AUTHORITIES HUSH UP INDEPENDENT PAGE TALKS ON THE VISA REGIME AND FTA PAGE LIFE AFTER EURO 2012: PAGE MEDIA BEFORE THE ELECTION PUTS DO NOT SIGNAL THE END OF HOW EUROPEANS UKRAINE IN THE SPOTLIGHT 10 ISOLATION FOR MR. YANUKOVYCH 13 CHANGED UKRAINE 28 № 12 (35) JULY 2012 WWW.UKRAINIANWEEK.COM FOR FREE DISTRIBUTION Featuring selected content from The Economist |CONTENTS BRIEFING FOCUS A No-Win Situation: A Pinpoint Strike: Lytvyn’s Choice: As Vladimir Putin comes four hours Recent developments show The position of the Verkhovna late for his meeting with Viktor that the government opens Rada’s Speaker on the Yanukovych in Yalta, he shows that criminal cases against language law, regardless of the West is not the only one turning protesters and activists his motivation, will determine its back on the Ukrainian President to discourage others to his political future and his 4 continue or join the struggle 5 place in Ukrainian history 6 POLITICS Endurance Test: Yuri Makarov Another Carrot: The government is testing on how Russian A simplified visa regime and the how the Ukrainian mass methods of initialing of the economic part media and society are pressure are of the Ukraine-EU Free Trade prepared to protect tested on Agreement does not mean that freedom of speech Ukrainian mass the international isolation of Mr. 10 media 12 Yanukovych’s regime has ended 13 SECURITY Preventing Poverty: Uzbekistan’s Demarche: John Lucas on the rule of law Tashkent’s decision to withdraw as a guide to eliminating from the CSTO could lead to yet corruption and establishing another surge of destabilization the rule of law with the in the Asian region limited set of resources at hand 14 18 NEIGHBOURS ECONOMY Slowing down The pre-crisis eep Car sales grew during the second six months of 2011 rise in car sales at the same time as many media were buzzing with SECOND HALF Car sale dynamics 623,200 resulted from the articles about the “inevitable price rise” for imported in Ukraine accompanying cars, resulting from the equally “inevitable duty Troubled Neighbourhood: The Real Wealth 542,000 Auto Stop?credit boom. increase.” However, an inveigation launched The liquidity crisis by UkrAutoprom as a result of this media campaign From open sources many banks ill speculating on the raising of the car import duty Wojciech Borodzicz-Smoliński of Nations: A declinesuffer , infollowe manufacturingd to 47% in July 2011, did not bring any results. by a cutback talks about modern Warsaw- Learn about a new 371,000 and thein bbalanceank lending, of trade sent the car market FIRST HALF 220,600 into decline. Vilnius relations and conflicts report with a better reinforces Ukrainian car 120,000 JANUARY-MAY over culture, history and way to size up wealth producers,162,300 who expect162,600 language privileges for having switched100,000 84,000 20 24 sides in politics 26 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 SOCIETY HISTORY Life after Euro 2012: The Predecessors of European Knights: Ukrainians had a chance On their long way from the North to witness the European Caucasus to Africa, Alans laid the worldview – free of post- foundation of medieval military totalitarian fear, restraint, tradition in Europe and inspired British rudeness and anger 28 mythology 32 CULTURE & ARTS Destined to Fly Higher: The Philosophical Instrument of Danylo Demutskiy: Ivan Kavaleridze, the founder A talented cameraman, he was awarded with of monumental historical three arrests, deportation, imprisonment and the cinema in Ukraine and his life prestigious Stalin Prize by the soviet authorities under a totalitarian regime 36 39 NAVIGATOR 7 Films to Watch Eight Days Under the Surface: Fleeing from Urban Slavery: from the Odesa The Ukrainian Week travels to the Every year, dozens of Film Festival Ozerna Cave in the Ternopil Oblast Donetsk Oblast families flee to research beautiful underground to deserted villages to start mazes, dark corridors and crystal new lives closer to nature 44 clear lakes 46 48 international monthly edition The Ukrainian Week № 12 (35) July 2012 Mailing address: PO Box 2, Kyiv, 03067 Founder: ECEM Media Ukraine LLC Publisher: The Ukrainian Week LLC Publisher address: vul. 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Print run: 15,000 Natalia Romanec, Shaun Williams, Editors; Sent to print on 19 July 2012 Anna Korbut, Translator Free distribution № 12 (35) JULY 2012|THE UKRAINIAN WEEK|3 BRIEFING| 30 June 4 July 6 July A landslip occurs under St. An- The pro-government The 10th session of the drew’s Church, which is on the parliamentary major- Verkhovna Rada of the 6th List of Mankind Treasures of Five ity simplifies the Convention is closed, but an Continents, after the renova- procedure to elect extraordinary session may tion of Andriivsky Uzviz the VR Speaker take place on 31 July A No-Win Situation Author: n all likelihood, the Presidential Administration Putin was deliberately over four hours late for the Heorhiy viewed the meeting between Putin and Yanu- meeting. Even with his own governors, the President Hryshchenko kovych in Yalta, in the context of the evident isola- of the RF is far more punctual. In addition, the meet- Ition of the latter on the part of the West, as an op- ing itself appeared not to bring any results for Mr. Ya- portunity to prove that the blind alley, into which it nukovych. In spite of the attempt to save face with has blundered and led the country into, is not actu- statements about “more than ten signed agreements”, ally so blind. What happened was the complete op- in truth, the issue is limited to either documents of mi- posite. Mr. Yanukovych who was supposedly of- nor importance, or the latest portion of declarations fended by the Europeans, saying that they were not about intent. For example, a protocol was signed on ready for “equal partnership”, was also demonstra- the introduction of changes to the agreement on coop- tively humiliated by Vladimir Putin. eration in the area of the certification of research and research-educational personnel at higher educational institutions, dated 21 June 2002, memorandums on cooperation in the fight against terrorism and cooper- ation in the Antarctic, an agreement on interaction in the prevention of emergency situations, fires and the liquidation of their consequences in populated areas where Russian Black Sea Fleet facilities are located, as well as cooperation in the area of air search and res- cue. However, no agreement was reached on any of the problem directions of bilateral relations that are of benefit to Ukraine. The Presidents signed a joint statement on the delim- itation of maritime space of the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea, as well as in the Strait of Kerch. However, according to Mr. Putin, “the essence of the document lies in preparing our colleagues for bringing this work to a logical conclusion – the signing of a rele- vant agreement.” Nothing more, at which, the terms are not determined. However Russian interests are provided for, as is the rejection of Ukrainian inter- ests by Mr. Yanukovych. More specifically, the docu- ment stresses the intent of the parties to ensure the development of the Kerch – Yeni-Kale navigation ca- nal, which belongs to Ukraine, by establishing a Rus- sian-Ukrainian joint venture, and in return, Moscow is ready to recognize Ukraine’s sovereignty over the Island of Tuzla, which, even without this, is part of Ukraine. There is also a similar situation with the memorandum on integration and cooperation signed by the Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry of Ukraine and the Rosatom Corporation, which can only lead to the already existing virtually exclusive The month 4 July 1893 9 July 1659 12 July 1892 in history Danylo Demutsky, pho- The coalition of Ukrainian Bruno Schulz, a Polish writer tographer and cameraman Cossacks led by Hetman Ivan and graphic artist, is born in who worked on the best Vyhovsky and Crimean Tatars Drohobych, Western Ukraine Ukrainian classical films, defeat the Russian army at is born the Battle of Konotop 4|THE UKRAINIAN WEEK|№ 12 (35) JULY 2012 |BRIEFING 10 July 12 July 13 July 18 July Russian Wikipedia The Prosecutor’s Office The police try to search LB.ua, a political shuts down to protest initiates a criminal case the office of the united online publication, against Russian againstM ykola Knia- opposition in Cherkasy stops working legislation restricting zhytsky, General Director after its staff faces Internet access of TVi channel criminal charges dependence of Ukraine on the Russian Federation in the area of nuclear energy. They also agreed to con- A Pinpoint Strike tinue negotiations on the functioning and continued stationing of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Crimea, When a chaotic rally to protect the Ukrainian language started on the night on the territory of which the Kremlin is expressing of July 3-4 in front of Ukrainian House at the European Square, virtually great interest in updating its armaments. every group of protesters discussed what they would do if Berkut, a special- Of course, one of the formal aspects of the Yalta meet- purpose unit of the Ukrainian police, attacked them. Two columns of po- ing that has not been formally mentioned, albeit lice with helmets and batons did not inspire optimism. But the instruction clearly seen, was the recent passing of the language to attack the protesters was not given from above.