Inside: l recognizes Crimean Tatar genocide – page 3 l Patriarch Filaret meets with Ukrainian community of D.C. – page 5 l Follow-up: Holodomor Memorial Dedication – pages 8, 9, 11

ThePublished U by thekrainian Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal W non-profit associationeekly Vol. LXXXIII No. 47 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2015 $2.00 Two years after Euro-Maidan’s dispersal, Religious leaders of still no criminal convictions of perpetrators appeal to President Obama by Zenon Zawada hands of the oligarchy and are failing to serve the public’s interests, political observ- – It’s been two years since the ers said. launch of the Euro-Maidan protests in “It’s a closed circle of law enforcement November 2013 that sent geopolitical trem- bodies covering each other and not allowing ors around the globe. The authorities’ crack- for complete investigations,” said Petro down on the three-month revolt that Oleshchuk, a political science lecturer at became known as the Revolution of Dignity National University in claimed 121 lives and injured more than Kyiv. “The system is closed towards serving 2,000, including law enforcement officers. its own goals and not allowing other inter- Yet not a single criminal conviction has ests to enter.” come as a result of the violent events, In his remarks to the press discussing the according to a report on the Euro-Maidan PGO’s findings, Mr. Horbatiuk dismissed the investigations presented to reporters on notion that prosecutors were intentionally November 17 by Serhii Horbatiuk, the head undermining the investigations and drag- of the special investigations unit of the ging them out, instead blaming a lack of Procurator General’s Office (PGO) of Ukraine. resources to conduct thorough investiga- USUF Although 270 criminal cases have been tions. At the National Press Club (from left) are: Rabbi Yaakov Dov Bleich, former U.S. opened against law enforcement officials – He cited a lack of qualified experts to Ambassador to Ukraine John Herbst (partially hidden), Patriarch Filaret, Peter Voitsekhovsky (U.S.-Ukraine Foundation) and Patriarch Sviatoslav. including judges, prosecutors and investiga- gather evidence and materials to preserve tors – none of them have been punished, Mr. it, improperly collected evidence in the first by Adrian Karmazyn tance as the season’s freezing temperatures Horbatiuk indicated in his remarks, without stages of the investigations and an over- U.S.-Ukraine Foundation set in. saying so directly. Additionally, no one from whelming volume of cases. The All Ukrainian Council of Churches the government of former President Viktor Additionally, “a large number of docu- WASHINGTON – Representatives of the and Religious Organizations members rep- Yanukovych has been charged with a crime ments were destroyed,” Mr. Horbatiuk said, All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and resent 85 percent of the citizens of Ukraine. related to the Euro-Maidan. as quoted by the pravda.com.ua news site. Religious Organizations met with Obama Representing the council were Ukraine’s The lack of any punishment against the “The majority of arms involved were administration officials on November 9, Chief Rabbi Yaakov Dov Bleich, Ukrainian Euro-Maidan’s persecutors is further evi- transported away, and we’re supposed to delivering a letter to the president calling Orthodox Patriarch Filaret and Ukrainian dence that Ukrainian law enforcement review thousands and thousands of sam- for the U.S. government to play a greater Catholic Patriarch Sviatoslav. structures – particularly the PGO and the role in delivering aid to the millions in police – remain political instruments in the (Continued on page 18) Ukraine in dire need of humanitarian assis- (Continued on page 4) Trudeau carries on tough-talk tradition with Putin by Christopher Guly Party won the election and he became Special to The Ukrainian Weekly prime minister a few days after he made those comments, and his chance to speak OTTAWA – Canadian Prime Minister his mind to the Russian President came a Justin Trudeau made good on his election- month later. campaign promise to confront “the bully Mr. Trudeau’s tough talk echoed his that is Putin” when he had a brief conversa- prime ministerial predecessor, tion with the Russian President on the side- Conservative Stephen Harper, who told Mr. lines of the G-20 summit in Antalya, Turkey. Putin at last year’s G-20 summit in Mr. Trudeau said he told Brisbane, Australia, to “get out of Ukraine.” that Russia must end its “interference” in Unlike Prime Minister Trudeau, who Ukraine. shared details of his chat with President “I pointed out that although Canada has Putin, Prime Minister Harper left his shifted its approach on a broad range of spokesman to recount the 2014 encounter. multilateral and international issues, we According to Jason MacDonald, Mr. Putin remain committed to the fact that Russia’s extended his hand to greet Mr. Harper. interference in Ukraine must cease, that we “Well, I guess I’ll shake your hand,” Mr. stand with the Ukrainian people and expect Adam Scotti/Prime Minister’s Office MacDonald said of Mr. Harper’s response. the President to engage fully in the Minsk Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the G-20 summit in Antalya, Turkey. “But I only have one thing to say to you: you peace process,” Mr. Trudeau told reporters need to get out of Ukraine.” on November 16. that concluded a Russian-made missile Vladimir Putin,” Mr. Trudeau said. “If I have President Putin “did not respond posi- Last month while campaigning in brought down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 the opportunity in the coming months to tively,” Mr. MacDonald said. Toronto to become Canada’s 23rd prime (MH17) in eastern Ukraine last year, killing meet with Vladimir Putin, I will tell him all At the time, a Russian Federation minister, he said that President Putin was 298 people, including one Canadian. this directly to his face because we need to spokesman, who spoke on condition he “being dangerous with his interventions in “Canada needs to continue to stand ensure that Canada continues to stand wouldn’t be identified by Canadian report- Eastern Europe” in response to a reporter’s strongly with the international community strongly for peace and justice in the world.” question about a Dutch-led investigation pushing back against the bully that is As it turned out, Mr. Trudeau’s Liberal (Continued on page 13) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2015 No. 47

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Minsk armistice implementation Biden to visit Ukraine in December Ukraine. “We see there is a net escalation in the conflict in the east [amid] a rise in the WASHINGTON – The White House number of [separatist] attacks,” Mr. in Ukraine officially postponed announced November 13 that U.S. Vice- Poroshenko said. “I have given orders to Ukraine’s territory and the restoration of President Joe Biden will visit Ukraine in open fire in response as soon as our troops’ by Vladimir Socor early December amid efforts to forge a last- Eurasia Daily Monitor Ukraine’s control at the border; at that lives come under threat,” he warned. point, elections are to be held in those “cer- ing peace in the war-torn nation. Mr. Biden Fighting between government forces and Meeting on November 6 in Berlin, the tain districts of the Donetsk and Luhansk will meet with Ukrainian President Petro pro-Russian separatists has intensified after ministers of foreign affairs of the oblasts,” and Ukraine’s law on “special pro- Poroshenko, Prime Minister Arseniy weeks of relative calm. Mr. Poroshenko’s “Normandy” group (Russia, Germany, cedures for those districts’ self-administra- Yatsenyuk and members of the Ukrainian comments to Ukrainian TV on November 15 France, Ukraine) finally acknowledged that tion” comes into effect. Russia denies hav- Parliament, as well as non-governmental came hours after the Ukrainian military said the Minsk armistice cannot be implemented ing any military presence there but wants groups. “This will be Vice-President Biden’s one of its soldiers was killed and eight by this year’s end, as originally intended. Ukraine to enshrine a constitutional status fifth trip to Ukraine since taking office in wounded in attacks by pro-Russian separat- They agreed to postpone the implementa- for those “certain districts” and a legal basis 2009,” the White House said. Mr. Biden has ists in the past 24 hours. A day earlier, Kyiv tion into next year, without setting another for elections there, “by agreement” spoken by telephone regularly with Messrs. reported five soldiers killed in direct attacks deadline. The Russian, German and French between Kyiv and Donetsk-Luhansk, as Poroshenko and Yatsenyuk. President from the separatist side in the previous 24 ministers resolved that the armistice Ukraine’s “Minsk obligations.” Barack Obama has never visited the country. hours – the highest daily death toll in two (signed on February 12) shall remain in Western diplomacy similarly holds More information about the vice-president’s months. The Organization for Security and force as long as necessary, until its “full Ukraine to those “obligations” regarding schedule will be forthcoming at a later date. Cooperation in Europe, which monitors the implementation.” The Ukrainian side could that territory’s constitutional status and (RFE/RL, based on reporting by the AP and implementation of the ceasefire, warned on hardly object to this decision, although elections. However, Russia is expected, in AFP; Office of the Vice-President) November 13 that this month’s increase in President had repeatedly return, to withdraw its forces from Ukraine’s Rada passes anti-discrimination rules violence threatened to derail the peace pro- called for the “Minsk process” to be complet- territory and allow Ukraine to regain control cess. (RFE/RL, based on reporting by AFP ed in 2015, not to be prolonged into 2016. of the border. Washington emphasizes both KYIV – Ukraine’s Parliament has voted and Interfax) Russia’s Foreign Affairs Minister Sergei of these points, Berlin emphasizes the sec- for changes to the country’s Labor Code that Artillery could be returned to frontline Lavrov displayed equanimity bordering on ond, while Paris emphasizes neither. The include protection against discrimination satisfaction with this state of affairs in Quai d’Orsay omitted this issue from its for members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and KYIV – Ukraine’s military says it will be Berlin. At the meeting’s conclusion, Mr. readout of Foreign Affairs Minister Laurent transgender (LGBT) community. The “forced to return artillery and mortars” to its Lavrov declared, “There is no doubt on any- Fabius’s participation in the Berlin meeting amendments prohibit any discrimination in eastern front line if fighting in the country’s one’s part that the Minsk agreements (Diplomatie.gouv.fr, November 6). the workplace on the basis of “race, color, east escalates further. Military spokesman remain in force until fully carried out,” their The Western position (insofar as a com- political, religious and other beliefs, sex gen- Andriy Lysenko made the comments on implementation postponed into next year. mon position exists) suffers from several der identity, sexual orientation, ethnic, social November 16 as fighting between govern- In Moscow’s view, as Mr. Lavrov restated it weaknesses, all in evidence at the and foreign origin, age, health, disability, or ment forces and Russian-backed separatists on this occasion, the implementation of the Normandy-format meeting in Berlin. First, suspected presence of HIV/AIDS, family and intensified after weeks of relative calm. armistice amounts to legalizing Russia’s the sequence of “implementing the Minsk property status, family responsibilities, Ukraine says six of its soldiers have been proxy authorities in Donetsk and Luhansk. agreement” puts the onus on Ukraine to place of residence, or participation in a killed around the rebel stronghold of This is to be achieved through local elec- fulfill its political “obligations” first, as pre- strike.” The legislation says, “The idea is that, Donetsk over the weekend despite a tions, constitutional status (often refer- conditions to the withdrawal of Russian if a person is working, we cannot discrimi- September ceasefire agreement. “I have enced as special status) of that territory, and troops and the restoration of Ukrainian nate” against them. The protections for given orders to open fire in response as soon direct negotiations between Donetsk- control at the border. Western diplomacy members of the LGBT community were as our troops’ lives come under threat,” Luhansk and Kyiv (Interfax, November 7, 9). presumes such a tradeoff, but is in no posi- adopted on a sixth vote, only after President Petro Poroshenko warned on Moscow, however, does not seem in a tion to guarantee that Russia would comply Verkhovna Rada Chairman Volodymyr November 15. Meanwhile, separatists in hurry to complete that political process. after Ukraine carried out its “obligations.” Groysman announced that lawmakers Donetsk said Kyiv breached the truce doz- Germany, France and other Western Second, that tradeoff (whether it works out “stand for family values and will never sup- ens of time over the past week. More than European governments seem more anxious or not) implies that Ukraine’s sovereignty port gay marriage.” The adoption of the anti- 7,900 people have been killed in fighting in to bring that political process to completion, is a conditional one. Asking Ukraine to discrimination rules is required by the eastern Ukraine since April 2014. (RFE/RL, pronounce the Minsk armistice as imple- adjust its Constitution and legislation to its European Union in a package of so-called based on reporting by AFP and Reuters) mented, conserve this conflict, wind down “Minsk obligations” also signifies that the “visa-free reforms.” (RFE/RL’s Ukrainian sanctions on Russia and address other cri- Minsk document’s political clauses over- Service) Second round of local elections ses. Hence they were reticent to acknowl- ride certain aspects of Ukraine’s sovereign- Poroshenko condemns separatist attacks KYIV – A second round of local elections edge failure in missing that deadline, where- ty. And thirdly, to conserve this conflict has been held across most of Ukraine. as Mr. Lavrov could be smug about it. without having to resolve it, Western diplo- KYIV – Ukrainian President Petro Voters headed to the polls on November 15 Russia prefers an open-ended process, macy seems prepared to countenance what Poroshenko has condemned an uptick in stringing the Western powers along, thriving Ukraine regards as “fake elections” in the attacks by pro-Russia rebels in eastern (Continued on page 12) on ambiguity and leveraging that against Russian-controlled territory. Ukraine, rather than seeking a conclusive However, the political process has not solution. This is why Moscow poses seem- reached those stages yet. According to ingly “unreasonable” demands regarding the German Foreign Affairs Minister Frank- FOUNDED 1933 technicalities of elections to be staged in Walter Steinmeier, the Berlin meeting The Ukrainian Weekly Ukraine’s Russian-controlled territory. 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NEWS ANALYSIS Putin and Lavrov again play the ethnic compatriot card

by Stephen Blank Compatriots, which took place in Moscow. In an article written earlier, specifically minorities – as well as the Crimean Tatar Eurasia Daily Monitor The meeting gathered about 400 represen- for the conference, Foreign Affairs Minister minority engulfed by the seizure of Crimea tatives of Russian expatriate communities Lavrov reiterated that Moscow would ener- – of their nationality. Murat Yazydzhiev, a Since the 1990s, Moscow has repeatedly from 97 countries, allegedly representing a getically defend its compatriots “using the leader of the pro-Moscow Crimean Tatar looked beyond Russia’s borders and global diaspora, estimated by Mr. Putin to entire arsenal of available methods stipu- Kyrym (Crimea) Organization, recently pledged to come to the assistance of its equal 30 million people. lated by international law.” Moscow has attacked the national movement of the allegedly victimized fellow Russian citizens, The Russian president openly admitted twice used force in Georgia and Ukraine for Crimean Tatars and demanded that his co- or ethnic Great Russians, or Russian speak- he was eliciting the support of these organi- these avowed purposes. And domestic leg- nationals stop thinking about “national sov- ers (all three categories apply whenever zations and communities to unify the islation grants the president of the Russian ereignty” and “accept the simple idea” that Moscow finds it desirable to play this card). domestic Russian population, as in the case Federation the express right to send forces “Crimean Tatars are Russians” , Georgia and Ukraine each of Crimea. Thus, he confirmed the inextri- abroad without consulting the Duma (Belogorsknews.blogpsot.com, November exemplifies the process by which the cability of domestic and foreign policy con- (lower house of parliament) in order to 2). Russian Federation is prepared to use force siderations in the seizure of the Ukrainian protect co-nationals abroad. Therefore, Mr. These types of declarations attest to the to destabilize neighboring states, allegedly territories of Crimea and southeastern Lavrov’s caveat about “international law” elasticity of the concept of Russianness, on the grounds that they are mistreating Donbas. Equally importantly, he cited the seems to be little more than meaningless which actually has no discernible ethnic Russians. role of the Russian Orthodox Church in, window dressing. context. Under Russian discourse – if it is Moreover, Moscow subsidizes and other- today, playing its traditional role as an arm In his article, Mr. Lavrov also attempts to taken to its logical conclusion – all of the wise supports a large number of organiza- of Russian imperialism by unifying these co-opt the Tatars of Russia by highlighting Slavists in the could also be tions and movements inside all of its neigh- communities around it (Kremlin.ru, government programs to support the cul- considered, by some measure, to be bors, from Kazakhstan to the Baltic, to November 5). tures and traditions of this group world- Russians meriting Moscow’s solicitude, ensure that the pot is kept boiling over the In their remarks before members of the wide. Like Mr. Putin, he emphasizes the role simply because they speak or read Russian. issue of the purported discrimination Russian diaspora, Messrs. Putin and Lavrov of state organizations in providing support The idea of the “Russian people” is today against these minority Russian communi- both stated that “far-reaching support” for for compatriot organizations abroad that a fully politicized and state-propagated ties and the Russian diaspora. foreign compatriots has always been a state are actually arms of the Russian govern- concept, usable for the purpose of destroy- Although these tactics emerged most priority. They listed programs currently in ment. Furthermore, he notes, “it is hard to ing or building consolidated states in the violently in Ukraine, their origin goes back place to develop contacts with these expat overestimate the role of media outlets in former Soviet imperial space. As such, at least to Peter the Great, who legitimized communities, including educational trips, our cooperation with these communities.” Messrs. Putin and Lavrov are once again his military campaigns against the international sports competitions, chil- Finally, he stresses the programs working showing, in word and deed, that they and Ottomans by claiming Russia was protect- dren’s camps and the promotion of with youth from neighboring countries as the government they direct are fully com- ing the Orthodox subjects of the Ottoman Russian-language associations abroad. well as Russia (Mid.ru, November 3). mitted to the revision of state boundaries in Empire from discrimination. Such methods Meanwhile the Russkii Mir (Russian On one hand, such speeches and articles this and other areas of Europe and Eurasia. have continued to the present day. World) foundation has been allocated 6.5 indicate the utter politicization in Russia of And the logic of their policies points in only Russian President Vladimir Putin and billion rubles ($97 million U.S.) to support the ethnic card and diaspora for use as a one direction – namely, war. Foreign Affairs Minister Sergei Lavrov similar programs outside of Russia. state-breaking instrument abroad and a recently reiterated that they fully intend to Russian-language media, now appearing in state-making one at home. But on the other The article above is reprinted from again play this card to unhinge neighboring 80 countries, will also be used to strength- hand, such an elastic, purely political con- Eurasia Daily Monitor with permission from and other states. On November 5-6, they en Moscow’s authority and influence cept of Russianness can and evidently is its publisher, the Jamestown Foundation, both addressed the World Congress of (Kremlin.ru, November 5) being utilized to deprive Russia’s own www.jamestown.org. Verkhovna Rada recognizes deportation of Crimean Tatars U.S. delivers two radar systems to Ukraine in 1944 as genocide

Ukraine Today KYIV – The mass deportation of Crimean Tatars from their homeland in 1944 was genocide. That is according to a resolution of the Ukrainian Parliament, which was supported on November 12 by 245 national deputies present in the session hall. A Day of Remembrance for the victims of genocide of the Crimean Tatar people will be held annually on May 18. The resolution was adopted with an amendment suggested by Deputy Mykola Kniazhytsky. The final text of the resolution also says that “the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine states that the systemic pressure on the Crimean Tatar people, the repression of Ukrainian citizens on a national basis, the organi- zation of ethnically and politically motivated prose- cutions of the Crimean Tatars on the temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine by the public authori- ties of the Russian Federation, starting from the date of temporary occupation, are a conscious policy of ethnocide of the Crimean Tatar people.” U.S. Embassy Kyiv In May 1944 about 200,000 Crimean Tatars, The scene at the airport in Yavoriv, where the U.S. delivered two counter-battery radar systems to Ukraine to bolster including women, children and the elderly, were the country’s defense and internal security operations. taken from their homes during the night and loaded rocket and artillery attacks, which have historically been the onto freight trains headed to Central Asia. Nearly half U.S. Embassy Kyiv most lethal threat to Ukrainian personnel and civilians. of those deported died from starvation or disease on YAVORIV, Ukraine – In response to a request from Ukraine, The equipment was delivered on a rapid timeline – less the way to their final destination. and as part of ongoing U.S. efforts to bolster Ukraine’s than two months after President Barack Obama delegated Crimean Tatars were allowed to return to Crimea defense and internal security operations, on November 14 to the secretary of state the authority to draw down up to following the collapse of the . But follow- the United States delivered two AN/TPQ-36 radar systems $20 million in defense articles and services and up to $1.5 ing Russia’s annexation of the peninsula last year, the to Ukraine at a ceremony in Yavoriv, Lviv Oblast. million in non-lethal commodities and services to provide group fears being repressed once again – this time by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko had the opportuni- these systems to Ukraine. the Kremlin-appointed authorities in the region. ty to review the equipment and was briefed by U.S. military The provision of these systems brings total U.S. security Based on reporting by UNIAN. personnel on its capabilities. The radar systems will help assistance committed to Ukraine in response to the crisis defend Ukrainian military personnel and civilians against to more than $265 million since 2014. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2015 No. 47

(PfP) as instruments for alleviating the are here to be a voice of the millions who ing with other members of Congress has Religious leaders... humanitarian catastrophe…” particularly to are suffering the biggest humanitarian cri- been actively encouraging the Obama “…deliver already available medical and sis in Europe after the Second World War... administration to increase assistance to (Continued from page 1) humanitarian supplies to Ukraine.” Ukraine needs worldwide international Ukraine and to engage the National Guard They met with the following represen- According to the United Nations Office support in order to solve this situation and State Partnership Program and the tatives of President Obama’s administra- for the Coordination of Humanitarian we are here to speak on behalf of those mil- Partnership for Peace program in deliver- tion: Dr. Charles Kupchan (special assis- Affairs (OCHA), time is running out for win- lions who will suffer terrible winter ing aid to Ukraine. tant to the president and senior director terization: 5 million people are in need of months.” The press conference at the National for European affairs), Melissa Rogers (spe- assistance, which includes 1.7 million chil- Patriarch Filaret reminded the audience Press Club was sponsored by the Sound the cial assistant to the president and execu- dren, 1.5 million internally displaced, 1.1 that through its rejection of Russian Alarm for Ukraine Coalition, moderated by tive director of the White House Office of million externally displaced, the families of authoritarianism and battle against Ambassador John Herbst of the Atlantic Faith-Based and Neighborhood the almost 8,000 killed and 17,600 wound- Vladimir Putin’s aggression, “Ukraine is Council, who is a member of the coalition. Partnerships), Elizabeth Zentos (National ed. Long queues of civilians waiting for up defending democracy and freedom” for all The newly formed coalition is bringing Security Council director for Eastern to 24 hours at a number of crossing points Western countries. He emphasized that together former ambassadors, Ukraine Europe), Eric Ciaramella (NSC director for on the contact line between government- “The United States is the leader of democ- experts, humanitarian organizations, dias- Ukraine), Christine Gottschalk (NSC direc- controlled and non-government-controlled racy and freedom in the world, and pora groups, the interfaith community, cor- tor for humanitarian and crisis response), areas persist, says the OCHA. are giving their lives for this porate supporters, and other organizations Laura Shultz (NSC director for global Also in attendance were: Yaroslav democracy and freedom... We are giving and individuals around the shared mission engagement), Jennifer Wistrand (policy Brisuik (deputy chief of mission, minister- away our lives, and you [the United States] of delivering humanitarian, reconstruc- advisor for Europe and Eurasia in the counselor, Embassy of Ukraine in the U.S.), please give us the resources including the tion/redevelopment and peacekeeping Secretary of State’s Office of Religion and Archbishop-Metropolitan Stephen Soroka humanitarian assistance. We ask you to assistance to millions of people in Ukraine Global Affairs) and M. Patrick Ellsworth (Ukrainian Catholic Church, U.S.A), please help us.” in an effective and timely manner. (senior Ukraine policy advisor, U.S. State Archpriest Oleksandr Trofymlyuk (rector of Rabbi Bleich said: “The message comes Ms. McConnell, president of USUF, Department). the Kyiv Orthodox Theological Academy), from a coalition which is called All- emphasized that “the coalition will sound They discussed the current humanitari- Ari Shapiro (assistant to Rabbi Bleich), Ukrainian Council of Churches and the alarm for Ukraine here in the U.S., so an crisis and their appeal to President Jennifer Perrino (legislative director, Office Religious Organizations which is a very that the people of Ukraine will know that Obama to allow the National Guard of Rep. Marcy Kaptur), Ali Chalupa, (National unique organization anywhere in the world they have not been forgotten and will Program and the Partnership for Peace Democratic Ethnic Coordinating probably, where the heads of all the reli- receive the assistance they need and program to airlift crucial humanitarian Committee), John Jaresko (Ukrainian gious in the country come together and deserve. We cannot allow geopolitical supplies to Ukraine for this winter season. Orthodox Church activist from Chicago) and work for the benefit of all of the people liv- issues to compromise our response to the Also participating in the meeting at the Peter Voitsekhovsky (research director, U.S.- ing in the country.” He added, “The help humanitarian catastrophe in Ukraine. We White House were Ambassador of Ukraine Ukraine Foundation). that we may get in paying for transport of must not repeat what happened during the Valeriy Chaly, Deputy Head of Presidential Shortly after their White House meeting, containers of humanitarian aid that was Holodomor, the Holocaust and more Administration Rostyslav Pavlenko and the Patriarch Filaret, Patriarch Sviatoslav and collected here to be sent over to Ukraine is recently Chornobyl.” president of the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation Rabbi Bleich spoke at a press conference at very, very symbolic. Money is not the most After the press conference, Rabbi Bleich, (USUF), Nadia K. McConnell. the National Press Club, where they stressed important thing.” It will show the “impor- Patriarch Filaret and Patriarch Sviatoslav The letter to President Obama states: the need to address the immediate humani- tance that the United States government jointly visited the newly dedicated “While we are grateful for the assistance tarian crisis due to the upcoming winter. places on the humanitarian needs in Holodomor monument. Later, there was a provided by the United States government Patriarch Sviatoslav noted: “…today, in Ukraine,” and that “people in the U.S. care working visit with community leaders at to date, we know that the need is so much Ukraine, we have more than 2 million refu- about what is happening in Ukraine” and the office of the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation, greater. Thus, we appeal to you to increase gees but international societies can help about the “the fight of freedom over which serves as the secretariat for the assistance and to activate the full potential only 400,000 refugees... Ukrainians are Putinism.” coalition. (For more information about how of the National Guard State Partnership helping Ukrainians, but our resources are Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio), co-chair of to join the coalition, readers may go to Program and the Partnership for Peace short because of the economic crisis... We the Congressional Ukrainian Caucus, work- http://www.usukraine.org/coalition/.)

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by Matthew Dubas Mr. Czolij noted, is the moral authority of Following the singing of “Mnohaya Lita” on the protection of choice. There remains Ukraine, just as Brussels has become the (Many Years), Patriarch Filaret thanked no faith for international talks after the WASHINGTON – Nearly 100 Ukrainian political center for the Western world that those gathered for their support and urged security guarantees of the Budapest Americans attended a meet-and-greet on includes Ukraine. “Now is the time,” Mr. Czolij them to build more support at the highest Memorandum were not upheld – first in the morning of November 7 with Patriarch added, “for it costs very little now [to inte- levels in Brussels and Washington. Crimea, and then the Donbas, he noted. Filaret of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – grate Ukraine into Europe], rather than later.” “The conflict in eastern Ukraine is not Patriarch Filaret urged the West to pre- Kyiv Patriarchate at the Hyatt Regency Ambassador Valeriy Chaly greeted only Ukraine’s problem, but the world’s vent chaos, which is the Kremlin’s strategy Hotel on Capitol Hill during his visit to Patriarch Filaret, underscoring that the problem,” the patriarch stated. Global – the fomenting of neither dictatorship, nor Washington for the Holodomor monument patriarch was doing “God’s work, with wis- democracy is the real struggle, the patri- democracy in Ukraine. Ukraine needs help unveiling. dom and love, to the people and Ukraine.” arch explained. With all dictators there is to set it on the path for the future. The West Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio), who spoke Ambassador Chaly urged for continued no democracy, no freedom. This is why the is helping, the patriarch added, but Ukraine during the meeting, welcomed the patri- support of the patriarch’s work for Ukraine, Euro-Maidan protests happened – it was a needs more humanitarian aid. Christians, arch to Washington. Noting the author and thanked the patriarch for his continued vote for Europe, democracy and freedom. Jews and Muslims have been promoting an Timothy Snyder’s work “Bloodlands,” Rep. work and cooperation. Russia has no freedom. Ukraine chose its appeal to the U.S.A. for aid to Ukraine. Kaptur noted its revelations about the his- Rostyslav Pavlenko, deputy head of the path toward democracy and freedom, and Democracy and liberty, the patriarch tory of the Holodomor and Ukraine. Presidential Administration in Ukraine, with this choice protects Europe. Vladimir added, are undefeatable, and Mr. Putin is Eugene Czolij, president of the Ukrainian said that Ukraine owes a great debt to the Putin will not stop at Ukraine, but will beginning to doubt himself. Thus, there is World Congress, recalled the poem patriarch’s work for Ukraine. Mr. Pavlenko increasingly move against Europe, he con- reason to believe that Ukraine can over- “Footprints,” and the parallels between added, “May God bless you with many tinued. come its challenges, for “God is with us. Ukraine’s struggle to be free. The patriarch, years.” The threat of a third world war is based Glory to Ukraine!” honored with Antonovych Award by Yaro Bihun work about the 1932-1933 Famine- Genocide in Ukraine were , WASHINGTON – Serhii Plokhy, the author of “The Harvest of Sorrow,” in 1987, Professor of and Ukrainian historian Stanislav Ukrainian History and director of the Kulchytsky and Italian historian Andrea Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard Graziosi in 2011. University, was honored with this year’s In presenting him with the 2015 award, Omelan and Tatiana Antonovych the Antonovych Foundation cited Prof. Foundation award for his work as a histori- Plokhy’s most recent prize-winning book, an and author of history books that insight- “The Last Empire – The Last Days of the fully analyze Ukraine’s past and present Soviet Union,” and his forthcoming book, and shed light on what may be in store for scheduled for publication later in its future. November, “The Gates of Europe – A As Ukraine’s Ambassador Valeriy Chaly .” noted in his opening remarks at the Dr. Marta Bohachevsky-Chomiak, who November 14 event at the Embassy of chairs the foundation’s awards committee, Ukraine, Prof. Plokhy’s work “has helped us noted Prof. Plokhy’s prolificacy in writing to understand better our contemporary historical books that date back to the reality and predict further developments.” 1980s, when he was still teaching history at Ukraine’s roots are in Europe and so is the University of Dnipropetrovsk. its future, the ambassador said, adding: “A After the break-up of the Soviet Union Yaro Bihun nation that forgets its past has no future.” and the re-establishment of Ukraine’s inde- Harvard University historian Serhii Plokhy, the 68th laureate of the Antonovych Prof. Plokhy is the 68th laureate of the pendence, he moved to Canada in 1996, Foundation award, shows the plaque he just received from the foundation’s president, Dr. Antonovych Award since the annual pre- where he taught at the University of Alberta Ihor Voyevidka, to the applause of those attending this year’s presentation at the Embassy of Ukraine in Washington. sentations were initiated in 1981, with the and joined the staff of the Canadian Institute first award going to Ukrainian poet Vasyl of Ukrainian Studies. Then, in 2007, he came study and, most importantly, to present so Omelan and Tatiana Antonovych estab- Barka. The list of honorees also includes to Harvard University as the Mykhailo that others may read and understand the lished their foundation in 1980, with the such renowned writers and scholars as Hrushevsky Professor of Ukrainian History; critical role of Ukraine as a cultural, intel- goal of advancing the study of Ukrainian , , Ivan Dzyuba and in 2013 he became the director of the lectual and political player.” culture – its literature, history, art, music . Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute. Accepting the Antonovych Award, Prof. and religion. Since then, it has donated This year’s award ceremony came one Dr. Bohachevsky-Chomiak pointed out Plokhy noted that, while walking through some $3 million to help finance the devel- week after the official dedication of the that Prof. Plokhy and his work differ greatly Washington, he and his wife noticed a opment of many academic and cultural Holodomor Memorial in Washington, for from the “instant specialists” and “instant thoughtful inscription on the National institutions and monuments in Ukraine, which the Antonovych Foundation had pro- studies” that have appeared in recent years Archives building: “The past is prologue.” among them, the reconstruction the vided $100,000 two years ago to help when Ukraine came into the world con- “And in that sense, what happened in National University of Kyiv-Mohyla finance its construction. sciousness. 1991 in the Soviet Union, and in Ukraine in Academy’s main library, the renovation of As the president of the Antonovych “He has shown what a genuine historian particular, was, to a degree, for better or for the Vasyl Stefanyk Library and Artists Foundation, Dr. Ihor Voyevidka, pointed out can accomplish, given the intelligence, worse, a prologue to what we see today, Palace in Lviv and the building of the in his presentation, among the earlier given the will and given a little opportuni- what we experience today,” he said. Boykivshchyna Museum in Dolyna, in west- Antonovych laureates honored for their ty,” she said. “He has been able to see, to While most of his earlier historical ern Ukraine, where Omelan Antonovych works dealt with the 16th and 17th centu- was born in 1914. ries, he said, his “The Last Empire – The Mr. Antonovych spent his early adult Last Days of the Soviet Union” focused on years as a Ukrainian nationalist activist developments between July and December and, consequently, served time as a political of 1991. It was published in 2014, he point- prisoner in Polish and Nazi prisons. Later, ed out – a time of the most recent he received a law degree at the Ukrainian Ukrainian independence developments, Free University in Prague (1943). He and when many of the same questions were Tatiana Terlecky married after the war. She coming to the fore once again. was a physician and later would become a Prof. Plokhy said that his study and com- world-renowned kidney specialist. parison of 1991 and 2014 tells him that After World War II, the Antonovyches “the disintegration of the last empire is not emigrated to the United States, settling in completed,” but that we can learn by com- Washington, where Mrs. Antonovych paring it to the break-up of other empires worked as a scholar and taught in capital- in the world. area medical schools, while her husband “Normally it is a long process. It is some- focused on ranching and real estate. thing that doesn’t happen overnight,” he Dr. Tatiana Antonovych passed away in said. “But it also allows us to look into the 2001, and her husband in 2008. The follow- future with a certain kind of optimism,” he ing year, during the foundation’s awards added. ceremony at the Ukrainian Embassy in Dr. Marta Bohachevsky-Chomiak, who chairs the Antonovych Foundation’s awards The annual Antonovych Award is accom- Washington, they were posthumously hon- committee, which selected Prof. Serhii Plokhy for the foundation’s 2015 award, shows panied with a $10,000 honorarium for the ored by the with his soon-to-be released book, “The Gates of Europe – A History of Ukraine.” laureate. the Order of , fifth degree. 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2015 No. 47

WINDOW ON EURASIA The Ukrainian Weekly All is not forgotten Moscow intends to attack Ukraine Now that Russian President Vladimir Putin is becoming the West’s ally in fighting ISIS (a.k.a. ISIL and Daesh), there is palpable fear in Ukraine, and among supporters via Europe with new disinformation campaign of Ukraine, that this newfound “cooperation” will mean Mr. Putin’s actions in by Paul Goble ists see their chief task as getting informa- Ukraine will be forgotten, or even forgiven. tion into the hands of European journalists Back on September 25, former U.S. Ambassador John Herbst wrote on the Moscow is preparing to mark the second about Ukraine, and especially about Atlantic Council website, that “Syria may be Putin’s rest stop – if not off-ramp – from anniversary of the Euro-Maidan in Kyiv “in Ukrainian government and security offi- the Ukraine crisis.” At that point, Moscow had sent troops to prop up the regime of its own way,” by unleashing a new disinfor- cials, and to suggest that these institutions Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, provided military hardware, set up an air base and mation campaign against Ukraine via Europe are “disorganized” and “disorienting” begun bombing operations against rebel groups. As Mr. Herbst observed, “What bet- as part of its continuing campaign to destabi- Ukrainians and others. ter way to disguise a retreat, or at least a pause, in the Ukraine war than to trumpet a lize Ukraine and restore Russian influence According to Mr. Latynin, he has informa- new offensive elsewhere?” Numerous other commentators also noted that Russia there, according to Andrey Latynin, writing tion that in the course of October, Russian was hoping cooperation with the U.S. and the West on Syria would restore relations on November 12 in Novyi Region. agents approached journalists in Germany, that went sour over Russia’s takeover of Crimea and invasion of eastern Ukraine. This disinformation campaign, the Belgium and France with “compromising Now, in the wake of the horrendous terrorist attacks in Paris, Mr. Putin is just itch- Ukrainian commentator says, is intended to information” about leading Ukrainian gov- ing for Russia to play the role of a great power and world leader in defeating terrorism. ernment officials and especially security Surreal, isn’t it? A state sponsor of terrorism wants to lead the fight on terrorism. increase the shift in Western and especially personnel. This information stressed the Indeed, Aaron Korewa, a former political adviser to former Foreign Minister of European opinion about Ukraine from con- Sweden Carl Bildt, quite correctly noted on the Atlantic Council site: “The separatist cern about Russian actions to worries supposed existence of high levels of corrup- groups Moscow is supporting in the Donbas would no doubt be labeled terrorists had about Ukraine’s inability to rapidly carry tion and incompetence among them. they tried to separate from some Russian province.” Furthermore, such terrorist acts out reforms and fight corruption (nr2.com. The Russians “recommended” that the continue. Kremlin-supported groups are active in , Odesa and other places, Mr. ua/publications/Kreml-sobiraetsya- European journalists “concentrate on how Korewa goes on to say, explaining that it isn’t clear “if these organizations are real terror- atakovat-Ukrainu-iz-Evropy-111188.html). Ukrainian ‘siloviki’ are ‘wasting time on per- ist groups, or if they are just a cover for Russian intelligence or their proxies in Ukraine.” Moscow then plans, Mr. Latynin sug- sonal enrichment instead of on the struggle We must underscore, however, that “real” terrorists or under-cover terrorists – gests, to play back European coverage in with Russian aggression at the front and the end result is the same. And the West had better take note. Ukraine to suggest that this criticism of inside the country’ ” and that their behavior Meanwhile, a pertinent headline on a Russian-language story by Radio Liberty Ukraine emanates from there and thus pro- was making any victory “impossible.” asks: “Putin: Once again a partner of the West?” Paul Goble’s account of the roundta- mote among Ukrainians a sense of isolation The idea of this campaign is simple: ble discussion that appears below that November 16 headline reports that one of from the West and distrust about Ukraine European journalists will write stories the discussants, Moscow sociologist Igor Eidman warned: “…the West will not get in ways that keep the original source of Moscow wants to see and put them in their anything out of this. …Putin yet again will deceive Western politicians and wrap these stories hidden. publications, and the Ukrainian outlets will them around his fingers.” The major reason cited by Mr. Eidman is that “as the histo- A campaign so organized, he says, pick them up and present them with ry of the Ukrainian conflict shows, any agreements that can be reached with Putin, “promises to be quite successful: its orga- European rather than Russian datelines. he will violate at will and try to use any situation not for solving declared goals such nizers apparently are well-informed about This campaign will also have the effect of as the struggle with ISIS or Islamism, but rather for solving his own specific tactical the Ukrainian media scene” and know that assisting Moscow in its ongoing effort to expansionist tasks.” What’s more, he says, those who would support the idea of Ukrainians no longer trust anything coming throw up obstacles on Ukraine’s path to some sort of anti-terrorist coalition with the Russian president should consider from a Russian source. But “by tradition,” European integration by calling into ques- what Mr. Putin’s main goal in the Middle East is: “to create chaos, boost the price of Ukrainians are more trusting of those from tion Kyiv’s commitment and readiness to oil, and thus improve his situation at home.” Europe, independently of the country or do so (apostrophe.com.ua/article/econo- In a word: beware. the publication. my/2015-11-13/rossiya-gotovit-ukraine- As if that weren’t enough, on November 19 there was news from Moscow that clari- Thus, Moscow’s disinformation special- novyie-trudnosti/2570). fied Mr. Putin’s goals in this battle against terrorism. Mr. Goble reported that Russia’s Federation Council, while calling for the creation of an international coalition against terrorism, stated at the end of its appeal to the world: “The policy of double standards and unilateral sanctions weakens the chances for international cooperation in oppos- Stalin’s expansionist designs blocked signing ing terrorism.” In plain English: the West must lift sanctions against Russia imposed because of actions in Ukraine or else Moscow won’t join the fight. Dare we hope the West won’t fall for this? of second Molotov-Ribbentrop treaty We cannot forget the Putin regime’s aggression against Ukraine. We cannot for- give a state sponsor of terrorism because it is now, ostensibly, on our side. Sanctions by Paul Goble ence of each other” and secretly define must remain in place until Russian forces leave Ukrainian territory, until Ukraine’s Moscow’s focus away from Europe and border is secured, until all hostages are released and until all the commitments of Seventy-five years ago this past weekend, toward the Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea. the Minsk agreements are fulfilled. Vyacheslav Molotov left Berlin without the Moreover, Hitler told Molotov that the second Molotov-Ribbentrop treaty Moscow Soviet Union did not need to do anything to and Berlin had sought (and that would have get conquests in those areas because they contained a second set of “secret protocols”) could simply wait until Germany had because Hitler refused to agree to the Soviet defeated the United Kingdom and then Nov. Turning the pages back... annexation of Finland and Moscow’s expan- would parcel out its empire to others, sion into the Balkans and Turkey. including to the USSR. Five years ago, on November 27, 2010, the Holodomor of 1932- That made war between the two totali- Mr. Sokolov notes that, speaking for 1933 was commemorated in Kyiv with two separate ceremonies. tarian dictatorships inevitable, Boris Stalin, Molotov said that the USSR was pre- 27 One was organized by the Ukrainian government officials that Sokolov, a member of Moscow’s Free pared to join the Axis but, for that to happen, 2010 included President and Prime Minister Historical Society, says, and that outcome, Moscow required that Germany pull its forc- . Led by Metropolitan Volodymyr of the Ukrainian the result of unrestrained greed on the part es out of Finland and “permit the USSR to Orthodox Church – Moscow Patriarchate, a simple morning of both, provides an object lesson to and occupy this country,” end its guarantees of prayer was offered on St. Michael’s Square. about those who “strive for expansion” now territorial integrity to Romania, and transfer In an official statement, Mr. Yanukovych, who never referred to the Holodomor as geno- (rbc.ru/opinions/society/13/11/2015/56 Bulgaria to the Soviet sphere of influence. cide, in-line with the Kremlin’s rejection of that designation, stated: “Even today, the trage- 45b1eb9a7947d4a17f7e74). But perhaps most important, the dy of the 1932-1933 is hard to comprehend. It was a true Armageddon, when people lost During the Soviet foreign minister’s visit Moscow writer says, Molotov required that their humanity from hunger. Afterwards this national calamity, which engulfed millions of to Berlin, Hitler and Ribbentrop proposed Hitler agree to “the establishment of Soviet innocents, isn’t liable to oblivion.” that the USSR join the axis and that they control over the straits and the Also in attendance, which surprised many among the Ukrainian intelligentsia, were sign a second “Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact” establishment of a [Soviet] naval base Dmytro Stus, son of former Soviet political prisoner Vasyl Stus, Borys Oliinyk, a Soviet-era lit- that formally would commit the members there. These demand were included “in the erary icon, and Stepan Khmara, who was a fierce critic of the Yanukovych administration. to respecting “the natural spheres of influ- draft agreement among the USSR, Germany, A separate commemoration, organized by a committee of 30 civic and cultural leaders, Japan and Italy” that Molotov gave the and held in the afternoon at the same location attracted several thousand people, under Paul Goble is a long-time specialist on German ambassador in Moscow. the slogan “Holodomor Genocide – 32-33.” The committee invited the Yanukovych admin- ethnic and religious questions in Eurasia That document, Mr. Sokolov continues, istration to its event, but the government declined. who has served in various capacities in the also added another Russian demand that A requiem service was offered by Ukrainian Catholic Major Archbishop and Cardinal U.S. State Department, the Central Germany recognize as part of the Soviet Lubomyr Husar and Patriarch Filaret of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Intelligence Agency and the International sphere of influence territory “ ‘from the Patriarchate. Roman Catholic and Protestant leaders, many pro-Western politicians and Broadcasting Bureau, as well as at the Voice south of Batumi and Baku in the general diaspora leaders also attended. of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio direction toward the Persian Gulf,’ which The Yanukovych administration also abandoned the “Light a Candle” tradition that was Liberty and the Carnegie Endowment for would include within it Turkey and Iran.” initiated by the government of President . Instead, during the unofficial International Peace. Mr. Goble writes a blog Germany did not respond to this note, as ceremony, glass candles were distributed and placed at the memorial on St. Michael’s called “Window on Eurasia” (http://windo- Moscow almost certainly must have known Square, the site of the first Holodomor monument in Kyiv. woneurasia2.blogspot.com/). The article (Continued on page 17) above is reprinted with permission. (Continued on page 14) No. 47 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2015 7 COMMENTARY FOR THE RECORD: At the OSCE, When Ukrainian Canadians U.S. cites Russia’s ongoing violations Below is the text of the statement “On civil society, and media and under ODIHR Russia’s Ongoing Violations in Ukraine,” as [Office for Democratic Institutions and lost the right to vote delivered by Ambassador Daniel B. Baer of Human Rights] observation. A failure to by Lubomyr Luciuk the U.S. to the OSCE Permanent Council of do so will be a failure to implement Minsk, the Organization for Security and to which sanctions are irrevocably linked. It was done in wartime. Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) on Under Measure 7 of the Minsk Package Opposition to conscription had plunged November 12 in Vienna. of Measures, the signatories are obliged to Canada into crisis. ensure safe access for humanitarian assis- So the government of Prime Minister The United States welcomes the efforts tance. It is encouraging, therefore, that Robert Borden acted, divisively and duplici- of the Normandy Format Foreign after three months of separatist stone- tously, pandering to patriotism while play- Ministers, who met in Berlin on walling, the U.N. High Commissioner for ing on prejudice, giving yet taking. November 6, to end Russian aggression in Refugees (UNHCR) was finally able to dis- Just before the Dominion’s 13th federal Ukraine and strengthen implementation patch an aid convoy to parts of Luhansk election, in 1917, the Tories passed two of the Minsk agreements. The talks outside government control. This is as it bills, The Wartime Elections Act and The occurred against the backdrop of rising should be, but the UNHCR head of opera- Military Voters Act. The former gave wives, tensions and increased ceasefire viola- tions in Ukraine said, “This is a small drop widows, mothers and sisters of soldiers tions in Donetsk and Luhansk. While in the ocean of needs we see in the con- serving overseas with the Canadian these incidents were most concentrated flict affected areas.” The UNHCR has indi- Expeditionary Force the right to vote, for around the Donetsk airport, we have seen cated that, as temperatures fall, shelter the first time. But that very same legislation increased military activity in a number of assistance has to be delivered fast. In sep- also disenfranchised “enemy-aliens,” mean- places along the line of contact. Violations aratist-controlled Horlivka, for instance, ing anyone naturalized after March 31, are not limited to small arms and light the SMM observed homes with damaged 1902. Thousands of Ukrainians and other weapons; the SMM [Special Monitoring roofs and windows – many without heat Europeans who had been lured to this Mission] has reported the use of grenade or running water. The November 7 country with promises of freedom and free launchers and mortars, as well as other UNHCR aid convoy cannot, therefore, be a land were cynically betrayed. heavy weaponry. This worrying increase one-off; it must be the start of a sustained The other act gave the vote to every sol- in violence could cause the ceasefire to flow of legitimate aid to the people who dier, regardless of how long a man had lived deteriorate altogether and is unaccept- need it. While we welcome [Russian in Canada. Soldiers’ ballots let them vote able. There must not Foreign Affairs] Minister for the Borden government or the Liberal be a slide back into [Sergei] Lavrov’s state- opposition, headed by Sir Wilfrid Laurier. If As aggressors full-scale violence; we ment on November 6 that an enlistment constituency was specified must redouble our in this conflict, humanitarian organiza- the vote was counted there. If not, soldiers’ efforts in support of tions willing to work in the votes were assigned to any riding the gov- Russia and the September 1 Donbas should be given erning party picked. As some 90 percent of their proxies Courtesy of MST Bronze Ltd. ceasefire. the opportunity to do so, the soldiers’ votes were pro-government, We were pleased must prove they in the statement Minister because the government was pro-conscrip- Sir Wilfrid Laurier, sculpted by Jose Lobo Fernandes. that in Berlin the sides Lavrov appealed only for tion, the Unionists won “the khaki election” have given up reaffirmed their com- more talks on aid. We handily, taking some two-thirds of all seats. becomes law, the ‘alleged’ foreigners and mitment to withdraw their military therefore urge the Russian By resorting to this chicanery, however, the hitherto ‘naturalized’ Canadians will bear heavy weapons great- Federation to be clear, Tories alienated many French Canadians, ambitions in their reproach meekly, but they will have er than 120 mm in cal- through both actions and and “ethnics,” for decades following. Ukraine and sown in their hearts the seeds of a bitter- iber, as stipulated in statements, that all Intriguingly, while the “most bitter” elec- ness that can never be extirpated. The man the Minsk Agreements. are truly com- remaining restrictions on tion in Canadian history is generally whose honor has been mistrusted, and remembered because some women got the We encourage agree- mitted to humanitarian aid must be who has been singled out for national ment on a new set of lifted immediately. right to vote, who lost that franchise is gen- humiliation, will remember it and sooner full Minsk im- erally forgotten. heavy weapons with- Today there is news of or later it will have to be atoned for.” drawal parameters in plementation. yet another large Russian Laurier lost too, but not before he On November 20, 2015, Laurier’s birth- offered a caution about the harmful conse- the Security Working “white truck” convoy. As day, a bronze bust and plaque inscribed with Group within a month – a goal the sides the fighting on the line of contact flares, quences of his opponents’ machinations. his enduring caveat will be unveiled in Rising in the House of Commons on set in Berlin. In this context, we note that reasonable observers can ask: “What is in Ottawa at the Laurier House National the SMM has observed that further nego- those trucks? Are they a resupply convoy September 10, 1917 he forewarned: “Let Historic Site by his descendant, Louise not this franchise be extended in the man- tiations may need to consider the estab- for Russian-led separatist forces as they Laurier. Ukrainian Canadians and represen- lishment of a demilitarized zone around mount renewed attacks?” Russia has an ner proposed, at the expense of removing tatives of other ethnocultural communities the franchise from those who now have it. the line of contact to prevent yet more opportunity to work with Ukraine to that suffered disenfranchisement and other violence, and arrangements for the stor- deliver assistance legally, with the permis- Let it not be done by depriving any of our state-sanctioned censures a century ago, not people of rights and privileges which have age of withdrawn weapons also need to sion of Ukraine and full inspection, and it because of anything they had done wrong be made. should engage with Ukraine on its propos- always been sacred under the British but only because of where they had come Russia signed the Minsk agreements, al. Illegal convoys should cease. Constitution. Do you believe that when our from, who they were, shall bear witness. and it must remove obstacles to the No less important is the commitment, Canadian immigration agents will go to the These Canadians have not forgotten a SMM’s support for the implementation of under the , to immediately Balkan states, among the Galicians, Liberal prime minister who believed the Minsk agreements and the SMM’s ver- release all hostages and illegally detained Bukovynians and Rumanians, that these “Canada is free and freedom is its nationali- ification of provisions of those agree- persons. We underscore Russia’s respon- races will be disposed to come to this coun- ty,” and who, when challenging the anti- ments. The SMM can only fulfill its man- sibility to release the Ukrainian hostages try, when they know that Canada has not Catholic, anti-Francophone and anti-immi- date and act effectively in support of the it holds, including , Oleh kept its pledges and promises to the people grant bigotry that flared during the conten- tenuous ceasefire when it has full access Sentsov, Oleksander Kolchenko and all from foreign countries who have settled in tious 1895 Manitoba Schools Question, to the conflict zone. All restrictions on others. our midst? For my part, I hope that it is not advised: “I would try the sunny way… of SMM operations must end, and the SMM Mr. Chair, the ceasefire is at risk. too late for Parliament to pause, and to con- patriotism… be just, be fair, and be gener- must be allowed to set up forward patrol Shoring it up requires a genuine commit- sider the bad precedent it is establishing, ous to the minority, in order that we may bases and patrol hubs in Russian-led sep- ment to uphold the Minsk agreements, by which must be far-reaching in its conse- have peace among all creeds and races aratist-controlled territory. The SMM Ukraine, and by Russia and the separatists quences. ...If it be said in Canada that the which it has pleased God to bring upon this must also have sustained, full access to it backs. Transparency is necessary to pledges which we have given to immigrants corner of our common country.” the international border, which Russia build confidence in the ceasefire, and this, when inviting them to come to this country Thankfully, Laurier’s words have echoed in turn, depends on uncompromised sup- to settle with us, can be broken with impu- forward to regain their currency in our and its proxies have failed to deliver. port for, and complete access for, the nity, that we will not trust these men, and time. Mr. Chair, as we near the end of 2015, that we will not be true to the promise and the deadline defined by the Minsk Special Monitoring Mission. As aggressors which we made to them, then I despair for Lubomyr Luciuk is a professor of political Package of Measures, we need progress in this conflict, Russia and their proxies the future of this country.” geography at the Royal Military College of now more than ever. It is now time for must prove they have given up their mili- Likewise, on September 8, 1917, Canada and a member of the Endowment Russia and the separatists it backs to tary ambitions in Ukraine and are truly Kingston’s Daily British Whig admonished: Council of the Canadian First World War engage meaningfully on Ukraine’s propos- committed to full Minsk implementation. “It is very probable that if this proposal Internment Recognition Fund. als for holding local elections in certain Russia must also end its occupation of areas of Donetsk and Luhansk – elections Crimea, which remains part of Ukraine fully in line with Ukrainian law and inter- and which Russia seized in violation of national standards, including the free par- international law and in contravention of Visit our archive online: www.ukrweekly.com ticipation of Ukrainian political parties, its OSCE commitments. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2015 No. 47

STATEMENTS AT THE HOLODOMOR MEMORIAL DEDICATION

once again fighting for their nation’s future, people, while his troops illegally occupy and who believe so strongly in the promise Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula. In these diffi- FOR THE RECORD: Messages of peace. The United States has a duty to cult times, it is important for the United stand with them, to help the Ukrainian gov- States to stand in solidarity with the from political leaders, candidates ernment defend its sovereignty and main- Ukrainian people. tain their democratic institutions, and to Below are text of statements received This reminder of Soviet aggression is an ensure that all Ukrainians face a brighter Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) from U.S. political leaders and presidential especially poignant counterpoint to the revi- and more promising future with limitless I stand in solidarity with all Ukrainian hopefuls on the occasion of the dedication of sionist propaganda of Russian President opportunities. Americans, fellow friends of Ukraine world- Holodomor Memorial in Washington. (They Vladimir Putin, who unabashedly proclaims I am delighted that my good friend, wide, and the Ukrainian Government on are reprinted here in alphabetical order.) his nostalgia for a whitewashed version of Melanne Verveer, is present for this impor- the opening of the Holodomor Memorial in the Soviet Union. Unfortunately, it is not tant occasion and I look forward to visiting Washington, D.C., today. It will stand as a George W. Bush only history that Putin seeks to revise, but this memorial in person. In the meantime, permanent remembrance of the famine, Greetings to those gathered in the very borders of Ukraine and Europe. It is please know you have my best wishes for a atrocities and suffering experienced by the Washington, D.C., for the dedication of the past time for the free nations of the world to memorable event. people of Ukraine at the hands of the totali- Ukrainian Famine-Genocide (Holodomor) resist Putin’s illegal invasion and annexation tarian Soviet Government in 1932 and Memorial. In 2006, I signed legislation that of Crimea, his continued aggression in east- Rep. Rodney P. 1933. Today’s ceremony also serves as a secured land for this special place of ern Ukraine and his efforts to expand reminder of the critical support that we remembrance. Today’s ceremony marks an Russia’s hegemonic influence elsewhere. Frelinghuysen (R-N.J.) must provide to the people of Ukraine Thank you for conveying to me the gra- important milestone for which you and Today, Moscow’s aggression threatens today to fulfill their democratic aspirations cious invitation from the Embassy of others can be proud. not only Ukraine, but Europe, the United in the face of new aggression, as well as our Ukraine to participate in the dedication cer- The late scholar Robert Conquest pub- States and the very international order and obligation to advance the cause of human emony of the Ukrainian Famine-Genocide lished his definitive account of this period peace our parents and grandparents gave freedoms around the globe and prevent in Ukrainian history in order to “register in so much to build. Allowing Putin to act with (Holodomor) Memorial in Washington, similar tragedies in the future. the public consciousness of the West a impunity will only embolden him and other D.C., on November 7. I truly regret that I knowledge of and feeling for major events, despots who seek to subjugate their citi- will be unable to attend as I will be on offi- Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.) zens and neighbors. cial travel honoring a longstanding commit- involving millions of people and millions of Thank you for the invitation to attend May this Memorial, steps from the ment in California. deaths.” Such a scale of human suffering is the dedication of the National Ukrainian United States Capitol, remind all who pass As you know, I am proud to stand shoul- hard to comprehend. The memorial that Genocide Memorial in Washington, DC. I it of the terrible dangers of failing to stand der to shoulder with you in the latest fight you dedicate today provides further assur- am sorry that my schedule does not permit up to those who threaten peace and free- to protect the freedom of Ukraine and its ance that generations to come will remem- me to join you at this important event, dom before it is too late. people. But this Memorial, located on U.S. ber those who were starved at the hands of remembering the millions of Ukrainian vic- Joseph Stalin’s tyranny. federal ground in Washington in the shad- ow of the U.S. Capitol, will serve as an eter- tims of Stalin’s brutal 1932-1933 campaign Over their history, the people of Ukraine Hillary Rodham Clinton of mass starvation. have endured difficult times for the sake of While I regret that I am unable to be nal tribute to the millions of Ukrainians who were forcibly starved to death in How appropriate that this monument liberty, prosperity and peace. I admire their with you in Washington, D.C., I am sending shows a field of mature wheat – as this resiliency and their steadfast support for my warmest greetings to everyone gath- Ukraine by Josef Stalin. History reminds us that only by understanding the genocides crime against humanity was perpetrated in democratic values and principles. Many ered and want to thank all those who made what was the breadbasket of Europe. For so of the past can we hope to prevent others Americans have watched with amazement this day possible. many to starve to death in a land of agricul- from occurring. how this country became a democracy. We The monument you unveil today will tural plenty magnifies the unspeakable hor- Please know that I will be with you in strongly support your democracy and stand as an enduring memorial to the mil- ror of Stalin’s ‘death by hunger’ campaign. spirit on November 7! remain optimistic that generations to come lions of brave Ukrainians who perished If we, as a community of civilized will know the blessings of liberty. during the winter and spring of 1932 and nations, hope to build a world of peace, Laura and I send our best wishes for a 1933 as Stalin’s regime ruthlessly stole the Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) mutual respect and security, we must con- memorable and meaningful ceremony. May wheat and crops of hardworking farmers. More than 80 years ago, millions of front the great man-made catastrophes of God bless you. In those terrible months, millions starved Ukrainians died at the hands of Soviet leader our past. This monument here in our to death, villages were destroyed, and fami- Joseph Stalin’s punitive attempt to crush nation’s capital is an important step toward Jeb Bush lies disappeared. As you know, the and force compliance doing just that – by remembering one of On this solemn occasion of the dedica- Holodomor means “death by hunger” in with the Soviet Union’s arcane agricultural the darkest periods in Ukrainian history. tion of the Ukrainian Holodomor Memorial, Ukrainian; it’s a hauntingly simple name to policies. I join the Ukrainian community in It is disheartening to say the least to have we honor the memory of the millions of describe such a barbaric act of hate and honoring those who died under the brutal the current unrest in Ukraine be the back- Ukrainians who perished in a famine oppression. rule of Stalin’s regime. Their memory is for- drop for today’s dedication. The Russian caused by Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin. Many in Ukraine and here in the United ever enshrined in the Holodomor Memorial military’s illegal occupation of the Crimean This was a horrific period in Ukrainian and States have long waited for today, and I am that was dedicated today in Washington, peninsula and its flagrant materiel support European history. This memorial will so heartened to know that for years to D.C., just steps away from the U.S. Capitol. for separatists fighting in the eastern prov- remind future generations not only of the come, visitors to our nation’s capital will Once again, the Ukrainian people are in inces of Donetsk and Luhansk has already tremendous suffering endured by Ukraine, stop here, stare into the disappearing the midst of an assault on their nationalism cost more than 8,000 lives, destroyed whole but also of the moral depravity and uncon- wheat, and learn about the lives that were and right to self-determination at the hands towns, and is spawning a humanitarian cri- strained brutality of the evil empire of the lost in the Holodomor. This monument of an authoritarian regime in Moscow. sis in Europe. It is imperative that the Soviet Union, and the lengths to which honors the memory of those lives and Russian President Vladimir Putin has exert- United States and European allies work to Soviet rulers would go to subjugate its stands as a testament to the bonds of ed every effort to undermine an indepen- de-escalate the conflict and Russian aggres- Captive Nations. These victims of the strug- friendship between the United States and dent and sovereign Ukraine. Russian forces sion. Thank you again for the invitation, gle against Soviet totalitarianism will live Ukraine. It is also a tribute to the strength continue to fuel a war in the east that has and congratulations on completing this forever in our memories. and resilience of Ukrainians who are today resulted in the deaths of more than 6,000 important monument.

objective and, as a result, this solemn I would also like to thank all those who memorial will, from this day forward, stand donated their financial and moral support UCCA President Tamara Olexy in our nation’s capital as a reminder to the to the realization of this project. Your gen- world about the horrors of genocide and as erosity and hard work have led to this Following is the text of the speech deliv- out their lives in dignity and peace. an everlasting symbol to promote vigilance momentous occasion. It is through our uni- ered by Tamara Olexy, president of the Let this monument stand as a symbol of against senseless acts of cruelty and vio- fied efforts as a community that we have Ukrainian Congress Committee of America. our unified efforts to expose the truth of lence – like those that befell Ukraine over been able to place our mark on history. this horrific act of genocide committed eight decades ago. To the survivors of the Holodomor, who Today is a momentous day in the history against the Ukrainian people in 1932-1933 On behalf of the Ukrainian Congress endured unspeakable hardships, we thank of the Ukrainian American community. After – when millions of people, including 3 mil- Committee of America, I would like to the Lord for sparing your lives. We are over a decade of hard work and anticipation, lion children, were starved to death by the extend our sincerest gratitude to all those grateful that you are here with us today to we have finally gathered here to witness the brutal policies of the Soviet regime. We organizations and individuals who contrib- witness this remarkable event. official unveiling of the long-awaited mourn their deaths and pray that such uted to the building of this memorial. The Finally, in memory of our Ukrainian memorial to the victims of the Holodomor atrocities never occur again. tremendous effort of the U.S. Holodomor brethren who perished as a result of the – Ukraine’s Genocide of 1932-1933. As solemn as this occasion is, the Committee, which worked on behalf of the Holodomor – so many died in obscurity, so As we stand in the shadow of this Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, entire Ukrainian community, deserves not many do not have headstones to mark their impressive memorial, let us not only reflect which spearheaded this effort, and the only our appreciation but our praise. I passing or mourners to weep for them. May upon the horrific crime committed against Ukrainian American community should feel would also like to extend a sincere thank this memorial serve as a symbolic marker the Ukrainian people 82 years ago, but also a measure of pride in the unveiling of this you to Congressman Sander Levin for his for these millions of innocent Ukrainian upon the millions of innocent souls taken historically significant monument. Since leadership in sponsoring the congressional souls – one that will keep their memory by this tragedy, who, because their lives the inception of this idea over a decade ago, bill establishing the right to erect a monu- and their story alive for countless genera- were brutally cut short by Stalin’s hench- our community’s efforts met with numer- ment on federal land and for his continued tions to come. men, lost the chance to see another sunrise, ous obstacles in bringing this project to fru- unwavering support to our community May their memory be eternal! Vichnaya hear the laughter of their children, or live ition. But we remained steadfast in our throughout the years. pamiat! No. 47 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2015 9

STATEMENTS AT THE HOLODOMOR MEMORIAL DEDICATION Sen. Charles Schumer UWC President Eugene Czolij Following is the text of the video message by Sen. Charles Below is the text of the English-language portion of freedoms and basic human rights. As a result, less than a Schumer. The text was provided by the senator’s office. remarks by Ukrainian World Congress President Eugene decade later, another despot was emboldened to orches- Czolij. trate another genocide, the Holocaust against the Jewish I sincerely regret that I’m unable to attend the unveiling of people, and to provoke the second world war. the memorial this year, so near to the 82nd anniversary of the In his renowned work “The Divine Comedy” the famous That is why the Ukrainian World Congress reiterates its Holodomor, one of the worst tragedies in Western history. Italian poet Dante gave the following chilling description Each year I have tried to join you all on this day, at of Hell: “When I awoke, before the dawn, amid their sleep I call for the international community, under the leadership St. Patrick’s in New York or in Washington, and have for heard my sons …weep and ask for bread”. of the United States, to effectively assist Ukraine in defend- many years, because I believe from the bottom of my heart In 1932-1933, Stalin recreated the same hell in order to ing its borders, to stop Russian aggression from progress- that it is our sacred duty to honor those whose memory suppress Ukraine’s independence movement. ing further into Europe and to ensure global peace, securi- calls down to us through the decades for justice – the inno- At that time, Ukrainians were dying of hunger at the ty and stability. cent victims of the Ukrainian genocide. horrifying rate of 17 people every minute, 1,000 people On this occasion, the Ukrainian World Congress wishes It’s been 82 years since Stalin used hunger as a weapon every hour, and 25,000 people every day; and death by to express its gratitude to the United States for recognizing against the innocent and the defenseless. He tried to anni- starvation is both slow and very painful. the Holodomor as a genocide of the Ukrainian people and hilate the Ukrainian people and the Ukrainian spirit, but he As a consequence, statistics from a previously sup- for enabling the construction of this outstanding memorial failed. Stalin is gone, Soviet Russia is gone, and the pressed census reveal that there were only 26 million to the victims of the Holodomor in the nation’s capital. Ukrainian people live on. Ukrainians living in the USSR in 1937, whereas there [Mr. Czolij concluded his speech with brief comments in Now, the Ukrainian people face another threat from ought to have been 10 million more, namely 36 million Ukrainian: On behalf of the Ukrainian World Congress, I another bully. But now – as then – I believe that with the Ukrainians. express great recognition for the construction in help of America and the family of nations – the Ukrainian Notwithstanding the sheer magnitude of the Holodomor, Washington of this memorial to the victims of the people, and the Ukrainian nation, will persevere and assert Stalin did not succeed in his evil endeavor as Ukrainians Holodomor to the U.S. Committee for Ukrainian Holodomor- its rightful autonomy and right to self-determination. fought for and ultimately regained their independence in Genocide Awareness 1932-1933 and the Ukrainian I believe this memorial will be a reminder of that truth: 1991 and, after a courageous Euro-Maidan, got rid of an Congress Committee of America. I would also like to even in the most difficult circumstances – including those authoritarian and corrupt regime in order to be able to live underscore that the Holodomor of 1932-1933 and today’s faced today by the brave people of the Ukraine, the in dignity and to move forward towards Europe and no lon- aggression by the Russian Federation in Ukraine have the Ukrainian people will endure, survive and eventually thrive ger backwards towards another Soviet Union. same root cause. That is, the desire of the Russian Empire – an important lesson in light of these troubling times for Sadly, today, 82 years after the Holodomor, Ukrainians to subjugate the Ukrainian nation, extinguish its national the Ukrainian people. are once again forced to confront a new Russian aggres- spirit and return Ukraine to a new Soviet Union. But like the men, women and children who tragically lost sion which threatens their aspirations to live freely in an Nonetheless, I believe that our perseverance and the sup- their lives in the genocide, the strength exhibited by the independent and democratic Ukrainian state. port of the international community will help Ukraine, so Ukrainian people will not be forgotten. Even in my absence In 1932-1933, the international community turned a that it will mark the 25th anniversary of its independence on this special day, know that I am with you in spirit, this blind eye to Ukraine’s unimaginable suffering and to next year as a territorially whole, sovereign, democratic year and every year hereafter. Russia’s brazen violation of our common fundamental and European state. May God grant this. Glory to Ukraine.]

beautiful bounty to haunting nothingness. rather than rejects, cultural diversity. It takes another My hope is that when standing before this memorial, political community – the government of Ukraine – to have Larysa Kurylas people will pause to reflect on the Holodomor, a famine of the resolve to understand its history and to dignify its trag- massive proportions, a famine deliberately executed and edies. Finally, it takes cooperation between the United Following are remarks by Larysa Kurylas, design archi- cynically denied, a famine in which millions of innocent States and Ukraine to make a memorial to a Ukrainian tect/sculptor of the Holodomor Memorial in Washington. victims perished in what once was the breadbasket of tragedy stand in Washington DC. I first learned about the Holodomor from my seventh Europe. To build a memorial takes a community of artists, archi- grade Ukrainian School teacher, Mrs. Varvara Dibert, who This National Holodomor Memorial stands in the capi- tects, engineers, contractors, bronze casters, and stonema- recalled with pain the memory of desperately hungry “bez- tal of the United States, in a country where truth may be sons who care about achieving a beautiful and lasting prytulni” – homeless peasant children wandering the spoken without fear of retribution. For five generations, result. And there must be a community of truth seekers, streets of Kyiv, and then again 10 years later from another arriving here at different times and for different reasons, historians, scholars, and religious leaders who understand teacher – scholar and Holodomor expert, Professor James Ukrainians have embraced this legacy of truth telling, rely- the deep need in all people to expose a heinous crime. Mace, whom I met while studying at Harvard. From ing on America to offer moral justice. This memorial, by I am deeply proud to have been part of the efforts of all Professor Mace I learned, in excruciating detail, of the turning a glaring spotlight on the brutality of a deliberate of these caring communities, an effort that has brought Communist Party machine that engineered and enforced famine, one intended to cripple an entire people, serves as about the creation of the National Holodomor Memorial. cruel and impossible grain requisitions. I, of course, did a reminder of cruelty that should never be allowed to hap- Now it will take a caring world community to ensure that not know then that one day, with the design of this memo- pen again. starvation as a weapon is never again used against inno- rial, I would have the privilege of honoring the many mil- Only a caring community could bring to completion a cent people. lions of victims of the Holodomor. In my design, the les- project such as this. A project such as this first requires a [Ms. Kurylas ended her remarks with a brief comment sons of my teachers guided me. caring Ukrainian-American family, one in which more than in Ukrainian, noting: “Without a doubt, the creation of this All of us, each in our own way, have contributed to hon- personal excellence and contribution to society are expect- monument will be the most important project of my archi- oring the memory of the victims, whether through spoken ed, one in which the duty to protect a threatened cultural tectural career. Above all, I hope this ‘Field of Wheat’ – testimony, the written word, political action, scholarly heritage is instilled. I have been blessed to have such a each single grain – becomes a dignified symbol of those research, requiem services, or with the simple act of being family. It takes institutions within the Ukrainian-American victims whom my Ukrainian school teacher could not for- present here today. My contribution has been visual – in community to reinforce those aspirations. It requires a get and all the victims of the Holodomor of our great rendering a simple field of wheat as it transforms from political community in the United States that embraces, Ukrainian nation. Eternal memory.”]

flocked to Kyiv. People were looking for salvation but found death. Every morning, as my mother went to work, she saw Olha Matula some of them sitting or leaning against the buildings, Alexander Severyn under the trees in squares – many of them were already Following is the text of remarks by Holodomor survivor dead, the others were dying. Below is the text of the address by Holodomor survivor Olha Matula. Most frightening were the darkened faces of mothers Alexander Severyn (in translation from the original Ukrainian by George Sajewych). Dear Friends of Ukraine: with small children in their arms. The children, with faces I am a child survivor of the Great Famine – Holodomor. wrinkled like baked apples, could no longer cry. They just Esteemed Ukrainian Community: In 1933, during the Famine, I was only 5, but I vividly squealed and moved their mouth searching for food – Please believe me when I say sincerely how unspeak- remember some episodes from that period. My parents where there was none. Nobody was allowed to help peas- ably difficult it is for me, a member of a different genera- contributed a lot to my knowledge of the Famine by inter- ants in any way. tion of Ukrainians, a generation almost gone from the preting events which we experienced. Trucks removed dead bodies and dying from the streets. scene, to address you here today. At the same time, I am Ten million innocent people and children were mur- There was a collector for homeless children next door to filled with joy, because a memorial to the victims of the dered by starvation. One-fourth of the population of our house complex. Dirty and in rags, children were Holodomor has been consecrated and unveiled in the capi- Ukraine. Some villages were dying completely. Those were brought from the streets of Kyiv by police. In a large build- tal of a mighty nation, the United States of America. ing, former movie hall, the doors were always guarded. It seems that only yesterday the idea of building here a Famine in the cities was not as brutal as it was in the villag- Sometimes, through the open double door, my mother saw memorial to the victims of Ukraine’s Holodomor seemed es,our where relatives all food – grandparents, was confiscated uncles from the and peasants. cousins. Тhe the children laying on the long wooden bunk beds, just something of a fantasy. And it is no wonder, for in the wake of Our family lived in Kyiv and my mother testified for the staring at the ceiling. I remember that too. came wholesale devastation, the Civil War, the Commission on the Ukraine Famine, which was created by Several mornings, while rushing to work she had wit- horrors of the collectivization campaign; the destruction of the U.S. Congress in 1985. I will share some of my mother’s nessed the police dragging the corpses of the children from the peasantry, the cruel Holodomor, the repressions of 1937, testimony. the building and dumping them in the truck, just like piles World War II, another famine in 1947, hundreds of thou- In 1932-1933 thousands of peasants from surrounding (Continued on page 12) (Continued on page 12) villages, who were stripped of all food they had by Моscow, 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2015 No. 47 No. 47 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2015 11

Follow-up: HOLODOMOR MEMORIAL DEDICATION

Stefan Slutsky Stefan Slutsky A banner announces to the public: Ukrainian Patriarch Sviatoslav among the people near the Holodomor Memorial Dedication. Holodomor Memorial.

Roman Ponos Inside Union Station, at the Holodomor exhibit’s information desk (from left) are: Andrij Chornodolsky, Sofia Ponos and Luba Chornodolsky. Mr. Chornodolsky was the chief organizer of the two-week-long exhibit. More than 1,000 march to White House by Matthew Dubas Stefan Slutsky Clergy seated in the front row at Columbus Circle. WASHINGTON – More than 1,000 activists took part in an early evening march on November 7 from Union Station, the location near the recently unveiled Holodomor monument, to the White House. Marchers, who carried blue-and-yellow flags of Ukraine and many dressed in Ukrainian embroidery, snaked through the streets of Washington as D.C. Metro police directed marchers and held traffic for the marchers as they passed by. As the procession started to arrive, people lit the votive can- dles that were sold by the organizers. Some sang the Ukrainian national anthem prior to the arrival of Patriarch Sviatoslav of the Ukrainian Catholic Church. When the crowd finally arrived at the White House, Patriarch Sviatoslav, joined by area clergy and Catholic hier- archs, offered a prayer service for the millions who died as a result of the Holodomor of 1932-1933. People lingered for some time in front of the White House, with many motivated to bring that high-level activism to their local communities. The majority of the attendees at the unveil- ing were unable to join the march, as many buses at that time were boarding for departure. Stefan Slutsky The march to the White House begins from outside Union Station.

Stefan Slutsky Christine Syzonenko A participant’s placard reads: Holodomor Soprano Marta Zaliznyak-Derzhko performs with the Dumka Chorus of New York under the baton of Vasyl Hrechynsky. 1932-1933. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2015 No. 47

dozens of second-round contests across century town center – served him well in support a conclusion that... it was either NEWSBRIEFS Ukraine on November 15. Despite the two- the elections. Now he promises to establish widespread or systematic.” She said the thirds margin of his runoff victory, Mr. the “true eastern border of Europe” in the ICC’s preliminary probe was continuing in (Continued from page 2) Klitschko’s failure to win outright in late small town a few miles south of the Russian the Russia-annexed Crimea and eastern to choose mayors and council representa- October against a divided field along with border. Mr. Tereshchenko told AFP that he Donbas region, where more than 7,900 tives in Kyiv and 28 other cities across the setbacks suffered by his party – UDAR hoped to establish a flourishing, corrup- people have been killed in fighting between country. Election authorities said voter (Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for tion-free democratic government like the Russian-backed separatists and Ukrainian turnout was at 34 percent. Exit polls Reform), which was allied with President one his grandfather had hoped to establish forces. Ukraine’s Parliament has accepted released after the first round of elections Petro Poroshenko’s Solidarity party – hint in tsarist Russia. “It failed in Russia. But it the ICC’s jurisdiction to probe crimes com- held on October 25 indicated the govern- at frustration that has taken hold among will succeed in Ukraine,” he said. Mr. mitted on its territory from November ment of President Petro Poroshenko would Kyivans, including some of his earliest sup- Tereshchenko first made headlines in 2013 onward. (RFE/RL, based on reporting retain its dominant position in the west porters, observers noted. Voter turnout for March when Ukrainian President by AFP) and center of the country. But in the south the second-round vote was reported to be Poroshenko granted him citizenship. (RFE/ and east, voters favored the Opposition 28 percent. (RFE/RL) RL, based on reporting by AFP and Cold threatens 700,000 children Bloc, formed from the remnants of the Euromaidanpress.com) GENEVA/KYIV – The lives of some party of the former pro-Russia President Dynasty descendant now mayor ICC: No crimes against humanity on Maidan 700,000 children and the wider population Viktor Yanukovych who was overthrown in KYIV – The French descendant of one of are at risk if repairs to the water network in early 2014 after months of street protests. the Russian Empire’s richest family dynas- THE HAGUE, Netherlands – A prelimi- Ukraine’s conflict-affected regions are not Elections were not held in parts of the ties this week became mayor of the nary probe by the International Criminal urgently made, UNICEF warned on Donetsk and Luhansk regions of eastern Ukrainian town of Hlukhiv, where his fami- Court (ICC) suggests that Ukraine’s security November 13. Families living in the con- Ukraine controlled by Russia-backed sepa- ly made its fortune. Michelle Tereshchenko, forces used “excessive and indiscriminate” flict-affected areas try to keep their houses ratists and on the Crimean peninsula, 61, took office in the town force in the 2014 Euro-Maidan protests, heated by putting bricks on the gas oven. which Russia annexed in March 2014. after receiving more than 65 percent of the but are not guilty of crimes against humani- They are desperate to keep their children (RFE/RL, based on reporting by UNIAN vote in Ukraine’s local elections on October ty. ICC chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda warm during these freezing months in and TASS) 25. He is a descendant of the famed said in a report released on November 12 eastern Ukraine. Central heating systems in that The Hague-based organization had Klitschko re-elected as Kyiv mayor Tereshchenko dynasty of industrialists and the eastern Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts philanthropists, who made their fortune in opened a tentative investigation into the rely on water, but conflict-related damage KYIV – Voters in the Ukrainian capital sugar-beet production. He was born in conflict. The months-long pro-Western to pipelines and infrastructure, as well as appear to have re-elected Mayor Vitali Paris after his family fled to France during uprising began in November 2013 on Kyiv’s debris from destroyed bridges, are ham- Klitschko by a 2:1 majority over challenger the Bolshevik Revolution. His family ties – Maidan (Independence Square) and led to pering the flow of water. This increases the Boryslav Bereza. The Kyiv vote was one of the Tereshchenkos built most of the 19th- the toppling of Viktor Yanukovych’s pro- possibility of freezing that could result in a Russian government and the deaths of system shutdown, affecting water, heating some 100 people, mostly protesters. Ms. and electricity supplies leaving children Bensouda said that “While these consider- and adults without heating in extreme cold. ations tend to indicate that alleged crimes “We need to do all we can to protect the do not amount to crimes against humanity,” most vulnerable children during the winter she added that the ICC did find that “seri- months,” said Giovanna Barberis, UNICEF TO PLACE YOUR AD CALL Walter Honcharyk (973) 292-9800 x3040 ous human rights abuses did occur” on the or e-mail [email protected] representative in Ukraine. “This means Maidan. Ms. Bensouda said that although ensuring humanitarian access to areas the attacks on the protesters constituted an where water infrastructure is damaged to SERVICES PROFESSIONALS “attack directed against a civilian popula- tion,” there was “limited information... to (Continued on page 13)

March of Respect down New York’s Eighth Alexander Severyn Avenue to the famous Manhattan Center building, honoring the victims of famine. (Continued from page 9) It seems to me that the events marking sands of Ukrainians as displaced persons in the 50th anniversary of the Holodomor the very heart of Europe and their violent right here in Washington gave a decisive, repatriation to the USSR, the resettlement of lasting impetus to honoring the victims of the remaining displaced persons throughout the Kremlin-engineered Holodomor. As a the countries of the world – the U.S.A. being result, we have today’s celebration, the first among them. unveiling of the monumental memorial to For one reason or another, fortune in this the victims of the Holodomor in Ukraine, a land did not always smile upon us, the former memorial which will stand tall for centuries DPs, nor did luck always favor us. However, in as a warning for the future, so that never spite of this, the stubbornness for which we again shall the world allow a holodomor of Ukrainians are known brought some wonder- any kind. ful achievements, for example the majestic Glory and heartfelt honor to those who unveiling of the Taras Shevchenko built or who in any way helped bring to fru- Monument in 1964 in Washington. ition the building of this majestic memorial. The issue of the Holodomor in Ukraine The victims of the Holodomor: May they hung over us. Those of us alive and here forever live in our memory. PERSONAL today no doubt remember the 1953 mass Glory to Ukraine!

Single Ukrainian male looking wedding rings were sold for food. One day for a Single Ukrainian lady to Olha Matula my father brought some rice and millet from correspond, date and perhaps Torgsin. When my mother asked him how marry! Please e-mail me: (Continued from page 9) did he get it, he simply opened his mouth – [email protected] of wood and covered them with dirty rags. the crowns from his teeth were gone. my name is Vasyl Civil workers in Kyiv received food I volunteered to work with the commis- stamps – 400 grams of bread daily and 200 sion on the Famine, transcribing more than a grams for each dependent. Bread was the hundred of the interviews of witnesses from OPPORTUNITIES main staple of our diet. I remember we the tapes. They were survivors, who came to were always hungry. America after World War II as refugees. Some At work my father was given a bowl of of them – your parents or grandparents. Earn extra income! soup every day, he fished out pieces of pota- The horrors of the stories of those who The Ukrainian Weekly is looking toes, and sometimes bits of meat from it survived the Famine, are forever in my for advertising sales agents. and brought it home for us children. Even memory. For additional information contact today, I can visualize that little jar. Historians come to conclusion that dur- Walter Honcharyk, Advertising Manager, In 1933, when the commercial bread ing the early months of the fateful 1933 in The Ukrainian Weekly, 973-292-9800, ext 3040. stores opened in Kyiv, some peasants Ukraine at least 25,000 people died every attempted to stand in bread lines. The mili- day from hunger, 1,000 every hour –10 mil- tia brutally removed peasants from these lion in all. It was a crime against humanity! WANT IMPACT? lines and forced them into trucks that took Memory eternal to all who died in that them out of the city. genocide created by Moscow! Let this Run your advertisement here, In bigger cities there were special stores, memorial serve as a reminder to all people in The Ukrainian Weekly’s Torgsins, where one could buy all sorts of that Russian aggression towards other CLASSIFIEDS section. goods in exchange for gold. But most of the nations should be stopped. people had no gold left. All of the crosses and God bless America and save Ukraine! No. 47 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2015 13

year, Moscow would be willing to agree to IMF loan granted to help lift the economy Spiritual Directorate of Crimea’s Muslims NEWSBRIEFS annual payments of $1 billion from 2016 to out of a recession. In August, a creditor said on November 16 that the attackers 2018. “Not only have we agreed to restruc- group reached a $15 billion restructuring threw dozens of bricks at the mosque’s (Continued from page 12) ture the Ukrainian debt, but we have pro- agreement with Kyiv that included a 20 per- windows in the village of Zavet-Leninsky. repair it. It is unimaginable to even contem- posed even better restructuring conditions cent principal write-down and a four-year The incident took place over the weekend. plate one single family without heating at than those asked from us by the maturity extension. But Moscow refused to Local Imam Rustem Akhmetshayev filed an this time of the year,” she added. “The reali- International Monetary Fund (IMF),” he participate in the deal, saying Ukraine’s $3 official complaint with the local law ty is that we need to repair damage to said. Russian officials had previously insist- billion debt to Russia – issued under Russian- enforcement authorities. In September, water infrastructure in Luhansk and ed that Ukraine must pay the bond in full on backed President Viktor Yanukovych before unknown individuals vandalized posters Donetsk oblasts right now,” said William December 20, and threatened legal action if he was ousted in February 2014 – was sov- depicting the Grand Mosque being con- Fellows, head of UNICEF Ukraine’s Water, Kyiv missed the deadline. Mr. Putin said that ereign and should be treated differently to structed in Crimea’s capital, Symferopol. Sanitation and Hygiene section. “Not only Russia was asking for guarantees for the the private creditors. (RFE/RL, with report- The majority of Crimea’s Muslims are are people’s lives in danger due to lack of repayment from the United States, the ing by AP, Reuters, Interfax, TASS and Crimean Tatars. Many of them have openly heating and drinking water because of European Union, or global financial organi- Bloomberg.com) protested Crimea’s annexation by Russia in damaged infrastructure, but the time and zations. “Since our [Western] partners are March 2014. (Crimean Desk, RFE/RL’s costs to re-start any system failure would so confident that the credit status of Poroshenko presents award to Soros Ukrainian Service) be extensive,” he added. UNICEF called for Ukraine will only grow and that there is no KYIV – Ukrainian President Petro Russia to ban food imports from Ukraine ensuring safe humanitarian access to non- reason to even doubt that we shall be paid Poroshenko on November 12 presented government-controlled areas in eastern $3 billion next year, then our partners U.S. financier and billionaire philanthropist MOSCOW – Russia has announced it will Ukraine to provide life-saving supplies to should not have any problem with issuing George Soros with Ukraine’s Order of ban all food imports from Ukraine starting children, remove unexploded ordnance and guarantees for [our] loan,” the Russian pres- Liberty. “Your intense activities during on January 1, 2016. Russian Economy urgently repair the infrastructure to keep ident said. “We agreed with our partners recent years have extremely promoted the Minister Aleksei Ulyukayev told TV channel the water supply, sewage and heating sys- that we’ll discuss details of our proposals democratic change that we now have hap- Rossia-24 on November 18 that Russia was tems functioning. (UNICEF) comprehensively in the nearest future,” he pening in Ukraine,” the president told Mr. taking the action “because Ukraine has added. Russian Deputy Finance Minister Russia proposes Ukraine debt restructuring Soros in presenting one of the country’s joined the sanctions against the Russian Sergei Storchak said the IMF has until highest honors. He said Mr. Soros’s Federation – economic and financial.” Russia ANTALYA, Turkey – Russian President December 8 to respond to the proposal. He International Renaissance Foundation had has been slapped with Western sanctions Vladimir Putin has offered to restructure also said that if the Russian proposal is played a big role in the development of for annexing Ukraine’s Crimea Peninsula Ukraine’s $3 billion debt to Moscow. accepted, Russia still expects Ukraine to Ukraine’s statehood in the past 25 years. and supporting pro-Russian separatists in Speaking on November 16 on the sidelines make a coupon payment for the bond in Mr. Soros, 85, said after receiving the award eastern Ukraine. Moscow, which denies any of a summit of the Group of 20 (G-20) December. Meanwhile, the Ukrainian that it was a great honor for him personally role in the conflict, has already imposed its major economies in Turkey, Mr. Putin pro- Finance Ministry said it “hasn’t received any and for the International Renaissance own food bans on the European Union, the posed lifting a December deadline for the direct information and has no comment at Foundation. Mr. Soros’s charitable organi- United States and other Western countries. debt repayment. Mr. Putin said that, rather this time.” Ukraine needs to restructure its zations have given billions of dollars to Ukrainian Prime Minister than seeking $3 billion in repayment this debt in order to qualify for a $17.5 billion countries in Eastern Europe and the former said the pending Russian action will cost Soviet Union, with charities operating in Ukraine’s economy some $600 million in some 25 countries. (RFE/RL, based on 2016. On the other hand, Mr. Yatsenyuk ority of a Liberal government, as it had reporting by Interfax and TASS) noted that the Ukrainian economy was now Trudeau... been under Mr. Harper’s leadership. During less dependent on Russia. “While earlier our the election campaign, the Liberals also Mosque vandalized in annexed Crimea (Continued from page 1) dependence was 35 percent, now it’s at the indicated support for Ukraine’s admission SYMPEROPOL, Ukraine – Unknown level of 12.5 percent,” the prime minister ers, said that Prime Minister Harper told into NATO, if sought, and continuing partic- attackers have broken the windows of a said on November 18, according to a state- President Putin, “you should go away from ipation in military training in Ukraine. mosque on Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula, ment on his Cabinet’s website. (RFE/RL, Ukraine,” to which Mr. Putin replied, “It’s In September, 150 Canadian soldiers which was annexed by Russia last year. The based on reporting by AFP and DPA) impossible since we are not there.” arrived at the Ukrainian Armed Forces Australia’s Business Insider magazine International Security and Peacekeeping covered the Harper-Putin confrontation in Center in Yavoriv, Lviv Oblast, about 19 a story bearing the headline, “Canadian PM miles from the Ukrainian-Polish border, With sorrow we announce that Stephen Harper Just Showed Tony Abbott and will spend months there sharing their How to Shirtfront the Russian President.” expertise in explosives detonation and on November 10, 2015, Unlike Prime Minister Harper, then-Aus- other battlefield skills with their Ukrainian tralian Prime Minister Abbott warmly counterparts. Oksana Zirka greeted President Putin at the G-20 summit Meanwhile, the Canada-Ukraine Free despite previously saying he wanted to Trade Agreement, which Ukrainian Prime BODNAR “shirtfront” (a brutal shoulder charge in Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk signed during a Australian football) Mr. Putin over the visit to Canada in July, awaits Canadian par- entered into eternal rest MH17 disaster. liamentary ratification. The deal would at the age of 72. This year’s tough stance by Canada eliminate virtually all duties on Ukrainian received cheers from the home team. imports to Canada. Zirka was born on July 20,1943 in Ukraine to Olha and Walter “The Ukrainian Canadian community is A Foreign Investment Promotion and Hnatyk. pleased that Prime Minister Trudeau has Protection Agreement between Canada and taken a principled position in response to Ukraine has been in force for 20 years. As a young girl her family ed Ukraine, and came to the United the aggression of the Russian Federation Then there’s Russia, which Mr. Grod States. She received her U.S. citizenship on January 3,1955 at the which has invaded and occupied sovereign views as a threat to both Ukrainian and age of 12. Ukrainian territory in Crimea and in Canadian sovereignty and whose “aggres- Donetsk and Luhansk,” Ukrainian Canadian sion” must be opposed through “strong As a young girl, Zirka grew up in Newark and later Irvington NJ. Congress (UCC) National President Paul principled steps [that] must include provid- Her summers were spent in Hunter and Lake George, NY and she Grod said in a statement in response to Mr. ing Ukraine with the ability to defend itself attended the  rst Plast Camp at Vovcha Tropa in East Chatham, NY. Trudeau’s G-20 chat with Mr. Putin. “I look and to impose deep sectoral sanctions She enjoyed playing the piano, swimming and water skiing. forward to working with Prime Minister against Russia for its illegal annexation of Trudeau’s government in ensuring that Crimea, state-sponsorship of terrorism in In 1964 Zirka met the love of her life, Ihor Wasyl Bodnar. He was a Ukraine remains a foreign policy priority eastern Ukraine, which has caused over grad student earning his teaching degree at Seton Hall University. for Canada; that the Canada-Ukraine Free 8,000 deaths in the past two years, and not She was attaining a BA degree in psychology at Rutgers University Trade Agreement is ratified; and [that] implementing their obligations under the Canada supports the security and sover- Minsk agreement.” in Newark. eignty of Ukraine.” “Anything less will embolden Russian They married July 23,1966 and moved to Maplewood, NJ, “Mr. Trudeau made it clear, in no uncer- President Putin to continue to breach inter- tain terms, that Ukraine will remain a top national laws and borders, which may in where she raised two “obedient” and loving sons Mark and Paul foreign policy priority for a Liberal govern- turn jeopardize Canada’s Arctic sovereign- Bodnar. Oksana Zirka Bodnar became a elementary school teacher ment under his leadership,” Mr. Grod said ty,” said Mr. Grod. “By helping protect instructing the 4th grade and later worked at the Self Reliance in a statement the day after this year’s Ukraine, Canada will be protecting its Credit Union in NJ. Canadian election. Arctic sovereignty and that is in Canada’s “Mr. Trudeau’s strong statements in sup- national interest.” She lived for the Opera. She said, “Opera is life”. At an older age, she port of Ukraine and opposition to Russia’s The latter is a topic Mr. Trudeau referred continued to drive into NYC and never looked back. She attended aggression leave no doubt that his govern- to before the Canadian election when he countless Operas and cultural events and brought her love for the ment will strongly support Ukraine,” the said that Mr. Putin “is being unduly provoc- theater and strong opinions wherever she went. UCC leader added. ative with his actions in the Arctic” that Following a meeting with Mr. Trudeau presumably intensified after the election Zirka is preceded in death by her sons Mark and Paul. Three before the October 19 Canadian election, when Russia government announced plans grandkids Sasha, Melasia, Inka, and a host of relatives and friends. Mr. Grod said Mr. Trudeau stated that for three military bases in that strategic Ukraine would be a top foreign policy pri- northernmost region. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2015 No. 47 Ukraine advances to Euro 2016 in France after win over Slovenia

by Matthew Dubas Ukrainian National Team, stated: “First of all, I would like to thank all the players from PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Ukraine’s men’s the heart for their ceaseless work. For a national team advanced to the Euro 2016 battle like that out there, you have to be European soccer championship after a 1-1 really well prepared both physically and draw with Slovenia on November 17 in mentally. Compliments also go to the entire Maribor. Slovenia opened the scoring in the leadership structure of the national team 11th minute by Bostjan Cesar and Andriy and the federation. In the dressing room Yarmolenko equalized for Ukraine in extra there really was a lot of joy, a lot of emotion. time of the second half (90 +7). Those last few minutes were unbelievably Ukraine won 2-0 against Slovenia on tense. It was difficult, but I am convinced November 14 in Lviv in the first-leg match that we deserved our ticket for the Euro. of the playoff stage. Yarmolenko opened the Now we must start afresh. A lot of work lies scoring in the 22nd minute, and Yevhen ahead to prepare properly for France Seleznyov scored in the 54th minute. 2016.” After the two matches, Ukraine led 3-1 Seleznyov commented: “We knew it on aggregate goals. During the Euro 2000, would be a tough match. Slovenia came out Slovenia had denied Ukraine a spot during strong in the first half and managed to get the play-off stage. back into the tie with that goal. But we Mykhailo Fomenko, head coach of the played better in the second half and got the Facebook.com/Football_Federation_of_Ukraine Ukraine’s National Team celebrates its advance to the Euro 2016. result we needed. We’re very happy we get U-17 team advances to Euro 2016 to play in France.” in Azerbaijan Ukraine will join Slovakia, Iceland, Ukraine’s Under-17 (U-17) team quali- Belgium, Wales, Albania (all debutantes to fied for the U-17 Euro 2016 hosted by the tournament), Germany, Poland, the Azerbaijan. The final draw will be held in Czech Republic, Turkey, Spain, England, April 2016 in Azerbaijan, with 16 teams Switzerland, Northern Ireland, Romania, divided into four groups. In the qualifying Austria, Russia, Italy, Croatia, Portugal, round, Ukraine led Group 13 in first place Sweden, Hungary and tournament hosts after three matches played, with two wins, France. The tournament draw will be held one draw and no losses, with six goals for on June 10, 2016, with matches beginning and one against, and a final point tally of on July 10, 2016. seven. Ukraine tied 1-1 with Moldova on Ukraine and Poland co-hosted the 2012 October 26, won 2-0 against Estonia on European championship, and Ukraine was October 28, and won 3-0 against Bosnia- denied a place at the 2014 World Cup after Herzegovina on October 31. being eliminated by France. Like the qua- Other first-place teams in each group drennial World Cup, the Euro Cup is also that qualified for the tournament include: held on a quadrennial schedule. Matches the Netherlands, Russia, Republic of are to be held in 10 cities, including Ireland, Slovakia, Austria, Spain, the Czech Ukraine’s National Team prior to the match. Bordeaux, Lens, Lille, Lyon, Marseille, Nice, Republic, Denmark, England, Belgium, Paris, Saint-Denis, Saint-Etienne and France and Italy. Toulouse. Second-place teams in each group were: Ukraine (ranked in 28th place by FIFA Switzerland, Montenegro, Sweden, Georgia, for November) is in pot two, ranks in 14th Serbia, Poland, Croatia, , Portugal, place (with a goal coefficient of 30.313) Turkey, Israel, Bulgaria, and Bosnia and among the teams, and is grouped with Italy, Herzegovina. Russia, Switzerland, Austria and Croatia. Third-place teams advancing to the elite The winning team of the European round include: Iceland, Finland, Scotland, championship earns the right to compete in Slovenia and Wales. Germany has a bye to the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup, hosted the elite round after being ranked as the by Russia. top seed in the tournament.

there several of his best tank and motor- Stalin’s... ized rifle divisions,” the writer notes. “But,” Mr. Sokolov argues, the German (Continued from page 6) leader “would have left the main part of his it would not, the Free History Society writ- land army in the east in the event of a er says. “Already in Berlin,” he points out, Soviet attack.” “Hitler had categorically opposed a new Had Stalin agreed to join the Axis, “the war of Stalin against Finland, having indi- Soviet dictator would have had the chance cated the importance for Germany of quiet to strike first, but he decided to play for in the Baltic region.” larger stakes, hoping that for his positive Hitler added that he would agree to the neutrality, Hitler would concede Finland, transfer of Bulgaria to Moscow’s sphere of Bulgaria and Turkey.” But from Hitler’s per- influence only if Sofia agreed, something spective, “such concessions had no sense.” that wasn’t likely to happen. And as far as “The Soviet occupation of Finland would Turkey was concerned, the Nazi leader was have created a threat to Sweden from which prepared only to modify the Montreux iron ore, something vitally important for the Conventions on the use of the straits in the Reich’s industries, came.” And making con- Soviet Union’s favor. cessions to Stalin in the Balkans would call After this, Mr. Sokolov argues, “a Soviet- into question Hitler’s ability to pursue his German war became inevitable in the next plans in the Mediterranean theater. few months,” something that memoirs and In this way, Mr. Sokolov concludes, “the archival documents from both countries expansion which the two dictators sought make clear. Both began preparing for led to a bloody war. The Nazi Reich died, attacks on one another. “Hitler didn’t trust but even the Soviet Union, while remaining Stalin… just as Stalin did not trust Hitler.” among the victors, lost millions of its resi- “What might have happened had Stalin dents and was so weakened that it could and Molotov accepted the proposal of Hitler not long hold on to the territories it had and Ribbentrop? It is likely that then Hitler acquired.” would not have immediately attacked the That is something that anyone thinking USSR but shifted the axis of attack of the about expanding the borders of his country Luftwaffe to the Mediterranean and send now should be reflecting upon. No. 47 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2015 15

COMMUNITY CHRONICLE St. George students attend unveiling of Holodomor Memorial WASHINGTON – More than 15 St. George Academy (SGA) students attended the unveiling of the long-awaited Holodomor Memorial on November 7 in Washington. Dressed in Ukrainian embroidered blouses and shirts , SGA students, accompanied by their principal, Andrew Stasiw, their history teacher, Liza Donovan, and a few of the students’ parents, boarded one of four buses organized by the New York branch of the Ukainian Congress Committee of America (UCCA) and sponsored by Self Reliance New York Federal Credit Union. Upon arrival at Union Station in Washington, they were greeted by thousands of Ukrainian Americans and friends of Ukraine who had gathered to commemorate this histor- ic occasion, including St. George Academy administrative assistant, Irene Saviano, who was photographing the event. The students watched the huge screen and listened attentively as numerous speakers addressed the crowd, including First Lady of Ukraine Maryna Poroshenko, Rep. Irene Saviano St. George Academy students with their principal, Andrew Stasiw, and social studies teacher, Liza Donovan, at the Holodomor Memorial in Washington. (Continued on page 16) New Haven Ukrainian School begins 2015-2016 school year by Halia Jurczak-Lodynsky NEW HAVEN, Conn. - On Saturday, September 19, students and teachers of New Haven’s Ukrainian School attended a divine liturgy ay 10 a.m. at St. Michael’s Ukrainian Catholic Church. Afterwards there was a teacher/parent meeting in the church hall. The school’s director, Myron Melnyk, spoke to the parents about the school. Halia Lodynsky talked about the new bilingual preschool that is starting this year. The first day of classes was Saturday, September 26. In 2016, the Ukrainian School in this city will have been in existence Students of New Haven’s Ukrainian School with teachers Halia Lodynsky, Iryna Kozevych, Nataliya Danchenko and Natalia for 100 years. Korenovsky, and the school’s director, Myron Melnyk. Connecticut Ukrainians in D.C. for Holodomor Memorial events St. Michael’s celebrates feast day

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – On Sunday, November 1, St. Michael Ukrainian Catholic Parish celebrated the feast day of Archangel Michael. The divine liturgy started at 10: 30 a.m. and afterwards a delicious luncheon was served. There was also a concert during the luncheon. Students of the Ukrainian School performed with other WASHINGTON – Ukrainian Americans from Hartford and New Haven, Conn., attended the Holodomor Memorial singers and dancers. In photo (from left) are: teachers dedication ceremony here on Saturday, November 7. On Sunday morning, November 8, participants visited the Nataliya Danchenko, Nataliya Korenovska and Halia Taras Shevchenko Monument at P and 22nd streets in Washington before attending the Holodomor Commemorative Lodynsky with students. Concert at George Washington University. – Halia Jurczak-Lodynsky 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2015 No. 47

Irene Saviano Principal Andrew Stasiw with St. George Academy students from Ukraine and at the dedication of the Holodomor Memorial. Ukraine’s history. Many of the senior stu- St. George... dents documented the event through pic- tures and videos in order to write about it (Continued from page 15) later for their journalism class. Sander Levin (D-Mich.), Rep. Marcy Kaptur Then, together with their teachers, the stu- (D-Ohio), Former Undersecretary of State dents proceeded to the Holodomor Memorial, for Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky and where they lit special commemorative can- Holodomor survivor Oleksander Severyn dles created by Ms. Saviano in memory of among others. Video messages were broad- the millions of victims of the Holodomor. cast from President Petro Poroshenko of At 5 p.m. the students boarded the bus Ukraine, Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and once again for the long ride back to New York. Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio). Statements St. George students who attended the were also delivered from presidential candi- event, many of whom are not Ukrainian, said dates Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush. the experience was one they will never forget. From the numerous speakers, students learned about the atrocities of the The story above was written by Grade 12 Holodomor and the plight of the Ukrainian journalism students under the guidance of people during this tragic chapter in Andrew Stasiw.

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with Presentation of Debutantes Candles placed by the students at the Holodomor Memorial. Saturday, January 23, 2016 in the Grand Ballroom ATO of the Hilton Philadelphia Hotel CHILDREN OF WAR at Penn’s Landing The war in Eastern Ukraine has brought death, destruction and 201 South Columbus Boulevard a generation of children whose fathers gave their lives for ukraine. These children and their mothers receive little or no aid and need our Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106 support. Orphans Aid Society, a 501c(3) charity, has been supporting Cocktails at 6 pm orphans in Ukraine since 1992. We have expanded our services to Presentation of Debutantes support these children. and Banquet at 7 pm To sponsor a war child please contact us at [email protected] Ball at 9 pm Visit our website www.oasukraine.org or write to register a Debutante Orphans’ Aid Society or for additional information, P. O. B ox 630245 please telephone: Little Neck, NY 11363-0245 Halia Wirstiuk: 267-879-5502 845-434-4096 No. 47 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2015 17

Minsk armistice... (Continued from page 2) lics.” At the Berlin meeting, Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Minister Pavlo Klimkin insisted that the Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) be allowed to open “many more” observa- tion points along the contact line and along the Ukraine-Russia border, so as to verify the pullout and storage of those heavy weapons systems. The German and French ministers supported Mr. Klimkin on this issue, but Mr. Lavrov apparently did not (Ukrinform, November 6). Although the weaponry and some of the personnel were transferred from Russia to Donetsk and Luhansk forces, this reality is not reflected in the documents generated by the Normandy and Minsk negotiating processes. These processes are so struc- tured as to exempt Russia from the aggres- sor’s liabilities. The article above is reprinted from Eurasia Daily Monitor with permission from its publisher, the Jamestown Foundation, www.jamestown.org.

Turning... (Continued from page 6) Other changes included many television stations no longer displaying a black rib- bon or symbol of mourning next to their logos, as was done in previous years. Channel 5 changed its logo from blue to black, while music networks M1 and OTV displayed a candle, ear of wheat or symbol- ic cross. The 2014 commemoration was held, as is tradition, on the fourth Saturday of the month, November 22. Thousands including President Petro Poroshenko and Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko, came to commem- orate the victims. Source: “Two separate ceremonies in Kyiv remember Holodomor,” by Zenon Zawada, The Ukrainian Weekly, December 5, 2010.

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involving 1,000 law enforcement authori- ously injured in a car accident in Moscow in officers. Each body is trying to cover its own Two years after... ties and 2,200 victims are being investigat- April; Valerii Koriak, the former Kyiv police people.” ed; more than 5,000 witnesses and victims chief whose whereabouts are unknown; and It was Mr. Yanukovych who gave the order (Continued from page 1) have been questioned as part of these inves- former Kyiv State Administration Chair for the Verkhovna Rada to vote on January ples in order to compare them with sam- tigations. (Mayor) Oleksandr Popov, who was charged 16, 2014, for bills severely limiting the indi- ples removed from the bodies of victims. Only 200 protesters throughout Ukraine with illegally dispersing an assembly and vidual rights and freedoms of citizens that Examinations are taking a year. This is a have been determined by investigators to abuse of authority. Though Mr. Popov’s trial became known as the “dictatorship laws.” complex issue and it depends not only on have been criminally persecuted by authori- began in the spring, it has been delayed. Indictments related to that vote have investigators, but on the state apparatus,” ties; 274 law enforcement officers have “There was no legal basis for the disper- been issued for Oleksandr Yefremov, the he noted. been named as suspects in crimes. sal,” Mr. Horbatiuk said. “There wasn’t a leader of the parliamentary Yet Mr. Horbatiuk lent credibility to sus- Among those who worked in the liqui- court ruling, which is the single basis for faction who was released this month from picions of sabotage, as he blamed the judi- dated Berkut division, five have been arrest- halting an act of protest.” More than 300 electronic surveillance, Parliamentary Tally ciary for resisting investigative efforts and ed, three are being investigated and two are protesters were dispersed, of which 84 were Committee Chair Serhii Hordiienko and noted that more than 100 judges were being tried in court. Not a single Berkut offi- beaten, including 17 students, he said. committee member Oleksandr Stoian. under investigation. cer has offered testimony to help solve a During questioning, Mr. Popov told prose- Mr. Yefremov is currently on trial for For all their resistance, only four judges crime, Mr. Horbatiuk said. cutors that it was Andrii Kliuyev who gave abusing his authority in helping to lead the have been targeted for criminal charges and As for top Yanukovych administration the order to set up the Christmas tree on vote for the dictatorship laws. He told have merely been indicted, he said. Not a officials, the Procurator General’s Office Independence Square (Maidan), which cre- reporters he did nothing illegal. single judge has been detained or put on determined that the violent dispersal on ated the pretext for the violent break-up of “The procedure of [the dictatorship trial for issuing illegal rulings. November 30, 2013, of Euro-Maidan activ- the Euro-Maidan participants. laws’] approval led to an escalation,” said Mr. In addition, seven prosecutors and nine ists from Independence Square – the act That accusation was vigorously denied Horbatiuk. prosecutorial investigators have been that ignited the protests – was initiated by by Mr. Kliuyev, and the Procurator General’s The PGO hasn’t been able to establish indicted, also not detained or put on trial. Mr. Yanukovych, former Internal Affairs Office determined on the very day of his who was responsible for the first Euro- More than 80 prosecutors are still under Minister Vitalii Zakharchenko and former questioning that he was not involved, even Maidan murders on January 22, 2014, of investigation, as are more than 200 law National Security and Defense Council releasing a statement to that effect on Serhii Nihoyan, Mykhailo Zhyznevskyi and enforcement authorities, particularly inves- Secretary Andrii Kliuyev. December 16, 2013. Roman Senyk, Mr. Horbatiuk said. The shots tigators, he said. “Was it necessary to wait until the sec- That move has joined many inconsisten- killing them were fired at a distance of not At certain points, Mr. Horbatiuk played ond anniversary of the Maidan to announce cies in the PGO’s version of events through- more than three meters, he said. with terminology, based on the pravda.com. what we already knew on the Maidan?!” out the investigations, Mr. Oleshchuk said. Regarding the deadliest days of February ua reports. Oleh Rybachuk, a former head of the “The investigations have been politically 18-20, 2014, the Procurator General’s Office While he stated that “more than 270 sus- Presidential Secretariat, wrote on the gaze- tainted throughout,” he said. “The procura- submitted an indictment of an unnamed pects have been held criminally responsi- ta.ua news site. “The law enforcement bod- tor general said earlier there was a Russian Berkut division commander for fulfilling a ble,” he also claimed that “25 citizens have ies aren’t reformed,” he added. “They are role in the Euro-Maidan persecution and clearly criminal command with the use of been held criminally responsible at the acting like trained dogs. They have an has since ruled that out.” physical force, abuse of authority and illegal given moment.” Both statements indicated owner whose commands they are trained The direct commanders of the November use of firearms. that no one has been convicted. The first to fulfill.” 30, 2013, violent dispersal were Kyiv Berkut Mr. Zakharchenko, Deputy Internal statement referred to “suspects,” while the Messrs. Yanukovych and Zakharchenko Special Operations Commander Serhiy Affairs Minister Viktor Ratushniak and second statement was in the context of the are known to be residing in Russia. Mr. Kusiuk, who was last reported to have fled Supplies Department Director Pavlo Zinov indictments being made, which can be qual- Kliuyev’s whereabouts are unknown. His to Crimea and found work with the Russian have been named among the suspects in the ified as being held criminally responsible, brother, Serhii, eluded arrest this summer police, and Kyiv Police Public Safety Deputy illegal distribution on February 20, 2014, of even without convictions. on financial crimes and attempted to flee to Director Petro Fedchuk, who was found by firearms to the so-called “titushky,” or thugs “It’s not unusual for officials to manipu- Austria, news reports said. His whereabouts journalists in January to be working for the hired by the government to beat and kill late terms,” Mr. Oleshchuk said. “Someone also are unknown. Moscow police force. Euro-Maidan protesters. being arrested and questioned can even be These top leaders gave the orders to dis- All the above-mentioned officials have The titushky received 408 automatic counted as being brought to criminal perse the crowd to Volodymyr Sivkovych, been informed they are suspects in these rifles and 90,000 bullets, Mr. Horbatiuk said. responsibility.” the deputy secretary of the National crimes, while courts are examining indict- Five have been named as suspects and only In all, more than 2,000 alleged crimes Security and Defense Council who was seri- ments against Mr. Popov and four Berkut one arrested. commanders, including Yevhen Antonov, “What was in the heads of those who who continues to serve on the Kyiv police decided to distribute such a large amount of force as the commander of a public safety arms and bullets to these titushky?” Mr. Traditional Ukrainian regiment. Horbatiuk said. “Government officials went Many of these officials – including Messrs. beyond all bounds and were prepared for Yanukovych and Zakharchenko – were also the wide-scale use of these arms.” Christmas Eve Supper named as suspects in the December 1, 2013, INTERPOL, the international police orga- Традиційна Свята Вечеря violence on Bankova Street. nization, refuses to declare searches for sus- As examples of judges undermining the pects involved in any of the Maidan-related investigations, Mr. Horbatiuk pointed to the crimes, citing political persecution and at Soyuzivka Pechersk District Court’s ongoing review – refusing to elaborate further, Mr. Horbatiuk which began in the summer of 2014 – of a noted. Tuesday, December 24, 2015 OR Wednesday, January 6, 2016 request by prosecutors to cancel the amnes- A trial in absentia can be held to consider ty obtained during the Euro-Maidan by the Ukrainian government’s criminal charg- Messrs. Koriak, Fedchuk, Sivkovych and es against Mr. Yanukovych, alleging his $35- per person, $15.00 children 5-10 Oleh Marynenko, the Kyiv police public safe- involvement in a scheme to use public funds Begins at 6 pm ty director who also is a suspect in the vio- to establish a private telecommunications lence of November 30, 2013. network, only once former Finance Minister Please call for room and / or meal reservations The courts also neglected to unite the Yurii Kolobov, also alleged to be involved in indictments against Mr. Popov and other the scheme, is extradited from Spain, where Soyuzivka • 216 Foordmore Road • Kerhonkson NY 12446 Berkut commanders into a single criminal he remains under arrest, Mr. Horbatiuk said. 845-626-5641 • www.Soyuzivka.com case, which will force victims to come to “All these tales about titushky, the orga- court repeatedly in order to testify, Mr. nizers and the illusory prospect of holding Horbatiuk said. them responsible reflect either the complete “The sabotage is occurring on the part of lack of professionalism of investigators or all the government bodies,” Mr. Oleshchuk intentional sabotage,” Serhiy Rudenko, a vet- said. “The Internal Affairs Ministry has eran political observer at Espreso TV, wrote refused to offer information about Berkut on his Facebook page.

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