The Ukrainian Weekly 2014, No.26-27
www.ukrweekly.com INSIDE: l President Poroshenko explains his peace plan – page 3 l The UNWLA holds its triennial convention – page 4 l Shevchenko exhibit at The Ukrainian Museum – centerfold THEPublished U by theKRAINIAN Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal W non-profit associationEEKLY Vol. LXXXII No. 26-27 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 29-JULY 6, 2014 $2.00 NATO foreign ministers endorse Poroshenko forms his team, support package for Ukraine keeping many insiders by Zenon Zawada “Society is forgiving the oligarchs for now because of the war. When [Igor] KYIV – Ukrainian President Petro Kolomoisky is organizing military battal- Poroshenko completed forming his team on ions, it’s not convenient to battle with him,” June 19 when Parliament approved his said Sergiy Taran, a member of the political nominations for three key posts: Pavlo council of the Volia party of young reform- Klimkin as foreign affairs minister, Vitalii ers, which aims to run in the next parlia- Yarema as procurator general and Valeria mentary elections. Gontareva as National Bank of Ukraine chair. Mr. Poroshenko, 48, is taking a different Combined with the new staff at the approach than former President Viktor Presidential Administration, which Mr. Yushchenko, with whom he served in gov- Poroshenko appointed the prior week, ernment in 2005 (and who, as godfather of political observers have begun to form a Mr. Poroshenko’s twin daughters, is his basic idea of what to expect from the new “kum”). administration. Unlike Mr. Yushchenko, who suffered So far, it looks to be heavy on stability from not having a solid team, Mr.
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