official, responsible for Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has France, Ukraine) and the Minsk Contact agreements – a bilateral Russia-Ukraine the fulfillment of the Minsk agreements, is preserved the diplomatic decorum (at least Group (Russia, Ukraine, OSCE, DPR and affair – to a new level, that of a multilateral attempting to renege on them.” Mr. Sajdik’s pending Foreign Ministry spokesperson LPR). Secondly, Moscow and even Donetsk- international settlement. Mr. Sajdik’s plan, in was an “empty document,” “unworthy of Maria Zakharova’s weekly spectacle). The Luhansk apparently feel free to show their turn, repackages Washington and Kyiv’s ini- serious consideration,” “incomprehensible ministry’s pan-European cooperation disrespect for the OSCE – which is hardly tiative (2017-2018) for a United Nations-led to anybody… even to him.” “Obviously department director, Andrei Kelin, pointed surprising in view of this organization’s dis- peacekeeping mission in Ukraine’s east, fatigued at the end of his career, he tries to out that “Sajdik’s personal plan is not sup- plays of weakness vis-à-vis Russia in the designed to circumvent the destructive propose at least something, so as not to look ported by the Donetsk and Luhansk peo- “frozen conflicts” during the last 25 years. political clauses of the Minsk agreements: an so helpless” (TASS, January 28, 2019). ple’s republics. Only with their agreement All of this vindicates Ukraine’s serial alternative to them, while still paying the Mr. Chesnakov is generally deemed the would it be possible to move forward” decisions from 2015 to date to protect itself inevitable diplomatic lip service to them. public voice of Vladislav Surkov, Kremlin (TASS, January 29). This is, in Russia’s view, against the implementation of the political And third (as a corollary), Russia can overseer of the Donetsk and Luhansk “peo- an iron-clad component of the Minsk clauses of the Minsk documents. It vindi- fiercely defend the system of Minsk agree- ple’s republics” (DPR, LPR). Shortly after “agreements” and the Contact Group’s cates, as well, President Donald Trump’s ments and forums because this system helps his initial reaction, Mr. Chesnakov reconsid- negotiations: decisions require a negotiat- administration’s policy (unlike that of the to preserve Russia’s gains in Ukraine’s ered and exculpated the OSCE: “It has now ed consensus between Kyiv and Donetsk- preceding administration) to work in tan- Donetsk and Luhansk regions. become obvious that the United States is Luhansk (i.e., their veto power). dem with Ukraine around, not within, the Moscow, Donetsk and Luhansk have behind Sajdik’s plan. This is not Sajdik’s The DPR’s and LPR’s “foreign affairs traps set by the Minsk system. instantly perceived Mr. Sajdik’s plan as plan, not even the OSCE’s plan. This is ministers,” Natalia Nikonorova and threatening their own conception of the [Kurt] Volker’s plan. Sajdik was simply Vladislav Deynego, respectively, followed The article above is reprinted from Minsk agreements as inviolable, immutable ordered to air it. Volker unleashed Sajdik” the Surkov-Chesnakov cue in attacking Mr. Eurasia Daily Monitor with permission from and “obligatory” on Ukraine. In particular, (TASS, January 31, 2019). Sajdik and the OSCE. The Sajdik plan is its publisher, the Jamestown Foundation, Mr. Sajdik’s plan jeopardizes the status of the The U.S. State Department’s special rep- “irresponsible, in view of his coordinator’s www.jamestown.org.

Quotable notes … Colleagues, if we are ever to have a lasting ceasefire in this UPA documents found in Ivano-Frankivsk conflict, which Russia manufactured and continues to stoke, Russia’s forces must start with the agreed-upon steps of ceasing hostilities. They must withdraw weapons and place them in stor- age sites, as stipulated in the Minsk agreements. Let us not fall into the trap of moral equivalency here. It is not up to Ukraine to withdraw its forces from its own lands. On the contrary, Russia must command the forces it arms, leads, trains and fights along- side to take the initial steps to implement a true and lasting ceasefire, to disengage from the line of contact, and to withdraw their formations and weapon systems from the sovereign territo- ry of Ukraine. The United States waits, together with the rest of the international community, for Russia to respect the principles of non-intervention in the internal affairs of other states to which it has long claimed to adhere. Mr. Chair, the international community has spoken with a united voice against Russia’s November 25 ramming, firing upon, and seizure of vessels and crew near the Kerch Strait. We, along with the vast majority of participating states, call on Russia to respect its international obligations and imme- diately cease obstructing, delaying and harassing the transit of vessels in the Kerch Strait bound for Ukrainian ports; to immedi- ately release the seized Ukrainian personnel and vessels; and to de-escalate the tensions it has stoked. Mr. Chair, the humanitarian situation in Russia-occupied Crimea remains deplorable. We renew our calls for Russia to release the more than 70 it has wrongfully impris- oned, including dozens of Crimeans. We note that Ukrainian journalist Roman Sushchenko and Crimean farmer Volodymyr Press Balukh will both mark their birthdays tomorrow in Russian pris- KYIV – A trove of documents belonging to the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) was found in a Polish milk ons. Both men have been imprisoned by Moscow on spurious canister on January 12 in a forest near the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast town of Rohatyn. Preliminary findings charges. Their convictions were barely-veiled pretexts for pun- suggest they date to circa 1945-1946 and were delivered to UPA commander Roman Shukhevych, who ishing their opposition to Russia’s aggression against Ukraine. … in 1943-1950 led the guerrilla freedom fighters that resisted both occupying Nazi and Soviet forces during – Chargé d’Affaires ad interim Harry Kamian, addressing the and after World War II. Shukhevych spent time in Rohatyn during this period. The documents, which con- Permanent Council of the Organization for Security and tain orders issued by UPA headquarters and tactical regiments, were handed over to the Prison on Lontsky Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Vienna on February 7. (Source: National Memorial Museum in and are being digitized by specialists. They will be added to the elec- U.S. Mission to the OSCE) tronic archives of the Ukrainian Liberation Movement page (avr.org.ua). – Mark Raczkiewycz 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2019 No. 7

Press briefing in Kyiv discusses psychological health during wartime

by Katja Kolcio and Marta Pyvovarenko KYIV – “Psychological health is as important as physical health.” That was the key message of a press briefing on psychological health during warfare, which took place in Kyiv in the Ukraine Crisis Media Center on December 7, 2018. The briefing marked the launch of Mental Health Without Prejudice (MHWP), a major project led by Ukraine-based NGO Development Foundation managed by Vitaliy Kharechko, vice-chair of the board, and with sup- port of the Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine (PAS). The stigma associated with psychological illness is one of the barriers to effective care for mental health, particu- larly in the context of the armed forces around the world. MHWP marks a departure from existing programs that focus on the treatment of psychological illness post-trauma in two significant ways. First, it presents a preventive approach to psychological wellness, prioritizing healthy life practices over short-term remedies. Second, it destigmatiz- Olena Maksymenko/Ukraine Сrisis Media Center es psychological care by approaching psychosocial well- Marta Pyvovarenko and Vitali Kharechko of the NGO Development Foundation. ness as a socially integrated life practice rather than a treatment for individual dysfunction. the development of self-help skills before, during and after through pills or tablets, but through understanding of your- Through the tireless and visionary efforts of the active duty. self.” Development Foundation in both the practice and research It is important to emphasize that this program is not The importance of this project was noted by the deputy of psychosocial health during crisis, Ukraine stands to pio- focused on individual psychotherapic treatment following head of the Moral and Psychological Service of the Land neer this important new direction in global health. trauma, she explained. Rather, it presents a broader sys- Forces Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Col. To prevent it is easier than to treat, said Marta temic approach. The principle is to give psychological tools Sergiy Nagorniy, who described the impact that a sudden Pyvovarenko, chairwoman of the foundation’s board, psy- to fighters, veterans, their families and to the professionals change of circumstances has on a person. The transition chologist and supervisor for specialists in the psychosocial working with them. The program fosters a comprehensive from a “peaceful life” to the “extreme conditions” of war is sphere in the Donbas. That is why the program focuses on approach to health and wellness that is not simply curative, a great stress, but the return to civilian life afterward but integrated as daily practice. It treats wellness not only proves to be equally difficult. as an individual phenomenon, but as a social phenomenon. Mental Health Without Prejudice consists of three com- In addition to working with the individual, the program ponents: providing psychotherapeutic assistance to veter- works with the family, community and support networks. ans and their families; providing professional development An innovative component of the MHWP program is its of specialists working directly with soldiers; cooperating integration of psychological and somatic methods. with other organizations internationally to conduct and “Somatics is based on the integration of the body with the exchange research on the psychological consequences of mind,” said Katja Kolcio, associate professor at Wesleyan military conflicts. University in Connecticut, who joined the press briefing via An online platform for the development of an interna- video. Somatic methods include breath work, body aware- tional partnership of psychosocial researchers will also be ness and creative practices. created in order to collect expertise and data on the impact “Breath, blood circulation, digestion, heart work, calm- of war and violent conflict on psychological health around ing and speed of reaction – all these systems represent the the world and across cultural contexts. integrated functioning of the body and the mind. In an For more information on MHWP, readers may contact environment of war and social unrest, the abrupt transi- Mr. Kharechko or Ms. Pyvovarenko at foundationdvcom@ tion from one state to another,” according to Prof. Kolcio, gmail.com, or through Facebook at https://www.facebook. “can be the hardest on people, often resulting in post-trau- com/foundationdvcom/, or they may visit the matic stress. Somatic methods promote general health and Development Foundation at http://foundationdv.com. help prepare for extreme conditions pre-trauma, while also aiding in recovery post-trauma from injuries sustained – Katja Kolcio participated in the briefing via video from both physical and psychological. It does not take a lot of Middletown, Conn.; Maria Pyvovarenko participated in the Col. Sergiy Nagorniy time, but it is powerful. This approach to wellness is not press briefing in Kyiv.

To the chagrin of the powers that be – and despite the you’re facing. You’re just responding to these challenges. Patience, commitment... fact that UA:PBC occupies less than 1 percent of TV market It’s a key reform, needed reform.” share – Mr. Alasania aired up to three popular investigative And no, the reasons for dismissing Mr. Alasania, “have (Continued from page 1) journalism programs that irked politicians of all stripes. no merit,” he added. Fellow board member Svitlana Ostapa governed and the overall future of the public broadcaster. On the personal side, the broadcasting chief has “made of the Detektor Media watchdog concurred, based on her For example, the January 31 board meeting’s minutes enemies where he shouldn’t and could’ve avoided,” Yevhen Facebook posts. show that Vyacheslav Kozak, the Radical Party representa- Hlibovytsky, a supervisory board member from the civil Which is why Mr. Hlibovytsky, a former journalist him- tive, initially called for the general director’s dismissal for society side, told The Weekly last week. self, is going to the courts to annul the board’s decision. On not showing President Petro Poroshenko during significant Mr. Alasania is known for being strong-willed, but “how January 31, when the board voted to dismiss the broad- news events. else could’ve I rebuilt the Soviet system at UA:PBC?” he casting chief, he left during the meeting for medical rea- That was later stricken from the cause for his contract’s said. That process is still under way. sons related to his wife and was unaware that the matter cancellation. Instead, lack of qualifications was included, as Indeed, he reduced the staff from more than 7,000 to would be put on the agenda ad hoc. was mismanagement at the non-profit affiliated with around 4,500. He upgraded the obsolete, virus-prone com- “Of course, I would’ve voted against it,” he stated. UA:PBC through which it receives donor funding. puters and eliminated antiquated positions like typists. He The extraordinary board meeting on February 12 that Last year, $10 million was donated, all of which was started renting out premises to earn extra income, developed extended Mr. Alasania’s contract until after the presidential sourced from foreign government assistance programs, a cellphone application and increased social media presence. elections was “not only illogical, but also perilously unpro- including the U.S. Journalists, some board members and All this was achieved while funding approved by fessional,” he added on Facebook. “It is arbitrary, which NGOs have consistently questioned the UA:PBC’s indepen- Parliament last year was half and this year only 60 percent diminishes, but does not improve, the quality of company’s dence, especially on the financial side. of what was supposed to be allocated – 0.2 percent of the management.” The non-profit that supports Ukraine’s public broad- state budget based on law. To set the foundation for a BBC-like broadcaster, financ- caster was founded in 2014, three years before Mr. How can anyone expect quality programming and con- ing has to increase. The corporate structure must improve, Alasania was appointed. He told The Ukrainian Weekly that tent when “I’m stuck paying only salaries?” Mr. Alasania and that should start with appointing a chief TV producer whatever was found in an internal audit was before his commented. (radio already has one and enjoys a 4 percent weekly cov- time and he promised to improve the documentary paper Many of the board members could also use a lesson in erage). Corporate governance should remain open and trail at the non-profit, although it isn’t run by him. good-faith practices and governance loyalty – instead of transparent – it has for the most part, but, hopefully, the The UA:PBC head said his dismissal was “political, eco- leaking news, they should stay committed to building January 31 meeting was an anomaly. nomic and personal.” UA:PBC into a true public broadcaster that could promote More attention should be paid to significant news The political aspect is known. Aside from missing key pluralism in a media landscape dominated by oligarchs events, some of which UA:PBC didn’t broadcast live and events like President Poroshenko addressing the United and their personal agendas. reported on only later. Most of all, more patience and fore- Nation’s General Assembly, UA:PBC no longer gives each of Is Ukraine ready for a public broadcaster? Yes, board sight are required of board members who shouldn’t expect the ’s 450 deputies 20 minutes of airtime as member Mr. Hlibovytsky said: “Do you think the founding changes overnight, especially when they’re building some- was required before separate laws in 2014 and 2016 were fathers of America were ready for the challenges of build- thing from scratch and are occupying seats on the public passed to establish the broadcaster and shed its Soviet skin. ing a democracy? You’re never ready for challenges that broadcaster’s governing body for the first time. No. 7 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2019 5 New opportunity for Ukrainian Catholic Patriarchate emerges from creation of OCU

by Christopher Guly Catholic and Orthodox Churches have practical level to meet the needs of Special to The Ukrainian Weekly already met, and Patriarch Sviatoslav said Ukraine’s Orthodox adherents, who repre- they decided to prepare a roadmap for both sent about 65 percent of the country’s pop- OTTAWA – The establishment of the Churches on how to establish better rela- ulation of 48 million people. Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU) could tions,” he noted. “The main problem has been pastoral,” help pave the way for the Holy See’s recog- But the establishment of a formal UGCC he explained. “Ten or fifteen million nition of a Ukrainian Catholic Patriarchate, Patriarchate could be years down the road, Ukrainians were without the communion according to a Ukrainian church historian. said Mr. Babynskyi, who spoke about the of other Orthodox people in different coun- “The main problem for the recognition consequences of the OCU’s autocephaly on tries before [the OCU] was granted canoni- of patriarchal status was that Moscow January 29 at St. John the Baptist Ukrainian cal status from Constantinople. Yet Moscow would be angry about it,” said Anatolii Catholic Shrine in Ottawa. still denies the use of the name ‘Christian’ Babynskyi, a research fellow at the The OCU is still in the process of organiz- for Ukrainian Orthodox who are not mem- Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Institute ing, and Mr. Babynskyi, a past editor with bers of the Moscow Patriarchate.” of Eastern Christian Studies in Toronto, in the Religious Information Service of One of the most heartbreaking and an interview with The Ukrainian Weekly. Ukraine, estimated that it could take five widely reported consequences of this reli- However, in light of Ecumenical Patriarch years before there is one united Orthodox gious divide occurred early last year when Bartholomew’s formal granting of ecclesias- Church in Ukraine. a priest from the Moscow-led Church tical independence to the OCU in early The biggest obstacle remains with the refused to bury a baby crushed by a man January, “the Vatican can say to Moscow bishops of the UOC-MP, who don’t want to who was reportedly drunk and committed today we can have an ecumenical dialogue join the new Church. Anatolii Babynskyi, a research fellow at suicide by jumping out of an eighth-floor the Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky about the Orthodox Moscow Patriarchate. “There are three parallel hierarchies in apartment in the central Ukrainian city of Institute of Eastern Christian Studies in And what concerns Ukraine, we will speak the [OCU], and the process of uniting them Toronto. Zaporizhia. with the Ukrainian Orthodox and Catholic into one legal body is under way,” said Mr. The Orthodox funeral rite was declined Churches and not with you,” explained Mr. Babynskyi. The Ukrainian Orthodox Church recognized by the other 13 autocephalous because the baby was baptized in the Babynskyi, a 39-year-old native of , – Kyiv Patriarchate and the Ukrainian Churches, including the Patriarchates of Church of the Kyivan Patriarchate. “The Ukraine, who is completing his Ph.D. thesis Autocephalous Orthodox Church that splin- Alexandria, Antioch, Jerusalem, Bulgaria priest said our baby was unchristened and at the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv tered off from the Moscow Patriarchate and Moscow, and the Orthodox Churches of our Church was a sham,” Roman on the topic of the patriarchal movement when Ukraine gained its independence in Greece, Poland, and the Czech Lands and Polishchuk, the infant’s father, told the within the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church 1991 still exist, and have their own bishops Slovakia. Ukrainian news site ForPost. following the Second Vatican Council. who will have to be folded into the new OCU. The OCU also faces a challenge regarding Mr. Babynskyi said that, although that The OCU brought together the Ukrainian “For example, in Lviv, there are three jurisdiction. was the “most awful” example of anti- Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate (UOC- Orthodox bishops: one in the Kyiv In January, former Ambassador to Ukrainian Orthodox discrimination, there KP), the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Patriarchate, one from the autocephalous Ukraine John Herbst wrote on the Atlantic have been “thousands” of other instances Church (UAOC) and two metropolitans from Church and one in the Moscow Council blog that the Tomos states that the where members of the UOC-KP and the the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Moscow Patriarchate. So they have to unify the new Ukrainian Church has jurisdiction only UAOC have not been viewed by the UOC- Patriarchate (UOC-MP), which was previ- structure because there should only be one in Ukraine. “This means that Ukrainian MP as true Christians. ously the only canonically recognized Orthodox bishop in a city, according to Orthodox parishes outside of Ukraine will “But the Moscow Patriarchate had 30 Orthodox Church in Ukraine. There are now Orthodox canon law,” he explained. be under the Ecumenical Patriarchate,” he years to resolve the problem and did noth- two such Churches, after Metropolitan In terms of numbers of parishes, the UOC- wrote. ing,” he said. Epifaniy, the new primate of the OCU who MP remains the largest Orthodox Church in “This is a nice gift to Constantinople and The Russian Orthodox Church, which was previously a bishop with the UOC-KP, Ukraine, with between 11,000 and 12,000 a reminder to all of the meaning of the rejected the canonical status conferred on was given the Tomos, or decree, that gave churches, said Mr. Babynskyi. He noted that adjective ‘byzantine.’ The insistence that the OCU when Metropolitan Epifaniy the new Church autocephalous status. the new OCU has about 7,000 parishes. parishes outside of Ukraine must fall under received the Tomos from Patriarch The Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church He expects the merger of the UOC-KP the Ecumenical Patriarch will not be wel- Bartholomew in an elaborate January 6 (UGCC) also has a primate – Sviatoslav and the UAOC into the OCU will take at least come by Ukrainian believers, and many ceremony at St. George Cathedral in Shevchuk, the metropolitan of Kyiv-, a year. such parishes may not go along. These Istanbul, has severed ties with the who is officially the Church’s major arch- “We don’t have a lot of examples of three complications are a reminder that the Ecumenical Patriarchate. bishop but who is also recognized by clergy Orthodox Churches in one country in Tomos is one more step – critical to be sure, Ukraine’s bid for autocephaly of its and faithful as patriarch – a title first Eastern Europe. It’s a unique situation,” he but just one step – in the emergence of a Orthodox Church began during the applied to the late Cardinal Josyf Slipyj. said. “When other Churches were granted united and independent Ukrainian Church,” Ukrainian national revolution when a sepa- Mr. Babynskyi, the former editor-in-chief autocephaly, they usually had only one Ambassador Herbst pointed out. rate Church was established in 1921 with- of the Lviv-based Patriarchate magazine, Church in a country.” But Mr. Babynskyi believes the unifica- out canonical recognition, according to Mr. said that Vatican recognition of a UGCC The Orthodox Church of Ukraine is the tion of the Orthodox Church in Ukraine is Babynskyi. “The struggle has lasted almost Patriarchate would be more likely if the 15th autocephalous Church in a global com- important from a nationalist perspective, 100 years, and today those people have an OCU expresses no objection to it. munity of 300 million Orthodox believers. whereby the country gains greater distance “The primates of the Ukrainian Greek- However, the new Church has yet to be from Russia, at a religious level and from a (Continued on page 16)

Health care... (Continued from page 1) Embassy that confirmed Mr. Nasirov was a citizen of the United Kingdom in contravention of Ukrainian law, which does not allow dual citizenship. Aside from the upcoming February 15 ruling on her “competency” as acting health minister, Dr. Suprun now faces a criminal case opened against her by the State Bureau of Investigation for allegedly pressuring the court. The Ukrainian Judicial and Legal Newspaper reported that after Dr. Suprun gave a news briefing outside the administrative court on February 13 as the judge was still sequestered, Kyiv’s Pechersk District Court ordered author- ities to start an investigation into “court intervention.” If found guilty, she could face a maximum sentence of up to three years, or be banned from holding a high-level gov- ernment position for up to five years. By changing how health care is financed, among other systemic changes, Dr. Suprun has saved taxpayers millions of dollars in the two and a half years that she has led the Ministry of Health. She has rolled out electronic healthcare and a primary doctor system, promoted vaccinations for children, destroyed Soviet health myths and stepped on the toes of corrupt, vested interests. [For more on the Suprun case, see last week’s article: http://www.ukrweekly.com/uwwp/health-reform-cham- pion-suprun-suspended-due-to-court-case-filed-by-popu- list-lawmaker/.] 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2019 No. 7

WINDOW ON EURASIA The Ukrainian Weekly Minsk four years on Putin regime is West’s “existential” enemy It’s been four years since the second Minsk agreement aimed at halting the war in by Paul Goble The leaders of the West bear some respon- Ukraine was signed. Clearly, it has failed. sibility for this crisis, he continues. But the At the United Nations on February 12, Assistant Secretary-General Miroslav Jenca The regime Vladimir Putin has created largest responsibility lies elsewhere. commented at the Security Council meeting on the situation in Ukraine that negotia- in Russia is an “existential” enemy of the It lies with “reactionary forces who con- tions “appear to have lost momentum” and that neither Russia nor Ukraine appear West and an international system intended sider limitations achieved by Western civili- to be willing to agree on key steps forward. Frankly, comments like those of Mr. Jenca to limit the use of violence by one state zation on the right to use force excessive” – and others who feign evenhandedness in their approach to the Donbas war – are against others, commentator Aleksandr and who seek to throw off any restrictions nothing less than blaming the victim for the actions of the aggressor. Skobov, a historian, says. Thus, Mr. Putin’s on their own actions. They back the idea of aggression against Ukraine is far more than “everyone for himself,” and they oppose Ambassador Volodymyr Yelchenko made it clear to the Security Council who is at an attack on that country – it is an attack on this to the principle of “human rights for fault: “… it is only Russia and its ongoing military activity in the occupied territories the West as such. all” both within their own countries and of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine as well as in Crimea that constitute Many Western leaders do not want to internationally. for now an unsurmountable obstacle for the peaceful resolution of the conflict.” The acknowledge this, the Russian commenta- “The Putin regime in Russia has become ambassador also gave these figures: “The 35,000-strong armed force in occupied tor says, because it would require them to the shock detachment of the forces of Donbas is supported by more than 2,100 members of the Russian military.” Since act; but their failure to understand what worldwide reaction,” Mr. Skobov argues. “It 2015, he continued, Russia has sabotaged implementation of the ceasefire agree- Mr. Putin is about will not solve the prob- has transformed the struggle with the lead- ments a total of 18 times and there were more than 54,000 ceasefire violations. lem but only guarantee that it will fester ership of the West and with the spread of The acting U.S. ambassador to the U.N., Jonathan Cohen, said it’s “ironic” that and become an ever greater threat to Western principles and values into the rea- Russia called the meeting to discuss the Minsk agreements “given that Russia has Western civilization (kasparov.ru/material. son for its existence.” clearly failed to honor and implement” them and that it “continues to arm, train, lead php?id=5C22704D734B3). And this, Mr. Skobov insists, “is hardly an and fight alongside its proxy forces in eastern Ukraine.” The U.S. envoy credited According to Mr. Skobov, “the most accident or a historical misunderstanding.” Ukraine for demonstrating its commitment to a peaceful resolution and implemen- important aspect of humanity’s progress is Because of its criminal nature and habits tation of Minsk’s provisions, “including by extending the law on the special status for the constant reduction in the level of force of mind, the commentator continues, “the Russia-controlled areas of eastern Ukraine.” and cruelty in social relations,” progress that new Russian ‘elite’ has given rise to a To be sure, Russia attempted to lay the blame for Minsk’s failure on Ukraine. Western civilization has played the key role unique political regime, one often called ‘a Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia accused Kyiv of not abiding by the ceasefire and not in promoting. But “despite the progress that mafia.’” It is a regime that allows its mem- carrying out the agreement’s political provisions. He also accused the West of stag- has been achieved, today the world is con- bers access to unlimited wealth, one based ing a coup d’état in Ukraine and called the United States the “puppeteers of the fronted by a most serious crisis.” on deception and force, and one unre- Maidan Theater.” There are “objective reasons” for this cri- strained by any law. Those remarks elicited a strong reaction from the United Kingdom’s Ambassador sis, Mr. Skobov says. The world is changing “The very existence of a more developed, Jonathan Allen, who cited the Russian envoy’s “colorful and imaginative language” as a result of globalization and the shift to successful and attractive social system, in and pointed out that he “said nothing about Russia’s role.” Ambassador Allen spoke post-industrial societies – changes that have also of Russia’s continuing efforts to destabilize Ukraine, including in the Black and caused real problems for many countries. (Continued on page 16) Azov seas, the persecution of Crimean Tatars and others in illegally annexed Crimea, and its repeated refusal to support the Special Monitoring Mission of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. The next day, Hanna Hopko, chair of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Foreign Signs that Moscow still wants all of Ukraine Affairs, wrote on the Atlantic Council website: “A ceasefire at the contact line …has not become a reality. Even though Russian President Vladimir Putin still maintains by Paul Goble like to believe otherwise on the basis of the fiction that Russia is not involved in the Donbas, the Kremlin continues to fund Kremlin propaganda. and arm separatists in eastern Ukraine.” Significantly, she added: “Putin hopes for a Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Sergey The references to Nazism are especially more pliable president after Ukraine’s spring presidential elections.” Lavrov says Moscow will not recognize the important, notes Russian commentator And there’s the rub: the election is just six weeks away, and the Kremlin is already Donbas republics because to do so would Anton Orekh, for what they say about attempting to influence its outcome. Much is at stake for all of Ukraine. be “to lose all the rest of Ukraine and leave Moscow’s thinking and about its assump- it to the Nazis” – a clear indication from tions concerning the Russian people. Mr. “Putin’s Ribbentrop” that the Kremlin Lavrov mentioned Nazis in Ukraine four wants to control all of Ukraine and not just times in a recent interview, an indication part of it, Vitaly Portnikov says. that this reflects the official views of Russia Feb. Turning the pages back... That is not surprising, of course, the (echo.msk.ru/blog/oreh/2335521-echo/). Ukrainian commentator says. That has long And Mr. Lavrov insisted, Mr. Orekh con- Fifteen years ago, on February 22, 2004, the Ukrainian been the conclusion of Ukrainian and tinues, that the administration of Petro National Association marked its 110th anniversary. The newspa- Western analysts, but now Mr. Lavrov has Poroshenko displays all aspects of Nazism, 22 confirmed it and in a way that makes his and not just some. Thus one must look for per published a yearlong feature focusing on the UNA’s history. 2004 This year marks the 125th anniversary of the founding of the words even more threatening to the people racism, xenophobia, anti-Semitism, UNA on February 22, 1894. of Ukraine (espreso.tv/article/2018/12/ homophobia, the supremacy of the Among the highlights from the UNA’s early years were the fol- 17/vitaliy_portnykov_lavrovu_potribna_ Ukrainian nation, the use of symbols from lowing. vsya_ukrayina). the Third Reich and praise for Adolph Hitler. The first Regular Convention of the UNA was held on May 30, 1894, in Shamokin, Pa., As Russia has done so often before it That is obviously absurd, although those three months after the establishment of the UNA. Total assets at that time totaled $220.35. invades another country, Moscow insists who believe it aren’t going to be susceptible During the first convention, Svoboda was unanimously resolved to become the official that it is saving that country from a regime to rational arguments. “But Lavrov isn’t organ of the UNA. The first Supreme Assembly elected included: Theodosius Talpash, its population hates, Mr. Portnikov contin- insane,” Mr. Orekh says. And that means president; Michael Yevchak, vice-president; the Rev. Ivan Konstakevych, secretary; Ivan ues. What Mr. Lavrov has said is simply a “there must be a cause for a serious states- Glova, treasurer; Auditing Committee the Revs. H. Hluhovych, T. Obushkevych, O. Tovt, reiteration of that approach, as is his insis- man to say such things.” Hryhory Hrushka, G. Huk; Advisors Andrew Pyvovarnyk, Yuriy Khyliak, Jacob Dankovsky, tence that Ukraine is preparing a provoca- In fact, there is, Mr. Orekh says. And it is Theodore Khomiak, Oleksiy Halaburda, V. Simenovich; Alternates O. Kuryla, M. Adzyma, P. tion involving military force against Russia. simple: “We must explain why Ukraine sud- Shymansky, S. Dranko and K. Koban. “This accusation is a direct indication,” denly was transformed into an enemy. We Revenue during the UNA’s first year of operations totaled $1,142.75 as reported at the the Ukrainian commentator says, that must explain why we seized Crimea and Supreme Assembly’s midyear meeting on January 15, 1895. Disbursements totaled Russia has not ceased its preparations for a why we support the revolt in the Donbas” – $1,077.22 and membership included 505 members, of which 66 had been suspended for direct military invasion of Ukraine and has and do so in a way that even the densest non-payment of membership dues. Officers reported that the first year had been extremely not forgotten about a land corridor to occu- will understand and immediately accept. difficult since the UNA was short of workers. The only two employees of the UNA at that time pied Crimea,” however much some would “Our chief historical achievement,” the were the Rev. Hrushka, editor of Svoboda, and the Rev. Konstankevych, supreme secretary. Russian commentator says, “is the victory On May 30, 1895, the UNA held its second convention in Olyphant, Pa., and its total assets Paul Goble is a long-time specialist on over the fascists and Nazis.” And propagan- were $605.60. Mr. Glova of Excelsior, Pa., was elected as its supreme president; Mr. Talpash ethnic and religious questions in Eurasia da makes use of this paradigm. “For not of Shamokin, Pa., the UNA’s first chief supreme president, took over the post of supreme who has served in various capacities in the only in Ukraine do Nazis rule. There are vice-president. Mr. Glova had previously served as the UNA’s first supreme treasurer. U.S. State Department, the Central Nazis in the Baltics, Nazis in Poland, Nazis At the UNA’s third convention on January 2, 1896, in Mount Carmel, Pa., it was reported Intelligence Agency and the International practically everywhere where people don’t that in the two years since the founding of the UNA, the organization had paid out $2,300 Broadcasting Bureau, as well as at the Voice agree with us,” he adds. in death benefits for its members. The mortality rate was reported at 12 deaths per 1,000 of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio In reality, there are no more Nazis in any members. The average age of UNA members was 35. Delegates to the third convention set Liberty and the Carnegie Endowment for of these places than there are in Russia – minimum and maximum age limits for UNA members, respectively, at 16 and 45. The age International Peace. The article above is and perhaps even fewer – but Mr. Lavrov limits were an attempt to decrease the UNA’s potential mortality rate. reprinted with permission from his blog and his ilk find it useful to use this ideologi- called “Window on Eurasia” (http://windo- cal model about others rather than about (Continued on page 16) woneurasia2.blogspot.com/). anyone in Russia today. No. 7 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2019 7

A MUST READ

“In Ukraine, a Seismic Ecclesiastical Shift,” by George Weigel, National Review, December 18, 2018 (see https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/12/orthodox- church-of-ukraine-geopolitical-implications/):

The creation of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU) …is a seismic event in world Christian history that could also have significant geopolitical repercussions. … Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko ...reminded the throng [gathered in St. Sophia Square on the day of the Unification Sobor] that Russian president Vladimir A new Orthodoxy? Putin had described the USSR’s demise as “the geopolitical disaster of the 20th cen- A “new Orthodoxy” – isn’t that an oxy- Constantinople is likely to continue in the tury”; the creation of the autocephalous Orthodox Church of Ukraine, Poroshenko moron? The very word, with either an short term. But it may eventually be claimed, is a “second geopolitical disaster” for Putin, but “this time the scale is not of upper-case or a lower-case “o,” connotes replaced by a multipolar system where the the century, but of the millennium.” … conservatism. And Church “Orthodoxy,” Ecumenical Patriarchate retains its rightful The first phase of Vladimir Putin’s attempt to re-create some form of the old which means “right teaching” or “right place as leader (though not dictator) of Soviet empire in the Russian “near abroad” has unfolded under the banner of the belief,” suggests dogmatism. Moreover, the world Orthodoxy. Russkiy Mir, the “Russian world,” which, Putin claims, extends far beyond the bound- Russian Orthodox Church, which is the The presence of the OCU will change the aries of today’s Russian Federation. bearer of the kind of Orthodoxy with which religious landscape of Europe. As Ukraine …Putin’s attempts to resurrect the Russkiy Mir depended in part on the cultural most Ukrainians are familiar, is well-known becomes integrated with the rest of the con- magnetic field created by the claim of Russian Orthodox Patriarchate of Moscow to for its conservative approach to matters tinent, its Orthodox tradition and culture ecclesiastical sovereignty over the Orthodox Churches in Ukraine and Belarus. That both theological and political. may begin to influence its fellow European claim has now been falsified by the creation of the OCU. … But now, the appearance of a new auto- nations. Today, Orthodox number only about The drive for unification and autocephaly within Ukrainian Orthodoxy was quietly cephalous Orthodox Church in Ukraine is 7 percent of the population of the European supported by the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church, whose leader, Major Archbishop rich with promise of renewal and reform. It Union. With Ukraine (and Serbia and Sviatoslav Shevchuk, described the unification project as a matter of righting a histori- will not, however, happen of its own accord. Bulgaria, but without Russia, Georgia or cal and cultural wrong and opening up new evangelical and ecumenical possibilities in Orthodoxy in Ukraine is burdened with the Armenia), the proportion of Orthodox in Ukraine. A unified Orthodoxy in Ukraine, Shevchuk argued, would also eliminate sac- Russian heritage of a state Church and a Europe as a whole comes to about 10 per- ramental scandals. None of the previously contending Ukrainian Orthodox Churches national Church. Just as many Orthodox hier- cent. But statistics are not prophecies. The recognized the others’ baptisms, a theological absurdity that led to pastoral harsh- archs and clergy were able to switch from impact of Ukrainian Orthodox culture on a ness: Ukrainian soldiers who died in defense of their country were too frequently the Russian nationalism of a government- de-Christianized and increasingly denied Christian funeral rites and burial by one of the divided Ukrainian Orthodox controlled imperial Church to the Soviet Islamicized Europe will depend on the Churches if the dead soldier happened to belong to another Orthodox jurisdiction. Russian nationalism of a Church indebted for Ukrainian Orthodox themselves. Shevchuk’s thoughtful and measured approach to all this was not always appreci- its very survival to the Stalinist regime, so Yet, in order to participate in a revival of ated in a Vatican that, for four decades, has bet heavily on Russian Orthodoxy as its today many would find it all too easy to sub- European Christianity, the OCU must first chief bridge to the Christian East – a deference rewarded by the Moscow stitute Kyiv for Moscow and Ukrainian refresh the Christian faith of its own adher- Patriarchate’s ongoing demonization of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church as an nationalism for Russian. Despite the urgings ents. It would have to shed the old Soviet “aggressor.” Perhaps Rome will now listen more carefully to its point man on the of some politicians, this would not be a good habits of political meekness, socio-cultural ground in Ukraine, whose instincts and judgment have once again been vindicated thing, either for Orthodoxy or for Ukraine. introversion, and self-limitation to “per- by events; perhaps the Holy See will rethink its Russophilia, which is in serious need There is already grumbling about why forming rituals” and “satisfying spiritual of a reset after the Moscow Patriarchate described the drive for Ukrainian Orthodox the new Church constituted last December needs.” Keeping the institutional Church unity as a Vatican plot; perhaps now Major Archbishop Shevchuk, leader of the larg- 15 in Kyiv, and granted autocephaly by the separate from the state does not mean est of the Eastern Catholic Churches, will be given the cardinal’s red hat he has thus Ecumenical Patriarchate in a Tomos marginalizing religion or silencing its voice far been denied. … (decree) of January 6, is headed by “only” a in the public forum. metropolitan, not a patriarch. There are Ukrainian Orthodox autocephaly also has good reasons for this. Considering that in its implications for the Ukrainian Greco- first millennium the Christian Church had Catholic Church. Although the notion of a LETTER TO THE EDITOR only five patriarchates, and that even today future joint Kyivan patriarchate, as was envi- not every national Orthodox Church is patri- sioned in the 1620s, may not be consonant Some gifts were distributed to the chil- archal, raising the Kyivan Metropolitanate to with modern ecumenism, closer Catholic- dren who live in the frontline villages of patriarchal status is hardly automatic. As Orthodox ties are now possible. Catholics St. Nicholas visits such as Druzhba, Nelipivka, with the Greco-Catholic Church, patriarchal can learn from Orthodox traditions of concil- children in Ukraine Sukha Balka, Kurdiumivka and status requires a certain maturity in con- iar or synodal church government, including Lebedynske. Gifts were also delivered to sciousness and organization, not to mention broad participation by lower clergy and Dear Editor: the children in the towns of Novhorodske, a decent passage of time. Moreover, it laity. This applies not only to the conduct of Pivnichne, Zalizne, Shcherbynivka and During the Christmas holidays of 2018- remains to be seen just what territory a major councils, but to the election of bish- Sartana and to cities of Toretsk, Pokrovsk 2019, the United Ukrainian Relief Committee Kyivan patriarchate would comprise. ops and priests. The UGCC may not be pre- and . Additionally, Christmas pres- (UUARC), with the help of St. Nicholas, deliv- In fact, the OCU’s designation as a metro- pared to take such a decentralizing, “demo- ents were given to children who live in the ered Christmas presents to 1,240 children in politan Church emphasizes an important, cratic” step as to allow parishes to choose Oblast town of Ponornytsia and though easily overlooked point. The tradi- their pastors – a practice that the Soviet Ukraine. These were the children of refu- in Luhansk, whose parents were soldiers gees, children without permanent shelters, tion of the Kyivan Metropolitanate is a authorities exploited to undermine and who died, were wounded, were in the control the Orthodox Church. But recently, children of soldiers who died or were major support of the legitimacy of National Guard or are recovering at the Ukrainian Orthodoxy. True, that history is in the wake of the clerical abuse scandals, wounded, and children of servicemen and Central Military Hospital. From time to marked by discontinuities – the migration some Roman Catholics have called for lay contractors who served and are still serv- time, St. Nicholas needed help in distribut- of the Kyivan metropolitan to northern Rus’ participation in the election of bishops in ing in the east. The children received ing gifts and, thankfully, he was helped by at the end of the 13th century, the Union of order to ensure accountability. This, in fact, sweets, hygiene products, socks, gloves, Brest of 1595-1596, the Muscovite take- has historical precedents. (Jack Quirk, “The blouses, shirts and other clothing items. (Continued on page 16) over of the Kyivan Metropolitanate in the People Should Elect the Bishops” (Part II), 17th century, and its subsequent absorp- Christian Democracy, January 23, 2019). tion into the Russian synodal Church. The Before the 19th century, and especially in Soviet regime inflicted further disruptions, the early Church, lay men and sometimes and in the post-Soviet period rival Kyivan women had considerable influence in metropolitanates arose again. But what Church governance (Bronwen McShea, matters is that today, there exists a Kyivan “Bishops Unbound,” First Things, January Metropolitanate that traces its origins to an 2019, p. 33-39). institution created under Byzantine tute- The vertical of hierarchy and authority, lage over a millennium ago. and the horizontal of conciliarity and com- That the birth of the OCU has major munion, have formed a tense but fruitful implications for Ukraine is obvious. cross from the Church’s earliest days. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and Surely it would not be flirting with heresy Metropolitan Filaret (Denysenko) will sure- to suggest that Ukrainian Greco-Catholic ly be remembered as fathers of Ukrainian and Orthodox theologians explore such Orthodoxy and pivotal figures in the history issues through joint studies of their com- of Ukraine. At the same time, the emer- mon Kyivan Byzantine tradition, maintain- gence of the OCU as the world’s second ing due respect for their relatively few dog- largest Orthodox Church, with as many as matic disagreements. The result could be 30 million faithful to Russia’s claimed 150 not only a new Orthodoxy, but a renascent million (thus constituting about a tenth of Ukrainian Christianity. the estimated global total of 300 million), will affect the balance of world Orthodoxy. Andrew Sorokowski can be reached at Children in the city of Toretsk, Donetsk Oblast. The tug-of-war between Moscow and [email protected]. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2019 No. 7 No. 7 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2019 9

Freedom House... Europe (Continued from page 1) where investigative reporter Ján Kuciak Ukraine rated “Partly Free,” was• Violenceshot to death reached in his the home press after in Slovakia, uncov- restricted the legal rights of asylum seekers, ering corrupt links between government discrimination became evident in the accep- while Crimea is “Not Free” officials and organized crime. tance of refugees for resettlement, and The “Freedom in the World” report also encompasses separate reports on countries immigration enforcement and detention continued to consolidate state power and territories. The aggregate freedom score is given for each country or territory with policies were excessively harsh or haphaz- around• President himself Milo and Đukanović his clique, of Montenegro subverting 100 being the score for the most free countries or territories. Each country or territory ard. In contrast, freedom of assembly is assigned two ratings – one for political rights and one for civil liberties – based on its improved, with an upsurge in civic action basic standards of good governance and exceeding his assigned constitutional role. total scores for political rights and civil liberties questions. A rating of 1 represents the and no repetition of the previous year’s pro- greatest degree of freedom and 7 the smallest. Details about how those ratings were test-related violence. and presidential elections took place under determined may be found online at freedomhouse.org/report/countries-world-free- dom-2019. observed in 11 countries in 2018, com- a two-year• In Turkey, state simultaneous of emergency parliamentary that was Following are excerpts from the separate reports on Ukraine and Crimea, which pared• Ethnic to three cleansing countries is in a 2005.growing trend, later lifted, though authorities continued to engage in purges of state institutions and Freedom House notes is under Russian occupation. liberal leaders’ verbal attacks on the media arrests of journalists, civil society members contributed• In many tostruggling broader democracies,declines in press anti- and academics. Ukraine: Partly Free Free and independent media: The freedom and growing physical threats Middle East and North Africa Constitution guarantees freedoms of against journalists. These attacks have Aggregate freedom score: 60/100 speech and expression, and libel is not a emboldened authoritarian rulers else- Political rights: 3/7 criminal offense. The media landscape fea- where to take far more aggressive action in where President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi Civil liberties: 4/7 tures considerable pluralism and open crit- claimed• Political to have repression been worsenedreelected inwith Egypt, 97 response to critical coverage. Key developments in 2018: icism of the government. However, busi- percent of the vote after security forces ness magnates with varying political inter- 24 in recent years – reached beyond their arbitrarily detained potential challengers. ests own and influence many outlets, using borders• A growing to target number expatriates, of governments exiles and – 50 attacks on activists and human rights them as tools to advance their agendas. diasporas with physical surveillance, kid- drew praise for easing its draconian ban on defenders• Rights ingroups the first documented nine months more of than the Poroshenko owns the television network napping and even assassination. Saudi women• In Saudi driving, Arabia, authorities after the arrested government high- year. There were also a number of severe Fifth Channel and has rebuffed press free- Arabia’s murder of journalist Jamal profile women’s rights activists and assaults by nationalist groups against the dom groups’ demands that he honor his Khashoggi in Turkey put a spotlight on clamped down on even mild forms of dis- Romany minority. Investigations into these earlier promise to sell it. authoritarian regimes’ uninhibited cross- sent. Evidence also mounted that Crown incidents generally took place only after Authorities in 2018 renewed existing border pursuit of their perceived enemies. Prince Mohammed bin Salman had person- significant pressure from civil society. measures that bar a number of Russian ally ordered the assassination of self-exiled news outlets from Ukrainian distribution more countries with large improvements critic and Washington Post columnist Jamal Poroshenko approved legislation to estab- networks and prohibit their journalists (more• In thana positive 5 points) development, than in 2017. 2018 Most saw Khashoggi in Istanbul, dashing any remain- lish• a Lawmakers long-awaited and anticorruption President court. Petro from entering the country. …In September, notably in Angola, Armenia, Ethiopia and ing hopes that the young prince might However, domestic and international the regional council in Lviv approved a Malaysia, politicians unexpectedly respond- emerge as a reformer. observers expressed concerns about the measure banning the public use of Russian- ed or were forced to respond to public selection process for the 39 judges who language “culture products,” including demands for democratic change, serving as Tunisia continued to sputter, as freedoms would sit on the court. books and films. a reminder that people continue to strive of •assembly The consolidation and association of democracy were imper in- Journalists continue to face the threat of for freedom, accountability and dignity, iled by legislative changes and the leader- Donbas. The United Nations reported that even in countries where the odds of suc- violence and intimidation. The indepen- ship’s failure to set up a Constitutional over• Intermittent3,000 civilians fighting have been continued killed since in dent Institute of Mass Information regis- cess seem insurmountable. Court undermined judicial independence the outbreak of the conflict in 2014. tered 201 media freedom violations from and the rule of law. KEY REGIONAL FINDINGS January to November 2018. Of these inci- - Americas in 10 Ukrainian regions for 30 days after dents, 28 involved beatings or attacks, and cy as lawmakers approved changes that Russian• In November, forces captured martial 24 law Ukrainian was imposed sail- 27 involved threats and intimidation. … effectively• Nationalism downgraded strained the Israel’s constitutional democra ors near Crimea. Provisions of the martial The media environment in separatist- decline in freedom as President Nicolás status of non-Jewish citizens and allowed law decree allowed restrictions on free occupied parts of Donbas is marked by Maduro• Venezuela extended suffered his authoritarian yet another steep rule the interior minister to revoke the residen- speech and assembly, but these were not severe violations of press freedom, includ- with a profoundly flawed presidential elec- cy of Jerusalem-based Palestinians for invoked in practice. ing censorship by the de facto authorities. tion, and as the country’s economic and “breach of loyalty.” humanitarian crises persisted. Overview: Independence of judiciary: Ukraine - Sub-Saharan Africa Ukraine has enacted a number of posi- has long suffered from corrupt and politi- tinued in Ecuador since the 2017 election tive reforms since the protest-driven ouster cized courts, and recent reform initiatives of •President Democratic Lenín improvements Moreno, including have con a Angola, where new president João Lourenço of President Viktor Yanukovych in 2014. aimed at addressing the issue have stalled more relaxed government stance toward took• Therenotable wasactions a tentativeagainst corruption opening and in However, corruption remains endemic, and or fallen short of expectations. A competi- media criticism, a ban on holding office for impunity, reducing the outsized influence of initiatives to combat it are only partially tive selection process for new Supreme those convicted of corruption and a consti- his long-ruling predecessor’s family and implemented. Attacks against journalists, Court judges was initiated in 2016, but it tutional referendum that restored presi- granting the courts greater independence. civil society activists, and members of has since come under heavy criticism from dential term limits. minority groups are frequent and often go civil society and other observers for a per- Asia-Pacific returned to its pre-coup status quo, as unpunished. Russia occupies the autono- ceived lack of transparency and proper President• Zimbabwe’s Emmerson political Mnangagwa system essentially used mous Ukrainian region of Crimea, which it consultation, and for failing to weed out deeply flawed general elections to reclaim a flawed candidates. The process will contin- Malaysia after an opposition alliance unex- invaded in the aftermath of Yanukovych’s modicum of legitimacy following the mili- ouster, and its military supports armed ue into 2019. pectedly• Hopes defeated for democratic incumbent reformPrime Minister rose in Poroshenko signed legislation in June tary’s 2017 ouster of longtime President separatists in the eastern Donbas area, Najib Razak’s Barisan Nasional coalition, 2018 to create a long-awaited anti-corrup- Robert Mugabe, and his ruling ZANU-PF where skirmishes continue to endanger which had ruled the country for decades. tion court. Following criticism from the party showed few signs that it was commit- civilians. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the ted to fostering genuine political competition. Corruption: Corruption remains a seri- petitive, the military’s influence over the United States, the law was soon amended courts• While and Pakistan’sthe media electionswas widely were thought com ous problem, and there is little political will Yoweri Museveni’s administration sought so that existing corruption cases would fall to have tilted the contest in favor of the to fight it despite strong pressure from civil • In Uganda, long-ruling President under its purview. Thirty-nine judges still new prime minister, Imran Khan. to constrain dissent by implementing new society. Anti-corruption agencies have surveillance systems and instituting a had to be selected to serve on the new repeatedly been ensnared in politically regressive tax on social media use. body. As with the Supreme Court appoint- further deteriorated, as security forces fraught conflicts with other state entities ments, concerns remain that provisions cracked• Bangladesh’s down on theweak opposition electoral ahead system of and elected officials. While lawmakers and stable democracies in West Africa was meant to ensure fair competition and parliamentary voting, election-day irregu- Poroshenko approved legislation in 2018 threatened• Senegal’s by reputationnew procedural as one barriers of the most that screening of judges will not be followed. … larities were widespread and interparty vio- to create a long-awaited anti-corruption lence resulted in more than a dozen deaths. could limit the opposition’s participation in upcoming elections. court, at year’s end the selection of judges Crimea: Not Free Eurasia was still under way. Aggregate Freedom Score: 8/100 EDITOR’S NOTE: Openness and transparency: Ukraine has made some progress in advancing Political Rights: 7/7 highly repressive regime – experienced The story above has been abridged by The transparency, for example by requiring that Civil Liberties: 6/7 another• Uzbekistan year of –tentative while still improvement, governed by as a Ukrainian Weekly. banks publish the identity of their owners, authorities continued to release political The Freedom House report also noted sta- Key developments in 2018: prisoners and ease restrictions on NGOs. tus changes of countries around the globe and by passing a 2016 law obliging politi- - and cited countries in the spotlight. It cians and bureaucrats to file electronic dec- ures and activists opposed to the Russian Azerbaijan’s Ilham Aliyev each secured new included recommendations for strengthen- larations of their assets. However, it is pos- occupation• Throughout continued the year, to face opposition harassment, fig presidential• Russia’s terms, Vladimir benefiting Putinfrom strong- and ing and protecting core values in established sible to bypass some regulations, in part arrest, and imprisonment for their peaceful arm tactics that included the repression of democracies; and defending and expanding because underdeveloped institutions are activities, and Russian authorities routinely independent media and civil society, the democracy around the world. not fully capable of identifying and punish- violated due process rights in pursuing abuse of state resources, and the persecu- To read more about the latest report on ing violators. cases against dissidents. tion of genuine political opponents – as global freedom by Freedom House, go to A robust freedom of information law well as outright fraud. freedomhouse.org. approved in 2011 is not well enforced. 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Fortifications, the Resurrection Church and initial residence in the 17th century Baturyn citadel, recon- Booklet by Zenon Kohut, Volodymyr Mezentsev and structed on the basis of archaeological data in 2008. Aerial photo by Natalia Rebrova. Yurii Sytyi published in Toronto in 2018. Pylyp Orlyk’s coat of arms and other archaeological finds at Baturyn in 2017-2018

by Volodymyr Mezentsev Special to The Ukrainian Weekly During the war in Ukraine, conditions for carrying out excavations in Baturyn, , have remained difficult. Nonetheless, the historical and archaeological research of the town has progressed well in 2017-2018. In these years, Baturyn excavations engaged 95 students and scholars from Chernihiv and universities and the Institute of Archaeology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in Kyiv. Archaeologist Yurii Sytyi of the Chernihiv College National University leads the Baturyn archaeological expedition. Archaeologist Dr. Volodymyr Mezentsev (Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, Toronto) is the executive director of the Canada-Ukraine Baturyn project. From 1669 to 1708, Baturyn was the capital of the Kozak state, or Hetmanate. It had become known in the West as a major, prosperous and well-fortified town in cen- tral Ukraine, as well as the seat of Hetman (1687-1709), a Kozak ruler highly respected in Europe. The Ukrainian government has declared March 16 of this year as the 350th anniversary of the establishment of Baturyn as the capital of the Kozak realm. This event will be commemorated on the national level throughout Ukraine. In 1708, Mazepa concluded an alliance with Sweden and Bastion, rampart and moat of Hetman Ivan Mazepa’s manor and their defense with cannon and musket’s fire. rebelled against Moscow’s growing curtailment of the Computer graphic by Serhii Dmytriienko on the basis of reconstructions by Oleksander Bondar. Hetmanate’s sovereignty. That year, on orders from Tsar Peter I, the Russian army attacked Baturyn and seized it, Baturyn was raised from the ashes and experienced its 172,000 tourists from Ukraine and the West visited albeit with the assistance of a traitor. The Kozaks and last urban upsurge under the reign of Hetman Kyrylo Baturyn’s museums of antiquities and its reconstructed townspeople, including clerics and women, valiantly Rozumovsky (1750-1764, died 1803), the outstanding architectural monuments. Despite the war in Ukraine, their defended Mazepa’s stronghold, but to no avail. Tsarist forc- reformer of the Kozak polity. He facilitated local manufac- influx has been increasing substantially, up from 130,000 es savagely executed the captive Kozak officers and slaugh- turing and trade with Western and Eastern Europe in the sightseers in 2014, when the war began. tered the entire civilian population, sparing neither infants second half of the 18th century. According to my research, between 1696 and 1700, nor the elderly. Up to 14,000 Baturyn residents perished in While Ukraine was not independent, the former hetman Mazepa commissioned his stately three-story masonry pal- this punitive offensive. The attackers plundered and capital declined, turning into a small provincial borough or ace in Honcharivka, in the vicinity of Baturyn. Archaeologists burned the town to the ground. The merciless total “mistechko.” During the period of renewed independence, believe that the polygonal ramparts with a glacis and five destruction of the hetman capital, together with its inhabit- the town has recovered, becoming an important center for earthen bastions of this manor were modeled on advanced ants, spread fear throughout Ukraine and doomed tourism, and historical, cultural and patriotic education for 17th-century Dutch strongholds. These bastion fortifica- Mazepa’s uprising to failure. the Ukrainians, particularly the youth. In 2018, over tions are the earliest known in Left-Bank Ukraine.

Burnt multi-colored glazed ceramic stove tile bearing Pylyp Orlyk’s coat of arms 17th-18th-century bronze and silver (center and right) neck crosses with relief and (1700-1708). Reconstructions, computer photo collage and graphic by Serhii engraved ornaments and letters, from 2017 excavations at Baturyn. Photo by Yurii Dmytriienko. Sytyi. No. 7 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2019 11

Excavations of the brick foundation of Kyrylo Rozumovsky’s administrative building at the Kochubei estate in Baturyn in 2017. Photo by Yurii Sytyi. Ukrainian students excavating the capital of the Kozak state. Photo by Yurii Sytyi. Within the Kozak realm, the Honcharivka estate also In 2018, near the site of a well on the Honcharivka heraldic arts in Mazepa’s capital. Several shards with the represented the first known example of a fortified villa estate, the expedition uncovered the debris of a two-meter- family coats of arms of both Orlyk and Mazepa in relief called “palazzo e fortezza” (palace and fortress), which wide brick corridor with stairs leading down to the well’s were found there. appeared in Italy in the 16th century and superseded shaft. Mr. Sytyi suggests that the corridor, extending some Using computer photo collage and graphic techniques, medieval masonry or wooden castles. Such complexes seven meters to the west, was a secret underground vault- researchers have reconstructed a whole tile featuring combined early modern civil palace architecture with pre- ed tunnel connecting the well’s shaft with the basement of Orlyk’s armorial bearings. It was covered with multi-col- dominantly bastion defenses. From the late 16th century, the neighboring building at Mazepa’s court. Archaeological ored glazing, damaged by fire, and measured 35 by 33 cen- this type of Italian fortified villas spread throughout investigation of the remnants of this extraordinary and timeters. In the compositional center of this tile is the Western and Central Europe, reaching western Ukraine in intriguing structure will continue in order to establish con- image of a figured blue shield with an inscribed stylized the early 17th century. clusively its layout, size and specific purpose. bowed yellow cauldron holder and an unsheathed white Inside the ramparts of the Honcharivka manor, occupy- In Baturyn’s northern suburb, the expedition continued (silver) sword with a yellow (golden) hilt in an upward ing an area of nine hectares, besides Mazepa’s palatial exploring the site of the home of Chancellor General Pylyp position. The shield is surmounted by a golden inlaid court, there were a fruit garden, a birch grove, and an ara- Orlyk, personal secretary, closest associate and chief advis- crown. Above it, the bent leg of a knight in blue armor is ble field. The graphic reconstruction of this estate, with its er of Mazepa. Later, he became the hetman-in-exile from depicted. Two stylized green palm fronds flank the shield. orderly network of straight lanes, resembles the regular 1710 to 1742 and the author of the first Constitution of These heraldic symbols are placed against an oval white layout of so-called “French parks.” The design of man-made Ukraine (1710). background and surrounded by a floral ornament with parks with vegetation areas cultivated in geometric forms In 2017-2018, part of the brick foundation of Orlyk’s white and yellow flowers as a decorative cartouche in the and straight or figured alleys originated in Renaissance house was excavated. Mr. Sytyi contends that it was a spa- Ukrainian Baroque style set on a cobalt background. In the Italy and became popular in France during the Baroque cious one-story building, or “khata” of local tradition made early modern era, blue enamel was most expensive and era. Mazepa likely created his principal residence in of logs sometime between 1700 and 1708. A comparable prestigious. Over the crown, the initials of Pylyp, or Filip, Baturyn along the models of contemporaneous Western example of such a well-to-do dwelling is the extant mid- Orlyk (F. O.) are inscribed in Latin letters. fortified palatial complexes with regular parks. He became 18th century home of Yuhym Darahan, colonel of the This unique find is the earliest known representation of acquainted with them while serving at the royal court in Kyivan Kozak regiment in Pokorshchyna, in the vicinity of Orlyk’s family heraldic emblem, which he commissioned Poland and during his diplomatic missions, university the town of , Chernihiv Oblast. This one-floor while serving as chancellor general in Mazepa’s administra- studies and travels to Germany, Holland, France and Italy in house was constructed of squared logs set on a brick foun- tion before the fall of Baturyn in 1708. Previously, only two the 1650s and 1660s. dation and plastered. wax impressions of Orlyk’s seals were known to be pre- I surmise that prior to the assault by the superior in Many fragments of terracotta and polychrome glazed served in Sweden. They bear his coat of arms from the time number Russian army in 1708, the military personnel and ceramic tiles from the heating stoves at Orlyk’s house were when he was hetman and lived in emigration in the West servants of Mazepa’s manor in Honcharivka retreated to unearthed amidst its remnants. Some of them exhibit fire since 1715. However, their heraldic and artistic designs dif- the larger and safer Baturyn fortress to reinforce its garri- damage, indicating that his residence was burned during fer and lack inscriptions. Archaeological research on the son. In fact, Muscovite troops occupied this abandoned the sack of Baturyn by Russian soldiers. Mr. Sytyi asserts residence of this distinguished Ukrainian politicians, diplo- estate without military resistance, and pillaged and burned that these tiles were produced locally. He considers their mat and writer will resume next summer. the opulent hetman palace. high technical and artistic qualities a match to the best The expedition continued excavating the site of the Researchers have graphically recreated the ground plan stove tiles at Mazepa’s palace in Honcharivka. But the orna- estate of Judge General Vasyl Kochubei (1700-1708) on the and exterior design of the timber church (before 1700) at mentations of Orlyk’s tiles are distinctive in their originali- town’s western outskirts. In the second part of the 18th Mazepa’s court. Its remnants were excavated in 2011-2015. ty and not mere imitations of those found in the hetman’s century, it was in the possession of Rozumovsky, who con- This lost structure was representative of late 17th-century residence. Hence, the stove tiles discovered at Orlyk’s home folk wooden ecclesiastical architecture in the Chernihiv region. represent valuable pieces of local ceramic applied and (Continued on page 15)

Silver coins from Swedish Livonia, 17th century, found at Baturyn in 2017. Photo by Yurii Sytyi.

Bronze signet ring of the late 17th or early 18th century, graphic outline of the image on the glass seal, and its wax impressions. Macro photos by Yurii Sytyi and Serhii Ceramic folk toys from the Kozak era, from 2017 excavations at Baturyn. Photo by Dmytriienko, computer graphic by Serhii Dmytriienko. Yurii Sytyi. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2019 No. 7

ment severely limits political and civil Tatar minority boycotted the voting. The the Russian occupation, but they risk Ukraine rated... rights, has silenced independent media, ruling party in Russia, United Russia, took harassment, arrest, and imprisonment for and employs antiterrorism and other laws 70 seats, and the ultranationalist Liberal their actions. Other opposition figures also (Continued from page 9) against political dissidents. Many Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) secured experience intimidation and police surveil- Ukrainians have been deported from or the remaining 5 seats. lance. … Kerch Bridge, which connects mainland otherwise compelled to leave Crimea. The Russian occupation authorities have Russia’s occupation authorities deny full Russia• In toMay, Crimea. Russian The officials bridge wasopened sharply the Members of the indigenous Crimean Tatar tailored the electoral system to ensure political rights to all Crimea residents, but criticized by the international community minority, many of whom vocally oppose the maximum control by Moscow. Legislators Crimean Tatars and ethnic Ukrainians are for further consolidating Russian control Russian occupation, have faced particularly electing the chief executive are limited to regarded with particular suspicion and face over the peninsula. acute repression by the authorities. candidates chosen by the Russian presi- greater persecution than their ethnic Electoral process: …In March 2018, dent. In the legislative elections, legitimate Russian counterparts. … and seized three Ukrainian naval vessels in Crimea residents who accepted Russian cit- opposition forces are denied registration Functioning of government: All major the• BlackIn November, Sea near RussianCrimea, forcesfurther attacked inflam- izenship voted in the Russian presidential before the voting begins, leaving voters policy decisions are made in Moscow and ing tensions; 24 Ukrainian military person- election, which observers concluded was with the choice of either abstaining or executed by Russian president Vladimir nel who were detained during the attack not genuinely competitive. Residents are endorsing pro-Russian candidates. Putin’s representatives in Crimea or the remained in custody at the end of the year. not permitted to participate in some Political pluralism and participation: local authorities, who were not freely elect- Ukrainian elections. However, they are able Ukrainian political parties are banned, ed and are beholden to the Kremlin. received lengthy prison sentences for their to participate in the presidential vote allowing Russia’s ruling party and other Ethnic composition: Since the occupation alleged• In December,involvement four with Crimean the Islamist Tatars scheduled for March 2019, and the party- Kremlin-approved factions to dominate the began, the Russian government has taken group Hizb ut-Tahrir, which is designated as list portion of the October 2019 parliamen- political system. Russia’s Federal Security decisive steps to solidify ethnic Russian a terrorist organization in Russia but not in tary elections, if they register ahead of time Service (FSB), the local police, and pro-Rus- domination of the peninsula and marginal- Ukraine. in mainland Ukraine. sian “self-defense” units use intimidation ize the Ukrainian and Crimean Tatar com- Overview: … Legislative elections under the and harassment to suppress any political munities. The elimination of the Ukrainian In early 2014, Russian forces invaded Russian-organized Crimean constitution mobilization against the current govern- language from school curriculums and the the autonomous Ukrainian region of were held in September 2014 in an envi- ment or Russia’s annexation of Crimea. … closure of most Ukrainian Orthodox church- Crimea and quickly annexed it to the ronment that was neither fair nor competi- As in Russia, the authorities in the terri- es since 2014 are indicative of this attempt Russian Federation through a referendum tive. All of the parties allowed to participate tory consistently crack down on opposition to Russify the population. that was widely condemned for violating supported the annexation, pro-Ukraine political activity. Crimean Tatars have con- Russian and local pro-Russian officials’ international law. The occupation govern- parties were excluded, and the Crimean tinued to voice dissent and openly oppose policies and actions in Crimea have led to an influx of hundreds of thousands of peo- ple from Russia, including Russian troops, civilian personnel and their families. People displaced by fighting and depriva- ПЛЕМ’Я ПЛАСТУНОК „ПЕРШІ СТЕЖІ“ tion in eastern Ukraine – home to many влаштовує ethnic Russians – have also come to Crimea. Ukrainian citizens from Crimea „ДЕННИЙ ТАБІР ПТАШАТ ПРИ ПЛАСТІ“ have been drafted into compulsory military service in the Russian armed forces, in con- для дітей від 4 до 6 років, які володіють travention of international law. As of (розуміють і розмовляють) українською мовою November 2018, approximately 12,000 Crimeans had been drafted into the • Дитина мусить мати закінчених 4 роки життя до 31 серпня 2019 р. Вийнятків немає. Russian military. Meanwhile, political persecution has led • Дитина мусить мати усі приписані щеплення. to an outflow of ethnic Ukrainians and • Дитина, яка склала Заяву Вступу до новацтва, не може брати участи в таборaх для Пташат. Crimean Tatars. Russia instituted a policy of mass Russian naturalization for all resi- Табір відбудеться на Союзівці у двох групах: dents of Crimea in 2014, in violation of • від неділі, 23 червня, до суботи, 29 червня 2019 р. international law. Once the policy was • від неділі, 30 червня, до суботи, 6 липня 2019 р. enacted, Crimeans had only 18 days to opt out of Russian citizenship. Ukrainian citi- У справі кімнат просимо порозуміватися безпосередньо з Адміністрацією Союзівки: zens, many of them long-term residents SOYUZIVKA, P. O. Box 529, 216 Foordmore Road, Kerhonkson, NY 12446 with immediate family on the peninsula, have been deported from Crimea since the (845) 626-5641; www. Soyuzivka.com; Fax: 845-626-4638 beginning of the occupation, often for opt- ing out of Russian citizenship. • Tаборова оплата: $150.00 ($20.00 незворотні); оплата за два тижні – 290.00 дол. Religious freedom: The occupation • Зголошення і таборову оплату (чек виписаний на Plast – Pershi Stezhi) надсилати до: authorities forced religious organizations to reregister under new rules, sharply Mrs. Oresta Fedyniak, 2626 W. Walton Ave., Chicago, IL 60622 reducing the number of registered groups. Tel.: 773 486-0394 (від 8:00 до 10:00 ранку) All 22 Jehovah’s Witnesses congregations were de-registered after the Russian • Реченець зголошень: 25 травня 2019 р. • Після реченця зголошень не приймаємо. Supreme Court ruled in 2017 that the • Лікарську посвідку НЕ пересилати з анкетою зголошення. Просимо передати при group had violated laws against extremism. реєстрації. Mosques associated with the Crimean Tatars have been denied permission to reg- ister, and Muslims have faced legal discrim- КАРТА ЗГОЛОШЕННЯ НА ТАБІР ПТАШАТ-2019 ination. … Ім’я і прізвище дитини ...... The Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv по-українськи і по-англійськи Patriarchate (UOC-KP) did not re-register Дата народження ...... under Russian law after the occupation and faces pressure from occupation authorities, Адреса ...... who have confiscated some of the church’s Телефон ...... E-mail ...... property. Before the occupation, the UOC- KP had 52 parishes in Crimea, but as of Просимо залучити посвідку дати народження дитини, яку вперше вписуєтe на табір October 2018 only eight parishes ☐ від 23 червня до 29 червня 2019 р. ☐ від 30 червня до 6 липня 2019 р. remained. At least three UOC-KP churches have been appropriated by Russian author- Розмір таборової сорочинки дитини: ☐ 6-8, ☐10-12, ☐14-16. ities. ☐ Залучую чек на суму $...... ☐ Резервую кімнату на Союзівці Independence of the judiciary: Under Moscow’s rule, Crimea is subject to the ...... Russian judicial system, which lacks inde- ім’я і прізвище матері (подати дівоче прізвище) pendence and is effectively dominated by the executive branch. Opponents of Crimea’s annexation argue that the judicia- Завваги ...... ry is politicized and aggressively punishes ...... dissidents in politically motivated cases...... Russian laws bar dual citizenship for public officials, and Crimean judges were required ...... Підпис батька або матері to obtain Russian citizenship in order to return to their positions after the annexa- tion. … No. 7 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2019 13 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2019 No. 7

southern region of , will have to A guilty verdict could send the 48-year-old Ukrainian citizens imprisoned in Russia NEWSBRIEFS appear before a judge to face a detention to prison for life. Five suspects, including a and Moscow-annexed Crimea on what they order. Ms. Handziuk, a 33-year-old civic police officer, were detained last year on called politically motivated charges. Mr. (Continued from page 2) activist and adviser to the mayor of the suspicion of involvement in the attack on Balukh, who marked his 48th birthday on ple killed in the downing were Dutch citi- Black Sea port city of Kherson, died in Handziuk. Two of them have been placed in February 8, is serving a nearly five-year zens. The Netherlands has been one of the November – three months after she was pretrial detention, and the three others are prison term in Crimea for possession of main driving forces behind seeking severely injured in an acid attack. The kill- under house arrest. Handziuk’s death came weapons and explosives and assaulting a accountability for the attack. Following the ing sparked shock in Ukraine, with activists amid a wave of attacks against Ukraine’s prison guard. He and his supporters reject announcement of the JIT findings, Russia’s accusing the authorities of failing to com- civic activists, with human rights activists the charges and say they are politically Defense Ministry reiterated it had nothing plete the investigation or identify the mas- claiming law enforcement agencies failed to motivated. Mr. Sushchenko, who is a jour- to do with the downing of the plane. The termind. Mr. Lutsenko announced on thoroughly investigate the cases and might nalist, was sentenced to 12 years in a high- Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry said the February 11 that Mr. Manher had been even be complicit in some of the attacks. security prison in June in Russia on espio- findings were based on “fake data” present- notified of the accusation against him. He The United States and the European Union nage charges that he also said are political- ed by bloggers and that Moscow’s informa- said that the prosecution had obtained have called the attacks unacceptable and ly motivated. He marked his 49th birthday tion regarding the case was largely ignored. enough testimony from witnesses about urged the authorities to bring the perpetra- on February 9. The Kyiv rally expressed The United States, Britain and other allies Mr. Manher’s role in the Handziuk death, tors to justice. (RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service, support for the two activists and other have backed the JIT findings. (RFE/RL, with adding that the attackers had received “no with reporting by AFP) Ukrainian citizens held in Russia, and reporting by Reuters, Meduza, AP and less than $4,000.” According to a document Poroshenko sees Ukraine in EU, NATO warned that the number of Ukrainian Interfax) posted by Mr. Lutsenko on Facebook, Mr. nationals jailed in Russia for their views is Manher felt “personal enmity” toward Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on the rise. Russia seized Ukraine’s Official suspected in Handziuk’s death Handziuk because of her efforts to reveal says Kyiv must join the European Union Crimean peninsula in March 2014, sending A court in Kyiv is expected to consider a “illegal deforestation” in the region. Mr. and NATO to protect itself from Russia as in troops and staging a referendum request from Ukrainian prosecutors to Manher’s lawyer, Dmitro Ilchenko, said that he officially launched his reelection cam- denounced as illegitimate by at least 100 detain a high-ranking regional official sus- “no evidence” had been presented against paign. Mr. Poroshenko, who is seeking a countries, after Moscow-friendly Ukrainian pected of organizing the killing of anticor- his client. Mr. Manher insisted he did not second five-year term in the March 31 vote, President Viktor Yanukovych was pushed ruption activist last know Handziuk personally and that he had accused Moscow of planning to interfere in from power by protests. Rights groups say year. A spokesperson for Prosecutor no ties to her, telling a television station the election. He also charged that Russian that Russia has moved aggressively to pros- General said that Vladyslav that he was “not going to go anywhere and President Vladimir Putin wants to destroy ecute Ukrainian activists and anyone who Manher, head of the regional council in the will fully cooperate with the investigation.” Ukrainian independence and described the questions the annexation. In 2017, the nation’s presidential election as a “general European Parliament called on Russia to battle for Ukraine.” Mr. Poroshenko told free more than 30 Ukrainian citizens held supporters in the capital on February 9: in Russia, Crime, and parts of eastern “Only full-fledged membership in the Ukraine that are controlled by Russia- European Union and NATO can decisively backed militants. 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It largely parallels the path of the already built Nord Stream 1 Activists rally for Sushchenko, Balukh pipeline. Eastern European countries like Dozens of human rights activists have Poland and Ukraine oppose the project gathered in Kyiv’s central square to mark because they say it specifically bypasses the birthdays of two Ukrainian citizens their territories. The United States has jailed by the Russian authorities. The activ- called the pipeline a form of Russian con- ists held posters demanding the immediate trol over Germany and a threat to European release of Volodymyr Balukh and Roman energy security. (RFE/RL, with reporting Sushchenko, as well as dozens of other by AP and DPA) No. 7 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2019 15

Women in Canada (LUWC, Oksana Kuzyshyn, Pylyp Orlyk’s... president), LUWC – Toronto Branch (Halyna Vynnyk, president), the Kniahynia Olha (Continued from page 11) Branch of the Ukrainian Women’s Association structed several government office premis- of Canada (Vera Melnyk, president), the es there. These were demolished in the fol- Buduchnist Credit Union (Oksana Prociuk, lowing century. CEO, and Chrystyna Bidiak, personnel manag- In 2017-2018, archaeologists partially er), the BCU Foundation (Roman Medyk, unearthed the brick foundations of two chair), the Prometheus Foundation (Maria sizeable buildings from this administrative Szkambara, president), the Ukrainian Credit complex. Mr. Sytyi dates both of them from Union (Taras Pidzamecky, CEO), the Golden the 1750s to the 1770s and believes that Lion Restaurant (Anna Kisil, owner), and the they had one floor and a timber superstruc- Healing Source Integrative Pharmacy (Omelan ture. An example of such state edifices from and Zenia Chabursky, owners) in Toronto. Rozumovsky’s era represents the extant Next summer, archaeologists will resume masonry two-storied chancellery of the their field investigations at Baturyn. Kyiv Kozak regiment in Kozelets. It was Regrettably, due to heavy budget cuts, the constructed and embellished in the Chernihiv Oblast State Administration has Ukrainian Baroque style with rococo ele- discontinued its previous annual funding of ments in 1756. the excavations there from 2018. Thus, it is In 2017, at Kochubei’s court, a tiny but Ivan Mazepa’s fortified manor in Honcharivka, near Baturyn, before its destruction the continued benevolent support of costly silver neck cross was discovered. It in 1708. Hypothetical reconstruction by Oleksander Bondar. Ukrainian organizations, foundations, com- was cast locally in the 1740s or 1750s. This panies and private benefactors in the cross could have belonged to a child from a munities of potters and brick makers reap- Ukrainian Canadians (LUC), is the presi- United States and Canada that will sustain Kozak elite family. Its shape and engraved peared there. dent of the Ucrainica Research Institute. the project’s further archaeological ornament on the reverse were popular in Last summer, north of Mazepa’s manor, In 2016-2018, the W. K. Lypynsky East research of Mazepa’s capital and the publi- the Hetmanate at that time. archaeologists uncovered the remnants of a European Research Institute in Philadelphia cation of its results. A three-barred Orthodox Golgotha cross wooden dwelling, possibly belonging to a and the Ukrainian Studies Fund at Harvard Donations may be sent to: Mr. Stan is featured on the front. According to my potter. It was burned during the onslaught University provided generous grants for the Kamski (treasurer), Pontifical Institute of interpretation, on three cross arms, the ini- of 1708. Within the structure were found archaeological investigations of Baturyn. Mediaeval Studies, 59 Queen’s Park Cr. E., tials of Jesus Christ, the King, are inscribed several splinters from an exploded iron The Chernihiv Oblast State Administration Toronto, ON, Canada, M5S 2C4. Please make your checks payable to: Pontifical in keeping with mixed Byzantino-Slavic cannon ball from the bombardment of also contributed annual subsidies for the Baturyn by the tsarist troops. excavations in this town in 2005-2017. Institute of Mediaeval Studies (Memo: To summarize, in 2017-2018, the The most generous patrons of this study Baturyn Project). The institute will issue official tax receipts to all American and iconographic tradition. The Greek letters ІС archaeological expedition at Baturyn dis- of Baturyn are the late poetess Volodymyra Wasylyszyn and her husband, artist Roman J. Canadian donors. U.S. residents will receive obviouslyand Х are refers the canonical to His title abbreviation in Slavic: Tsar of covered the brick foundations of four hith- Wasylyszyn (Philadelphia), and the writer them from the American branch of the Christ’s name, while the Cyrillic letter Ц erto unknown buildings of the Mazepa and Rozumovsky periods. Excavations of the Lydia C. Palij, as well as Dr. George J. Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies. name and title, with only four characters Iwanchyshyn in Toronto. In 2017-2018, the Those who support this undertaking will (Цар). Such a brief monogram for Christ’s remnants of Orlyk’s residence began. Stove tile fragments with the earliest-known coat historical and archaeological exploration of be gratefully acknowledged in related pub- Orthodox crosses with Greek or Cyrillic of arms of Orlyk and the distinctive new the hetman capital and the preparation of lications and public lectures. inscriptions.(ІС, Х, Ц), is rarelyLonger employed monograms on modern for the heraldic emblem of Mazepa were found associated publications were supported with For additional information or questions there. Both will be graphically reconstruct- donations from the national executive of LUC about the Baturyn project, readers can con- ed and published. (Roman Medyk, president), LUC – Toronto tact the author of this article in Toronto via common.name of Jesus The Christ brevity (ІС, ofХC) this and particularHis title as The latest archaeological findings have Branch (Mykola Lytvyn, president), the telephone, 416-766-1408, or e-mail, monogramthe “King of could Glory” be (Царdue to Слави) the small are size more of reconfirmed the dynamics of masonry con- national executive of the League of Ukrainian [email protected]. this child’s cross. struction, local urban crafts, and Ukrainian During the 2017 excavations at the Baroque ceramic decorative and heraldic Baturyn fortress, a remarkable bronze ring arts, as well as the commercial and cultural with a seal on its glass insert dating to the connections of the hetman capital with the Mazepa era was found. The seal depicts a Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, the stylized masonry fortress over which an Swedish Empire and Muscovy. For the first eagle is fighting a serpent or a dragon in the time, an artifact depicting a Byzantine artis- sky. I maintain that this composition on the tic motif has been discovered at Baturyn. seal illustrates a Byzantine legend about New archaeological evidence further With great sadness we inform you the combat between Christianity, symbol- revealed the destruction of the trade and of the repose in the Lord on Friday, January 25, 2019, ized by the eagle, and Islam, embodied as a craft districts of Mazepa’s capital by the of our dear husband, father, son, coach, and friend serpent, in the sky above Constantinople Russian army. Thanks to the annual sys- during the reign of Emperor Constantine tematic excavations at Baturyn over the the Great (306-337). The reference to Islam past two decades, this town has become Philip P. Schepel during Constantine’s time is anachronistic the most extensively archaeologically stud- Born October 2, 1954, Newark, NJ, USA in this legend. ied settlement of the Kozak realm. Early modern Ukrainian seals basically The recent detailed examination of the In deep sorrow: feature heraldic emblems. The signet ring town’s history and antiquities is presented mother - Valentina with this unusual Byzantine motif could in the richly illustrated booklet “Rozkopky wife - Carole, née Neidermeyer have belonged to an educated Kozak officer, u Baturyni 2017 Roku. Rekonstruktsiyi sons - Paul and Peter state official, scribe or cleric in Mazepa’s Herba Pylypa Orlyka” (Excavations at brother - Andrew with wife Tania and family capital who lacked noble status and a relat- Baturyn in 2017. Reconstructions of the beloved aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and godsons ed coat of arms. But its owner certainly had Coat of Arms of Pylyp Orlyk) published in to be familiar with the Byzantine legend Phil was raised in Somerset, N.J. He graduated from Rutgers University Toronto by Homin Ukrainy (2018, 32 pp. in in 1979 with a degree in Psychology. In 1980 he founded Mintax, Inc., a represented on the seal. Ukrainian, 62 color illustrations). This pub- Unearthed during the 2017 excavations company specializing in securing tax credits and economic incentives lication is available for purchase for $10 for U.S. corporations. Phil helmed the business for over 25 years, at Baturyn also were: two glazed ceramic from the office of the national executive of children’s toys fashioned in folk style (a which grew to over 130 employees at its peak, and eventually sold the the League of Ukrainian Canadians in company to Automated Data Processing, Inc. (ADP) in 2006. rare tiny cup and a common whistle shaped Toronto (telephone, 416-516-8223; e-mail, as a stylized bird), three fragments of pat- [email protected]) and through the CIUS Phil was an avid sherman, metal detector, landscaper and handyman. terned terracotta Kozak tobacco pipes, two Press in Edmonton (telephone, 780-492- He possessed a sharp wit and legendary sense of humor. He was a iron belt clasps, two copper buttons, three 2973; e-mail, [email protected]; website, producer of the Broadway musical, “Memphis,” for which he received lead musket bullets and various iron tools, http://www.ciuspress.com/catalogue/his- a Tony award. Phil was involved in numerous charitable endeavors all of local manufacture, nine silver Polish- tory/372/rozkopki-u-baturini-2017). including ODUM Ukrainian Youth Association, where he spent many Lithuanian and three copper Russian coins For 18 years, the Canadian Institute of summers as camper and counselor, Syzokryli Ukrainian Dance Ensemble, from the 17th-18th century, as well as two Ukrainian Studies (CIUS) at the University the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and Christian Brothers silver shillings of Queen Christina Vasa of of Alberta, the Pontifical Institute of Academy, among others. Sweden minted in Riga, Livonia, in 1635- Mediaeval Studies at the University of The funeral was held on Thursday, January 31, 2019, at St. Andrew 1654, and one 17th-century silver solidus Toronto, and the Ucrainica Research Ukrainian Orthodox Church, with burial at St. Andrew Cemetery, S. Bound from Swedish Livonia. Institute in Toronto have sponsored the Brook, N.J. Archaeological investigations by Mr. historical and archaeological research of Sytyi have established that during the sack Baturyn during the Kozak era. Prof. Zenon Those wishing to honor his memory are invited to make a donation to: of Baturyn in 1708, Russian forces Kohut, a former director of CIUS and emi- St. Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox Church destroyed the trade and craft suburbs in nent historian of the Hetmanate, is the P.O. Box 495, S. Bound Brook, NJ, 08880 Honcharivka and Teplivka. It was only half founder and academic adviser of this proj- a century later, when Rozumovsky repopu- ect. Orest Steciw, the managing director of May his memory be eternal! lated the devastated town, that new com- the National Executive of the League of 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2019 No. 7

Chechen wars” and now involving the war mostly the same.” Putin regime... on Ukraine. New opportunity... To ensure that the separation from “Putin is not simply a thief and kleptoc- Russia is clear, Ukraine’s Parliament passed (Continued from page 6) (Continued from page 5) racy,” Mr. Skobov continues. “He is a mass a law on December 20, 2018, that requires which the dominating elites after a long murderer and a fanatic. Death and war autocephalous Church.” Churches whose “head office or adminis- struggle have come to terms with their accompany all his rule. Putin is death and He said the creation of an independent tration” is situated in an “aggressor state” responsibility to society and with legal limi- war. Putin is the aggressor. No one threat- Ukrainian Orthodox Church headquartered to re-register under a new name within tations on force is something the ruling ens Russia with conquest and enslavement. in Kyiv sends a direct message to hierarchs four months. That will likely mean that the kleptocracy of the Putin mafia views as a Putin conducts his wars for the enslave- of the Russian Orthodox Church in Moscow. Moscow Patriarchate Church in Ukraine threat,” Mr. Skobov says. ment of others.” “They have always said that this ‘great’ will be known as the Russian Orthodox At its base, he continues, the roots of the In order to enslave others, “Putin has Russian Church started in Kyiv and later Church in Ukraine, as Patriarch Filaret, pri- Putin regime’s hatred of Western civiliza- unleashed an aggressive war against moved to Moscow,” said Mr. Babynskyi. “So mate of the UOC-KP, said last October in an tion and its political values “take as their Ukraine” and annexed Crimea. And as a when this new Ukrainian Church is inde- exclusive interview with Radio Free point of departure the radical conservatism result, “Ukraine has become the main field pendent from Russia, it’s like losing a part Europe/Radio Liberty. of the 19th century with its attacks on lib- of battle in the global fight between the of their history.” Mr. Babynskyi said he expects the OCU eral values,” which rejected the French rev- Putin mafia and Western civilization.” That (The Metropolitanate of Kyiv and all Rus’ will be used by Ukrainian President Petro olution of 1789 and ultimately led to what is where the fate of the current internation- was under the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of Poroshenko and others in the current cam- Adolph Hitler called national socialism. al legal order will be decided. the Ecumenical Patriarchate of paign leading up to the March 31 presiden- Because that is the case, Mr. Skobov con- That order will survive “only if the world Constantinople. It traces its beginnings to tial election to illustrate a tangible example tinues, the Putin kleptocracy is “the ‘exis- has sufficient political will and decisiveness 988, when Volodymyr the Great, the grand of Ukrainian sovereignty. tential’ enemy of Western civilization and to force the Russian Federation to get out of prince of Kyiv, declared Christianity the The “danger,” as Mr. Babynskyi outlined, its way of life. The Putin mafia not only Crimea and the Donbas. Therefore, any state religion of Kyivan Rus’.) is that politicians might wish to cast the seeks with all its strengths to stop the actions directed at forcing Russia to leave Given continuing heightened tensions OCU as a state Church and most of the bish- spread of the Western political model …it these places must be welcomed.” between Kyiv and Moscow regarding ops of the new entity could concur with strikes to destroy Western civilization from Unfortunately for the West, “stopping Russian-backed hostilities in Ukraine’s such a view. “The bishops want to have sup- within by corrupting elites and supporting Putin’s aggression only by sanctions target- Donbas region, there is also a political port from the state, and the politicians want ed at his entourage is impossible. As long as reactionary extreme right forces.” dimension to the emergence of the OCU. support from the Church come election the countries of the West refuse to use The Putin regime can justify its internal “For many Ukrainians – Orthodox, time,” he said. “So they are using each other.” arms against the aggression, Putin will suc- order only by seeking to recover “a zone of Catholics, non-believers and even Muslims However, speaking at the enthronement cessfully destroy the international legal imperial ‘diktat,’ the possibility to rape an – it is seen as helping to protect national of Metropolitan Epifaniy on February 3, dismember its neighbors” without punish- order through his use of ‘hybrid wars.’ ” security,” Mr. Babynskyi said. “The Moscow President Poroshenko stated that the OCU ment. And in this way it can provide sup- “Sometimes one must fight for peace,” Patriarchate was like a channel of Russian “is and will be separated from the state.” port for itself by “destroying the very prin- Mr. Skobov says, or as Andrey Illarionov put influence on Ukraine. We know very well The UNIAN news service quoted him as ciple of the supremacy of international law.” it in a recent interview, “tanks will only be that the relations between the patriarch of underscoring: “There will be no state-con- Consequently, “the imperial revanchism stopped by other tanks – or by tank-stop- Moscow [Kirill] and the president of Russia trolled Church in Ukraine. This constitu- of the Putin kleptocracy must not be con- ping means.” [Vladimir Putin] are very close, and the tional principle has been in force and will sidered as an exclusively pragmatic instru- And Mr. Skobov concludes: “While the ment for the achievement of domestic war is going on, any expression of support place of Ukraine in their world view is remain in force.” political goals.” It reflects a desire for great- and sympathy for the Putin army is a ness based on the destruction of the West betrayal of the victims of aggression” and and the West’s values, Mr. Skobov argues. an act of assistance to “the occupiers and It touches our hearts and strengthens our Because it possesses nuclear weapons those who would inflict punishment on our St. Nicholas... faith in the future.” “We express our gratitude for the gifts to and says it is prepared to use them, the common worldwide home.” (Continued from page 7) Putin mafia has become “the main threat Thus, “don’t believe Putin: he isn’t racing our children on the occasion of St. Nicholas today to peace, progress and civilization.” It to get into paradise; he surmises that what the Military and Civilian Administration, Day. Your support of our students reflects has committed war crimes and crimes awaits him in the next world is not para- the Department of Education and the Red your kindness and concern both now and against humanity for the entire period of its dise but the Beslan school with burning Cross. in the future.” existence, starting with the “colonial walls falling on those within.” St. Nicholas also gifted 60 elderly people. “We are grateful to UUARC who in these Because they fought for an independent difficult times for Ukraine tries to bring joy Ukraine, they were exiled and are in poor to our children, puts smiles on their faces in his “State of the UNA Address,” noted health. They received all the ingredients and ignites a flame of hope in their hearts Turning... that as of December 2017 the “UNA’s total necessary for a Christmas Eve holy supper. for a better future.” net admitted assets stand at $187.8 mil- Here are a few excerpts from letters of “Thank you for not ignoring the problems (Continued from page 6) lion,” and its surplus was at $10.6 million, appreciation which were sent to UUARC of the residents of the city of Toretsk. Thank The third UNA convention also decided with a net operating income of $1.3 million. home office. you for your support and your kind hearts.” to establish an Indigent Fund to help needy “Our heartfelt thanks for your continu- “St Nicholas Day is one of the most joyous members, deducting 10 cents from month- Sources: “Highlights from the UNA’s 110- ous help and support. Your gifts, books and and beloved holidays. Children everywhere ly membership dues for that purpose. Mr. year history,” “Ukrainian National Association clothing are very precious to us because wait impatiently for the arrival of St. Glova was re-elected as supreme president. Its Past and Present, (1894-1964)” by they come from people who live far from Nicholas and for the gifts which he brings. At the latest UNA convention held last Anthony Dragan (Svoboda Press, 1964), The our country but understand hardships and How wonderful when their dreams can year UNA President/CEO Stefan Kaczaraj, Ukrainian Weekly, February 29, 2004. difficulties of people who are displaced and come true! Our sincere thanks to our bene- are without a home. In recent years, UUARC factors for their understanding and support.” has become a true friend and partner. United Ukrainian American Every day people express their gratitude to Relief Committee your organization. Your help is invaluable. Philadelphia

ly, more dangerous spot (The Local U.S. now... Denmark, August 10, 2018). All that said, Nord Stream 2 continues to (Continued from page 2) move ahead in construction, despite mount- Gazprom to finish Nord Stream 2 on time. ing U.S. pressure. As a result, more attention Few firms besides Allseas and Saipem spe- is being paid again to the question of cialize in complex subsea installations, par- Russia’s gas transit deal with Ukraine. Less ticularly deep-water pipeline installations. than a year before the contract expires, Moreover, the three other big subsea service negotiations aimed at a new agreement, or companies – Technip (France), Subsea 7 compensation for ending the old one, have (Norway) and McDermott (U.S.) – are failed to produce results. Ukraine’s Naftogaz European or American, and would likely not pipeline company has asked Swedish, risk sanctions to work on Nord Stream 2. British, Swiss and Dutch courts to freeze Although the Trump administration’s Gazprom’s assets in their territory to gain warnings may just be bluster – the U.S. leverage in the negotiations. Meanwhile, Treasury Department has yet to impose Russian Energy Minister Aleksandr Novak any of these sanctions – most companies has warned that a new deal with Ukraine are unlikely to want to risk finding out. would be possible only after the European Meanwhile, the Nord Stream 2 partners legal cases were settled (TASS, January 21). have drawn up a new pipeline route to cir- Thus, the complex legal jousting continues. cumvent another obstacle – Denmark’s refusal to allow the pipeline to traverse its The article above is reprinted from territorial waters. The new path will go Eurasia Daily Monitor with permission from around this area, but as a result, will have its publisher, the Jamestown Foundation, to be built in a less favorable and, potential- www.jamestown.org. No. 7 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2019 17

COMMUNITY CHRONICLE Floridians mark centennial of Ukraine’s Day of Unity by Vira Bodnaruk NORTH PORT, Fla. – The Ukrainian community of Southwest Florida marked the 100th anniversary of Ukraine’s Day of Unity ( January 22, 1919) on January 26 at St. Andrew’s Ukrainian Religious and Cultural Center in North Port, Fla., with a special pro- gram. Taking part in the commemoration were Ukrainian American Veterans headed by Ihor Hron, commander of Post 40. After a brief introduction by the pres- ident of the United Ukrainian American Organizations of Southwest Florida, Prof. Vira Bodnaruk, participants of the program were introduced by Lida

Victor Lisnyczyj The Women’s Ensemble led by Anna Marianni and Vlad Szpiczka. Jachnycky. A historical overview of events that led to the unification of Ukrainian lands into one independent state was given by Nestor Olesnycky. A video illustrating those histor- ical moments was shown by Victor Lisnyczyj. Poems celebrating the Act of Union of 1919 were read by Olia Babchuk, Lesia Popel and Olia Hron. The Women’s Ensemble led by Anna Marianni with accompaniment by Vlad Szpiczka sang three songs glorifying the Ukrainian Sich Riflemen, heroes of 1918-1919. Special thanks were expressed to the members of the United Ukrainian Vira Bodnaruk, president of the United Ukrainian American Organizations of American Organizations for organizing a Southwest Florida, with Ukrainian American Veterans. Nestor Olesnycky, the main speaker. successful event.

Seminarians raise nearly $1,600 for soup kitchens in Ukraine UOC-U.S.A. SOUTH BOUND BROOK, N.J. – Following the hierarchical divine liturgy celebrated by Archbishop Daniel of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the U.S.A. (UOC-U.S.A.) on Sunday, February 10, nearly 100 parishioners and visitors filled Pokrova Sisterhood Social Hall, adjacent to St. Andrew Memorial Church, to enjoy the soups prepared by the Ukrainian Orthodox League (UOL) chapter of the St. Sophia Ukrainian Orthodox Theological Seminary. The Souper Bowl Sunday event raised nearly $1,600 for soup kitchens in Ukraine, under the patronage of the St. Andrew Society. Other chapters of the UOL held similar events on February 3. The seminarians had spent many hours in the kitchen chopping vegetables, frying meatballs, shredding cabbage and stirring hot bubbly boiling pots. With pride in their work, the young men happily donned aprons and got ready to serve the delicious broths. After the prayer, Metropolitan Antony, prime hierarch of the UOC-U.S.A., led the way by tasting a bit of each soup offered. Ladles uocofusa.org clanked as bowls were filled with hot red borsch, creamy Metropolitan Antony and Archbishop Daniel (center right and center left, respectively) join seminarians of St. green pea soup, lusciously fragrant mushroom soup, rich Sophia Ukrainian Orthodox Theological Seminary during the Souper Bowl Sunday fund-raiser luncheon. “kapusniak” (cabbage soup), thick Italian soup with meat- balls, and salty “solyanka.” The laughter and chatter in the delivering funds, coal, food and medical supplies to the Seminary’s UOL Chapter, thanked everyone for their gener- room soon quieted down as everyone got busy enjoying elderly who find themselves in desperate circumstances. ous donations, which totaled about $1,600. In gratitude for bowl after bowl of soup. Archbishop Daniel’s sermon that morning was about everyone’s generosity, the seminarians sang Christmas car- Various informative brochures and flyers were placed being generous and giving, listeners realized this was a ols for the gathering. on the tables to educate readers about the sad situations chance to make a difference. People enthusiastically The seminarians thanked everyone who contributed to faced by many in Ukraine. The lonely eyes of the residents reached deep into their pockets and contributed well the success of the St. Sophia Seminary UOL chapter’s of the Mariupol Elderly Care Center portrayed on the bro- above the suggested donation amount. They realized that Souper Bowl Sunday campaign, noting that the funds col- chures forlornly gazed up at the guests as they indulged in while they sat in a warm room, safely surrounded by their lected will relieve many burdens and warm not only bod- the ample supply of hot soup. friends and family, enjoying bowl after bowl of hot soup, ies, but, hearts. Archbishop Daniel presented a brief overview about the that there were people in Ukraine, who were lonely, cold, Readers can find additional information about the St. St. Andrew Society and how it benefits the most marginal- scared and hungry. Sophia Seminary and its UOL chapter’s activities by visiting ized in society. He told of his personal experiences, often Subdeacon Yurii Bobko, president of the St. Sophia the seminary’s website, http://stsuots.org. 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2019 No. 7

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February 20 Art exhibit, “Icons on Ammo Boxes: An Art Project of February 28 Ivan Franko Lecture by Robert Magocsi, “On Becoming a Somerset, NJ Kyivan Artists Sofia Atlantova and Oleksandr Klymenko,” Ottawa Ukrainianist,” Ukrainian Canadian Professional and Ukrainian History and Education Center, Ukrainian Cultural Businesspersons Association (Ottawa), University of Ottawa, Center, 732-356-0090 or www.uocofusa.org [email protected] or 613-324-5409

February 22 Revolution of Dignity commemoration, “Revolution of Dignity: February 28 Forum, U.S.-Ukraine Security Dialogue X, “Taking Measure Buffalo, NY The Battle Continues” with guest speaker Andriy Futey, Washington of Russia’s Hybrid War Against Ukraine,” Center of Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, Ukrainian- U.S.-Ukraine Relations, National Press Club, RSVP required, American Civic Center, 716-238-1731 212-228-6840 or [email protected]

February 22 Concert featuring Iryna Fedyshyn, Ukrainian National March 2 Presentation of Debutantes, Ukrainian American Youth Paramus, NJ Women’s League of America (Branch 137), Paramus Catholic Parsippany, NJ Association, Sheraton Parsippany, www.cym.org/us/deb High School, https://eventbrite.com or 201-220-9295 March 2 Benefit art auction, “For the Love of Art,” Ukrainian Institute February 23 Ukrainian Heritage Day, Philadelphia 76ers vs Portland Chicago of Modern Art, www.uima-chicago.org or 773-227-5522 Philadelphia Trail Blazers, Wells Fargo Center, 973-919-1322 or [email protected] March 2 Ski Races, Carpathian Ski Club (KLK), Hunter Mountain, February 23 Discussion, “Success Stories,” with panelists Leonid Mazur Hunter, NY Coppertree Restaurant at Hunter Mountain, New York and Yaroslav Azhnyuk, with moderator Ivana Lotoshynski, [email protected] or www.klkusa.com Ukrainian Business and Professionals Association, Ukrainian Institute of America, http://uapba-uia.eventbrite.com March 2 Family Pyrohy Night, Knights of Columbus and Ukrainian Ottawa Catholic Women’s League of Canada, St. John the Baptist February 24 Concert, “Marianna Humetska: Chopin by Candlelight,” Ukrainian Catholic Shrine, 613-830-7781 Chicago Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, 773-227-5522 or www.uima-chicago.org March 2 Spring dance, with music by Halychany, Immaculate Conception Philadelphia Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral, [email protected] February 24 Pre-Lenten (meat-fare) dinner and cultural celebration, Nanticoke, PA Transfiguration of Our Lord Ukrainian Catholic Church, March 3 100th birthday celebration honoring Jack Palance, Ukrainian 570-735-4654 or 570-824-3880 Los Angeles Art Center of Los Angeles, Ukrainian Cultural Center, [email protected] or www.ukrainianartcentersocal.org February 24 Pre-Lenten dinner, St. Vladimir Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Scranton, PA Church, 570-503-1517 March 3 through Exhibit, “Rushnyky: Ritual Cloths of the Cossack Lands August 31 of Ukraine,” Ukrainian History and Education Center, February 24 Memorial service and commemorative concert honoring the Somerset, NJ 732-356-0132 or [email protected] Philadelphia “Heavenly Brigade,” with the Accolada Chamber Choir, Prometheus Male Chorus, violinists Yuliyana Fartachuk and Marianna Klingensmith, and pianist Lubov Shchuyko, Ukrainian Entries in “Out and About” are listed free of charge. Priority is given to events Congress Committee of America (Philadelphia branch), advertised in The Ukrainian Weekly. However, we also welcome submissions Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, from all our readers. Items will be published at the discretion of the editors www.ukrcathedral.com or 215-242-3689 and as space allows. Please send e-mail to [email protected]. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2019 No. 7

PREVIEW OF EVENTS Saturday, February 23 NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific Society invites all to a roundtable on the topic “Presidential Election in Ukraine 2019,” with Adrian Karatnycky, Alexander J. Motyl, Bohdan Vytvytsky and Walter Zaryckyj. The roundtable will take place at the society’s building, 63 Fourth Ave. (between Ninth and 10th streets) at 5 p.m. For additional informa- tion call 212-254-5130. Saturday-Sunday, February 23-24 WHIPPANY, N.J.: “Ukrainian Kazky,” a diorama exhibit by Luba and Andrij Chornodolsky for children and adults of all ages will be on view at the Ukrainian American Cultural Center of New Jersey. There is free admission for continuous programs that will be shown every 45 minutes starting at 9:15 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Saturday. There will be one perfor- mance at 10 a.m. on Sunday. The UACCNJ is located at 60 North Jefferson Road, Whippany, NJ 07981. For more informa- tion e-mail [email protected].

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