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Vol. LXXIV No. 31 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 30, 2006 $1/$2 in Ukraine BillionaireHE PinchukKRAINIAN promotes EEKLY T U As political crisisW continues in Ukraine, Ukraine’s membership in EU

by Zenon Zawada from enormous gains as a result of such Yushchenkoby Zenon Zawada conveness akeroundtable of Ukraine by signing meeting a government Kyiv Press Bureau reforms and closer ties to Europe. Kyiv Press Bureau manifesto. Interpipe Corp. is among the world’s “We should unite around ensuring YALTA, Ukraine – To learn that largest pipe producers, having secured 4 KYIV – With his country mired in a national sovereignty, integrity of our bor- Viktor Pinchuk is among Ukraine’s percent of the world’s seamless pipe mar- political crisis, President Viktor ders and territory, embodiment of eco- biggest advocates for European Union ket, 10 percent of the global market in Yushchenko invited the leaders of nomic transformation, guaranteeing all (EU) membership may come as a sur- railway wheels and 11 percent of the Ukraine’s five parliamentary factions to democratic rights and freedoms that were prise, considering he worked against the manganese ferroalloys market, according find a way out during a roundtable meet- achieved,” he stated. Orange Revolution. to company information. ing held on July 27 at the Presidential Verkhovna Rada Chairman and Yet, for the past three years, the bil- While he sells the majority of his Secretariat. Socialist Parry leader Oleksander Moroz lionaire magnate has hosted and footed pipes to former Soviet states, Mr. As their solution, both Mr. said during the roundtable that he also much of the bill for the lavish Yalta Pinchuk wants to sell more on the Yushchenko and acting Prime Minister favors a broad coalition that includes his European Strategy (YES) conference, European market, where Interpipe cur- Yurii Yekhanurov proposed creating a party. inviting leaders and experts from the rently sells about 20 percent of its prod- new coalition government, raising the Earlier that day, Our Ukraine leaders world over to brainstorm over Ukraine’s uct, said Andrii Gostik, an analyst at the possibility that Our Ukraine may unite Roman Bezsmertnyi and Petro Westward progress. Kyiv-based Concorde Capital investment with the Party of the Regions and the Poroshenko began negotiations with the Mr. Pinchuk tells reporters he is driven bank. Interpipe has already established Socialist Party of Ukraine. Party of the Regions, while Mr. by the desire to see Ukraine assimilate offices in Switzerland. “I am convinced that a moment of Yushchenko met individually with Yulia European values and standards. “Europe is a high-end market, and truth arrives in a nation’s political life,” Tymoshenko of the eponymous bloc. “I am not sure that Ukraine will be an Interpipe’s share is less than it could Mr. Yushchenko told his colleagues. The nationally televised roundtable EU member in 10 or 15 years,” he said. potentially be,” Mr. Gostik said. Mr. “Now’s the time to make a decision.” discussions revealed that the Orange “But we need these reforms – democracy, Pinchuk’s ability to sell more in Europe The Ukrainian president called upon Revolution’s leaders still are failing to a market economy and rule of law.” is limited by trade barriers established by the five leaders of the Parliament’s fac- find common ground. Herein lies his deeper motivation – his tions to put aside their differences and Ms. Tymoshenko, who also heads her vast industrial empire stands to benefit (Continued on page 8) personal ambitions, and unite for the bloc’s parliamentary faction, rejected signing any manifesto that involved all five factions, calling such a union “exot- ic” and stating that she remains uncon- vinced it would do any good. Ukrainianby Walter American Tun creditBeginning unions on June hold26, the presidents, 25th anniversaryment, and introduced conference speakers from the Instead, she maintained her stance directors and CEOs from 17 credit unions U.S. government and Congress, as well as that President Yushchenko should dis- WASHINGTON – During the last few held their 25th anniversary technical con- representatives from nationwide credit miss the Verkhovna Rada and that the decades the Ukrainian American communi- ference and annual meeting in Washington. union associations. Tymoshenko and Our Ukraine blocs ty has created a powerful financial voice: The Ukrainian National Credit Union Former Florida Congressman and should unite to run in pre-term elections. Ms. Tymoshenko rejects any coalition the Ukrainian American credit union move- Association (UNCUA) and its chairman, President of the Credit Union National with the Party of the Regions. ment. Ukrainian credit unions were char- Bohdan Watral, organized this year’s con- Association (CUNA) Dan Mica enthusias- “We won’t enter any broad coalition tered in the United States beginning in the ference to exchange ideas and plans for the tically greeted attendees. Mr. Mica extend- 1950s and now hold over $2 billion dollars Ukrainian American credit union move- under any conditions,” she said. “I am ed encouragement and the cooperation of against business becoming politics, and in assets. Membership exceeds 100,000 ment. UNCUA President and conference his association, and offered the use of the Ukrainian Americans who support their organizer Orysia Burdiak added a visit to definitively against politics becoming strategically located Credit Union House as business.” community while benefiting financially the credit union-owned Credit Union a base for use in addressing Ukrainian- from credit union services. From an eco- House and to the Ukrainian Embassy. Mr. Yushchenko said he’s still keep- related credit union issues while in ing on the table the option of dismissing nomic point of view, the community’s cred- At the three-day conference, Chairman Washington. it unions present a strong united voice and Watral presented an overview of the Parliament but he’s reluctant to do so are the financial backbone of the diaspora. Ukrainian American credit union move- (Continued on page 11) because he admits it could result in an even worse conflict in society. The participants in the televised roundtable also included Mr. Bezsmertnyi of Our Ukraine, Petro Symonenko of the Communist Party and Viktor Yanukovych of the Party of the Regions. In an attempt to buy time, Mr. Yushchenko said he would wait until August 2 to make a decision on Anti- Crisis Coalition’s nomination of Mr. Yanukovych as prime minister and hold negotiations in the meantime. He also said he would not compro- mise on the right to select the ministers of internal affairs, defense and foreign affairs, the procurator general and the chair of the Security Service of Ukraine. While Mr. Yushchenko continued to weigh his options, the tensions between the Russian-leaning Party of the Regions and the pro-Western Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc intensified as thousands of their Participants of the Ukrainian National Credit Union Association’s 25th anniversary conference in Washington. (Continued on page 8) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 30, 2006 No. 31

ANALYSIS NEWSBRIEFSNEWSBRIEFS Will Yushchenko dissolve Parliament? President has 15 days to ponder PM forged by the Party of the Regions, the RFE/RL Newsroom zens. This can only be achieved by hard Socialist Party and the Communist Party KYIV – President Viktor Yushchenko July 26 work, and only a team of professionals from forming a government in Ukraine. said in a radio address to the nation on will be able to handle this task. This team The YTB has 129 parliamentary mandates July 22 that, in accordance with the con- On July 25, Ukrainian President should be headed by a person who can and Our Ukraine 81. (RFE/RL Newsline) stitution, he has 15 days to consider the Viktor Yushchenko faces a critical deci- give up narrow partisan interests and take motion of the parliamentary coalition of Moroz cautions against disbanding Rada sion – whether to dissolve the country’s responsibility for the country’s economic the Party of the Regions, the Socialist Parliament. The deadline comes almost development. I hope for the wisdom of Party and the Communist Party to submit KYIV – Verkhovna Rada Chairman four months to the day after the Ukrainian politicians.” a candidate for the post of prime minister Oleksander Moroz on July 24 warned Verkhovna Rada was first elected. In the The president may also be hoping for for parliamentary approval. The candida- President Viktor Yushchenko against dis- interim, the legislature has been ham- a situation that leaves at least some of his cy of Viktor Yanukovych for this post solving the Parliament, claiming that law- strung by political infighting and power political clout intact. He faces unpalat- makers would not comply with such a was officially submitted by the coalition plays that have left the country without a able options even if he chooses to leave move, Interfax-Ukraine reported. “Let’s to President Yushchenko on July 18. government – and without an Orange the current Parliament in place. remember Russia in 1993, when hundreds (RFE/RL Newsline) coalition that would lead Ukraine toward One would be for him to go into the of people died as a result of political deeper integration with the West. opposition against the so-called Anti- Yushchenko hails Rada’s return to work intrigues,” Mr. Moroz said in a televised Mr. Yushchenko has several options at Crisis Coalition led by the pro-Russia address to the public. “It was a shame for his disposal, and none are particularly Party of the Regions of his political KYIV – Ukrainian President the state. ... Disbanding the [Ukrainian] pleasant. archrival, Viktor Yanukovych. This Yushchenko on July 19 praised the Parliament would lead to a civil conflict, As president, Mr. Yushchenko has the would leave President Yushchenko large- Verkhovna Rada for resuming its work, and this would be an unpardonable tragedy, constitutional prerogative to dismiss ly marginalized by a Parliament with Interfax reported the same day, according for which someone would have to be held Parliament on July 25 – 60 days after the newly enhanced constitutional powers. to presidential spokeswoman Iryna accountable.” On July 25, the Verkhovna resignation of the previous Cabinet. Lastly, Mr. Yushchenko could agree to Heraschenko. “President Yushchenko Rada passed a resolution to convene a spe- Such a move would break the political a grand coalition that would ally Our welcomes the fact that lawmakers respect cial parliamentary session later the same deadlock that has paralyzed Parliament Ukraine with the Party of the Regions. the Ukrainian Constitution and have day on the political situation in the country, since elections were held on March 26. It’s a political partnership that was announced the formation of a new coali- with President Yushchenko in attendance. But it’s an unappealing option for Mr. unthinkable two years ago, when the tion in accordance with the procedural Beginning on July 25, Mr. Yushchenko has Yushchenko. Polls indicate his Our Orange Revolution carried Mr. rules,” she said. Ms. Heraschenko con- the power to disband the legislature elected Ukraine bloc would see its numbers drop Yushchenko to victory over a disgraced firmed that the Presidential Secretariat on on March 26, as lawmakers failed to com- even lower than the 13 percent of the vote and discredited Mr. Yanukovych. July 18 received the anti-crisis coalition’s ply with a constitutional provision obliging it took in its third-place finish in March. Such a decision would ensure a place submission of the name of Party of the them to form a new Cabinet within 60 days Speaking on July 22 in his weekly for Our Ukraine in the new Cabinet. But Regions Chairman Viktor Yanukovych as of the previous government’s resignation. radio address, President Yushchenko it would be the final blow for many its candidate for prime minister, adding (RFE/RL Newsline) appeared to indicate he would not opt to Orange Revolution supporters who have that the president will consider it within Will coalition pay off deputies? throw out the Parliament. He was ready, seen their dreams of Western integration 15 days. (RFE/RL Newsline) he said, to cooperate with the Verkhovna sink alongside President Yushchenko’s KYIV – Yulia Tymoshenko, leader of Tymoshenko bloc deputies to leave Rada Rada “for the sake of the country’s sta- popularity. the eponymous bloc in the Verkhovna bility and development.” One major player in Ukraine’s parlia- Rada, said on July 20 that the Anti-Crisis “The new government will be given KYIV – Yulia Tymoshenko, head of the mentary drama is pushing for the president eponymous political bloc, told journalists Coalition intends to expand its support to an important and difficult task,” Mr. to dissolve the Verkhovna Rada – Yulia the 300-vote constitutional majority by Yushchenko said. “It has to keep up the in Kyiv on July 24 that 125 deputies have Tymoshenko, Mr. Yushchenko’s former signed a declaration to leave her bloc’s paying off lawmakers, Interfax reported. pace of economic development and Ms. Tymoshenko suggested that lawmak- advance the living standards of our citi- (Continued on page 17) parliamentary caucus, Ukrainian media reported. The Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc ers have been offered millions of dollars to join the coalition comprising the Party (YTB) has also adopted an appeal to law- of the Regions, the Socialist Party and makers from the pro-presidential Our the Communist Party. The coalition Poland disappointed in Ukraine, Ukraine to make a similar move and give needs a constitutional majority in order up their parliamentary seats. Ms. to complete a reform that would transfer Tymoshenko argues that, under a constitu- but won’t give up on its neighbor presidential powers to the prime minister, tional provision, if more than 150 law- Ms. Tymoshenko said, adding that the RFE/RL Belarus, Ukraine and Moldova Report shock, and many people can’t understand makers abandon the 450-seat Verkhovna coalition also plans to form its “own” July 26 why it didn’t happen. Rada, the president would have the right Constitutional Court. “I’m convinced to dissolve Parliament and call for new that the president will not surrender the Among the countries looking with How do you explain this protracted elections. In this way, the YTB hopes to greatest dismay at the political chaos in political impasse? prevent the Anti-Crisis Coalition recently (Continued on page 15) Kyiv is Poland, with its strong cultural and historical ties to Ukraine. Polish offi- To many of us, it seems that too much cials have actively sought to bring Kyiv politics based on personality clashes, FOUNDED 1933 into the Western fold since Warsaw joined rather than programmatic differences, is NATO in 1999 and the European Union in actually occurring. So if you ask what we HE KRAINIAN EEKLY 2004. 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by Yana Sedova “Many of my friends didn’t have the Ukrainian hip hop group, “Tanok na Prior to the release of “Cars,” many Special to The Ukrainian Weekly possibility to see ’Cars’ in Ukrainian Maidani Congo.” pessimists among local distributors because of this schedule,” said Oleksa About 55 percent of the “Pirates” ver- argued that viewers don’t want to see KYIV – With the debut of “Cars” in Sanin, a well-known Ukrainian director sions distributed nationally are in movies in Ukrainian because they have Ukraine, the nation’s film industry dis- whose two daughters, 7-year-old Ivanka Ukrainian, and 45 percent in Russian. gotten used to the Russian language. covered that the Ukrainian language can and 4-year-old Sasha, became passionate “‘Cars’ showed that we need more Mykhailo Sokolov, president of the be more profitable than Russian – a fans of the film. Ukrainian versions,” Mr. Batrukh said. Association for Ukrainian Cinema notion once unfathomable among its As is the case with many Ukrainian “However, we cannot ignore commercial Promotion, even addressed Mr. Kyrylenko executives. children now, the girls can easily identify rules and everything will depend on the directly and demanded that he revoke the The Disney film not only became the models of cars, quote funny expressions viewers now. We hope this trend [towards government’s decision establishing first full-length foreign movie dubbed of their favorite characters and collect increasing Ukrainian-language versions] Ukrainian-language dubbing quotas. into the Ukrainian language, but also merchandise. will continue.” Mr. Sokolov and the Association sued covered all production costs and got “Cars” proved that films dubbed in He expects “Pirates” sales will easily the Cabinet of Ministers in April, assert- higher-than-expected box office returns, Ukrainian are competitive, said cover the estimated $50,000 cost of ing that its decision violates the raking in 30 percent more profit than its Viacheslav Kyrylenko, Ukraine’s vice Ukrainian dubbing. Constitution of Ukraine, which protects Russian-language twin. prime minister for humanitarian affairs, B&H Distribution Co. plans to dub ten the free use of the Russian language and “Our (profit) expectations were about who initiated a government resolution more fiction films into the Ukrainian lan- languages of all national minorities in $350,000 for the Ukrainian version, how- establishing Ukrainian-language dubbing guage by the year’s end, he said. Ukraine. ever it earned $500,000,” said Bohdan quotas for foreign films. The company has been working with Now distributors will think twice, con- Batrukh, the general manager of B&H The cartoon’s success is expected to lift two Kyiv-based companies that have sidering each distributed Ukrainian-lan- Distribution Co., the Kyiv-based compa- the sails for the next summer blockbuster technical equipment for high-quality dub- guage copy of “Cars” earned 50 cents ny that distributed “Cars.” that has already reached Ukraine’s shores. bing – Lema Studio and Pteproduction more than its Russian-language counter- Even the Russian-language inhabitants “Pirates of the Caribbean – Dead Studio. part. of eastern Ukraine preferred the Man’s Chest” started its voyage in It’s realistic to expect that in a year’s “Those guys in Odesa who didn’t take Ukrainian version of the film. Ukrainian theaters on July 13 and time, every full-length movie released in ’Cars’ in Ukrainian on principle now In Donetsk for example, the average became the first film with real-life actors Ukraine will be dubbed in both the took copies of ’Pirates’ in Ukrainian,” number of viewers that saw the dubbed into Ukrainian. Ukrainian and Russian languages, Mr. Mr. Batrukh said. Ukrainian-version of “Cars” at a particu- It also features the voices of well- Batrukh said, which wasn’t the case until Odesa theaters were the only ones in lar showing was 37, compared with 32 known Ukrainian actors, including the this summer. Ukraine to outrightly reject the Ukrainian viewers who viewed a Russian-language father-and-son acting team of Bohdan “The number of copies in each lan- version, which was accepted even in screening. and Ostap Stupka, who handled the roles guage will reflect the percentage of those Symferopol. The success arrived despite unfavor- of pirate Bill and rebellious son Will ethnic groups that declare themselves as “And the guy who sued the Cabinet of able conditions for the Ukrainian-lan- Turner, respectively. Russian- or Ukrainian-language speak- Ministers – he actually owns one or two guage version, in which the film was Pirate captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny ers,” he said. theaters and even asked us for a copy,” shown primarily in the mornings and Depp) also kids around in the Ukrainian Not everyone is sold on Ukrainian Mr. Batrukh said. “So he also surren- afternoons. language thanks to Fagot, leader of dubbing, however. dered.” UKRAINE CRISIS: Sources, outcomes and potential ways forward by Taras Kuzio Council (NSDC), Volodymyr Horbulin. deputies combined – not enough to create Moroz. A grand coalition would need to The head of the Presidential Secretariat, a parliamentary coalition. find a compromise prime minister accept- PART I Oleh Rybachuk, also believes that The Anti-Crisis Coalition also is able to the PRU and OU, and a working Executive summary Ukraine has slipped “into a political and unfeasible because it includes the relationship with President Yushchenko. A constitutional crisis.” Communist Party of Ukraine (CPU) and grand coalition would reduce inter-region- Ukraine is in the second year of an Ukraine’s crisis of summer 2006 has proposes PRU leader Viktor Yanukovych al tension and facilitate mutual compro- Orange administration following the inau- the potential to lead to further instability, as prime minister. The Anti-Crisis mise over contentious issues (i.e., the sta- guration of President Viktor Yushchenko conflict and the downfall of President Coalition would return Ukraine to the tus of the Russian language and NATO, in in January 2005. President Yushchenko Yushchenko. parliamentary-executive conflict prior to exchange for no re-privatization, security came to power on the back of the Orange A revived Orange coalition would the adoption of the 1996 Constitution of of property rights and amnesty for election Revolution – the third democratic revolu- have been achievable following the Ukraine and be perceived inside and out- fraud). If a grand coalition proved suc- tion in a post-Communist state. March 2006 elections if President side of Ukraine as a step backwards from cessful, Ukraine’s Parliament and political Ukraine’s Orange administration fell Yushchenko and Our Ukraine had accept- the pursuit of further reform and the dem- system could gradually evolve toward a into crisis in September 2005 and has ed its results by acknowledging the right ocratic gains of the Orange Revolution. two-party system with a center-right been unable to reunite since that time. of Yulia Tymoshenko to become prime A second Orange Revolution will not (PRU+OU) and center-left (the YTB hav- Negotiations to rebuild an Orange parlia- minister. Subsequent events showed that take place. Democratic revolutions, as in ing incorporated the SPU). mentary coalition took place over three they were not willing to accept Ms. Serbia, Georgia and Ukraine, took place • Early parliamentary elections: months following the March 2006 parlia- Tymoshenko’s return to the position of during election campaigns and at the end President Yushchenko would entertain mentary elections. The resultant Orange prime minister. The summer 2006 crisis of the terms of unpopular and odious this step as a last resort as it would merely coalition disintegrated before proposing signals that hopes for a revived Orange leaders. After 18 months of the reinforce regional divisions and increase its government following the defection of coalition are no longer realistic. Yushchenko administration, Ukrainians support for the two polarized parties in the smallest of the three political parties Thus, the Orange Revolution is over are turned off by politics, disillusioned the Verkhovna Rada – the PRU and the that created the coalition. Since the col- before it even began. The Orange coali- and feel “betrayed” by their leaders. YTB. The PRU could increase its current lapse of the Orange coalition, Ukraine is tion lasted nine months in 2005 and has The 2006 protests in Kyiv resemble 186 deputies to close to half of the in the midst of a “crisis of constitutional been unable to reunite since then. These the “Ukraine Without Kuchma” protests deputies (225), thereby giving it fewer reform,” according to the acting secretary divisions in the Orange coalition deep- of 2000-2001, rather than the 2004 incentives to compromise by launching a of the National Security and Defense ened during the seven months prior to the Orange Revolution, with Kyivites largely parliamentary coalition alone. President parliamentary elections in March. The indifferent and protesters comprising Yushchenko could be deprived of his own Dr. Taras Kuzio, Senior Transatlantic three months of coalition negotiations mainly young people and western political force in Parliament if OU were Fellow, German Marshal Fund, and since the elections were convincing proof Ukrainians. OU is not backing the current to lose significant support to the YTB. adjunct professor, Institute for European, that the Orange coalition cannot be put protests, just as it did not back the Early parliamentary elections could also Russian and Eurasian Studies at the back together. During the negotiations, Ukraine Without Kuchma protests. The have unforeseen consequences by leading Elliott School of International Affairs at OU showed itself to be unwilling to enter current protests have the backing of the to early presidential elections. George Washington University, is presi- a coalition where Ms. Tymoshenko YTB and the Pora (It’s Time) youth NGO The formation of a grand coalition and dent of Kuzio Associates. would be prime minister. After three and political party, but not the SPU, government should be undertaken simul- Kuzio Associates is an independent months of coalition negotiations, the which backed the Ukraine Without taneously with three other steps: political-economic consultancy and gov- Socialist Party defected to the Party of Kuchma protests. The PRU failed to suc- • the swearing in by Parliament of ernment communications group with the Regions of Ukraine. cessfully counter-mobilize against the Constitutional Court judges, thereby offices in Washington and Kyiv. Kuzio With the defection of the SPU and the Orange Revolution but has mobilized its making the Constitutional Court a func- Associates draws upon two decades of ensuing crisis, a revived Orange coalition supporters during the current crisis, tioning institution; expertise by its president, an internation- is no longer feasible and would not increasing the possibility of inter-region- • the replacement of Oleh Rybachuk ally recognized authority on Ukraine, extract Ukraine from its deepening crisis. al and inter-party conflict. and the reorganization of the Presidential Central-Eastern Europe and the CIS. Following three months of simultaneous With an Orange coalition no longer Secretariat to provide effective back-up Kuzio Associates provides strategic negotiations by Our Ukraine (OU) with feasible, there are only two ways out of for President Yushchenko (neither advice to political clients on government both the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc (YTB) the summer 2006 crisis: Oleksander Zinchenko nor Mr. Rybachuk relations and strategy, due diligence on and the Party of the Regions of Ukraine • A grand coalition of the PRU and have provided President Yushchenko Ukrainian companies and investment cli- (PRU), it is clear that OU will not sup- OU: A grand coalition, which would with the required support); mate and opportunities in Ukraine. port Ms. Tymoshenko as prime minister. encompass 261 deputies, could also • selection of a secretary of the The article above is an edited version The defection of the Socialist Party of include the SPU, although OU may be National Security and Defense Council of the analysis published in issue No. 1, Ukraine (SPU) from the Orange coalition opposed to its inclusion following the 2006, of Ukraine Strategic Insider. leaves the YTB and OU with 210 “betrayal” by SPU leader Oleksander (Continued on page 20) 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 30, 2006 No. 31

IN THE PRESS Quotable notes “...This country is weak as never before, and for 18 months we have been witness- ing this fierce struggle for power, in which no one trusts anyone and all available Orange coalition’s collapse, means and methods ‘justify the ends.’ This political leadership is not only weak. It is irresponsible. In these 18 months nothing has been done to unite the country. “Nobody seems to care about the cleft that divided the country during the relations with Putin’s Russia 2004 presidential election campaign. And that’s not just weakness. That’s what I “The People’s Choice,” editorial, evidence to support this claim of bad call irresponsibility. Relations with Russia were spoiled, but no steps have been The Washington Post, July 17: faith on the president’s part, notably taken to mend them. That’s irresponsible, too. It reflects badly on Ukraine’s includes the nomination by Yushchenko’s international image. ... “Two years ago, politics in Ukraine party of his close advisor and family “I see a feasible way out in the idea of a ‘grand coalition.’ Proceeding from seemed to be a battle between good and friend, the very confrontational Petro political reform, this Parliament can form a capable and responsible government. evil. Now the picture is more complicat- Poroshenko, to the key post of parlia- All it takes is strong and sound-minded professionals. I can say openly that the ed. The good guy is president, but the mentary speaker in the new parliament, idea of confining the Regions Party faction to the opposition status was wrong bad guy is likely to become the next an obvious effort to rein in Yulia and anti-national. prime minister. Some say it’s a failure of Tymoshenko in her job as the new pre- “The ‘Orange leaders’ were too selfish to understand what Ukraine really needed. democracy. We disagree. mier. ...” They simply wanted to leave out and do without such a serious political force. ... “...Mr. [Viktor] Yushchenko and his “In my opinion, it is the president, as the head of state, who could initiate a Orange coalition have faltered. The gov- “The Orange circus and Ukraine’s broad pact of national reconciliation, subscribing all the parliament factions as ernment has had to face Russian bullying circular politics,” The Economist, July well as other political forces, public organizations and all citizens of Ukraine. and a bevy of domestic problems while 13: Then we would see who is for the nation’s unity and who is after power at any the momentum of revolution waned. In cost. I do believe that only a grand coalition can save this country. ...” March’s parliamentary elections, the “ ‘We are forming a new political cul- party of Mr. [Viktor] Yanukovych ture,’ President Viktor Yushchenko told – Former President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma, in answer to the question claimed the most seats. And after months the people of Ukraine last week, ‘which “What is an optimal way out of the situation?” posed by Zerkalo Nedeli on the of parliamentary wrangling, he won the will last for centuries.’ Given recent Web, July 15-21. nomination for prime minister last week. events, that seems an optimistic “... The emerging political settlement timescale. in Ukraine reflects the current divisions “After the parliamentary election in U.N. backs Romania in canal dispute with Ukraine within the country, which has a large eth- March, it took three months for Mr. nic Russian population in the east, Mr. Yushchenko’s Our Ukraine party to form Yanukovych’s natural constituency, and a a coalition with the two other parties that PARSIPPANY, N.J.— A United ed by Dutch academic Joost Terwindt, had swept him into office in the “orange Nations commission of inquiry has with two scientific experts, one each fierce Ukrainian nationalist movement in the west, Mr. Yushchenko’s power base. revolution” of 2004: the Socialists and a backed Romania in a dispute with from Romania and Ukraine. block led by Yulia Tymoshenko. The first Ukraine over a shipping canal in the These experts concluded that the canal It should be no surprise that the leader of the parliament might represent one end orange coalition, in which Ms. Danube river delta, which separates the could damage the habitats in the protect- Tymoshenko was prime minister, col- two countries, reported Agence France- ed zone where fish and migratory birds of the country and the president the other. lapsed last September; this one fell apart Press on July 10. Since 2004 Romania breed. The dredging of the riverbed could after just two weeks. The Rada, has protested against the construction in result in sediment being deposited and “Mr. Yanukovych may not be the prime minister we would have voted for. Ukraine’s Parliament, has since become a the section of the Danube leading to the then cast off into the sea, damaging the circus of fistfights and cat-calling. ... Black Sea canal in the environmentally sea floor. But we respect the honest choice Ukrainians made.” “There is still (just) a faint hope that sensitive area of the Danube delta. The two countries are also locked in a some good will come from this farce. A The commission was established by dispute in the International Court of “Political Courage and Ukrainian new election might produce a more sta- the United Nations Economic Justice in The Hague over oil and gas Politics,” by Walter Parchomenko, ble Parliament. Or a grand coalition Commission for Europe (UNECE), head- deposits in the Black Sea. Ph.D., Kyiv Post, July 20: might ease the resentments of eastern Ukraine, which overwhelmingly backs “With each passing day there is an Mr. [Viktor] Yanukovych – though it is Dear Readers! increasing likelihood that President hard to see such a coalition lasting long. Viktor Yushchenko will be remembered At least, says Hryhorii Nemyria, Ms. in Ukraine’s history books as little more Tymoshenko’s adviser, trying to be than a maidan (Independence Square) upbeat, there has been no violence- legend during the Orange Revolution, a except within the Rada.” The Ukrainian Weekly is convenient rallying figure for Ukrainian accepting greetings on the citizens fed up with the corruption of “Putin Village,” Review and Outlook, Yushchenko’s predecessor, Leonid The Wall Street Journal, July 14: occassion of the Kuchma, and Yushchenko’s rival in the extremely fraudulent 2004 presidential “ ... For too long, the Putin regime race, Viktor Yanukovych. Yushchenko could interpret America’s softly, softly may very well be seen by future genera- approach – leave aside the open coddling 15th Anniversary tions as a weak, indecisive, and ineffec- from Western Europeans – as a tacit 15th Anniversary tive one-term president who routinely endorsement. As both the G-8 hoopla and placed personal interests and political Mr. [Vladimir] Putin’s thin-skinned of the ambitions above the public interest; and response to the Cheney speech show, this as a president who intentionally squan- Russian government cares deeply about dered a rare second chance to revive a Western opinion. IndependenceIndependence ofof UkraineUkraine splintered Orange coalition and its maid- “Now would be a good time to recom- an ideals because of his deep hatred of mit resources to election monitoring and We invite individuals, organizations and businesses former Orange ally Yulia Tymoshenko democracy building. Woken up by to show their pride and support for those individuals and fear that this charismatic leader of January’s gas war, the Western uncompromising principles would rob Europeans can lend a hand for a change. who through personal dedication and sacrifice him of a second presidential term. The new Russian middle class will have secured a free and independent Ukraine. “... Contrary to conventional wisdom, appreciate and, one day, may take advan- President Yushchenko never intended the tage of this engagement. new Orange coalition to be more than a “Now would also be an ideal moment Special Rates virtual coalition, a facade to conceal the to prop up the fledgling democracies in 1/8 page – $50 1/2 page – $200 bare-knuckled, behind-the-scene fight to Georgia and Ukraine that are feeling the heat from Russia and put those countries 1/4 page – $ 100 1 page – $400 undermine Tymoshenko’s reputation as the country’s new premier [prime minister], on a track to joining NATO. ... and her chances to be a major contender in “Russia doesn’t deserve its place among the G-8 democratic nations, and Please send your greetings, address and the 2009 presidential election. Thus, from the outset, the president and his inner cir- the task of the U.S. and other members is telephone number by August 12, 2006, to: cle approached the idea of forming a new to encourage reform that will make it Orange coalition in bad faith. worthy of membership. Political and eco- The Ukrainian Weekly The mechanism intended to ensure the nomic freedom aren’t only nice words to success of their plan was the new coali- be hauled out at gatherings like this 15th Anniversary Greetings tion document, which was signed only weekend’s St. Petersburg summit. For 2200 Rt. 10 after more than 100 days of tortuous Russia they are the key to future prosper- PO Box 280 negotiations, finally produced a result ity and stability, a future that Mr. Putin has put in jeopardy.” Parsippany, NJ 07054 that was to the president’s liking. As soon as the new coalition document was “For a European Energy Alliance,” Tel.: (973) 292-9800 ext. 3040 signed, the president’s true intentions became painfully evident. Compelling (Continued on page 17) No. 31 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 30, 2006 5

THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUM

Young UNA’ers

Kira Olexy, daughter of Dr. Oresta Steven John Veccia Jr., son of Marta and Luka Roman Zachary, son of Orest Paul Oscislawski, son of Halya and Bilous-Olexy and André Olexy of Steve Veccia of Massapequa Park, N.Y., and Zina Zachary of Sterling Heights, Daniel Oscislawski of Princeton, N.J., Easton, Conn., is a new member of is a new member of UNA Branch 130. Mich., is a new member of UNA is a new member of UNA Branch 234. UNA Branch 5. She was enrolled by her He was enrolled by his grandparents Branch 175. He was enrolled by his He was enrolled by his grandparents grandparents Lida and Orest Bilous. Irene and Ihor Jadlickyj. grandmother Olga Zacharij. Michael and Maria Shulha.

Our fraternal activities: Chicagoans plan parish’s 50th anniversary event

Bohdan Anton Pugach, son of Oksana Lara Olena Stecewycz, daughter of and Bohdan Pugach of Tolland, Conn., Hanna and Joseph Stecewycz of Boston, is a new member of UNA Branch 234. is a new member of UNA Branch 234. He was enrolled by his grandmother She was enrolled by her grandparents Stefania Fedenyshyn. Edward and Helen Melnyczuk.

CHICAGO – St. Joseph Ukrainian Catholic Church will be celebrating its 50th anniversary on September 24 at the Rosewood Restaurant in Rosemont, Ill. The committee planning the event includes (from left): Anne Domanchuk, Gloria Paschen, Vera Gojewycz, Olga Kopystynsky, Mary Jo Patterson and Diane Bereza. Most of the committee members are also members of the Ukrainian National Association who consider their involvement to be part of their fraternal activities.

– Gloria Paschen

Mission Statement The Ukrainian National Association exists: I to promote the principles of fraternalism; I to preserve the Ukrainian, Ukrainian American and Ukrainian

I Canadian heritage and culture; and Melanie Nadia Jakubowycz, daughter of to provide quality financial services and products to its members. Ewan G. Ramsdell, son of Bruin Drs. Alexander and Marta Jakubowycz Ramsdell and Susan Gready of of Broadview Heights, Ohio, is a new As a fraternal insurance society, the Ukrainian National Association Columbus, Ohio, is a new member of member of UNA Branch 358. She was reinvests its earnings for the benefit of its members and the Ukrainian UNA Branch 253. He was enrolled by enrolled by her grandparents Dr. community. his aunt Maryann Mysyshyn. Alexander and Daria Jakubowycz.

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Reporter’s notebook HE KRAINIAN EEKLY T U W by Zenon Zawada Halted at the crossroads Kyiv Press Bureau

By now we thought things would be clearer in Ukraine: President Viktor Yushchenko would have either disbanded the Verkhovna Rada – in accordance with the Constitution he could have done so as of July 25 – or he would have acted on the nomination of his erstwhile archrival Viktor Yanukovych for the position of prime minister. And Ukraine would have moved on. TheViktor Pinchukcomplexity sure knows how toofw ithViktor a confident, easy-going Pinchuk air and even But Ukraine, well, it’s Ukraine. host a party. And a conference to boot. exhibiting candor at certain points. And here we are, four months after the parliamentary elections, two months The Yalta European Strategy (YES) We felt respected, which goes a long after the new Parliament began its session, five weeks after the Orange parlia- conference he launched in July 2004 has way for a Ukrainian journalist who is mentary majority had been struck, and two and a half weeks after the new Anti- become an annual affair for Ukraine’s used to being constantly lied to, Crisis Coalition was proclaimed, with nothing resolved, no government in place dealmakers for good reason. stonewalled or simply ignored by press and the Verkhovna Rada at a virtual standstill. Tell me who would turn down the secretaries. As this issue of The Weekly was being put to bed, President Yushchenko had chance to hobnob with top leaders, Reporters like to hammer away at pub- gathered together the country’s political leaders, including heads of the five par- experts and policymakers with free room lic figures with whom they have no per- liamentary factions, for a roundtable discussion on the crisis. As press time and board at a Yalta beachfront hotel. sonal relation. It’s easier. approached, it was clear only that all had agreed that Ukraine is in a political cri- While the YES conference is part of The YES conference allows Mr. sis and that the priorities of the government need to be delineated. But there was Mr. Pinchuk’s strategy of influencing Pinchuk to reveal other sides to his per- disagreement on how the parliamentary crisis should be resolved. Ukrainian politics toward Europe, it does sona that the media or public rarely see. It seems to us that President Yushchenko is stalling, once again. These endless an excellent job of lifting his status Throughout the conference, he stood discussions and “dialogue” (to use the president’s preferred term), frankly, are among Ukrainians and foreigners alike. alongside his father-in-law, Leonid not doing anyone – least of all the people of Ukraine – any good. Ukraine’s former oligarchs, now Kuchma, trading laughs and comments Thus, Ukraine remains halted at the crossroads. referred to as businessmen, have a stereo- with the old man, even saving him a seat President Yushchenko, it appears, does not want to admit that he lost, and lost type as ruthless, conniving thieves who in the front row. (And Mr. Kuchma lis- big, in the parliamentary elections in March. But, that’s the way democracy swindled Ukraine of its natural and tened intently to the discussions.) works: you win some and you lose some. Whichever is the case, the people have industrial resources for their own profit, It put a human face on an alleged mur- their say and their elected officials have to deal with it. doing little for the nation and leaving its derer and a swindling son-in-law. And, it must be underscored that July 2006 is not November 2004. This time, Viktor people in destitution. Seeing Mr. Pinchuk hold his wife’s Yanukovych and his Party of the Regions won fair and square. Yulia Tymoshenko and All stereotypes possess an element of arm, even caressing it, added another her eponymous bloc gained popular support. And Mr. Yushchenko, once the revered truth, or else they wouldn’t have emerged dimension to my perceptions. leader of the Orange Revolution, found himself in a greatly weakened position. in the first place. Elena Franchuk appeared to be the President Yushchenko now has few options. He can disband the Verkhovna Rada And everyone has his own set of sins, wife that many men secretly dream of – and call for new parliamentary elections, in which his party is threatened with getting so we’re not to judge others. It’s said that the pleasant, cheerful helper who enter- even less popular support. He can agree to enter into what is being dubbed a grand a crime is behind every great fortune, and tained the guests and kept things moving coalition with the Regions, the Socialists and the Communists, in which case he can who knows just exactly how Mr. Pinchuk along smoothly. influence the choice of the prime minister but risks political suicide as those who made his. I’m aware that even the likes of Al supported him and the Orange Revolution will desert him. Or he can choose to not Watching him in action though, in my Capone and John Gotti both had wives the join with the Regions, in which case Mr. Yanukovych – many of whose goals are very limited exposure, I must say Viktor and kids (Mr. Kuchma has one daughter, directly opposed to the president’s – is just about certain to become prime minister. Pinchuk’s a hard man not to like. His Mr. Pinchuk two). So, it appears that President Yushchenko is stuck, as the old adage says, people skills surpass those of most I don’t know what I would have done between a rock and a hard place. (And, let’s not mince words, most of this mess Ukrainian businessmen, possessing a walking in Mr. Kuchma’s and Mr. is Mr. Yushchenko’s own doing.) In the meantime, the people of Ukraine are for- unique ability to relate and communicate. Pinchuk’s shoes in the minefield that was gotten, the world is experiencing Ukraine fatigue and any good will left over At the last evening party at a Georgian the post-Soviet business landscape. from the Orange Revolution is being squandered. restaurant near the Livadia Palace, Mr. May I put forth the outrageous notion As former President Leonid Kravchuk used to say: “Mayemo to scho Pinchuk made it a point to approach that, in the anarchy of the early 1990s, mayemo.” The best English rendering of that truism: “It is what it is.” every table and talk to the guests, both anyone with a good set of brains and the right set of connections took advantage the powerful and the less-than-powerful, of the situation and snatched up what before they left. they could? He exchanged hugs with Yushchenko Yes, ideally all of Ukraine’s factories Aug. confidante Oleh Rybachuk and handshakes and mines should have been auctioned to with Tymoshenko ally Hryhorii Nemyria. Turning the pages back... the highest bidder, with the proceeds ben- He seemed to know that reporters efiting the Ukrainian people. Or perhaps crave access more than anything, and 2 many of them should never have been that’s exactly what we got at Yalta. The privatized, or not privatized so quickly. 1987 With the Russian language currently being promoted as a host with the most chatted with us for a But any mature person knows that you regional language in parts of Ukraine, an article by Dr. Roman full hour under the hot Crimean sun, can’t base decisions on how the world Solchanyk carried 21 years ago in The Ukrainian Weekly fielding our prodding questions, which should be. You have to act on how it is, reminds readers of how far we’ve come with this issue. were sometimes incisive, sometimes use- and in a lawless environment, only the A report by the board of the Ukrainian Writers’ Union published in 1987 in ful and, admittedly, sometimes stupid. most cunning survive. Literaturna Ukraina profiled schools in the major oblast centers in Ukraine and identi- But the athletically built 45-year-old fied the language of instruction for each school. A presentation by Dmytro Pavlychko, was patient and good-humored, speaking (Continued on page 10) head of the Commission for Ties between the Ukrainian Writers’ Union and Educational Institutions, illustrated the dire state of Ukrainian-language education in Ukraine via a statistical breakdown of the number of Ukrainian, Russian and mixed schools by oblast. According to Mr. Pavlychko, the problem was that the number of Ukrainian-lan- guage schools in the cities was completely out of line with their national composition. He also pointed out that Ukrainian and so-called mixed Ukrainian-Russian schools accounted for 28 percent of the total, while schools with Russian as the language of instruction constituted 72 percent. However, Mr. Pavlychko found that the situation was worse since the mixed schools were “as a rule, in practice, Russian schools.” This changes the statistical data to reduce the number of Ukrainian schools, which were predominantly found in rural areas, to 16 percent, with the Russian schools making up 84 percent, even though, out of the 25 oblasts, only Crimea had a Russian majority population. This, according to Mr. Pavlychko, was the result of over 27 years of Soviet school legislation that allowed parents or guardians to determine in what language their chil- dren would be taught. If allowed to remain on the books, he estimated that Ukrainian schools would eventually disappear from the small towns and villages, with the Ukrainian language surviving only in Canada. The responsibility for this, Mr. Pavlychko said lay not with the parents, or the hands of Moscow, “but the ‘republican apparatus’ at all levels, the overwhelming majority of which is composed of Ukrainians who have not been brought up on the culture of the international, but rather on indifference to the native language, on the illiterate Ukrainian-Russian jargon (surzhyk), and on the fear that love of the maternal language could be construed as a sign of nationalism.” To correct this, Mr. Pavlychko and his commission forwarded a letter to the Zenon Zawada Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR asking that the appropriate sec- Viktor Pinchuk and his wife, Elena Franchuk (center), daughter of former (Continued on page 11) President Leonid Kuchma (right) at the Yalta European Strategy conference. No. 31 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 30, 2006 7

TheThe thingsthings wewe do...do... PERSPECTIVES BY ANDREW FEDYNSKY by Orysia Paszczak Tracz

Forget Nesmachnyi, how about The game goes on What a paradox that the Ukrainian In 1709 Hetman Ivan Mazepa made a bid Prodaivodenko or Nezdiymyshapka? people should be on such a roll, while the for independence by allying himself with The discussion started with historical, and just so darn wonderful and country is stuck in a political rut. Sweden, only to have many of his fellow “Nesmachnyi,” the surname of the creative. And, folks, in this purely sub- The December 2004 election that brought Kozaks hedge their bets and stick with Tsar Ukrainian soccer player on the Ukrainian jective selection, I have not made any of President Viktor Yushchenko into office also Peter, who won a pivotal battle at Poltava team playing in the World Cup. What a these up. I couldn’t if I tried. quantified the split between Ukraine’s and is now known as “the Great.” In the last surname, eh? It can be translated as not Hrytsko Skorobohatyi, Ivan Western regions, oriented on Europe, and century, during World War I when Ukraine tasty, insipid, tasteless, unsavory, Skorobohatko, Konak Skorobohatenko the pro-Russian east. Confirming that divi- declared independence and again in 1942- unpalatable. Oh, my. But in the great and Stepan Skorobohatchenko (got rich sion, parliamentary elections in March creat- 1952, Ukrainians lined up on either side of scheme of things in Ukrainian onomasti- quickly, or sons of one who did). Ivan ed political gridlock where the country, like the east-west divide in bloody civil war. ca, it is just another descriptive surname. Vovkodav (wolf-strangler) and Levko a car spinning its wheels, became mired ever When the Soviet Empire collapsed in We all know folks with humorous, witty, Hrubylo (more than portly). Pylyp deeper in political morass. 1991, Ukraine and every other Soviet sarcastic or just plain interesting or Korkonosenko, followed in the list by By many measures, the country is republic declared independence, with one strange surnames. Ivan Korkonis. Ivan Pysanka, Ivan doing spectacularly well. exception: the Russian Federation. Where Just in the Ukrainian government we Kovbasa and Martyn Plastun. Lavrin In June, every region, along with mil- other Soviet peoples considered them- have Bezsmertnyi (without death, will Pidtopta and Dmytro Pidtoptenko. Semen lions in the diaspora, united behind selves liberated, most Russians saw them- never die), Poroshenko (son of the one in Pokotylo (rolling along) and Ivan Ukraine’s team as it scrapped its way to the selves as already independent and, at the charge of the porokh – gunpowder or, Skorokhid (fast walker). Ivan quarter-finals in the World Cup. Two weeks same time, considerably diminished. possibly, just the son of someone dusty), Tverdokhlib (hard bread), Oleksa later, bicyclist Serhiy Honchar wore the yel- Ever since, Ukraine has been trying to Semynozhenko (seven feet, or seven Neyizhpaska (don’t or didn’t eat the low jersey at the Tour de France for three consolidate its statehood; Russia, particular- knives) and Holovatyi (big-headed). paska), Ivan Pechybabenko (bake babka) days in a row, identifying him as the leader ly under Vladimir Putin, has been working The names and nicknames the Kozaks and Ivan Bublyk (Ukrainian bagel). of the world’s premier bicycle race. to undermine it. Those two impulses clashed received when signing up at the Another Ukrainian, Yaroslav Popovych, in the 2004 presidential election in Ukraine Vas’ko Velykodnyi (Easter), Mysko th Zaporizska Sich in the 17th century were Lomynoha (broken leg), Fes’ko Bezrukyi won the tour’s 12 stage on Bastille Day. In when the critical issue was the country’s ori- descriptive indeed, from funny and witty (without an arm) and Vas’ko heavyweight boxing, Volodymyr and Vitalii entation: toward Europe or Russia? Related to observant or downright cruel. Osyp Bezpal’chenko (fingerless). Hrytsko Klitschko have been dominant for years. issues involved corruption and the age-old Bodianskyi (1808-1877) published the Bezkyshkyi (without intestines), Vasko Singer-performer Ruslana won the questions of who distributes political jobs, register in Moscow in 1875, in Russian. Hnylokyshkyi (rotten intestines), Kuzma Eurovision Song Contest in 2004. invests capital, goes to Washington, Geneva, A Ukrainian translation according to the Cherevchenko (large belly or paunch) Ukraine’s First Lady Kateryna Yushchenko Brussels, Paris and Moscow to represent the orthography of 1994 was edited by Ya. and Ivan Sranchenko. has been featured on American network country. The Orange Revolution was Oros, with an introduction by O. I’m on a roll here ... These have differ- news programs and, showing her elegant thought to have resolved things once and for Horobyna (“Reyestr Usoho Viiska ent origins or have visited other coun- side, in fashion magazines, as well. The all; until Russia cut off gas to Ukraine on Zaporozskoho pislia Zborivskoho tries: Vas’ko Tataryn, Ivashko Moskal’ hryvnia is stable; the economy is growing; New Year’s Day 2006. It was generally Dohovoru z Korolem Polskym Yanom and Ivan Liashkiv (liakhy – an original Kyiv’s skyline is dotted with construction understood that Mr. Putin continues to Kazymirom Skladenyi 1649 roku, Polish tribe). Martyn Rozdobud’ko (will cranes; Ukrainian arts institutions are intro- dream of a reconstituted empire. Zhovtnia 16 dnia I Vudanyi po scrounge or find anything), Yats’ko ducing the world to a long-hidden culture. Despite political troubles, several Dostemennomu Vydanniu O. M. Neuhad (can’t guess), Tymko Tupylo In global politics, President dynamics bode well for Ukraine. Above Bodians’koho,” Chastyna Persha. Kyiv: (dull; not the sharpest one in the drawer), Yushchenko enjoyed warm welcomes all, in 1991, every single oblast in Ukraine Kozaky, 1994. 195 pp. ISBN 7-7707- Maksym Nehrechenko (either not a around the world, including a joint session overwhelmingly voted for independence – 6047-8). Greek or not “hrechnyi” – polite), Ustym of Congress in 2005, which earlier this by an overall margin of 9-1. Now 15 What a fascinating read! Other than Tsiluiko (kisser) and Yakym Pomatsaiko year responded positively to his appeal to years later, Ukrainians of all stripes and the introduction, this book is just a listing (toucher, or groper), along with Nestor lift Jackson-Vanik trade restrictions; languages identify with their country and of the Kozaks by their regiment (Volume Samokhvalenko (self-praiser) and Antin Ukraine’s friends and allies indicate sup- its symbols. Donetsk rooted for the I includes the Chyhyryn, Cherkasy, Dvozhenenko (twice-married). port for the country’s aspirations to join national soccer team no less than Lviv. Kaniv and Korsun regiments). You see These are just fun to say and hear: NATO and the European Union; Cardinal Happily, Ukraine (unlike Russia), is a brothers, fathers and sons, in-laws, Marko Baibuda, Martyn Taratura, Sydir Lubomyr Husar was mentioned as a can- democracy and the country is free. The uncles – and sometimes that is clearly Turubai, Mysko Manadyka, Tymko didate to succeed Pope John Paul II. struggle to control Ukraine’s government, mentioned – as in “Demko Vaskiv ziat” Kaziukalo, Havrylo Pokikalo, Sidko Ukraine’s independence unleashed vast and therefore set policy, has been orderly (Demko, Vasko’s son-in-law) or Isai Bereka, Ivan Kuchuhura, Zharaburda creative forces. It makes you wonder and peaceful – with the troubling and omi- Pavlyshyn ziat’ (Isai, son-in-law of Berezniachenko, Kalenyk Khytrashashyn, what might have been had the Soviet nous exception of shadowy murders, con- Pavlykha – widow of Pavlo). Tush Pidstrailenko, Voinylo Sahanenko, Terror not devoured the country’s cultural venient car accidents and the ghastly poi- Some very familiar names appear Ivan Nedaiko. elite, had the Famine-Genocide never soning of Mr. Yushchenko. That the strug- often – Yushchenko, Lazarenko, Some belong to higher or lower occurred. Now Ukrainians, having reject- gle is taking place in the full glare of world Lukianenko, Tymoshenko, Matviyenko, realms, such as Khvedir and Radko ed the system that dealt such catastrophe, media – Internet, videophones, 24-hour Zinchenko. There is even a Taras Khrystoliubenko (lover of Christ), Semen are displaying world-class talents, even as news cycles – is critical. Now, with the Shevchenko back in 1649. Podnebesenko (under the heavens), they struggle at basic government. mid-course correction the streets delivered I went through the register (just give Yosko Vorozhbytenko (fortune-teller), The seeds of Ukraine’s current strug- in December 2004, Ukrainian elections me a map, a dictionary, a compilation of Anton Antypenko (little devil). gle were sowed long ago. accurately reflect where the country is: stuff that I’m interested in, and I’m Physical features appear often: Indeed, this generation’s government pro-Russian parties represent a little less happy) and selected the surnames that Martyn Hola Potylytsia (bare nape of the gridlock is a 21st century shadow of a dev- than half the people, but they’re organized were more than the ordinary. And they neck), Andrushko Mordenko (pug-faced, astatingly violent dynamic that began with and disciplined; those oriented on the West sure were. There are stories behind some, big mouthed), Khoma Bilobrovchenko Bohdan Khmelnytsky’s revolution against have more votes, but are less unified. physical and character descriptions (white-eyebrow), Tyshko Chornousenko Poland in 1648 and continued for 300 East/west in Ukraine is a reality, and both behind others. And some – we’ll just (black-mustache), Hrytsko Semyvolos years. After Khmelnytsky’s death in 1657, sides have a stake in governing their coun- never know. Some are difficult to trans- (seven hairs), Harasym Lykhosherstyi a top aide, Ivan Vyhovsky, became hetman. try. The central political challenge is to bring late, lose everything in the translation, or (rough hide), Radko Kryvoshyia Repudiating the 1654 Pereiaslav Agreement them together, checking and balancing each seem to be onomatopoeiac. So, please (crooked neck), Dats Sukhorebryi (thin with Russia, he steered his country away other, while moving the country forward. humor me in these musings or free asso- or skinny ribs), Marko Mochyhuba (wet- from Moscow and back toward Poland, Rooting for the soccer team and respecting ciation on the Kozak register. For some I ting or licking his lips), Kurylo winning an overwhelming military victory free expression is a start. An electoral and will add a free translation (quick and Syniohubs’kyi (blue lips). over Russia in the Battle of Konotop, only governing process that harnesses political dirty), for others – well, you had to be The nose delegation is prolific: to be defeated in political intrigues that fol- forces to facilitate economic prosperity and there from the cradle absorbing Khvedir Nis (nose, or the past tense of lowed. Ironically, his fellow Kozaks turned cultural expression is progress. Getting Ukrainian or else paying attention in carry - carried), Lavryn Synionis (blue him over to Poland for execution in 1664. Russia to stop interfering would bring sure- Ridna Shkola. nose), Manyk Shyronis and Vasyl Vyhovsky’s successor, Ivan fire success, only that’s not likely to happen. There are too many special names to Shyronosenko (broad nose), Mysko Briukhovetsky, tilted completely toward History, as Mark Twain once said, doesn’t choose from. The ones listed here will be Lomonis (either one with a broken nose Russia, signing a treaty placing Ukraine repeat itself, but it rhymes. by some sort of category – types of or one who breaks others’ noses), fol- under direct authority of the tsar. In And so the game continues, testing yet descriptions, nonsense and first names lowed by Hrytsko Kryvonis and Sava return, Briukhovetsky acquired titles, again which is more powerful: Ukraine’s that we rarely encounter nowadays Kryvonosenko (crooked nose), Hrytkso properties and the enmity of his people. age-old instinct for independence or (expectant parents – go for it). Often the Lupynis (punch in the nose, or nose-pick- In 1668, a Kozak mob, angry over the Russia’s drive toward empire. first and last name together sound lyrical. er), Ivan Sukhonis and Mykhno concessions he had made, seized him, There are many diminutives. There is no chained him to a cannon and beat him to Andrew Fedynsky’s e-mail address is: intention to mock these names – they are (Continued on page 14) death “as if he were a mad dog.” [email protected]. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 30, 2006 No. 31

resolved in referenda instead of languish- It was a make mistake to sell Billionaire Pinchuk... ing in the current political quagmires. Kryvorizhstal to foreigners because (Continued from page 1) The viche party finished in ninth Ukraine lost the chance to become a the EU. place and earned 441,000 votes, gaining global player in the metallurgical indus- “EU membership would open up the most support in Ukraine’s biggest try, Mr. Pinchuk said. Kryvorizhstal more markets than the World Trade cities – Kyiv, Kharkiv and could have remained a state-owned com- Organization and remove restrictions that Dnipropetrovsk. pany that could have partnered with pri- are currently in place,” Mr. Gostik said. “Conditions have to be created for the vate firms and competed on the global Mr. Pinchuk’s ties to European busi- coming of a new generation and the proj- steel market, he added. ness aren’t limited to selling metal prod- ect of building a new country should be Instead, the Ukrainian government ucts. realized,” said Mr. Pinchuk. “So our demonstrated no national strategy in its Ukraine’s adoption of Western busi- politicians should speak exactly about decision to sell to Mittal Steel Co. “Why did Lakshmi Mittal pay more? ness and legal standards would enhance this, and not about positions. It shouldn’t Because today’s price is not as important the attractiveness of his other assets to be a battle for government. It isn’t inter- as his long-term strategy for decades,” foreign clients and investors. esting and it isn’t romantic.” Mr. Pinchuk said. “He sees that it’s nec- As a foremost example, Mr. Pinchuk is Whether reflective of his true beliefs essary to create a player who makes 100 currently shopping around one of or an attempt to create a new image, calls million tons, then 150 million, then 200 Ukraine’s largest banks, the $1 billion for reform and democratic values belie million tons of steel. Why? Because the UkrSotsBank, to Western buyers. Mr. Pinchuk’s past. global economy will develop in this The West is also important because While serving in the nation’s way.” Interpipe is also likely to take its shares Parliament, he belonged to factions that Like virtually all Soviet citizens, Mr. public in the next decade, either on the supported former President Leonid Pinchuk came from humble beginnings. London or New York stock exchange. Kuchma and his corrupt administration. He worked as a metallurgical engineer in When chatting with reporters at the No one doubts that his courtship and mar- Dnipropetrovsk. And, like Ms. YES conference on July 14, Mr. Pinchuk riage in 2002 to Mr. Kuchma’s daughter, Tymoshenko, Mr. Pinchuk’s first fortune spoke as a progressive reformer, stressing Olena Franchuk, enabled him to enhance came from trading and importing the need for new leaders in Ukrainian his personal business interests. His first bonanza arrived in 2003, Zenon Zawada Russian and Turkmen natural gas. politics who bring fresh approaches to The profit enabled him to begin resolving problems. when he purchased a majority share of Viktor Pinchuk is among Ukraine’s the lucrative Nikopol Ferroalloy Plant for acquiring factories such as the In its current situation under its cur- biggest advocates for European Union Nizhnedniprovskyi Tube-Rolling Plant, rent leaders, Ukraine is not progressing, $77 million. Its current value has been membership. estimated as much as $1 billion. the Novomoskovskyi Tube-Rolling Plant but simply moving from one crisis to and the Nikopol plant, among others. another, he said. The best coalition gov- At another rigged auction, Mr. the billionaire was thinking along pro- Pinchuk teamed up with Donetsk billion- It was his success in industry that ernment would consist of both Our gressive lines before the Orange enabled him to launch businesses in aire Rynat Akhmetov in snatching up the Ukraine and the Party of the Regions, he Revolution, having launched the first Ukraine’s media, creating an empire that Kryvorizhstal steel mill for $804 million noted, an alliance that would unify the YES conference in July 2004. includes three national television net- at a time when foreign competitors were nation and find common ground between Though he opposed the Orange works and a leading daily newspaper, making billion-dollar offers. the country’s east and west. Revolution when it erupted, he now says Fakty i Komentari. Mr. Pinchuk opposed the Orange “Any one-color coalition will not be that Ukraine is better off for it. In his His biographies state that his family Revolution because the success of his effective or very stable,” Mr. Pinchuk said. mind, the presidential elections and the faced discrimination by Soviet authorities businesses depended on his relations with His political party in the March 2006 revolution were two separate things. because they were Jewish, having been elections, Viche, was an attempt to Mr. Kuchma. His television networks “We can be proud of the social phenome- denied the opportunity to study in Kyiv. change the dynamics of Ukrainian poli- smeared Mr. Yushchenko during the cam- non,” he said. “It was a display of the Mr. Pinchuk is currently active in the tics from its current east-west rivalry. paign. society’s emotions.” Dnipropetrovsk Jewish community and Marketed as a progressive party repre- It was only when the momentum Not only is Ukraine better off after is financing a documentary film on the senting the interests of Ukraine’s small shifted in Mr. Yushchenko’s favor that the revolution, but so is Mr. Pinchuk. Holocaust along with Steven Spielberg’s but fledgling middle class, Mr. Pinchuk Mr. Pinchuk began to shift his political Ukraine’s new luster has enabled his Shoah Foundation. said Viche’s driving idea was to call new stance with the changing tide, declaring business assets to skyrocket in value in A collection of Jewish eyewitness leaders together to craft a plan and vision in a Kyiv Post interview that he himself the months since. He is now valued at accounts of the Holocaust in Ukraine, the for how Ukraine would position itself in would have joined the national revolt if $3.7 billion, making him the country’s film will premiere in September on the the world economy. he were in his youth (he is 45). second-wealthiest man following Mr. 65th anniversary of the Babyn Yar mas- Conflicts over North Atlantic Treaty Mr. Pinchuk’s friends, including for- Akhmetov. sacre, where Nazis executed about Organization (NATO) membership and mer Polish President Alexsander Mr. Pinchuk told reporters that he 34,000 Jews in September 1941. By the the Russian language could be easily Kwasniewski, are quick to point out that continues to profit from his business and end of the German occupation, over has even been recognized by the 150,000 Jews, Ukrainian nationalists, Ukrainian government as among the POWs and others were killed at Babyn nation’s best taxpayers. Yar, a ravine in Kyiv. His businesses have become more trans- parent, reflected in the fact that his employ- Congratulations, ees receive all their salary on the books – currently a rare practice in Ukraine. As political crisis... “No man in the world won’t pay (Continued from page 1) more (taxes) than what circumstances supporters continued to hold marches JJeennnniiffeerr demand, especially in the absence of dis- and protests in Kyiv, sometimes even tinct laws,” Mr. Pinchuk said. clashing with each other. “But gradually you begin to under- Ms. Tymoshenko continued to lead We are very proud of you and all of your accomplishments! stand that it is more favorable to pay the demand for the dismissal of Good luck in graduate school! You always have our full more because it is more favorable for Parliament and new elections – an out- you to become transparent. On the world support, and we wish you the best in all you choose to do. come not favored by the majority of markets, your capitalization will be high- Ukrainians, according to public opinion We love you! er and you will be worth more. As a polls. result, you will be richer when you pay On July 24 she announced that 125 Love, Baba and Grandpa, Michael and Stefana Nebesny more taxes in the correct system and the national deputies in her parliamentary Parents, Alexander and Melanie Nebesny correct legislation,” he explained. faction would resign, with the hope that Not everything Orange is good, how- enough Our Ukraine deputies would join Jennifer Marie Nebesny graduated from Franklin College in Franklin, Indiana ever. in order to force a dismissal of on May 20, 2006. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree with a double Mr. Pinchuk is a fierce opponent of Parliament for lack of a quorum. major in psychology and sociology with an emphasis in social work. fellow Dnipropetrovsk native Yulia Ms. Tymoshenko would need 151 She graduated Summa Cum Laude and received the Wayne Coy Memorial Tymoshenko, who led the government resignations, or one-third of the Award and the Panhellenic Cup in academics. She also received the charge to reprivatize Kryvorizhstal and Verkhovna Rada, but so far no Our Psychology Department Academic Excellence Award and was named repossess Mr. Pinchuk’s Nikopol Ukraine deputies have joined the the Outstanding Student in Sociology. She was inducted into Ferroalloy Plant before President Viktor Tymoshenko Bloc in this action. Alpha senior scholastic honor society, Alpha Kappa Delta sociology Yushchenko sacked her in September. He accused of her trying to shift con- honor society, Chi Beta Phi sciences honor society and trol of the Nikopol plant from Mr. Omicron Delta Kappa Gold Quill chapter for Leadership. Pinchuk to his Dnipropetrovsk rival Ihor Correction Kolomoiskyi, currently a minority share- In the news story headlined “Anti- holder in the plant. Crisis Coalition nominates Yanukovych Media reports later alleged that in for PM” (July 23), due to a typographical Need a back issue? exchange for control of Nikopol, Mr. error a quote from Viktor Yanukovych If you’d like to obtain a back issue of The Ukrainian Weekly, Kolomoiskyi planned to sell Ms. was rendered as: “I saw in the president’s send $2 per copy (first-class postage included) to: Administration, The Ukrainian Weekly, Tymoshenko a minority stake in televi- yes a large desire to unite our efforts.” 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. sion network 1+1, a charge she has vehe- The sentence should read: “ I saw in the mently denied. president’s eyes...” No. 31 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 30, 2006 9 Palij Memorial Lecture at University of Kansas focuses on Orange Revolution

by Jennie Dienes that the Orange Revolution forces the West be president. U.S. foreign policy position ate response of the judicial system. to be more receptive, even though member- may not change in that time, but the Regarding the inevitability of institution- LAWRENCE, Kan. – The annual Maria ship in the EU may be possible only in the absence of President Bush will transform alization and the potential for its reversal, Dr. Palij Memorial lecture was a presentation by distant future – maybe 15, 20, 25 years those arguments or make them substan- Motyl said he sees a Ukraine that in 15-20 Prof. Alexander Motyl of Rutgers University away – another generation away. However, tially less valid, according to Dr. Motyl. years could be like today’s Poland. titled “Did the Orange Revolution Make a Ukraine is likely to join the WTO very In comparing the new bourgeoisie in However, Russia will still be a problem for Difference?” The April 11 lecture was made soon and its status as a market economy Ukraine to the robber barons of early 20th Ukraine, specifically Russia’s stability and possible by the donations from the Palij boosts its presence in global markets. century America, Dr. Motyl noted that it its new elections in 2008. Russia has been family and from Friends of Ukrainian Russia’s attitude toward Ukraine has was necessary for Ukraine not to send them transformed into an authoritarian state with a Studies to the Maria Palij Memorial Fund, changed as a result of the Orange all to jail, but to use these nouveau riche to lot of free money generated by oil and gas, with sponsorship from the Center for Revolution, Dr. Motyl pointed out, adding Russian, East European and Eurasian build up business in Ukraine. Many of which is not good for Russia or Ukraine, Dr. that Ukraine’s attitude toward Russia is these oligarchs are western-educated – Motyl noted. With this in mind, the speaker Studies at the University of Kansas. influenced by Russia’s attitude toward Dr. Motyl opened his presentation by some with MBAs, who know foreign lan- said he sees Russia moving in the direction Ukraine, by Ukrainian’s attitudes toward guages and assets in Europe. The thieves of of Iran under the shah. Nonetheless, Ukraine describing a hypothetical situation where themselves and who they are. President the Orange Revolution had not happened the past are being held to new standards will need good relations with Russia and Vladimir Putin’s decision to intervene in and they transform their behaviors to legit- vice versa, as it would be unnerving with an and Viktor Yanukovych won the presiden- the 2004 elections and the “gas war” earli- tial election in November 2004. He did this imize their business dealings, he explained. unstable superpower next door, he added. er this year revealed that Russia’s attitude Dr. Motyl pointed to Yulia Tymoshenko Another issue that concerned Dr. to help illustrate the changes that have come toward Ukraine also was transformed. about and to present a possible scenario of as an example. She made her money and Motyl was the secessionist movement in As a result, Ukraine can no longer feel transformed into that of a defender of hon- eastern Ukraine and that region’s apppar- “what if” to show what could have been. that Russia is an unconditionally positive esty, torchbearer of the Orange Revolution ent desire to join Russia. He pointed out In this scenario, Dr. Motyl presented partner for Ukraine. Dr. Motyl posed the and the crusader against corruption. that life is better in Ukraine for a political Mr. Yanukovych as president and his close question, “Was Russia’s response to Criminal responsibility and immunity for criminal than in Russia and it doesn’t cooperation with Russia and the other Ukraine appropriate? Was Ukraine’s reac- politicians are two problems Ukraine will make sense for these oligarchs to want to countries that make up the Commonwealth tion to Russia’s response appropriate?” of Independent States. Mr. Yanukovych These questions led to his conclusion that have to confront. Ukraine, like Russia, will join Russia, where they would be treated would align Ukraine’s stance with Russia’s something had indeed been altered in the have to examine its past sooner or later, and like a small fish in a big pond. The threat position against American and NATO poli- Russian-Ukrainian relations. people’s backgrounds will come out, he of secession is real, but Dr. Motyl sug- cies in Afghanistan and Iraq. Talks would One problem for Ukraine is that part of added. Taking criminal action against them gested that at some future time the region- ensue regarding Russian banks acquiring the population has been looking for identi- for particular crimes would be an appropri- al divide may somehow be resolved. Ukraine’s top three banks – a move that ty. Dr. Motyl said it hasn’t been certain will deepen economic integration between whether it belongs in the East or the West the two fraternal states. and was searching how to define itself – Dr. Motyl said he believes that without what it means to be Ukrainian, what it Study of Ukraine promoted in Kansas the Orange Revolution, Ukraine would means to be Russian or not to be Russian. LAWRENCE, Kansas – The Volodymyr Kyrylych from the adminis- have become more oriented toward It is for that segment of the population that University of Kansas Center for trative side; Profs. Natalia Chernysh and Russia and Central Asia. Russia’s behavior led to a certain reshap- Russian, East European and Eurasian Viktor Susak, sociology; and Anatoliy Further transformations as a result of the ing of thinking and an acceleration of the Studies (CREES) is one of 16 Title VI Romanyuk, Lyubomyr Skochylyas and Orange Revolution include people’s percep- crystallization of Ukrainian identity. What Comprehensive National Resource Yurii Shveda, political sciences. tions and expectations. One such expecta- this identity will be is uncertain – whether Centers for the Russian and Last year, after Prof. Chernysh com- tion was that, as a result of the Orange bilingual or monolingual for example – but East/Central European area supported pleted a three-month research stay at KU, Revolution, Ukraine would immediately there will be greater identification in the by the U.S. Department of Education. she and other faculty in the Ivan Franko embark on a course of major fundamental, region and with the state, Dr. Motyl said. CREES has been a national resource Sociology department prepared a confer- comprehensive, rapid transformation and Dr. Motyl also recalled the sense of center since 1965, offering degree- ence in Lviv concerning changes in the reform – reform that would catapult Ukraine empowerment felt by the population after granting programs. Ukrainian studies study of sociology in Ukraine as a result into the forefront of Europe and transform it the Orange Revolution, with the media became available 14 years ago after the of the exchange visits by professors and into some kind of Switzerland of Eastern becoming freer and the creation of a civil dissolution of the Soviet Union. graduate students. Several faculty mem- Europe. This expectation was unrealistic society. People’s attitudes towards their Dr. Maria Carlson, director of the bers of the sociology department at KU and this false hope led the people to disap- future, with regard to what they may or center at that time, negotiated academic presented papers at this conference. In pointments and negative assessments of the may not be able to accomplish, have exchanges with Ivan Franko National addition to the conference, KU and IFNU situation with a “sense that the country has been changed as well. University (IFNU) in Lviv, and, in 1992 faculty collaborated on a May-June pro- not changed any,” explained Dr. Motyl. A reported 5 million to 6 million people three professors from Lviv came to gram of seminars for students at IFNU. Despite the unrealized expectations of took part in various aspects of the Orange teach at the University of Kansas (KU): The Maria Palij Memorial Lectures the Orange Revolution, Dr. Motyl said he Revolution. Out of these millions, a signifi- Prof. Volodymyr Piletski, teaching inter- are especially important to the believes that a lot has changed, even cant number of young people, possibly 2 mediate-level Ukrainian; Prof. Mykola University of Kansas and beyond. The though these changes may not be so easi- million to 4 million, took part in in this Rozhyk, teaching Ukrainian history; guest speakers are specialists on Ukraine ly perceived by everyone. The Ukrainian transformation that has unified a generation and Prof. Daniela Olesnevych teaching and its economic and democratic devel- Constitution played a central role in the of political activists, Dr. Motyl observed. economics of Ukraine. It was a bold and opment. Profs. Alexander Motyl (2006) election contest; questions arose and These changes will begin to affect the politi- courageous step into a new and chal- and Taras Kuzio (2005) also presented everyone pointed to the Constitution. Dr. cal, cultural and social struggles that the lenging world for Ukrainian faculty. lectures about a decade ago, but provid- Motyl noted: “That’s how it works in a young people will face, and they will deter- Since then, many other professors ed new insights in Ukraine’s democratic democracy. That’s how it worked during mine Ukraine’s future in positions of author- from KU and from Ivan Franko development during their recent visits. the Orange Revolution.” ity, education, business and other areas. University have taken advantage of the Profs. Mark Von Hagen (2004), Anna He went on saying that the political Dr. Motyl’s comments and assessments Department of Education and Department Procyk (2003) and Herbert J. Ellison landscape has changed for the better as of post-Orange Revolution Ukraine were of State grants that have facilitated these (2002) have elaborated on Ukraine’s bid well, noting that during the 16 to 18 followed up with a question-and-answer exchanges. Courses in Ukrainian lan- for independence at various points in months prior to the 2006 parliamentary period. When asked by Prof. Paul guage, literature, history and culture are history and the rocky road it has taken. elections, extreme right and left parties D’Anieri about the threat of corruption in currently offered. The University of CREES organizes roundtables, became marginalized with the creation of Ukraine, Dr. Motyl equated the current sit- Kansas Library has actively worked to workshops, brown bag lunches and, a greater center. This, he said shows that uation to that of Italy in the 1950s and increase its holdings of Ukrainian-lan- most recently, web-cam video trans- Ukraine is becoming more democratic. ‘60s. Dr. Motyl added that corrupt coun- guage materials both in bound volumes missions to encourage and allow KU Dr. Motyl was not blind to the current tries can still be economically and demo- and electronic resources in all disciplines. faculty and research visitors from situation in Ukraine, noting that some cratically developed, citing the example of KU faculty have traveled to Lviv to IFNU and other Ukrainian universities things have not changed for the better. The countries in East Central Europe, where teach courses for entire semesters, for to share their views and opinions about main characters in the government and rul- there is a substantial amount of corruption, example, Profs. Paul D’Anieri and Leslie the events occurring in Ukraine or their ing elite have been around for quite some but not as deep or broad as in Ukraine. Dienes have taught courses in political particular research interests. time and corruption is everywhere. On the topic of President Yushchenko’s science and political geography and cul- Recent brown bag speakers were One of the consequences of the Orange declining popularity, Dr. Motyl comment- ture of the U.S. and Canada, respectively. Taras Senyuta (IFNU, speaking on Revolution is that Ukraine has made its ed that there are many contributing factors, To increase the Ukrainian collection, Chornobyl), Elmira Muratova (Tavrida presence felt on the international arena, he some of which were already discussed. Slavic librarians Brad Schaffner (now at University in Symferopol, on Chechnya), continued. Today Ukraine is more than a Pointing to the “cult of personality” issue, Harvard) and Jon Giullian actively and Tatyana Boryak (Taras Shevchenko place on the map, it is engaged in the Dr. Motyl said that there remains a residual acquired materials. Librarian Jennie University in Kyiv, on escaping debates about what Europe is, where Stalinism in Ukraine. Another contributing Dienes also spent two semesters in Lviv Bolshevism 1919-1939). Prof. Alexander Europe should or should not extend, and factor was Ukraine’s relationship with the purchasing items at Lviv book forums Tsiovkh regularly provides updates on the future of the European Union. U.S., and especially with George W. Bush and bookstores, and traveled to Kyiv to what is happening in Ukraine. In the last year and a half Ukraine’s and his administration. Furthermore, with purchase materials there as well. This program in Kansas is commit- focus has shifted from the East to the West, the war in Iraq and recent U.S. assistance Faculty and graduate students from ted to providing courses and other but Dr. Motyl said he does not see Ukraine in the Crimea, the Bush administration’s Lviv find KU a very friendly and help- opportunities for studying Ukraine and becoming anti-Russian anytime soon. He actions have been portrayed as imperialist ful place for them to pursue their aca- its position in the world. posed this question: “Is the West becoming by Russophile media outlets. demic interests. Recent visitors were Dr. more receptive to Ukraine’s pro-Western However, this view will be negated Viktor Krevs and Vice-Rector – Jennie Dienes overtures?” Dr. Motyl also said he believes after 2008 when Mr. Bush will no longer 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 30, 2006 No. 31 First grad of Ukrainian Catholic University defends doctorate

by Matthew Matuszak tools, like languages, Latin, Greek, English. We were very well-prepared L VIV – Sister Paraskevia Vakula of the when we came to Rome.” Sisters of the Holy Family has become the Sister Vakula’s dissertation involved first graduate of the Ukrainian Catholic five early Christian authors, including University (UCU) in Lviv to successfully Justin Martyr and Irenaeus. She will pre- defend a doctoral dissertation. Sister pare the work for publication and is Vakula defended her dissertation, “Logos already set to return to Ukraine and start [Word] and Pneuma [Spirit] in the working at the UCU in the fall. There she Century of the Creation of Christian will prepare a critical edition of the Identity,” at the Patristic Institute works of Ignatius of Antioch, including a Augustinianum in Rome on July 13. translation into Ukrainian. She said that It was only on March 2 that the perhaps she will start teaching in the sec- Ukrainian government recognized the ond semester. bachelor’s degrees in theology awarded The UCU itself started a licentiate by the UCU, and so 50 UCU graduates (graduate-level) program in theology in on July 7 were awarded state-recognized 2001, with specializations in Eastern canon degrees in theology for the first time. In law, Church history and ecclesiology. addition there were 16 graduates in the There will be 27 students in the program first class to receive bachelor’s degrees in when the new semester starts in the fall. history, also state-recognized. In addition to UCU graduates, includ- The Vatican-based Congregation for ing those from Holy Spirit Seminary, Catholic Education, however, has recog- licentiate students come from the nized the degrees of UCU graduates since Drohobych seminary and the Ternopil and its first graduation in 1999, when the UCU Ivano-Frankivsk eparchies of the Ukrainian Catholic University Graduate Sister Paraskevia Vakula (right) was in was still the Lviv Theological Academy. Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church, noted Lviv with fellow UCU grad Sister Viktoria Luka (left) for a theological conference Consequently, dozens of UCU gradu- Dr. Taras Dobko, UCU’s pro-rector for in August 2005. ates have been pursuing advanced academic work. Advanced studies abroad degrees at Catholic and secular institu- will continue to be important for UCU of UGCC sobors [Church assemblies] is the near future. And, more than 100 UCU tions abroad. UCU graduates have stud- graduates, but “It is also important to have fairly weakly developed,” said the Rev. graduates are pursuing advanced studies ied at numerous institutions in Rome, a graduate program like this in Ukraine, Stesenko. “What we do have regards histor- abroad, so many more will eventually be including the Augustinianum, as well as which gives attention to Ukrainian church ical sobors that were held 100 or 200 years defending their doctoral dissertations. the Catholic University of America, the history, possibilities for learning about ago. We don’t have really deep, scholarly Plans for starting a doctoral program at the Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Institute Ukrainian church music from other local analyses of the sobors that were held recent- UCU are still on the drawing board. of Eastern Christian Studies in Canada, institutions, and so on,” said Dr. Dobko. ly. And this is a problem, inasmuch as Further information about the UCU in Drew University in New Jersey and In April, UCU graduate Rev. Serhii sobors form the directions for development English and Ukrainian is available on the Oxford University in England. Stesenko became the first student of the of local Churches. Now our Church holds university’s website at www.ucu.edu.ua. Sister Vakula graduated from the UCU licentiate program to successfully defend patriarchal and eparchial sobors. They all Readers may also contact the Ukrainian (then the Lviv Theological Academy) in his work, “An Analysis of the Activities have exceptional significance in the devel- Catholic Education Foundation, 2247 W. 2000 and then went to Rome for further of the Eparchial Sobors of the Kyiv- opment of Church life. They give the schol- Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL 60622; phone, studies. “UCU provided the basics, the Halych Metropolitanate of the UGCC ar a great field for work.” 773-235-8462; e-mail, [email protected]; fundamentals for graduate studies,” said from 1998 to 2002.” Other students of UCU’s licentiate pro- website, www.ucef.org. The phone number Sister Vakula. “In particular it gave us the “Scholarly research into the problematics gram will be defending their final works in of the UCEF in Canada is (416) 239-2495.

ence, EU membership isn’t the only prize. The complexity... “We can go down this path and then (Continued from page 6) just say that we have gone down a useful Now that Mr. Pinchuk has made his path and we don’t need EU member- billions, most of which won’t be taken ship,” he told reporters on July 14. “The away (with the looming exception of main thing is that we have compromised on reforms that are important for us. Nikopol), perhaps the public should That’s all. And then we will see. Maybe assess him on what he does with his Europe will not be so interested in us.” wealth. Merely establishing better trade and Whether Mr. Kuchma was ever serious economic relationships with the EU about Ukraine’s EU membership remains would exponentially benefit Ukraine (as unclear to this very day. It seems possible well as Mr. Pinchuk’s business). that he did want Ukraine to draw closer By hosting the YES conference, Mr. to the EU, considering that Mr. Pinchuk Pinchuk may be promoting his self-inter- supported his presidency. After all, Mr. est, but he’s also doing more to promote Pinchuk launched YES in July 2004, Ukrainian EU membership than most are before the Orange Revolution. willing or capable of. Speaking of which, I asked Mr. Pinchuk: Just as he was getting into a sleek black “What do you think of the Orange Mercedes alongside former Polish Revolution looking back in hindsight?” President Aleksander Kwasniewski, I “We can be proud of the social phe- asked Mr. Pinchuk whether he was inter- nomenon,” he said. “It was a display of ested in financing a documentary film the society’s emotions.” about the Ukrainian Holomodor, just as he “But nothing concrete?” I followed up. had agreed to do for the Jewish Holocaust. “It was positive. In another sense, He replied: “I thought about it many many politicians did not fulfill the expec- times. I’m planning to finance a project tations of these people.” that is connected with gathering the sto- (Gosh, did he really want the maidan’s ries of eyewitnesses who had gone expectations to be fulfilled? If so, he through it. Maybe some films will be might have lost more than Kryvorizhstal made from these materials, but I want to and Nikopol. He could be sitting in jail.) take part in gathering those testimonies “They fought for their future and it because there are fewer survivors every will go down in the country’s history and year. And then it might be some docu- the world’s history as something unique. mentary. I think that it is very, very I am involved in the media. I have to rec- important for the Ukrainian people.” ognize that afterwards, freedom of A progressive, a reformer, a humani- speech became wider and deeper,” Mr. tarian, an exploiter, a swindler, an oppor- Pinchuk said. tunist. Like all of us, Mr. Pinchuk is a But now that the Orange Revolution complex figure. and Mr. Kuchma have come and gone, He is also among Ukraine’s most Mr. Pinchuk has begun to beat his own influential people. political drum, calling for Ukraine’s Time will tell whether he’ll be most membership in the European Union and a famous for his notorious relationship new political paradigm that goes beyond with Mr. Kuchma, or if he comes out the country’s current east-west divide. from under that shadow to make his own As he stressed throughout the confer- mark on Ukrainian history. No. 31 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 30, 2006 11

Ukrainian Canadian professionals honor filmmaker Halya Kuchmij by Oksana Zakydalsky TV, she has frequently sought out specifi- among them the Academy of Canadian cally Ukrainian topics. This began with Cinema and Television’s Genie (for film) TORONTO – Filmmaker Halya her first independent documentary film, and Gemini (for TV). Last year she was Kuchmij became the fourth recipient of “Strongest Man in the World” – the story nominated for two Gemini awards: in the the Ukrainian Canadian Professional and of Michael Swistun, a Ukrainian biography category for “Lord Black of Business Association Media Award, on Canadian strongman/magician from rural Crossharbour,” the story of Conrad June 29, receiving the honor from Manitoba who toured western Canada Black, and in the sports category for UCPBA Toronto president Roman during the depression with his one-man “The Life and Times of Northern Nazarewycz. show. The film won the best theatrical Dancer,” the first Canadian-born horse to Ms. Kuchmij has worked in film and win the Kentucky Derby. television as a producer/director for over documentary Genie in 1981 and catapult- 25 years, initially as an independent film- ed her career into documentary filmmak- Ms. Kuchmij graduated from the maker, then with the National Film ing. University of Toronto and York Board of Canada and finally with the Her Ukrainian-themed films include University, is a director fellow of the Los CBC. “Laughter in My Soul” – the story of Angeles-based American Film Institute During her 16 years with the CBC- Jacob Maydanyk, the creator of a popular and was a recipient of the prestigious TV’s documentary unit (“The Journal,” comic strip with a Ukrainian immigrant Asia Pacific Media Fellowship. “Man Alive,” “Witness” and “Life & hero. She was one of the director/produc- She now has three projects in the Times”) she has filmed around the world, ers for the series “Canada: A People’s works: the feature documentary “Living producing and directing six one-hour net- History,” making “Episode 11: The Great Strings,” a history of the bandura and the work specials, 35 network documentaries Transformation,” which told the story of Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus under as well as countless current affairs maga- the first Ukrainian immigration to Hryhorij Kytasty; a biography of artist zine items. Alberta. William Kurelek; and a film on Her film subjects have included pro- In 1988 Ms. Kuchmij traveled to Ukrainian war heroes in the Canadian files of Nelson Mandela, Spike Milligan, Ukraine to film “Millennium” on Filmmaker Halya Kuchmij receives the armed forces, a project under develop- Sir Laurens van der Post, Lorne Greene Ukraine’s 1,000 years of Christianity. Ukrainian Canadian Professional and ment with the Ukrainian Canadian and Burton Cummings, and she has made Asked to do a film on Canadians in Business Association Media Award. Research and Documentation Center. documentaries on Americans held World War II, she made “The Enduring The UCPBA Media Award is present- hostage in Beirut, the Chornobyl nuclear Legend of Pierre Le Canadien: The Peter Resistance and was killed in the war. He ed every five years. Previous recipients disaster, international noise pollution, Dmytruck Story,” a story about a became a hero to the French but is include TV producer and broadcasting native justice in the Arctic and euthana- Saskatchewan Ukrainian in the Canadian unknown to most Canadians. executive Ivan Fecan, TV comedienne sia. armed forces who was shot down over Ms. Kuchmij’s films have won over Luba Goy and investigative journalist While working in mainstream film and France, fought with the French 30 national and international awards, Victor Malarek.

organizations, including the Credit Union thought of as a strong community force. Turning... Ukrainian American credit unions... National Association (CUNA), Members Their association, the UNCUA, provides a (Continued from page 6) (Continued from page 1) United Corporate Federal Credit Union and focus for the collective voice of these most- tion of the Draft Statute on the Secondary New York State Credit Union League the World Council of Credit Unions influential community institutions. General Education School be amended as President William Mellin addressed partici- (WOCCU). What does the ongoing growth of our follows: (1) the Ministry of Education and pants and offered support from the New CUNA Mutual President Jeff Post wel- credit unions mean for the Ukrainian not parents should determine the language York League. Later, at the Embassy of comed participants and spoke on the issue American community? Nothing less than a of instruction in schools in accordance Ukraine, attendees welcomed Ambassador of credit union insurance. CUNA’s senior powerful unifying force that can span dif- with the national composition of the Oleh Shamshur and New York economist, Bill Hampel, presented an opti- ferences between religious, civic, youth and pupils and (2) the language, literature and Congressman James Walsh. Both mistic view of credit unions in today’s eco- cultural community organizations. history of the given republic should be Ambassador Shamshur and Rep. Walsh nomic environment and highlighted the fact Ukrainian community-owned cooperatives made obligatory subjects in schools with reiterated their support for the Ukrainian that our nation’s credit unions consistently represent the core of an even stronger, more Russian as the language of instruction. credit union movement. provide more advantageous financial serv- united Ukrainian American community – a Although no written response was Presenters for this year’s conference ices for their members than do banks. community enriched by this focused finan- received, “this document has found sup- included JoAnn Johnson, chairman of the After the conference, the Illinois delega- cial strength, with a capable voice promot- port among those to whom it is National Credit Union Administration tion, consisting of Selfreliance Ukrainian ing cooperation and democracy both here addressed.” Mr. Pavlychko said that the (NCUA), the U.S. government agency American Federal Credit Union’s Board and abroad. Draft Statute was now being “reconsti- responsible for the oversight of our coun- Chairman Michael R. Kos, CEO and As was noted at the credit union confer- tuted anew” which might explain why try’s federally chartered credit unions. The President Watral, Directors Oleh Karawan ence in Washington, Ukrainian community the All-Union Congress of Teachers, NCUA oversees 9,500 credit unions with and Roman Yatskovskyy, along with Walter organizations can only benefit from which would have been called upon to over 82 million members and $520 billion Tun and Volodymyr Pavelczak met with increased cooperation and utilization of the ratify the document, had been postponed in assets. NCUA Board Member Gigi Illinois Sens. Barack Obama and Dick community’s credit unions. What until early the following year. Hyland spoke to attendees and praised their Durbin, as well as Reps. Danny Davis and Ukrainian American would not be proud to Other criticism on language from Mr. work in developing Ukrainian American Melissa Bean. The senators and representa- say that his/her community has its very Pavlychko came when he said, “the only credit unions. NCUA officers Matthew tives expressed their steadfast support of own financial base, with over $2 billion in reason why higher education in Ukraine Biliouris and Judy Graham presented America’s credit unions and the credit assets? Credit unions issued a call to all is conducted almost entirely in Russian upcoming issues and challenges that face union movement in Ukraine. Ukrainian American organizations to is because of several thousand foreign U.S. credit unions. As this country’s only Ukrainian actively participate in enhancing the com- students in the republic.” He suggested The conference also included presenta- American community-owned financial munity’s strength through membership in that a separate university be established tions from several credit union support institutions, credit unions are indeed community-owned credit unions. in Ukraine for foreign students and pointed out that Ukrainian had been dropped from university entrance exams. Mr. Pavlychko posed the question, “What is needed for our language to be able to breathe expansively and peacefully?” The answer according to him, was a consti- tutional guarantee as in Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan, that would make Ukrainian the state language of the Ukrainian SSR. But this is not enough, he added. It is necessary to introduce the strictest regu- lations with regard to the utilization of the Ukrainian language in the republic and a detailed code which would con- cretely detail those spheres of life where utilization of the Ukrainian language would be obligatory. These resolutions, according to Dr. Solchanyk, marked a turning point in the relationship between the Ukrainian intel- ligentsia and the Communist Party. Source: “Catastrophic language situ- ation in major Ukrainian cities” by Roman Solchanyk, The Ukrainian Weekly, August 2, 1987. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 30, 2006 No. 31

Second session of preschoolers’ Tabir Ptashat attracts 67 campers

Khristina Lew

KERHONKSON, N.Y. – Sixty-seven “little birds” descended on Soyuzivka, the Ukrainian National Association’s Catskill estate, on July 2-8 for the second session of “Tabir Ptashat,” the introductory Plast camp run by the “Pershi Stezhi” sorority of Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization. The 4- to 6- year-olds and the 30 parent-counselors who volun- teered to train and entertain them traveled to Soyuzivka from all across the United States and Canada: from Arizona, California, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Toronto, Wisconsin and Washington. The theme of the sec- ond week, run by Christine Hladky of Randolph, N.J., was countries where Ukrainians live, and each day’s activities, from arts-and-crafts projects to songs, focused on Australia, Brazil, Canada, the United States and Ukraine. Highlights from the week included a concert by Olya Chodoba Fryz in the Veselka auditorium, a “Journey Through Ukraine” scavenger hunt on the grounds of the resort, and a blazing bonfire on the meadow before the Lviv Villa. The best part of the week for 6-year-old Petrusik Luba of Audubon, Pa.? “Everything.” Seen in the photos (clockwise from top) are: “Ptashata” and counselors from Week 2 of Tabir Ptashat; “Owls” Katia Hnatiw, Jack Russell and Odessa Howera raise the Ukrainian and American flags; a game of “tug of war” supervised by parent-helper Tymish Hankewycz; the camp bonfire; and “Flamingos” Gregory Gawdiak, Zen Kochanowsky and Andrew Lucky. No. 31 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 30, 2006 13 Tennis Camp celebrates its 39th year at Soyuzivka estate

by Petrusia Sawchak KERHONKSON, N.Y. – Thirty youngsters, ages 10 to 16, came to tennis camp this year from 10 different states and Canada. More than half were repeaters from last year and some were second-generation campers like Greg Serba of New Jersey, Victoria Kuritza of Illinois and George Foty of Ontario, whose parents attended Tennis Camp years ago. The director of Tennis Camp since its inception is George Sawchak, United States Tennis Association (USTA) ranked player, teacher, organizer and captain of the Middle States team that competes with other USTA sections. Tennis instruction this year was given by Mr. Sawchak and daughter Tetiana Louer, also an accom- plished former collegiate tennis player, USCAK’s women’s champion and instructor of the National Junior Tennis League (NJTL) in Philadelphia. Assisting them were counselors Adam Ogonowski, The participants and staff of Soyuzivka’s Tennis Camp 2006. Alyssa Kowcz and Tatyana Romanyuk. The dorm supervisor was Olya Czerkas who also assisted with off- days of camp was devoted to tournament play, where Despite differences in age, the campers bonded with court activities along with Petrusia Sawchak; both are the campers put to use what they had learned. each other and had a terrific time. Some even cried teachers by profession. Off-court activities included swimming in when it was time to go home. As Mr. Sawchak repeated throughout the two weeks, Soyuzivka’s Olympic-sized pool, a barbecue party, Many of the campers also participated and won in the “The main focus is tennis.” movies, charades, dances and enjoying Hutsul Night, a USCAK-East Tennis Tournament held on the weekend Youngsters received intensive tennis instruction at special treat arranged by the Soyuzivka manager, Nestor of July 1-2. The winner in three events, Dennis Chorny, various sessions during the day that developed and Paslawsky. During the World Cup all the campers gath- was a former tennis camper many years ago. In fact, stressed correct form, proper strokes and game strategy ered and cheered together in the Main House as they both he and his brother Kornylo had some of their first and the importance of good sportsmanship. The daily watched Ukraine eek out Switzerland in a shoot-out. It regimen always began with calisthenics. The last few was a day to remember! (Continued on page 19)

Chornyby George Sawchak big winnerMatkiwsky defeated at the youngUSCAK-East pair of tennis tournament Adam Ogonowski and Greg Serba. KERHONKSON, N.Y. – Dennis In the round-robin format of the mixed Chorny scored a tennis hat trick, winning doubles, Chorny and his partner, S. three events at the 50th annual USCAK- Mocherniuk, won both matches defeating East Singles and Doubles Championship a daughter/father pair, Larissa and held at the Ukrainian National George Hrabec 6-2, 6-4, and a wife-hus- Association’s Soyuzivka Estate on July band duo, Marta and Richard Legeckis 6- 1-2. Winning the men’s singles, the dou- 3, 6-3. The Hrabecs took second place bles and mixed doubles events, Chorny played seven matches, 16 sets in two winning against the Legeckis 6-2, 6-2. days – a task not easily accomplished. In the senior group finals Ivan Durbak In the well-played men’s singles final defeated George Hrabec 6-4, 6-3, adding Chorny bested Marko Krasij in a long this title to the many he already possess- three-setter 6-3, 3-6, 7-5, coming back es. In the semis Durbak advanced when, from a 5-2 deficit in the third set to with the score at 4-3 in the first set, emerge victorious. In the semi-finals of George Walchuk retired. In the same the group Krasij defeated Nick round Hrabec won from Walter Dziwak, Nalywayko and Chorny beat Steve and Dziwak won the consolation final Sosiak. from Milan Obradovic. The winner of the round was Mykola The overall tournament was played in Stroynik, who beat Greg Serba in the 10 contesting groups – four adult and six first round and received a default in the junior groups, with 40 participants, mak- final when his opponent could not play. ing this one of the best attended USCAK- UNA Treasurer Roma Lisovich and George Sawchak present awards to doubles Playing with his brother Kornylo as a East tournaments in recent years. Most of finalists: (from left) Mark Hlushewsky and Peter Matkiwsky, and winners doubles’ partner, Dennis Chorny won the the junior players were from the Dennis and Kornylo Chorny. men’s doubles event, winning a close 5- Soyuzivka Tennis Camp then taking 7, 6-3, 6-3 match against the pair of Ihor place at Soyuzivka. Lidia Kowinko defeated Larisa Farion 6- The junior girls’ and boys’ doubles win- Lukiw and Steve Sosiak, and in the finals The junior girls’ singles competition 1, 6-3 to take third place in the group. ners were Anissa Boyko and Lidia besting another strong pair, Mark was conducted in three age groups. In the only Junior Boys’ Group, the Kowinko and Daniel Tylawsky and Adrian Hlushewsky and Peter Matkiwsky 7-6 The winner of the youngest group was winner was Nick Nolywayko, who Burke, respectively. Boyko and Kowinko (1), 6-2. In the semis, Hlushewsky and Natalia Hryhorowych, who in the finals of defeated Daniel Tylawsky 6-2, 6-4 in the won the group when their opponents, finals. The consolation winner of the the group defeated group was Adrian Ripeckyj. (Continued on page 14) Audrey Owens 6-1, 6-1. Third place went to Julie Goodfriend with a 6- 2, 1-6, 7-5 win over Biata Gerasymenko. The winner of the middle group was Victoria Kuritza, who bested Laryssa Boyko in the finals 6-4, 6-3. Third place in the group went to Ivanka Misilo, a 6- 3, 6-3 winner over Alexia Blackhurst. Adrienne Kowcz beat Anissa Boyko 6-4, 6-4 in the finals of the older Tournament Director George Sawchak (center) presents group of girls thus trophies to Men’s winner Dennis Chorny (left) and finalist winning the first Marko Krasij. place in that group. Junior trophy winners with the tournament committee (in the back row). 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 30, 2006 No. 31

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reason for the vote on Mr. Yekhanurov. The Yavlinsky slams Putin’s foreign policy Tor missile systems to Iran, or show friend- NEWSBRIEFS parliamentary debate before the vote, ship and concern for North Korea and (Continued from page 2) according to the Ukrayinska Pravda web- MOSCOW – Grigory Yavlinsky of the Hamas?” On July 17, State Duma Deputy site, took place “amid bursts of laughter.” It liberal opposition Yabloko party wrote in Vladimir Ryzhkov of the Republican Party country to Yanukovych and criminal Novaya Gazeta of July 17-19 that President groups,” she added. (RFE/RL Newsline) is not clear what legal consequences the wrote in Nezavisimaya Gazeta that the dis- July 25 resolution may have for Mr. Vladimir Putin’s foreign policy is ill-con- cussion in Kremlin circles about “sover- Yanukovych and Yushchenko confer Yekhanurov. In January, President ceived and threatens the interests of Russia eignty” only serves to show that democracy Yushchenko ignored the parliamentary no- more than it does those of any other coun- is what Russia lacks in order to be truly sov- KYIV – Party of the Regions Chairman confidence motion in the Yekhanurov try. Mr. Yavlinsky stressed that the root of ereign. (RFE/RL Newsline) Viktor Yanukovych said on July 20 after Cabinet. Mr. Yekhanurov stayed in his post the problem is that Russia lacks “effective meeting with President Viktor until the inaugural session of the newly modern state institutions, democratic tradi- Bishop Lonchyna heads board Yushchenko that he believes the president elected Verkhovna Rada on May 25, when tions, or even a modern society as such.” He wants to consolidate the efforts of LVIV – Bishop Hlib Lonchyna on July he submitted the resignation of the entire notes that Mr. Putin has successfully called - Ukraine’s political forces, Interfax report- 10 was presented as the head of adminis Cabinet and assumed the role of acting attention to problems in democratic coun- tration of the Religion Board of the Kyiv- ed the same day. “I saw in the president’s prime minister. (RFE/RL Newsline) tries to discredit democracy itself. Mr. Halych Metropolitanate of the Ukrainian eyes a big desire to consolidate efforts and Yavlinsky said he believes that “there has Greek-Catholic Church (UGCC). Also that was enough for me,” Mr. Yanukovych Moscow hosts informal CIS summit been no discussion in Russia of Russia’s present at the event was Patriarch told reporters. However, Mr. Yanukovych place and role in the world, long-term strat- Lubomyr Husar, primate of the UGCC, was apparently unable to determine MOSCOW – The presidents of eight of egy for international relations, or how all who said that the newly appointed head whether President Yushchenko would sub- the 12 CIS member-states met informally this relates to our country’s internal ... of administration will also fulfill the mis- mit his candidacy for prime minister to for dinner in Moscow on July 21 and con- development.” Instead, Mr. Putin conducts sion of exarch on matters of monasticism. Parliament. Mr. Yanukovych did claim tinued discussions the following day, a short-sighted foreign policy aimed at pro- Among the assignments of the new head that the president is not considering dis- Russian media reported. The July 22 discus- moting the immediate interests of various will be to: monitor the work of inter- solving Parliament, and that the president sions focused on proposals by Kazakhstan’s “factions within the Kremlin.” Mr. eparchial committees; ensure that each is not considering any other candidates for Nursultan Nazarbaev for reforming Yavlinsky argues that official comments commission has a clearly formulated goal the prime ministership. “The talks con- Commonwealth of Independent States about “being ‘separate’ from other [coun- in its activities; work to improve coopera- cerned the stabilization of the political sit- structures to render them more effective, tries], [establishing] ‘sovereignty,’ and tion between commissions and coordinate uation, the stabilization of the regnum.ru reported. The most important of [exercising] foreign-policy independence their work; and work toward the profes- Parliament’s proceedings, and the creation those proposed innovations is a requirement that all CIS decisions in the spheres of are sometimes expressed in an oddly ado- sionalism of church personnel and prem- of the effective system of power,” Mr. lescent manner and involve steps that are ises, and appropriate financing for the Yanukovych said. (RFE/RL Newsline) migration policy, transport, education, “modern challenges” and humanitarian potentially dangerous for Russia itself. How activities of the commissions (Religious New coalition aims to include OU affairs be adopted by consensus. The 12 else could we describe the decision to sell Information Service of Ukraine) presidents are to decide on that proposal at KYIV – Party of the Regions leader their next summit, to be held in Miensk in Viktor Yanukovych, Yushchenko’s main November, Interfax quoted Mr. Nazarbaev rival in the 2004 presidential election, as saying. He added that Russia should declared in the Verkhovna Rada on July 25 serve as the driving force for closer integra- that the recently forged parliamentary coali- tion among CIS states. Other, unspecified tion of the Party of Regions, the Socialist participants argued in favor of a common Party and the Communist Party can be CIS defense system. Armenia’s Robert expanded to include the pro-presidential Kocharian did not attend, having caught a Our Ukraine, Ukrainian media reported. chill swimming earlier last week; Georgia’s “At this crucial moment we must begin our Mikheil Saakashvili stayed away after being It is with great sorrow that we announce the death work together from a clean sheet that has no informed it would not be possible to meet of our beloved father and uncle markings or past mistakes. And the first line privately with Russian President Vladimir on this clean sheet should be ‘[Do] good for Putin on the sidelines; Ukraine’s President the people of Ukraine,’ ” Mr. Yanukovych Viktor Yushchenko opted out, citing domes- said. The three-party coalition proposed Mr. tic political tensions, according to the dpa Theodore S. Muzychka Yanukovych last week as a candidate for news service; and Turkmenistan’s President prime minister. President Yushchenko Saparmurat Niyazov has not attended an on Monday, May 15, 2006. promised to express his opinion on the informal CIS summit since 2002. The cul- Yanukovych candidacy by August 2, amid mination of the gathering was a horse race Born September 26, 1916, in the Ternopil oblast, he survived the Great Famine of rumors that he may also be pondering the at the Moscow hippodrome in which a bay 1932-33. In 1935 he immigrated to the US and settled in New York City where dissolution of the legislature and new elec- colt from Russia and a black colt from he worked as a tailor as well as a chef in several restaurants. In 1942 he married tions. (RFE/RL Newsline) Azerbaijan finished neck and neck and Mary Oleksiw, who passed away on February 6, 2000. In 1967 he moved to President proposes political roundtable shared first and second prize, regnum.ru Pennsylvania, where he worked as a chef for Brass Rail Restaurant until his reported. The Epsom Derby has ended in a retirement in 1984. He was a president of the local chapter of ODWU and a dead heat only once in its 226-year history. KYIV – Verkhovna Rada Chairman member of many Ukrainian organizations. He was very interested in Ukrainian Oleksander Moroz told lawmakers on July (RFE/RL Newsline) and world politics. 25 that President Viktor Yushchenko has Russians take stock of G-8 proposed to hold a roundtable with represen- The panakhyda was held on Friday, May 19, 2006, tatives of the Ukrainian Parliament and main STRELNA, Russia – President at the Kohut Funeral Home in Allentown, PA. political forces in order to discuss the current Vladimir Putin told reporters in Strelna at Funeral services were held at St. Mary’s Ukrainian Orthodox Church political situation in the country, Ukrainian the close of the Group of Eight summit in Allentown, PA, followed by interment at the parish cemetery in Whitehall. media reported. “It was the president’s initia- on July 17 that “we are satisfied that our tive. I think it is a useful step. In my opinion, partners received with understanding In profound sorrow are: it will be an effective step,” Mr. Moroz Russia’s ideas and proposals for the sum- daughters, Vera and Barbara noted. He added that the roundtable would mit,” Russian and international news “adopted daughter”, Mary Pronkin take place on July 26, but the presidential agencies reported. He added that “it is press service said that Yushchenko’s sched- also obvious that Russia’s growing eco- niece, Nadia Purnell with sons Daniel and Michael ule for July 26 does not foresee his participa- nomic potential allows it to play a more nephew, Michael Kiey tion in the roundtable announced by Mr. significant role in global development, Moroz the previous day. At press time, it and we are ready to participate actively May he rest in peace! was reported that the roundtable would take in implementing all of the proposed ini- place on July 27. (RFE/RL Newsline) tiatives.” Deputy Kremlin spokesman In lieu of flowers, donations for the restoration of the church icons may be sent to: Rada rescinds dismissal of Cabinet Dmitry Peskov noted that, prior to the summit, Moscow “faced a lot of criticism Kohut Funeral Home, 950 N. Front St., Allentown, PA 18102 KYIV – The Verkhovna Rada on July 25 from different parts of the world, but in canceled its resolution of January 10 to dis- the end we managed to show that miss the Cabinet of Prime Minister Yurii Russia’s place in the G-8 is quite natural, Yekhanurov, Ukrainian media reported. that it’s impossible to tackle vital prob- The move was supported by 239 deputies – lems without Russia.” An unnamed DEATH ANNOUNCEMENTS mostly from the newly formed coalition of Western diplomat was quoted by The to be published in The Ukrainian Weekly – in the Ukrainian the Party of the Regions, the Socialist Party Washington Times on July 18 as saying or English language – are accepted by mail, courier, fax, phone or e-mail. and the Communist Party. “After we that the “Russians have clearly had a Deadline: Tuesday noon before the newspaper’s date of issue. exchanged opinions on the need for hold- recovery of confidence.” The Moscow Rate: $7.50 per column-inch. ing a roundtable, I asked my colleagues: daily Nezavisimaya Gazeta noted on July Information should be addressed to the attention of the Advertising Department ‘Let’s look at how we could make a gesture 17, however, that Russian plans for the and sent to: The Ukrainian Weekly, 2200 Route 10, P.O. 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charismatic figure and the self-described restoration in Ukraine of a Communist- this year took the power to nominate a Will Yushchenko... keeper of the Orange Revolution flame. oligarchic government, and with the aim prime-ministerial candidate away from (Continued from page 2) For her, fresh elections would be an of providing the president with additional the president. Orange Revolution ally and prime minister, opportunity to win the votes of constitutional provisions to call for The Anti-Crisis Coalition submitted Ukrainians disenchanted by President extraordinary parliamentary elections in Mr. Yanukovych’s candidacy to Mr. who had been determined to serve again as Yushchenko’s seemingly lackluster com- Ukraine, we state that we are ready to end Yushchenko on July 18. The Constitution prime minister of an Orange coalition link- mitment to pro-Western principles. our terms as members of the Ukrainian gives the president 15 days to consider ing her eponymous bloc with Our Ukraine Ms. Tymoshenko on July 24 tried to Parliament,” Tymoshenko said. the nomination. and the Socialist Party of Ukraine. press the issue, declaring that deputies Our Ukraine deputies are unlikely to A Yanukovych prime ministership will That aspiration died in early July, from her political bloc will give up their take Tymoshenko up on her invitation to be pleasing for Moscow, which resented when the Socialists defected to the seats in an effort to force the dissolution do the same. Borys Bezpalyi, a member Ukraine’s pro-Western orientation fol- Yanukovych-led coalition. of Parliament. of Yushchenko’s faction, described lowing the Orange Revolution. Having a But Ms. Tymoshenko remains a “Being aware of the danger of a Tymoshenko’s initiative as little more Moscow-friendly prime minister may than public relations. mean a less punishing price rise when If President Yushchenko decides not to Ukraine renegotiates its gas contract with transaction standards that require open dissolve Parliament, his next deadline Russia in the autumn. Orange Coalition’s... and transparent contracts in line with best comes August 2, when he must endorse a But the four-month impasse and the (Continued from page 4) business practices. This will help dilute candidate for prime minister submitted failure of the Orange coalition have like- commentary by Yulia Tymoshenko, The the global power of leaders who play the by Mr. Yanukovych’s coalition and return ly dealt a setback to those in Ukraine Wall Street Journal Europe, July 13: energy card to achieve purely political it to parliament for final approval. who favor NATO and European Union goals. Constitutional changes implemented membership. “... To be clear, neither Ukraine nor “We see such problems today in the operations of state-owned energy firms in Russia disputed the necessity of meas- SUPPORT THE WORK OF THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY. ured price changes. But unfortunately for Latin America and through the use of Send contributions to: The Ukrainian Weekly Press Fund, Russia’s neighbors, the price of Russian opaque business intermediaries such as gas is not determined by market forces. RosUkrEnergo, the firm that played a 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054 Gazprom and its chairman, Dmitry central role in the questionable gas deal Medvedev, who also doubles as Russia’s between Ukraine and Russia. ... first deputy prime minister, call the shots. “In the end, energy security for all of “Gazprom charges each neighbor a Europe requires recognizing that the linked different price, a price largely determined nature of our supply and transmission sys- by that country’s relationship with the tems makes us interdependent. This is Kremlin rather than by supply and where a formal Energy Alliance of con- demand or gas-transport calculations. sumers and suppliers could be useful. In “And so, as a result of its newfound this alliance, the nations of Europe would independence from Russia after the guarantee the energy supplies of one anoth- Orange Revolution, Ukraine suddenly er in the event of a major disruption. ... had to choose between a fourfold gas “The first critical step in an Energy price hike or the interruption of its sup- Alliance would be to include Ukraine in plies. Similarly, Georgia was also feeling the current energy dialogue that exists Moscow’s wrath following the Rose between the EU and Russia. It is self-evi- Revolution and faced punishing price dent that the country that hosts the major- increases as well. Belarus, however, a ity of the transit of gas shipments to country still in strong alignment with the Europe from Russia would be included in Kremlin, continues to enjoy highly subsi- this dialogue, especially in light of the dized gas. ... events of this past January when Russia “... G-8 leaders should enforce energy cut off the gas to Ukraine and Europe. ...” 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 30, 2006 No. 31 No. 31 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 30, 2006 19

Atlantic alliance. Whether they are going to factors in the whole game. And, of Poland will never give up where Poland disappointed... continue with the policy of democracy and course, knowing what Moscow’s reaction Ukraine is concerned because we believe (Continued from page 2) respect for human rights and Euro-Atlantic to the Orange Revolution was, and also in democracy. And we have this feeling country – starting with the top politician integration. These are the most important the pressure that was put on Ukraine in that we ourselves achieved as much as and ending with civil society here -– is questions and Poland will work with any- the context of gas negotiations, I believe we did not only because of our own one who will go that way. going to work with anyone who has the that the game has not ended. efforts, but also because of the assistance which was provided by the government authority to hold power and who is a What about Viktor Yanukovych, Ultimately, the failure of the Orange trade unions, Amnesty International and democrat. The final composition of the Yushchenko’s rival in the election that coalition appears to be due, as you government is still unclear, but right now sparked the Orange Revolution? Is he international organizations which con- said, to personality clashes – specifical- struct civil society. we’re facing the scenario of a Parliament a man Poland can work with? ly between Yushchenko and Yulia dominated by the pro-Russia Party of the And what we are doing at the moment It’s very difficult to say. When I was in Tymoshenko, his one-time prime min- — what all of us are doing — is giving Regions, and with the pro-Western presi- ister. Are these power struggles the dent, Yushchenko, in the opposition. Is it Ukraine I heard different stories about something back. We are actually trying to him, and some of what’s being said is reason that Ukraine has no govern- help those who, at the moment, are less important for Poland which of the major ment nearly four months after parlia- players ends up on top? that he’s a very pragmatic politician. But fortunate than ourselves. the only worry I have, from what I know mentary elections? If the situation in Ukraine ends with the How much does geographic and his- decision that the only working coalition of him, is that he’s not a totally independ- This seems to be the basis of the existing torical proximity affect Poland’s alle- could be a coalition of two currently war- ent politician. situation. Whether this is in fact so is not giance to Ukraine? ring factions, well then, let it be that way. Does Poland remain suspicious of for me to say. But the fact that the politics For us, the most important thing is not Russia’s influence in Ukraine? of such an important country as Ukraine is Ukraine for us – and Belarus as well – who’s running the country, but what the being reduced to the personal confrontation are very close to our borders – and they program is – whether it’s Western-oriented, People who know more about it than I between major personalities is not helping are very close people to us. And even if whether it’s aimed at European and trans- do, they say this is one of the important Ukraine and its image in the world. there are some political difficulties, it will not influence our general attitude. Kwasniewski’s recent remarks on Poland will never abandon Ukraine or Boys B Group: first place, Alex Ukraine have been very bitter, almost Belarus. More specifically, we will never Puhalla; second place, Adrian Ripeckyj; resigned. Is there a sense that Poland abandon democracy and human rights in Tennis Camp... and third place, Maxym Kurgansky. (Continued from page 13) has given up on Ukraine, or is there those countries. lessons at Soyuzivka. The Mixed-Up Doubles winners were more that it can do to keep Kyiv on a A very special banquet was held on Mr. Serba and Serhij Moshak, who pro-Western course? – Compiled by Jan Maksymiuk received water jugs courtesy of the the last Thursday night to award the tour- Soyuzivka management. nament winners and announce the Best Unanimously selected by the entire Camper awards. This year the camp was staff, the coveted Best Camper Awards greatly honored by the presence of UNA were given to Miss Kuritza, Miss President, Stefan Kaczaraj, who spoke Kowcz, Mr. Serba and Mr. Tylawsky for about the Ukrainian National Association their exemplary behavior and attitude and Soyuzivka. both on and off the tennis courts. One camper, Mark Watson, was heard A note of levity was added by Mrs. saying, “Is he really the president of Czerkas and counselors who gave certifi- UNA, and he came to talk to kids?” cates based on funny attributes to all the After opening remarks Mr. Sawchak campers. Mr. Sawchak concluded the and Mrs. Louer distributed the camp cer- banquet by thanking the staff and tificates and presented trophies to the campers for their participation in this tournament winners: year’s Tennis Camp and inviting every- Girls A Group: first place, Ada one to continue playing tennis and return Kowcz; second place, Lydia Kowinko, again next year. and third place, Andrea Kusina. Special thanks were also given to Girls B Group: first place, Talia Soyuzivka’s manager for his considera- Hryhorowych; second place, Miss Kuritza; tions and Chef Andrij Sonevytsky for his and third place, Alexia Blackhurst. nutritious and tasty meals. After the for- Boys A Group: first place, Daniel malities campers watched a slide show of Tylawsky; second place, Nick Nalywayko; photos from the camp and danced until and third place, Adrian Burke. midnight.

Tournament Award Winners with UNA President Stefan Kaczaraj. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 30, 2006 No. 31

the foreseeable future (and certainly not in public perceptions of President Yushchenko national-democratic than the OU of 2002. UKRAINE CRISIS... the life of the current Parliament). as lacking a strategy and being beholden to Major national democratic political forces (Continued from page 3) President Yushchenko’s inaction in corrupt business interests. The inclusion of which four years earlier had joined OU who understands the link between 2005-2006 was followed by four key the non-transparent RosUkrEnergo in the refused to join it in 2006. These included domestic and foreign policies and is an strategic mistakes: gas deal was either due to incompetence on well-known national democratic leaders expert on international affairs and • The Yulia Tymoshenko government the part of the executive and government, whose presence in government and in the Ukraine’s national interests and obliga- was dismissed, thereby dividing the continuation of corruption schemes from Verkhovna Rada would have been a posi- tions. (Anatolii Kinakh was a poor choice Orange Revolution camp, only seven the Kuchma era, or both. tive development. The Reforms and for such a position and Mr. Horbulin can- months before the elections; Weak strategy continued to plague the Order-Pora and Yurii Kostenko blocs not move beyond acting secretary1 ). • A memorandum was signed with Orange Revolution camp during the failed to enter the 2006 Parliament. defeated presidential candidate Mr. March 2006 elections and during coali- The only centrist political party to enter Background to the crisis Yanukovych that included proposals that tion negotiations following the elections. Parliament was the PRU. In the 2002 elec- The origins of Ukraine’s crisis lie in pointed to President Yushchenko back- An informal agreement within the tions the PRU, the party that has traditional- the failure of President Yushchenko to tracking from his 2004 election promises Orange Revolution camp provided that ly represented the Donetsk clan, cam- take advantage of his first year in power and those made during the Orange whoever came first would have the right paigned together with four other parties in when he still possessed a wide range of Revolution. This perception of a presi- to appoint the prime minister. the pro-Kuchma For a United Ukraine bloc. powers inherited under the July 1996 dent retreating from the values of the The election results came as a shock to Three of these parties ran independently in Constitution of Ukraine. Orange Revolution was reinforced by OU, which had expected to come in second 2006 and failed to enter Parliament: the These powers were never used to break Prime Minister Yurii Yekhanurov’s close (i.e., first in the Orange Revolution camp). Agrarians (Volodymyr Lytvyn bloc), Labor with the Leonid Kuchma era, push relationship with the “national bour- Until the September 2005 crisis, OU had Ukraine (LU) and the People’s Democratic through a government program of radical geoisie” (i.e., the oligarchs). every opportunity to come in first in the Party (PDP). Mr. Kinakh’s Party of reforms or institute criminal charges • Divisions in the Orange Revolution 2006 elections as President Yushchenko is Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, the fifth against senior members of the Kuchma camp permitted the PRU to grow in sup- OU’s honorary chairman. Instead, OU member of the For a United Ukraine bloc, regime for abuse of office, corruption, port from an average of 20 percent dropped to third place and received 9 per- defected to President Yushchenko in the election fraud and violence against jour- throughout 2005 to over 30 percent dur- cent fewer votes than in the 2002 elections, second round of the 2004 elections and nalists and politicians. With the majority ing the 2006 elections, culminating in the when it had obtained 23 percent. joined OU in 2006. The Social Democratic of those who could have been charged fol- PRU obtaining the largest parliamentary The 2006 elections radically changed Party – United (SDPU), which had run in lowing the Orange Revolution now inside faction of 186 deputies. Ukraine’s political landscape, laying the the 2002 elections independently of the For the PRU faction in the Verkhovna Rada, • The January 2006 gas agreement with basis for the current political crisis. a United Ukraine bloc, also failed to enter where they have immunity, there is little Russia that reinforced divisions in the The OU that entered the 2006 the 2006 Parliament. likelihood of charges being introduced in Orange Revolution camp and furthered Parliament is more centrist and less The YTB expanded its support more than threefold on its 2002 results, grow- ing from 7 to 22 percent support and coming in first among the Orange Revolution camp. OU’s support, mean- while, declined from 23 to 14 percent. Ukraine’s 2006 Parliament, therefore, was the most polarized in Ukraine’s 15- year history. Former pro-Kuchma cen- trists who had traditionally played the role of “buffer” between eastern and western Ukraine were no longer present. Two antagonistic political forces – the Party of the Regions and the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc – were the largest fac- tions in the Verkhovna Rada, with 310 deputies (or 70 percent of the total of 450). This polarization inside Parliament was heightened by contentious issues, such as NATO membership and the status of the Russian language, moving from low to high matters of concern for voters. Polarization inside the Verkhovna Rada has been heightened by the PRU’s attitudes to the immediate past. The PRU’s leadership and electorate believe that they won the 2004 elections but were then “betrayed” by President Kuchma and his then head of the Presidential Administration, Viktor Medvedchuk. The PRU, therefore, is Janus-faced; while being anti-Kuchma, it is also a “post-Kuchma” party. At the same time, the PRU’s refusal to acknowledge President Yushchenko’s legitimacy as deriving from a re-run of the fraudulent second round of the 2004 elections, and the PRU’s continued hos- tility to the Orange Revolution as a “con- spiracy,” shows its inability to break fully with the political culture of the Kuchma era. This is reflected in other policy areas, such as the PRU’s negative attitudes toward a free media. The PRU leadership’s unwillingness to accept its involvement in election fraud in 2004 – and, therefore, Mr. Yanukovych’s defeat – has only been deepened by the lack of criminal charges instituted against senior Kuchma-era officials. With no charges in place, PRU leaders argue “election fraud, what fraud?” The possibility of criminal charges being instituted for election fraud in 2004 are now unlikely as those who could have been charged in 2005 now have parliamentary immunity for the life of the current Parliament. (Continued on page 21)

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withdrew its support from the coalition. Crisis Coalition. The YTB has always Crisis Coalition collapses in the fall and UKRAINE CRISIS... The SPU officially claimed that the rea- ruled out entering any coalition that is replaced by a grand coalition of the (Continued from page 20) son was its opposition to Mr. Poroshenko included the PRU. OU will be forced into PRU and OU. Following the betrayal of Coalition choices obtaining the post of Parliament chair- simultaneous mild opposition to, and the SPU leadership, which defected from man in exchange for Ms. Tymoshenko cohabitation with, the Anti-Crisis the Orange coalition, it would be unlikely Following the 2006 elections, OU sen- becoming prime minister. Coalition. OU’s national democratic that OU would agree to the SPU joining ior leader Roman Bezsmertnyi proposed In reality, the SPU had long sought the wing will align with the YTB and its cen- a grand coalition. that OU recognize the results and accept position of Parliament chairman for its trist, business wing with the PRU. • Early elections: The dissolution of that the YTB has a right to appoint its leader, Mr. Moroz. The SPU had never Informed sources have advised Ukraine Parliament and repeat elections. The elec- candidate for prime minister in a new raised its objections to aspects of the Strategic Insider that President Yushchenko tion results would be unlikely to heal Orange coalition. This correct strategic Orange coalition during the April-June will never accept Mr. Yanukovych for the Ukraine’s regional divide, which was con- choice was ignored by both OU and negotiations and remained in govern- position of prime minister. The reasons are firmed in the 2004 and 2006 elections, and President Yushchenko, who instead con- ment with the center-right OU through- similar to those based on which he was dis- may polarize Parliament further by increas- ducted simultaneous negotiations over out 2005-2006. inclined to look favorably on Ms. ing the representation of the PRU and the the next three months with both Orange Mr. Moroz was Verkhovna Rada Tymoshenko returning to the position of YTB beyond their current 70 percent of Revolution allies and the PRU. chairman on one previous occasion in prime minister. Both Mr. Yanukovych and deputies. OU, the SPU and the CPU could The reality of the 2004 and 2006 elec- the 1994-1998, when, again allied with Ms. Tymoshenko are polarizing figures be elected with fewer deputies while the tion results, both of which confirmed the CPU, he attempted to thwart eco- who, in the position of prime minister, two left-wing parties could fail to enter the Ukraine’s regional divide, pointed to nomic reforms and a pro-Western foreign would serve to further divide – not unite – Verkhovna Rada (see Tables 1 and 2). OU three potential coalition possibilities policy. As Parliament chairman, Mr. Ukraine. Ukraine needs a centrist prime could prevent this outcome by creating a immediately following the March elec- Moroz was in conflict over domestic and minister able to work with both the PRU joint election bloc with the YTB, which has tions. These three possible coalition for- foreign policies with President Kuchma. and the YTB, and with the president. been touted but seems a remote possibility. mats remain largely unchanged: OU’s candidate for Parliament chair- OU will never join a coalition with the The SPU could well be decimated if, as • Orange Revolution: OU, YTB, SPU man, Mr. Poroshenko, merely provided PRU if it includes the CPU and its prime expected, Mr. Moroz could be removed by (243 seats); the excuse for the SPU to no longer minister is Mr. Yanukovych. It is these a pending extraordinary congress called in • grand coalition: OU, PRU (267) and abide by the Orange coalition agreement. two obstacles that are preventing any protest to his alignment with the PRU. possibly SPU (300 seats); Mr. Poroshenko had been secretary of negotiated solution to Ukraine’s deepen- Internal Affairs Minister Yurii Lutsenko, • “Kuchma Lite”: PRU, CPU, SPU the National Security and Defense ing crisis. Both the PRU and the YTB are a high-profile SPU member active in anti- (240 seats). Council (NSDC) in 2005, a position he seeking to extract maximum advantages regime protests during the Kuchma An Orange coalition would have been had occupied at the president’s behest to for themselves without taking heed of the regime, has resigned in protest from the created immediately following the 2006 counter Prime Minister Tymoshenko. country’s overall national interests and SPU. Mr. Lutsenko represents the right- the need to overcome the deepening cri- wing of the SPU. His criticism of the elections if OU had come second (i.e., Anti-Crisis Coalition first in the Orange camp). The dragging sis and regional divide. SPU’s alignment with the PRU is replicat- out of coalition talks simultaneously with The defection of the SPU to the PRU Faced with this escalating crisis, there ed by unlikely allies on the left of the SPU the YTB and the PRU was a conse- and the CPU has led to the creation of the are two scenarios facing Ukraine: such as Yosyp Vinskyi, who has resigned quence of OU coming in third. least expected Anti-Crisis Coalition. The • Collapse of the coalition: The Anti- as secretary of the SPU’s Political Council. The coalition marathon (April-June Anti-Crisis Coalition controls 240 out of 2006) showed to what degree President 450 deputies, a number similar to the 243 Yushchenko and OU also were Janus- that the Orange coalition was to have con- What the latest polls say faced. While willing to accept credit for trolled. Alone, the PRU and their CPU holding free and fair elections, they were allies had insufficient votes to create a Table 1: Early Parliamentary Elections: July 2006 (% support) unwilling to accept the logic of the out- parliamentary coalition, being 19 deputies Parties/ 3/06 election Polling organization come of the elections which had propelled short of a minimum majority of 226. blocs results Sofia FOM KIIS the PRU and the YTB to control 70 per- The Anti-Crisis Coalition removes the cent of parliamentary deputies and the need for the PRU to concede the position PRU 32.14 37.1 36.5 50.3 fact that OU now has reduced influence. of prime minister, which it can now seek YTB 22.29 22.3 19.8 22.4 This unwillingness to accept the elec- to obtain for itself, with the SPU and the OU 13.95 11.3 9.3 10.1 tion outcome has directly led to this sum- CPU sharing control of the parliamentary SPU 5.69 5.5 2.7 3.2 mer’s political and constitutional crisis. leadership. The PRU has proposed Mr. CPU 3.66 5.3 3.1 2.8 President Yushchenko and OU strove to Yanukovych for prime minister, a posi- negotiate simultaneously with the YTB tion he occupied in 2002-2004 – the last Table 2: Early Presidential Elections: July 2006 Polls (% support) and the PRU in the hope of extracting two years of the Kuchma regime. Candidate Polling organization maximum advantage for themselves by The inclusion of the CPU represents Sofia Razumkov not allowing OU to become the smaller the first occasion in Ukraine that the Yanukovych 36.2 31.3 partner in any coalition. Communists have entered the govern- Tymoshenko 20.1 19.6 OU hoped to prevent Ms. Tymoshenko ment, ironically during the Yushchenko Yushchenko 14.4 8.4 from taking the position of prime minister presidency. The CPU has entered gov- Moroz 5.5 5.5 in the Orange coalition and, failing this, to ernment at a time when the CPU is in balance her position with OU controlling terminal decline from its height of 120 Key to abbreviations of polling organizations: the position of Parliament chairman. OU’s national deputies in the 1998 Parliament; Sofia = Sofia Center for Social Research choice of nominee for Parliament chair- it now has only 21 deputies. FOM = FOM [Public Opinion Foundation]- Ukrayina man, Petro Poroshenko, reinforced two The two remaining parliamentary fac- KIIS = Kyiv International Institute of Sociology prevalent views: first, that there would be tions, the YTB and OU, have little choice Razumkov = Razumkov Center for Economic and Political Studies a return to the Tymoshenko-Poroshenko but to go into opposition to the Anti- personal clashes that had plagued the first year of the Orange administration; sec- ond, the likelihood of the Orange coali- tion again collapsing due to personal rivalries. Following that collapse, a grand coalition of OU and the PRU would have emerged to replace a second failed Orange coalition. In negotiations with the PRU, OU sought to obtain concessions over the prime minister’s position in return for the PRU controlling the position of Parliament chairman. The PRU agreed to leave Mr. Yekhanurov as prime minister, whom it sees as ideologically close to it and who also opposes re-privatization. The PRU’s compromise over the position of prime minister aimed to block the return of Ms. Tymoshenko, which would have threatened its strategic objectives of no further re-privatization and the sancti- ty of property rights. The re-united Orange coalition even- tually created three months after the March parliamentary elections would have seen Ms. Tymoshenko return as prime minister. But, the Orange coalition collapsed even before it could propose its government when the smallest of the three Orange coalition partners, the SPU, 22 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 30, 2006 No. 31 No. 31 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 30, 2006 23 OUT AND ABOUT

July 31 Lecture and slide presentation by Myron Stachiv on August 11-15 American Youth of Ukrainian Descent (ODUM) Cambridge, MA Chornobyl and cultural preservation in Polissia, Onamia, MN “Family Camp,” 952-941-1633 Harvard Hall, Harvard University, 617-496-6001 or [email protected] August 12 Children’s Ukrainian Folk Singing Recital, under the Jewett, NY direction of Anna Bachynska, Grazhda Music and August 3 Documentary film presentation by Yuri Shevchuk, Arts Center of Greene County, 518-989-6479 Cambridge, MA featuring Ukrainian filmmakers, co-presented by the Ukrainian Film Club and Ukrainian Studies August 13 “Ukrainian Day,” Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village, Program of Columbia University, HURI Seminar Room, Edmonton 780-662-3855, ext. 1104 617-496-6001 or [email protected] August 20 Ukrainian Independence Festival, Ukrainian American August 4 Julian Kytasty performs traditional and composed Horsham, PA Sports Center Tryzub, 215-343-5412 Cambridge, MA bandura music, Holden Chapel, Harvard University, 617-496-6001 or [email protected] Entries in “Out and About” are listed free of charge. Priority is given to August 4 The Washington Group summer social, National events advertised in The Ukrainian Weekly. However, we also welcome Washington, DC Gallery of Sculpture Art Garden, 240-381-0993 submissions from all our readers; please send e-mail to staff@ukrweek- ly.com. Items will be published at the discretion of the editors and as August 4-6 Dauphin Ukrainian Festival, Selo Ukraina, space allows; photos will be considered. Please note: items will be printed Dauphin, MB 204-622-4600 or toll free 877-474-2683 a maximum of two times each.

August 5 “European Vocal Miniatures,” Oleh Chmyr, Grazhda Jewett, NY Music and Arts Center of Greene County, 518-989-6479 Got a group? Need The Weekly? Call our subscription department to find out how you may qualify August 6 Cheres Ukrainian Folk Orchestra performs free for a group discount on your Weekly subscriptions. (973) 292-9800 ext. 3042 New York concert at Lincoln Center’s Josie Robertson Plaza, www.cheres.net

August 7 Lecture by Dominique Arel on language and politics Cambridge, MA in Ukraine, Harvard Hall, Harvard University, 617-496-6001 or [email protected]

August 11 Presentations and sketches by Harvard Ukrainian Cambridge, MA Summer Institute students, Boylston Hall, Harvard University, 617-496-6001 or [email protected]

August 11 Film screenings, “The Whisperers” and “Dora Was Jewett, NY Dysfunctional,” by Andrea Odezynska, Grazhda Music and Arts Center of Greene County, 518-989-6479 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 30, 2006 No. 31

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Saturday, August 5 two-week folk-singing workshop held at the Soyuzivka’s Datebook Grazhda. The program, sponsored by Music JEWETT, N.Y.: “Music at the Grazhda” and Art Center of Greene County, will be Through August 28, 2006 August 13, 2006 presents baritone Oleh Chmyr, soloist with held at 7 p.m. The Grazhda is located on Every Monday: Steak Night with Musical concert sponsored by the New Jersey State Opera, in a program Ukraine Road, off Route 23 A; it is five music by Soyuzivka’s House Band UNWLA Regional Council of NY of works titled “European Vocal miles west of the town of Hunter, N.Y., in Miniatures,” with Victor Markiw at the the Catskill Mountains. For directions visit Through August 30, 2006 August 12-19, 2006 piano. The concert will feature a repertoire www.grazhdamusicandart.org; for addition- of music by Western European as well as al information call 518-263-4619. Every Wednesday: Hutsul Night with Club Suzie-Q Week Ukrainian, Polish and Russian composers. music by Soyuzivka’s House Band Time: 8 p.m. The Grazhda is located on Saturday-Sunday, August 19-20 August 18, 2006 Ukraine Road, off Route 23 A; it is five Through September 1, 2006 “Pete and Vlod – unplugged” perform miles west of the town of Hunter, N.Y., in CHICAGO: The Ukrainian Congress Every Friday: Odessa Seafood Night at the Tiki Bar, 10 p.m. the Catskill Mountains. For directions visit Committee of America, Illinois Division, with music by Soyuzivka’s www.grazhdamusicandart.org; for addi- is sponsoring Ukrainian Fest 2006 in House Band August 19, 2006 tional information call 518-263-4619. Chicago’s Smith Park, 2500 W. Grand Ave. (corner of North Campbell Street) Dance Camp performance followed Sunday, August 6 August 4, 2006 from noon to 10 p.m. on both Saturday by zabava with Fata Morgana and Sunday. The festivities will feature NEW YORK: Band Zahrava performs at the Tiki Cheres, the premier Ukrainian food, crafts, music, lotteries and Ukrainian folk ensemble in the U.S., will Bar, 10 p.m. August 26, 2006 much more. Pony rides and children’s be performing at Lincoln Center Out of Zabava with band Vidlunnia attractions will add to the entertainment Doors next month in a special tribute to August 4-6, 2006 for the whole family. Dance groups will international fiddling traditions called Kozak exhibit September 1-3, 2006 perform on Sunday afternoon. A celebra- “Heritage Sunday: The World on a tion of Ukraine’s Declaration of Labor Day Weekend String!” Come hear the full-tilt acoustic Independence will begin on Sunday at August 5, 2006 September 1, Band Zahrava performs folk music as played by the masters from 1:30 p.m. For more information contact Dance Camp performance 2 p.m., at Tiki Bar, 10 p.m. the Carpathian Mountains. The free per- Pavlo T. Bandriwsky, 773-772-4500. Auction Fund-Raiser sponsored by formance begins at 3:30 p.m. at Josie September 2, Afternoon performance Chornomorski Khvyli and Robertson Plaza at Lincoln Center. For Saturday, September 2 Soyuzivka’s Heritage Foundation by band Hrim; performance by information log on to www.cheres.net. Golf Tournament Yavir School of Ukrainian Dance, KERHONKSON, N.Y.: The 50th annual Zabava with band Zahrava, 10 p.m. 8 p.m.; zabavas with bands Luna Tuesday, August 8, swimming championships of the Ukrainian and Zahrava, 10 p.m. and Thursday, August 10 Sports Federation of the U.S.A. and Canada (USCAK) will take place at Soyuzivka. August 6-19, 2006 NEW YORK: The Pioneer Theater in the September 3, performance by Yavir The warm-up is at 9 a.m.; the meet begins Ukrainian Folk Dance Camp, East Village presents the New York City School of Ukrainian Dance, 1 p.m.; at 10 a.m. Prizes includes awards for first, Session #2 premiere of “Resilience,” a feature film by second and third place and team trophies zabava with band Zahrava, 10 p.m. Paul Bojack (a.k.a. Roman Paul Boychuk). funded by the Ukrainian National August 12, 2006 Mr. Bojack’s previous work includes Association. Registration fee of $10 per “Glass Necktie,” which was praised in the Miss Soyuzivka Weekend and swimmer (includes commemorative T-shirt) LA Weekly, the Los Angeles Times and zabava with Tempo is due by August 20; there will be no pool- Film Threat, and is available on DVD side registration. Please make checks throughout the U.S. and Canada. Tickets payable to “Ukrainian Sports Federation” for “Resilience” are available online at and mail to: Marika Bokalo, 641 Evergreen www.twoboots.com/pioneer (scroll down Parkway, Union, NJ 07083. For more infor- to “Resilience” and click on “Buy Tix”) or mation call Mrs. Bokalo, 908-851-0617, or call 310-313-1557. The Pioneer Theater is log on to www.soyuzivka.com. located at 44 Ave. A (near Third Street). To book a room or event call: (845) 626-5641, ext. 140 Shows start at 7 p.m. This film is rated R. Through Sunday, October 15 216 Foordmore Road P.O. Box 529 Kerhonkson, NY 12446 Friday, August 11 CHICAGO: The Chicago Department of E-mail: [email protected] Cultural Affairs announces the first major JEWETT, N.Y.: “Music at the Grazhda” Website: www.Soyuzivka.com exhibition of early 20th century Ukrainian presents Andrea Odezynska, independent art in the United States. “Crossroads: filmmaker and professor of film, School of Modernism in Ukraine, 1910-1930” will be Visual Arts, New York City, who will on display at the Chicago Cultural Center in screen and discuss her two short films: the the fourth floor Exhibit Hall, 78 E. TRAVEL SERVICES prize-winning documentary “The Whisperer” and the short comedy film Washington St., through October 15. UNIVERSAL ANNA YAWORSKY Admission to the exhibition is free. This (215) 725-0377 “Dora Was Dysfunctional.” The screening, sponsored by Music and Art Center of outstanding exhibit of 21 Ukrainian avant- garde artists includes approximately over 70 8300 Bustleton Avenue, 1st Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19152 Greene County, will be held at 8 p.m. The works from the National Art Museum of M-F: 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. Grazhda is located on Ukraine Road, off Ukraine and other collections. A catalogue Sat.: 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. Route 23 A; it is five miles west of the town of Hunter, N.Y., in the Catskill of the exhibit will be available for sale. The • Airline tickets • Parcel Service Mountains. For directions visit exhibition has been organized by the www.grazhdamusicandart.org; for addi- Foundation for International Arts and • Passport Photos • Notary tional information call 518-263-4619. Education with the National Art Museum of Ukraine. 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