Inside: l Observers’ preliminary reports on Ukraine’s elections – page 4 l Philadelphia community holds inaugural Ukrainian Fest – pages 8-9 l Ukrainian American Youth Association’s exchange program – page 10

ThePublished U by thekrainian Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal W non-profit associationeekly Vol. LXXX No. 45 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2012 $1/$2 in Ukraine Unclear if Ukraine’s parliamentary elections met international standards

by Zenon Zawada “Certain aspects of the pre-election peri- Special to The Ukrainian Weekly od constituted a step backwards compared with recent national elections. Voters had a KYIV – The outcome of Ukraine’s parlia- choice between distinct parties, election mentary elections on October 28 was day was calm and peaceful overall. Voting decided as early as last December, when and counting were assessed mostly posi- President Viktor Yanukovych signed legis- tively. Tabulation was assessed negatively, lation to create a new electoral system in as it lacked transparency,” she noted. which half the candidates are chosen by All the major Western institutions, single-mandate districts and the other half including the U.S. government, echoed the by closed party lists. OSCE’s judgment that the elections as a It’s likely that the Presidential whole were a “step backwards” for Ukraine Administration will recruit enough single- in its development as a democratic state. mandate national deputies to form a sup- Yet these statements were also careful not porting parliamentary coalition. to say anything that would cause the What wasn’t clear was whether the elec- Ukrainian government to close the door on tions would meet international standards, integration with the European Union. as determined by Western-sponsored elec- The elections became the latest chapter tion observing organizations. Indeed the in an ongoing courtship between EU lead- leading authorities, such as the ers, who are desperate not to let the Vitali Klitschko (left) of UDAR and Oleh Tiahnybok of Svoboda. Their parties are the Organization for Security and Cooperation Ukrainian leadership drift into the orbit of new political forces elected to Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada. in Europe (OSCE), declined to offer a pass- the Moscow-led Eurasian Union, and the fail judgment. Paliy, an authority on Ukrainian foreign Among the positive moments of the Instead, most assess- policy and graduate of the National elections cited by observing organizations ments conformed to the All the major Western insti- University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy. was the recognition by the Central Election OSCE’s reproachful state- Moreover, the elections had portions that Commission (CEC) recognition that the ment on October 29, tutions, including the U.S. were salvageable. three pro-Western opposition parties which stated that election government, said the parlia- “There was nothing to criticize in the earned 49.9 percent of the closed list vot- day itself was conducted proportional [closed list] voting, in which ing, as compared with 43 percent for the more or less in line with mentary elections as a whole the Central Election Commission recog- ruling Party of the Regions of Ukraine and democratic standards, were “a step backwards” for nized the opposition’s victory,” Mr. Paliy Communist Party of Ukraine. yet the campaign before- said. The CEC also recognized the defeat of hand and tabulation Ukraine in its development as “The elections weren’t entirely ruined. pro-government candidates, such as afterwards fell short. There were simply preferences and a dis- 25-year-old Andrii Illyenko of the Svoboda “Considering abuse of a democratic state. honest game played by the government on nationalist party defeating oligarch Halyna power and the excessive behalf of its candidates and parties. But Hereha in a Kyiv city district. role of money in this election, democratic Yanukovych administration, which is des- elections as an institution aren’t canceled in Yet these were exceptions to the rule in progress appears to have reversed in perate to cling to power after burning most Ukraine, as they are in Belarus and Russia. an election campaign in which its candi- Ukraine. This we deeply regret,” Walburga of its political bridges in the last two years. They are preserved in Ukraine, where even dates will be most remembered for their Habsburg Douglas, the head of the OSCE Western institutions did all they could pro-government candidates can lose. That’s egregious abuse of government resources Parliamentary Assembly delegation, said at do in their current relations with the testimony that Ukraine is not a country like an October 29 press conference in Kyiv. Ukrainian government, said Oleksander Russia or Belarus,” he said. (Continued on page 11)

Rada elections marred by lack FOR THE RECORD: U.S. expresses of level playing field, say observers concern about elections’ conduct OSCE to the detriment of the electoral process, The following press statement on the We share the concerns cited in the statement said. parliamentary elections in Ukraine was today’s preliminary report from obser- KYIV – Ukraine’s parliamentary elec- “Considering the abuse of power, and delivered on October 29 in Washington by vation missions from the Organization for tions were characterized by a tilted playing the excessive role of money in this election, the acting spokesperson for the U.S. State Security and Cooperation in Europe’s field, international observers concluded in democratic progress appears to have Department, Mark C. Toner. (OSCE) Office for Democratic Institutions a statement released on October 29. This reversed in Ukraine,” said Walburga and Human Rights, the OSCE Parliamentary was the result, primarily, of the abuse of Habsburg Douglas, the special cooordina- The United States government is Assembly, the Parliamentary Assembly of administrative resources, as well as a lack tor who led the short-term election obser- concerned that the conduct of Sunday’s the Council of Europe, the European of transparency in campaign and party vation mission fielded by the Organization parliamentary elections constituted a Parliament and the NATO Parliamentary financing, and of balanced media coverage. for Security and Cooperation in Europe and step backwards from progress made Assembly. These include the use of gov- Voters had a choice between distinct the head of the OSCE Parliamentary during previous parliamentary elec- ernment resources to favor ruling party parties and candidate registration was Assembly delegation. “One should not have tions and the 2010 presidential elec- candidates, interference with media inclusive, with two notable exceptions, rep- to visit a prison to hear from leading politi- tion, elections that had marked impor- access and harassment of opposition resenting a wide variety of political views. cal figures in the country,” she added. tant steps forward for Ukraine’s democ- The political environment, however, was racy. (Continued on page 3) dominated by powerful economic groups, (Continued on page 11) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2012 No. 45

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Russia is economic lifeline Lytvyn on electoral legislation must represent his party. Answering a question about the forces with which the KYIV – Verkhovna Rada Chairman Party of Regions will cooperate in the next Volodymyr Lytvyn said he believes that and cultural magnet for Belarus Parliament, Mr. Yefremov said, “We exclude Ukraine’s electoral legislation needs to be sees it as essentially centrally planned. the possibility of cooperation only with by Grigory Ioffe improved. He expressed this opinion on Moreover, he believes that Belarus’s pres- parties of extremely radical and nationalis- Eurasia Daily Monitor October 25, during a meeting with the head ent-day economic model takes its guidance tic orientation.” (Ukrinform) To Belarus, Russia is not just the “mean- from the seminal work of Alfred Mueller- of Canada’s mission to monitor the parlia- ingful other.” It provides an existential life- Armack (1901-1978) who in 1946 coined mentary elections in Ukraine, Raynell Melnychenko detained at Boryspil line to Belarus as a de facto custodian of the term “social market system” and who Andreychuk. Mr. Lytvyn noted that the cur- rent election law is the result of a compro- KYIV – Officers with the Security Service Belarus’s socio-economic model and a cul- made critical contributions to Germany’s of Ukraine (SBU) detained former State tural magnet of sorts. It was only after economic model while working as an aide mise, and he expressed his view that it Guard Maj. Mykola Melnychenko at Kyiv’s Russia dropped the price of natural gas to Ludwig Erhard, Germany’s minister of needs to be improved in terms of increas- Boryspil International Airport on October sold to Belarus to $165 per 1,000 cubic economics and subsequently Federal ing the level of national deputies’ responsi- 24. The SBU press office reported: “On meters and provided a critical loan (offi- Chancellor (1963-1966). bility to the electorate. “The electoral sys- October 24 officers with the Security cially through the Eurasian Economic Mr. Snopkov believes production costs in tem should be targeted at one goal: to have Community) that Belarus’s financial crisis Belarus can still be significantly lowered. a responsible deputy who would feel the Service of Ukraine and the State Border of 2011 was alleviated. He also announced the introduction of needs of people and the need to serve Guard Service, by order of the By different accounts, the discounts on incentives for attracting foreign direct them,” he said. He said such changes should Shevchenkivsky District Court of Kyiv, oil and gas and preferential treatment of investment (FDI) to Belarus. Specifically, be considered by the next Parliament. In detained at the Boryspil International some Belarusian exports to Russia are bonuses will be paid to regional adminis- turn, Sen. Andreychuk reported that the Airport the internationally wanted citizen of worth from 10 to 15 percent of Belarus’s trators amounting to 0.1 percent of the mission includes 400 people and that a rel- Ukraine Mykola Melnychenko.” Mr. GDP. Due to the cancellation of export total FDI allocated to their regions. Finally, evant report would be prepared, as well as Melnychenko is accused of abuse of office, duties on Russian oil and the ensuing steep throughout the first seven months of 2012, recommendations on improvement of the divulging state secrets and creating artificial growth in Belarus’s export of solvents and there were 7 percent more registered small electoral process. Both Mr. Lytvyn and Sen. prosecution evidence. After he was lubricants, from January to July, Belarus and medium-sized businesses in Belarus Andreychuk noted the importance of politi- detained, Mr. Melnychenko was sent to the enjoyed a net excess of exports over than during the first seven months of 2011 cians taking into account the results of the Main Administration for Special Cases of the imports for the first time in seven years. (http://news.tut.by/economics/313827. elections, which are the expression of the Procurator General’s Office, where he was After Russia launched an investigation html). people’s will, as well as the need for voters questioned by investigators. It was on motivated by suspicion that Belarus re- According to Andrei Souzdaltsev, a to understand that every vote is important. November 28, 2000, that “Tapegate” flared exports Russia’s crude oil disguised as sol- Russian economist expelled from Belarus (Ukrinform) up in Ukraine over recordings allegedly vents and thus dodges paying duties to the in 2006, the opinion that Russia is keenly Cabinet will be transformed made by Mr. Melnychenko in the office of Russian treasury, Belarus’s exports sud- interested in buying up Belarus’s enterpris- President Leonid Kuchma. Mr. Melnychenko denly sagged. So in August 2012, imports es is a figment of the Belarusian opposi- KYIV – The chairman of the parliamen- was prosecuted and declared wanted on ($3.952 billion) again exceeded exports tion’s imagination. Nor is Russia particular- tary faction of the Party of Regions of September 23, 2011. The Shevchenkivsky ($3.543 billion) (http://gtk.gov.by/ru/ ly interested in Belarus’s exports of dairy Ukraine (PRU), Oleksander Yefremov, on District Court of Kyiv ordered his arrest. On stats/itogi_vnesh_torgovli2012/yanv_ products, sugar or meat. Belarus receives October 25 advised against rushing to August 3 of this year Mr. Melnychenko was avgust12). huge Russian subsidies for purely geopolit- make forecasts on the formation of the next arrested in Italy on the basis of an Interpol Nevertheless, independent experts ical reasons. In particular, Moscow wants to government, although there will be chang- warrant. On August 14, the Court of Appeal probed by the Belarusian Service of Radio contain the further extension of the es in it. Speaking during a press conference of Naples released him from custody. Mr. Liberty did not overdramatize the situa- European Union’s sphere of influence, and at the official press center of the PRU, he Melnychenko most recently had been stay- tion. According to Dmitry Kruk from the this desire intensified after Russia’s 2008 said, “The fact that the Cabinet will be ing in the U.S. (Ukrinform) Minsk-based IPM Research Center, the war with Georgia. That the West gained a transformed is indisputable. However, it reversal of the positive balance of interna- foothold in the South Caucasus implied to will be possible to say what kind of a for- One in 10 of Kyiv was ready to sell vote tional trade is temporary and is part of a Moscow that Russia was “squeezed out to mat it will take only after a majority is KYIV – In Kyiv, many more people than political and business cycle, while the cur- the northeastern corner of Eurasia and formed in Parliament.” Mr. Yefremov in other parts of Ukraine, said they were rent economic situation is far healthier would eventually be left one-one-one with emphasized that all the questions of rota- ready to vote in the parliamentary elec- than that on the eve of the 2011 crisis. China.” Furthermore, Moscow decided that tions in the government, and those con- tions for a candidate motivating them with According to Alexei Pikulik, the director the western margin of Russia’s own hinter- cerning the future Verkhovna Rada chair- money: in fact, every 10th resident of Kyiv of the Minsk-based Belarusian Institute for land should to be given special care. man will be solved in the framework of the was ready to vote in return for a bribe. Strategic Studies, which is funded by As a result, previous rhetoric about next convocation of the Parliament. The Western sponsors, the Belarusian econom- Russia switching to market principles in its PRU faction leader said the Rada chairman (Continued on page 12) ic model, emphasizing a high level of social relations with Belarus (2006-2010) subsidies and low income disparity, still abruptly gave way to even larger subsidies has some potential if only because there to Belarus than those administered prior to are still plenty of lucrative assets that 2006. According to Mr. Souzdaltsev, Russia Belarus can sell. Also, the export of solvents is interested in the retention of Belarus’s The Ukrainian Weekly FOUNDED 1933 was not just a Belarusian affair – certain sovereignty as “a buffer between Moscow Russian businesses profited from it as well, and NATO” (http://naviny.by/rubrics/poli- An English-language newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., and there exist many more mutually bene- tic/2012/10/14/ic_articles_112_179559/). a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. 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NEWS ANALYSIS Whistleblower’s return on eve of elections sparks debate in Ukraine by Dmytro Shurkhalo August, he was detained on an Interpol tapes that implicate former Prime Minister prosecution of Ms. Tymoshenko and other and Robert Coalson warrant in Naples, Italy, but released days Yulia Tymoshenko in the 1996 killing of former officials is not politically motivated - RFE/RL later. Donetsk businessman and Parliament would certainly be interested in hearing Deputy Yevhen Shcherban. Political observ- what Mr. Melnychenko has to say on this Kuchma tapes KYIV – For over a year the Ukrainian ers in Ukraine have speculated that the matter. This has prompted speculation that government has been trying to get its Mr. Melnychenko became a household government of President Viktor he cut some sort of deal with the authori- hands on former presidential bodyguard name in Ukraine in 2000 when it was Yanukovych intends to bring new and more ties. Mykola Melnychenko, who is wanted on revealed that he had secretly recorded hun- serious charges against Ms. Tymoshenko – But why then was he arrested? charges of revealing state secrets, falsifying dreds of hours of conversations in the who is already serving a seven-year prison documents and abuse of his position. office of President Leonid Kuchma. Among term for abuse of office – following this Parliament Deputy Oleh Liashko, head But on October 24, the enigmatic other things, the profanity-laced tapes weekend’s elections. of the Radical Party, claims Mr. intriguer appeared at Kyiv’s international seemed to implicate Mr. Kuchma and Ms. Tymoshenko’s supporters have Melnychenko was arrested because his airport, where he was promptly taken into senior officials in the 2000 kidnapping and rejected Mr. Melnychenko’s accusations, girlfriend, Natalia Rozynskaya, a well- custody and whisked away. killing of independent journalist Heorhii saying he previously offered them compro- known television journalist, is running for Mr. Melnychenko’s lawyer, Mykola Gongadze and in the illegal sale of a mising information about Prime Minister a single-mandate seat in Parliament from Nedilko, who was at the airport when Mr. Kolchuha radar system to Iraqi dictator Mykola Azarov in exchange for a high place the Radical Party. Melnychenko arrived in Ukraine, was sur- Saddam Hussein. on the party list of Ms. Tymoshenko’s Mr. Liashko posted on his Facebook prised by the arrest and coy about his cli- Ever since the so-called cassette scandal Batkivshchyna party. page: “Bandits in power! Know that we are ent’s reasons for returning home. broke, Mr. Melnychenko and his tapes have not afraid of you and we will not be bro- Why is he in Kyiv? “The goal of his visit, I think, Mykola hung over Ukrainian politics like a sword of ken.” Melnychenko will announce himself. I Damocles. What other voices might emerge Hennadii Moskal, vice chairman of the Other observers are convinced that Mr. expected that he would be detained, but not from the past to scuttle political careers in parliamentary Committee on Organized Melnychenko is simply too much of a loose right away,” Mr. Nedilko said. “In the war- the present? Crime and Corruption, told RFE/RL’s cannon for the authorities to risk having rant itself, the court sanctioned the arrest of In April, Mr. Melnychenko claimed to Ukrainian Service that it would be difficult him at large in the country in the days Mykola Melnychenko and, also, noted that have met in Paris with Ukrainian officials for the government to use any before the crucial parliamentary vote. within 48 hours of his arrest, he will be and to have handed over to them material Melnychenko tapes in its prosecution of brought to court for a ruling on whether he implicating “a prominent Ukrainian politi- Ms. Tymoshenko. Written by Robert Coalson in Prague, will be kept in custody or released.” cian” in the Gongadze killing. Media reports “The Constitutional Court has already based on reporting by Dmytro Shurkhalo in There is no simple explanation for what later focused attention on former definitely ruled that any recordings that are Kyiv. Mr. Melnychenko might have been up to, Parliament Chairman Volodymyr Lytvyn, obtained illegally are compromised and Copyright 2012, RFE/RL Inc. Reprinted showing up in Kyiv just days before who was an aide to President Kuchma from cannot be submitted as evidence in a crimi- with the permission of Radio Free Europe/ Ukraine’s October 28 parliamentary elec- 1994 until 1999 and head of the presiden- nal case,” Mr. Moskal explained. Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, tions. After all, having been granted politi- tial administration from November 1999 Nonetheless, the government - which is Washington DC 20036; www.rferl.org (see cal asylum in the United States in 2001, he until 2002. under heavy pressure from the European http://www.rferl.org/content/ukraine-mel- seemed to be safely beyond Kyiv’s reach. In In August, Mr. Melnychenko said he had Union and others to demonstrate that its nychenko-return/24750884.html). Dnipropetrovsk unveils large Jewish center, Holocaust museum

RFE/RL Ukrainian Service other former Soviet republics, officials fully integrate into European society. there has been an incredible revival.” from Israel, and the president of the Jewish “When there is a center like such in At least 12,000 Jews from Dnipropet­ DNIPROPETROVSK, Ukraine – A large Communities of the Commonwealth of Dnipropetrovsk and also in other places in rovsk were killed by the Nazis in 1941. Jewish cultural center with a Holocaust Independent States, Levi Levayev. Ukraine where there are striving Jewish The Jewish cultural center in Dnipro­ museum has opened in Ukraine’s eastern Yuli Edelstein, Israel’s minister of public communities in terms of buildings and spac- petrovsk was initiated and financially sup- city of Dnipropetrovsk. diplomacy and Diaspora affairs, praised the es,” he said, “people feel that there is a place ported by local businessmen Henadiy The museum, which was scheduled to local authorities and the Jewish community where they could come, there is someone Boholyubov, a banking magnate whose net open to the public over the weekend of for reviving Jewish heritage and culture in they could talk to, there is a meal they could worth is estimated by Forbes at $2.8 bil- October 20-21, is a complex of seven build- Dnipropetrovsk. He expressed hope that the share, there is a place where they could lion, and his partner and fellow billionaire ings arranged in the shape of a menorah, new Jewish center will serve the local Jewish send their children to learn, to be educated Ihor Kolomoyskyy. the traditional Jewish candleholder. Named community, its children and its future. better, to have a proper Jewish life and at the Some sources put the cost of the build- the Menorah Center, it houses thousands of “The real achievement will be when we same time living integrated fully in the soci- ing during the time of its construction at artifacts plus a community center, hotel, get here in a year from now, in two years ety with a European perspective.” $60 million. That figure could not be inde- kosher restaurant and art galleries. from now, and we will see this place full of Beth Moskowitz from Boston’s Jewish pendently confirmed. The museum occupies almost 3,000 kids, full of different Jewish activities, full of Community Relations Council called the square meters in the 50,000-square-meter different organizations working here,” Mr. Jewish center’s opening in Dnipropetrovsk Reported by RFE/RL Ukrainian Service Menorah Center. Edelstein said. “I think that this will be the a revival of Jewish life in the city. correspondent Yulia Rastybaska. Written by The complex hosts an Institute for real answer to what Nazis and Communists “We all thought that there would be no Charles Recknagel in Prague. Jewish Culture In Ukraine and a gallery that tried to do to Jewish communities in the [sic] Jews here today in 2012,” she said. “And to Copyright 2012, RFE/RL Inc. Reprinted features photographs of 40 major syna- Ukraine and in the former Soviet Union.” see the amount of Jews that actually take with the permission of Radio Free Europe/ gogues in Dnipropetrovsk before the Nazi ​Rabbi Levi Yitzchok Matusof of the part in the Menorah Center and in the syn- Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, occupation and video footage about the Brussels-based European Jewish Public agogue, in the Golden Rose Synagogue, the Washington DC 20036; www.rferl.org (see Holocaust. Affairs group was also present at the cere- activities here – it’s hard to believe. I actual- http://www.rferl.org/content/ukraine-jew- The opening ceremony was attended by mony. He said that Jewish centers in ly think this is the center for Jewish com- ish-cultural-center-dnipropetro- Jewish leaders from Ukraine, Russia and Ukraine would help Jewish communities to munity and the center for thriving and vsk/24742255.html).

would appeal to the authorities to fix it. vated convictions of opposition leaders, Russia is economic... Building a national party from the ground U.S. expresses... including of former Prime Minister [Yulia] up is much like leveling a ditch. Both efforts (Continued from page 2) (Continued from page 1) Tymoshenko, prevented them from stand- require mechanisms of self-organization ing in these elections. We again call on the “Whenever they [Belarus, Ukraine or that are available in some national commu- candidates. While election day was peace- government to put an immediate end to Russia] try to create some democratic nities but are missing elsewhere. As a ful overall and observed by a large num- the selective prosecution of political oppo- result, whereas in Georgia there are several structure, they end up with some form of ber of domestic and international observ- nents. centers of power that preclude omnipo- The United States will continue to sup- authoritarianism… There are no good and ers, we are troubled by allegations of bad peoples. But in some countries, no pre- tence of any one of them, in Belarus such port the Ukrainian people’s aspirations for fraud and falsification in the voting pro- requisites have matured for consolidated alternative centers are missing (http:// an independent, prosperous and democrat- democracy” (http://www.svobodanews. www.svobodanews.ru/content/tran- cess and tabulation, by the disparity ic Ukraine. We regret that flawed parlia- ru/content/transcript/24734628.html). script/24734628.html). between preliminary results from the mentary elections do not advance Ukraine To Mr. Drakakhrust, this situation is due Central Election Commission and parallel toward this goal, but we remain committed to a deficiency of grassroots self-organiza- The article above is reprinted from vote tabulations, and by the Central to working with Ukraine to improve demo- tion. If a ditch formed in front of a house, Eurasia Daily Monitor with permission from Election Commission’s decision not to cratic institutions, strengthen the rule of Russians, Ukrainians and Belarusians its publisher, the Jamestown Foundation, release precinct results. We also reiterate law and advance essential economic would fail to level it collectively; rather they www.jamestown.org. our deep concern that the politically moti- reforms. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2012 No. 45 Canadian mission: ‘significant shortcomings’ in Ukraine’s parliamentary elections KYIV – The Canadian election observa- important to electoral fairness.” insufficient financial reporting require- electoral law, freedom of press, and other tion mission on October 29 presented its “A cumulative effect of multiple factors ments to allow voters and civil society factors that contribute to an open and preliminary report on its chief findings in the broader electoral process leads our groups to follow the flow of money backing transparent vote. upon the closing of polls in Ukraine’s par- mission to preliminarily conclude that campaigns; The mission’s objective was to observe liamentary elections. Ukraine’s parliamentary elections fell short insufficient transparency in the election and report on whether the election result Presenting the interim report, the head of meeting international standards in some administration across levels; genuinely reflects the democratic expres- of mission, Sen. Raynell Andreychuk, noted significant respects that must be noted and inequitable access to representation on sion of the voters of Ukraine. The Canadian that Mission Canada observers were still in should be remedied,” she continued. district and precinct electoral commis- observers sought to observe, record and the field observing the important tabula- Mission Canada’s preliminary report sions; report, while in no way interfering or inter- tion process and that sufficient information identified a number of serious shortcom- a troubling degree of recrimination vening in any electoral processes. was not yet available to make definitive ings in the Ukrainian electoral environ- against, and harassment of, opposition can- A final report will be issued, including pronouncements on yesterday’s vote. ment, including: didates; recommendations for the strengthening of “Based on observations to date, we can the imprisonment of leading opposition a troubling backslide in media freedom, the broader electoral framework, as well as report that the execution of the October 28 figures and potential electoral challengers; coupled with increasing media concentra- civil society and a freer media. election did see some irregularities in a structural advantages for the governing tion and media alliances with political par- Mission Canada was undertaken with number of areas which undermine a fully party; ties; and the financial support of the government of fair election. These irregularities, in and of uneven and unfair application of aspects failure to bring electoral offenders to Canada provided through the Canadian themselves, do not necessarily impede a of electoral law; justice. International Development Agency (CIDA) free and fair democratic expression of the lack of effective recourse and appeal for Mission Canada deployed 422 short- and the Department of Foreign Affairs and will of the Ukrainian people,” said Sen. perceived injustices and protection of elec- term observers to every oblast and region International Trade (DFAIT). The project Andreychuk. “However, the environment in toral rights; in Ukraine to monitor the parliamentary was implemented by CANADEM, a non- which these elections were held under- questionable practices in the delineation elections. Sixty-five long-term observers government organization. scores the fact that election day is but one of electoral districts; had been deployed for three months, evalu- The full text of the mission’s preliminary important piece of a larger process that use of administrative resources to assist ating the context of the election, including report can be found at www.canademmis- includes legal and structural factors equally the governing party; the organization of electoral commissions, sions.ca/ukraine.

FOR THE RECORD Preliminary statement by UWC International Election Observation Mission The statement below was released in Kyiv people, the mission examined the entire in access to media coverage in Ukraine that also present at many Ukrainian diplomatic on October 29, a day after Ukraine held its election process in the context of key inter- has accelerated over the course of the elec- missions throughout the world. parliamentary elections. national standards. These included univer- tion campaign. As the government and its UWC STOs visited polling stations, sal and equal suffrage, a sound legal frame- supporters control most media outlets in including, among others, prisons, hospitals, The Ukrainian World Congress (UWC) is work, a level playing field for all contes- Ukraine, election coverage has been largely schools and other institutions of higher the largest non-government funded inter- tants in the campaign, impartial and trans- in favor of the government and pro-govern- learning; and local and district elections national election observation mission moni- parent election administration, an election ment political forces. Political advertise- commissions, varying the length of stay at toring Ukraine’s parliamentary elections of process free of pressure and coercion, ments disguised as regular articles and each site as necessary. October 28, 2012. The mission fielded over impartial and transparent election admin- broadcasts have been placed by several In monitoring the election process and 250 observers from 20 countries (including istration, independent media and balanced political parties and have constituted a the vote tabulation, UWC STOs reported observers from the Ukrainian Congress coverage, ability to remedy violations of major part of Ukrainian media content. several serious violations, such as duplicate Committee of America, a UWC member electoral rights, and a voting process that is Many of the few remaining independent ballot boxes, a great surplus of ballots in organization). The purpose of the mission is free of manipulation. media channels have faced significant relation to the number of registered voters to assess both the pre-election environment Ukraine continues to hold elections for state-sanctioned pressure from tax and at certain polling stations and a deficiency and the parliamentary elections. the Verkhovna Rada (Parliament) every regulatory authorities. Only after pressure of ballots at other polling stations. In addi- Based on the assessment of the long- five years on the basis of universal suffrage from the Ukrainian and international com- tion, significant restrictions on the ability of term observation mission, which began its and a secret ballot. Ukraine’s voters’ list munities, the government pulled-back in UWC STOs to effectively observe voting and activities in early July 2012, the UWC decid- has been overhauled in an attempt to make one of the most prominent cases of harass- vote counting were noted at certain polling ed to deploy a large short-term election it both tamper proof and up-to-date. The ment, which involved the television station stations. In certain circumstances, election observation mission to every region of election campaign did contain vigorous TVi. Domestic and international pressure commissioners refused to provide copies of Ukraine and several of Ukraine’s diplomat- expressions of competing views on major has also stopped the Ukrainian Parliament election protocols to UWC STOs. ic missions around the world. issues by all parties. Although there were from adopting a law seeking to criminalize UWC STOs also noted serious organiza- The mission’s conclusions are based substantial impediments faced by the libel. Local journalists have reported a tional deficiencies, such as late opening of upon direct observations by its long-term opposition, all parties held meetings, growing number of harassment and assault polling stations, lack of voter privacy, insuf- observer mission and meetings held with advertised their views and had varying cases. Such a situation is incompatible with ficient number of protocols for reporting officials from state institutions, the election degrees of access to the press. the free expression of all points of view purposes and ineffective video monitoring administration, as well as representatives There were nevertheless serious flaws involved in democratic elections. systems. of political parties, media, civil society and in the way that the election campaign was The lack of transparency in the source of These violations and deficiencies the international community. conducted. These flaws have clearly affect- funds for the campaign, and of effective undoubtedly affected the electoral results; During the election campaign, the mis- ed the electoral vote and, thus, may have an control of expenditures, the employment of however, it is difficult at this time to quantify sion produced six reports on the impact on the relative representation of the government manpower and financial their impact. Notwithstanding the above, the “Gerrymandering of Electoral Districts,” major political parties in Parliament. resources, and the offer of money by many majority of the voting public appears to have “Media Freedom (pre-campaign) in Lead- The imprisonment of a number of the parties and candidates as inducements to been able to exercise their voting rights at the up to Official Start of Campaign,” “Election principal opposition leaders – in particular influence voters are not in accordance with polling stations on the day of the elections. Financing,” “Media Freedom II (campaign),” the United Opposition Party “Vseukrayinske international standards in the area of cam- In the view of the mission’s long and “Central Electoral Commission” and Obiednannia Batkivschyna” leaders Yulia paign finance. short term observation findings, the 2012 “Conduct of the Election Campaign.” Tymoshenko and Yurii Lutsenko, which The independence and impartiality of parliamentary elections in Ukraine have The mission has analyzed both the cam- have been condemned by international the Central Electoral Commission (CEC), not met all international standards for the paign and the elections in light of Ukraine’s jurists, human rights organizations and which are central to the credibility of the conduct of democratic elections. international commitments to democracy, democratic governments as politically election results, are under question on This preliminary statement is delivered the rule of law, freedom of speech, and fair motivated – casts from the outset severe issues of: prior to the completion of counting and and free elections. doubt on whether the elections could have the delimitation of the boundaries of the tabulation, the announcement of prelimi- To properly examine whether the elec- been considered to be free and fair. constituencies, nary and final results, and adjudication of tions demonstrate the will of the Ukrainian A worrisome trend has been the decline the lack of openness and transparency possible complaints and appeals. The mis- in many of the CEC’s decisions, and sion will publish a comprehensive final an imbalance in the representation of report, offering recommendations for ABOUT THIS ISSUE: A special hurricane edition the principal political parties in the District potential improvements after completion Electoral Commissions (DECs) and the of the process. The Ukrainian World As Hurricane Sandy battered the East Coast, The Ukrainian Weekly was among Precinct Electoral Commissions (PECs). Congress expresses gratitude to the those affected by the unprecedented storm. Our editorial offices were closed Monday On election day, approximately 250 Ukrainian people for their hospitality dur- and Tuesday, October 29-30, due to dangerous conditions and widespread power UWC short-term election observers (UWC ing the work of the international election outages. On Wednesday, October 31, we had partial power, allowing us to work on STOs) monitored the elections in 12 observation mission. our computers, but without Internet access or phone service. As of our press dead- oblasts of Ukraine including Cherkasy, Tamara Olexy, Paul Grod line late Thursday, November 1, we still did not have Internet or phone service. As a Chernivtsi, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Co-Heads of Mission result, this issue is an abbreviated 16-page edition released under difficult circum- Ivano-Frankivsk, Kharkiv, Kyiv, Lviv, Odesa, stances. We hope to be back online next week. Poltava, Sumy, Zaporizhia and the Crimean Derek Fraser Autonomous Republic. UWC STOs were Chief Observer No. 45 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2012 5 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2012 No. 45

The Ukrainian Weekly March of Remembrance, ecumenical service scheduled “A step backwards” Ukraine’s 2012 parliamentary elections – in which 36 million citizens were regis- 80th anniversary commemoration of Holodomor begins tered to vote – were held on October 28, with 225 national deputies being elected in NEW YORK – This autumn, Ukrainians officials. The hierarchy and clergy of the first-past-the-post single-mandate districts and the same number being voted in throughout the world will begin a yearlong Ukrainian Catholic and Orthodox Churches based on proportional representation for seats elected according to party lists. commemoration of the 80th anniversary of will concelebrate the solemn requiem ser- Already before election day, observers and analysts pointed to misuse of adminis- Ukraine’s Genocide of 1932-1933, when up vice, while the Dumka Chorus of New York trative resources, procedural irregularities, “technical” candidates, the lack of a level to 10 million innocent victims were will sing the responses. playing field, vote-buying, plus violent incidents involving candidates and their repre- starved to death due to a deliberate Soviet Michael Sawkiw Jr., chairman of the U.S. sentatives, the electorate, election observers and journalists. And then there was the policy designed to crush the nationally Committee for Ukrainian Holodomor- salient fact that two major opposition leaders were sitting in jail after having been conscious Ukrainian peasantry. Genocide Awareness 1932-1933, pointed convicted and sentenced following trials that were deemed to be politically motivat- Two relevant factors make the 80th to plans for “conferences and exhibits, and ed. Clearly, the falsifications and fraud had begun before the voting started. anniversary a unique opportunity to com- developing curricula for high schools and Then, on the day after the vote, Western observers began to offer their assessments. memorate this event. First, documents pre- colleges to educate the world about the The U.S. Department of State issued a press statement noting that that “the con- viously held secret, and since declassified Holodomor, which are being proposed duct of Sunday’s parliamentary elections constituted a step backwards from prog- and released, relate the genocidal nature of throughout the 80th commemorative year.” ress made during previous parliamentary elections and the 2010 presidential elec- the Famine; second, survivors and eyewit- “We also hope to dedicate a memorial in tion, elections that had marked important steps forward for Ukraine’s democracy.” nesses who can provide a human-interest 2013 to the innocent victims of the Similar statements were made by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in aspect to this story of the Famine are still Ukrainian Genocide of 1932-1933 – on fed- Europe and other international monitors. alive and prepared to tell their stories. eral land in Washington, D.C.,” he added. The Ukrainian World Congress issued a statement on October 30 in which it cited On Saturday, November 17, thousands March of Remembrance its concern “about incoming reports from its short-term observers of election law of Ukrainian Americans will march in New violations during the vote tabulation process at District Election Commissions York’s borough of Manhattan under ban- Where to assemble: On Seventh Street (DECs).” The UWC mission issued a call to all international observers to continue the ners proclaiming “Ukraine Remembers – in front of St. George Ukrainian Catholic monitoring of the Ukrainian parliamentary elections, and return to DECs where vote The World Recognizes” and “Holodomor – Church (between Second and Third ave- tabulations continued. “The systemically slow tabulation of Precinct Election Genocide in Ukraine: 1932-1933,” thus nues). The street will be closed to traffic. If Commission protocols at the DECs may result in falsifications and affect the will of commencing a yearlong tribute to the vic- you’re being dropped off, use the adjacent the Ukrainian electorate,” the UWC underscored. tims of the Holodomor of 1932-1933. avenues. Buses should have this sign post- Mission Canada said it “observed irregularities – ranging from open vote buying The March of Remembrance will begin ed in the window: Ukrainian Genocide to voter intimidation, to proxy voting to disappearing-ink pens being left in polling at St. George Ukrainian Catholic Church March. After drop-off, buses may pick up booths. Irregularities in mobile voting were also observed, as were breeches of rules promptly at 10:30 a.m. and conclude at St. their passengers at St. Patrick’s Cathedral. prohibiting campaigning on election day.” On the plus side, Mission Canada noted: “… Patrick’s Cathedral, where a solemn ecu- If you’re using public transportation (rec- the establishment of a centralized permanent voter registry appears to have been a menical requiem service will follow at 1 ommended), take the No. 6 train to Astor success, …civil society groups have been able to organize effectively and to mobilize p.m. Previous Marches of Remembrance Place or the R or W to Eighth Street/ significant domestic scrutiny of the election process, …the field of candidates and have been held in New York and other cit- Broadway. Bus routes: M15 (closest), parties is certainly pluralistic.” ies in the United States to raise awareness M101, M102, M103, M1, M2, M3, M8. The election also marked the rise of new political forces: Vitali Klitschko’s new of the Ukrainian Holodomor within the When to be there: No later than 10 party, UDAR (Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform), which is strongly pro- American society. a.m., as the march begins promptly at Western, won some 14 percent of the vote according to preliminary results in the Throughout the procession route, par- 10:30 a.m. party list voting; the nationalist party Svoboda, which has been on the scene for a ticipants in the March of Remembrance What to wear: Traditional Ukrainian number of years, got about 10 percent support – well past the 5 percent threshold will distribute brochures, which provide a embroidered shirts and blouses may be needed to be in Parliament – for the first time giving it seats in the Verkhovna Rada. brief overview and history of the Ukrainian worn with clothing that is appropriate for Other parties that made it into the new Rada were the ruling Party of Regions of Genocide of 1932-1933. Communities par- this somber occasion. Members of Ukraine (30 percent), Batkivshchyna (25 percent) and the Communist Party (13 ticipating in the March of Remembrance Ukrainian youth organizations are asked to percent). (N.B.: The reported percentages of voter support for these parties varied are requested to bring signs and placards wear Ukrainian embroidered shirts and widely among various sources, and the official vote count is far from complete.) promoting recognition of the Ukrainian blouses as well. Noted analyst Taras Kuzio provided a dose of reality when he noted in his blog on Holodomor. The purpose of the march is to What to expect: The march will pro- the Jamestown Foundation site: “If the 2004 full proportional election law had promote knowledge of the Holodomor and ceed north along Third Avenue to 51st remained in place, the combined opposition… would have been in a position to estab- to share this knowledge with others. Street, and then turn west to Fifth Avenue, lish a parliamentary majority – as they did in 2006 and 2007.” “During the March of Remembrance, we the location of St. Patrick’s Cathedral. A sol- As of now, we await the final voting results, especially from the single-mandate dis- will remember the millions who died, and emn requiem service will be held at the tricts. Only then will be able to comment with any certainty on the composition of this vow to do whatever we can to prevent such cathedral at 1-2 p.m. new Verkhovna Rada – a Parliament that will determine Ukraine’s course: eastward, an atrocity from ever happening again. It is If you can’t walk that far: You can still westward or nowhere. the first event in an effort to tell the story take part in the march. Assemble at the of the Ukrainians who perished during the Ukrainian Mission to the United Nations Genocide of 1932-1933,” stated Tamara (220 E. 51 St.) by noon and you’ll be able to Olexy, president of the Ukrainian Congress join in from that point onward. Nov. Turning the pages back... Committee of America (UCCA). Please note: The New York Police Invited speakers to the memorial ser- Department has banned the use of wood Last year, on November 8, 2011, German Chancellor Angela vice inside St. Patrick’s Cathedral include or metal in signage and flags. Please bring Merkel and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev turned on the representatives from the United Nations, small flags and appropriate signs acknowl- 8 tap in Lubmin, Germany, that opened flow of gas at the western as well as U.S. and Ukrainian government edging the Holodomor. 2011 end of the Nord Stream pipeline, that links Western Europe directly with the Siberian natural gas reserves. The pipeline, which is a joint venture between Gazporm, German firms BASF and EON, the Dutch company Gasunie and GDF Suez of France, leaves Russia at the port Canadians prepare to mark city of Vyborg. The prime ministers of France and the Netherlands, respectively, Francois Fillon and Mark Rutte, and European Union Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger also attended Holodomor Awareness Week the ceremony, underlining the political importance of the new energy link meant to OTTAWA – The Ukrainian Canadian genocides in human history. It is an exam- strengthen the security of natural-gas supplies. Congress (UCC) is launching the fifth ple of the deprivation of the human right The $10 billion, 1,224-kilometer pipeline’s main goal is to lessen Moscow’s reliance on annual National Holodomor Awareness to food and embodies the human rights gas transit countries like Ukraine and Belarus. The Nord Stream pipeline is the longest Week on November 19-25. The goal is to violations suffered by the victims of com- undersea pipeline in the world, surpassing by about 60 kilometers the Langeled pipeline, annually unite the Ukrainian community munism around the world. which carries natural gas from northern Norway to the United Kingdom. At full operating and all Canadians in remembering the vic- The UCC continues its efforts to secure capacity, the pipelines will carry 55 billion cubic meters of natural gas a year into the tims and raising awareness of this this genocide’s rightful place in the new European grid. Famine-Genocide of 1932-1933. publicly funded Canadian Museum for In 2011 approximately one-quarter of the natural gas consumed in the European Union International Holodomor Memorial Human Rights and to ensure that the was supplied by Russia, and 80 percent of Russian natural gas supplies to the EU passed Day will be observed on Saturday, Holodomor is included in school curricula through Ukraine. November 24. In Canada, this day has across the country. Disputes between Naftohaz Ukrainy and Russia’s Gazprom over natural gas supplies, been enshrined in both federal and pro- For a complete list of events across prices and debts have disrupted supplies to the EU in the past. Poland and the Baltic states vincial legislation as Holodomor Canada marking the anniversary of the have also been bypassed as transit countries, which led to criticism from those countries Memorial Day. Holodomor readers may visit http:// since the project was agreed upon in 2005, even though the EU has supported the pipeline. The Holodomor, by its geographical www.ucc.ca/programs/projects/holodo- (Continued on page 13) focus and intensity, is one of the greatest mor/holodomor-2012/. No. 45 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2012 7

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

feared and avoided like a plague? And is As for Osama-bin-Laden, after all that cent country, America, was established on Pro-Obama column: there any question that the president’s crowing by President Obama, Al-Qaeda is a rational proposition of liberty, individual policies are gradually taking America in not on the run. Its adherents struck in freedom and rights, individual responsi- standard talking points that direction? Benghazi on 9/11. Now we are confronted bility and accountability, individual Moreover, Mr. Obama, after all, doesn’t with total incompetence leading to a mas- achievement and reward. Under Barack Dear Editor: really believe in free-market capitalism. In sive cover-up by the Obama administration Obama, it is morphing into an irrational In vain I searched Andrew Fedynsky’s fact he blames capitalism for the current and, sadly, four dead Americans. politically correct society of “social jus- column “For Obama,” (October 14) for ills, which only proves he doesn’t under- However, the most egregious part of Mr. tice,” “outcome equality” and “wealth hints of original thinking. Instead I found a stand what capitalism is or how it works. Fedynsky’s ode to Mr. Obama is implying redistribution.” recitation of the standard Obama cam- Truth be told, we have not had capitalism that the reason the president ignored History shows that progressivism, in all paign talking points, fictitious achieve- for almost half of a century because it’s Ukraine is that there is no leadership there. its various forms, is an unbridled elitist ments and excuses. been so thoroughly distorted, corrupted All of the once-captive nations look to U.S. madness – a destructive anti-human, anti- Mr. Fedynsky begins by stating he is bet- and perverted by the IRS and politicians leadership, which is now sorely lacking. Mr. life philosophy with power at its root, hate ter off today than four years ago. That is a on both the left as well as on the right. Obama does not relate to these countries. its fuel, misery and death its end result. stunningly disingenuous statement. The I have no doubt that our deceased par- Mr. Fedynsky must be aware of the letter I truly believe in an awakening of the vast majority of Ukrainian Americans ents would turn in their graves if they saw (July 2009) sent by 20 Eastern European human spirit to what is best in us, in truth would vehemently disagree with such a how a new generation of Ukrainians have leaders (e.g., Lech Walesa and Vaclav and honor, in reason and logic, in our preposterous declaration. Perhaps Mr. forgotten their history and been seduced Havel) to the Obama administration Constitution as our guiding rule of law, in Fedynsky would not have lost half of his by “Hope and Change,” and “Forward.” By expressing anxiety about U.S. policy life and liberty, in individual responsibility savings had he been more prudent in his the way, it’s worth taking note that not so towards their countries. Nothing has and accountability. I believe in capitalism investments. You don’t speculate in the long ago “Forward” was a popular slogan changed. They are rightfully concerned and free enterprise, and in laissez -faire stock market with your nest egg. And if he with Marxists and Leninists of all shades about that “flexibility” Mr. Obama promised limited government leading us to life- did not see the real-estate bubble forming, and Progressives. Russia. Gov. Romney’s visit to Poland, on enhancing rational individualism, recogni- he should have boned-up on economic the other hand, showed his desire to con- tion and the rejection of life-devouring Jaroslaw Martyniuk cycle theory. Sooner or later all bubbles nect with these nations. It was a success. sociopathic collectivism. Washington burst with a vengeance, particularly those Incidentally, President Obama returned Our “wizard of smarts,” President created by artificially low Fed interest rate that bust of Winston Churchill to Britain – Obama takes conscripted tax money and policy. On economic stimulus working, the certainly more insulting than Mr. Romney’s “bestows” it on his donors’ companies only thing it does is balloon our already comment about the organization of the (Solyndra et al). They fail, go bankrupt, untenable $16 trillion debt. And if he Reaction to columnist’s London Olympics. costing the taxpayer billions. He’s pro- thinks that government spending works, Mr. Fedynsky states that the Republican claimed and applauded as a marvy suc- then Greece should have a robust economy. “ode to Obama” record on Ukraine is not very good and cess; he has the best and purest of “good On foreign policy Mr. Fedynsky correct- Dear Editor: cites some insignificant missteps. However, intentions”; he cares. ly states that President Barack Obama Democratic President Woodrow Wilson Mitt Romney takes voluntary private wound down two wars, but that would It is shocking that Andrew Fedynsky handed western Ukraine over to Poland at money (Bain Capital), “bestows” it on have happened under any president. It (October 14) is impressed by Barack Versailles and our ancestors endured troubled private companies and saves 80 was time to disengage from misguided and Obama’s performance! decades of oppression. Democratic presi- percent from collapse and bankruptcy, unwinnable interventions. However, he He claims to be better off financially due dent Franklin D. Roosevelt enabled Stalin to costing the taxpayer nothing. He is pro- neglected to address an issue particularly to President Obama’s stimulus program. enslave Eastern Europe at Yalta. In con- claimed a failure, a tax cheat, a felon. His salient to Ukrainians: the total failure of This might be the case for a liberal college trast, Republican President Ronald intentions are described as impure and the so called “reset” with Russia. Nor does professor, but the average working Reagan’s policies bankrupted and broke greedy – seeking only to make a profit he attempt to explain what Mr. Obama American in the private sector is not so the Soviet Union and enabled Ukraine to without caring for the people. meant when he whispered into Dmitry lucky. become an independent state. The world we live in is upside down. Medvedev’s ear: “after the elections I’ll A typical family has $5,000 less dispos- In short, Mr. Fedynsky is trying to influ- What do you truly know? Listen and you have more flexibility.” able income per year (gas prices, etc.). Mr. ence ethnic voters in states like Ohio by will hear. Open your eyes and you will see. But here’s the real reason Ukrainians Obama’s stimulus package was really a feeding them false facts about who Obama “An informed knowledgeable citizen is a should fear Mr. Obama’s re-election. He is a “spending package” of $800 billion. The really is. progressive liberal’s worst nightmare,” an crypto-socialist at heart, if not worse. After U.S. debt has increased to about $16 tril- unknown sage once said. all, one of his most influential mentors lion. We need long-term reforms, not quick Lydia Kossak Kernitsky, D.M.D. Life matters! America matters! Freedom during his formative years was Frank fixes that result in massive deficits. The Colts Neck, N.J. is the only choice and not the Obama- Marshall Davis, a card-carrying member of promised unemployment of 5 percent imposed slave dependency and the incom- the Communist Party. In his autobiogra- remains elusive, as unemployment is 8 per- petence-laden bureaucratic intrusions into phy, Mr. Obama speaks warmly of how cent, and at times much higher. our lives. “Uncle Frank” influenced his ideological As far as the car industry, Mitt Romney Freedom – May God bless this magnificent country development. Has Mr. Fedynsky complete- (a Detroit native) is well aware that the car and protect it from its detractors, willful ly forgotten why our parents and grand- industry is vital to Michigan’s economy. He the only choice destroyers and ignorant “useful idiots.” parents fled Ukraine at the end of World proposed a “managed bankruptcy” with Ask yourself: What kind of America will War II? They fled from the Communist government guarantees. Mr. Obama actual- Dear Editor: you leave your children? scourge. So how often do we need to be ly “bankrupted” the industry and then People living in freedom respect all life reminded that anything remotely bought it with our tax dollars. He was also and the achievement and greatness that is Walter Swyrydenko approaching that evil system must be buying the union vote. rational human potential. This magnifi- Cleveland

COMMENTARY Tabachnyk’s televised embarrassment by Askold S. Lozynskyj has not set the intellectual bar particularly Germans and thus formed to fight the the other panelists, that some even took high. Mr. Tabachnyk, Ukraine’s controver- Germans – Mr. Tabachnyk produced a the liberty of ridiculing Mr. Tabachnyk’s Viktor Yanukovych does not have a very sial minister of education, science, youth book on the OUN and the UPA edited by a alleged doctorate in history, which he did good reputation amongst his peers of and sport recently appeared as one of six committee headed by academician not rebut. world leaders. Most consider him autocrat- panelists debating the role of the Ukrainian Stanislav Kulchytsky and published in late Mr. Tabachnyk allegedly does have ic. Some would even call him thuggish and Insurgent Army (UPA) on its 70th anniver- 2005. degrees in history. Wikipedia provides that primitive. In addition, he is not viewed as sary. The program was titled “Velyka Challenged to produce evidence, Mr. Mr. Tabachnyk received a diploma in histo- being particularly intelligent in an educat- Polityka” and was hosted by Yevgeniy Tabachnyk furiously spent the next 30 min- ry from the Kyiv State University in 1986. ed sense or even particularly bright. His lat- Kyseloiv. utes on television looking through the book Nine years later, in 1995, he allegedly est chase of the Obamas at the United Naturally, Minister Tabachnyk came to while the other panelists continued their received a doctorate in history. The ques- Nations in New York to grab a phone disparage the UPA, which was to be expect- discussion on the UPA. Finally he did the tion that immediately comes to mind is opportunity did little to raise his esteem. ed. As per his custom, he labeled the UPA best he could and pointed to a passage in how Mr. Tabachnyk could have earned that A recent performance by one of his min- fascist, spoke of a civil war (the UPA fight- the book that the Germans had upon occa- doctorate in view of his recent abyssmal isters on Ukrainian television must have ing the NKVD?) and then, taking a line sion supplied arms to the UPA. television performance. More interestingly, embarrassed even Mr. Yanukovych, who from the Russian Ukrainophobe Vadym What was particularly troubling and, in in 1994 Mr. Tabachnyk headed the Leonid Kolesnichenko, asserted that the UPA never fact, embarrassing was that this was the Kuchma presidential campaign and upon fought the Germans. After being challenged extent of Mr. Tabachnyk’s performance. Kuchma’s election in 1994 until 1996 he Askold S. Lozynskyj is an attorney based by the other five panelists – all of whom Political bias aside, Mr. Tabachnyk mani- served as chief of President Kuchma’s staff. in New York City. He is a former president of pointed out that the UPA was formed in fested almost complete ignorance of the the Ukrainian World Congress. 1942 when Ukraine was occupied by the subject matter. This became so obvious to (Continued on page 11) 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2012 No. 45

Don Kopach Don Kopach Philly Mummers with Fralinger’s String Band Music Director Ivan Werneg. Yuliya Stupen sings “Moya Ukraina.” Philadelphia community celebrates Ukrainian Fest at UECC

by Petrusia Sawchak eager to be part of this celebration. It was truly a milestone There were two stage shows - one at 1 p.m. and another for the Ukrainian community in the Philadelphia area. at 3 p.m. -coordinated by Andrea Zharovsky and Ania JENKINTOWN, Pa. – The Ukrainian Educational and Contributing greatly to the success of the festival were Bohachevsky Lonkevych. The melodic tunes of the per- Cultural Center (UECC) held its inaugural Ukrainian Fest its major sponsors: John Hynansky (Winner Automotive formers, together with the sounds of the dance troupes on October 6. The exciting event was a daylong celebration Group, USA and Ukraine); MBFinancial Bank; Ukrainian stomping their feet in unison, and their costumes - a sea of of Ukrainian culture that included outdoor fun activities, Selfreliance Federal Credit Union; Basil Kuzio red, blue, yellow and green - provided an aural and visual traditional Ukrainian music, dance troupes and a full menu (Ameriprise); Meest-America Inc.; Borys and Dzvinka landscape that captivated everyone. of delicious ethnic cuisine. Zacharczuk; Fletcher-Nasevich Funeral Home; Providence During the first performance, the School of the Voloshky More than 1,500 people, Ukrainians and non-Ukrainians Association of Ukrainian Catholics in America; and Ukrainian Dance Ensemble, led by artistic director Oleg alike, attended the festival. It was a day that members of Wolodymyr Zin, DDS, Everest Dental LLC. There were also Goudimiak, opened the program with the traditional the Ukrainian community gathered together to celebrate many in-kind contributions. “Welcoming Dance.” They were followed by the 3- and their rich heritage and share it with their non-Ukrainian The festival was held on the center’s six acres of land 4-year-olds, “Malyatka,” from the Ukrainian American neighbors. It was also a time for people to reconnect with from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. A dance followed, in the Borys Youth Association (UAYA), who performed “Hutsulska their roots and to be proud of their culture. Also heart- Zacharczuk Grand Hall of the UECC with music by the Vechirka.” Yuliya Stupen, winner of many singing awards, warming was the participation of the children who were so Cheremosh Dance Band, which also provided live enter- delivered beautiful renditions of “Moya Ukraina” and tainment throughout the day. “Karpaty.” The opening ceremonies began on the outdoor stage, Another real crowd-pleaser, the famed Voloshky adorned with an oversized decorated wreath and colorful Ukrainian Dance Ensemble, whose musical director is ribbons, and the singing of the Ukrainian national anthem Taras Lewyckyj, performed two dances, “Barrel Breaks” by Yuliya Stupen and the American national anthem sung and “Transcarpathian Dance.” Then the adorable young- by Dmytro Terleckyj. Emcee Eugene Luciw gave bilingual introductions for all sters in lily white costumes with red Ukrainian embroidery of the performances. A few members of the Fralinger’s from the School of Voloshky Ukrainian Dance Ensemble - String Band (which participates in Philadelphia’s annual one of the largest schools of its kind in the U.S. - charmed New Year’s Day parade) led by music director/arranger everyone with a dance called “What the Mice Do When the Ivan Wernega strutted up and down the aisles playing Cats Are Sleeping.” their music while getting the audience in a party mood. As As an additional treat, the graceful ballerinas from the Don Kopach many may recall, the Fralinger String Band presented “At Metropolitan Ballet Academy, under the tutelage of Lisa Collins Festival Committee Members (from left): Vera the Golden Gate of Kiev” [sic]during the 2011 Mummers Vidnovic, artistic director, delivered a fascinating excerpt Andryczyk, Marijka Cyhan and co-chairs Petrusia Day Parade. They were praised for their performance and from “Peter Pan.” The Metropolitan Ballet Academy makes Sawchak and Nila Pawluk. beautifully adorned costumes. its home at the UECC and is one of its longtime supporters.

Don Kopach Don Kopach At the Philly soft pretzel sale (from left) are Kalyna Buck, Juliette Louer, Mia Chuma The audience enjoys the stage show. and Anetka Luba. No. 45 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2012 9

Peter Luba Peter Luba The Voloshky Ukrainian Dance Ensemble performs “Gossips.” The School of the Voloshky Ukrainian Dance Ensemble.

During the second performance, the Voloshky Ensemble Baltimore that included stage sets, featuring dolls and ani- showcased two more intriguing dances, “Tyzh Mene mals in handcrafted Ukrainian embroidered costumes Pidmanula” and “Gossips.” Their performances also includ- made by Lida Dyhdala. The exhibition consisted of a series ed the captivating movements of a gypsy-Roma dance of seven free-standing animated dioramas. Each scene complete with purple and red bejeweled costumes. The depicted a moment from a renowned Ukrainian children’s UAYA Dance Ensemble performed a delightful “Spring story. Though the purpose of the exhibit was to amuse and Dance” followed by soloist Viktoriya Fitsyk, who sang a educate children about the lessons in the stories, it served very moving rendition of “Ukraina.” also to enchant viewers of all ages. Two more performances showcasing the talents of the A varied group of vendors offered unique crafts, jewelry, children from the Voloshky School were titled “Hutsul books, toys, T-shirts and gifts for the entire family. Special Dance” and “Varvarka.” Concluding the program was the royal blue with gold lettering T-shirts with the Ukrainian Voloshky School’s rendition of the highly spirited “Hopak,” Fest logo, designed by Iryna Galai, were also available for which dazzled the audience with its athleticism. All of the purchase. dance groups hold classes regularly at UECC. Festival visitors had the opportunity to bid on 24 beau- Borys Pawluk (right), president of UECC, with commit- There were Ukrainian folk art exhibits and demonstra- tiful and valuable gift baskets donated by various benefac- tee member Nestor Tamalishchak. tions led by artisans and co-sponsored by the UECC and the tors, as well as to win prizes in the 50/50 raffles awarded utive director. They worked diligently for an entire year to Ukrainian Heritage Studies Center (UHSC) at Manor College, hourly as well as the Super 50/50 Raffle. prepare for this event. arranged by UHSC Curator Chrystyna Prokopovych. The arti- No festival would be complete without delicious Many thanks were expressed to 13-year-old Peter Luba, sans demonstrating their crafts were as follows: Stephanie Ukrainian food – varenyky, kovbasa and kapusta, holubtsi, who created a video/commercial and webpage about the Hryckowian (pysanky), Olga Kolodij and Chrystyna kartoplianyky and borshch – as well as picnic and carnival festival complete with photographs, which can be viewed Prokopovych (gerdany), Lesia Leskiw (embroidery), Myhailo food like hot dogs, Philly soft pretzels, cotton candy and on www.ukifest.com Luciw (woodwork and leatherwork), Maria Panczak (weav- popcorn. Also available was a scrumptious Dessert Café Much appreciation was also extended to the more than ing) and Iryna Galai (reverse painting on glass). featuring donated homemade baked goods. 160 volunteers, members from many UECC organizations There was also a demonstration of the playing of the The Ukrainian Beer Garden, serving exclusively (Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization, Ukrainian bandura by master player Anatoli Murha. Completing this Ukrainian beer (Lvivske 1715) and decorated with a American Youth Association, Voloshky Ukrainian Dance section was a unique exhibit of ancient Trypillian ceramics thatched roof (built by Danylo Zacharczuk), enticed many Ensemble, School of the Voloshky Ukrainian Dance and other artistic works. Many people from the surround- to enjoy a cold beverage and mingle with friends. Ensemble, Ukrainian National Women’s League of ing communities unfamiliar with Ukrainian folk art were Heading the Festival Committee were co-chairs Petrusia America, Ukrainian Federation of America, Prometheus enthralled with its beauty and complexity. Sawchak, a UECC board member, and Nila Pawluk. They Ukrainian American Male Chorus, Ukrainian American In the Kids Fun Zone, youngsters enjoyed typical festival were assisted by a hard-working committee that included Senior Citizen Association, Ukrainian Engineers’ Society of activities like face-painting, games with prizes and the pop- Oleh Luba, Mr. Kuzio, Zenia Brozyna, Vera Andryczyk, America, Svitlychka Cooperative Nursery, Ukrainian ular Moon Bounce. Marijka Cyhan, Natalka Firko, Ihor Kusznir, Ms. Galai, Congress Committee of America, Ukrainian Heritage In addition, there was a special award-winning muse- Nestor Tomalishchak and Sophijka Koropeckyj, as well as School, Ukrainian Hutsul Society Cheremosh, Ukrainian um-quality exhibit by Luba and Andrij Chornodolsky from UECC President Borys Pawluk and Marko Tarnawsky, exec- America Veterans Post No. 1, and others).

Peter Luba Don Kopach Tusia Kopach (left) and Ariadna Louer, in their UkiFest T-shirts, help out in the Kids The School of the Voloshky Ukrainian Dance Ensemble performs “What the Mice Do Fun Zone. When the Cats Are Sleeping.” 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2012 No. 45 GENERATION UKE

Edited and compiled by Matthew Dubas Exchange program brings UAYA counselors to Ukraine by Khrystia Bihun summer. After spending a few days in Lviv, we headed off to the village of Komariv, PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Several years ago an where the camps were going to take place. innovative exchange program was started Upon arrival, we met the Ukrainians who by the Ukrainian American Youth Assn. we would be spending the next three (UAYA) – in the form of a yearly exchange weeks with. between Ukrainian Youth Association’s sis- The first week of camp was a week of ter organizations in the United States and preparation for the two weeks that would in Ukraine. The program brings about the follow, during which we would be taking exchange of ideas, best practices and life care of children. For my fellow travelers experiences between the counselors and and myself, this would be the first time we junior counselors of the two countries. had taken on the role of being a camp Perhaps even more importantly, it is counselor at a camp in Ukraine. During this helping to develop lines of communica- week, we had many informative presenta- tions, collegial relationships and even tions about how to look after the children enduring friendships between developing and how to run lessons to teach the chil- leaders of our youth organization in two dren about many topics. I had a bit of trou- very different countries; it fosters the real- ble planning some of these lessons because ization that although we are different, we I felt I had only a basic knowledge of have a strong common bond that unites us. Ukraine’s history and its famous people The Counselor Exchange program con- and not much depth information, and, of tinued its tradition this year as four course, there was the issue of the language. Campers struggle to untangle themselves in a game of the human knot. American UAYA members traveled to But this did not cause a big problem attend summer camps in Ukraine. The because everyone there was willing to help utmost importance. The most valuable growing because there are people all over UAYA’s national executive started its search anyone in need. thing that I took away from my trip is that the world young and old who are ready to for prospective exchange candidates in When the second week came, all the despite the many differences that I noticed fight for our organization and Ukraine. December of 2011. With a goal of identify- children arrived ready to have a great two the organization’s common goal unites Olga Tymouch: ing a diverse and eclectic group of candi- weeks. Every day we had three lessons everyone who is proud to call themselves a Traveling to Ukraine this summer to vol- dates, nominations were solicited from planned for the children, one of which was “sumivets” (a UYA member) and a unteer as a camp counselor for the program directors of the organization’s catechism. After these lessons, we had the Ukrainian. Ukrainian Youth Association was one of the national Counselor Training Camp, as well rest of the day to play sports and do arts Although being out of my comfort zone best opportunities I have ever been given. as from individual UAYA branches through- and crafts with the children. I found each was difficult at times, this is a program that Although the adjustment to typical life in out the U.S. day to be very demanding of the camp I would recommend to any vporiadnyk/ Ukraine was not always easy, my three Nominated candidates were asked to counselors, but ultimately those two weeks vykhovnyk (counselor in training/counsel- weeks there have become one of my most complete an application, produce letters of passed by very quickly and I didn’t want to or) who would like to broaden his or her rewarding experiences to date. I met people reference and recommendation, and leave. In the end, I was glad that I applied to horizons, learn something new, and get a with whom I developed close personal con- undergo an interview process with the the Exchange Program, and even more glad new outlook on Ukraine and its people. nections and who I will continue to stay in Exchange Committee. After an extensive that I was chosen, because the experience Solomia Pylypiw: contact with for many years in the future. elimination process, four participants were of traveling to Ukraine, working at the The opportunity to go work at camp in Upon first arriving at the camp base in chosen for the 2012 Counselor Exchange, camp and meeting many new people is one Ukraine was very unexpected. I had heard Ukraine, I couldn’t help but wonder how I representing UAYA branches of the east and I will never forget. about the program but had not really could possibly survive three weeks. Here I midwest: Markian Blazejowskyj (Jersey Kristina Shnyak: thought about going. After talking to a was thousands of miles away from my fam- City, N.J.), Solomia Pylypiw (Whippany, N.J.), This summer I had the opportunity to member of my UAYA branch, I decided to ily, my friends and the comforts of home. I and Olga Tymouch and Kristina Shnyak travel to Ukraine for the UAYA’s exchange apply and was chosen to participate. Going was completely immersed in a culture I (Chicago). program and spent a month experiencing to Ukraine was one of the best choices that had never before experienced in such In mid-July these four participants trav- the Ukrainian Youth Association in a com- I have made. I had the opportunity to work extremity. I was a Ukrainian in Ukraine, but eled with a mentor to Lviv to embark on a pletely new setting. I met many new people with children from a different country that a part of me was still innately American. I new adventure. Below are their own who enriched my stay with their openness belong to the same organization as me. I wasn’t seen by everyone around me as just thoughts and words, following the experi- and desire to show me everything that was expecting to see the differences that another camper. I was “the American” who ence. their camp had to offer. It challenged me in lay between the two countries, but I found came to visit. Markian Blazejowskyj: a way that no camp back in America ever that there were many more similarities. It Being “the American” came with certain When applying to the “Obmin” had and I was excited to learn many valu- was amazing to see how we can be brought expectations of opinion and behavior. It (exchange) program, I did not know what able things during our week of preparation up in two very different cultures but still wasn’t until these expectations were dissi- to expect from the trip. I thought the camps for the camp that I was able to take back share those same values. pated that I had finally dispelled the in Ukraine were very similar to the home with me. I came into the camp and did not feel assumptions that many Americans hold of Ukrainian camps here in Ellenville, N.Y. “Obmin” really opened my eyes to what like a stranger. We had all been taught the Ukraina. I was able to fully embrace the When we arrived in Ukraine, we could see the UYA has to offer and how facilitating same ideals to live by in the organization, experience and fell in love with the 80-per- how much Lviv has improved because of communication throughout the organiza- which gave us a common ground. It was son camp that will forever be a part of me, the Euro Cup that took place earlier in the tion in different parts of the world is of the easy to blend in with the other people a cherished memory. I learned more in because people accepted us with open those three weeks than I could have ever arms. I greatly enjoyed being able to sit expected possible. I became acquainted together at night and sing the songs that with Ukrainian camp traditions, slightly dif- we love so much in camps in America with ferent from those in America, as well as the “sumivtsi” in Ukraine. accustomed to the Ukrainian mindsets in I had the opportunity of working with a which I was born, but not always raised. I group of six truly amazing girls. No matter came to better realize my own identity, and what their personal backgrounds were, better understood how that identity is they were able to come to this camp for applicable and realizable in the country I two weeks and have the best time of their now call my home. There isn’t a day where lives. In this, I learned a lot from them and I don’t look back on my time at UYA camp they from me. I learned no matter how in Ukraine with warm memories and tough life gets, there is always a light at the reflections. end of the tunnel. The girls all loved There isn’t a day where I don’t miss the Ukraine and wanted to learn as much as beautiful smiling faces of the children, and they could about it. the warm laughter and words of the staff. After the end of the two weeks, it was There isn’t a day where a part of me doesn’t hard for me to leave because I had connect- wish I could go back and relive every single ed with the campers so much, but I always wonderful moment. knew we would have UYA there and that I You can watch the multimedia presenta- could return someday. Overall, this trip has tions of the exchange participants on the Visiting the museum of embroidered icons by the Rev. Dmytro Blazejowsky in Lviv. showed me that the organization will keep U.S. webpage at www.cym.org. No. 45 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2012 11

in the Czech Republic, four from Finland addition to the New Jersey Devils’ run to and one from the United States (Clay the Stanley Cup Finals. He signed with Wilson). Among the skaters are several Winnipeg as a free agent last July. Donbas Donetsk joins KHL who were once drafted into the NHL ranks Calgary’s Babchuk signs The balance of power in Russian hockey decided to return to Europe after two years and saw extended action in the North may be shifting westward. The fifth edition in North America. The Ukrainian squad American professional ranks, mostly in the Donbas Donetsk became the second of the Kontinental Hockey League sees an also features former Salavat Yulayev Ufa AHL. These include two defensemen KHL team to fill its North American quota expanded Western Conference with a goaltender Erik Ersberg and veteran defen- (Oskars Bartulis, Karel Pilar), a pair of of three players when the club announced revived Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, big-spending seman Jaroslav Obsut – two proven per- once-promising forwards (Lukas Kaspar, the signing of Ukrainian defenseman Anton CSKA Moscow and three new franchises formers who may help head coach Julius Vaclav Nedorost), and the afore-mentioned Babchuk. The offensive blue-liner has pre- bringing pro hockey to Prague, Bratislava Supler maintain his record of always reach- Ersberg, Obsut and Dadonov. The team’s vious KHL experience from the 2009-2010 and Donetsk. ing the KHL playoffs. captain is ex-St. Louis Blues prospect season, when he played for Avangard Much of the early season attention will Club history Serhiy Varlamov. Omsk. He played in the Russian profession- focus on Yaroslavl as the club returns a al league for Ak Bars Kazan and SKA St. Fedotenko, Ponikarovsky join year after the tragic air crash that wiped The Donbas Hockey Club was founded Petersburg prior to starting his NHL career out the entire team on opening day a sea- in 2005 and participated in the XIV NHL forwards Ruslan Fedotenko of the in 2003. Babchuk has tallied 107 points in son ago. Incoming head coach Tom Rowe Ukrainian Championship by competing in Philadelphia Flyers and Alexei 295 NHL games with Chicago, Carolina and has assembled an experienced squad with the First League. Following three years of Ponikarovsky of the Winnipeg Jets signed Calgary. a blend of second-tier youngsters who kept competing only in tournament play, the contracts to play for KHL newcomer Fedotenko nets winner the organization going in 2011-2012. club returned to the Ukrainian Hockey Donbas Donetsk. Both are native Fuelled by Rosneff’s petrol dollars, CSKA Championship and rose to the Ukrainian Ukrainians and were permitted to sign In his September 23 debut with his new Moscow went the big money route in an Major League. In its four seasons of nation- with European clubs after the NHL locked club Fedotenko scored the game-winning attempt to add a new championship trophy al competition starting in 2008, the fran- out their players on September 16. goal in a shootout to cap off a comeback vic- to the mantle of the most titled hockey club chise won its first national title in 2011, Fedotenko, 33, spent two seasons with tory against Atlant Mytishchi. Donbas had in history. Alexander Radulov’s signing to a before joining the Russian Major Hockey the Flyers before moving to Tampa Bay, fallen behind 2-0 in the second period. contract worth more than $9 million League (VHL). where he won his first Stanley Cup with the Former Flyer and fellow Ukrainian Nikolay earned a rebuke from President Vladimir After the 2010-2011 season, Donbas Lightning, scoring the cup-winning goal in Zherdev opened the scoring for Atlant mid- Putin about the outrageous salaries being split into two teams, with their affiliate, the 2004 finals. Five years later the left- way through the second stanza. Fedotenko paid to Russian sportsmen. Donbas-2, representing the organization in winger lifted his second Stanley Cup with took a tripping penalty late in the third peri- Aside from the above headliners, the the Professional Hockey League of Ukraine. the Pittsburgh Penguins, then left for two od and anxiously watched his teammates Western Conference welcomes three new- Donbas-2 won its first title in 2012, the years with the New York Rangers. He kill off the Atlant power play while voicing comers and adds two nations to the KHL PHL’s inaugural campaign. Fortunes for the returned to Philadelphia this past summer, major displeasure with the referee’s call. for 2012-2013. Ukraine’s Donbas Donetsk club changed in 2010, when Mr. Kolesnikov, signing with the Flyers as a free agent. Fedotenko was quoted on the Donbas moves up from the Russian VHL, while Lev a prominent Ukrainian businessman, Ponikarovsky, 32, moved from Dynamo website as saying he was happy to join the Prague brings the league to the Czech gained full control of the team, making it Moscow to the Toronto Maple Leafs in KHL’s only Ukrainian club. “I’ve got a Republic and Slovan Bratislava flies the flag the most financially stable team in the his- 2000, spending eight years of his NHL chance to keep my shape until the lockout in Slovakia. tory of Ukrainian hockey. career there, prior to brief stops in Los ends,” Fedotenko said. “I need to talk to the Donbas, bankrolled by Ukraine’s Vice There are 11 native Russians on the Angeles, Pittsburgh and Carolina. This is coach and adjust to European ice that’s big- Prime Minister Boris Kolesnikov, pulled off 36-player roster of Donbas as the current his second lockout stint in Europe; he ger, but it’s not such a problem.” a major coup by winning the race to sign KHL season turns the corner into played with the Russian team Khimik dur- Florida Panthers prospect Yevgeni November, followed by 10 Ukrainians. The ing the 2004-2005 campaign. Last year Ihor Stelmach may be reached at iman@ Dadonov after the 23-year-old Russian nationality breakdown has six skaters born Ponikarovsky was a valuable late-season sfgsports.com

Others in Mr. Yanukovych’s inner circle are similarly Tabachnyk’s... deficient. Minister of Justice Oleksander Lavrynovych is a Rada elections... quasi-attorney with a correspondence diploma from a (Continued from page 7) (Continued from page 1) school of law in Kharkiv earned while he was a member of While performing those demanding duties Mr. Tabachnyk, the Ukrainian Parliament and running a parliamentary fac- “Ukrainians deserved better from these elections. The somehow, “earned” a doctorate! tion in the Verkhovna Rada in Kyiv. He is either brilliant, or ‘oligarchization’ of the whole process meant that citizens Mr. Tabachnyk does not have the credentials to be the else his law degree does not mean much. lost their ownership of the election, as well as their trust in minister of education, science, youth and sport aside from Mr. Tabachnyk should consider returning even his own it,” said Andreas Gross, the head of the Parliamentary his bias and temperament. Mr. Yanukovych may not be low-level history diploma to the Kyiv State University since Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) delegation. qualified as president, but the standard for elected officials it’s essentially worthless. As to his alleged doctoral diplo- “Unfortunately, the great democratic potential of Ukrainian even in a democracy is that the electorate has the right to ma, that should be returned immediately since he could society was not realized in yesterday’s vote.” make mistakes. After all, the electorate is not shaped by not have earned it. Election day was calm and peaceful overall. While the knowledge or information, but by emotions. Arguably elec- That may be Ukraine’s biggest problem after all – the voting and counting were assessed mostly positively by the tions are essentially popularity contests. However, nomina- ambitious and powerful with egregious biases, preoccu- observers, the tabulation was assessed negatively, as it tions for political positions subject to confirmation by the pied with self-aggrandizement. Equally unfortunately, they lacked transparency. legislature should be predicated on qualifications and com- are simply incompetent and thus unable to carry out the The election administration managed the technical petence. duties that have been entrusted to them. aspects of the pre-election process adequately, but routine- Mr. Tabachnyk may have endeared himself to the Mr. Yanukovych may be the model for others within his ly held pre-session meetings behind closed doors, and Kremlin and to Mr. Yanukovych with his anti-Ukrainian inner circle. That would pretty much explain everything most open sessions lacked substance. bias and propensity for hyperbolic outbursts. Yes, Ukraine that’s wrong with Ukraine. After all bias, corruption and “Yesterday, we witnessed a strong turnout and a well- is a strange country because of its history and its lack of incompetence are all by-products of ignorance. You can’t conducted polling process. The positive engagement of the suitable cadres. just buy that diploma. You have to earn it. Ukrainian people shows their steadfast desire for democ- racy, and this bodes well for Ukraine’s future,” said Assen observer with the Ukrainian World Congress. The leading Agov, head of the delegation from the NATO Parliamentary Unclear if Ukraine’s... Ukrainian observer organization, Opora, reported that Assembly. “We all hope that the disappointment of our overall assessment will galvanize political stakeholders (Continued from page 1) more than a fifth of polling stations opened too early. The Common Cause civic initiative led by Oleksander Danyliuk into delivering the democratic progress which Ukrainians reported that results were falsified in at least 35 election clearly seek.” and their vote-buying efforts, which were both subtle and districts. “The lack of appropriate responses by the authorities to overt. Virtually no commission reviewed complaints filed by the various electoral violations has led to a climate of Oligarchs such as billionaire Kostyantyn Zhevago, voters. At least 3 percent of polling stations lost track of impunity,” said Audrey Glover, the head of the OSCE Office Ukrainophobe millionaire Igor Markov, Oleksii Azarov, the 100 or more ballots. for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ son of Prime Minister Mykola Azarov, and Viktor Much of the violence came in the days following election ODIHR) long-term election observation mission. “This has Yanukovych Jr., the president’s son, all qualified for day, though National Deputy Olha Herasymiuk reported cast a shadow over the election and the democratic prog- Parliament. being assaulted during voting hours in the Odesa Oblast ress that, until recently, Ukraine had been making.” Yet the OSCE’s claim that election day was relatively where she was running. peaceful wasn’t fully endorsed by reports from observers, Police used tear gas in two hotly contested Kyiv districts as well as news reports of conflicts at dozens of polling sta- where young nationalists from the Svoboda party – Mr. To subscribe to The Ukrainian Weekly, tions that dragged on for days. Illyenko and Yurii Ulianchenko – fought to get accurate “Election commissioners were confused and disorga- vote counts against their oligarch opponents, Ms. Hereha call 973-292-9800, ext. 3042 nized,” said U.S. Federal Court Judge Bohdan Futey, an and Viktor Pylypyshyn. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2012 No. 45

the law, including President Viktor Verkhovna Rada leadership, parliamentary Yulia Tymoshenko, who is already serving NEWSBRIEFS Yanukovych. “So, this is first of all the head committees and other factors. The study a seven-year sentence over a separate of state to whom we are going to appeal as was conducted by the sociological service abuse-of-power case. Her lawyer, Serhiy (Continued from page 2) the guarantor of freedom of speech, if the of the Razumkov Center in conjunction Vlasenko, said on October 15 that Ms. Serhiy Taran, board chairman of the center parliamentary majority tries again to with the Democratic Initiatives Foundation Tymoshenko cannot appear at the court hearing because she has serious back pain for sociological and political studies return to this issue,” Mr. Nalyvaiko said. On on August 10-15; 2,000 respondents age and cannot walk on her own. Judge Sotsioizmerenie, revealed this information October 2, the Parliament abolished the 18 and over were interviewed in all regions of Ukraine. (Ukrinform) Konstiantyn Sadovskyi adjourned the hear- at a press conference held about a month law of Party of Regions National Deputy ing until November 13. This is the ninth before election day. “According to various Zhuravsky on amendments to the Criminal Russian activist kidnapped in Ukraine? time the trial has been postponed since polls, in Ukrainian society today about 7 Code and Criminal Procedure Code of April due to Ms. Tymoshenko’s health percent of the people are frankly admitting Ukraine on increasing responsibility for MOSCOW – Russia’s Investigative problems. The trial focuses on allegations that they are ready to vote for material attacks on honor, dignity and business rep- Committee said Leonid Razvozzhayev, an that she evaded millions of U.S. dollars in handouts from the candidates, that is, in utation, which, in particular, provides for aide to a State Duma deputy, has been offi- taxes in connection with a private energy fact, for a bribe. Incidentally, in Kyiv the criminal liability for defamation – up to cially charged with plotting mass riots. The company she headed during the 1990s. number of such citizens, in spite of certain three years in prison. The law had been charges filed on October 23 are in connec- Western governments say the case appears stereotypes and expectations, is much passed in its first reading on September 18. tion with an opposition protest in Moscow to be politically motivated. (RFE/RL, based more – about 10-11 percent,” Mr. Taran (Ukrinform) in May. Investigators say Mr. Razvozzhayev turned himself in to the authorities and on reporting by Reuters, ITAR-TASS, said. Under such circumstances, he added, Citizens trust parties, not leaders Interfax, and UNIAN) falsification “certainly can be expected.” confessed on October 22 that a Georgian The expert admitted that the candidates KYIV – Ukrainian citizens feel more trust official had financed the demonstration. Tymoshenko video being investigated who have material resources and power toward political parties than individual But Mr. Razvozzhayev’s lawyer, Violetta may simply calculate that it is more eco- leaders. The returns of a sociological poll Volkova, said that her client was kidnapped KYIV – Ukraine’s State Penitentiary nomically advantageous to bribe not the testify to that, explained Svitlana Kushnir, in Kyiv last week. She said he was brought Service has said that it will investigate a voters but the members of election com- an expert of the communication studio to Moscow against his will and suspects his new video depicting a woman who looks missions who will falsify the voters’ ballots PolitLab and head of its sociological studies confession is the result of torture. Ms. like jailed former Prime Minister Yulia for money. (Ukrinform) sector. The poll testifies to the decline of the Volkova said she’s been denied access to Tymoshenko. The video, showing a woman role of political leaders among the elector- her client. Ukrainian opposition members doing physical exercises in a hospital room, Russia, Ukraine to celebrate Shevchenko ate. “We believe that the most active and are demanding explanations from the gov- circulated on the Internet on October 16. able-bodied electorate group (those age ernment regarding the alleged abduction. Representatives of her Batkivshchyna KYIV – Ukraine and Russia will prepare party said the video was a provocation and 25-45) does not have a political need for The Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Ministry together for the celebration of the 200th demanded a thorough investigation into its leaders, but for teams, parties,” Ms. Kushnir promised to comment on the situation in anniversary of the birth of Ukrainian poet appearance online. (RFE/RL, based on said, according to September 26 news due time. (RFE/RL, based on reporting by Taras Shevchenko, Russian President Interfax, ITAR-TASS, and UNIAN) reporting by UNIAN and Interfax) Vladimir Putin said after talks with reports. The Party of Regions ranks the first Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych in among political parties in the rating: 26.7 Human Rights Watch on disappearance Movchan on new version of language law Novo-Ogaryovo on October 22. “The forth- percent of those interviewed would cast KYIV – A new version of the Law “On coming 200th anniversary of the great their votes for the party if Rada elections KYIV – Ukrainian authorities should ini- Principles of the State Language Policy,” Shevchenko in 2014 promises to be a sig- were held today. Fifteen percent of voters tiate a prompt and impartial investigation prepared by a working group tasked with nificant joint project. We have agreed with are undecided, and the same number of into the disappearance from Ukraine on the revision of the document, draws the Mr. Yanukovych to give instructions to the respondents is ready to vote for the United October 19 of Russian opposition member law nearer to constitutional norms, howev- governments to begin a joint comprehen- Opposition, headed by Arseniy Yatsenyuk. Leonid Razvozzhayev, said the internation- al organization Human Rights Watch in a er, provisions, laid down in the revised vari- sive preparation for this event,” said Mr. Almost 7 percent among the respondents statement issued on October 24. Human ant, are not quite clear. Pavlo Movchan, a Putin. The 200th anniversary of Taras were members of Natalia Korolevska’s Rights Watch’s Europe and Central Asia member of a working group for the law’s Shevchenko will be celebrated on March 9, party Ukraine – Forward! (Ukrinform) Director Hugh Williamson described the revision and head of the All-Ukrainian 2014. (Ukrinform) Few believe MPs vote without orders situation surrounding Mr. Razvozzhayev’s Taras Shevchenko Society Prosvita said at a MPs will try to restore libel law disappearance as “profoundly shocking.” press conference on October 24: “I have a KYIV – Most Ukrainians believe that He said, “Anyone who goes to Ukraine to different opinion in many cases as regards KYIV – The National Union of Journalists decision-making by national deputies at seek protection should be given a fair the law, prepared by the working group. It of Ukraine (NUJU) has been informed that the Verkhovna Rada depends on various opportunity to apply for it. Asylum seekers seems to me that it is a buffer law, not radi- immediately after the parliamentary elec- factors, but mainly orders from above. Only should be fully protected while their asy- cal and it does not envisage the most tions the Verkhovna Rada of the sixth con- 8.6 percent of Ukrainians think that nation- lum claims are pending.” Human Rights important thing: a mechanism for realiza- vocation will vote again on the libel law. al deputies vote independently, in accor- Watch noted that domestic law and tion. Here, organizational structures are NUJU Chairman Oleh Nalyvaiko said, “We dance with their beliefs. This is shown in a Ukraine’s international obligations envis- presented only in a light stroke definition. have received information that after the public opinion poll released on September age a ban on forced return. “As a party to However, realizing what hardships are in elections the old composition of the 26 by Andriy Bichenko, director of the soci- the 1951 U.N. Convention on the Status of store for us due to the declared language Verkhovna Rada will make a second ological service at Ukraine’s Razumkov Refugees and its 1967 Protocol, Ukraine war, I signed this document and voted for attempt to vote for changes to the Criminal center for economic and political studies. has an obligation not to return people to it.” He stressed that the new wording can- Code, the so-called amendments of “According to the survey, 30.4 percent of places where they would face threats to cels “threatening” provisions of the original National Deputy [Vitalii] Zhuravsky on the Ukrainians believe that oligarchs influ- their lives or freedom upon return. The law. “This law draws closer to Article 10 [of libel.” He added that the NUJU is consulting ence decision-making by national deputies; U.N. Convention against Torture and the the Ukrainian Constitution] rather than with the public, media lawyers and fellow 19.2 percent say parliamentary factions International Covenant on Civil and distances from it,” Mr. Movchan added. The journalists. The union head noted that the and their leaders influence voting; 10.5 cite Political Rights, to which Ukraine is also a Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on July 3 NUJU has many allies who openly opposed the president of Ukraine; 9.9 the party, prohibit without exception any adopted the law “On Principles of the State returns to risk of torture,” Human Rights Language Policy.” Afterwards, protest Watch said. On October 20, associates of actions against the law took place all over Mr. Razvozzhayev, who was put on the fed- Ukraine. President Viktor Yanukovych, eral wanted list in Russia, said that the after singing the law, created a working opposition member had been kidnapped group charged with revising the law. by unidentified men in Kyiv. Mr. (Ukrinform) Razvozzhayev was allegedly taken from Kravchuk: we need two language laws Kyiv to Moscow in a private plane, where the Basmanny court ordered him arrested KYIV – In the future, Ukraine will have to for two months. (Ukrinform) adopt a separate law on the development of the state language and a law on minority Tymoshenko’s trial postponed again languages. This opinion was expressed to KYIV – A court in Kharkiv in eastern the press before the second meeting of the Ukraine once again postponed the tax-eva- Constitutional Assembly by its chairman, sion trial of jailed former Prime Minister the first president of Ukraine, Leonid No. 45 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2012 13

of Klitschko’s UDAR. Indeed, the growth in poverty among working people and chil- it signed the United Nations Millennium NEWSBRIEFS support for the party may be a real trend dren are interconnected. She did note the Development Goals, Kateryna Rybalchenko, and a consequence of the recent media por- decline in poverty among working people: senior program manager at the U.N. (Continued from page 12) trayals of its leader. [The vast majority of “The poverty rate for this group in the past Development Program, said at an October Kravchuk. “For example, my point of view the interviews were conducted after Mr. year decreased from 32.7 percent to 32 17 news conference dedicated to poverty is that we will have to pass two more laws: Klitschko’s victorious fight.] An answer to percent.” Analyzing the overall situation in reduction in Ukraine as part of the a law on the state language, its develop- this question will be given by future polls,” Ukraine’s households, Ms. Cherenko International Day for the Eradication of ment and application, and a law on the use the report reads. The survey was conducted reported that Ukraine reduced the gap in Poverty. “After signing the Millennium and application of the languages of national on September 1-18. The nationwide ran- poverty levels depending on the presence Development Goals, to fight poverty minorities,” Mr. Kravchuk said, according to dom sample involved 2,024 respondents of children: “If in 2010 it stood at 1.99 Ukraine has undertaken the following September 21 media reports. He noted that age 18 years and older; the sampling error times, in 2011 it was 1.92 times. This three main tasks. In 2011, the proportion a large number of countries in the world does not exceed 2.2 percent. AlphaVu is a means that the all-Ukrainian situation has of the population living on less than $5 have done this. Mr. Kravchuk also said that Washington-based organization that is improved with respect to families with chil- (U.S.) a day in purchasing power parity was he foresees the creation of two subgroups engaged in policy research. (Ukrinform) dren. However, there is a deterioration of 1.7 percent against the target of 4 percent. Therefore, we can assume that the task is of the government-appointed working Every fifth working person is poor the situation in families with two children, group dealing with the question of lan- where the poverty rate rose from 40.7 per- completed. There is every reason to say guages: one will deal directly with making KYIV – The incomes of nearly 20 percent cent to 42.0 percent.” At the same time, the that by 2015 the task to reduce poverty changes to the new law on the basics of of employed Ukrainians are so low that researcher stated, the situation improved among children and working people will be state language policy, and the other with they are in the category of poor people, for large families and households where all implemented,” said the UNDP representa- drafting a program for the development of Liudmyla Cherenko, head of the living stan- adults work. “There the poverty rate tive. She also focused on the problematic the Ukrainian state language.” (Ukrinform) dards research department at the Institute decreased, respectively, from 58.4 percent third issue, which is to reduce by 10 times of Demography and Social Studies, said in part of the population whose consumption Voters worry about economic issues to 55.8 percent and from 24.3 percent to an exclusive comment to Ukrinform on 22.5 percent. Among households without is less than the subsistence minimum. The level of poverty in absolute criterion KYIV – Ukrainian voters are most con- October 17. “Over the past year, the level of children, the most sensitive deterioration declined only by 2.2 percent, that is, from cerned about economic issues, security and poverty among working people significant- was observed where there are unemployed 16.8 percent in 2010 to 14.6 percent last stability in the country, as evidenced by a ly decreased – from 23.5 percent to 19.6 persons. The poverty rate among them has year. Unfortunately, statistics show that the survey conducted by the Kyiv International percent. However, if in the future the rate increased from 28 percent to 40.7 percent,” proportion of the population whose con- Institute of Sociology (KIIS) and AlphaVu. does not fall, it may become critical,” Ms. she said. (Ukrinform) “Fifty-four percent of respondents said that Cherenko emphasized. She attributed this sumption is less than the subsistence mini- stability in Ukraine is their main concern. prognosis to the fact that wages in Ukraine Ukraine’s fight against poverty mum continues to rise, she noted. “Last Ukrainian voters focus much attention on are low: “In general, work should ensure year it was 25.8 percent against 23.5 per- the creation of jobs and increase in wages against poverty and reduce risks to mini- KYIV – Ukraine has already fulfilled two cent in 2010,” Ms. Rybalchenko said. and social benefits,” the report released on mum. If we say that 20 percent are poor, it of the three commitments undertaken after (Ukrinform) September 26 said. According to the survey, means that the wage standards are low and the Party of Regions is currently 8 percent must be changed.” The expert explained ahead of Vitali Klitschko’s UDAR party and that the minimum wage in the state is prices. But it is forced to sell the gas on to 9 percent ahead of the United Opposition. above the poverty line, but it concerns only Turning... EU customers at lower retail prices. Minsk has also had disputes with The Party of Regions enjoys the support of one person. “If there are two young people (Continued from page 6) 22 percent of the voters, at a time when and they have a child, two salaries should Gazprom over gas prices and debts, and led UDAR has 14 percent support and the be divided by three, and then they run the Poland depends heavily on Russian gas to Gazprom cutting back on deliveries to United Opposition has 13 percent. The risk of getting below the poverty line,” Ms. imports, and played a role as a transit Belarus in 2007. Communist Party is in fourth place with 9 Cherenko said, noting that low wages at the country for Russian gas to the EU. Poland’s percent, while Svoboda has 4 percent of the minimum level are most often paid to gas monopoly, PGNiG, is locked into long- Source: “Merkel and Medvedev launch vote, and Ukraine – Forward! has 3 percent. young people who have children. term gas deals that have linked the price it pipeline beneath Baltic Sea,” (RFE/RL), The “There remains uncertainty as to the place Therefore, she added, concepts such as pays for Russian gas imports to high oil Ukrainian Weekly, November 13, 2011.

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