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by Gregory Feifer RFE/RL It all started with great fanfare last year in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, where Ukraine’s newly elected president, Viktor Yanukovych, and his cheerful-looking Russian counterpart, Dmitry Medvedev, signed a sweeping agreement extending Russia’s lease of a former Soviet naval base at the Black Sea port of Sevastopol. The Kremlin called it historic. The deal reversed the policies of President Yanukovych’s pro-Western predecessors, under whom diplomatic relations with Moscow were all but cut off. In return, Russia gave Ukraine a temporary discount on the amount it paid for Russian natural gas, easing a landmark 10-year agreement reached in 2009 that some hoped would end decades of bitter acrimony over prices by establishing market-based gas relations. But a little more than one year on, the honey­ moon is over. Now Ukraine says it’s preparing to take Russia to international court over the 2009 deal, saying it’s overcharging Kyiv by up to $6 bil­ lion a year compared to other European countries such as Germany. Aleksandr Prokopenko/UNIAN But Moscow says it would consider a new deal only if Ukraine drops its objections to joining a KYIV – National deputies representing opposition forces in the Verkhovna Rada on September 6 staged a high­ Russian-led customs union. Mr. Yanukovych has ly visible protest against political repression in Ukraine. It was the opening day of the ninth session of the sixth called that stance “humiliating.” convocation of Parliament. As President Viktor Yanukovych arrived to address the Rada, the deputies shouted “We will not allow them to talk to us in such a “Shame.” Members of the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc-Batkivschyna faction carried in a huge banner bearing the way,” he said last weekend. “They pushed us into a likeness of their leader, former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who is currently on trial for alleged abuse of corner, then started to dictate terms. It humiliates not office in what most observers say is a politically motivated case. The message on the banner: “No to political only me but also the state, and I cannot allow it.” repressions” and “Freedom for Ukraine.” The national deputies were dressed in black T-shirts with the slogan “Batkivschyna above all else” (Batkivschyna means homeland). Another group of opposition deputies carried in “Soon find a solution” a banner with a photo of former Internal Affairs Minister Yurii Lutsenko, who also is a target of prosecution by Ukraine is threatening to sue Russia in the Ukraine’s current authorities, and the words “Freedom for Lutsenko.” Afterwards, members of the Tymoshenko Stockholm Arbitration Tribunal, although Bloc-Batkivschyna and Our Ukraine-People’s Self-Defense walked out of the session hall in protest. Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Minister Kostyantyn Gryshchenko said on September 5 he hoped that wouldn’t be necessary. “Although, of course, we have enough arguments to present our case in any international court,” Mr. Stakes get higher in Ukraine-Russia gas tiff Gryshchenko said, “we think, however, that we’ll very soon find a solution that would suit the modern by Mark Raczkiewycz press center’s deputy director from 2004 to 2010. market situation and modern contract practice.” Special to The Ukrainian Weekly Kyiv’s energy dependence on Russia doesn’t stop Both sides have said they want to avoid a repeti­ there. tion of past disputes, during which Russia twice cut KYIV – The stakes got higher this week in the brew­ Russia also is heavily invested in Ukrainian refiner­ off supplies during bitter cold spells, disrupting ing gas dispute between Ukraine and Russia. ies, oil retailing and gas distribution. Ukraine’s north­ deliveries to other European countries and leaving One of two of Russia’s Nord Stream natural gas pipe­ eastern neighbor also is the dominant supplier to millions without heat. That’s because up to 80 per­ lines became operational on September 6 – a step that Ukraine’s nuclear power industry, which accounts for cent of Russia’s gas exports to the European Union some experts have said will weaken Ukraine’s ongoing almost half of the nation’s electricity. pass through Ukraine. negotiations with Russia to revise the price it pays for U.S. Intelligence firm STRATFOR said on September But Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin natural gas. 7 that with Nord Stream pumping gas, Kyiv has been ratcheted up the tension on September 5, saying a The pipeline carries natural gas directly to Germany deprived of leverage as a transit state and Russia’s nego­ new pipeline to Germany set to begin pumping gas from Russia under the Baltic Sea and at full capacity tiating position has improved. later this year would weaken the “diktat of transit should be able to move 55 billion cubic meters by 2013, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was quoted on countries.” after the completion of the second pipeline. It was built September 6 as saying the pipeline will allow Russia to According to Ukraine’s agreement with Russia, at a cost of $12.5 billion and is 761 miles long. “depart from the ‘diktat’ of transit states.” Kyiv paid about $230 per 1,000 cubic meters of gas Ukraine has relatively small reserves of oil and natu­ However, other experts downplayed the significance in 2009, an amount that’s expected to rise to $400 ral gas, but is the world’s largest hydrocarbon transit of Nord Stream, saying the gas it will pump to Germany later this year. country, moving some 76 percent of Russia’s natural gas and eventually to other northern European countries, Ukraine says it wants to at least reduce the to Europe. The remainder goes through Belarus. accounts for only up to 10 percent of what currently amount of gas it buys from Russia by more than Ukraine imports some 77 percent of its natural gas and transits through Ukraine. one-third, but even that amount is fixed. 79 percent of the oil its needs almost exclusively from “This isn’t a big threat,” said Mr. Marunich of the Russia, according to the Institute of Energy Research, a Institute of Energy Research. He did acknowledge that (Continued on page 20) non-profit based in Kyiv that is headed by Dmytro Marunich, who was state-owned energy firm Naftohaz’s (Continued on page 20) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2011 No. 37

ANALYSIS

Ukrainian opposition parties mull Yanukovych wants public participation Yanukovych, is one of the priorities of Ukrainian foreign policy. “And Ukraine KYIV − President Viktor Yanukovych is interested in further cooperation with possible coordination, alliances has announced plans to increasingly membership of election commissions, the United States in the form of a strate­ RFE/RL involve the public in making public deci­ gic partnership,” Mr. Yanukovych said, and, if the election law is changed to per­ sions, he said on September 6 in his KYIV – Ukrainian opposition parties stressing that the implementation of the mit it, approve joint candidates in majori­ speech at the opening session of the are discussing possible joint actions Charter of the Strategic Partnership ty districts. Verkhovna Rada. “In the near future I ahead of the new political season this fall, “should remain a priority of the bilateral The rules for the October 2012 parlia­ will sign a decree on a strategy to pro­ RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service reported. agenda.” He also stressed that Ukraine mentary elections are not yet clear. The mote civil society development. The Front for Change party leader Arseniy Justice Ministry has suggested introduc­ attaches great importance to a partnership Yatsenyuk told RFE/RL he thinks the decree will define a program of priority ing a mixed system that has both propor­ measures, including a broader public par­ with NATO and said he was ready to dis­ opposition should declare its intention of tional representation and single-member ticipation in the development, adoption cuss the development of strategic rela­ forming a joint anti-presidential bloc in constituencies and raising the voting and monitoring of the execution of gov­ tions and partnership in areas of interest the Verkhovna Rada before the parlia­ threshold for entering Parliament raising ernment decisions,” Mr. Yanukovych for both parties. (Ukrinform) mentary election scheduled for October from 3 percent to 5 percent. This would emphasized. The president explained that 2012. 37% say relations with Russia are good exclude smaller parties from the dialogue between the government and the But Mr. Yatsenyuk said his party will Verkhovna Rada. public concerning reforms is needed KYIV − Over the past year the number run for Parliament independently. Mr. Those proposed changes will likely be “because people’s confidence in the pro­ of Ukrainians who consider bilateral rela­ Yatsenyuk placed fourth in the January discussed at the next session of the cess of modernization is a key component tions between Ukraine and Russia as 2010 Ukrainian presidential election. Parliament, which convenes next week. of success.” Mr. Yanukovych also said The third-placed candidate, current neighborly and good has decreased by Meanwhile, opposition European that he would take personal control of Vice Prime Minister Sergey Tigipko, almost 20 percent. This opinion is cur­ U k r a i n e p a r t y l e a d e r M y k o l a how the recommendations of the Venice recently declared that his party, Strong rently shared by 37 percent, down from Katerynchuk told RFE/RL on August 27 Commission are taken into account in the Ukraine, might merge with the ruling 58 percent in 2010, R&B Group chief that his party will unite with the Civic new draft law on parliamentary elections. Party of Regions. sociologist Yevhen Kopatko told the Platform, led by former Defense Minister According to him, the law on parliamen­ Mr. Yatsenyuk compared that possible press on September 7, analyzing the Anatoliy Grytsenko. Both politicians tary elections will test the maturity of merger with the Russian political model, results of the last survey conducted on belong to the Our Ukraine–People’s Self- Ukrainian parliamentarism, “both its con­ where the ruling United Russia party August 12-22. “It seems nonsensical that, Defense parliamentary bloc. tent and the culture of discussing its absorbs smaller parties. compared with 2009, after the new gov­ The process of unification will end political components.” Lawmakers from Former Prime Minister Yulia ernment was formed, with the develop­ after congresses of the parties involved, the opposition factions Batkivschyna and Tymoshenko, who placed second in the ment of new relationships, with the out­ for which no date has yet been set. Mr. Our Ukraine-People’s Self-Defense left 2010 presidential ballot, is currently on look for better Ukrainian-Russian rela­ Katerynchuk said he hopes the merger the session hall in protest against the col­ trial on charges of abuse of office result­ tions, after the signing of the Kharkiv will encompass more than two parties. lapse of democracy and the harassment of ing from the gas deal she signed with agreements the situation for the year has opposition leaders. Chairs of the opposi­ Russia in 2009. not changed for the better,” the sociolo­ Copyright 2011, RFE/RL Inc. tion national deputies were covered with Following Ms. Tymoshenko’s deten­ gist emphasized. At the same time, Mr. Reprinted with the permission of Radio posters of former Prime Minister Yulia tion in early August, major Ukrainian Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 1201 Kopatko noted that two-thirds of Tymoshenko and ex-Internal Affairs Ukrainians (64 percent) now regard opposition parties formed a Committee to Connecticut Ave. NW, Washington DC Minister Yurii Lutsenko with the slogan, Russia positively, as a brotherly country Resist Dictatorship. 20036; www.rferl.org (http://www.rferl. “N o to p o litical r ep r es s io ns !” (26 percent), a friendly state (25 percent) Mr. Yatsenyuk said parties aligned in org/content/ukrainian_opposition_par- (Ukrinform) the committee should jointly field elec­ ties_mull_possible_coordination_allianc- and a strategic partner of Ukraine (13 tion observers, propose candidates for es/24311965.html). Yanukovych on relations with U.S. percent). One in five (22 percent) believes Russia is merely a neighbor of KYIV − U.S. assistance to Ukraine in Ukraine. The sociologist said that, its development as a European democrat­ according to the poll, 30 percent of Procurator says Chornovil died of crash injuries ic state is very important, President Ukrainians want to live in a united alli­ Viktor Yanukovych said at a meeting held ance of Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Interfax-Ukraine who was to blame for the accident – the on September 7 in Kyiv with U.S. Ukraine, and every fifth Ukrainian (22 KYIV – An examination of the body driver of Chornovil’s car or a truck driver Assistant Secretary of Defense for percent) – a figure that has remained International Security Affairs Alexander of Rukh leader Vyacheslav Chornovil has – the procurator said: “The driver of the almost unchanged for many years – Vershbow, who in 2001-2005 was U.S. established that he died as a result of Kamaz truck, Volodymyr Kudelia, broke would like to live in the European Union. ambassador to Moscow. The develop­ injuries sustained in a car crash, Kyiv traffic rules, executing a turn where it (Ukrinform) Procurator Anatolii Melnyk said. was not allowed, which led to the acci­ ment of relations between Ukraine and “The question was raised about wheth­ dent.” the United States, according to Mr. (Continued on page 16) er Mr. Chornovil’s body had injuries not Mr. Chornovil died in a car accident related to the accident. With this aim, a near Kyiv on March 25, 1999, when his new comprehensive forensic examination car collided with a Kamaz trailer truck was conducted in this criminal case. that was turning on the road. His driver, he krainian eekly FOUNDED 1933 Experts came to a unanimous opinion: Yevhen Pavlov, also died in the accident, T U W the body of the deceased has injuries that while his press secretary was injured. are characteristic of traffic accidents,” Both men were buried at the same An English-language newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. Mr. Melnyk said in an interview with the location and in accordance with all Yearly subscription rate: $65; for UNA members — $55. Komsomolskaya Pravda in Ukraine Christian traditions, as their relatives newspaper published on August 23. requested, Mr. Melnyk noted. On June 2 Periodicals postage paid at Caldwell, NJ 07006 and additional mailing offices. 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Canadian Friends of Ukraine attend Tymoshenko trial

CFU ument headings. On the day of the trial, only seven volumes of a total of 18 vol­ KYIV – Representatives of Canadian umes of documents had been read. Friends of Ukraine (CFU) – a Canadian The Canadian NGO representatives were NGO established to foster democracy in struck by the disproportionately large num­ Ukraine and promote inter-parliamentary ber of Ministry of Internal Affairs security relations between Ukraine and Canada – agents, known as Gryphon forces, present were in Kyiv recently and attended the in the very small courtroom. The security trial of former Ukrainian Prime Minister forces stood facing the public gallery, creat­ Yulia Tymoshenko being held at the ing an atmosphere of intimidation. Pechersky Regional Court. During a break in the court proceedings, CFU President Margareta Shpir and Ms. Tymoshenko spoke briefly with the Canada-Ukraine Parliamentary Center two CFU representatives. In 2003, the for­ Director Lisa Shymko were asked to mer prime minister was part of a delega­ attend the August 25 court proceedings. tion of high-profile parliamentarians who Opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko is visited Canada at the invitation of on trial on charges of abuse of office con­ Canadian Friends of Ukraine. nected to concluding an illegal gas-price Upon leaving the court, Ms. Shpir and deal with Russia in 2009. Ms. Shymko held a press conference out­ The representatives of Canadian side the Pechersky District Court building. Friends of Ukraine were in the small The media scrum included representatives courtroom together with representatives of Ukraine’s leading media outlets and the of the Ukrainian and international media, German news outlet Berhner Zeitung. as well as prominent National Deputies The Ukrainian Canadians were asked Borys Tarasyuk, Andriy Shkil and others. about the role that their NGO plays in Ms. Tymoshenko’s daughter, Zhenia Ukraine. Ms. Shpir said “Our non-govern­ Carr, sat next to her mother during the mental organization works to promote Canadian Friends of Ukraine representatives Margareta Shpir (left) and Lisa proceedings. democracy. As Canadians, we believe that a Shymko with National Deputy Borys Tarasyuk outside the Pechersky District Court. During the trial, in a barely audible government must work in the interests of its voice, Judge Rodion Kireyev read selected people, not the other way around. A pros­ Shymko remarked that Canada and the democratic civil society, including an excerpts from documents that the prosecu­ perous Ukraine is not a goal in itself. It must European Union were closely monitoring impartial judiciary and a free press. If tion had submitted into evidence. Several be integrally linked to the entrenchment of the proceedings of the trial. “The corner- Ukraine’s current course continues, I fear hours into the proceedings, one of Ms. all aspects of democracy, including the val­ stone of Canada’s foreign policy is the pro- that this may jeopardize its international Tymoshenko’s defense attorneys asked that ues of human rights and the rule of law.” motion of all the institutions that form a position, including entry into the EU.” the judge to read all of the documents sub­ When asked about the reaction of other mitted and not merely the synopsis or doc­ countries to the Tymoshenko trial, Ms. Quotable notes UCCA asks Doctors Without Borders “…I believe Ukraine’s future belongs in Europe. While our historical connec­ tion to Russia will continue to be very important, the key to prosperity for our people and the development of our natural and human resources lies in a deeper to provide physician for Tymoshenko and more developed integration with Europe and the West. “I see vast potential for Ukraine to play a prosperous role in the European UCCA cian to visit Ms. Tymoshenko in jail. economy. Not only does my country boast an educated labor force and a rich After being repeatedly denied access to foundation in science and technology, but we also serve as a bridge connecting NEW YORK – In light of recent her physician by the court’s rulings, Ms. European, Russian and Asian markets. … developments in the case of imprisoned Tymoshenko welcomed the UCCA’s offer “We also value innovation. Our current exploration of shale and offshore former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia to arrange for an independent doctor to reserves will diversify energy supplies and help avert future crises. Our strong Tymoshenko, the Ukrainian Congress visit her. economic ties with the EU will only increase after we finalize an Association Committee of America has appealed to With the understanding that Doctors Agreement later this year – a springboard to future EU membership. Doctors Without Borders. Without Borders provides independent, “Ukraine’s partnership with the West extends beyond economic and strategic Over the last three weeks, Ms. impartial assistance to those most in interests. It also includes a shared culture of values and a commitment to democ­ Tymoshenko has requested that her phy­ need, on September 2 the UCCA sent an racy, human rights and international peace. … sician be allowed to visit her in jail. Her urgent appeal for the organization’s assis­ “Replacing the remnants of Soviet corruption with transparency across all request for medical attention by her phy­ tance in providing an independent physi­ areas – including government administration, business and the judiciary – sician has repeatedly been denied by cian, underscoring that denying Ms. remains a challenge. No person should be immune from the consequences of his Kyiv’s Pechersky District Court, even Tymoshenko access to her physician is a actions regardless of political standing or social stature. Without accountability, though the Constitution of Ukraine states serious violation of her human rights. Ukraine’s transformation will be unattainable. Without the rule of law, Ukrainian that every citizen of Ukraine has the right UCCA board members who attended citizens will have their daily lives complicated. …” to protect his or her health and that no the court proceedings included: UCCA person can be examined against their will Executive Vice-President Andrew Futey – President Viktor Yanukovych of Ukraine, writing in an op-ed article in The (Articles 49 and 28). and the chair of the UCCA’s External Wall Street Journal on August 25. Several UCCA members observed Ms. Affairs Committee, Roksolana Stojko- Tymoshenko’s trial on charges of abuse Loznyskyj. Also in attendance was Judge of office and had an opportunity to speak Bohdan Futey of the U.S. Court of “Last week on these pages, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych argued with the defendant, who thanked the Federal Claims. that ‘Ukraine’s Future Is With the European Union.’ This sentiment resonates UCCA and the Ukrainian American com­ Ukrainian Canadian activists also have with many in the diplomatic community, but we live in an age of spin and even munity, as well as the government of the attended the Tymoshenko trial proceed­ the worst tyrants can pose as eloquent and far-sighted. Mr. Yanukovych spoke in United States, for their support. ings in recent weeks and have spoken his op-ed of a partnership with the West that goes beyond strategic and economic During the brief exchange, the UCCA with the opposition leader during brief interests, of ‘a shared culture of values and a commitment to democracy, human offered to organize an independent physi­ breaks in the sessions. rights and international peace.’ The facts of his misrule tell a far different story. “Since coming to office 19 months ago, Mr. Yanukovych has put in place mechanisms associated with Soviet-style autocracy. Today, he holds absolute sway over the executive, legislative and judicial branches of government. The Parliament now serves as his rubber-stamp and he has co-opted the security ser­ Ukrainian Canadian Congress reps vices to crush dissent. “The key to this was Mr. Yanukovych’s unilateral decision early in his presi­ attend trial of opposition leader dency to reverse Ukraine’s 2004 constitutional changes… With a stroke of his pen Mr. Yanukovych vastly increased his own powers. … UCC Paul Grod, “What our delegates wit­ “America and the West are not Ukraine’s protectors, and can only do so much nessed in court over the past week is a KYIV – Delegates from the Ukrainian to help preserve our democracy. But we beg readers not to accept Mr. complete abrogation of due process by Yanukovych’s false promises. Our country, our people and our civil society need Canadian Congress (UCC) recently attend- the Yanukovych regime.” your voice in order to feel empowered to help ourselves. If we work together to ed proceedings at the Pechersky District Ms. Tymoshenko has been denied advance common values and common interests, and sidestep propaganda in the Court of the Yulia Tymoshenko case. access to a physician by the judge and name of plain-speaking, Ukraine can still revive its democracy and assure its “The Ukrainian Canadian community has continually been given insufficient place in Europe and in the world’s community of democracies.” continues to support human rights in time to prepare for witness testimony. Ukraine, a proper application of the rule She has also been jailed while she clearly – Yulia Tymoshenko and Hryhoriy Nemyria, writing in the September 1 issue of of law, and an end to politically motivat­ does not represent a flight risk, the UCC The Wall Street Journal. The commentary was written in response to an op-ed by ed court cases and the application of President Yanukovych published in the Journal on September 25. selective justice,” stated UCC President (Continued on page 18) 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2011 No. 37

NEWS ANALYSIS: Ukraine surrogacy boom not risk-free

by Claire Bigg years as a popular destination for couples nancies in Ukraine last year, many of gates or sterile couples through the and Courtney Brooks seeking to have children through a surro­ them resulting in multiple births. Internet,” says Lyudmila Smakhina, who gate mother. He estimates that the real figure, how­ heads a Ukrainian agency that matches RFE/RL But as Western men and women flock ever, is about 30 percent higher since pri­ would-be parents with women willing to Low tariffs and relatively lenient legisla­ to the former Soviet country in search of vate surrogacy agencies are not required carry their children. tion are making Ukraine an increasingly cheap and speedy surrogacy procedures, to report their data to authorities. “If you are going through an illegal popular destination for Western couples incidents of couples stuck in limbo in Mr. Antonov says the number of surro­ company or if you are trying to find seeking to have children through surrogacy. Ukraine, unable to return home with their gacy births has been increasing by a stag­ people on the Internet, you cannot be But cases of foreigners locked in legal children, are also on the rise. gering 20 percent a year, and could rise sure about anything. That’s why prob­ limbo while trying to get their babies out of With surrogacy a relatively new phe­ by up to 40 percent this year due to the lems, for example the surrogate mother the country also abound, leading couples to nomenon, there is no comprehensive opening of several large clinics. not receiving any payment, can hap­ resort to increasingly desperate measures. international legislation on the matter. “Surrogacy is no longer taboo,” he pen,” she notes. One French couple, for example, recent­ While Ukraine recognizes the couples says. “Until recently, it was almost never Officially, agencies are required to ly landed themselves in legal hot water after who hire surrogates as the only lawful discussed in Ukraine, and people there­ contact foreign embassies and resolve all attempting to smuggle twin daughters, born parents, France, for instance, bans surro­ fore did not think of surrogacy. Now, it is legal issues before the surrogacy proce­ to a surrogate mother, out of Ukraine. gacy altogether. actively discussed in society and medical dures can go ahead – something Mr. Le The pair was driven to the desperate The website of the French Embassy in technology is evolving. This is why these Roch says the agency he hired failed to do. Kyiv strongly warns its citizens against [surrogacy] programs are increasingly measure after the French Embassy in Kyiv A grueling wait refused to grant the newborns citizenship the practice, saying those who flout the popular. Many people who once wanted and travel documents. ban expose themselves to “serious judi­ to adopt now want to try having children “The contract stipulated [that the agen­ Patrice Le Roch, the girls’ father, says cial and administrative problems,” that are genetically linked to them.” cy would take care of] the physical pro­ Ukrainian border guards caught him and his including possible criminal sanction. The comparatively small price tag is gram as well as the entire administrative father red-handed as they tried to cross into The legal ambiguity has resulted in a also a major attraction for couples des­ program,” he says, adding that agency Hungary with the babies hidden at the back number of highly publicized cases in perate to have a baby of their own. was supposed to register the children of their van. which foreigners faced massive legal hur­ Among the few countries that offer com­ with Ukrainian authorities and provide all “We had hidden the children under a dles in trying to take their surrogate-born mercial surrogacy, Ukraine is one of the the necessary documents for their tran­ seat, but they immediately spotted them,” babies out of Ukraine. cheapest, along with India. scription to France’s registrar, but that it In February, for example, a gay he said. “They suspected child trafficking. Unbridled surrogacy failed to “honor its commitments.” But the children were never drugged, they Belgian couple was reunited with its son The French Embassy in Kyiv declined are in very good health. We hid them just after a two-year battle to bring him back Having a child through a surrogate in to comment on the case. before crossing the border.” to Belgium. Ukraine costs between $30,000 and Although Ukrainian authorities initial­ A Ukrainian court last month fined Mr. Like Mr. Le Roch, they had unsuccess­ $45,000 for foreign parents – slightly less ly took the babies away, the family has Le Roch and his father almost $2,000 each fully attempted to smuggle the child out for Ukrainians – with $10,000 to $15,000 since been reunited and is staying in a for the smuggling attempt. Patrice Le Roch of the country. going to the surrogate mother. Kyiv flat. and his wife, Aurelia, are now stranded in Several large clinics In the United States, where surrogacy As they doubt that France will ever Ukraine, waiting for French authorities to is authorized in several states, prospec­ recognize their parental rights, Mr. Le rule on their daughters’ status. Serhiy Antonov is the head of Medical tive parents can expect to pay between Roch and his wife have launched a last- Law Center, a Kyiv-based company pro­ $80,000 and $120,000. ditch appeal to all countries in the No comprehensive international viding legal assistance to people interested But Ukraine’s unbridled surrogacy Schengen zone to grant their daughters legislation in surrogacy and other medical services. boom means the procedure is not without citizenship. The Le Rochs’ case is not an isolated According to him, officially there were risks, both for parents and surrogates. Having already been stranded in incident. Ukraine has emerged in recent roughly 120 successful surrogate preg­ “People trying to save costs find surro- Ukraine for four months, they are now bracing themselves for a grueling wait. “It will be a long period that somewhat spoils the pleasure of being a dad, the The Ukrainian Weekly Press Fund: August magic of having children,” says Mr. LeRoch. Amount Name City Peter Savaryn Edmonton, AB

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Alberta Pemier Ed Stelmach with Ukrainian Canadian Congress – Alberta Provincial Council Alberta Pemier Ed Stelmach and UCC-APC President Daria Luciw President Daria Luciw respectfully lay flowers at the monument to Dr. Joseph Oleskow pray near the Canada’s First Internment Operations 1914-1920 after the unveiling and blessing of pioneer plaques, during the Ukrainian Day Festival. Monument at the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village. Ukrainian Day Festival in Alberta celebrates 120 years of settlement

by Serhiy Kostyuk, Adrian Warchola and Amy Yaremcio UCC-APC EDMONTON, Alberta – “Kanada- Ukraina 120: Groundbreakers – Nation- builders – Trailblazers!” was the theme for the 2011 Ukrainian Day Festival co­ presented by the Ukrainian Canadian Congress – Alberta Provincial Council (UCC-APC), the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village, the Friends of the Ukrainian Village Society and the Alberta Council for Ukrainian Arts. The festival was filled with the sights and sounds of everything Ukrainian in celebration of the rich Ukrainian culture and in commemoration of the 120th anni­ versary of Ukrainian settlement in Canada. More than 3,000 guests visited the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village on August 7 for this annual event, a tradi­ tion that continues more than 30 years Serhiy Kostyuk after its initiation by the UCC-APC. Cheremosh performs during the concert program. The day’s festivities began with Sunday services at the village’s three his­ ognition certificate presentation ceremo­ Canada’s First Internment Operation District Ukrainian Cultural Choir; accor­ toric churches and a pancake breakfast ny as a tribute to all pioneer families, Monument. dionist Don Klym, Zhyto, a band from served by volunteers from the Friends of Ukrainian and non-Ukrainian alike, who The Michael Luchkovich Award, Calgary; the duo Pocherk Tsytry; Mykola the Ukrainian Village Society. immigrated to east central Alberta established by the UCC-APC in 1986 to Bilash, who performed both national Other activities that occurred through­ between 1891 and 1914. honor individuals for their significant anthems; and Iryna Lonchyna, a popular out the day included: a Legion Memorial A special commemorative ceremony at contribution and dedication to the better­ singer from Ukraine. Service, the Ukrainian community show­ Canada’s First Internment Operation ment of all Canadians, was presented just Daria Luciw, UCC-APC president, case and art sale, with included an enter­ Monument – the only internment camp prior to the commencement of the con­ presented greetings on behalf of the taining children’s craft tents organized by monument in Northern Alberta – honored cert. This year’s award was presented to UCC-APC, while Alberta Premier Ed Alberta Council for the Ukrainian Arts, a thousands of Ukrainians and other Allen Sulatycky (son of Dmytro and Stelmach, the first premier of Ukrainian village market, entertainment in the Europeans imprisoned as “enemy aliens” Polly née Bodnarchuk) a former Member descent, presented greetings on behalf of courtyard, children’s Kozak games, a in 24 internment camps across Canada of Parliament for Rocky Mountain, the government of Alberta and Laurie Ukrainian food court and historic village between 1914 and 1920. Alberta (1968-1972). Hawn presented greetings on behalf of activities. During these ceremonies, the Alberta In 2004, Mr. Syulatycky was elected to the government of Canada. The day also included the unveiling premier and UCC-APC president laid sit as a supernumerary justice of the court Other notable guests who were and blessing of plaques at the Centenary flowers at the Centenary Monument, the of Queen’s Bench of Alberta and of the acknowledged during the concert includ­ Monument and a centenary pioneer rec­ Royal Canadian Legion Monument and Nunavut Court of Justice. ed: the premier’s wife, Marie Stelmach; One of Mr. Syulatycky’s most signifi­ members of the Legislative Assembly of cant projects involving the Ukrainian Alberta, Genia Leskiw, Hugh MacDonald Canadian community was the successful and Thomas Lukaszuk; the mayor of St. negotiation of a three-way agreement to Paul, Glenn Anderson; the mayor of establish the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Vegreville, Richard Coleman; and Judge Village in Alberta. Allen Sulatycky. In his speech, Mr. Syulatycky empha­ Ms. Luciw stated that, “as we cele­ sized that the multicultural face of brate the 120th anniversary of Ukrainian Canada would not be possible without the settlement in Canada, we strive to active role played by the Ukrainian com­ remember and thank those first pioneers munities of Alberta, Saskatchewan and who had the vision of a better life, the Manitoba. “I would dare to say that no strength to retain their language, culture time in history as an immigrant commu­ and history in a new land, and the deter­ nity, did sons and daughters of immi­ mination to pass this on to subsequent grants make a change in a national policy, generations.” which has been as significant as the “Perseverance, resilience and sheer Ukrainian Canadian community brought tenacity is in our genes, as Ukrainians about with the introduction of the multi­ have survived and overcome centuries of culturalism as the official policy in persecution only to rise on top. As we Canada in 1971,” said Mr. Syulatycky. have seen, proud Ukrainians fill the ranks Closing out the day was a concert, of every profession,” she underscored. emceed by Roman Brytan, which featur­ For more information, pictures and UCC-APC President Daria Luciw and Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach (right) pres- ing Cheremosh, a top Canadian video of the event, readers may visit ent the UCC-APC Michael Luchkovich Award to Allen Syulatycky. Ukrainian dance company. St. Paul and www.uccab.ca. 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2011 No. 37

The Ukrainian Weekly IN THE PRESS: Ukraine today and after Yanukovych 9/11 plus 10 “A choice for Ukraine,” editorial in Western court. It all smacks of a politi­ “The horrific attacks of September 11, 2001, were a strike against humanity and the The Washington Post, August 12: cally directed attempt by Yanukovych values we hold dear. Today, the entire OSCE community stands with the American “[President Viktor] Yanukovych has and his supporters to rid themselves of a people in remembering all those who lost their lives in the attacks, and honoring the also been pushing ahead with the prose­ powerful opponent before the next elec­ heroes who rushed to the aid of the survivors.” Those are the words of Lithuanian cution of top leaders of the Orange tion. … Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, chairperson-in-office of the Organization for Revolution and the government he “Negotiations on the EU association Security and Cooperation in Europe, in a statement released on September 8, in replaced. Chief among those targeted is agreement should proceed — this is an advance of the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the United States. Yulia Tymoshenko, a former prime minis­ issue of strategic importance to Europe Ukrainians around the globe also stand with the American people in remember­ ter. For several weeks Ms. Tymoshenko — but subsequent steps will inevitably ing the events of 9/11 and their victims – the nearly 3,000 killed in New York City, has been on trial in Kiev [sic] on flimsy depend on Ukraine’s commitment to the Washington and Pennsylvania, the thousands injured or sickened, and the many charges of malfeasance during her time in values and principles underpinning more thousands grieving for lost loved ones. Ukrainian Americans in particular office. … European integration. If the bizarre recall that horrific day, and the family, friends and neighbors who perished due to “Mr. Yanukovych’s spokesmen con­ scenes now being witnessed in Kiev [sic] these despicable acts of terrorism. Like millions of other Americans, they remem­ tend that Ms. Tymoshenko is only one of continue, even Ukraine’s closest friends ber were they were on 9/11. hundreds of people being investigated on in Europe will find it very difficult to As for us here at The Ukrainian Weekly and the Ukrainian National Association, corruption charges, and that most are not make the case for a deepening of rela­ we were at work in Parsippany, N.J., when we heard the first news: a plane had opposition figures. The Foreign Ministry tions. Tymoshenko’s trial and how she is crashed into the World Trade Center. We were mesmerized by the images on the argues that the flamboyant opposition treated by the Ukrainian authorities must TV in our breakroom as we watched the enormity of the tragedy unfold: first one leader’s behavior would have led to her not only be fair, but also must be seen to plane at the WTC (8:46 a.m.), then another (9:03 a.m.), then the Pentagon (9:37 jailing in a U.S. court – which seems be fair. …” a.m.), then Shanksville, Pa. (10:03 a.m.). Four years earlier, we would have been most unlikely. In reality, the Obama directly across from the WTC, as our offices were then located in Jersey City, just administration and European govern­ “Ukraine after Yanukovych,” by down the street from the Hudson River that separates the city from Manhattan. But ments have been unanimous in saying Alexander J. Motyl, on his blog now we were some 30 miles west, watching unimaginable scenes taking place at a that Ms. Tymoshenko’s prosecution “Ukraine’s Orange Blues,” August 26: venue we had seen every day: the Twin Towers that were the centerpiece of our appears political and her jailing unjust. … “It’s become part of the conventional view of New York City. We were in shock. “ T h e p o i n t h e r e i s t h a t M r. wisdom about Ukrainian politics that, for In the days that followed we learned more about the victims of 9/11, people of Yanukovych will have no chance of all the dissatisfaction with President diverse ethnic backgrounds, citizens of many countries. obtaining an association agreement with Viktor Yanukovych, there is no alterna­ Among them was a person well-known to the Ukrainian American community: the EU – much less the path to full mem­ tive. He may be a disaster, so the thinking 31-yeard-old John (Ivan) Skala, a Port Authority police officer assigned to work at bership he seeks — if he insists on con- goes, but who else could possibly be the Lincoln Tunnel in Weehawken, N.J., who was called to the WTC after the t inui ng the pe rs ec u ti on o f Ms . elected president? ... attack. He was one of 37 members of the Port Authority police department who Tymoshenko. …” … there’s actually a host of very seri­ paid the ultimate price on 9/11, going beyond the call of duty as he volunteered to ous democratic contenders for the presi­ enter the towers to save others. Officer Skala was honored posthumously by the “Tymoshenko’s Trial and Ukraine’s dency. … Ukrainian American Youth Association, of which he was a member, with its high­ Future,” by Carl Bildt, foreign minis- “I can think of four such candidates. est commendation. The Iron Cross of Valor was presented to his family in ter of Sweden, The Moscow Times, For starters, there’s Tymoshenko, whose September 2002 during the annual Labor Day weekend gathering at the UAYA August 9: stature can only rise in the aftermath of grounds in Ellenville, N.J. Other victims included Oleh Wengerchuk, a transporta­ “There is little doubt that the embar­ her show trial. To be sure, as someone tion designer with the Washington Group International, whose office was on the rassing spectacle of the trial of former with a criminal record, she’ll be legally 91st floor of the WTC’s South Tower, and two citizens of Ukraine, Yurii Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia forbidden from running for office. But Mushinsky and Volodymyr Savinkin, who also died at the WTC. Tymoshenko – and her recent arrest on the wonderful thing about the absence of Ten years ago on September 11 the skyline of New York City was forever contempt charges during the proceedings rule of law in Ukraine is that, just as some altered, as was the history of our country. The spirit of the American people, how­ – is causing great damage to Ukraine. … court could wipe Yanukovych’s slate ever, was unvanquished and the unity that prevailed in the aftermath of 9/11 was “Negotiations for an association agree­ clean, so, too, some other court could unprecedented. As we mark the solemn 10th anniversary of 9/11 we must focus on ment between Ukraine and the EU, which work similar miracles for Tymoshenko. … that spirit and unity as we remember and bow our heads in prayer. God bless includes far-reaching provisions for trade “Then there’s Arsenii Yatsenyuk, the America! and regulatory integration, are well 37-year-old leader of the Front for advanced and could even be concluded Change… this year. … “And why not Vitali Klitschko, the “All of that has been put in profound 40-year-old World Boxing Council jeopardy by Tymoshenko’s trial. Of heavyweight champion? He’s already Sept. course, few saints grace Ukrainian poli­ playing an active role in Kyiv’s politics… Turning the pages back... tics. …But whether saint or sinner, every­ “My personal favorite is Natalya one deserves a fair hearing, not a show Korolevska, the 36-year-old Tymoshenko trial. ally from Luhansk. … 11 Ten years ago, as part of the immediate international “The rule of law must apply to all, but “I’m sure there are other politicians response to the terror attacks on the United States that very few believe that any of the charges who’ll rise to prominence in the next few 2001 occurred on September 11, 2001, Ukraine’s Mission to the against Tymoshenko would stand the years, as the Yanukovych regime turns in United Nations called a special meeting of the U.N. Security slightest chance of being upheld in a upon itself and implodes. …” Council, of which Ukraine was a rotational non-permanent member, to coordinate global reaction. For security reasons, the meeting was held at Ukraine’s Mission headquarters in New York. Ambassador Valery Kuchinsky, who chaired the meeting, condemned the terrorist attack and called for an adequate global response. “Humanity is shocked by the cata­ To The Weekly Contributors: strophic events of the terrorist attack on the U.S. The Security Council considers these acts a challenge to all humanity,” said Mr. Kuchinsky. We greatly appreciate the materials – feature articles, news stories, press clippings, let- This meeting was just one of the initiatives and gestures by Ukraine and its citizens ters to the editor, etc. – we receive from our readers. In order to facilitate preparation of in expression of support and sympathy for the United States and its people made in the The Ukrainian Weekly, we ask that the guidelines listed below be followed. initial days following the attacks. 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NEWS AND VIEWS In defense of the Ukrainian people by Vasyl Pawlowsky “beyond the boundaries of any written or unwritten laws.” For them, it is probably The kangaroo courts that are trying both just payback for any of the cases via which former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko Mr. Lutsenko, as minister of internal affairs, Regrets only and former Minister of Internal Affairs Yurii had interfered with their business. Their dis- Lutsenko – not to mention many other respect for human life and their attitudes During my junior-year semester shocking about being jailed for blatant and Ukrainians, from students to pensioners – is towards law-abiding and normal Ukrainians repeated contempt – though her continued clearly in criminal defiance of the rule of is clear. It is an “us vs. them” mentality. abroad, which I spent in Rome, my group imprisonment exceeds generally accepted law. Ms. Tymoshenko, while not in such a had a two-week field trip to Greece. One norms. But this particular incident is only There is no doubt in my mind that the dire state of health, is being driven down of my professors, a leading authority on the latest in a series of unconscionable regime in power has no interest in the wel- that same road. Greek and Latin poetry and drama, actions by the Yanukovych regime. One fare of the nation it rules with an iron fist. Currently, the only option that exists in refused to go. He opposed the “colonels’ could just as persuasively have called for a It has become clearer than the light of terms of leadership in the country is Ms. regime” that had seized power four years boycott during Mr. Lutsenko’s hunger day that the current regime is trying to Tymoshenko. She has taken the burden of earlier. So he stayed in Rome, while the strike last April. physically destroy both Mr. Lutsentko and standing up for what is right and what is rest of us marveled at the marbles of Yet, in today’s world, actions like Ms. Tymoshenko – in short to kill them. wrong in the country, and the case against Athens, Delphi and Crete. I sometimes wondered whether he those of the Ukrainian authorities hardly Mr. Lutsenko’s health is rapidly deterio- her. There are few individuals in Ukraine would have refused a trip to the USSR. attract notice. Dictators who kill thou- rating and has been on a rapid decline since who can and will, at this point, stand up for Perhaps – though in those years, academ- sands of innocent people, or rogue states the month of May; he has been diagnosed the country and all of its people, their digni- ics seemed more inclined to boycott that amass nuclear arms and point them with sclerosis of the liver, for which he ty and their rights. regimes of the Right than those of the at their neighbors, are occasionally sub- requires immediate treatment. This recom- The clan and bandit mentality of the cur- Left. Although I obtained a degree in jected to diplomatic and economic sanc- mended treatment by officials of the rent regime, which has its own personal Soviet studies, I did not visit the USSR tions. Yet legions of tourists blithely visit Ministry of Health of Ukraine has been business interests in mind, are evident. until the eve of its dissolution. But it was places like China, despite those regimes’ denied by “Judge” Boyko. While political capture has long been an not only a matter of opposing a repressive abysmal human rights records. One This in itself shows the current regime’s issue among political analysts of Ukraine, regime animated by a false ideology, American alumni association advertises a criminality and disrespect for the rule of and countries strongly rooted in democratic whose atrocities far outweighed its tour of Vietnam, despite that regime’s law and it is clear to me that the current principles who have tried to assist Ukraine achievements. It was also a fundamental recurrent arrests, beatings and torture of regime understands that it is much simpler over the last 20 years, it must be understood objection to the state. I saw the Soviet members of ethnic and religious minori- if Mr. Lutsenko dies while in custody, than that the hunt to capture Ukraine started Union as a monstrous structure that a mil- ties. Accompanying the excursion is a to actually pass any type of judgment on even before its independence 20 short years itant minority had forced upon the peoples Harvard lecturer who presumably would him. Its analysts are counting on the eco- ago. It came to its culmination with the of the Russian empire, particularly the not share my old classics professor’s nomic problems globally, and even more so inauguration of the country’s fourth presi- Ukrainians. It had no right to exist. scruples about visiting police states. in Europe, and the passive stupor that the dent. Whatever we may think of its current Boycotts, it seems, are passé. Ukrainian people have been put into, due to Ukrainians both in Ukraine and in the government, the republic of Ukraine is a Granted, Dr. Kuzio was not calling for their many foul tactics, to ensure that day diaspora must get it through their heads that state we can support. Thus, Taras Kuzio’s a true economic boycott, with a suspen- comes as soon as possible. Ms. Tymoshenko, at this point, is the only August 11 appeal in the Kyiv Post for a sion of tourism – just a refusal to partici- Why are the regime’s cronies treating capable individual in the country with the boycott of official Ukrainian Embassy pate in official commemorations. Yet him this way? Simple. They operate skills, intellect and guts to do what is neces- events seemed misdirected. While Dr. even this modest proposal prompted brisk sary and bring some order to the current Kuzio advocated a tactic aimed at the dip- discussions on the Internet, particularly state of affairs in Ukraine, and remove the Vasyl Pawlowsky is a Ukrainian lomatic representatives of the state, his regarding the observances of Ukraine’s riff-raff that governs by rules which only Canadian who spent over 10 years living objections pertained to the regime. 20th anniversary of independence. they understand. in Kyiv and working on democracy Among its misdeeds, he wrote, was the Some argued that obstructing the Those who are now in power very well development issues, print and radio jour- arrest of up to 50 “political prisoners,” Independence Day celebrations was pre- understood the maxim of “divide and con- nalism, and as an information specialist most notably former Internal Affairs cisely what the current regime desired. quer.” It is time for the people of Ukraine to and consultant on a number of interna- Minister Yurii Lutsenko and, on August 5, Others added that severing relations with take back what is rightfully and morally tional projects. He currently resides in former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. Ukraine’s Embassies and Consulates would theirs. They have to bury their differences Lachine, Quebec, and provides indepen- By participating in Embassy and consular deprive the diaspora of a valuable opportu- and unite behind someone capable and who dent consulting services on projects in events, argued Dr. Kuzio, we would be nity to voice its concerns. Diplomats regu- shown in many instances she is willing to countries of the former Soviet Union and indirectly supporting the authoritarian larly report back to the Foreign Affairs bear the burden against her current political Europe. The commentary above was Yanukovych administration. Ministry on attitudes in the host country, originally posted on his blog at http:// foes that morally stand on a different side of These arrests are widely believed to presumably including those of the diaspora. uamuzik.blogspot.com/. the fence than us good people. constitute selective prosecution of political In fact, someone pointed out that we could opponents, especially Ms. Tymoshenko’s “demonstrate” both outside and inside opposition Batkivschyna party, though the Ukrainian representations. Someone else government claims that it is only cracking suggested attending Embassy functions Should the EU sign the DCFTA down on corruption and has arrested mem- wearing black armbands. bers of the ruling Party of Regions as well. Would a boycott be effective? It is hard The prosecution of Ms. Tymoshenko, to imagine the Foreign Affairs Ministry in agreement with Ukraine? however, is not on the basis of alleged cor- Kyiv reversing its policies because of a ruption, but abuse of office. It refers to a poor turnout at Embassy receptions. The ed. Therefore, the EU can and must clear- by Stephen Velychenko 2009 gas deal with Russia, which the pros- publication of Dr. Kuzio’s appeal in a Kyiv ly specify that it will not ratify the ecution claims exceeded her powers and newspaper probably had more impact than Ukraine is today ruled by a gang of DCFTA unless the regime in Kyiv, upon harmed Ukraine. would the action that he advocated. neo-Soviet thugs led by an ex-convict; signing, immediately releases all opposi- In fact, the case is objectionable on Why, then, not do more? Why not call few of them can even speak the language tion leaders and stops using legal triviali- three grounds: first, it is being tried in a on our non-Ukrainian friends to boycott of the country they rule, let alone ties and masked gangs to intimidate and Embassy events as well? Why not ask our English, German or French. They have blackmail local businesses and political kangaroo court with little regard for fair- ness; second, it is politically motivated; government contacts to impose sanctions no authority, but they do have power and activists opposed to them. on Ukraine? And why not demand a real so cannot be ignored. Like all dictatorial This is very possible today, because and third, such prosecutions tie the hands of future executives who could be prose- boycott, suspending trade and investment? regimes, including recently those in the pressure from its pro-European faction That, after all, seems to be the only lan- Arab world, this regime will disappear. has made Ukraine’s ruling clique pro-EU cuted for official actions by a subsequent administration. Thus, for example, guage that the oligarchs can understand. But the nation will remain. Therefore, the and, regardless of its semi-criminal ille- The obvious reason is that shunning Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade gitimate nature, the EU must use this President Yanukovych could some day be Ukraine means pushing it towards Russia. Area (DCFTA) agreement, which will not opportunity to sign the DCFTA with it. taken to court for his April 2010 “gas for A more fundamental reason is that, in such only benefit Ukraine and the European Those who are rightly concerned about security” deal with Russia, by which he cases, anything that might be effective is Union, but will contribute to the demise the blatant criminality of the regime and extended the Russian Black Sea Fleet’s not feasible, while what is feasible is not of Ukraine’s ruling clique, should be its backers should remember that the EU lease of the Sevastopol naval base. Such effective. Boycotting official events may signed. has its own odious personages and prac- prosecutions could be prevented by execu- satisfy our sense of ethics, but the results All EU agreements include a “human tices. The owner of Spain’s Santander tive privilege. But that shield would likely would be little more than symbolic. Each rights clause,” noting that respect for Bank, the third most profitable bank in be abused. Even the best parliamentary- of us must follow his or her conscience. democratic principles and human rights is the world, for instance, was discovered democratic safeguards are of no avail if But the diaspora should avoid being split an element of the agreement. If the clause this year to have 2 billion undeclared too many executives, legislators and judg- between “loyalists” and “dissidents.” That is ignored, the agreement can be suspend- euros in a Swiss bank account. The tax es are corrupt. would give Ukraine’s enemies too much inspectors of Spain’s Economics The timing of Dr. Kuzio’s appeal is satisfaction. Ministry, meanwhile, estimate there are curious. It was evidently sparked by Ms. Stephen Velychenko is a research fel- 88.6 billion euros that the state does not Tymoshenko’s arrest for contempt of court low at the Chair of Ukrainian Studies, (rather than the charges on which she is Andrew Sorokowski can be reached at University of Toronto. (Continued on page 8) being tried). There is nothing particularly [email protected]. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2011 No. 37

UNWLA partners with Doctors Collaborating to Help Children NEW YORK – The Ukrainian and/or the cost of treatment. These chil­ National Women’s League of America dren do not generally have the opportuni­ (UNWLA) and Doctors Collaborating to ty to go abroad for treatment because of Help Children (DCHC) have announced limited family resources. their collaboration to upgrade the quality By working with the patients, their of care of pediatric burn victims at families and the treating physicians in Hospital No. 8 in Lviv and the immediate Ukraine, Doctors Collaborating to Help geographic region. Children has developed a plan to improve This will be accomplished by supple­ burn care in Lviv while focusing on pedi­ menting the unit with medical equipment atric treatment and identifying the most and supplies, and raising the physicians’ critically ill children for care at Shriners level of current burn care through continu­ Burn Hospital in Boston. ing education and the latest methodology. Shriners Hospitals for Children is a Doctors Collaborating to Help health care system of 22 hospitals dedi­ Children Inc. is a 501 (C) (3) non-profit cated to improving the lives of children corporation dedicated to improving medi­ by providing free pediatric specialty care, cal care for children throughout the world innovative research and outstanding through advancements in medical educa­ teaching programs for medical profes­ tion and training. sionals. Children up to age 18 with ortho­ Dr. Gennadiy Fuzaylov was involved pedic conditions, burns, spinal cord inju­ in the care of Nastya Ovchar from ries, and cleft lip and palate are eligible Ukraine in 2005; the UNWLA held an for care and receive all services in a fami­ active fund-raiser for Nastya. ly-centered environment, regardless of Dr. Fuzaylov and Dr. Daniel N. the patients’ ability to pay. Dr. Vasyl Savchyn (left) demonstrates the autoclave purchased by the UNWLA Driscoll are the driving forces behind this Shriners has sponsored and allowed for the Pediatric Burn Unit. With him (from left) are: Marianna Zajac, UNWLA organization and have thus far organized this newly formed partnership (DCHC president; Lidia Bilous, UNWLA vice-president, for public relations; and Ulana the care of 10 patients from Ukraine at and UNWLA) to hold the first Eastern Zinych, UNWLA first vice-president. Shriners Hospitals for Children in European Shriners International Outreach Boston. Both Drs. Fuzaylov and Driscoll Clinic in Lviv on June 20-26. cating funding for the much-needed reno­ acceptable forms and lengths of treat­ are physicians at Massachusetts General To date, the UNWLA has purchased an vation effort of the unit, thereby upgrad­ ment, and confirmed the excellent results Hospital and Shriners Hospitals for autoclave (sterilizing equipment with ing the facility and enabling the center to achieved with the minimum equipment Children in Boston. appropriate accessories), a stainless steel dramatically improve the care it provides and supplies available (the latter had While in Boston in 2005 President operating table and accompanying surgi­ to its patients. already been documented by Dr. Viktor Yushchenko met and invited Dr. cal lamps for the Lviv Pediatric Burn On Monday, August 15, a UNWLA Fuzaylov). Fuzaylov to assess the burn care system Unit. The UNWLA is in the process of delegation – consisting of Marianna Future efforts will include continued in Ukraine. Dr. Fuzaylov traveled to arranging for medical supplies donated Zajac, president; Ulana Zinych, vice- purchases of medical supplies and equip­ Ukraine where he met the Director of the by Massachusetts General Hospital to be president; Lida Bilous, vice-president for ment; the already scheduled visit of Dr. Burn Care Unit of Hospital No. 8 in Lviv, shipped to this burn unit. public relations and Olha Drozdowycz, Savchyn to Harvard Medical College; the Dr. Vasyl Savchyn. Upon visiting Dr. All purchases and shipments have UNWLA archivist – met with Dr. eventual dedication of the burn unit facil­ Savchyn’s burn unit, he was struck by the been made with the cooperation and Savchyn at Hospital No. 8 and toured the ity in honor of the UNWLA Mary Beck lack of many basics at the facility but was supervision of Soyuz Ukrainok Ukrainy facility. Besides being shown the equip­ Fund; the development of Lviv regional also highly impressed by the dedication (Ukrainian Women’s Association of ment funded by UNWLA, the delegation satellite burn care units by Dr. Savchyn, and talent of Dr. Savchyn. Upon return­ Ukraine or SUU), Lviv chapter. met with the dedicated staff of the burn regional physicians and the systematic unit. support of DCHC; and the annual ing to Boston, Dr. Fuzaylov began seek­ UNWLA’s social welfare projects in Several of the young patients who Shriners International Outreach Clinic in ing support from the Ukrainian diaspora Ukraine were developed in 1991 (the were being treated at the time as inpa­ Lviv. Shriners Hospitals for Children will for an ambitious project to assist in the year SUU was renewed in Ukraine) with tients and whose mothers were staying continue the program of bringing pediat­ upgrade of Dr. Savchyn’s unit. His search the oversight of Soyuz Ukrainok Ukrainy. with them were also introduced to the ric burn victims from Ukraine to its hos­ eventually lead him to the UNWLA. With At the UNWLA’s invitation, the delegation. The facilities for this type of pital in Boston for cost-free, world-class an 86-year history of social welfare work, Ukrainian Medical Association of North arrangement (mothers staying at the hos­ care. the UNWLA’s executive board voted America has agreed to join the collabora­ pital with their children) are far below Contributions to this initiative can be unanimously to financially support this tion and endorse and financially support acceptable standards. Dr. Savchyn pre­ made by sending a check to: UNWLA, endeavor by utilizing money from the Dr. Savchyn’s visit to Harvard Medical sented his case studies to the delegation 203 Second Ave., New York, NY 10003. UNWLA Mary Beck Fund. (The fund School in September. It is hoped that and demonstrated the various types of Please note “Pediatric Burn Project, Lviv, was established in 2007 at the bequest of UMANA will support future continuing burn victims treated, explained the most Ukraine.” UNWLA honorary member Mary Beck education platforms to be arranged by to help children of Ukraine, especially Doctors Collaborating to Help Children. victims of Chornobyl.) The support of DCHC and the In Ukraine, 4,000 people annually are UNWLA, as U.S.-based charitable orga­ five absent others would end. killed in fires and over 50,000 adults and nizations, has compelled local Lviv offi­ Should the EU sign... The EU will benefit from Ukraine’s accession because an agreement with 10,000 children fall victim to burns of cials to realize the value of the project (Continued from page 7) varying severity. Many die from blood and the importance and potential of the today’s ruling clique will quickly result in realistic domestic gas prices, more energy loss or infection. Children with severe Lviv Burn Center. collect because of tax fraud. Thus, theft efficiency, and more diversified, better- and debilitating burn injuries often do not As a result, the project garnered a sig­ and fraud occur not only in Ukraine. integrated supply networks. Insofar as receive necessary medical treatment nificant amount of press, and the Lviv EU leaders can remind the regime’s because of limited resources in hospitals city government has committed to allo- Ukrainian wages are lower than in pro-EU oligarchs that the DCFTA will Russia, EU enterprises could invest in bring them profits even after a legitimate manufacturing for export to Russia. This government comes to power in Kyiv and would bring not only profit but moral that it is in their interests to tell their benefit for the EU, as Ukrainians would political underlings to immediately appreciate EU-backed development, the release all opposition leaders and the modernization of their manufacturing and cease all harassment. jobs. Fewer would migrate. EU manufac­ EU competition rules and reform of turers would not be affected. the customs service and the mechanisms Failure to sign the DCFTA agreement for allocating state aid will lower some will weaken the European Union vis-à­ oligarchs’ profits in the short term. In the vis Russia and the United States, compro­ long term, however, they would rise. mise it morally in the eyes of the world Ukrainian citizens would have two and leave it with an unstable eastern bor­ long-term benefits. First, the agreement’s der. It would also be an open question as thousands of regulations, and the dozens to how many of Ukraine’s oligarchs of officials that would come to imple­ would find themselves sharing the fate of ment them, would slowly dissolve Mikhail Khodorovsky should their coun­ Ukraine’s corrupt neo-feudal neo-Soviet try become part of Vladimir Putin’s mafia-like legal and administrative sys­ Russia. Russia ’s leaders, who prefer tems. Second, a more honest execution of chasing revanchist imperialist dreams of the law will reduce the massive theft and grandeur to meeting the needs of their destruction of public assets that has been impoverished populace and developing going on to levels characteristic of the Siberia, will quite likely see failure to Dr. Gennadiy Fuzaylov and Dr. Daniel N. Driscoll examine a patient at the EU and lessen crime. These would bring sign the agreement as weakness and will Shriners-sponsored Outreach Clinic in Lviv. This year’s clinic was totally funded Ukraine closer to EU norms. The practice use that failure to justify their policies by the Ukrainian National Women’s League of America. of one regime deputy voting for four or and extend their rule. No. 37 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2011 9

MONTREAL

MONTREAL — The Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC) Montreal branch marked the 20th year of Ukraine’s renewed inde­ pendence with its annual banquet. Over 160 members of the community and invit­ ed guests attended the September 1 event. In her opening remarks, the president of UCC Montreal and the Quebec Provincial Council, Zorianna Hrycenko-Luhova, stat­ ed, “ in marking this anniversary of Ukraine’s independence, we reflect on the sacrifice of millions of Ukrainians in Yurij Luhovy achieving the status of liberty and democ­ Guests at the head table guests and members of the UCC executive at Montreal’s banquet marking the 20th anniversary of racy, and reflect on what is being undone Ukraine’s independence today by the current government.” She added, and “let us not lose faith in the the difficult road both the Ukrainian and Mr. Czolij gave a snapshot of the current program with performers Vera Turko- resiliency of our people and let us take the Lithuanian nations were forced to endure climate in Ukraine with the return of an Kulycka, Oksana Kotskovitch and the necessary actions in the belief that to achieve their freedom. authoritarian government. This change is Donna Marunczak dancers. The program Ukraine’s independence will be eternal.” Greetings were then given by Eugene met by the diaspora worldwide with great concluded with the singing of Ukraine’s Special greetings at the banquet were Czolij, president of the Ukrainian World concern, he noted, adding that the future of national anthem. presented by Arunas Staskevicius, the Congress who had just returned from the Ukraine depends on the Ukrainian people. The evening’s master of ceremonies honorary consul of Lithuania in Montreal, fifth World Forum of Ukrainians in Kyiv. The main speaker was Askold was Mychailo Shwec. The head of the who congratulated the community on Underlining the significance of Ukraine’s Lozynskyj, president of the International banquet organizing committee was their celebrations. As unwilling members Declaration of Independence in 1991 and Conference in Support of Ukraine. His Marika Putko; and the head of the ban­ of the former Soviet Union, he referred to the adoption of a new, just Constitution, presentation gave a reassessment of the quet program was Bohdanna Klecor- last 20 years and the disregard for the Hawryluk, assisted by Ms. Hrycenko- rule of law by the current government. It Luhova, Olena Kulishov, Lina Hawryliw, incorporated references to Ukraine’s past, Andrij Dragan, Simon Kouklewsky and emphasizing Taras Shevchenko’s impact others. Support for organizing this major on beginning the struggle for an indepen­ annual event, which was videotaped, was dent Ukraine, free of foreign domination. provided by Caisse Populaire Ukrainienne Mr. Lozynskyj called for unity to suc­ Desjardins de Montreal and the Ukrainian cessfully achieve this end. Regarding the Youth Center. diaspora’s role in this current situation, he Festivities marking the 20th anniversa­ stated that, if Ukraine’s freedoms and ry of Ukraine’s renewed independence human rights are being violated, the dias­ were to continue on September 9-11, with pora has a right to care. It has the right the 12th annual Montreal Ukrainian not to be just a bystander, but to help Festival at Parc de l’Ukraine. those in Ukraine to secure a free, demo­ This festival, which was originally cratic country. The diaspora must provide begun by UCC Montreal as a modest a voice in support of this struggle. His community festival with few hundred par­ presentation received a standing ovation. ticipants, has since grown over the many Opening and closing prayers were said, years, with an attendance of over 10,000. respectively, by the Rev. Mitred Oleh It is organized by the St. Volodymyr Korecky of the Ukrainian Catholic Cultural Society, an independent body and At Ukrainian Independence Day festivities (from left) are: Eugene Czolij, presi- Church and the Rev. Volodymyr Kouchnir member-organization of UCC Montreal. dent of the Ukrainian World Congress; Zorianna Hrycenko-Luhova, president of of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. For further information about UCC Ukrainian Canadian Congress, Montreal; Askold Lozynskyj, president of the A celebration with song and dance Montreal readers may uccmontreal.org or International Conference in Support of Ukraine. completed the evening’s independence call 514-593-1000.

PITTSBURGH PITTSBURGH — The many genera­ a committee of some 16 other persons tions of the Pittsburgh Ukrainian commu­ who planned a day featuring a commem­ nity gathered together on Sunday, August orative program, a Ukrainian kitchen and 28, at the Alpine Hunting and Fishing baked goods table, children’s activities, Club in Bridgeville, Pa., to celebrate the sporting games for teenagers, a Ukrainian 20th anniversary of the renewed indepen­ gifts market and a dance. The celebration dence of Ukraine. was supported by the area’s Ukrainian The 2011 Pittsburgh Committee to Catholic and Orthodox churches, and 15 Celebrate Ukrainian Independence Day other Ukrainian organizations. was chaired by Kristina Szmul, with The commemorative program, which Bohdan Konecky as vice-chair. They led was organized by Luba Hlutkowsky, began

Msgr. George Appleyard Women dancers of the Poltava Ukrainian Dance Company of Pittsburgh.

at 3 p.m. with a rousing Kozak march of Ukrainian independence in Allegheny all the program participants and the pre­ County, Pa., which geographically sentation of the traditional bread and salt includes the city of Pittsburgh. to the overflow audience. The program The invocation was offered by the emcees, Mr. Konecky and Halyna Very Rev. Timothy Tomson, pastor of St. Mykhailiv Ciarallo, welcomed all in Mary Ukrainian Orthodox Church in English and Ukrainian, respectively, and McKees Rocks, Pa. Remarks on the 20th invited those present to stand and sing the anniversary of Ukrainian independence American and Ukrainian national anthems. were made in English by Roman Nickolas C. Kotow read a proclama­ Komichak, president of Ukrainian tion from Allegheny County Executive, Selfreliance of Western Pennsylvania Dan Onorato who proclaimed August 24, Students of the School of Ukrainian Studies of Pittsburgh. 2011, as the 20th anniversary of renewed (Continued on page 10) 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2011 No. 37

LONG ISLAND, N.Y.

by Andrij V.R. Szul HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. – For the 55th year in a row, the Nassau County (Long Island, N.Y) chapter of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America. (UCCA) organized festive, well-attended observances to mark Ukraine’s national independence day. Until 1991, that date was January 22, and after 1991, August 24. In 1991, the Ukrainian Parliament established an inde­ pendent state. More than 90 percent of Ukraine’s citizens affirmed that indepen­ dence in a nationwide referendum held in December of that same year. This was followed by ratification of a new Constitution six years later. This year’s celebration of the 20th anniversary of Ukraine’s independence began in May at the Ukrainian Studies School at St. Vladimir’s Ukrainian Catholic Parish in Hempstead, N.Y. As in previous years, the UCCA chapter donat­ ed cash prizes for a thematic contest. Five prizes went to students who submitted the Hempstead Town Supervisor Kate Murray with local Ukrainian Americans. best essays on the theme of “What ‘My Ukraine’ Means to Me.” sion. The Ukrainian national anthem rang serving their own rich history and heri­ Elsewhere on Long Island, the UCCA That was followed on June 26 by the out strongly as Ukraine’s blue and yellow tage for them and all of us.” He conclud­ chapter also helped arrange other festivi­ 28th annual Ukrainian Culture Concert at flag was raised by Supervisor Murray, ed that he was deeply honored “to, once ties for the day. the Harry Chapin Lakeside Theater at assisted by UCCA Chapter President again, be able to rejoice with Ukrainian In the Nassau County town of Oyster Nassau County’s Eisenhower Park, Stepan Kunitsky, as the audience intoned Americans here in Nassau County, this Bay another stalwart friend of Ukrainian attended by an audience of over 2,600 Ukraine’s national anthem. year particularly on the 20th anniversary Americans, Town Supervisor John people. During this open-air program’s The historic Town of Hempstead is the of Ukraine’s glorious independence.” Venditto, hosted the traditional raising of opening ceremonies, hosted by Nassau largest town in the U.S., and ranks among Additional proclamations and citations Ukraine’s flag at Town Hall, and issued a County Executive Ed Mangano, citations the 10 oldest colonial municipalities in were issued by the Nassau County special proclamation for the occasion. recognizing the contributions of area the country. Legislature’s Minority Leader Diane On the eastern end of Suffolk County, Ukrainian Americans were distributed, At 12:30 p.m., everyone reconvened Yatauro (18th Legislative District, which the chapter assisted the leader of the and Mr. Mangano made a particularly on the front steps of the grand Theodore includes Glen Cove and Jericho), who is UCCA Riverhead chapter, Evhen well-received special appearance to offer Roosevelt Nassau County Executive and the ranking member of the legislature’s Twerdyy, and his organization with their his personal congratulations and support. Legislative Building in the county seat of Rules Committee, and additionally by programs at Riverhead Town Hall and On August 24, Independence Day Mineola, N.Y., where they were personal­ Judi Bosworth, legislator in District 10 also at St. John the Baptist Ukrainian itself began with a brunch at St. Vladimir ly greeted by the Nassau County (Mineola), who serves as a senior mem­ Catholic Church. Parish Center in Uniondale. Then every­ Executive Mangano. He was joined by ber of the County’s Finance Committee. And in Lindenhurst, the chapter assist­ one gathered around Kate Murray, long­ representatives of the County Legislature. A group photo and Mr. Mangano’s ed Holy Family Ukrainian Catholic time supervisor of the town of Mr. Mangano read the county’s procla­ remarks may be viewed on the official Parish, where during the past decade the Hempstead, who welcomed the large mation, and in his cordial remarks noted Nassau County Executive’s website Rev. Mykola Popovych has succeeded in group of Ukrainian Americans and that “Twenty years have passed since the (www.nassaucountyny.gov/agencies/ activating a large, flourishing communi­ friends on the front steps of Town Hall. restoration of Ukraine’s independence. CountyExecutive/NewsRelease/2010/8­ ty. The UCCA helped arrange for the The assembly included a number of During this time, the Ukrainian people 24-2011.htm), as well as on the website participation by a diplomat from the schoolchildren, all dressed in colorful have continued to work to make their of St. Vladimir Ukrainian Parish Center: Consulate General of Ukraine in New embroidered shirts, eager to participate in country an important partner of the (http://stvladimirparishcenter.com/phpAl­ York in Independence Day programs this first flag raising of the day. world’s community of free and democrat­ bum/main.php). which were held at the new parish hall At 10:30 a.m., Ms. Murray, a former ic countries.” On Sunday afternoon, August 28, a and Lindenhurst Town Hall. Joining New York State Legislator, was joined by He added that “here in the United gala dinner-dance program was organized these events were Lindenhurst Mayor the Hon. Mark Bonilla, Hempstead Town States, and most especially on Long by the UCCA at St. Michael Ukrainian Thomas A. Brennan, Suffolk County Clerk, also a close friend of the Ukrainian Island, Ukrainian Americans have made Orthodox Church in Uniondale jointly Executive Steve Levy and U.S. Rep. American community, to present the tremendous, valued contributions to this with St. Vladimir’s parishioners from Peter King of New York’s 3rd Anniversary proclamation for the occa­ country, all the while so devotedly pre- Hempstead. Congressional District.

The program concluded with a bene­ PITTSBURGH diction by Msgr. George Appleyard, pas­ tor of Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic (Continued from page 9) Church in Carnegie. Soon thereafter the “zabava” began to Federal Credit Union, and in Ukrainian the music of the Mosaic Ensemble from by Oksana Lernatovych, hostess of the Canada, which played not only traditional “Ukraine in the Hearts of Everyone” seg­ Ukrainian songs, but also some of the ment, on the Ukrainian Radio Program, current songs from Ukraine. Guests of all which has been hosted for 61 years by ages enjoyed dancing under the outside Michael Komichak. tent on a pleasant evening. Groups participating in the concert Children’s activities were coordinated program, which included dancing, poetry by Arlene Esterburg and Dr. Adriana recitations and singing, were (in order of Helbig. Food preparation was led by appearance): the Poltava Ukrainian Jean Kincak and Mary Simsek, with help Dance Company of Pittsburgh, led by from Mary Anne Starenko, Mary Luba Hlutkowsky; the children of the Shiwarski and Arlene Esterburg of Holy School of Ukrainian Studies of Pittsburgh Trinity Church, while on-site serving was with Lesia Korenovska, principal; the captained by Anne Konecky and Marika Chervona Kalyna youth group led by Zaliszczuk, with the help of Lee Grimm, Maria Zayats and presented by the Tony Szmul and Borys Wowczuk. Bonnie Ukrainian Community of Western Reinhart presented the baked goods table. Pennsylvania organization with Svitlana Also helping with the celebration were Tomson, president; and the Kyiv Bernard Ciarallo, Bohdan and Andrij Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano on Ukrainian Independence Day with Ukrainian Dance Ensemble, led by Didoshak, Vasyl Jula, Zenyk Lutsiv and local community members. Natalie Kapeluck-Nixon, artistic director. Vasyl Nakonechny. No. 37 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2011 11

SOUTHWEST FLORIDA

by Jerry Zinycz the International Coalition Forces sta­ tioned at MacDill Air Force Base in NORTH PORT, Fla. – The local com­ Tampa, Fla. Col. Shevtsiv, senior national mittee co-chaired by Daria Tomashosky representative of the Armed Forces of and Ihor Hron organized a multi-day cel­ Ukraine at the U.S. Central Command, ebration in southwest Florida to mark greeted the Ukrainian American commu­ Ukrainian Independence Day. nity with a welcoming message. The festivities began on Saturday, Prof. Nicholas Szafowal of the August 20, at St. Mary’s Hall in North Ukrainian Free University in Munich, Port. The color guard of Ukrainian Germany, was the keynote speaker. He American Veterans (UAV) Post 40 posted underscored that this 20-year period is and saluted the American and Ukrainian the longest period of freedom in modern flags, while a choir, directed by Lubow Ukrainian history that Ukraine has been Dobrowolska Ingram, sang the American free and will be free forever. and Ukrainian national anthems. The program featured many young per­ Guests at the celebration were Col. formers, including the Kalyna Dance Serhiy Sevtsiv, Col. Ivan Kovalenko, and Group from St. Petersburg, Fla. Several of Lt. Col. Wasyl Dorokhov, who are part of the junior members of the local communi- Michael W. Howell At the Saturday, August 20, celebration at St. Mary’s Hall in North Port, Fla., Ukrainian Americans Veterans Post 40 members and three officers from the Armed Forces of Ukraine at the U.S. Central Command at MacDill Air Force Base at Tampa (from left) Col. Serhiy Shevtsiv, Col. Ivan Kovalenko and Lt. Col. Wassyl Dorokhov.

ty – Markian Hromiak, Valia Tomashoska, ticipation in the celebration. A reception and Roksolana and Sofia Tkach – per­ followed at City Hall. formed in Ukrainian costumes and earned The celebration continued at the cheers from the audience. MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa. Col. On Wednesday, August 24, anyone Shevtsiv invited over 100 international approaching the North Port City Hall was officers stationed at the Central Command welcomed by a sea of blue-and-yellow as well as UAV Post 40 members. flags displayed around the building. That The event began with the singing of morning, a large crowd of Ukrainian the national anthems and a salute to the Americans and city officials gathered in flags. Col. Shevtsiv presented a very front of city hall to witness the raising of informative slide show about Ukraine, its the American and Ukrainian flags by the history and its people. UAV Post 40 color guard. After the play­ After the presentation, Col. Shevtsiv, ing of the American and Ukrainian together with his wife, Maria, and Col. anthems, Jim Blucher, the chairman of city Kovalenko, hosted a reception for the par­ commissioners, read the North Port procla­ ticipants who enjoyed Ukrainian vodka, mation on Ukrainian Independence Day. cognac, sparkling wine, tortes and other Near North Port City Hall on August 24, where Ukrainian Independence Day flag- Ms. Tomashosky thanked the town goodies. All sang “Mnohaya Lita” and raising ceremonies were held, UAV Post 40 members pose with Ukrainian flags. dignitaries for their cooperation and par­ toasted each other with “Na zdorovia.” 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2011 No. 37

BINGHAMTON, N.Y.

by Lubomyr Zobniw BINGHAMTON, N.Y. – The annual celebration of Ukrainian Independence Day in Binghamton, N.Y., area took place on Wednesday, August 24, with a flag-raising ceremony at Binghamton City Hall.

Lubomyr Zobniw The Ukrainian American community with Mayor Matthew Ryan of Binghamton, N.Y., during Ukrainian Independence Day ceremonies. The flag-raising ceremony in Binghamton is one of Independence Day and the need to continue to celebrate the oldest in United States, dating back to the early this date wherever Ukrainians live. Americans of 1950s. This event is coordinated by local branch of the Ukrainian descent celebrate Ukrainian Independence Ukrainian Congress Committee of America (UCCA) Day to express their pride that Ukrainians are a distinct- together with the local Ukrainian Orthodox parishes. ly unique people who are finally able to take their right- The flag-raising was preceded by short program at ful place in the community of free and independent Binghamton City Hall. The Rev. Teodor Czabala of nations of the world, he noted. Sacred Heart Ukrainian Catholic Church and the Rev. Mr. Stets reviewed Ukraine’s challenges and exhorted Zinoviy Zharsky of St. John the Baptist Ukrainian his audience to not fall into despair and thus inaction. Orthodox Church opened the program with a prayer for By demanding that the U.S. support Ukraine’s pro-dem- God’s blessings on Ukraine. ocratic forces Ukrainian Americans emphasize that a sta- Mayor Matthew Ryan read the proclamation in honor ble and democratic Ukraine is in the interest of United of Ukrainian Independence Day and concluded by States. recalling how Maria Zobniw, victim of the 2009 Participants, many in Ukrainian embroidered shirts, American Civic Association shooting, took personal said the Pledge of Allegiance. With the raising of the pride in her Ukrainian heritage and in organizing the Ukrainian flag, the attendees sang the Ukrainian Ukrainian independence celebration. National Anthem. Taras Stets delivers a Ukrainian Independence Day Taras Stets, a graduate student at Binghamton This event was covered in the by Binghamton Press commentary at Binghamton City Hall. University, spoke on the significance of Ukrainian & Sun Bulletin newspaper and by local TV stations. No. 37 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2011 13

BOSTON

by Peter T. Woloschuk BOSTON – Under the auspices of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, Boston branch (UCCA- Boston), the greater Boston Ukrainian American commu­ nity began its commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the proclamation of Ukraine’s independence with a flag- raising ceremony at noontime on Wednesday, August 24, on Boston City Hall’s Plaza. The event was followed by liturgies and molebens on Sunday, August 28 at local Ukrainian parishes. A second flag-raising and a picnic on the grounds of Christ the King Ukrainian Catholic Parish were postponed because of Hurricane Irene and were held on Sunday, September 4, and a series of symposia sponsored by the Harvard Ukrainian

Tania Mychajlyshyn D’Avignon A portion of the crowd on Boston City Hall Plaza for the noontime raising of the Ukrainian flag on Wednesday, August 24, commemorating the 20th anniversary of Ukrainian independence. Research Institute will be held throughout the fall semes­ Edward Young; and St. Michael Ukrainian Catholic ter and a celebratory banquet will be held in November. Parish of Woonsocket, Rhode Island with its pastor, the The August 24 flag-raising drew more than 180 people Rev. Monsignor Roman Golemba. from across the region, many wearing embroidered shirts Also in attendance were representatives of Ukrainian or blouses. Organized contingents also came from groups and institutions of greater Boston, including Plast Boston’s Christ the King Ukrainian Catholic Parish with Ukrainian Scouting Organization, the Ukrainian American its pastor, the Rev. Archpriest Dr. Yaroslav Nalysnyk; St. Youth Association, the School of Ukrainian Studies, the Andrew’s Ukrainian Orthodox Church with its pastor, the Ukrainian American Educational Center of Boston, the Rev. Roman Tarnavsky; Harvard University’s Ukrainian Ukrainian Heritage Center, the Ukrainian Credit Union, Research Institute; Salem’s St. John the Baptist Ukrainian and Ukrainian and Ukrainian American veterans, as well Catholic parish; Ludlow’s Ss. Peter and Paul Ukrainian The flags at Boston’s City Hall. Catholic Parish, with its pastor, the Rev. Archpriest (Continued on page 14)

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tunities elsewhere.” “Another area of concern is the political ROCHESTER, N.Y. tangle in Ukraine, “ Dr. Hoshowsky con­ IRONDEQUOIT, N.Y – On August 28, tinued. “Not all political parties appear the United Ukrainian American equally committed to democracy. In order Organizations of Rochester and the to secure a truly representative govern­ Rochester Ukrainian Group, celebrated the ment in the subsequent elections the pro- 20th anniversary of Ukraine’s indepen­ democratic parties must unite. ….Political dence at the Town Justice Court, infighting as we saw in the Yushchenko- Irondequoit Town Hall, in Rochester, N.Y. Tymoshenko experience is devastating to The celebration was divided into two the political cause.” parts. First the traditional segment with She also noted that, “An informal con­ local talent and the second part a concert sensus exists that corruption in Ukraine featuring baritone Oleg Chmyr. Olena tops the list of problems needing immedi­ Dilai, a Ukrainian community activist, ate attention,” and stated that “a civil soci­ served as the master of ceremonies. ety with a strong and just rule of law will The opening ceremony began with the eliminate opportunities for corruption.” presentation of colors. Ihor Hoshowsky, a “Finally, the problem of leadership in veteran of the Vietnam war, and Jerry Ukraine confounds us all,” Dr. Andrushko, a veteran of the 1st Ukrainian At the Rochester, N.Y., area’s Ukrainian Independence Day celebration (from Hoshowsky said. “Freedom-loving Division, carried the American and left) are: Olena Dilai, Roman Kucil, Ewhen Kulyk, Oleg Chmyr, Dr. Christine Ukrainians suffered a setback with the Ukrainian flags. This was followed by the Hoshowsky and Nadia Tratch. election of Viktor Yanukovych as presi­ playing of the American and Ukrainian dent of Ukraine. His own murky past mars national anthems. The invocation was Sen. Alesi said that he values the civic­ Next on the program, Mariya Chepil the office of president and makes the given by the Rev. Ihor Krychovetsky, mindedness of the Ukrainian community. read two poems, “To Ukraine” and arrest of former Prime Minister Yulia archpriest at St. Mary the Protectress Mrs. Dilai then welcomed the other “Welcome to the Nation.” Then, under Tymoshenko a travesty of justice.” Ukrainian Autocephalous Church. honored guests present: Frank D’Aurizio, the direction of Zhanna Polyanska Wirlo, Following the address, Mariya Next, Irondequoit Town Supervisor attorney, former Irondequoit town justice; the ladies ensemble sang two songs, “Do Dereschuk recited the poem, “Ukraino,” Mary Joyce D’Aurizio addressed the Irene Szmigel, chief court clerk, Town n o t S o r r o w, M y N a t i o n ” a n d Yulia Pavluk sang “Holleyhocks” audience with many insightful remarks Justice Court, Town of Irondequoit; the “Wheatbands.” Liza Manchova sang a (Malvy) and “My Country (Storona about Ukraine. Ms. D’Aurizio identified Rev. Roman Sydorovych, the administra­ solo, “Mother’s Blouse” (Sorochka), and Moiya), and Peter Kushnir recited the with Ukrainians’ suffering and sacrifices tor of the Ukrainian Catholic Church of Oksana Andriyaschuk sang “Language of poem “Ode to Song.” during the Communist era. She took spe­ the Epiphany; the Rev. Roman Unity” (Mova Yednaniya). The second part of the program was a cial care to recognize the attributes of the Malyarchuk, parochial vicar of St. Dr. Christine Hoshowsky addressed concert given by Mr. Chmyr, a profession­ Ukrainians in the diaspora, and she noted Josaphat Ukrainian Catholic Church; the audience in English, discussing four al singer and a professor of voice, who that residents of Irondequoit and Ukraine Tamara Denyshenko, board member and problem areas in Ukraine for consider­ comes originally from Lviv but now champion human rights and ethnic toler­ CEO emeritus of the Ukrainian Federal ation on this 20th anniversary of resides in New Jersey. His program ance, and condemn inhuman acts. Credit Union (UFCU); and Oleg Ukraine’s independence. included a number of Ukrainian folk Moreover, she added that Irondequoit Lebedko, CEO of the UFCU. “Ukraine today is a shrinking nation- songs such as “Dyvliusia na Nebo,” stands with Ukraine in promoting a civil As the program continued, Tanya state in terms of its status among foreign “Ridna Maty Moya,” and “Nich society and protecting citizens’ rights to Begini provided a musical interlude by nations and her declining population. Misiachna,” as well as several other fes­ free speech, free elections and free singing the song, “Love Ukraine.” This Since independence, the flux of interna­ tive songs. Mr. Chmyr delighted the audi­ assembly. musical interlude was followed by an tional crises and the domestic concerns of ence with repartee as he introduced and Supervisor D’Aurizio then proclaimed address given in Ukrainian by the Rev. people worldwide have moved Ukraine explained each piece of music. His bari­ August 28, 2011, as the 20th anniversary Sydorovych, who spoke about the spiritual from center stage,” Dr. Hoshowsky noted. tone voice resonated effortlessly through­ of the independence of Ukraine to be cele­ significance of independence and what it At the same time, “From an internal per­ out the hall which added to the audience’s brated in the Town of Irondequoit. means for an individual to honor the spective Ukraine is shrinking because it appreciation of the music and the Mrs. Dilai then read a letter of congrat­ nation. He reflected on the individual’s has lost 5 million people since indepen­ Ukrainian songs. ulations on this occasion from New York duty within a Christian context toward the dence. This attrition is due to emigration, a The program closed with Ms. Begini State Sen. Alesi. He reflected on his mutu­ nation and he prayed with the audience to decreasing birth rate, an increasing death singing the religious hymn “Bozhe al working relationship with Ukrainians. sustain Ukraine in its independence. rate… and the lure of employment oppor­ Velykyi Yedynyi.”

invocation in Ukrainian and the Rev. Ukrainian flag on the City Hall’s main and sisters living in Ukraine.” BOSTON Young spoke in English. The American flag pole. The flag remained in the place Greetings were then extended by Estera national anthem was sung by tenor of honor for the entire week. Mlch, president of the Czech and Slovak (Continued from page 13) Michael Hotz and the Ukrainian was ren­ Ostap Nalysnyk read, in English and Association Inc. of Massachusetts. Igor dered by mezzo soprano Tania Mandzy. Ukrainian, the act passed by the Lukes, the honorary consul of the Czech as individuals from the metropolitan area. While the Ukrainian anthem was being Verkhovna Rada proclaiming Ukraine’s Republic, sent greetings as did Rima Paul Rabchenuk of Salem, UCCA- sung, Dennis Cherchenko, 15, a student at independence in English and Ukrainian. Girnius, president of the Lithuanian Boston’s vice-president, served as master Boston University Academy, and Nicholas He was followed by Dr. Svyatoslav A. American Community, Boston Chapter. of ceremonies and began the ceremonies Proshura, 10, who had arrived in Boston Paduchak, former UCCA-Boston presi­ The main address was delivered by by welcoming everyone in English and with his family from Berlin less than a dent, who read greetings and a message Marek Lesniewski-Laas, Poland’s honor­ Ukrainian. The Rev. Tarnavsky gave the week earlier, hoisted the 9-by-15-foot from the UCCA national office. ary consul in Boston, who said, “I can still Vsevolod Petriv, president of UCCA- remember a time in the late 1980s when Boston, spoke in English on the impor­ the Polish community of greater Boston tance of the commemoration, noting, “This was holding a rally in support of Solidarity, year marks the 20th anniversary of and suddenly a large group of Ukrainian Ukraine’s independence. Since the time of Americans came across the plaza led by the Kyivan state, this has been the longest their blue-and-gold national flag and joined period that Ukraine has existed as a sover­ us. Your support was invaluable then, and eign nation, free of domination by any we do remember.” other power. This is a memorable event, “Although times are difficult today, and we have cause to commemorate it.” Ukraine is still free and is now marking its “Over the past 20 years significant 20th year of independence and there is progress has been made, but now some of hope for the future,” the consul under­ that progress has come under attack,” Mr. scored. Petriv said. “Because of this, we Ukrainian Ihor Pryadko then read Massachusetts Americans need to become even more Gov. Deval Patrick’s proclamation, and active and speak out. We need to help shed Tania Bairachna read Boston Mayor light on the truth; we need to provide sup­ Thomas Menino’s proclamation. They port to those who seek self-determination were followed by UCCA-Boston Vice- and self-rule; we need to reach out to oth­ Presidents Rabchenuk and Lyubov Gentyk ers around us, creating awareness and pro­ who thanked everyone in English and viding information about the issues and Ukrainian for their participation. Tania Mychajlyshyn D’Avignon realities of our homeland to foster support The Rev. Nalysnyk concluded the cere­ At the conclusion of the Ukrainian Independence Day celebration, a group of U.S. for the objectives of a truly independent mony with a benediction in English and Navy midshipmen who had just taken their oaths of office aboard the U.S.S. and free Ukraine; and, finally, we also need Monsignor Golemba prayed in Ukrainian Constitution, the Navy’s flagship, and the oldest commissioned naval vessel to listen to and develop an understanding Ms. Gentyk and Ms. Mandzy sang “O, afloat, marched by the tribunal and offered a salute. of the concerns and realities of our brothers Ukraino.” No. 37 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2011 15 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2011 No. 37

The number of supporters of the sole tions, but far less seriously than suggest­ Customs Union, and the organization as a NEWSBRIEFS state language (Ukrainian) prevails in the ed by headline indicators of external vul­ whole,” he underscored. (Ukrinform) nerability,” she said. The analyst said that (Continued from page 2) country’s western (88 percent) and cen­ tral (65 percent) regions, while supporters weak foreign demand would thus be the Pension reforms take effect October 1 of bilingualism mainly live in southeast­ main drag on growth, though some indus­ Yatsenyuk: united opposition is key KYIV − The law on pension reform ern Ukraine (76 percent). The study was tries (for example, machine-building) will come into force when signed by the KYIV − Our Ukraine-People’s Self- conducted on August 12-22. (Ukrinform) would benefit from still strong demand in president of Ukraine starting October 1. Defense faction National Deputy Arseniy Russia and other CIS countries. “We Police remove new tent city The decision has been backed by 245 Yatsenyuk, the leader of the Front for expect domestic demand to remain sup­ national deputies out of 315 registered on Change Party, has called on all opposition KYIV − Berkut riot police officers portive thanks to fiscal loosening ahead September 6 in the Parliament’s session political parties to unite in the next parlia­ have removed a dozen tents put up early of the October 2012 parliamentary elec­ hall. The law was passed on July 8. The mentary elections, it was reported on on September 5 by the supporters of tions, though our household consumption lawmakers made four amendments to the September 7. Only then, he said, can a Batkivschyna Party leader Yulia and investment growth projections have law on September 6. In addition to new Parliament get a majority indepen­ Tymoshenko on the Khreschatyk, oppo­ also been lowered on more sluggish than changing the date when the law takes dent of the president or the government. site the building of Kyiv’s Pechersky initially expected bank lending dynamics. effect, the Verkhovna Rada has with­ “The political forces that have, first and District Court, it was reported on We changed our annual current account drawn a norm to recalculate from January foremost, an opportunity and, secondly, September 6. The protesters resisted, and forecast marginally (now at 3.9 percent of 1, 2012, pensions considering the average the desire to go through this complicated several people were detained. At the same GDP in 2011 and 3.8 percent in 2012), salary figures not for 2006-2008, but for expecting lower than initially projected electoral process, will definitely sign an time, the tents of supporters and oppo­ 2009. Civil servants and diplomats who steel exports to be almost fully matched agreement on joint actions in the parlia­ nents of Ms. Tymoshenko put up near the have reached the age of 62 and obtained by a lower gas imports bill (though the mentary election campaign in 2012,” he courthouse were not dismantled. The on the date of enactment of the law the latter will come with a notable delay),” said. Mr. Yatsenyuk said that the main deputy chief of the media liaison depart­ right to stay in office after attaining Ms. Bilan said. However, she said that goal for the opposition is to obtain 226 ment of the Ukrainian Internal Affairs retirement age, keep the right. The with gas imports to Ukraine set to remain seats in the new Verkhovna Rada so as Ministry’s main office in Kyiv, Parliament also withdrew the norm under high through the end of 2011, and the gas not to be controlled by the president or Volodymyr Dmytrenko, added that “sev­ which the Pension Fund operated as a price for the country expected to peak in the Cabinet of Ministers. (Ukrinform) eral people were detained for willful dis­ financial institution, while retaining its the fourth quarter of 2011, an anticipated obedience to law enforcement officers.” status as an executive authority. Before Poll: Ukrainian prevails at home correction in steel prices will mark anoth­ (Ukrinform) this vote the national deputies failed to er turbulent period for the domestic for­ back the opposition’s draft resolution on KYIV − A poll conducted by Research Analysts downgrade forecast for growth eign exchange (forex) market. “We thus the abolition of the pension reform, with & Branding Group has shown that expect the hryvnia [exchange rate] to stay only 52 lawmakers voting in favor. The Ukrainian is the main language of com­ KYIV − The worsening of the eco­ close to 8 hrv to $1 U.S. until the end of opposition said that it would appeal to the munication at home for almost half of nomic situation in the world caused by 2011 and through 2012 and view NBU Constitutional Court, since the pension Ukraine’s citizens (47 percent), it was the recent turmoil on financial markets [National Bank of Ukraine] responses to reform of July 8 was adopted in violation reported on September 7. Some 37 per­ will have a negative effect on Ukraine’s forex market moves as a key domestic of the Constitution of Ukraine. Of the cent of respondents said they speak commodity-based economy, first and parameter to watch along with steel pric­ 245 national deputies who voted for this Russian at home, while 15 percent of foremost, due to weaker prices and es and global credit markets. Despite dis­ decision, 61 were not registered in the Ukrainians speak Russian and Ukrainian. demand for steel, Dragon Capital analyst appointing progress in negotiations with session hall. (Ukrinform) The Ukrainian language is preferred by Olena Bilan said, according to September the IMF, we think worsening economic most residents of the country’s western 6 news reports. “We have downgraded conditions and growing forex market tur­ EC may audit Ukraine-Russia gas deal regions (95 percent) and two-thirds of cit­ our GDP growth projections for Ukraine bulence will prompt Ukrainian authorities izens from central Ukraine (60 percent), to 4.3 percent in 2011 and 4 percent in to rethink their priorities and strive to KYIV – Because the European whereas the Russian language is pre­ 2012, from 4.5 percent and 5.2 percent, receive the next $1.5 billion loan tranche Commission advised Ukraine and Russia ferred by over two-thirds of residents respectively. The country also remains from the IMF [International Monetary before they concluding the 2009 gas con­ from southeastern Ukraine (66 percent). exposed to tighter global credit condi- Fund] by the year’s end,” she said. In tract, Brussels could participate in the early June, the Cabinet of Ministers of audit of this agreement, said Polish Ukraine had upgraded its forecast for Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski at a growth in real GDP from 4.5 percent to September 6 conference in Warsaw of 4.7 percent, estimating nominal GDP at European Union heads of commissions 1.291 trillion hrv or $161.4 billion. for foreign affairs and Eastern (Ukrinform) Partnership member-states. “The EU has TO PLACE YOUR AD CALL MARIA OSCISLAWSKI (973) 292 -9800 x3040 actively advised both parties before the or e -mail [email protected] Ukraine’s experience to help Japan deal was signed, so the [European] Commission could participate in the audit KYIV − Japan wants to study the of the agreement,” Mr. Sikorski said. The SERVICES PROFESSIONALS experience of Ukraine in mitigating the Polish minister also noted that the EU is aftermath of the Chornobyl accident, the concerned over the “standards of the tri­ speaker of the House of Representatives als that take place in Kyiv.” He recalled НІНА БІЛЬЧУК of Japan’s Parliament, Takahiro that during the informal EU Foreign Професійний продавець Yokomichi, said. Speaking at a press забезпечення УНС Ministers Meeting held in Sopot, Poland, briefing on September 6 after a meeting on September 2-3, it was decided to con­ NINA BILCHUK in Kyiv with Verkhovna Rada Chairman Licensed Agent tinue negotiations with Ukraine concern­ Volodymyr Lytvyn, he said that a Ukrainian National Ass’n., Inc. ing the agreements on an association and Japanese parliamentary delegation plans a free trade area. “The talks, and here we 2200 Route 10, P.O. 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(Ukrinform) KYIV – Speaking to journalists on interior painting. Call Vasili Cholak: September 5, Ukrainian Prime Minister 718-392-0138; cell 347-515-5437. Gryshchenko: no to Customs Union Mykola Azarov has invited Russia to par­ ticipate in a new gas production company KYIV − Ukraine cannot join the that will be set up after the restructuring Middle age, experienced woman Customs Union because of its inconsis­ of Ukraine’s state oil and gas firm tency with the principles of the World is looking for a job to take care Naftohaz Ukrainy. “Naftohaz will be Trade Organization (WTO), Ukraine’s of an elderly person or children. reformed, and there will be a totally Foreign Affairs Minister Kostyantyn transparent company engaged in gas pro­ Tel. 732-343-4639 Gryshchenko told reporters on September duction. We will place this company’s 6. “Obviously, we can not enter into a shares on the stock exchanges. If Russia union that is not based on the principles wants to participate in this company, then OPPORTUNITIES of the World Trade Organization,” he let it participate in it. This company will emphasized. Mr. Gryshchenko noted that get the assets for the production of nearly Run your advertisement member-countries of the Customs Union 1 trillion cubic meters of gas,” he said. At Earn Extra inComE! are only in talks regarding the possibility the same time, Mr. Azarov expressed H E R E , of joining the WTO. The minister hope that the interests of strategic part­ The Ukrainian Weekly is looking stressed that Ukraine’s position concern­ nership and cooperation between Ukraine for advertising sales agents. ing the Customs Union is quite clear. 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Russian Tu-154 airliner crash, which was Energy and Coal Industry Minister Yuriy shale gas production,” Mr. Boiko added. NEWSBRIEFS allegedly hit by a missile during a train­ Boiko told Channel 5. He said the United The minister also said heads of major oil ing exercise in October 2001, Ministry of (Continued from page 16) States, the Netherlands and Italy have companies are due to participate in a Defense lawyer Andrii Kozlov said. The already expressed their interest in the number of conferences on the production Tu-154 plane was flying over the Black production of the resources. “Several of unconventional gas in Ukraine, sched­ Russia’s huge profits under the disadvan­ Sea from Tel-Aviv to Novosibirsk and companies are already interested – it is uled to take place in the autumn of 2011 tageous gas agreements of 2009. “We are crashed, killing all 66 passengers and 12 primarily American and European com­ and organized by the company IHS open to Russian investment. Long-term crew members. A commission of the panies: Dutch Shell and Italian Eni. I CERA under the auspices of the Ministry strategic interests should be more impor­ Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC) know that in the near future a series of of Energy and the Coal Industry. tant than the instant aspect linked to gas established that the airliner was hit by a auctions will be held to allocate sites for (Ukrinform) disagreements. I truly believe that,” he missile launched by the Ukrainian mili­ said. Earlier, Prime Minister Azarov said tary who that day were conducting exer­ that it was necessary to re-negotiate gas cises near Crimea; the military confused contracts with Russia because of the a passenger plane with a training target. restructuring of Naftohaz, which he said Shortly after the accident, Ukraine, not will cease to exist as an economic entity. waiting for the results of the investiga­ A letter was also sent to the Russian gov­ tion, paid the families of the victims com­ ernment with the request to return to the pensation amounting to $200,000 for intergovernmental agreement of 2004, each victim. In 2004, S7 Airlines filed a With deep sorrow we announce that where the annual volume of gas supply, suit with the Economic Court of Kyiv transit conditions and the price are deter­ against Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense mined by a special intergovernmental and the State Treasury, demanding $15.32 protocol. (Ukrinform) million in damages. In January, while Dr. Theodore Mackiw

President orders reform of Naftohaz considering the S7 Airlines suit, it was Professor Emeritus announced that, according to new find­ The University of Akron, Ohio, USA KYIV − Ukrainian President Viktor ings of the Kyiv Research Institute for Yanukovych has instructed the Cabinet Forensic Analysis, the missile hit in this Historian and Linguist of Ministers to submit a Naftohaz case could not have caused the crash of reform program by October 1 for con­ the plane. (Ukrinform) passed away on August 8, 2011 in Albuquerque, NM. sideration by the governing board of the Gas tariffs main obstacle to IMF loan Economic Reform Committee, reads a He was born on May 30, 1918 in Strutyn, Ukraine statement posted on the presidential KYIV − The Cabinet of Ministers of website on September 2. The drafting of Ukraine has fulfilled almost all of the In deep sorrow: the program is necessary in connection conditions of an agreement with the with Ukraine’s accession to the treaty International Monetary Fund (IMF), apart Beloved wife, Dr. Ellen Kraus-Mackiw, Professor Emerita, establishing the Energy Community, as from a rise in gas tariffs, since a sharp The University of Heidelberg, Germany; well as the need to bring national legis­ increase in tariffs would be tantamount to lation into line with the European Union political suicide, it was reported on Dr. Stephen and Zenaida Mackiw with family and friends. legislation in the energy sector. Prime September 5. National Bank of Ukraine Minister Mykola Azarov was ordered to (NBU) Chairman Serhii Arbuzov said in May He Rest in Peace ensure the availability of data on the an interview with Dzerkalo Tyzhnia, inventory of the assets of Naftohaz “Unfortunately, this question is too politi­ Ukrainy and its subsidiaries, as well as cized. Taking into account the fact that proposals for the future use of non-core almost every politician is trying to specu­ assets. In addition, the president ordered late on these things, making a show out the government to draw up and submit of this and such a socially significant to the Verkhovna Rada bills on reform­ event with a sharply negative tone, the ing Naftohaz. Earlier, Mr. Yanukovych government found itself in a situation had said that he rules out a merger of where the required sharp rise [in gas tar­ Ukraine’s Naftohaz and Russia’s iffs] is tantamount to political suicide. On Gazprom. (Ukrinform) the other hand, the IMF still does not Suspended sentence for former gas official want to hear about the revision of the Dmytro Galonzka terms.” At the same time, Mr. Arbuzov KYIV − The former first deputy head described the results of the Ukrainian del­ September 15, 1920 - August 29, 2011 of Naftohaz Ukrainy, Ihor Didenko, has egation’s recent visit to Washington as positive. “The main positive thing, in my received a suspended sentence of three With deep sorrow we announce that our beloved father, grandfather, and opinion, is that we are continuing to years and has been released from custody. great grandfather, Dmytro Galonzka, 91, died on Monday, August 29, 2011, in cooperate with the IMF and look forward The Pechersky District Court of Kyiv Boston, Massachusetts. He was the husband of the late Yaroslava née announced the verdict at a session on to the arrival of its mission. And, as a Nakonechna; the father of two sons, a daughter, nine grandchildren and two September 5. Mr. Didenko, along with result of a delay in the visit, the govern­ great granchildren. the former chairman of the State Customs ment received more time to complete a Mr. Galonzka was born in the village of Zelene, Skalatsky Povit, Ternopilska Service, Anatolii Makarenko, and the for­ number of programs,” he said. As part of Oblast in Western Ukraine. He attended local schools and then entered the mer chief of the Kyiv Regional Customs implementing a program of cooperation Holy Spirit Seminary in Lviv. In 1942 he was taken by the Nazis and spent the Service, Taras Shepitko, was prosecuted with the IMF, Ukraine in 2011 promised war years working in Austria and Germany. He emigrated to the United States for the customs clearance of 11 billion to reduce the budget deficit by increasing in 1949 and settled in Boston. He married Yaroslava in 1952. cubic meters of natural gas in 2009. A gas tariffs for households and raising the Upon his arrival in Boston, Mr. Galonzka immediately joined the Ukrainian criminal case on the illegal customs retirement age. An IMF mission was to community and became the cantor and director of the Ukrainian school of the clearance of gas was opened under a law­ visit Kyiv on August 29 through Most Sacred Heart of Jesus Ukrainian Catholic parish. He served as cantor for suit lodged by gas intermediary September 9, but the visit was postponed more than fifty years. For his work in the church, Mr. Galonzka received a hra­ RosUkrEnergo after the Arbitration until the end of October. Prime Minister mota (certificate of merit) and a medal from Pope John Paul II. Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Mykola Azarov, commenting on the post­ Mr. Galonzka was equally engaged in the organized Ukrainian community Commerce on June 8, 2010, obliged ponement of the IMF visit, said that life of Boston. He was the secretary of the Ukrainian National Association, Naftohaz to return 11 billion cubic meters Ukraine was not experiencing an acute Branch 307 for more than 40 years, as well as the secretary of the Boston of gas to RosUkrEnergo and provide an need to attract IMF funds. (Ukrinform) Branch of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America. He was also one of additional 1 billion cubic meters as a pen­ MFA on Ukrainians captured in Libya the co-founders and long time members of the board of directors of the alty for the breach of contract. The prose­ Ukrainian Fraternal Federal Credit Union of Boston and an educator and mem­ cution asked the court to sentence Mr. KYIV − The Ministry of Foreign ber of the board of the Ukrainian American Youth Association-Boston Branch. Didenko to five years in jail. However, Affairs of Ukraine is now checking A Panakhyda was held for Mr. Galonzka on Thursday, September 1, at after Mr. Didenko told the court that he media reports about Ukrainians who have Christ the King Ukrainian Catholic Church, followed by a requiem liturgy on had signed contracts for the customs reportedly been captured by Libyan reb­ Friday, September 2. He was buried in the parish cemetery (St. Joseph’s) in clearance of natural gas owned by els, it was reported on September 5. West Roxbury. RosUkrEnergo in 2009, because he was Agence France-Presse reported that Mr. Galonzka is survived by: absolutely sure that he had received the Libyan rebels captured 19 Ukrainian Sons —Taras and his wife Donna, Antin and his wife Julie directives to sign the contracts from the cooks and oil workers on suspicion that Cabinet of Ministers, rather than from they were fighting on the side of Daughter — Marijka Wyrsta and her husband Walter f o r m e r P r i m e M i n i s t e r Yu l i a Muammar Gaddafi as snipers. The chief Grandchildren — Mark, Andrew, Christina, Maria, Walter, Katherine, Tymoshenko, the charges against him of the rebel group agreed that he had no Kristina, Nadia, Michael were reclassified as a milder charge. evidence that these people are military, Great grandchildren — Jayleena, Maria Alexandra (Ukrinform) but said he was not going to release the Ukrainians. (Ukrinform) In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Mr. Galonzka’s memory to: Kyiv court rejects Russia’s airlines suit Christ the King Ukrainian Catholic Church, 146 Forest Hills Street, Jamaica Ukraine to auction shale gas deposits Plain, Massachusetts, 02130. KYIV − Kyiv’s Economic Court on September 6 dismissed the claim of the KYIV – Ukraine has announced plans May his memory be eternal! Russian S7 Airlines in the case of the to put up for sale deposits of shale gas, 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2011 No. 37

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And we are concerned that Ukraine’s image will be damaged by this trial, and not just Ukraine’s image but the image of Ukrainian courts,” he said. Members of the Canadian delegation who attended the hearings were surprised by some of the developments that had occurred, including the following. • The defense team was provided 5,000 pages of materials that the prosecu­ tion filed with the judge and had only one day to review them. The defense team said it would take them at least a week to review and understand the materials. * Applies to round trip economy class only. Minimum stay: Travel cannot commence before fi rst Sunday after departure from fare origin. Maximum stay: 30 days from fare origin. Child discount: 25% discount for accompanied children between 2 and 11 years old. No stopovers. New York(JFK) fares are valid for travel from 10/01/11 - 10/31/11 and Chicago(ORD) fares are valid for travel from • The defense team was not allowed to 10/01/11 - 10/28/11. 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This is Ukrainian Music Institue of America, Inc. an unbelievable and gross violation of her civil rights,” stated Canada Ukraine Dance Studio 22 Foundation President Bohdan Onyschuk. “Ms. Tymoshenko also requested to see her own doctor, or at least to have his “MUSIC & ME” nurse take her blood and the judge had Ballroom & Latin adjourned the hearing on Friday ‘to have her examined by a doctor,’ but it turns out that her own physician was denied access Private and group lessons to her. The judge ruled that he finds her in Marta Sawycky, Director for youth and adults good health, and dismissed the motion.” The Constitution of Ukraine (Article 49) Debutantes & Weddings states that every citizen of Ukraine has the right to protect his/her health; and Article Classes began: 28 states that no person can be examined against their will. But the judge would not Tuesday, September 6, 2011 Dance Studio 22 hear these articles from the Constitution, 1136 Route 22 West and ruled her motion out of order. This is a Dance Studio 22 serious violation of her human rights. 1136 Route 22 West Mountainside, N.J. 07092 Other Canadians who attended the Mountainside, N.J. 07092 court proceedings included: League of Ukrainian Canadians Executive Director Marta Sawycky Borys Potapenko, Canada-Ukraine Information and enrollment: Chamber of Commerce Vice-President 908-232-4497 • 908-276-3134 Roman Sawycky, League of Ukrainian 908-232-4497 • 908-276-3134 Canadian Women representatives Christina Bidiak and UCC Executive Director Taras Zalusky. No. 37 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2011 19

Ukrainians from the United States, Canada, Spain, Ukraine, Greece and other Pilgrims from the Eparchy of St. Josaphat (Parma, Ohio) in Madrid pose with Bishops countries gather to celebrate divine liturgy and have catechesis at World Youth Day. Bryan from Saskatoon, Bishop Josef from Kyiv and Bishop Dionysius of Ternopil. Ukrainian Americans attend World Youth Day in Madrid by Sister Ann Laszok James Karepin, OP, of the Eparchy of St. Nicholas in Chicago, traveled to Spain PARMA, Ohio – Eleven pilgrims set for World Youth Day 2011. out on August 14 on a pilgrimage to The trip got off to a bumpy start with a Madrid to join thousands of other young cancellation due to storms in Newark, people in celebrating their faith with the N.J., and then turbulence on the delayed pope. rescheduled flight. Excitement in explor­ Allison and Nicole Cross, Roger ing a whole new city, learning the sub­ Turocy (Ss. Peter and Paul Church, way system, and meeting other Ukrainian Ambridge, Pa.), Anna and Christine Catholic young people from Canada, the Patoray (Holy Trinity Church, United States and Ukraine characterized Youngstown, OH), Cole Bury (St. Anne’s the whole week. Daily catechesis led by Church, Austintown, Ohio), Philip and the group’s Canadian counterparts in Stephanie Russick (Patronage of the English was thought-provoking. Bishop Blessed Virgin Mary Church, Ford City, Bryan’s homilies were enlightening and Pa.), Joseph Levy (St. John the Baptist inclusive at the Liturgies as well at the Church, Pittsburgh, Pa.) along with this catechesis. writer, Sister Ann Laszok, OSBM, of the Challenges in maneuvering through Eparchy of St. Josaphat, and Father the massive crowds for various events, The group rests in the shade during the seven-mile “walk” to the airfield. meals and travel from place to place liturgy with him after a seven-mile walk required much patience and good humor. and an overnight vigil that was initially Disappointments in not being able to visit blessed by a lightning storm passing the vocation site, the Prado or the through was unforgettable. Alleluia! Alleluia. Alleluia… Mozarabic Liturgy (an ancient Spanish The prayers and support of many the rite prior to the Roman rite) because of group left behind, the helpfulness of the humongous lines were turned into oppor­ locals who gave good directions and tunities to happen upon Mother Theresa’s shared water in time of need, and divine Another Dr. Huk. exhibit, the Cathedral of St. Isadore liturgy with Father Kerapin at the hotel (patron saint of Madrid), and the Church helped the travelers reflect on each oth­ of Santa Cruz and the red carpet walk. er’s gifts. Respect, love and mutual con­ Congratulations Sanya on earning your Doctorate The highlight of the week was seeing cern dominated the week’s pilgrimage. Pope Benedict XVI up close (after six An invitation to a dinner of borsch and of Psychology in School Psychology at St. John’s! and a half hours of waiting in the heat) as varenyky by a Ukrainian family working he passed by in his motorcar. Celebrating in Spain capped off the week with a feast. We’re all very proud of your achievement and of the person you are … Lots of love, Jim, Mom, Roman, Aunt Mona The Ukrainian Museum and the entire Huk family … and Branch 113 of the Ukraine Ukrainian National Women’s League of America at 20 present a lecture by Achievements Orest subtelny Professor of History And York University, Toronto chAllenges sunday september 25, 2011 since at 2:00 p.m. independence Admission: $15; members & seniors: $10; students: $5 Reception following Q&A

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Fashion designers take part in international fashion project benefiting Ukrainian orphans

by Marina Petrenko that are to be sold at a silent auction dur­ ing the orphanages’ condition.” gathered resources. There were many ing the gala celebration marking the 20th Ms. Vieux, a San Francisco wedding project suggestions on how to use the USUF anniversary of Ukraine’s independence dress designer at Viogemini (www.vio­ funds. After weeks of discussions, the WASHINGTON – A large number of that will be held in Washington, D.C. The gemini.com), said: “I want to help the USUF decided to invest the gathered fashion designers are leading a movement celebration will take place at the Omni orphaned children so that they can have funds in promoting Ukraine’s liberal arts initiated by the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation, Shoreham Hotel on December 1. All the opportunity to find love and care. I projects. a leading non-government organization to funds collected from the auction and want them to know that somewhere across There are thousands of talented kids in promote democracy, freedom of speech donations will support education projects the seas and oceans there are people who the orphanages, and it is our goal to help and charity in U.S. and Ukraine. located throughout Ukraine. think of them and want to help them. them develop their talents. The acquired Eco-Design for a Cause is part of a Indu Arora, Violetta Vieux, Vasily Nothing can replace parents, but kids still funds will go to sponsor piano, painting, broader project devoted to raising social Vein are among those who used their tal­ need to know that they are not alone.” clay design and sewing classes, bringing awareness and environmental responsibil­ ents to promote the cause. They are Ms. Vein said: “I really liked the idea children inspiration and hope for a better ity around the globe. Eco-fashion is a among a group of participating fashion that using my talents I can help Ukraine’s future. movement creating a sustainable type of designers, who will have three months to children. I think that the best way to With a donation of $50, readers can clothing in a socially and environmental­ create their designs – clothing, accesso­ improve their lives giving them hope is to grant a Ukrainian child six months of lib­ ly conscious manner. ries or purses from the donated ties, help them discover their talents. There eral arts courses to develop their talents In the past six months, the U.S.- scarves and jewelry. are over 11,000 children of pre-school while helping them escape from the Ukraine Foundation (USUF), based in Ms. Arora, a Rockchiq and Pinkwave age in the orphanages of Ukraine. Can harshness of everyday poverty. To Washington gathered ties, scarves, jewelry brand designer (http://rockchiq.com/), you imagine how many future artists, donate, long onto http://usukraine.org/ and memorabilia donated by U.S. celebri­ said: “It is the humane thing to do. If painters and designers are among them?” donate.shtml and indicate Eco-Design for ties, including former U.S. Presidents we join hands and resources, we can In an effort to make the best use of the a Cause as the receiving program. George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton. improve children’s lives. I believe collected funds, the U.S.-Ukraine The participating designers will use addressing the problems at the grass- Foundation conducted an extensive sur­ Marina Petrenko is project coordina- the donated items to create masterpieces roots level will be beneficial in improv­ vey deducting the most efficient use of tor for Eco-Design for a Cause

“The deal raised expectations on both Moscow will consider revising the gas Yanukovych is coming under heavy criti­ Russia-Ukraine... sides,” Mr. Fesenko says. “Yanukovych deal only if Ukraine agrees to merge its cism from Western critics worried that the (Continued from page 1) believed he had gone a long way to Naftohaz with Gazprom, reinforcing the prosecution of Ms. Tymoshenko is politi­ accommodate the Russians, but it turned view that Moscow’s intransigence over cally motivated and symbolizes the rever­ out they weren’t willing to make any fur­ gas prices is part of a political ploy to sal of the democratic gains of the Orange The high prices are exacerbating an ther compromises.” force Ukraine into a closer orbit. Revolution in 2004. Last week, EU for­ economic crisis in a country that depends Mr. Fesenko says the deal convinced M r. F e s e n k o b e l i e v e s M r. eign policy chief Catherine Ashton said heavily on natural gas for producing its the Kremlin that Mr. Yanukovych was a Yanukovych’s personality has contributed the trial would figure during a meeting top exports of metals and chemicals, espe­ weak leader to be pressured for re-estab­ to the mounting friction. with EU foreign ministers in Poland on cially from Mr. Yanukovych’s support lishing Russia’s influence over Ukraine. “He doesn’t like being pressured,” Mr. September 5. base in the industrial east. But when Moscow proposed merging its Fesenko says of the man who was jailed “We will think about our Eastern part­ Providing a pretext state Gazprom monopoly with Ukraine’s for assault in his youth. “He’s used to ners and Eastern neighbors with a special Many believe the rift with Moscow to Naftohaz, Kyiv balked. tough talk in domestic as well as interna­ focus on what is happening in Ukraine be partly responsible for the trial of for­ Relations soon began souring, stalling a tional politics, because his life experience and our concerns for Yulia Tymoshenko mer Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, drive toward integrating the two countries. has taught him not to display weakness.” and the trial there,” she said. accused of abuse of office for signing the When Mr. Yanukovych stepped up inte­ But analysts say schemes such as the It’s not clear how the mounting dis­ 2009 gas deal. gration talks with the European Union threat to reorganize Naftohaz – long rec­ agreement between the estranged allies Analysts say prosecuting her is part of earlier this year – which is incompatible ommended by the International Monetary will play out. For now, Mr. Yanukovych an attempt to delegitimize the deal’s legal with joining a Russian-led customs union Fund – smack of desperation. In Moscow, warned in an interview with the basis. Ms. Tymoshenko’s conviction may – along with negotiations to join the former Russian Vice Minister of Energy Kommersant newspaper published on provide a pretext to file suit against World Trade Organization, Mr. Fesenko Vladimir Milov told RFE/RL’s Ukrainian September 6 that Ukrainians aren’t Russia, which has criticized the trial. says Moscow was caught off guard. Service that Ukraine has little legal basis Moscow’s “poor relations.” Kyiv has also threatened to break up its “That was a very unpleasant surprise for forcing Moscow to revise the gas deal. “Talking to us with ultimatums from a state oil and gas enterprise Natfohaz for the Russians,” Mr. Fesenko says. “Besides, Russia has often threatened position of strength,” he said, “won’t Ukrainy in line with EU recommendations “They were expecting Ukraine to join to take Ukraine to court during arguments bring success.” as another possible excuse to revise the their customs union [together with in the past,” Mr. Milov says, “but that deal with Moscow. Kazakhstan and Belarus], but when never happened because Gazprom is a big Copyright 2011, RFE/RL Inc. Volodymyr Fesenko of Kyiv’s Penta Yanukovych said European integration beast that’s hard to budge and doesn’t Reprinted with the permission of Radio Center for Political Studies traces the dis­ was his priority, they pushed back, start­ respond well to international legal mecha­ Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 1201 agreement to last year’s Kharkiv deal, ing by threatening sanctions.” nisms.” Connecticut Ave. NW, Washington DC Even as Ukraine is using its negotia­ 20036; www.rferl.org (http://www.rferl. saying President Yanukovych stumbled by Part of political ploy? giving Moscow far too much and expect­ tions with the European Union to leverage org/content/ukraine_prepare_arbitration_ ing more in return. Russian Prime Minister Putin has said its relations with Russia, President russia_gas_dispute/24319377.html).

projected to pay up to $400 per tcm by Ukraine might form a consortium among Meanwhile, Energy Minister Yurii Boiko Stakes get higher... the fourth quarter of 2011, which is more Naftohaz Ukrainy, Russia’s Gazprom and a is seeking to slash gas purchases to just 27 (Continued from page 1) than many European states – including Western European company owned by a billion cubic meters (bcm) next year, spark­ Germany – pay. government. The other options, also not ing the ire of Gazprom chief Alexei Miller, the Ukrainian side has several options to Kyiv has been trying to change the price favorable to Ukraine, are again raising gas who said that Ukraine must buy 33 bcm revise the gas price – “all of them bad.” for 18 months now as it has seen its budget prices for households or taking Russia to under the “take or pay” terms of their gas The expert said another project, South stretched while it has been recovering from an arbitration court in Stockholm, both of contract. Stream, which will run from southern the global financial crisis. which would further harm the ratings of Meanwhile, to break its energy depen­ Russia to Bulgaria under the Black Sea, Ms. Tymoshenko is currently on trial the president and the party that supports dency on Russia, Kyiv has started to diver­ poses a much bigger threat. “This could over the issue and is facing up to 10 years in him. sify. On September 1, Ukraine struck a tight account for up to 40 percent of what prison for what prosecutors say was illegal­ Mr. Marunich also urged Kyiv to reach gas exploration deal with Royal Dutch Shell Ukraine currently moves to Europe,” said ly brokering the 2009. 11-year gas deal. The an agreement with Russia soon in order to aimed at boosting gas production. Tight gas Mr. Marunich. trial is widely perceived as a political ven­ avoid another standoff, such as the 2009 gas is a difficult-to-access unconventional gas That project is still years away from detta against her and has been called a show tap shutoff. “The U.S. and the European and expensive to extract. completion. trial by Western observers. Union won’t support Yanukovych if a full- Shell Chief Executive Officer Peter Ukraine currently pays for gas under President Viktor Yanukovych has fledged dispute erupts,” he noted. Voser said the company would invest $200 the agreement hammered out by former called the deal unfair and harmful to the Amanda Paul of the European Policy million in probing and an additional $600 Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in 2009 nation’s interests. Ukrainian government Center recently called on the European million in exploration. when Russia shut off gas to Ukraine and officials are pushing for a price hovering Union to intervene in the ongoing disagree­ Ukraine also wants to construct a lique­ much of Europe. The agreement called for around $230 per tcm. ment between Kyiv and Moscow in order to fied natural gas (LNG) import facility on the Ukraine to pay $360 per thousand cubic Russia said it won’t acquiesce unless avoid a possible repetition of a “gas war.” Black Sea coast. Currently five companies, meters in 2009 and then tied the price of Ukraine makes concessions, such as join­ “Ukraine and Russia are trying to resolve including U.S.-based Vanco, are competing natural gas to the price of oil in subse­ ing the Russian-dominated Customs this issue at a bilateral level. Ukraine is to develop a feasibility study for an LNG quent years, according to STRATFOR. Union or giving Russia control of its vast offering Russia various options, but it looks terminal. Due to rising oil prices over the past pipeline system through a Naftohaz- as if Russia is pursuing its primary goal – to The winner will be announced by year, Ukraine went from paying $264 per Gazprom merger. get hold of the Ukrainian gas transport sys­ September 20, but experts say LNG thousand cubic meters in the first quarter Ukrainian law forbids such a move as it tem, which is absolutely not in Ukraine’s imports, although much cheaper than natu­ of 2011 to around $350 per tcm today. would undermine the country’s sovereignty. national interests,” Ms. Paul told Interfax- ral gas, would only make up a fraction of According to STRATFOR, Ukraine is Nonetheless, Mr. Marunich posited that Ukraine in Brussels on September 6. Ukraine’s imports from Russia. No. 37 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2011 21 Young , dynamic Patriarch Sviatoslav to travel to Chicago on fi rst U.S. visit

by Maria Kulczycky celebration for more than two years, The Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus, the Sviatoslav as the principal speaker and working to involve all of our parishes, renowned male ensemble with members concert of Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus CHICAGO – Elected in March to head missions and religious communities,” from across the U.S. and Canada, will at the Hyatt Regency on McCormick the 6-million strong Ukrainian Greek said Bishop Richard Seminack, who has perform at the banquet on Saturday and Place. Catholic Church, Patriarch Sviatoslav led the eparchy for almost a decade. then respond at the liturgy on Sunday. • Sunday, September 25: 2 p.m. – Shevchuk will visit Chicago in late One of the ceremonies planned for the The schedule of events includes the assembly of parishes, organizations and September to celebrate the golden jubilee weekend is a procession of the jubilee following. the public around St. Nicholas Cathedral of the St. Nicholas Eparchy. icon, which is on the last leg of its • Saturday, September 24: 9 a.m. – for a community welcome to Patriarch Patriarch Sviatoslav will be the hon- 18-month trip across the far-flung terrain Youth conference – on the unique con­ Sviatoslav; 2:30 p.m. – procession; 3 ored guest at the festivities, which of the eparchy, which covers 16 central tributions of the Eastern Church to the p.m. – pontifical liturgy of thanksgiving include a youth conference, a gala ban- and western states and Hawaii. The icon world’s transformation; noon – Akathist with main celebrants Patriarch quet and a pontifical liturgy of thanksgiv- was written especially for the jubilee and in honor of the Patronage of the Most Sviatoslav, Metropolitan Stefan and ing. The Ukrainian community is expect- will reside permanently in St. Nicholas Blessed Mother of God in Ss. Bishop Richard, with Cardinal George ed to turn out in full force to greet the Cathedral. Volodymyr and Olga Church with presiding, guest hierarchs and clergy par­ patriarch. A moral theologian, the Patriarch Patriarch Sviatoslav as the main cele­ ticipating, and the Ukrainian Bandurist Born in western Ukraine when the comes with a message of collaboration brant, followed by the procession of the Chorus responding. Catholic Church was a “catacomb” and cooperation, particularly with the icon to St. Nicholas Cathedral and the For more information readers may call Church, its clergy and faithful martyred Ukrainian Orthodox Church in an “ecu­ conclusion of Akathist at the cathedral; 773-276-5080 or 773-276-4537, or visit and exiled to Siberian labor camps, menical, Christian and evangelizing per- 5:30 p.m. – gala banquet with Patriarch esnucc.org. Patriarch Sviatoslav completed his earli- spective.” He also speaks of a “sympho­ est theological studies in South America. ny of traditions” between Latin and The Church was resurrected in the early Byzantine Rite Catholics. 1990s with the fall of the totalitarian At age 41, Patriarch Sviatoslav is the Soviet Union. youngest Catholic leader at his rank. He The spirit and practice of the Church, heads a Church in which the average age however, was kept alive in its many par- of the clergy is 35. The membership of ishes in the diaspora, including the com- the Church also is young, perhaps munity in Chicago, which has thrived for because the fall of communism led more than a century. The Ukrainian young people to “look for strong values,” Village section of the city boasts numer- which they have found in “the Church of ous Ukrainian houses of worship martyrs,” the patriarch observed. designed in the traditional Byzantine To serve the needs of this young style, including the largest – the land- cohort, Patriarch Sviatoslav brings a mark St. Nicholas Cathedral. message of “enculturation,” which means As his predecessors did before him, “sinking Christian values and our tradi­ beginning with Metropolitan Andrey tion into today’s culture. This is a very Sheptytsky, the patriarch will be paying a important instrument of evangelization.” pastoral visit to his flock, but also Among the celebrants at the jubilee lit- acknowledging the important role the urgy will be Cardinal Francis George, the Church in the diaspora has played in sus- archbishop of Chicago; Metropolitan taining the Ukrainian Church and its tra- Stefan Soroka of Philadelphia, head of ditions. the Ukrainian Catholic Church in the “We have been planning our jubilee U.S.; and Bishop Richard.

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Ukrainian American goalie shines at international soccer tournament

by Iryna Kurowyckyj her twin brothers Roman and the activities and friendships it has brought her, both in the United NEW YORK – Lesia Danyluk, George cheered from the sidelines. States and abroad. a 15-year-old Ukrainian American More recently, her soccer endeavors While she was in Denmark, one plastunka from Dobbs Ferry, have included playing midfielder N.Y., took part in an interna- for the Ursuline High School soc- of Lesia’s memorable moments tional soccer tournament, the cer team, playing for the Ukrainian occurred during the opening cer- Dana Cup, in Denmark this team Krylati in Yonkers, and tend- emonies during which athletes July. Over 15 countries ing goal for the Rye Celtics. from various countries marched were represented Lesia, a second-generation in a parade through the town and in the Dana Cup Ukrainian American, has been into the stadium. Marching beside tournament, in- an active participant of both Plast members of the team from Ukraine, cluding teams from Ukrainian Scouting Organization she had the opportunity to meet and Germany, Australia, and the Ukrainian American Youth chat with the players and coaches. Mexico and Ukraine. Association; she is also a student The 13-year-old Ukrainian boys Fifty-fiFifty-five ve teams of girls in of the School of Ukrainian Studies were surprised and pleased that the Lesia’s age group came to in Yonkers, N.Y. She is proud of American-born Lesia was able to compete. her Ukrainian heritage and enjoys speak with them in Ukrainian. Representing the United States of America, Ms. Danyluk was starting Mishanyna goalie for the Rye Celtics, a premier New York U15 As the school year starts and festival season comes to a close, we girls’ soccer team. Lesia remember the thrilling Ukrainian festivals we attended during and her team started the the spring and summer, and the variety of Ukrainian dances tournament by winning performed. This month’s Mishanyna challenge is to find the all three of their initial names of dances from Ukraine. pool play rounds with scores of PRYVIT (a dance performed to GYPSY (representing the culture 4-0, 4-0 and 3-0. greet the audience) of the Roma gypsies) After taking first place in their Goalie Lesia Danyluk with the Dana Cup. HOPAK (a Kozak dance, usually ARKAN (a Hutsul dance per- division, the Rye Celtics headed referred to as the “National Dance formed by men around a bonfire) into the single elimination round corner kick. The Celtics were now of Ukraine”) CHUMAK (a folk dance re-enact- of 32 teams. Winning their next up 2-0. With less than 10 minutes HUTSULKA (from the Hutsul region) ing the lives of salt merchants) two games by scores of 3-0 and left in the game, the Norwegian BUKOVYNIAN (from the 1-0, they advanced to the quarter- team pressured the Celtics, but Bukovyna region) KOLOMYJKA (especially popu- lar in the western part of Ukraine) finals – the first time a team from could not get past the defense and BEREZNIANKA (from the the United States had advanced so Lesia’s goal-tending skills. Zakarpattia region) TROPOTIANKA (derived from far. In the quarterfinals, they again The final whistle blew. Lesia and VOLYN (from the Volyn region) the Romanian dance “Tropotita”) shut out their opponents by a score the Rye Celtics had won the Dana MAZUROCHKY (from the VESNIANKY (spring dances, of 4-0 and then won the semi-final Cup. In the process, they had scored Polissia region) also referred to as “hahilky”) match by scoring two unanswered 24 unanswered goals, shutting out goals. each of their opponents during the By making it to the Dana Cup entire tournament. finals, Lesia and the Rye Celtics As “We Are the Champions” had accomplished something un- blared from the stadium sound precedented, earning the respect of system, American and Norwegian their competitors and hundreds of players shook hands and made their fans, including some from Denmark way to the podiums for the medal who cheered for the American team as they marched into Hjorring Sta- ceremony. The mayor presented the dium to play the final match against winners with flowers, individual gold the Norwegian team, Arna-Bjorner. medals and the Dana Cup Trophy. The Norwegian team struck first For Lesia Danyluk, the tourna- with a hard shot on goal that Lesia ment was a once-in-a-lifetime was able to deflect. The Rye Celtics experience, a prize at the end of a countered with pressure and shots long journey that had begun when of their own, but after numerous she was 6 years old and playing soc- back and forth play, the first half cer in Westchester, N.Y., under the ended in a scoreless draw. The Rye watchful eye of her uncle, mentor Celtics started the second half of and trainer. the game very aggressively, scoring As Lesia’s interest in soccer grew, within the first two minutes. Fif- her parents, Andrij and Chrystia teen minutes later, the Americans Danyluk, spent countless hours scored again with a hard and swift driving her to practices and games; No. 37 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2011 23

September 15 20th anniversary of Ukrainian independence September 17 Golf tournament, Children of Chornobyl Relief and Washington commemoration, Ukrainian National Information Service Webster, NY Development Fund, Webster Golf Club – East Course, and the Congressional Ukrainian Caucus, U.S. Congress, 585-265-3394 or [email protected] Hart Office Building, 202-547-0018 or [email protected] September 18 Ukrainian Heritage Day Festival, Holy Cross Ukrainian September 15 Golf tournament, Royal Woodbine Golf Club, Astoria, NY Catholic Church, 718-932-4060 Etobicoke, ON 905-576-0809 or [email protected] September 18 Film screening, “Genocide Revealed” by Yurij Luhovy, September 16 Forum, “Ukrainian Economic Growth, Freedom and Winnipeg Ukrainian Canadian Professionals Committee, Canad Inns Washington Investment,” U.S-Ukraine Business Council, hotel Polo Park, 204-586-3445 The Heritage Foundation, [email protected] September 19 Film screening, “Genocide Revealed” by Yurij Luhovy, September 16-17 Ukrainian Festival, Bloor Street West, Calgary, AB St. Vladimir Ukrainian Orthodox Cultural Center, Toronto 416-410-9965 or www.ukrainianfestival.com 403-257-5778

September 16-18 Conference for Ukrainian Museums and Archives, September 20 Film screening, “Genocide Revealed” by Yurij Luhovy, Cleveland Hyatt Regency Cleveland at the Arcade, 440-567-6986 Edmonton Ukrainian Youth Unity Complex, 780-414-1624 or 440-331-6153 September 21 Film screening, “Genocide Revealed” by Yurij Luhovy, Kelowna, PQ Ss. Peter and Paul Ukrainian Orthodox parish auditorium, September 17-18 Ukrainian Festival, St. Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox 514-481-5871 Silver Spring, MD Cathedral, 301-622-0838 or 443-315-8873 September 23 Jazz night, featuring music by Grupo Yuri Jazz and September 17 50th anniversary banquet, Ukrainian American Youth Passaic, NJ Askold Buk and Company, St. Nick’s Music Gallery, Chicago Association – Chicago branch, 773-486-4204 917-605-0880 September 17 Horseshoes tournament, Ukrainian National Home, Syracuse, NY 315-478-9272 or [email protected] Entries in “Out and About” are listed free of charge. Priority is given to events advertised in The Ukrainian Weekly. However, we also welcome submissions September 17 Ukrainian Festival, St. Josaphat Ukrainian Catholic from all our readers. Items will be published at the discretion of the editors New Britain, CT Church, Polanka-Falcon Field, 860-223-9915 and as space allows. Please send e-mail to [email protected].

Lviv, and expressed gratitude for the sup­ Ukraine’s support to the U.S. The minis­ On September 13, 2001, a moment of port, both official and unofficial. “On try announced the creation of a crisis silence was observed across Ukraine at 1 Turning the pages... behalf of the U.S. and its citizens, I want group within the ministry that was p.m. in memory of the thousands who (Continued from page 6) to express thanks for the incredible out­ formed “to assess the aftereffects of the lost their lives in the disasters in New pouring of sympathy we have experi­ tragedy and to coordinate the work of the York, Washington and Pennsylvania. U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Carlos enced over the last 18 hours,” he said. diplomatic representations of Ukraine Pascual said on September 12, 2001, that Minister of Foreign Affairs Anatolii abroad to increase their security, and to Source: “Ukraine reacts to terrorist he had received messages of support Zlenko led a high-level delegation to the aid citizens of Ukraine in their search for attack on U.S.,” by Roman Woronowycz, from Ukrainian citizens from various U.S. Embassy in Kyiv to personally con­ dear ones who reside in the United The Ukrainian Weekly, September 16, regions, including Kherson, Kharkiv and vey condolences and give reassurances of States.” 2001.

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PREVIEW OF EVENTS

Saturday-Sunday, September 17-18 – Tryzub, Lower State and County Line recital by noted Ukrainian American com­ roads. Participants will learn about Olympic- poser, singer, kobzar and bandurist Julian SILVER SPRING, Md.: The eighth annual style and traditional bows and will have an Kytasty. Mr. Kytasty’s new program features 216 Foordmore Road Ukrainian Festival of the Washington opportunity to shoot them. The archer will original compositions and arrangements that P.O. Box 529 Metropolitan Area will be held from noon to also invite the participants to join and to integrate material from deep layers of Kerhonkson, NY 12446 dusk, rain or shine, on the grounds of St. assist him in organizing the team. The clinic Ukrainian culture with new approaches Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral, and team are open to all (beginners, interme­ developed in his recent collaborations with 15100 New Hampshire Ave., Silver Spring, diates and experts), adults, and boys and musicians around the world and in his work 1-845-626-5641 MD, 20905. It is sponsored by the Ukrainian [email protected] girls above the age of 9. No previous experi­ as a composer for theater, modern dance and Festival Committee and the Embassy of ence is required. No equipment is needed at Ukraine, as well as local Ukrainian organiza­ film. The concert will be held at 3 p.m. at this time. More proficient archers are invited The Lyceum, 201 S. Washington St. tions. The festival will feature Ukrainian art­ to serve not only as team members but also September 11 - ists and dancers, vendors and children’s Suggested donation: $20; free for students. A UNWLA Br 95 - 20th as coaches and instructors. For information reception to meet the artist will follow activities, delicious food and pastries, and a e-mail Ilya at [email protected], call Gene Kozak beer garden. All are welcome; admis­ immediately after the concert. For further Anniversary Luncheon at 267-664-3857 or visit the website www. information call 301-229-2615. sion is free. For more information contact tryzub.org. September 11-15 - 240-669-6473 or www.standrewuoc.org. VANCOUVER, British Columbia: Reunions - Bayreuth, PALATINE, Ill.: The Ukrainian American The Tuesday, September 20 Veterans 1st Lt. Ivan Shandor Post 35, ACT Vancouver premiere of the feature documen­ Berchtesgaden, Karlsfeld, tary “Genocide Revealed” by filmmaker EDMONTON, Alberta: for America and the Veteran Defenders of The Edmonton Yurij Luhovy, winner of 11 international Landshut, Regensburg premiere of “Genocide Revealed,” the multi­ America invite all to attend a viewing of the awards, including Best Historical Film and September 19-21 - award-winning feature documentary pro­ 2008 documentary film “FITNA.” The film duced and directed by Yurij Luhovy, will be shows selected excerpts from Suras of the Best Documentary, will take place at Holy Reunions - Mittenwald and held at Ukrainian Youth Unity Complex, Koran, interspersed with media clips show­ Trinity Cathedral Auditorium, 154 E. 10th Salzburg 9615 153rd Ave., at 7 p.m. Narrated by actor ing acts of violence by Islamic radicals. This Ave., at 1:30 p.m. The film, narrated by actor Grahame Greene, the film exposes film was produced by the Dutch parliamen­ Grahame Greene, exposes Moscow’s policy Moscow’s policy of genocide against the tarian Geert Wilders. The meeting takes of genocide against the Ukrainian nation. Ukrainian nation. The film focuses on the place at the Palatine Library, 700 N. North The film focuses on the 1932-1933 Famine 1932-1933 Famine in Soviet Ukraine and the Court, Palatine, IL 60067 at 2 p.m. There is in Soviet Ukraine and the accompanying accompanying decimation of the national no charge for this event. For more informa­ decimation of the national elite. The film elite; it is based on testimonies of survivors tion contact the post commander, Col. screening is organized by the Ukrainian Wherever you are, and commentaries by historians. The screen­ Roman G. Golash (ret), at romangolash@ Canadian Congress, Vancouver branch, and ing is sponsored by Ukrainian Canadian sbcglobal.net or call 847-910-3532. the Ukrainian Studies Foundation of British The Weekly can Congress, Alberta Provincial Council and Sunday, September 25 Columbia; the filmmaker will be present. Edmonton branch. Admission is $15 for Admission is $15 for adults, $10 for stu­ adults, $10 for students, with proceeds ALEXANDRIA, VA.: The Washington dents, with proceeds towards the educational be there with you. towards the educational version of the film. Group Cultural Fund Sunday Music Series version of the film. For information call 604­ The filmmaker will be present. For informa­ inaugurates its 2011-2012 season with a 437-1464 or log on to www.yluhovy.com. tion call 780-414-1624, or log on to www. Check out yluhovy.com. Saturday, September 24 PREVIEW OF EVENTS GUIDELINES The Ukrainian Weekly HORSHAM, PA: “Give Archery a Shot,” Preview of Events is a listing of community events open to the public. It is a service says Truzyb, the Ukrainian Nationals, which provided at minimal cost ($20 per listing) by The Ukrainian Weekly to the Ukrainian is organizing an archery club and team. A community. Items should be no more than 100 words long. online at nationally ranked Ukrainian American archer experienced in state, regional and national Information should be sent to: [email protected] or Preview of Events, The target (FITA) and field archery competitions Ukrainian Weekly, 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054; fax, 973­ www.ukrweekly.com will hold a clinic and demonstration, at 2-4 644-9510. NB: If e-mailing, please do not send items as attachments; simply p.m. at the Ukrainian American Sport Center type the text into the body of the e-mail message.