Inside: l Amnesty International on Ukraine’s appalling record on rights – page 3 l Philadelphia credit union supports Holodomor memorial – page 4 l Sen. Dick Lugar receives Shevchenko Freedom Award – page 5

ThePublished U by thekrainian Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal W non-profit associationeekly Vol. LXXXI No. 1 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 6, 2013 $1/$2 in Ukraine Ukrainian World Congress Conference on rule of law marks 45th anniversary held in Ukraine’s capital by Zenon Zawada Special to The Ukrainian Weekly KYIV – Will rule of law ever emerge in Ukraine? If so, how? Lawyers, intellectuals and students addressed these burning questions at the conference “Different Roads to the Rule of Law” held on November 23-24 at the National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy (NUKMA). NUKMA and the Canada Ukraine Parliamentary Program (CUPP) were co- organizers of the conference. Ukraine ranks among the world’s worst countries in the fields of criminal justice (79th out of 97 countries surveyed), corruption (94th out of 97) and enforcing state regulations (91st out of 97), accord- ing to the World Justice Project’s Rule of Law Index released on November 28. UWC One of the most astute observers of rule Canada-Ukraine Parliamentary Program Ukrainian World Congress members of the board of directors and office staff. of law has been Hanne Severinsen, who had Dr. Bohdan Hawrylyshyn, founder of the served as a representative in Ukraine for International Management Institute in OAKVILLE, Ontario – Over 300 guests International Observer Mission to the 2012 the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council Kyiv, said Ukraine needs a complete trans- attended a gala banquet at St. Joseph’s parliamentary elections in Ukraine, of Europe (PACE) for 13 years. (The Council formation of its societal order. He has Ukrainian Catholic Church and Heritage Ambassador Derek Fraser. of Europe is distinct from the European launched a project to do that, recruiting Center in Oakville, Ontario, on November The former Canadian ambassador to Union. It doesn’t make binding laws but alumni of the Canada-Ukraine 17, 2012, to celebrate the 45th anniversary Ukraine spoke about the role of the UWC in promotes cooperation in human rights, Parliamentary Program. of the Ukrainian World Congress (UWC). monitoring the recent election and summa- democratic development and the rule of of reforms in the legal system, the excessive Ted Menzies, minister of state (finance), rized the findings of the mission. At the core law. Among its most influential bodies is power of the prosecutor’s office, the lack of brought greetings from the prime minister of his message was the importance of con- the European Court of Human Rights.) At independence of the judiciary. But following of Canada, Stephen Harper, and a video tinued engagement with Ukraine and the the conference, she described the process concrete trials I was shocked to see that the greeting was conveyed by the former presi- Ukrainian people. (Excerpts of his remarks as the “work of Sisyphus,” referring to the reality in a Ukrainian court was even worse dent of the European Parliament, Prof. appear on page 9.) mythological figure who repeatedly rolled a than I could have imagined,” Ms. Severinsen Jerzy Buzek. In his address, UWC President Eugene rock up a hill, only to have it roll back down Czolij highlighted the work of the UWC, said, referring to her observations of the The keynote address of the evening was and have to start over. politically motivated trials against former delivered by the chief observer of the UWC (Continued on page 10) “For many years I had criticized the lack Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and other members of her government. Ms. Severinsen noted that the administra- tion of President Viktor Yanukovych has no political will to implement the rule of law in Ukraine takes over chairmanship of OSCE Ukraine, despite the best efforts of European OSCE this and other protracted conflicts in the institutions to assist in the process. region. For example, her organization, the KYIV – Ukraine will seek to make prog- “We must re-energize negotiations Danish Helsinki Committee, is willing to ress on resolving protracted conflicts, within the existing formats and prevent contribute to reforms with expertise, as strengthening conventional arms control, any escalation in tensions. The resolution well as funding from the Danish govern- combating human trafficking, reducing of protracted conflicts must remain the ment. “But without having high illusions the environmental impact of energy-relat- highest priority for the OSCE and all par- about the difficulties in a country with a ed activities, and protecting human rights ticipating states,” he said. government with only one goal – to control and fundamental freedoms, according to Ukraine would also be working to make all power and to keep it in their hands,” she the new chairperson-in-office of the progress in arms control and confidence- said. ) Organization for Security and Cooperation building measures, the OSCE chairperson- An equally bleak assessment was in Europe (OSCE), Ukraine’s Foreign in-office stated, as a way of strengthening offered by Dr. Taras Kuzio, a research fellow Affairs Minister Leonid Kozhara. security and military stability. at Johns Hopkins University. He pointed out Speaking on January 1 as he assumed Energy security in terms of the envi- that social attitudes are just as responsible the OSCE post, Minister Kozhara highlight- ronmental impact of energy-related activi- for the lack of rule of law as the corrupt ed his country’s role and experience as a ties is another of Ukraine’s priorities for politicians. co-mediator and guarantor in the the year. “One of the specific issues that The Ukrainian people have a high disap- Transdniestrian settlement process and merits a distinct place in our political dia- proval of democracy in general (70 per- welcomed the momentum achieved in OSCE The new OSCE chairperson-in-office, logue within the OSCE is energy security, cent) and less than half of Ukrainians these talks over the past year. He stressed Ukraine’s Foreign Affairs Minister believe in the importance of freedom of the need to continue to make progress in Leonid Kozhara. 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Russia builds diplomatic and military tools Yanukovych names new ministers sively seeking a compromise with the IMF,” Mr. Azarov said. Earlier, he had expressed KYIV – Ukrainian President Viktor the hope that the government would be to counter Western resistance to Eurasian Union Yanukovych appointed a new Cabinet of able to sign a new cooperation agreement Ministers following the dismissal of the pre- national leaders. Russia also represents a with the International Monetary Fund by Dumitru Minzarari vious government after the October 2012 huge market with lower standards for pro- without raising tariffs on housing and utili- Eurasia Daily Monitor parliamentary elections. Decrees published duced goods, making it more accessible for ty services for households. (Ukrinform) on the Ukrainian presidential website on U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s post-Soviet states. recent remarks about Russia’s efforts to “re- Integration shall, by Moscow’s design, December 24, 2012, say Finance Minister Compulsory military service to end Sovietize” the countries of the former Union allow CIS country leaders to slightly Yurii Kolobov and Internal Affairs Minister of Soviet Socialist Republics have apparent- improve their citizens’ standard of living Vitalii Zakharchenko have both been reap- KYIV – Ukraine says it is ending the ly touched a nerve with the Kremlin. through Russian-subsidized deliveries of pointed. Leonid Kozhara was named as the practice of compulsory military service in Secretary Clinton warned that the United cheap natural gas, a wider common union new foreign affairs minister, while Pavlo 2013 and will move to a system of recruit- States is well aware of Russia’s intentions to job market and other social benefits that Lebedev becomes defense minister. Eduard ing contract personnel. Defense Minister rebuild its control over the former Soviet Russia’s neighboring economies are not Stavitsky was named as energy and mining Pavlo Lebedev announced the shift as part republics via extended regional integration able to provide for their domestic constitu- minister. Outgoing Foreign Affairs Minister of his official holiday announcement, say- and institutionalization under the benign- encies alone. Kostyantyn Gryschchenko was named vice ing the ministry was undergoing “cardinal looking labels of the Customs Union or With so much economic and political prime minister with responsibilities in the changes.” He also said the shift would bring Eurasian Union. She also revealed that the influence, Russia will then be able to pro- spheres of culture, education, science, Ukraine’s military recruitment into line U.S. is trying to think of ways to slow this mote its preferred candidates in national youth, sports and health care. Former with those in “leading countries of the process down or prevent it (Vz.ru, Kyiv Post, elections along its periphery – and will basi- Energy Minister Yuriy Boiko also was world.” Ukraine’s armed forces numbered December 7). cally own the national governments. Such named a vice prime minister, and Serhiy 184,000 troops in 2012, making it the fifth- Secretary Clinton’s explicit comments at an outcome would also trigger a diffusion Arbuzov was tapped as first vice prime min- largest army in Europe. The Defense the Organization for Security and into neighboring countries of Russia’s politi- ister. Gennadii Titov will oversee regional Ministry aims to reduce the number of mil- Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) December 6 cal system, which is a form of “smart development, construction, housing and itary personnel to 70,000 within the next ministerial meeting in Dublin caused quite a authoritarianism” mimicking democratic utilities. Nataliya Korolevska was named five years. (RFE/RL, based on reporting by institutions and processes. This type of gov- stir among Russia’s top officials. President minister of social policies, and Oleh ITAR-TASS and Interfax-Ukraine) Vladimir Putin caustically retorted that the ernance forces its citizens to trade between Proskuryakov is the new minister of the U.S. accusations were nonsense. He pointed some minimal level of social welfare environment and natural resources. UWC cites significant dates in 2013 to the common language, similar mindsets, assured by the government in exchange for Ukraine’s Parliament approved the reap- as well as interconnected transportation giving up many individual freedoms. The pointment of Prime Minister Mykola Azarov TORONTO – The Ukrainian World and energy infrastructures as natural fac- emergence of the Russian-led Eurasian on December 13, 2012, during a session Congress announced as the motto for the tors pushing Russian-led integration in the Union would produce a wave of authoritari- that saw lawmakers exchange punches. The Ukrainian diaspora in 2013 the title of an post-Soviet space. He even referred to the anism, slowly spreading from East to West, Cabinet held its organizational meeting on inspirational poem written by renowned European Union as an integration project until it reached the borders of the EU. December 24. (RFE/RL, based on reporting Ukrainian poet Lesia Ukrainka, “Contra that restrains the national sovereignties of The second idea revealed by the Russian by Reuters and Interfax) spem spero!” The Ukrainian World its member states even more than the officials’ impassioned responses to Congress also called upon Ukrainians USSR’s Supreme Soviet decision framework Secretary Clinton reflects the sharp unease Azarov: Ukraine can do without loans throughout the world to commemorate the used to (Vz.ru, December 10). that Moscow feels about Washington’s KYIV – Ukraine can do without loans in following historic anniversaries in 2013: Other officials followed the Russian presi- potential attempts to hinder its “gathering 2013 and does not intend to borrow on the 80th anniversary of the Holodomor, the dent’s lead, including State Duma Speaker of the post-Soviet lands.” The Kremlin unacceptable conditions, but it is not that genocide of the Ukrainian people; the Sergei Naryshkin and the Duma’s understands well that its offers to post-Sovi- 100th anniversary of the death of Lesia Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) et states may be rendered less attractive by easy to do so. That is why the Ukrainian Ukrainka; the 75th anniversary of the Committee Chair Leonyd Slutskyi. Mr. alternative offers from the West, and its government is seeking a compromise with Naryshkin stated that U.S. interference in the constraining mechanisms may, therefore, the International Monetary Fund, accord- assassination of Organization of Ukrainian Eurasian integration processes was unac- become ineffective if the targeted govern- ing to a post by Prime Minister Mykola Nationalists leader Yevhen Konovalets; the ceptable (Vz.ru, December 10). Mr. Slutskyi ments are supported by the United States Azarov on his Facebook page. “I have said 75th anniversary of the birth of Vasyl Stus; reasoned that since the Eurasian Union is and the European Union. that Ukraine can do without IMF loans, but the 150th anniversary of the Valuyev going to become a major global player, Consequently, in addition to its diplomat- I have never said that it is very easy to do Circular of Russia’s Minister of Internal Secretary Clinton’s statement in Dublin was ic moves, Russia is making significant this. Actually we can really do without Affairs banning the publication of an effort to preserve the U.S.-dominated uni- efforts to strengthen its military tool of for- credits and will not take these loans on Ukrainian language books. (UWC) polar world (Vz.ru, December 8). eign policy. Moscow believes that moderniz- terms unacceptable to us, but it will not be Two essential ideas can be observed in ing its strategic nuclear capabilities to that easy to do. That is why we are inten- (Continued on page 12) the Russian officials’ emotional responses. enable Russia to penetrate U.S. missile First, the Russian statements, including last defense systems would deter the United year’s explanation by Mr. Putin during the States from interfering into Russia’s foreign presidential campaign, attempt to clarify affairs. It is also massively funding its con- FOUNDED 1933 Moscow’s intention to transform the ventional forces, permitting Moscow to cre- The Ukrainian Weekly Eurasian Union into one of the global poles ate facts on the ground that other actors of power, connecting Europe and the Asia- would have to accept. 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The key issue was the Law” conference held on November 23-24, state… 2012, at the National University of Kyiv I’ll tell you the story. During the war, a Mohyla Academy, which was a co-sponsor of German soldier on leave told his wife he no the event along with the Canada-Ukraine longer believed in the Nazi system. His eyes Parliamentary Program. had been opened by awful things which Mr. Lucas spent most of his life in Oxford, were being done. She happened to be England, where he served for 36 years as a wanting a new husband so then told the fellow and tutor in philosophy at Merton Nazi authorities. I think he was then sent to College. He remains an emeritus member of a front, where they knew he’d get killed, the university’s philosophy faculty, served as and he was killed. Then after the war, there president of the British Society for the was the question of whether she was guilty Philosophy of Science and is a fellow of the of a crime. Ron Fuller thought certainly she British Academy. was and the reason was the Nazi regime, A prolific author with diverse teaching which was comparable to Stalin’s regime, and research interests, Mr. Lucas has written was so corrupt that its enactments didn’t on the philosophy of mathematics, the phi- have the force of law. You might have to losophy of the mind, free will and determin- obey them in order not to get punished, but Zenon Zawada ism, and the philosophy of science. there wasn’t a legally valid enactment. His insight was particularly helpful at John Lucas in Kyiv. Although the Reichstag had passed laws, the conference because of his frequent travel ative concept. We know breaches of it but, conventions. But rather more generally, it is they failed on two very fundamental ques- in Eastern Europe during the years leading there isn’t a complete account of it. What is the culture – and it doesn’t have to be a tions: one, they had laws that were not up to the Soviet Union’s collapse. The confer- important is just simply to see what could high culture, but it does need to be a shared published and the other, they had criminal ence was the occasion for his first visit to be done at a particular level. At any level, culture. laws that were retrospective. In each case, Ukraine. it’s a great help if there’s a common back- the subject couldn’t know what he was Following is an interview with the noted ground of values which can be a high civili- How far removed do you think societ- expected to do and couldn’t keep out of scholar. zation, but it doesn’t have to be a high civili- ies in this part of the world are from trouble. That is an absolutely fundamental zation. being able to build rule of law societies? principle. Is a high standard of rule of law possi- What’s important is that there’s a great I drew a sharp parallel with an ongoing ble in those civilizations or cultures that The case with the post-Soviet and with sharing of ideas of what ought to be done, English case, where Mr. [Tony] Blair signed don’t have a long history of it? the post-Nazi societies is that they had and some of this would be called morals undergone a period of complete rejection a treaty with the U.S. about the extradition There isn’t a single rule of law. It’s a neg- and some of it is standard customs and of the rule of law. And so it’s quite difficult of terrorists. That’s been in vote several to rebuild. I think it’s always useful to look times by the American authorities to allow at the parallels between post-Soviet and the extradition of Britons for crimes post-Nazi. against the U.S. that were not crimes in Amnesty International to Verkhovna Rada: One of the great difficulties that the Great Britain. The most recent case is a Germans had was coming to terms with man who hacked into the Pentagon’s secu- rity system. In Britain, where he did the their past, both as a matter of national psy- time to address appalling record on rights hacking, it was not a crime. The Americans chology, but also in trying to work out what said, “That doesn’t matter. We say it’s a KYIV – Ukraine’s newly elected transgender people, and forced return of the legal difficulties were. I did have occa- crime, hand him over to us.” Parliament must seize the chance to seri- refugees and asylum seekers. sion to comment on a German case, which It’s absolutely essential that a legal sys- ously tackle the country’s appalling The organization continues to urge brought out the issue of rule of law very human rights record, Amnesty the government to solve the problem of tem be such that a person can keep on the strongly. This was highlighted in a debate International said ahead of the Verhkovna torture and other ill-treatment by police, right side of the law. This was a failure of the between Herbert Hart, an English legal phi- Rada’s opening session on December 12. and to establish a fully resourced inde- losopher who was one of the legal positiv- The human rights organization urged pendent agency to investigate all allega- (Continued on page 15) parliamentarians to get to work fulfilling tions of human rights violations by police Ukraine’s outstanding human rights obli- officers. gations. “Police are encouraged to torture “Since Ukraine gained independence detainees by a climate of impunity, Next phase begins of OSCE project to remove in 1991, the country has made some caused by a lack of adequate investiga- progress towards protecting human tions and prosecutions of those officers toxic rocket fuel component from Ukraine rights. However, this progress needs to who abuse the people they are supposed OSCE mélange in Ukraine. be rapidly accelerated if the country is to to protect. The new Parliament is now The removal of the remaining stocks fulfill the commitments it has made to accountable for police reform and needs SHEVCHENKOVE, Ukraine – A train is expected to be completed by the end the European Union, U.N. and Council of to protect all Ukrainian citizens from tor- carrying 380 tonnes of a toxic rocket fuel of 2013. Europe,” said Tetyana Mazur, Amnesty ture,” said Ms. Mazur. component, which had been stored in Before the project started, Ukraine International Ukraine’s executive direc- Amnesty International reiterated its deteriorating containers, left Ukraine on had 16,000 tons of mélange. To date, tor. call for draft law No. 8711, which seeks to December 21, 2012, for Russia as part of 9,000 tons of mélange have been “Ukrainian politicians cannot serious- outlaw “homosexual propaganda,” to be a project supported by the Organization removed from four military storage ly expect closer integration with Europe thrown out. The law passed its first read- for Security and Cooperation in Europe sites: Kalynivka, Vinnytsya region; as long as their citizens continue to be ing during the previous Parliament (OSCE). Tsenzhiv, Ivano-Frankivsk region; routinely abused by police, imprisoned despite the fact that, if enacted, it would The toxic substance, known as Radekhiv, Lviv region; Bila Tserkva, Kyiv because of their political affiliation, or breach Ukraine’s commitments to uphold mélange, will be safely disposed of at a region; and Shevchenkove, Kharkiv discriminated against because of their the right to freedom of expression. specialized chemical plant in Russia. region. Chemical plants in Dzerzhinsk gender, ethnicity or sexual orientation,” Furthermore, Ukraine has committed The Shevchenkove site is one of six and Biysk in the Russian Federation have she added. to ratify several international treaties – mélange stockpiles left in Ukraine fol- disposed of this hazard in a process that The organization is delivering a set of the Rome Statute of the International lowing the Cold War and the fifth to be produces chemical products for civilian its recommendations on how to address Criminal Code and the Optional Protocol cleaned up under the OSCE project. use, including paint components. All rights abuses in the country to each of to the International Covenant on Mélange was widely used by the armies projects steps, including the loading, Ukraine’s 449 members of Parliament, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights – of the former Soviet Union and the shipment and disposal of the mélange, along with a copy of the Universal and the new Parliament should consider Warsaw Pact to propel short- and medi- are monitored by the OSCE. Declaration of Human Rights. these as a matter of priority, Amnesty um-range rockets. The mélange disposal project, imple- “We want every member of the newly International noted. The removal of the fourth batch of mented by the OSCE Secretariat, is the elected Parliament to know that, for the The letter also makes recommenda- mélange from the military depot near largest OSCE donor-financed project to next five years, they are responsible for tions on reforming the system for dealing Shevchenkove marks the resumption of date. Financial support has been provided the rights of the Ukrainian people, and with refugees and asylum-seekers in the removal process, which had to be by the following OSCE participating states: accountable to them,” said Ms. Mazur. Ukraine. Parliament needs to amend the temporarily suspended due to lack of the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, In its letter to the Verkhovna Rada, law in line with international standards funding. A financial contribution of more Germany, Hungary, Norway, Poland, Spain, Amnesty International reiterated its so that refugees and asylum-seekers are than 10 million euros from the U.S. gov- Sweden (Swedish International major human rights concerns, including no longer returned to countries where ernment will enable the OSCE is to com- Development and Co-operation Agency) police torture and impunity, discrimina- they face torture or other ill-treatment, plete removal of all remaining stocks of and the United States. tion against lesbian, gay, bisexual and Amnesty International said. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 6, 2013 No. 1

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speech and the media, he said, citing a 2009 poll conducted Holodomor memorial in Washington by the Pew Research Center. “Low public trust in state institutions leads to a weak democracy,” Dr. Kuzio stated. “Political elites suffer from provincialism, while political parties are shallow and lack intellectual depth and workable programs.” “Soviet institutions have been reformed into neo-Soviet institutions: perhaps it’s time to close them and build new ones,” he added. An equally sober assessment, stripped of any decorations, was offered by Dr. Bohdan Hawrylyshyn, founder of the International Management Institute and the International Center for Political Studies, both in Kyiv. The state of much of the world is terrible, economically, politically, monetarily, socially and environmentally, he said. The state of Ukraine is particularly terrible in all those categories. “I do not think a reform here or a reform there will actu- ally make a great difference,” Dr. Hawrylyshyn said. “What we need is a complete transformation of our societal order – the political architecture, the economic system, the social system, even cultural life, and certainly to live in symbiosis with the biosphere.” Rule of law in Ukraine won’t be possible without this complete transformation, he said. During the presentation of a donation in support of the Holodomor memorial to be built in Washington, (from left) The Yanukovych administration not only isn’t capable of are: Roman Petyk and Mary Kolodij, vice-chairman and chairman, respectively, of the board of directors of the conducting such a transformation, but wouldn’t want to Philadelphia-based Ukrainian Selfreliance Federal Credit Union, and Michael Sawkiw Jr., chairman of the U.S. because “it wouldn’t be in line with its personal interest, Committee for Ukrainian Holodomor-Genocide Awareness 1932-1933. which predominates in its behavior and its decisions,” Dr. WASHINGTON – In a response to an appeal from the U.S. Holodomor-Genocide Awareness Chairman Michael Hawrylyshyn said. Nor would opposition politicians be Committee for Ukrainian Holodomor-Genocide Awareness Sawkiw, Jr. thanked the credit union for its support. He also able to do it. 1932-1933, the board of directors of the Philadelphia-based requested that everyone “continue to shine the light of truth His source of hope for this transformation is the next Ukrainian Selfreliance Federal Credit Union voted to sup- [about the Holodomor] upon others… and may those who generation of Ukrainians who he said will become political port the efforts to construct a memorial in Washington to frequent the eventual memorial in Washington, D.C., pass philosophers and “architects of societal order” who will the victims of the Ukrainian Famine-Genocide of 1932-1933. the knowledge from generation to generation and inspire form moral majorities and new political parties based on A $5,000 check was presented to the U.S. Committee for the youngest to stand firmly in honor and memorialize the ideologies, instead of capital interests. Ukrainian Holodomor-Genocide Awareness during the millions who needlessly suffered at the hands of a dictator.” Dr. Hawrylyshyn is a member of the Club of Rome, a credit union’s 60th anniversary celebration on November “Only through our constant vigilance will the world global think tank committed to, among other things, the 3, 2012, at Temple University. finally know the truth about the Ukrainian Holodomor,” Mr. earth’s ecological preservation but often accused by critics During the presentation, U.S. Committee for Ukrainian Sawkiw underscored. of planning to reduce national sovereignty and to ultimate- ly build a global government. Dr. Hawrylyshyn said he has access to sufficient funds for these young Ukrainian philosophers and social archi- The Ukrainian Weekly Press Fund: November tects to study the countries that he identified as the best Amount Name City Olena Wawryshyn Toronto, ON societies for Ukraine to model itself on: Norway, Sweden, $135.00 Thomas Olijnyk Rosedale, NY Zerebinski Burlingame, CA Denmark, Austria, Germany and Switzerland. He said he $110.00 Thomas Urchuk North Bergen, NJ Stefan Zwarycz Kenosha, WI expected participants to work in groups and publish work $100.00 George Hrycelak Elmwood Park, IL $15.00 Roman Golash Palatine, IL on these studies. Christina Trojan-Masnyk Wheaton, IL Nadia Haftkowycz Wethersfield, CT “The people that are the majority in this audience will Orest Wesely Stockton, CA Boris Hlynsky Vienna, VA do it,” indicating that he’s recruiting CUPP alumni, among $55.00 Bohdan and Luba Mississauga, ON Helen Kugler Arlington Heights, IL others, for his project. “CUPP alumni are the best qualified Sklierenko Wasyl Mojsiak Weston, ON set of young people to play a role in this transformation $50.00 Tamara Horodysky Eugene, OR Leonid Petrenko Sun City, AZ that I talked about.” Stephen Lepki Cambridge, OH Irene Saikevych Talent, OR He referred to a catalytic effect of events seven to 10 Walter Nalywajko Palatine, IL Wolodymyr Skrypka Gainesville, GA years in the future that will enable the youths to begin the George Pryjma Glenview, IL Bohdan Trojan Park Ridge, IL transformation of Ukrainian society, which he said would $45.00 Myron Boyko Avondale, GA Nicholas Zavisky Watervliet, NY take another decade “for the process to show results.” Andrea Kochanowsky Wayne, NJ $10.00 Vladimira Bilaniuk Douglaston, NY The bigger goal would be conforming to the Michael Komichak McKees Rocks, PA Nadia Bjelajac Belvidere, IL Copenhagen criteria, rather than actual membership in the George Masiuk Alexandria, VA M. Borkowsky Yonkers, NY EU, he said. These criteria are guaranteeing democracy, $40.00 Oksana Herus Eastchester, NY Chryzanna Huhlewych- New York, NY rule of law, human rights, respect for and protection of C. and A. Hladky Randolph, NJ Woroch minorities, and a functioning market economy. $35.00 Mykola Konrad Acton, MA Olga Drozdowycz Poughkeepsie, NY The conference was attended by 70 participants of A. and J. Maceluch Stamford, CT Marie Gordon Glastonbury, CT Stella Maciach Jersey City, NJ CUPP, an internship program in which Ukrainian university Brian McMurray Brentwood, TN Marta Harasowska Munich, Germany students work in the Canadian Parliament. Joanna Sym-Lipsky Deerfield Beach, FL Bohdan Nauholnyk Albertson, NY Among the future social architects offering presenta- Jerema Wolosenko Brookline, MA Michael and Stefana Clinton, IN tions was Alona Shkrum, a 25-year-old lawyer and CUPP $25.00 Katia Bamber Madison, CT Nebesny alumna who proposed introducing a jury system as a criti- Z. Bilos Elk Grove Village, IL Orysia Stryzak New York, NY cal reform necessary to change Ukrainian jurisprudence. Roman Hrab Boonton, NJ $5.00 Nicholas Bobeczko Mentor, OH “Having a jury for every trial and every case in which the Mary Karapetian Roslindale, MA Michael Bryda Fayetteville, NC defendant faces more than a year in prison, we will ensure Luba Keske Woodland Hills, CA Harry Kowalcheck West Newton, PA the jury becomes a buffer for the judge, in which case the Orysia Kossak-Cardoso Chicago, IL Xenia Lynch Queens Village, NY judge can say, ‘I am not deciding the case, it’s for the jury to Stefan Krycki Clifton, NJ Daria Parrell Fairfax, VA decide,’” said Ms. Shkrum, who earned a master’s degree Bohdan Kuczwarskyj Minneapolis, MN Paul Rosynsky Oakland, CA specializing in international law at Cambridge University. Roman and Kathy New Hartford, CT Nazar Shcheglov Jackson Heights, NY “The judge won’t get pressured by the prosecutor’s office, Melnyk Bohdan Smolynsky Shrewsburgy, MA which is still a Soviet institution, or by different branches. Christine Prynada Gaithersburg, MD Nadia Trojan Watertown, CT The level of corruption will be very much reduced.” Adrian Zobniw Melrose, MA More than 100 CUPP alumni participated in the confer- $20.00 John Bortnyk Forked River, NJ TOTAL: $2,060.00 ence, which was the fourth and final Kyiv “Model Ukraine” Peter Fedynsky Brooklyn, NY conference, all of which were held in the last two years and Tanya Kosc-Farmiga Rochester, NY Sincere thanks to all contributors Halyna Koval Easthampton, MA to The Ukrainian Weekly Press Fund. organized by CUPP Director Ihor Bardyn, a prominent Natalia Ripeckyj Eau Clair, WI Canadian lawyer actively involved in creating academic George Tarasiuk Newtown, PA The Ukrainian Weekly Press Fund is opportunities. Jury and Helen Trenkler North Providence, RI the only fund dedicated exclusively Mr. Bardyn founded the CUPP program in 1990 by M. Warshona Mayfield, NY to supporting the work of this publication. arrangement with the speaker of the House of Commons at the time, John Fraser. No. 1 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 6, 2013 5 Sen. Dick Lugar receives Shevchenko Freedom Award WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Dick Lugar on December 13, 2012, was presented the Shevchenko Freedom Award by the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America. Sen. Lugar was given the quadrennial award “For his commitment to pursuing steadfast relations with Ukraine in recognition of Ukraine’s vital importance to the peace and security of the European continent.” The Indiana Republican, who lost his bid for re-election, has a long history of work with Ukraine. For the past 20 years Sen. Lugar’s career has been intertwined with the four democratically elected presidents of the country that was freed with the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Just four months after being inaugurated as the first president of modern Ukraine, Leonid Kravchuk met with Sen. Lugar and Sen. Sam Nunn (D-Ga.), who came to ask him to give up the nuclear weapons that had been placed in Ukraine by the Soviets. Sen. Lugar offered President Kravchuk $150 million from the Nunn-Lugar program to secure and eliminate the weapons systems. Mr. Kravchuk immediately accepted, but in announcing it to the media said that Sen. Lugar had just offered $175 million to Ukraine. Sen. Nunn asked Sen. Lugar what he was doing as they had no idea if President George H.W. Bush would During the presentation of the Taras Shevchenko Freedom Award to Sen. Richard Lugar (from left) are: Larissa Kyj, agree to any such dollar amount. They returned to UCCA executive board member; Sen. Lugar; Marie Duplak, UCCA executive secretary; and Michael Sawkiw Jr., Washington to meet with President Bush whom Sen. Lugar director of the Ukrainian National Information Service. convinced to accept the idea. Ukraine transitioned from the world’s third largest was enacted with either the leadership or cooperation of Russia shutting off natural gas supplies in winter as a nuclear power to being nuclear free because of the work of governmental authorities. I believe that President Kuchma weapon against Ukraine. In this period Sen. Lugar also the Nunn-Lugar program. has the responsibility and the opportunity for producing, advocated including Ukraine in the NATO alliance. In 2005, In November 2004 President George W. Bush asked Sen. even at this point, an outcome which is fair and responsi- as a freshman senator, Barack Obama joined Sen. Lugar on Lugar to personally carry a message to the country’s sec- ble. He will enhance his legacy by prompt and decisive a visit to Kyiv to meet with President Yushchenko and ond president, Leonid Kuchma, that a free and fair election action which maximizes worldwide confidence in the pres- observe Nunn-Lugar projects in Kyiv and Donetsk. should be held for his successor. As the official representa- idency of Ukraine and the extraordinary potential future In the summer of 2012 Sen. Lugar met privately with tive of the president, Sen. Lugar witnessed what became which lies ahead of this country.” President Yanukovych, who was elected in 2010, to discuss known as the Orange Revolution. President Kuchma then called for a new election in the continued importance of U.S.-Ukrainian relations and After the election, Sen. Lugar said at a press conference which Viktor Yushchenko defeated Viktor Yanukovych. trade, the shared interests of weapons nonproliferation on Ukrainian television: “It is now apparent that a concert- During the Yushchenko presidency Sen. Lugar pushed and energy security, and the deep ties of millions of ed and forceful program of election day fraud and abuse for new energy supplies in the region to blunt the effects of Americans with Ukrainian ancestry. Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Medal presented to three Ukrainian Canadians in Montreal MONTREAL – The Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee ter century, he has been actively involved in the Ukrainian Medal was presented to three deserving recipients by the Canadian community and is a past national president of Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC) during a public cere- the Ukrainian Canadian Congress. He is the current presi- mony in Montreal on December 1, 2012. dent of the Ukrainian World Congress. The Ukrainian Canadian Congress hosted a special Dr. Serbyn of Montréal is a historian (Ph.D., McGill awards presentation ceremony to recognize the outstanding University) and is professor emeritus of history at achievements of three members of Montreal’s Ukrainian University of Quebec at Montreal and a specialist on Canadian community in conjunction with its board of direc- Ukraine. He is an acknowledged expert on the Holodomor tors meeting that took place on December 1-2 in Montreal. and has authored many articles and books on 19th and The Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medals were 20th century Ukrainian history. Dr. Serbyn is the editor of presented to Eugene Czolij, Yurij Luhovy and Dr. Roman the scholarly journal Holodomor Studies. Serbyn by UCC National President Paul Grod at a ceremony Mr. Luhovy of Montréal is a pioneer in documentary at the Delta Montreal Hotel. film. He is an award winning film-maker with 35 years’ The medal presentations were followed by a communi- experience in the film industry. A member of the Academy ty town hall meeting and reception at the Delta that fea- of Canadian Cinema and Television, he has produced, UCC tured UCC National President Grod as the keynote speaker. directed and edited many independent, compelling films, Prof. Roman Serbyn (left) receives his award from Mr. Czolij of Montréal is a partner at Lavery, where he including the documentaries “Genocide Revealed” and Ukrainian Canadian Congress President Paul Grod. focuses on corporate and commercial law. For over a quar- “Freedom Had a Price.” UCCLA launches ‘Twelve Days of Christmas’ postcard campaign TORONTO – Continuing its campaign to attention, again, to the continued presence rid Canada of any and all veterans of the in Canada of an (ex) KGB captain whose Soviet secret police – the NKVD, SMERSH deportation was ordered by a federal court and KGB – the Ukrainian Canadian Civil judge over three years ago. The fact that he Liberties Association (UCCLA) is contacting remains here calls into question the integ- members of Parliament, senators and other rity, fairness and public confidence in Canadians, reminding them of the presence Canada’s system of immigration control,” in Canada of veterans of the Communist the UCCLA’s chair, Roman Zakaluzny, said political police, responsible for the murder, on December 6. torture and enslavement of millions of east The Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties Europeans, many of whom subsequently Association (www.uccla.ca) is a non-parti- found asylum in Canada. san, voluntary, non-profit research and edu- “We are calling upon the prime minister cational organization committed to the artic- of Canada, the minister of public safety, the ulation and promotion of the Ukrainian minister of justice and other Canadian offi- Canadian community’s interests and to the cials, asking them to remove any veterans defense of the civil liberties and human of the Soviet secret police found in this rights of Ukrainians in Canada and else- The postcard issued by the Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties Association urging the country. In particular we are drawing where. Canadian government to remove veterans of the Soviet secret police from the country. 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 6, 2013 No. 1

The Ukrainian Weekly A milestone for the UWC The Ukrainian World Congress recently marked the 45th anniversary of its estab- lishment with a gala banquet near Toronto, where the worldwide body is based. There were numerous greetings, including one from Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper (delivered by Minister of State for Finance Ted Menzies) and anoth- er from former President of the European Parliament Jerzy Buzek (delivered via PRU stole the elections video), and messages from other Ukrainian organizations, such as the Ukrainian Canadian Congress, Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, European Congress You gotta hand it to the Party of ing Unified Energy Systems. of Ukrainians, Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organizations, as well as the World Regions. They did it. Like true criminals, So, while Ukrainians were willing to cast Federation of Ukrainian Women’s Organizations – all of which are member organiza- they got away with it. They stole the elec- their votes for her party in the election, tions of the UWC. Greetings came also from Ukrainian Church leaders and political tions, and all they got from the West was a they aren’t going to risk their health, leaders from Ukraine. It was a fitting tribute to an organization with a long history of slap on the wrist. careers or lives for her by going to a pro- advocacy for Ukraine and Ukrainians worldwide. No, even better. On December 13, 2012, test. And they don’t think that Ms. Throughout its history, the UWC has always been concerned with the fate of the the European Parliament approved a reso- Tymoshenko and her party are capable of ancestral homeland of the world’s Ukrainians. As noted in many of the greetings lution in which it stated it would extend introducing the reforms that they would sent to the organization for this milestone anniversary, the UWC has made signifi- Ukraine an Association Agreement in 2013 want. cant contributions to Ukraine’s independence, its democratization and its integra- as long as certain conditions are met, Mykola Tomenko, a Batkivshchyna tion with Europe – most importantly urging the signing of the European Union- which were softened from prior resolu- national deputy and close advisor to Ms. Ukraine Association Agreement. Recently the UWC, along with the Canada Ukraine tions. It makes you wonder just how much Tymoshenko, said in a recent interview Foundation and the Ukrainian Canadian Congress, supported an election observa- softer these conditions can get before tion mission to Ukraine for its parliamentary elections. With 250 observers, it was that the opposition must unite behind her they’ve lost any meaning. the largest non-government supported mission observing the voting. candidacy for the 2015 presidential elec- And that’s in addition to the UWC’s worthwhile work as a representative of and It was a sad sight at the November 5, tion. advocate for Ukrainians around the globe – in North and South America, Australia, 2012, protest at the Central Election He said it’s entirely realistic for her to be Europe and countries once subjugated by the USSR. To cite just a few recent examples, Commission, if you got there at about 10 released by that time, particularly after the the UWC intervened to help the Association of Ukrainians in Poland stop the closing of p.m. A handful of opposition politicians European Court for Human Rights rules a Ukrainian elementary school in Mokre, Poland; it participated in the founding of the were waiting and hoping for crowds to that she was illegally convicted (as it has Union of Ukrainian Organizations in Germany; and it supported the efforts of the accumulate for the chilly night ahead. The already ruled for Former Internal Affairs Union of Ukrainians in Romania to receive government funding for its activities. several thousand there earlier in the day Minister Yurii Lutsenko). Established in 1967 as the World Congress of Free Ukrainians, at a time when dwindled to a few hundred by then. “I believe that we should set the condi- Ukraine was under Soviet rule, the founding congress in New York City on Oleh Medvedev, among the key political tions for all the opposition leaders that (1) November 16-19 was attended by 1,003 delegates from 17 countries of the free advisers to Yulia Tymoshenko, looked the presidential election campaign isn’t world. Its culmination came with a Freedom Rally at Madison Square Garden attend- dumbfounded. “Where are the people?” he possible without Tymoshenko and (2) ed by 10,000 people, which was followed by a protest at the Soviet Mission to the asked. “We can’t do anything without each of them is required to sign a docu- United Nations. This newspaper hailed the unprecedented gathering of the world’s them.” ment on the principles of conducting the Ukrainians as “a magnificent manifestation of will and unity” that demonstrated It soon dawned on all the opposition first and second rounds of the presidential “steadfast solidarity with the desires and aspirations of the struggling Ukrainian leadership that it was on its own in its election campaign. We need to put them in nation.” (Readers can check out the news reports in our issue dated November 24, struggle for justice. And without the people this framework, otherwise we’re con- 1967, which is available as part of our online archives at www.ukrweekly.com.) they couldn’t fight the Party of Regions sciously heading for a loss and are helping Today, the Ukrainian World Congress – whose name was changed at its sixth machine. Viktor Yanukovych become president for a quinquennial congress in 1993 to reflect the new reality following the collapse of the So why didn’t the crowds turn up? Why second term,” Mr. Tomenko said in an Soviet Union – represents the interests of more than 20 million Ukrainians. Since are Ukrainians taking the back seat in poli- interview published in Ukrayinska Pravda 2003 it has been recognized as an NGO with special consultative status by the tics? There are many theories floating on December 7, 2012. United Nations Economic and Social Council. Today’s UWC has member organiza- around, and I’ll offer my own with the Ms. Tymoshenko remains the most pop- tions in 33 countries and ties with Ukrainians in 14 additional countries. Thirteen caveat that there’s no single reason, but a ular of all the opposition candidates, but distinct councils of the UWC address such issues as human and civil rights, United combination of them working in together. Nations affairs, Holodomor awareness, education, social services, youth, assistance she’s not going to inspire a revolt against to Ukrainian citizens living abroad, scholarly matters, culture, human trafficking, The Yulia myth unraveled the likely falsifications, as this year’s elec- media, sports and the cooperative (credit union) movement. tion proved. Not enough people trust her. Millions of Ukrainians supported the Sure, it’s possible that she’s undergone a In recognition of four and a half decades of work, we salute the Ukrainian World Orange Revolution of 2004 because they Congress with a hearty “Mnohaya Lita.” complete spiritual awakening or rebirth in genuinely believed in former President prison, which has been ascribed to Mr. Viktor Yushchenko and former Prime Lutsenko. Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. But it’s unlikely. The harsh truth is that He was the talented central banker who there’s no leader with the moral authority became the first prime minister to pay (this eliminates Arseniy Yatsenyuk and Jan. Turning the pages back... state debts in salaries. She was the reform- Oleh Tiahnybok) and intellectual fortitude er of the natural gas industry who wasn’t (this eliminates Vitali Klitschko) to unite Six years ago, on January 9, 2008, the Foreign Affairs Ministry afraid to challenge the Ukrainian oligarchy the Ukrainian opposition against the of the Russian Federation issued a statement critical of Ukraine’s and even go to jail for it (in 2001). authoritarian Yanukovych administration. 9 These were their true accomplishments decision to screen all films distributed on its territory in the Disillusionment and pragmatism 2008 Ukrainian language. The Constitutional Court of Ukraine had during their stint together in Ukrainian ruled on December 24, 2007, that all of the country’s movie the- government that lasted barely a year. Of Former President Yushchenko did a aters must show both foreign and domestic films with subtitles, course, there were a lot of myths coating marvelous job of demoralizing and disillu- voiceovers or dubbing only in Ukrainian. these accomplishments, and they conve- sioning the Ukrainian public with his war Released by the Information and Press Department, the Russian Ministry of Foreign niently swept their sins under the rug for in the mass media against Ms. Affairs accused the Ukrainian government of “refusing yet again to fulfill its international forthcoming elections. Tymoshenko. No one politician could have responsibilities.” The statement said Ukraine’s cinematic policies “do not adhere to the Accordingly, these two exposed each done as good a job intentionally in demor- European Charter on Regional Languages or Languages of Minorities, which, under the other’s skeletons, sins and shortcomings alizing the public as he did unintentionally. aegis of the government, foresees the development of cinematic production in the lan- during the Orange era, wrecking each oth- Mr. Yushchenko revealed himself to be a guages of minorities.” er’s image in front of their supporters. As a cold and calculated cynic in politics, using result, Ukrainians aren’t as naïve anymore, National Deputy Yurii Karmazin (Our Ukraine/People’s Self-Defense bloc) said that his office to gain access to financial such unnecessary diplomacy only leads to more tension in Ukrainian-Russian relations. with more access to information on the streams while using humanitarian policies “In my opinion, the diplomatic branch in Russia has not helped [President Vladimir] Putin, Internet. as a façade to appeal to voters. but in fact has set him up. This is an internal matter of a sovereign and independent coun- Not only have they seen the real Apparently, the former president didn’t try. How can the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of a foreign country review or assess the deci- Yushchenko, but they no longer have the truly believe in the values of justice and sion of the highest constitutional branch of an independent state?” same faith in Ms. Tymoshenko as they used truth that he espoused on the maidan dur- Hanna Chmil, spokesperson for the State Film Service of Ukraine, stated that the to. ing the Orange Revolution, and that cyni- Constitutional Court ruling is in no way discriminatory toward the Russian national They realize she has as corrupt a history cism has since infected the Ukrainian pub- minority. “By quoting the European Charter on Regional Languages, the Russian Ministry – and is as self-interested – as the rest of lic, which is loathe to trust another politi- of Foreign Affairs is playing an artificial game, because although the Parliament of Ukraine them. cian. ratified this charter, the charter takes upon itself the responsibility to uphold the rights of The Ukrayinska Pravda news site Ukrainians also know that the folks in those languages that are on the verge of extinction. There is no way one can say this about reported as late as November 2012 that the Yanukovych administration couldn’t the Russian language,” she said. U.S. prosecutors had uncovered her role in care less about what they think, even if Ms. Chmil noted that this is primarily a financial issue, because distributors who previ- an illegal natural gas trading scheme in 100,000 protesters gathered. ously worked with intermediaries in Russia will now have to deal with the necessity of 1996 in which she embezzled at least $197 (Continued on page 18) million into offshore accounts while lead- (Continued on page 15) No. 1 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 6, 2013 7

COMMENTARY Having the cake and eating it too

by Mykola Riabchuk can one imitate a democracy and retain authoritarian power? How can one On the eve of President Viktor befriend the West but avoid the burden of Yanukovych’s visit to Moscow on incorporating Western values and the rule Women’s studies at UCU December 19, 2012, many Ukrainian of law in particular? How can one gain con- experts were confident that the game was cessions from Moscow without conceding Last September 1, the Women’s Studies must remember, is not gender studies but over and the beleaguered Ukrainian presi- one’s own and one’s clan’s sovereignty? Lectureship was inaugurated at Lviv’s women’s studies. Some may fear, however, dent would accept Vladimir Putin’s invita- So far, the process of eating has gone Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU) with that women’s studies breeds feminism. tion to the Customs Union as a sine qua much more smoothly than that of keeping an address by Dr. Martha Bohachevsky- Feminism is certainly an object of women’s non condition for the much-needed lower- the country afloat. Those perusing Chomiak. The lectures are to begin on studies. But it is a movement or an ideolo- February 1. According to Marianna Zajac, gy, while women’s studies is a scholarly ing of gas prices. The visit was postponed, Ukrayinska Pravda or other independent president of the Ukrainian National discipline. Besides, there have been many however, because the agreement on energy news sites regularly would find, every day, a Women’s League of America, the sponsor- kinds of feminism. First-wave feminism cooperation had not been yet finalized whole series of new facts about various gov- ing organization, the primary purpose of was concerned with issues like socio-eco- (http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2012/ ernment schemes: misuse of funds, tax eva- the lectureship is “to examine in an aca- nomic equality, suffrage, temperance and 12/21/6980243). sion, dubious purchases at exorbitant prices demic setting the role of the woman in past divorce. Second-wave feminism focused on There are also some unofficial explana- from murky off-shore intermediaries, raider and current societies in Ukraine.” The matters like employment equity and, con- tions of the canceled event, ranging from attacks, scandalous court rulings and vari- UNWLA hopes that this will “help women troversially, abortion. In America, as critics President Putin’s whim to a miraculous call ous examples of lawlessness that make up achieve a higher level of equality, respect pointed out, “women’s liberation” paradox- from Brussels and a promise of a softening the fabric of Ukrainian social reality. and influence by enhancing their impor- ically resulted in female mimicry of male of the European Union’s stance on the Remarkably, all these facts that would tant role in the social, economic, education- manners, mores and even dress. Association Agreement. The most feasible cause scandals in a normal country and al and political settings.” Radical feminism, by contrast, con- argument was discussed in detail in lead to the dismissal of corrupt officials and In her inaugural address, Dr. demns males as oppressors and marriage Ekonomichna Pravda: some Ukrainian oli- court investigations, typically evoke no offi- Bohachevsky-Chomiak discussed the histo- as enslavement. As a woman friend once garchs have raised a new rescue idea, very cial reaction in Ukraine. If something does riographical background of women’s stud- remarked to me, procreation itself can be similar to the old one realized by the unfor- not exist on TV (fully controlled by the gov- ies and explained its importance today. In seen as an act of male violence (this kind of gettable RosUkrEnergo (http://www.eprav- ernment), it does not exist at all. Actually, her view, the fundamental goal is to orga- put the kibosh on my courtship). The late da.com.ua/publications/2012/12/19/ only 20 percent of the population obtains nize the life of society “so as to prevent the feminist theologian Mary Daly actually 351560). information from the Internet, whereas 80 commonplace from destroying the God- opposed equality of the sexes because, she Since his accession to power, Mr. percent receives it primarily or exclusively given souls” of its members, and to discov- felt, women should govern men. She Yanukovych has seemed to be musing the from TV. er the true meaning of “the good life.” We famously excluded men from one of her classic question: how to have one’s cake The government seems to believe in the can only do this by studying the experience advanced classes at Boston College and eat it too. In other words, how can one virtual TV world it created for the gullible of the “other half.” because their presence would inhibit dis- exploit the economy for the benefit of cro- population. Nothing the government did Some individuals, however, fear that cussion. Feminist philosopher Judith Butler nies and kinsmen, yet keep it alive? How within the past two months signals any women’s studies might lead to gender stud- explicitly challenges biological accounts of desire to change course, tame the appetites ies, which in turn would promote gender binary sex, considering sex (and not just of the “family,” or carry out comprehensive ideology, the relativization of sexual orienta- gender) to be socially and culturally con- Mykola Riabchuk is an author and jour- reforms that may be the only way to save tions and the dissolution of the family. structed. Radical feminists would probably nalist from Ukraine, and a leading intellec- the country. Neither the clear popular vote “Gender ideology” was criticized at a confer- say that I, as a “man,” have no right to be tual who is affiliated with the journal against the incumbents, nor international ence at UCU last November 27. Maria Luisa writing this column. Krytyka. condemnation of the rigged elections, nor di Pietro, an Italian endocrinologist and bio- At the other end of the feminist spec- ethics specialist, indicated the causes of the trum, Concerned Women for America is The article above is reprinted from the the dire state of the Ukrainian economy emergence and development of this ideolo- pro-life, promoting the interests of women blog “Current Politics in Ukraine” (http:// and the even bleaker prospects for the gy, traced its dissemination and described its as wives and mothers. And in Ukraine, ukraineanalysis.wordpress.com) created by future have compelled the president and negative impact on society. She recommend- post-feminism, considering gender equali- his team to revise a single item of their the Stasiuk Program for the Study of ed that children be educated not only in sex, ty to have largely been achieved, has reject- Contemporary Ukraine, a program of the impending disastrous policies. but also in abstinence and moral maturity. ed the radicals’ “us against them” ideology, Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies at Bishop Yaroslav Pryriz, head of the UCU and regards women first of all as human the University of Alberta. (Continued on page 17) Theology Department, added that “The aim beings. (Maria Rewakowicz, “Sylni Zhinky of gender ideology is to create a new type of Perezhyvaiut Feminizm,” Krytyka No. 3 man who is endowed with the freedom to (173), March 2012, pp. 18-20.) LETTER TO THE EDITOR choose and implement his sexual identity, But there is more to women’s studies regardless of biological sex. It is clear that than feminism. It is by nature interdisci- had read about in her textbooks at Harvard. such a position is unacceptable from the plinary, integrating history, politics, sociol- For the complete version of her first point of view of Christian morality” (http:// ogy, economics, culture, philosophy, theolo- Harvard grad student impressions, you can go to her Ukrainian ucu.edu.ua/eng/news/1241). gy and much more. Why is it important for language blog post on the UDAR party True, women’s studies can be seen as a this field to be represented at UCU? For one now a national deputy website: http://bit.ly/T5tQzq. part of gender studies. But “genderni stu- thing, a Catholic university ought to Dear Editor: dii” (a hideous neologism, but we have explore the relationship between women nothing better), is not the same thing as and religion. For example, one of my for- Ukraine now has its first Harvard- Bohdan A. Oryshkevich the “gender ideology” that Dr. di Pietro and mer students has studied the wives of educated member of Parliament. New York Bishop Yaroslav oppose. That ideology, like Greek-Catholic priests. Christian theology Olga Belkova was elected as a member radical feminism, holds that all sexual dis- itself is gendered, positing God and his of UDAR – the Ukrainian Democratic GUIDELINES FOR LETTERS tinctions are socially constructed and priesthood as male, but the Church as Alliance for Reform founded by Vitaliy therefore relative. Gender studies, on the female, with special veneration for the Klychko. Ms. Belkova was a Mason Fellow TO THE EDITOR other hand, distinguishes between socially Mother of God. at the Harvard Kennedy School of The Ukrainian Weekly welcomes letters constructed gender roles, which vary It also bears mentioning that other uni- Government (2009-2011) from which she to the editor and commentaries on a vari- among epochs and cultures, and natural versities that Ukrainians attend, like the earned a Masters in Public Administration ety of topics of concern to the Ukrainian sexual differentiation. Gender studies does Central European University, have long in 2011. Ms Belkova previously worked for American and Ukrainian Canadian com- not promote gender ideology – any more offered women’s or gender studies. the educational division of the Pinchuk munities. Opinions expressed by colum- than sociology promotes socialism, or mili- Sometimes these studies take directions nists, commentators and letter-writers are Fund. She is originally from Cherkasy. tary history promotes militarism. that a Catholic university might contest. their own and do not necessarily reflect As Dr. Bohachevsky remarked in her Mr. Klitshko himself spent over a decade Back in June 2011, Prof. Judith (“Jack”) the opinions of either The Weekly edito- inaugural lecture, the concept of gender Halberstam of the University of Southern abroad. This party may be the first small rial staff or its publisher, the Ukrainian enables us to look at male-female relations California, a specialist on Queer Theory, step to a less insular, idiosyncratic and more National Association. Letters should be typed (double-spaced) broadly, rather than focusing exclusively on spoke at the Kyiv Mohyla Academy (see transparent political process in Ukraine. sex. In a university context, this approach Dzhudyt Halberstam, “Transfer genderiv,” Such Western-educated and experi- and signed (anonymous letters are not published). Letters are accepted also via attempts “to humanize scholarship, to Krytyka No. 1-2 (171-172), January- enced pioneers in government may well e-mail at [email protected]. The day- bring the human being back to the center February 2012, pp. 28-33). Women’s stud- help Ukraine pave the way for other talent- time phone number and complete mailing of the study of our life.” She stressed that it ies will enable UCU to enter the scholarly ed experts, leaders and politicians with address of the letter-writer must be given is descriptive, not prescriptive. In other discussion of women’s and gender issues, education abroad. for verification purposes. (A daytime phone words, it studies reality rather than trying and eventually to propose an alternative, Ms. Belkova wrote on the UDAR website number is essential in order for editors to to change it. Gender studies observes the Christian vision of a society where women that her first two days in Ukrainian politics contact letter-writers regarding clarifica- changing roles of men and women in soci- have their just and proper role. contained many surprises and the experi- tions or questions.) Please note: The length of letters cannot ety. It does not decide which roles are ences of her first two days in Parliament exceed 500 words. Letters may be edited or appropriate for either sex. Andrew Sorokowski can be reached at were very different from anything that she abridged. What is being inaugurated at UCU, we [email protected]. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 6, 2013 No. 1 Gala concert in Hollywood benefits university in Lviv

by Roma Thibodeau HOLLYWOOD, Calif. – The historic Wilshire-Ebell Theater in Hollywood was the setting of a premier gala Christmas concert on December 8, 2012, featuring the Kobzar Ukrainian National Choir, the Los Angeles Doctors’ Symphony Orchestra (LADSO) and visiting soloists and select singers from Ukrainian choral ensembles in Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco and New England. Titled “Christmas ‘Round the World,” the charity con- cert brought together a combined choir of 80 singers under the direction of the Kobzar choir’s Gregory Hallick. All proceeds from the concert were designated for the Ukrainian Catholic Education Foundation (UCEF) in its campaign to support and expand the pioneering Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU) in Lviv. The program began with a rousing symphonic overture composed by Maestro Hallick and directed by the LADSO’s music director, Dr. Ivan Shulman. Weaving together themes and excerpts of beloved Christmas carols Anya Marinovich from the English and Ukrainian tradition, the overture set Choirs performing with the Los Angeles Doctor’s Symphony under director Gregory Hallick. the stage for a memorable afternoon of holiday music, formed “What Child Is This?” (Greensleeves), featuring executive director of the Ukrainian Catholic Education including several world premiers of original works by Mr. young soprano soloist Teryn Kuzma. Foundation, thanked the audience for its support of the Hallick. The overture was followed by a new arrangement The bandurists then accompanied the choir in Ukrainian Catholic University and its historic mission to of the Ukrainian carol “Hraite Dzvony” that showcased the Stetsenko’s triumphant setting of “Nebo i Zemlia” (Heaven restore Ukraine’s religious freedom and its rich intellectu- choir’s wide dynamic range and harmonic versatility. and Earth). al heritage. He thanked the performers for their outstand- Between selections, the Rev. Edward Danylo Evanko, The second half began with an octet of male soloists ing performance and especially Maestro Hallick for his pastor of the Dormition of the Mother of God Ukrainian performing the haunting ballad “Sviati Sydily” (The Saints vision and determination in organizing a gala concert on Catholic Church in Richmond, British Columbia, narrated Sat and Labored) with a Middle-Eastern orchestral back- such a scale. the Christmas story and excerpts from the Gospel of St. drop evoking the stark landscape of biblical Palestine. Mr. Hallick also thanked the visiting singers from the Luke. Father Evanko also offered insights into Ukrainian Soprano Maria Tcherepenko of San Francisco sang a new Trembita Choir of San Francisco, the Koliada Choir of and European Christmas traditions. A veteran of arrangement of “Silent Night,” and baritone Mykola Sacramento and the Yevshan Ukrainian Vocal Ensemble of Broadway, and well-known for his productions of power- Zlidenny performed a fast-paced version of the epiphanal Connecticut who lent their voices to this cause. ful one-man plays about Father Damien, Blessed Nykyta carol “Yerusalymski Dzvony” (The Bells of Jerusalem). The December 8 concert received extensive coverage in Budka and the Holodomor, Father Evanko provided mov- As the concert drew to a close, the combined choirs Tidings, a Roman Catholic newspaper that reaches over ing commentary throughout the program. and orchestra performed a suite of English carols, includ- 250,000 readers in Southern California. The first half of the concert featured several original ing “Hark the Herald Angels Sing” and “On Christmas For more photos of the gala concert, readers may visit compositions by Mr. Hallick, including an orchestral Night.” For the grand finale, Maestro Hallick took the podi- the UCEF website at www.ucef.org. The Ukrainian arrangement of “Boh Predvichny” (God Eternal), “Nova um to direct his arrangement of Stetsenko’s suite of car- Catholic University recently finished construction of its Radist’ Stala” (A New Joy Has Come Upon Us) and the ols: “Oi, Vydyt’ Boh” (God Casts His Gaze), “Dobryi Vechir first student residential hall (Collegium) on the edge of beloved lullaby “Away in a Manger.” Several renowned Tobi” (Good Evening, Master of the House) and “Dnes Stryisky Park in Lviv. The university is in the process of opera stars lent their voices to the benefit concert. Stefan Poyushche” (Today We Sing of Our Newborn King). This building a state-of-the-art academic building that will be Szkafarowsky, bass-baritone from the Metropolitan brought the audience to its feet for a tumultuous ovation. the first of its kind in Ukraine. UCU has won acclaim in Opera, who is currently performing in “Madame Butterfly” For an encore, Maestro Shulman led the choir and The Financial Times and the National Catholic Reporter with the Los Angeles Opera, offered a unique rendition of orchestra in a spirited rendition of the Hallelujah Chorus and other publications for its high academic and ethical “Ave Maria.” San Francisco opera star Ivanna Taratula from Handel’s “Messiah,” and the concert ended with the standards and its innovative programs. Filipenko performed Barvinsky’s “Shcho to za Predyvo” choirs singing the original version of Mykola Leontovych’s To support the university, tax-deductible donations (What Wonder Is This?). A bandura ensemble led by Olha “Carol of the Bells” (Shchedryk). may be sent to UCEF, 2247 W. Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL Harasymenko-Oliynyk and Irene Kytasty Kuzma per- At the conclusion of the concert, Alexander Kuzma, the 60622. 500 pack Philadelphia’s UECC for Christmas concert the audience (in Ukrainian) that this concert was an eve- by Alex Harbuziuk was joined by about a dozen other male singers to form a choir for two songs. ning of praise and worship of our Lord and Savior Jesus JENKINTOWN, Pa. – The joyous music of Christmas The visitors from Ukraine consisted of choir conductors Christ. filled the Ukrainian Educational and Cultural Center of and ministers of music at churches and music instructors The concert consisted of four parts, with each part Philadelphia during a concert on Sunday evening, from seminaries. focusing on one of the names of Jesus written by the December 16, 2012, that included a men’s chorus from Some members of the men’s chorus from Ukraine also prophet Isaiah 9:6 – “And he will be called Wonderful Ukraine. presented solo performances: Yuriy Slyva from Lutsk on Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.” More than 500 people packed the auditorium of the the saxophone, Bohdan Levchenko from Zhytomyr on the Each name was briefly but meaningfully explained (in facility in suburban Jenkintown to celebrate the birth more trumpet, and Ivan Barzul from Uzhhorod with a vocal Ukrainian and in English) by the Rev. Dr. Sergio Sauchuk, than 2,000 years ago of Jesus Christ. number. Two of the songs were recent compositions by pastor of Grace Ukrainian Baptist Church of Hatboro. The nine-member men’s chorus took the stage three Volodymyr Chlysta from Lviv. The concert included a combined youth choir of singers times to sing six songs under the direction of Oleksandr Master of ceremonies Oleksander Kreshchuk from Kyiv, from several churches in the metropolitan area, under the Korchevniy from Cherkasy. On the third time, the chorus the music director for the Baptist Union of Ukraine, told direction of Ivan Velenchuk, choir conductor at Grace Ukrainian Baptist Church in Hatboro, Pa. The concert also included instrumental and vocal solos, duets and a trio. Composer and poet Dmytro Voyevoda recit- ed one of his poems. The audience had the opportunity to sing several carols. All of the songs were sung in the Ukrainian language, except for one English solo and Haydn’s “Gloria” sung by the men’s choir using the Latin lyrics. The opening prayer was offered by the Rev. Dmytro Login, pastor of the First Ukrainian Evangelical Baptist Church of Philadelphia. Two hours later, the benediction was given by the Rev. Avdiy Chripczuk, pastor of the First Ukrainian Evangelical Baptist Church of Levittown, Pa. Admission to the concert was free, thanks to the gener- ous financial sponsorship of the Ukrainian Educational and Cultural Center, Ukrainian Selfreliance Federal Credit Union of Philadelphia, First Ukrainian Evangelical Baptist Church of Philadelphia and Grace Ukrainian Baptist Church in Hatboro. After the concert, attendees were heard to describe the seventh annual concert as “wonderful,” “fantastic,” “excel- The combined youth choir performs. lent,” “very good” and “possibly the best one so far.” No. 1 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 6, 2013 9 In the aftermath of the elections: Where do we go from here? by Derek Fraser Association and Free Trade Agreement with the European agreeing to move ahead in some fields, Wilson has proposed Union, and the Free Trade Agreement with Canada, while that the EU countries should refuse to provide visas to sup- Following is an abridged text of remarks by former desirable, seem to have counted for less for President porters of the family suspected of criminal activities or Canadian Ambassador to Ukraine Derek Fraser at the 45th [Viktor] Yanukovych than the desire to obtain, in spite of human rights violations, and should investigate for malfea- anniversary banquet of the Ukrainian World Congress held on growing discontent, a majority in Parliament of at least 226, sance companies closely associated with the family. When November 17, 2012, at St. Joseph’s Ukrainian Catholic Church and if possible, the 300 necessary to amend the we consider the outcome of the elections, and the apparent and Heritage Center in Oakville, Ontario. Constitution, apparently so that he could be re-elected as aims of the President, what lessons should we draw for president by Parliament, instead of by the population, when Canadian and U.S. policy toward Ukraine? As chief election observer for the International Election his term is up in 2015. We must avoid the tendency to give up on Ukraine. It is Observer Mission of the Ukrainian World Congress, I am In fact, the Party of Regions lost between 25 and 30 per- important that both countries should continue to be involved pleased to report back to you on the degree of fairness of cent of its votes (2 million voters) compared to the elections in Ukraine in supporting Ukrainian independence, in promot- the parliamentary elections, as well as to consider where of 2006 and 2007. According to the official figures for all but ing democratic and economic reforms where possible, and in the Ukrainian nation that has emerged from the elections is five of the seats, the Party of Regions won only 185 seats. strengthening the civil society. We should maintain an active heading and what influence we may bring to bear to sup- The party will, however, attempt to create a majority by aid policy. Furthermore, Canada might coordinate with the port Ukrainian sovereignty and a return to democracy. absorbing its clones among the independent candidates, EU its policy on concluding the Free Trade Agreement with I would like to thank the Ukrainian World Congress, who took 43 seats, and the small parties, which got six. The Ukraine. The proposed Canada-Ukraine Free Trade together with the Canada Ukraine Foundation and the Party of Regions will then likely use its usual tactics of bribe Agreement, as one member of Yanukovych’s team remarked, Ukrainian Canadian Congress, for having supported our and blackmail to rob deputies from the opposition parties. does not count for much by itself. In our opinion, in coordina- mission. (With 250 short-term observers from 20 coun- The principal opposition party, Batkivschyna, got 101 seats, tion with the EU’s policy it however does matter. tries) Ours was the largest non-government supported mis- UDAR received 40, and Svoboda, 37. The Party of Regions As a means of exerting pressure for good behavior on the sion observing the elections in Ukraine. I believe it proved had hoped to have the Communists, who obtained 32 seats, Yanukovych regime, in the absence of many other levers, the its usefulness by providing an independent viewpoint, as a coalition partner. They, however, have declined. West might also consider the idea of targeted sanctions unconstrained by any political considerations. … Whatever the success of these maneuvers, the structure against certain members of President Yanukovych’s entou- We found that the elections did not meet the minimum that emerges may be prone to splitting. It certainly will likely rage. Our impression in Ukraine was that the possibility of requirements for international standards for democratic fall short of the majority needed to change the Constitution. targeted sanctions of any sort has, more than any other elections. We noted that the election campaign was charac- Yanukovych’s hold on power has a purpose. After the measure, got supporters and members of the Yanukovych terized by: Russian revolution, when Lenin saw that no other country clan spooked. This fear may account in part for the - would succumb to communism, he adopted the policy of increased willingness of certain oligarchs to reconsider their tion, socialism within one country. President Yanukovych has relationship with Yanukovych. • the imprisonment of two major leaders of the opposi stood Lenin’s policy on its head. He has adopted the policy Canada might consider refusing visas to supporters of - the family suspected of criminal activities or human rights tures,• restricted including media the use freedom, of government finances and govern- violations. Canada should however, coordinate such a policy ment• non-transparent officials, and uncontrolled election expendi We must avoid the tendency with its allies. Otherwise, it would be open to retaliation. to give up on Ukraine. …we The United States has formally ruled out targeted sanctions districts by the Central Election Commission, raising ques- against Ukraine at this stage. The United States is, however, tions• the about gerrymandering the commission’s of a significantindependence number and ofimpartiali- Election must be prepared to be in refusing visas to Ukrainians suspected of gross criminal ty, activities. The British have refused a visa to a person sus- Ukraine for the long haul. pected of human rights violations. Canada could also keep, the constituency and polling station levels, leading to doubts in conjunction with its allies, a close eye on the practices of about• the their skewed ability membership to produce of credible the election election commissions results, at of capitalism within one family. He has set out to enrich his companies belonging to members of the family. … immediate family, not only at a cost to the country, but also Above all, we must be prepared to be in Ukraine for the at the expense of his erstwhile oligarch allies. long haul. Until now, our policy toward Ukraine has been authorities,• the blatant of harassment, bribery of voters, intimidation and, in some cases, Formerly highly placed government officials have esti- buttressed by the often unspoken assumption that we violence,• a growing principally number directed of incidents, against the often opposition. involving the mated to us that every year the Yanukovych family is drain- would help lead Ukraine by easy stages to becoming a stable On voting day, our observers reported several serious ing for its own purposes billions of dollars from government democratic country with a prosperous market economy. In violations, such as duplicate ballot boxes, a great surplus of revenues. What is more, the family is also trespassing on the making this assumption we may have underestimated the ballots at some polling stations, and a shortage at others. In wealth of Yanukovych’s oligarch allies. The discontent that difficulties created for Ukraine by its difficult history. past elections, surplus ballots have been used for fraudulent the Yanukovych family’s greediness is arousing in the gener- Unlike the countries in Eastern Central Europe that purposes. al population, and the ill will that it is generating among the became independent at the same time, Ukraine had, at the After the elections, our observers continued to monitor oligarchs, suggest that this policy cannot be pursued suc- moment of independence, only been obliquely affected by the uncompleted counting of the ballots in several constitu- cessfully without increasing repression. the evolution of the Western culture from authoritarianism encies. They condemned the falsification of the election Among some of Yanukovych’s band of associates, several to pluralism. Ukraine had little tradition of the backbone of results in several District Election Commissions. They point- factors, possibly a fear of increased repression, certainly, a democracy, which is the separation of powers. The country ed out the substantial discrepancies between the official pro- growing resentment at the grasp of the Family, concern that had had no previous experience as an independent state or, tocols of voting results prepared by the polling stations and Ukraine may miss the boat with Europe, and possibly grow- since the first world war, as a market economy. It had few of the final tallies posted by the Central Election Commission. ing popular discontent, have, in turn, the potential to lead the government structures needed to run a state. They called on the Central Election Commission to avoid them to break with the President, destabilizing Ukrainian There are very few European counties that have smooth- formal recognition of illegitimate election results and politics. … ly made the transition from dictatorship to democracy. Most Ukrainian authorities to respect the rule of law. … Gestures of independence by some of the oligarchs, com- making the journey before the advent of the EU have fallen In undertaking the role as chief observer of the mission, I bined with other signs of tension within Yanukovych’s erst- back at least once. Ukraine has not had the benefit of an considered that one of the roles of international observer while circle of allies, have given rise to the suspicion among offer of EU membership, an offer that has eased the way to missions should be to exercise a restraining influence on the Yanukovych’s former partners that Yanukovych may be democracy for so many other countries in eastern Central official conduct of the election campaign by drawing atten- tempted to do a deal with the Russians by agreeing to join Europe and the Balkans. tion to abuses of the authorities. the Russian dominated Eurasian Customs Union in return for In contrast, Ukraine has faced frequent Russian interfer- To some extent, international pressure, allied with Russian help in re-establishing control over his associates. ence in its internal affairs and is now under pressure to join domestic opposition, did have some influence. Spurious Yanukovych would, however, according to one report, not only the Eurasian Customs Union, but also the Collective criminal charges were dropped against the manager of the only contemplate a sellout to Russia if he had lost all hope of Security Treaty Organization (CSTO). These structures one remaining national independent television station, TVI. receiving backing from the West, and especially from the would give Russia a strong voice over the economies, the A law on criminal libel was abandoned. In response to the United States. There is considerable evidence that the rela- finances, and the defense of the other members, and accord complaint of a leading weekly, Ukrainskyi Tyzhden, that its tionship between Yanukovych and Putin is highly acrimoni- Russia the right to intervene militarily to keep the other distribution was being hampered following criticism of the ous. Yanukovych would likely only consider a surrender to states in line. government, the prime minister called on news agents to Putin as a remedy of last resort. An independent Ukraine free from Russian domination permit the free distribution of all publications. Parliament is In return, we see some signs that some in the EU are con- remains important for both stability in Europe and the pos- likely to approve new elections in five ridings where the sidering how the EU could regain influence with the sibility of the West eventually reaching an understanding District Election Commissions sought to falsify results. Yanukovych administration to as to persuade the president with Russia. The relationship between Russia and Ukraine Although it is not certain, the vigor of Ukraine’s human to carry out genuine reforms. They wish to get out of the is likely to remain difficult for the foreseeable future. rights organizations, the strength of the opposition, and blind alley in which the EU finds itself, in which no progress Relations between successor states often remain unsettled international exposure, may have also had some influence in can be made on the Association and Free Trade Agreement for a long period of time. Furthermore, the Russian imperial keeping the elections partially free. The reversion to author- without the release of the political prisoners and free elec- tradition conceives of Ukraine as being a part of Russia. itarianism could have gone further. The opposition, in part tions. Because of these conditions, the EU now has effective- Should Russia succeed in re-establishing its hegemony for reasons I will go into later, did at the end receive a more ly few levers over Yanukovych. The UWC might therefore over Ukraine, it could prolong the instability of the area, pre- balanced coverage on television. In spite of hindrances, the encourage the EU to show flexibility in its policy towards vent the spread of democracy, divide Europe, and, by offend- opposition was able to run a vigorous campaign. The public Ukraine. ing our consciences, make it difficult for the West to achieve will was, although imperfectly, expressed in the results. … Andrew Wilson, a senior policy fellow at the European reconciliation with Russia. The considerable incentives that the international com- Council on Foreign Relations, has suggested looking for pos- In view of these factors, the West should remain engaged munity did offer for conducting honest elections and releas- sibilities to split off from the Association Agreement areas in in the area. Canada especially should stay involved in ing the two major political prisoners, Yulia Tymoshenko and which progress can be made and to go forward on bilateral Ukraine, if it wishes to contribute to stability in Eastern Yurii Lutsenko, including support by the United States, the co-operation by member states. As a counterweight to Europe and to help overcome the division of the continent. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 6, 2013 No. 1

UWC marks... (Continued from page 1) focusing on the main goals and achieve- ments of the organization throughout its 45-year history. The president of the World Federation of Ukrainian Women’s Organizations and UWC’s second vice-president, Orysia Sushko; the UWC first vice-president and president of the European Congress of Ukrainians, Jaroszlava Hartyanyi; the UWC secretary general and president of the Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organizations, Stefan Romaniw; and the vice-president of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, Andrew Futey, also Minister of State for Finance Ted UWC extended greetings on this occasion. Menzies conveys greetings from the The keynote speaker, Ambassador Derek UWC President Eugene Czolij addresses Paul Grod, Ukrainian Canadian Congress prime minister of Canada. Fraser. the audience. (UCC) president and co-chair of the UWC Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv nificant contribution of the UWC to The UWC also recognized its major International Observer Mission to the 2012 Patriarchate, the United Opposition Ukraine’s independence, the country’s fur- donors during the banquet: Buduchnist parliamentary elections in Ukraine, deliv- Batkivschyna (signed by Council Chair ther development, democratization and Credit Union Ltd. (Canada), Ukrainian ered greetings on behalf of the UCC and Arseniy Yatsenyuk and Campaign Euro-integration, as well as to the defense Credit Union Ltd. (Canada), Caisse thanked all those who participated in the Coordinator Oleksander Turchynov), the of the fundamental rights and freedoms of Populaire Desjardins Ukrainienne de mission, as well as everyone who support- political party People’s Self-Defense Ukrainians, and consolidation of the Montréal (Canada), the Self Reliance ed it financially. (signed by Yurii Lutsenko) and the political Ukrainian diaspora. Foundation of Self Reliance Ukrainian Written greetings were also read from party UDAR (signed by leader Vitali Video greetings were extended by American Federal Credit Union (U.S.), Self Patriarch Sviatoslav of the Ukrainian Greek- Klitschko). Ukrainian communities from around the Reliance New York Federal Credit Union Catholic Church, Patriarch Filaret of the All of the greetings recognized the sig- world. (U.S.), SUMA (Yonkers) Federal Credit Union (U.S.), The Heritage Foundation of First Security Federal Savings Bank (U.S.), the Temerty Family (Canada) and the Taras Shevchenko Ukrainian Reading Society Prosvita (Canada). More detailed information on the 45th anniversary celebration is available on the UWC website, ukrainianworldcongress.org. The UWC is the international coordinat- ing body for Ukrainian communities in the diaspora representing the interests of over 20 million Ukrainians. The UWC has mem- ber organizations in 33 countries and ties with Ukrainians in 14 additional countries. Founded in 1967 as a non-profit corpora- tion, the UWC was recognized in 2003 by the United Nations Economic and Social Council as a non-governmental organiza- tion (NGO) with special consultative status.

Ukraine takes over... (Continued from page 1) in particular its environmental aspects,” said the minister. Emphasizing that protecting human rights and fundamental freedoms and implementation of existing OSCE commit- ments in this area remain an important integral part of the OSCE’s concept of com- prehensive security, Mr. Kozhara said that Ukraine’s chairmanship would promote the fight against human trafficking, support media freedom and encourage meaningful steps in a number of human dimension issues. Minister Kozhara noted that the OSCE could greatly benefit from a constructive contribution of civil society and academia in the achievement of OSCE goals and objectives in all three dimensions. He praised the achievements of the out- going Irish chairmanship and pledged to take forward the “Helsinki +40” process agreed upon at the ministerial meeting held in Dublin last month to develop the organization’s strategic path in the run-up to the 40th anniversary of the Helsinki Final Act in 2015. “Ukraine sees its chairmanship mission as further promoting the conditions that would lead to change in our mindsets – from confrontational thinking to a coopera- tive approach,” the OSCE chairperson-in- office said. Minister Kozhara will present Ukraine’s priorities to the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna on January 17. No. 1 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 6, 2013 11

Edited and compiled by Matthew Dubas Deep Fried Kobasa wins Rutgers volleyball intramurals by Mykola Buniak NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. – For four years, my friends and roommates at Rutgers University have been trying to win an intra- mural volleyball championship, but always seemed to fall short in the playoffs. This year, they asked me to become part of the team because they heard that I played volleyball in my spare time. I accept- ed their offer, and was asked to become the coach and captain of the team, along with taking on the responsibility of recruiting the players. The first thought that popped into my head when I found out that I had to recruit players was: “I gotta get some Ukrainians on my team.” Growing up, I had always heard about the legendary (predominantly Ukrainian) volleyball team at Rutgers-Newark during the 1976-1977 season. My father, Dr. Borys

Members of the Deep Fried Kobasa team (from left): Peter Schepel, Mykola Buniak, Lesyk Syzonenko, Corie Hlavaty, Katya Hajduczok, Larysa Droczak, Patrick Lanni, Ian O’Neill and Brian Morris.

Buniak, is friends with all of the team mem- we needed to have girls on the team as began on October 23 and ended on bers because he grew up with them in the well. I remembered that my friend, Larysa November 27, 2012, with a perfect record New Jersey area through Plast and Droczak, with whom I grew up in Syracuse, of 5-0, dominating every set with ease; five Ukrainian school, and he always told me of N.Y., was a successful high school volleyball out of the six starters were Ukrainian. The their feats. player. I asked her to join the team, and she playoffs included two rounds, a semifinal Although Rutgers no longer has a accepted enthusiastically. I knew I was and the championship game. As happened Division 1-level volleyball team, club vol- missing one more Ukrainian girl on the during the entire regular season, Deep leyball and intramural volleyball remain. team, so I asked Katya Hajduczok, another Fried Kobasa swept though the opposition This past summer, I played beach volleyball of my friends from Ukrainian dancing, if and won the championship, held on between dance rehearsals at the Roma she wanted to play as well. December 4 at the College Avenue Gym at Pryma Bohachevsky Ukrainian Dance All four of the Ukrainians I asked to be Rutgers University in New Brunswick, N.J., Camp at Soyuzivka with my dancing on the team are freshman at Rutgers, and I winning straight sets against both oppo- friends Lesyk Syzonenko and Peter thought that having them play volleyball nents 3-0 (Rough Sets, semifinal), 3-0 (Sets Schepel. When we weren’t dancing, we with fellow Ukrainians would help with on the Beach, final). were playing volleyball. team chemistry, as well as help them with The team finished the season with a per- We honed our skills through the entire their transition into college life. fect record of 7-0, and I was told by the offi- summer and into Ukrainian Week at I finally had a complete team of nine cials and head of the intramural league that Wildwood, where we played in the USCAK players, with five Ukrainians (including we were the best co-ed volleyball team Beach Volleyball Tournament with some myself) and four of my non-Ukrainian they had ever seen at Rutgers University. success. I knew after the summer, I wanted friends I knew since my freshman year at Not bad for a group of Ukrainians! – no, needed – Ukrainians on my team, spe- Rutgers. The only thing we were missing So there you have it. I helped deliver to cifically Lesyk and Peter, with whom I was a team name. my friends that volleyball championship developed team chemistry during the After spending hours trying to think of a they so much desired and created memo- entire summer while playing with them. name, I eventually came up with Deep Fried ries that I can talk about with my friends Because we were joining a co-ed league, Kobasa. I wanted to have a name that for the rest of our lives. showed opponents that we represented Although we may not be that legendary Mykola Buniak is a pre-med student at proud Ukrainians, but at the same time, were team from 1976-1977, we used their same Rutgers-New Brunswick who will be gradu- here to laugh and have a great time as well. formula to achieve success, that is, have Mykola Buniak serves. ating in the spring of 2013. We finished the regular season, which Ukrainians play volleyball together.

U.S. Embassy in Kyiv hosts second American Independence Film Festival PARSIPPANY, N.J. – The six-day, second ers who told captivating stories at a low annual American Independence Film price. Festival opened on November 27, 2012, at “This is our second year in existence,” the Kyiv Cinema Theater. U.S. Ambassador said festival program director Roxy to Ukraine John Tefft opened festival, which Toporowych. “Our first year was kind of is dedicated to exploring the “indie” idea in like a test to see how we could take films film. and bridge cultures through these films. The AIFF is a non-profit, non-govern- And this year we’re trying to do the same mental American organization, supported thing, except with newer films, better films, by the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine, and is car- films that were all made in 2012 with ried out in partnership between the U.S. American directors, that have won awards, Embassy and the AIFF. The festival pro- that will go on to win awards and so forth.” vides a forum for film industry people to Films included “Safety Not Guaranteed,” view works by new filmmakers and films “The Words,” “Lawless,” “California Solo,” presenting new approaches and innovative “Electrick Children,” “The Sessions” and solutions while working with limited bud- “The End of Love.” gets. Documentaries included “Woody Allen: Hosted by the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv, the A Biography,” “Atomic States of America,” “Brooklyn Castle,” “How to Survive a festival showcased dozens of independent Plague,” “Pablo,” “Lost Town,” “The First low-budget features and short films, with U.S. Embassy in Ukraine the focus on emerging talent and filmmak- (Continued on page 18) Roxy Toporowych responds to questions during the festival’s opening night gala. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 6, 2013 No. 1

were investigating whether the detonation Bandera’s birth anniversary is marked Rada adopted only one in nine bills NEWSBRIEFS was accidental or intentional. There were KYIV – A torchlight procession and a KYIV – The Verkhovna Rada of the sev- conflicting media reports about the man’s (Continued from page 2) motor race to mark the 104th anniversary enth convocation should improve the quali- intentions. Some local reports said the man, of the birth of Ukrainian nationalist hero ty of legislative work, as during the previ- who was not identified, set the grenade off Man dies after grenade detonates Stepan Bandera took place in several ous convocation only every ninth docu- on purpose to commit suicide. The Segodnya ment registered by national deputies KYIV – Ukrainian media reports of Ukrainian cities on January 1. Torchlight daily said he previously had arguments with processions were held in Kyiv and Lviv, and became law, said First Deputy Chairman of December 27, 2012, say a man was killed university staff about his rights to a plot of branches of the Svoboda party were hold- the Verkhovna Rada Ihor Kaletnyk when a grenade he was carrying detonated land. Other reports said he was a former ing similar events in Poltava, Kirovohrad, (Communist Party of Ukraine), as quoted at a local university in the western city of border guard who had recently been in Ternopil, Melitopol and Rivne. In on December 29, 2012, by the CPU website. Chernivtsi. Two others – a professor and a arguments with one of the university’s pro- Zaporizhia, a motor race was held that day “There was a huge process of lawmaking. student – were injured in the blast and taken fessors. (RFE/RL, based on reporting by to mark the anniversary, and in Luhansk a And what is the effect of this? The effect is to a hospital. State prosecutors said they Interfax and Agence France-Presse) historical quest game, “Old Luhansk,” was just two or three dozen bills that were real- to be held. Bandera, born on January 1, ly aimed at solving the problems of the 1909, headed the Organization of Ukrainians. In fact, only one in nine docu- Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN), which fought ments registered by national deputies of for Ukraine’s independence from Polish, the previous convocation became law. Russian and German foreign invaders. He Others were ‘folk art’ by the nature,” Mr. TO PLACE YOUR AD CALL Walter Honcharyk (973) 292-9800 x3040 was killed by KGB agent Bohdan Kaletnyk said. He added that the or e-mail [email protected] Stashynsky in Munich on October 15, 1959. Parliament of the seventh convocation has On January 20, 2010, Ukrainian President set as its main goal a public discussion of bills at the stage of their preparation with Viktor Yushchenko conferred the title Hero experts, scientists and the public “in order SERVICES PROFESSIONALS of Ukraine on Bandera. However, under the to have results rather than a process.” He administration of President Viktor noted that MPs of the previous convocation Yanukovych, on August 2, 2011, the Higher of the Verkhovna Rada submitted and reg- Administrative Court of Ukraine upheld a istered more than 14,000 bills during the ruling of Donetsk Circuit Court dated April course of five years; of that number, only 2, 2010, and a ruling of Donetsk about 6,000 were offered for consideration Administrative Court of Appeals dated June in the session hall. And only 1,500 became 23, 2010, that declared the presidential law. (Ukrinform) decree illegal. (Interfax-Ukraine) Yatsenyuk proposes ticket to Brussels Ukraine on foreign adoptive parents KYIV – The opposition welcomed the KYIV – Ukraine is not afraid of the postponement of Ukrainian Viktor ОКСАНА СТАНЬКО increasing number of foreigners who want Ліцензований продавець Yanukovych’s visit to Moscow on Страхування Життя to adopt children, Presidential December 18, 2012. “I would like to con- OKSANA STANKO Commissioner for Children’s Rights Yurii gratulate the Ukrainian people and the Licensed Life Insurance Agent Pavlenko said at a briefing on December 28 opposition on the fact that President Ukrainian National Assn., Inc. 2012. “We are in no way afraid of an Yanukovych’s visit to Russia has been can- 32 Peachtree Rd. increasing number of foreign adoptive par- celed. The opposition is buying President Basking Ridge, NJ 07920 ents, who would come to Ukraine. Yanukovych tickets to Brussels, where we Tel.: 908-872-2192; email: [email protected] Ukrainian legislation has long been built need to go,” Batkivschyna faction leader and focused on the development of nation- Arseniy Yatsenyuk said from the parlia- al adoption. It has long had a number of mentary rostrum while commenting on the limitations, but they are not contrary to the cancellation of the Ukrainian president’s interests of the child in relation to interna- visit to Russia. Prior to that, Mr. Yatsenyuk tional adopters,” Mr. Pavlenko said in com- said the opposition would demand that menting on the adoption of the Dima President Viktor Yanukovych be brought to Yakovlev Law in the Russian Federation. He account should he sign any agreement to noted that the policy of Ukraine is aimed at join the Customs Union in Moscow. stimulating national adopters. The position (Interfax-Ukraine) of the state with regard to the adoption of Judge, family beheaded in Kharkiv children (including interstate adoption) is consistent, predictable and clearly based KYIV – A judge in Kharkiv and three on the United Nations Convention on the members of his family have been murdered Rights of the Child in order to ensure the – all of them beheaded. An Interfax report best interests of the child in all procedures quoted authorities who say the headless related to adoption. According to Mr. body of the district judge – along with Pavlenko, in 2012 Ukrainians adopted those of his wife, his 20-year-old son and three times more children than foreigners: his daughter-in-law – were found at the HELP WANTED about 2,000 as compared to about 700. On judge’s apartment on December 15. ITAR- December 28, Russian President Vladimir TASS reported that the younger woman We are seeking a babysitter Putin signed into law a ban on adoption of was the girlfriend of the judge’s son. A for our 3 year old son in Bayside, NY. Russian orphans by Americans. Known as spokesman for the Internal Affairs Must speak Ukrainian fluently. Preferably the Dima Yakovlev Law (named after the Ministry’s Kharkiv regional department owns a car. Two days per week - Wednes- 2-year-old boy adopted from Russia who said the murders appear to have been com- day and Thursday. No. of days to increase perished in the U.S. because of the negli- mitted on the morning of December 15. in December. Tel. 646-763-0045. gence or adoptive parents), was adopted in Investigators say they have not ruled out response to the enactment in the U.S. of the the possibility that the motive is linked with the judge’s work. RFE/RL’s Ukrainian FOR SALE Magnitsky Act, which provides for the introduction of visa and economic sanc- Service correspondent in Kharkiv reported tions against Russian officials implicated in that the judge was from the city’s Frunze district. (RFE/RL, based on reporting by Liquidating estate the death in prison of lawyer Sergei Magnitsky and others involved in human Interfax and ITAR-TASS) Large Edward Kozak Mosaic rights violations. (Ukrinform) Yanukovych comments on murder case - Rare Find! Please call 973-941-6659 Language law’s elimination proposed KYIV – President Viktor Yanukovych has or email: [email protected]. KYIV – A bill proposing elimination of said that solving the case of the killing of a the language law was registered in the judge and his family in Kharkiv is a matter Verkhovna Rada, according to news reports of honor for all law enforcement agencies. FOR LEASE dated December 29, 2012. Bill No. 1190 on Speaking in Kyiv on December 19, 2012, at invalidation of the law on the principles of a swearing-in ceremony for newly appoint- ed judges, he said, “I have ordered an inves- state language policy was authored by the Florida Condominium tigation into the murder of the judge and vice-chairman of the Batkivshchyna fac- St. Andrew’s Ukrainian Condo Assoc., his family, because it is a challenge for the tion, Viacheslav Kyrylenko. As reported, on North Port, Fl. Newly renovated, 2Br, entire Ukrainian society. Solving this crime July 3, 2012, the Parliament adopted the heated pool, 1 mile to Mineral Springs. is a matter of honor for all law enforcement law on languages. It was signed by agencies.” (Ukrinform) Available monthly with opportunity to buy. President Viktor Yanukovych on August 9. Tel. 847-438-7222 or 847-404-9538 (Ukrinform) (Continued on page 13)

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be checked against whether they meet the Vlasenko, it was found at that time that Ms. mental values and principles, and it NEWSBRIEFS criteria [of the INA],” she said, adding that Tymoshenko gave verbal instructions to a appeals to pro-democratic parties in the the U.S. Department of State does not com- UESU accountant during the period when Ukrainian Parliament not to associate with, (Continued from page 12) ment on individual cases of the denial of she did not work at UESU. (Ukrinform) endorse or form coalitions with this party,” Support for Russian language drops visas or their revocation. When asked the paper reads. This amendment was not about the possibility of using visa sanctions Gongadze killer faces life imprisonment available in the draft resolution, but it was KYIV – Fifty-one percent of Ukrainian against Ukrainian officials, she said that KYIV – Prosecutors are asking Kyiv’s included during a debate on the situation citizens are against granting an official sta- Washington, in its relations with Kyiv, was Pechersky District Court to sentence in Ukraine. (Ukrinform) tus to the Russian language, 41 percent are now pursuing a policy of engagement, rath- Oleksiy Pukach, ex-chief of the Internal Strasbourg approves NBU report for this, and another 8 percent are undecid- er than sanctions. “Our efforts to date with Affairs Ministry’s external surveillance ed, according to a poll conducted by the the government of Ukraine have been to department, to life imprisonment for the KYIV – The National Bank of Ukraine on sociological group Rating. “It should be use our diplomatic engagement with them murder of journalist Heorhii Gongadze, TV December 12, 2012, welcomed the approv- noted that in the past two years the num- to urge them to change course, to stop Channel 5 reported on December 29, 2012. al by the Council of Europe’s Committee of ber of opponents and supporters of bilin- political prosecutions, to release former During debate on the case, prosecutors also Experts of the report on the progressive gualism was almost equal. However, in Prime Minister [Yulia] Tymoshenko, and to asked that the defendant be deprived of his changes in Ukraine in the field of combat- 2012 the level of support for granting an better protect the democratic reputation of general’s rank. Valentyna Telichenko, the ing money laundering and terrorist financ- official status to the Russian language has Ukraine, if you will. So that’s the policy that lawyer of the killed journalist’s wife, ing. The NBU website noted: “The report fallen dramatically, especially during the we are following at the moment. Obviously, Myroslava Gongadze, said she supports on progressive changes in Ukraine was second half of 2012,” sociologists stated in the kind of measures that you’re proposing such a punishment. However, she also seeks approved at the 40th plenary meeting of a press release dated December 27, 2012. is possible, but that’s not where we are his incrimination on the charge of contract the CE Committee of Experts on the The biggest supporters of bilingualism are right now,” Ms. Nuland said. First Deputy killing. The lawyer of the deceased journal- Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering residents of the Donbas region (75 per- Procurator General Kuzmin had released a ist’s mother, Andriy Fedur, also spoke at the Measures and the Financing of Terrorism cent) and the southern (72 percent) and letter he had written to U.S. President hearings. Mr. Pukach was detained in July (MONEYVAL) in Strasbourg (France).” The eastern (53 percent) parts of the country. Barack Obama. The letter notes that on 2009. According to the investigation, he and Ukrainian delegation presented the report At the same time, almost 70 percent of the October 19, 2012, U.S. Ambassador to three accomplices kidnapped and killed prepared with the active participation of residents of central and northern Ukraine Ukraine John Tefft informed Mr. Kuzmin Gongadze in 2000. (Ukrinform) the NBU financial monitoring department and almost 90 percent in the west do not about the cancellation of his five-year mul- on progressive changes in 2010-2012. Russian media on Svoboda party support the initiative. Granting Russian the tiple-entry U.S. visa, “without providing any MONEYVAL conducts mutual evaluation of status of a state language has the most sup- explanations.” Mr. Kuzmin also claimed KYIV – Some Russian media responded countries’ compliance with all the relevant port among older people and the least there was a plan to arrest him in the United to the beginning of work by the new international standards in the legal, finan- among youth. According to 37 percent of States. The U.S. ambassador, in turn, con- Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine by interpreting cial and law-enforcement areas of combat- respondents, the Ukrainian language needs firmed to reporters that Mr. Kuzmin’s visa the election of the Svoboda party as a return ing money laundering and terrorist financ- greater protection at the legislative level; had been revoked and that the first deputy to power of representatives of participants ing. The committee’s reports contain 18 percent believe that Russian needs prosecutor general had been informed in the military-political formations of the detailed recommendations on increasing greater protection. At the same time, 34 about the reason for the decision. At the Ukrainian Insurgent Army of the 1940s. the effectiveness of national regimes in percent believe that both languages are same time, he noted that, in accordance “Today [December 12, 2012]Kyiv will host combating money laundering and terrorist sufficiently protected by the law. The sur- with U.S. law, U.S. diplomats cannot public- the first meeting of the newly elected financing, as well as the countries’ possibil- vey was conducted on September ly disclose the reasons for the denial of Verkhovna Rada of the seventh convocation. ities to conduct international cooperation 25-October 5, 2012. (Ukrinform) visas or their revocation. As for the possi- This parliamentary assembly would be dif- in this field. MONEYVAL member states are ble resumption of the visa, the ambassador Only 40 percent want Slavic state ferent from what we saw in post-war obliged to report to the Council of Europe said that Mr. Kuzmin could file an applica- Europe. Thirty-seven of the 450 seats on the implementation of the experts’ rec- KYIV – The idea of establishing a single tion to the Consular Section of the U.S. belong to the Social National Party of ommendations. (Ukrinform) state of Ukraine, Russia and Belarus enjoys Embassy in Ukraine and that his applica- Ukraine, renamed Svoboda. For the first Ukraine joins European Platform the support of 41 percent of the tion would be considered. Ambassador time in post-war history, an openly neo-Nazi Ukrainians, according to a poll conducted Tefft said that there were no plans to arrest party will be represented in Parliament,” KYIV – Twelve European non-govern- by the group Rating. However, 44 percent the first deputy procurator general of Russia’s Agency of Political News claimed. mental organizations have created in do not support a common state, and anoth- Ukraine. (Ukrinform) The agency’s journalists recalled radical Warsaw the European Platform for er 15 percent are undecided. “If in the Kuzmin to seek Embassy assistance statements by the leader of Svoboda, Oleh Democratic Elections (EPDE) to observe course of 2010-2011, the number of sup- Tiahnybok, including references to “the and monitor elections in the Eastern porters of a common state kept stably KYIV – Ukrainian First Deputy Muscovites and other evil,” as well as those Partnership countries, it was reported on above the number of the opponents, in Prosecutor General Renat Kuzmin of of his family and fellow party members. In December 15, 2012. On the part of Ukraine, 2012 a reverse trend was observed,” the Ukraine is planning to apply to the U.S. this connection, the leaders of the united the platform included the Committee of sociologists noted. Rating added that the Embassy in Kyiv in order to obtain a single opposition in Ukraine also received negative Voters of Ukraine and the Civil Network formation of a common state with Russia is entry visa, it was reported on December 19, assessments: according to the Russian jour- Opora, said the newly elected coordinator mostly supported by older people (53 per- 2012. During a live phone conversation nalists, they are indiscriminate in choosing of the EPDE, European Exchange CEO cent) and least of all by the youth (32 per- with the Komsomolskaya Pravda v Ukraine political partners. Russia’s Agency of Stefanie Schiffer of Germany. The aim of the cent); it enjoys more support in cities than newspaper, he said, “Until yesterday, I did Political News noted: “At the recent congress European Platform for Democratic in rural areas. This initiative stably enjoys not plan to renew my U.S. visa, but I got the of the [Svoboda] party, the leader of the larg- Elections is to assist citizens’ election the greatest support in the south (64 per- invitation to attend a prayer breakfast orga- est opposition force, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, was observation in the countries of the Eastern cent), the Donbas region (57 percent) and nized by U.S. President Barack Obama.” Mr. also present. …He took an active part in the Partnership and in the Russian Federation, in the east (54 percent) of the country. At Kuzmin said he planned to ask U.S. neo-Nazi congress.” Russian commentators and to contribute to democratic election the same time, more than half of the resi- Ambassador to Ukraine John Tefft to assist proposed limiting the entry onto Russian processes throughout Europe. The dents of central and northern Ukraine, and him in obtaining a single entry visa. Earlier, territory of all members of Svoboda and European Platform will develop innovative over 80 percent in the west do not support Mr. Kuzmin had said that U.S. authorities those who sympathize with them. “The pas- methodologies to detect election fraud the formation of a single state. At the same planned to arrest him and revoked his U.S. sivity of Russian State Duma and Federation through citizens’ observation, train citizens’ time, at least a quarter of the respondents visa. (Ukrinform) Council deputies is also surprising. Would it observation networks in Eastern Europe who support a single state simultaneously not be appropriate to close the entrance to Tymoshenko trial again postponed and contribute to raising awareness for the support Ukraine’s accession to the Russia for all the members of the neo-Nazi findings of citizens’ election observation in European Union. The survey was conduct- KYIV – Proceedings in the case concern- Svoboda and its main benefactors?” one European political structures, Ms. Schiffer ed on 25 September 25-October 5 among ing the activities of the United Energy Russian media source said. Similar views said. The first activities of the European 2,000 respondents; its margin of error is 1 Systems of Ukraine (UESU) and charges were expressed by the Voice of Russia radio. Platform are directed towards supporting to 2.2 percent. (Ukrinform) brought against former Prime Minister (Ukrinform) citizens’ observation during the upcoming U.S. says it does not have black list Yulia Tymoshenko have been moved to European Parliament on Svoboda party presidential elections in 2013 in Armenia, January 18. The decision was announced Azerbaijan and Georgia, as well as during KYIV – The U.S. Department of State has by Judge Kostiantyn Sadovsky on KYIV – The European Parliament is call- regional elections in the Russian Federation confirmed the revocation of a U.S. visa for December 18, 2012. “Due to the inability to ing on the pro-democratic political forces and Ukraine. The founding members of the Ukraine’s First Deputy Procurator General hear the case in the absence of defendant elected to the Verkhovna Rada not to form European Platform for Democratic Renat Kuzmin, but noted that this is not Tymoshenko, the court hearing has been a coalition with the Svoboda party. This call Elections are the Association GOLOS related to the use of visa sanctions against postponed until 4 p.m. on January 18, was made in the amendment of Member of (Russia), Belarusian Helsinki Committee Ukraine. U.S. Department of State spokes- 2013,” the judge said. As for the defense the European Parliament (MEP) Kristian (Belarus), Committee of Voters of Ukraine, person Victoria Nuland announced this at a team’s request to close the criminal case Vigenin of Bulgaria, a member of the Group Election Monitoring and Democracy daily press briefing in Washington on against Ms. Tymoshenko due to the of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Studies Center (Azerbaijan), European December 11, 2012. “We have the absence of crime in her actions, Mr. Democrats, to the European Parliament Exchange (Germany), Helsinki Citizens’ Immigration and Nationalization Act [INA], Sadovsky said that “will be discussed at a resolution on the situation in Ukraine, Assembly (Armenia), Human Rights Center which guides when we can issue visas and court meeting with the participation of the adopted in Strasbourg on December 13, Viasna (Belarus), International Society for when we can’t issue visas, but we don’t defendant.” Meanwhile, a defense lawyer 2012. “MEPs voice concerns about the ris- Free Elections and Democracy (Georgia), keep lists of blacklisted people,” she said. for the former prime minister, Serhiy ing nationalistic sentiment in Ukraine Norwegian Helsinki Committee, Civil Ms. Nuland said that during the denial or Vlasenko, said, “The Supreme Court of which led to the election of the Svoboda Network Opora (Ukraine), Association revocation of a visa, the issue might con- Ukraine, by its ruling of November 11, Party to the Parliament of Ukraine. The EP Promo-Lex (Moldova) and the Swedish cern persons who do not meet the INA cri- 2005, closed the UESU case due to the recalls that racist, anti-Semitic and xeno- International Liberal Center (Sweden). teria. “Everybody applying for a visa has to absence of crime.” According to Mr. phobic views go against the EU’s funda- (Ukrinform) 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 6, 2013 No. 1 Journalism scholarships established in memory of Roman Melnyk TORONTO – The board and executive of The Roman Melnyk Scholarship Fund grounded in high moral and ethical stan- the Ukrainian Catholic Education was established with an initial contribu- dards in an environment free of corruption. Foundation (UCEF) has announced the tion of $10,000 from each of the lead In his address on the opening of the pro- establishment of the Roman Melnyk donors: Mr. Melnyk’s wife, Tania Melnyk, gram, University Rector Bishop Borys Scholarship Fund for students enrolled in and Yarmila and Erast Huculak. These Gudziak said that UCU’s Journalism School the master’s program in journalism at the funds were supplemented with generous strives “to help future journalists recognize Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU) in Lviv. donations from Mr. Melnyk’s family, friends their own dignity… A person with moral Mr. Melnyk, a founding director of UCEF, and former colleagues; to date, nearly and spiritual principles will not allow lies, was a lawyer and former television execu- $35,000 has been raised in his memory. will not allow them because of their princi- tive at both CBC and CTV, Canada’s major The funds will be used to provide scholar- ples. And this is the main assignment of a broadcasters. He believed firmly in the ships to students of UCU’s master’s pro- contemporary journalist – to speak the need for involvement and commitment to gram in journalism. truth with dignity.” one’s community and was a staunch sup- Established in 2011, the program was UCU is widely recognized as one of only porter of UCU, an open academic commu- conceived with the goal of developing a handful of institutions that fosters inno- nity in the Eastern Christian tradition that strong Ukrainian journalists in a country vative quality education grounded in promotes leadership and professional where journalistic freedom is constantly strong Christian ethics and principles of excellence in Ukraine and internationally. under attack. The program is designed to academic freedom. Among its faculty are He died on October 3 at the age of 71. provide students with an education world-renowned scholars, former political prisoners and leading theologians. UCU is the only Catholic university between Poland and the Pacific Ocean. It has devel- oped a strong reputation for incorruptibili- Roman Melnyk ty and a strategic vision that has attracted teered for the Ukrainian Canadian eminent scholars, not only from Ukraine, Congress and was a lifelong member and but also from Canada, the United States, supporter of Plast Ukrainian Scouting France, Israel, Poland, Russia, Germany Organization. and beyond. Edward Lucas, a writer for The Ukrainian Catholic Education The Economist, called the Ukrainian Foundation supports various projects at Catholic University “the jewel of higher education in Ukraine.” UCU, including scholarships for needy stu- In addition to serving on the Board of dents, grants, and professorships. For fur- UCEF, where he was instrumental in estab- ther information or to contribute to the lishing its charitable status, Mr. Melnyk Roman Melnyk Scholarship Fund in served for over a decade on the board of Journalism, readers may visit the UCEF the St. Demetrius Development Corp., website www.ucef.org. UCEF may also be including four years as its chair, and on the contacted in the U.S. at 773-235-8462, or boards of the Independent Production [email protected]; or in Canada at 416-239- Fund, the Canadian Race Relations 2495 [email protected]. Foundation, the National Catholic For more information on the School of Broadcasting Council and the International Journalism at UCU readers may visit www. Media Center in Kyiv, Ukraine. He volun- journalism.ucu.edu.ua. No. 1 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 6, 2013 15

College at Oxford to keep one place, each had an immense sense of, “Now I am safe.” rialist, but on the other hand are regularly John Lucas... term, for someone from the newly liberat- Move on nine years, and my oldest son, saying something must be done. This has ed countries and we would pay his fare, Edward, was in Bucharest, having been in been fatal for American policy, going from (Continued from page 3) room and board in the college and books. Prague and he had been reporting on the disaster to disaster because they haven’t Nazi regime, and it was a failure of the In one case, a man wanted to have Velvet Revolution. [Edward Lucas is the thought through where they stand. I Soviet regime, where laws were not always Aristotle’s “Metaphysics” and we had international editor of The Economist.] remember a long time ago, I was asked to published and people were wiped out ret- found a copy. It did cost quite a lot of There were only four Western journalists sign something condemning what the rospectively. I think the phrase was “air- money. In order to do this, I went at my in Prague at the time and he was able to state of California was doing. And I brushed.” This is an instance of where rule own expense around various Eastern get things through to the BBC World refused. This is none of our business. I of law can be invoked to show that some European countries in order to choose the Service, which meant very often [Vaclav] won’t disapprove of what the state of regimes don’t have legitimacy – that even right person. I went to Poland once or Havel was let out of prison and made a California is doing. They had been inde- though they go through the forms of enact- twice. I went to Lithuania twice. I then statement. Within about four hours, it was pendent of us and we must let them go ing statutes, those statutes are not valid was in Estonia. Hungary I didn’t manage coming back to all their supporters. their own way … law. at all. I went several times to Romania. Czechoslovakia was now becoming free, So you’re saying that Western gov- and Romania was bubbling up. He had ernments and elites have the obliga- But the main distinction between It’s your first time to Ukraine? pretended to be a businessman and got a the post-Nazi and post-Soviet experi- tion but they need to approach it in a It’s my first time to Ukraine, yes. plane to Bucharest. He did one or two more thoughtful way. ences is that there was an active and reports when the security finally caught fairly quick rebuilding process in post- Would you say that the ability of up with him and arrested him. Yes, I certainly think that I ought to go war Germany, whereas here we’re 21 those Eastern European nations that They were very suspicious of what he to various places and do what I can, but years after the Soviet collapse and you visited to become part of the had to read on the plane, which was a not throw my weight around, is how I put we’re still mired in lack of progress or European community relied on their Latin version of “Winnie the Pooh.” it. To give an example, I was asked to go to direction in terms of moving towards mutual history with Western Europe Romanian is a Romance language and is Chile under the Pinochet regime and rule of law. and their common history and values quite close to Latin and they could read some people thought it was something I It’s quite true. And the reason, of that stem from Greek philosophy and this Latin, more or less. They saw it as a ought not do. I thought no, I should go to course, is the enormously long period of the Christian heritage that they share? handbook for spies and thought Pooh see for myself what it was like, but also Soviet domination. The Nazis were in Both of those are important. I think Bear was obviously Russia. They couldn’t give some support to the people who power for only about 12 years, and people there are quite different sorts of cultures make out which country was represented might want to be not simply Pinochet’s live longer than 12 years and there was sometimes. In Lithuania, it was much by Piglet. Finally they put him on a plane stooges. I went and was able to see a lot something for the Germans to go back to. more like Italy. Then when I went north to to go back to Prague. As the plane took off, was wrong with Pinochet, but no worse Whereas it was much more difficult for Tallinn, this was a bit more like Germany. I he had the same sense of going to Prague than the countries around him. Argentina people who have been under Stalin for 70 remember I was in Prague about nine that nine years earlier, I’d had of leaving was just as bad. He killed about 600 peo- years, and that is a very big difference and years before the collapse of Communism, Prague. I remember very clearly after that ple, but his predecessor killed about 600 one which everyone in the conference was on a clandestine mission, and I slipped first visit to Prague I got a bus in Oxford people too. This was a part of the world where that sort of thing was happening. very much addressing. It’s something on into a church and I could have easily been and on the way to my house, I heard some All I that I could do was join an interna- which I, from outside, can offer sympathy. in a German church. One of the strong undergraduates arguing freely in the tional conference and give different peo- But I was able to give one or two practi- impressions I got was that the Czechs street and that couldn’t have happened in ple some sense of their not being on their cal suggestions, which weren’t of the cul- were in many ways very much like the Kafka’s city. I got an immense sense of own. Much later, I was doing that in tural kind, but only practical hints. But in Germans. These were rather different cul- what it was to be free. Then 10 years later, Prague, in particular, and Romania. One the rebuilding of the culture, one thing I tures. But what you say is true – they all on another visit to Prague on Charles could give some sort of support just by did notice yesterday morning before the had a common Christian culture. Bridge, you could hear people talk freely. I turning up. conference started, we were shown the The man in Lithuania, who wanted to was filled with a sense of what it was to be old city of Kyiv and went into a large num- get Aristotle’s “Metaphysics,” ended up in a free country under the rule of law. But the ultimate burden of estab- ber of churches. I noticed a great deal of teaching in Oxford, having been earlier Do Western societies have a moral lishing rule of law remains on a coun- effort had been put into rebuilding several himself one of the students. We got a responsibility to other societies that try’s academics, elites and even regu- churches bulldozed by Stalin. A poor return on what we had done. On another wish to implement rule of law? Do they lar, everyday citizens. country, very largely by voluntary sub- occasion, before the collapse, I was in have the moral responsibility to help It’s largely on everyday citizens. One of scriptions, and a great deal of effort had Prague and seeing a dissident who was those societies implement rule of law, the things I noticed happening in Britain gone into the architectural inheritance. under house arrest for two hours each not only the governments but the aca- is this sort of diffused cynicism. The gen- They were obviously very keen to restore demic establishment as well? morning. We went out into a park, where eral principle is never believe anything and rebuild what they had. Another thing we were very safe from being overheard, I noticed was we went into many church- The answer is yes, but … [mutual until it’s officially denied. That lazy cyni- and talked about really dangerous things, laughter]. I think we do have a responsi- cism is deeply irresponsible. One could es and a very wide variety of people were which was the Roman philosophy of vari- going in, including a good many working bility, the “but” is being careful in exercis- quite understand the thinking, “Why ous authors, Seneca in particular, and talk- ing it. In the West, there is a great failure should I bother?” People should come to men. As in Greece, the custom in the ed about the part of the Greek-Roman Orthodox Church is to make the sign of to think things through because people on see that if they opt out, then they are heritage that was nourishing the people the one hand are very strongly anti-impe- inviting servitude. the cross when entering the church, and who 10 years later were leading the when seeing a sacred image. It was obvi- Czechoslovak revolutions. So I think the ous that besides the architectural inheri- answer to your questions, [is]: “Yes, yes.” gang that’s in power now. These guys alleg- tance, there was a spiritual inheritance. On that occasion, I smuggled in some dan- PRU stole... edly began their criminal careers as petty It’s clear there is something to go back to. gerous texts. Certainly a Greek testament. thieves. Mr. Yanukovych allegedly stole Just after the collapse of the Soviet I wanted to get a Book of Psalms in Czech (Continued from page 6) hats, while Kharkiv Mayor Hennadii Kernes regime, I went to Leningrad, which was and I couldn’t find one, so I got one in started out allegedly as a card shark who just turning into St. Petersburg, and talked Polish, which would be moderately intelli- Those guys are in it strictly for the to someone who had been a dissident, a money, the public be damned (Mr. used to fool passers-by on a card table fold- gible for someone in Slovakia. I had a copy ed out on the street. Russian physicist, and he was going out of Boethius, which was another danger- Yanukovych is also apparently motivated into the woods to be baptized. There was How they ascended to power is some- ous book to smuggle into there. by access to state mansions and hunting a strong sense of him, and others, going thing out of a Batman movie. A fortuitous After I had been in Prague that first grounds). So why bother? back to the Russian Orthodox Church as a timing of events – in which their careers of time, which was very much like being in Indeed, it just might take nothing short part of their inheritance which had been of Jesus Christ Himself to inspire crowds to crime transpired precisely at the collapse Kafka … I was looking always to see if I of the Soviet Union – enabled this D.C. suppressed under Stalin and which was stand up to election fraud in the same man- was being followed. In order to get in Comics cast of characters to squirm their now coming back to life. ner. Ukrainian intellectuals such as Oksana touch with people, I would go to a hospital way into Ukrainian politics amidst all the Zabuzhko have said that the Orange But because the Nazi regime was and then I’d be taken down to where they disorder. Revolution of 2004 was a once-in-a-life- much shorter than the Soviet regime, store the gas cylinders because the tele- Otherwise, they’d still be immersed in time event. the Germans were able to retrace their phones there could get out of lives of petty crime. Ukrainians evicted their own idealism heritage and roots quicker. Czechoslovakia because they had to ring Cold, brutal and hardened, they will not along with Yushchenko, adopting a philoso- Much more, yes. And it was true not up someone in like, Leipzig, to order some hesitate to use force to stop any protest phy of pragmatism in their lives. You want only in Germany, but in Czechoslovakia, more nitrous oxide. These were one of the from exceeding its acceptable limits. my vote? Okay. That doesn’t require much. Hungary, Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania. few places where you could get an outside They’ve already demonstrated a consistent You want me to risk getting my head bust- They had a period between the wars of line quite safely. So I would go, then they effort to stomp out any protest that could ed for you? No, thanks. I’ve got my own independent existence. And they had suf- would ring around to another hospital swell beyond a few thousand people with problems. Which leads to the next factor … fered under the Soviet domination but not and say Mr. Lucas has come from Oxford signs. and he’s going to give a talk on truth. And so long. They could still remember some Fear of violence Ukrainians aren’t going to the protests of the things. that was the sort of communication. All because they know the next “revolution” the time, this was really creepy and then I President Yanukovych is not former isn’t going to be about singing, dancing and How often had you been to the post- finally took off. I had taken great care not President Leonid Kuchma, a relatively well- sharing hot bowls of porridge. Soviet sphere after the collapse? to be noticed, and I think I succeeded. I educated Communist functionary from the If there is a true revolution on the hori- Before more than after. When it col- thought I might well be searched. I didn’t Soviet elite of Dnipropetrovsk. zon, it will involve police batons, metal rods lapsed, I wondered what I could do to have anything on me that would incrimi- Mr. Yanukovych comes from a street and, God forbid, guns. And few people are help. I was able to persuade Merton nate anyone else. The plane took off and I thug background, like many of the Donbas eager to speed up that scenario. 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 6, 2013 No. 1 No. 1 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 6, 2013 17 HURI programs host scholars from Europe and North America

by Volodymyr Dibrova CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – History is full of examples of unfulfilled geniuses, whom the world did not get to know and whose dis- coveries provided no benefit, simply because there was no financial support behind their quests. Ukrainian scholarship illustrates that point very vividly. The cur- rent catastrophic lack of funding has effec- tively brought Ukraine’s academic institu- tions to a near comatose state. By all accounts, Ukrainian science and humani- ties are bleeding, and the country is suffer- ing from a brain drain. Luckily for the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute, things turned out com- pletely differently, because almost 40 years ago the generosity of its benefactors made it possible to establish this stronghold of Among the fellows at HURI during the past year were: (from left) Marta Dyczok, Mayhill Fowler and Volodymyr Kulyk. research in the field of Ukrainian studies. Alongside the tens of thousands of work outside of their comfort zones (a lux- that include: relations between Ukrainian Ivanova, Russia); the Hetmanate in the Ukrainians from North America, whose ury they do not always enjoy at their home Kozaks and neighboring Christian states early 18th century (Viacheslav donations were vital in creating HURI and institutions). Their areas of expertise (Viktor Brekhunenko, Ukraine); the activity Stanislavskyi, Ukraine) and, finally, lan- endowing its three permanent chairs, there include history, literature, political science, of the Soviet Secret police in the occupied guage attitudes and policy preferences in were also exceptionally generous benefac- linguistics, gender studies, ethnography, territory of Ukraine, 1941-1944 (Aleksandr Ukraine under Viktor Yanukovych tors who donated funds to set up such musicology and the arts. Their projects Gogun, Russia); the plight of Ukrainian ref- (Volodymyr Kulyk, Ukraine). scholarships, for example, the Petro Jacyk may be focused on strictly Ukrainian ugees during the Cold War (Marta Dyczok, Next semester HURI will host a group of Distinguished Research Fellowship and the themes or include comparative studies that Canada); independent Ukraine’s policy five scholars with research interests in lit- Jaroslaw and Nadia Mihaychuk feature Russian, Polish, or Turkish materi- towards Russia (Nadia Kravets, U.S.); erature, linguistics, history and gender Fellowships. als, to name only a few. Ukrainian musical theater in the second studies. Maria Grazia Bartolini (Italy) will Among the most valuable contributions For HURI, the Shklar Program provides half of the 19th century (Ostap Sereda, be working on the functional and stylistic to sustaining that effort has been the estab- an opportunity to demonstrate that Ukraine); construction of Ukrainian nation- distribution of Church Slavonic, Russian lishment a decade ago of the Eugene and Ukrainian studies is indeed a legitimate al identity in Soviet historiography (Harun and Ukrainian in the language of Hryhorii Daymel Shklar Research Fellowships and integral part of the humanities. The Yilmaz, Turkey); the reception of Taras Skovoroda. Oleksander Fedoruk (Ukraine) Program in Ukrainian Studies, which Shklar, Jacyk and Mihaychuk fellows con- Shevchenko’s poetry by his European read- will apply contemporary Western textual allows HURI to host four to five leading tribute to the life of the Harvard communi- ers (Giovanna Brogi, Italy); the politics of theory to the works of Taras Shevchenko mid-career scholars each semester. ty through ongoing participation in semi- memory in Ukrainian-Russian and and Mykola Kulish. Vladyslav Grynevych Every year the institute awards fellow- nars at HURI and the Davis Center. Ukrainian-Polish borderlands (Tetiana (Ukraine) will study models of historical ships to highly ranked candidates who have Over the past 10 years there has been a Zhurzhenko, Austria and Ukraine); memory of World War II and their role in applied from Europe, Asia and North total of 80 Shklar fellows from the United Ukrainian avant-garde theater in the 1920s the Ukrainian search for identity and con- America. These scholars can partake of the States, Canada, Austria, Finland, Germany, and 1930s (Mayhill Fowler, U.S.); the mak- solidation. Aleksandra Hrycak (U.S.) will vast resources of Harvard, attending semi- Italy, Poland, Russia, Spain, Turkey and ing of Ukrainian academic research investigate scholarship and activism nars, speaking at conferences, consulting Ukraine. Thirty-two of these scholars have (Aleksandr Dmitriev, Russia); the transfor- among women in contemporary Ukraine. with specialists and establishing long-term come from Ukraine. mation of intimacy in Ukraine during the Agnieszka Matusiak (Poland) will focus on contacts with their colleagues. The award What distinguishes today’s scholars is period 1890-1930 (Mariya Mayerchuk, the discourse of masculinity in contempo- period is typically three to four months their tendency to favor an interdisciplinary Ukraine); the ideology of exoticism in two rary Ukrainian literature. long. approach rather than a narrow perspective Ukrainian borderlands, the Carpathians The cycle of new research, shared per- The Shklar fellowships allow many of on their field of study. and Crimea (Maria Sonevytsky, U.S.); the spectives and fresh interpretations begins them to venture into uncharted waters, to Over the last 12 months alone HURI fel- art of dissimulation in Ruthenian culture in anew, in another exciting semester in the pose difficult questions and, in a way, to lows have conducted research on projects the 16th and 17th centuries (Maria scholarly life of the Institute.

strong figures from top governmental posi- by the Verkhovna Rada or “the people.” ian of Ukraine’s sovereignty – at least as Having the cake... tions that might provide them a good plat- That the latter take such initiative is very long as their personal security in Ukraine is form in the future to threaten Mr. unlikely, however. Even if “the people” col- not under threat. But their incompetence (Continued from page 7) Yanukovych (http://www.pravda.com.ua/ lect the required 3 million signatures to and provincial naiveté can make them (and First, the 2013 national budget was rub- articles/2012/12/14/6979768). support a proposal, there is no indepen- all the nation, alas) an easy prey of the sea- ber-stamped by the Parliament in the best And fourthly, the outgoing Parliament dent judiciary in Ukraine to protect these soned KGB hunters. Neither the 2010 traditions of the ruling Party of Regions: has rubber-stamped one more document signatures from being dismissed as “fake” Kharkiv agreements nor the recent scandal without any discussion but with numerous that might pose grim consequences not by authorities, as happens on a daily basis with LNG terminal (when the government loopholes and tasty morsels for the “fami- only for Ukraine but also for Mr. in Mr. Putin’s Russia (http://zakon1.rada. signed an agreement with a bogus repre- ly” insiders and associates. Yanukovych himself. This was the law on gov.ua/laws/show/1286-12). sentative of a Spanish company) give much Secondly, the new parliamentary majori- national referendums that is widely It is a ticking bomb that is much more credibility to the alleged “professionalism” ty was formed through the familiar pattern believed to be a vehicle for his re-election dangerous for Ukrainian democracy and of the ruling team. of bribery, blackmail and intimidation of for a second or even third term, but might sovereignty than any other of Mr. In October 2012, a leaked conversation independent national deputies. Many of the also become a tricky instrument in the Yanukovych’s initiatives, including joining of a Russian “political technologist” Semen latter are connected to various businesses, hands of pro-Moscow forces to undermine the ominous Customs Union. So far, all the Uralov, who worked in Odesa for the leader either personally or via close relatives, and the sovereignty of both Mr. Yanukovych Moscow-led “integration” projects have of the Rodina party, Igor Markov, referred are therefore highly vulnerable to govern- and Ukraine in general. brought unimpressive results. All of to the eventual victory of the unambigu- ment influence. Opposition deputies also The controversial law was passed in its Russia’s neighbors are well aware what ously pro-Russian forces in Ukraine sup- are subjected to pressure. So far, only two first reading two years ago and seemed to that kind of “integration” means. Few of posedly led by Viktor Medvedchuk. They of them, from Arseniy Yatsenyuk’s party, have been forgotten until last November them dare, however, to utter a definite “no” implied also an honorable exile for Mr. have switched sides openly, but reports when the de-facto electoral defeat of the to those tricky initiatives (Georgia might be Yanukovych in his opulent Mezhyhiria suggest that many more are being “per- Party of Regions buried the “family’s” the very graphic exception). Therefore, mansion, with a private zoo among other suaded” by various means to make the hopes of mustering a qualified majority of they typically say “yes, but…” And that luxury possessions. The interlocutors joked “right” choice (http://www.pravda.com. two-thirds of MPs in the new Parliament to “but” stands for various forms of lip service about him being “locked in with his kanga- ua/articles/2012/12/13/6979494). amend the Constitution at Mr. Yanukovych’s and sabotage that effectively undermines roos” (http://pr-portal.com.ua/peredovit- Thirdly, the approved return of Mykola convenience, as has occurred in several “integration” projects without a direct and sa/15895.php?sphrase_id=5446311). Azarov to the position of prime minister post-Soviet states to satiate local dictators. potentially dangerous confrontation with This might be a good time to ponder does not bode any significant changes to Now, the anti-constitutional law on refer- Moscow. whether a Mr. Putin-sponsored and the previous stagnant and corrupt policies. endums means that the authorities can There is no reason to believe that Mr. Medvedchuk-led referendum, with a prop- The election of 66-year-old Volodymyr bypass the last remnants of constitutional- Yanukovych’s “Family” is eager to give up erly formulated question, would not be a Rybak, Mr. Yanukovych’s close friend from ism in Ukraine by transforming the results Ukrainian customs to any “union” and much quicker way to push Ukraine into the Donetsk, as chairman of the Ukrainian of any plebiscite directly into law, without deprive themselves of such a powerful Russian orbit than the awkward, barely Parliament, also confirms the desire to pre- the need for parliamentary approval. source of income. The greed of these peo- functioning and a priori unworkable serve the status quo and keep away any The referendum can be initiated either ple might be the best if not the only guard- Customs Union. 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 6, 2013 No. 1

uncalled for,” the statement concluded. Turning... Ukraine’s Foreign Affairs Minister Volodymyr Ohryzko met with his Russian (Continued from page 6) counterpart, Viktor Chernomyrdin, on dubbing everything into Ukrainian, January 10, 2008, and suggested that “the “because the films produced in Russia, are tone of the latest claims by the Russian obviously initially geared toward the Ministry regarding Ukraine’s history, its Russian market,” Ms. Chmil said. language policy and its guarantee on the The following day, Ukraine’s Ministry of rights of national minorities may damage Foreign Affairs issued a response to the Ukrainian-Russian relations.” Russian statement, accusing Russia of arti- ficially attempting to increase tensions and Source: “Russian statement criticizes destabilize relations by playing the lan- Ukraine on language policy,” by Illya M. guage game. “The Russian Foreign Labunka, The Ukrainian Weekly, January 20, Ministry’s concern is, to say the least, 2008.

something from it,” said Ms. Toporowych. U.S. Embassy... Ms. Toporowych hosted a workshop during the festival. She has worked the film (Continued from page 11) festival circuit since 2007 as a video con- tent producer and screener for the TriBeCa Season” and “Corman’s World, Exploits of a Film Festival, as well as the Hamptons Film Hollywood Rebel.” Festival, is the current screener for The AIFF included numerous work- Sundance Film Festival’s U.S. Documentary shops and networking events geared competition and has been a reader for the toward bringing filmmakers up to speed on Sundance Screenwriting Labs. the latest developments in the film indus- Her 15-plus years of professional expe- try. Festival attendees were able to take this rience includes work on “Saturday Night opportunity as an invite from the film Live,” “Law and Order,” “The Sorcerer’s industry movers and shakers to learn tech- Apprentice,” “The Other Guys,” “Alex Cross,” niques about screening, pitching their next and upcoming films “Admission” with Tina idea, or finding out what they think the Fey and “Delivery Man” with Vince Vaughn. market is looking for. Ms. Toporowych’s documentary feature “One of the things we do after each “Folk!” was released on DVD in 2011 and screening is offer a Q&A forum as well as she created the web series Slavic-centric workshops that are open to all attendees. comedy “2nd and 9th.” In 2004 she formed So, the Ukrainian audience is able to inter- her own production company, KinoRox act with the these filmmakers and direc- Productions. She is currently in develop- tors, and ask them specifics about filmmak- ment on her second feature, “Road Trip ing. It’s a great way to better one’s perfor- East,” as well as other projects. She was mance and knowledge in this digital medi- recently named as program director for the um. And we are happy to see so many Cleveland Cultural Film Festival. Ukrainian people enjoying this event as Readers may find more information on well as taking the opportunity to learn the festival by visiting www.aiffua.com. No. 1 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 6, 2013 19

January 11-28 Art exhibit, “Heirloom Treasures of Roxolana Skobelska January 19 Malanka celebration, Dolyna Ukrainian Cultural Society, Chicago Pomeroy,” Ukrainian National Museum, 312-421-8020 Kelowna, BC Parkinson Recreation Center, 250-451-9363

January 13 Christmas concert, featuring the Vesnivka Choir, the January 19 Malanka dance, with music by Halychany, The Lantana, Toronto Toronto Male Chamber Choir and the Dudaryk Boys’ Randolph, MA 508-245-1890 or [email protected] Choir, Islington United Church, 416-763-2197 or 416-246-9880 January 19 Malanka dance, with music by Fata Morgana, St. Carteret, NJ Demetrius Banquet Center, 609-655-4468 or January 13 Yalynka, Ukrainian American Youth Association, [email protected] (advance only) Chicago [email protected] January 19 Malanka dance, with music by Zahrava, sponsored by the January 17 Concert, featuring the Gryphon Trio, Ukrainian Institute Warren, MI Ukrainian youth organizations of Metro Detroit – ODUM, New York of America, 212-288-8660 or [email protected] Plast, SUM and Chernyk, Ukrainian Cultural Center, 586-558-8508 or facebook.com/DetroitMalanka January 18 Pub night, Ukrainian American Citizens’ Association, Philadelphia 267-736-5336 January 19 Malanka dance, with music by Absolute, Lethbridge Senior Lethbridge, AB Citizens’ Organization center, 403-320-0555 January 18 Malanka dance, with music by Absolute, Suzirya Ukrainian Calgary, AB Dance Theater, Thorncliffe Greenview Community Center, January 20 Concert, “Caroling Together,” St. Nicholas Ukrainian 403-815-4941 or www.suzirya.com Chicago Catholic Cathedral, 773-276-4537 or [email protected] January 19 Malanka dance, music by Zhyto and The Real Deal, Calgary, AB Calgary Petroleum Club, 403-249-3157 or January 26 Presentation of debutantes, Newark branch of Plast [email protected] Whippany, NJ Ukrainian Scouting Organization, Marriott Hotel, 973-809-7580 or [email protected] January 19 Malanka dance, with music by The Playboys, Vegreville Vegreville, AB School of Ukrainian Dancing, Vegreville Social Center, January 26 Malanka dance, with music by Hrim and Klopit, St. 780-603-2774 New Britain, CT George’s Hall, 860-452-4023

January 19 Malanka dance, with music by Hrim, Ukrainian January 26 Malanka dance, “Midnight in Kyiv,” with music by Hudi Jenkintown, PA Educational and Cultural Center, 267-258-8469 or Toronto a Mocni and Zapovid, Ukrainian National Federation – 215-284-0185 Toronto Branch, 416-876-7357 or 416-953-9950

January 19 Malanka dance, with music by Zapovid, co-sponsored by January 26 Malanka dance, with music by Burya, Assumption of the Montreal the Ukrainian Youth Association and Plast Ukrainian Ottawa Blessed Virgin Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral, Scouting Organization, Ukrainian Youth Home, 613-277-4664 or [email protected] 514-984-8821 or 514-865-9016 Entries in “Out and About” are listed free of charge. Priority is given to events January 19 Malanka dance, with music by Burya, Ukrainian American advertised in The Ukrainian Weekly. However, we also welcome submissions Buffalo, NY Youth Association, Ukrainian Cultural Center Dnipro, from all our readers. Items will be published at the discretion of the editors 716-855-2223 or [email protected] and as space allows. Please send e-mail to [email protected]. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 6, 2013 No. 1

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