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ThePublished U by thekrainian Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal W non-profit associationeekly Vol. LXXXV No. 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 11, 2017 $2.00 Russia’s denial of Ukrainian identity Cardinal Lubomyr Husar laid to rest at heart of library closure in Moscow in crypt of Patriarchal Cathedral in Kyiv by Mark Raczkiewycz ture today was present. People will proba- bly recall this in a couple of decades ... in KYIV – Russia’s timeworn orchestrated the same way as we remember 1937” [the efforts to denigrate Ukrainian identity and height of the Stalin-era show trials]. culture were on full display this week when Ever since Ms. Sharina was placed under a judge convicted the head of the country’s house arrest in October 2015, when this only state-run Ukrainian literature library case started, rights groups have con- located in Moscow for “extremism.” demned her prosecution at an institution A municipal court on June 5 in the capi- that has roots dating to 1918 and which tal gave Natalia Sharina, a native Muscovite existed before Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin and ethnic Russian, a four-year suspended ordered his henchmen to close it down in sentence for “inciting national enmity or 1949 and which was resurrected almost a hatred.” half-century later. Ostensibly, it was because a banned Russian authorities are currently shut- book authored by a Ukrainian nationalist tering the institution, which also held was found at the library. Ms. Sharina insists events that included lectures by Ukrainian the book was planted at the library, which artists and renowned writers, concerts, and was established in 1989 during the twilight informative gatherings on Ukrainian histo- of the Soviet Union. ry and culture, like Easter and Christmas. Human rights groups, including London- The librarian has clearly been caught in based Amnesty International, Russia’s the crossfire of deteriorating Kyiv-Moscow Memorial and the Kharkiv Human Rights relations that started in February 2014 RISU Protection Group, as well as pro-Ukrainian when Russian soldiers invaded and subse- Inside Kyiv’s Patriarchal Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ, hierarchs pay their advocacy groups, denounced Ms. Sharina’s quently annexed Ukraine’s territory of last respects to Cardinal Lubomyr Husar. prosecution. Crimea. In April of the same year, Moscow The former chief librarian, age 59, was started a hybrid war in the easternmost PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Funeral services for Sviatoslav; Archbishop Cyril Vasil, secretary also given a four-year probation term and Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts that eventu- Cardinal Lubomyr Husar, the former pri- of the Congregation for the Eastern told the court the case was not about a sin- ally saw more than 10,000 people killed, mate of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church Churches, who attended the services as the gle book among the 52,000 periodicals and some 2 million displaced and 7 percent of (UGCC) who died on May 31, were held in personal envoy of Pope Francis; and the books that she oversaw. sovereign territory occupied. Lviv and Kyiv from June 1 through June 5. apostolic nuncio to Ukraine, Archbishop “The state prosecutor herself admitted Whereas Amnesty International called The divine liturgy and the burial rite for Claudio Gugerotti. during the proceedings that this was a Ms. Sharina’s persecution a “demonstration Cardinal Husar took place at the Patriarchal About 600 priests, scores of monastics political case,” Ms. Sharina told reporters of utter contempt of the rule of law” and Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ in and faithful from all over Ukraine and after the ruling. “Not one single book fea- Kyiv on June 5. Hierarchs of the UGCC par- abroad came to pay their last respects to turing on the current list of extremist litera- (Continued on page 11) ticipated in the service led by Patriarch Cardinal Husar, who was revered as the Church’s patriarch. Many public figures, government officials and politicians came on that day to honor the former head of the UGCC at the Patriarchal Cathedral. Pope Francis pays final respects to Cardinal Lubomyr Husar On June 4, following a procession to the cathedral, the coffin bearing the Church Vatican Radio by persecutions.” He did so not only by ty to welcome and communicate with the restoring ecclesiastical structures, but young. leader’s body was placed in the center of Vatican CITY – In a heartfelt personal especially through “the joy of his own “It moves me to think that today all of the edifice. After the service, thousands of letter, Pope Francis has expressed his story, founded on faith” that endured Ukraine weeps for him,” the pope said, people came to give their final tributes to desire to “be among those praying to the “through and beyond suffering.” “but also that many people are certain His Beatitude Lubomyr; many wept openly. heavenly Father” for the “chosen soul of Pope Francis spoke of Cardinal Husar that he already rests in the embrace of the The cathedral doors remained unlocked, our Brother” Cardinal Lubomyr Husar. as “a master of wisdom,” who spoke to his Heavenly Father.” They are certain, he whether it was day or night, and prayer The holy father noted the “extraordinary people in simple, yet profound words. said, that after the example of his “credi- vigils were read at the coffin. influx of people” paying their respects to “His was the wisdom of the Gospel, the ble and coherent life” they will “continue In their farewell speeches, clergymen the former head of the Ukrainian Greek- bread of the Word of God broken for the to benefit from his prayer, with which he remembered the former major archbishop Catholic Church. This, he said, “is an elo- simple, for the suffering, for all those seek- will continue to protect his people who with warmth and love. The words of Patriarch Sviatoslav were especially mov- quent sign of what he has been: one of the ing dignity.” After his ministry as “father are still suffering, marked by violence and ing. Speaking about the former patriarch of highest and most respected moral authori- and head” of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic insecurity, and yet certain that the love of the UGCC, his successor called him a “kob- ties of the Ukrainian people in recent Church, the pope said, and with the onset Christ does not disappoint.” zar” of the new Ukraine and the “soul of decades.” of old age and illness, Cardinal Husar’s Pope Francis concluded his letter with every Ukrainian.” Cardinal Lubomyr Husar, major arch- presence became “even more intense and a note of gratitude for “this unique reli- Referring to the “uniqueness of Lubomyr’s bishop emeritus of Kyiv-Halych, died on rich.” He prayed for all, and when he gious and social presence in Ukraine’s his- holiness,” Patriarch Sviatoslav said: “We see May 31, 2017, at the age of 84. spoke, “everyone felt that a tory,” encouraging the faithful to remain Christian was that the power of God manifested itself in In his letter addressed to Major speaking, a Ukrainian passionate about committed to Cardinal Husar’s “constant his weakness; when he lost his physical Archbishop Husar’s successor, Major his identity, always full of hope, open to teaching and total abandonment to sight, his spiritual eyes opened even wider. Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, Pope the future of God.” Providence.” He called on them to contin- Wherever he entered, everyone rose.” Francis spoke of the late cardinal’s efforts Pope Francis praised him for “the ue “to feel his smile and his caress.” “And the kobza that Lubomyr played is to lead his people beyond “the legacy of warmth of his great humanity and exqui- [Editor’s note: Vatican Radio reported the soul of each of us, every Ukrainian, the ‘catacombs’ into which it was forced site kindness,” and especially for his abili- on the letter on June 5.] (Continued on page 4) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 11, 2017 No. 24

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Russian electronic warfare in Ukraine: EU envoys favor extending sanctions published reports linking the movements of Russian military equipment to the BRUSSELS – The ambassadors of the plane’s downing. The reports, released on Between the real and the imaginable European Union member states decided on June 5 by Bellingcat, track the locations of June 6 to prolong the bloc’s investment ban by Sergey Sukhanin that this complex played a decisive role in vehicles including the Buk missile launcher the Battle of Debaltseve (January 2015), against Crimea for another year, punishing that the British-based research group says Eurasia Daily Monitor one of the heaviest defeats suffered by the Russia for its armed takeover of the was involved in the July 2014 downing of The outbreak of war in the Donbas Ukrainian Armed Forces to date. Ukrainian region. The measures include an MH17. Focusing on information gleaned region (April 2014) turned Ukraine into one 3. The R-934UM automated jamming sta- EU-wide ban on imports from Crimea from drivers, Bellingcat published censored of the main targets of Russian information tion was first spotted near Luhansk in 2015, unless they have Ukrainian certificates; a photos of drivers and the convoys of trucks warfare, information-psychological opera- where it was working together with an prohibition of the purchase by EU compa- that it alleges moved the equipment into tions, as well as cyberattacks and electronic F-330KMA command unit. Previously, this nies of property and companies on the place in the weeks before the airliner warfare. Within the past three years, station appeared near the eastern Ukrainian Black Sea peninsula; and a ban on cruise crashed during a flight from Amsterdam to Ukraine has been subjected to no less than cities of Horlivka and Makiyivka. Russian ships flying the flag of an EU member state Kuala Lumpur, killing all 298 passengers 7,000 cyberattacks. Ukrainian cyber expert sources also admitted that this station “has or controlled by a member state to call at and crew. “An uncensored version of the Sergey Radkevych recently claimed that been successfully employed in local military ports there. Goods and technology for the report including full names and uncen- conflicts,” but did not elaborate further “Ukraine is in a state of cyber war with transport, telecommunications and energy sored photographs has been shared with Russia” and that Russian cyber activities (Protek-vrn.ru, accessed May 24). sectors cannot be exported to Crimean the MH17 Joint Investigation Team (JIT),” pose an existential threat to Ukraine’s 4. Between 2015 and 2016, the R-330Zh companies or for use in Crimea. The sanc- Bellingcat said, referring to the internation- national security (Sprotyv.info, May 5). “Zhitel” automated jamming station was tions were adopted in 2014 as a response al team that has investigated the crash. Furthermore, military clashes in Donbas spotted in Horlivka, Makiyivka and Zaytsevo. to Russia’s invasion and annexation of the have once again demonstrated that Russian This system is deployed with an infantry bri- Bellingcat’s previous reports had already military strategists and experts believe elec- gade based in the Southern Military District Ukrainian peninsula, and have been identified Russia’s 53rd Anti-Aircraft tronic warfare has become the backbone of (on the territory of Chechnya). This equip- extended on a yearly basis. EU foreign min- Missile Brigade as being the likely source of “warfare of the future.” Western sources ment may have been used by separatist forc- isters are likely to confirm the decision by the missile that investigators say brought have claimed that from December 2015, es near Debaltseve in 2015 as well. the ambassadors when they meet in down the jet. But the new reports add to a Russia started to act much more decisively 5. The R-381T2 UHF radio monitoring sta- Luxembourg on June 19. (Rikard Jozwiak of growing body of circumstantial evidence aiming to “achieve kinetic effects by deliver- tion (R-381T “Taran” complex) and “Torn” RFE/RL) suggesting Russian complicity. This ing severe blows to Ukrainian critical infra- radio intelligence complexes were observed includes personal information about CUFTA granted royal assent structure” (Cna.org, March 2017). Namely, with joint Russian-separatist forces in 2015 Russian military officers and enlisted sol- these activities included damaging/destroy- near Donetsk International Airport. OATT WA. The Ukrainian Canadian diers who Bellingcat alleges specifically ing command-and-control networks 6. Finally, the PSNR-8 Kredo-M1 (1L120) Congress (UCC) on June 2 welcomed the knew of, and possibly even manned, the through jamming radio communications, portable ground reconnaissance station is granting of royal assent to the act imple- Buk-M1 surface-to-air missile system hampering the work of radar systems, and designed to detect moving targets on the menting the Canada-Ukraine Free Trade believed to have brought down MH17. ground or on the water and to support muting GPS signals. The main obstacle, how- Agreement (CUFTA). David Johnston, gov- International media, including the ever, was in the lack of concrete proof and artillery fire at any time of day, regardless ernor general of Canada, signed the CUFTA Associated Press, have pinpointed Buk-M1 factual data pertaining to tools, gadgets and of the season. Importantly, this system can systems in the eastern Ukrainian town of other means used by the Russians while also be used in conditions of low visibility. Implementation Act (C-31) on June 1. ”This historic agreement is a win-win for both Snizhne on the day of the plane’s downing, waging electronic warfare against Ukraine. It has been spotted on the territory of and accompanying soldiers who spoke But thanks to independent investigations Luhansk Oblast (Blahodatne, Olhynka, Canada and Ukraine. I congratulate every- one who worked for its adoption,” stated with accents that seemed to be from conducted by Ukrainian activists and cyber Buhas and Volnovakha). Moscow and other regions in Russia. Russia Paul Grod, national president of the UCC. specialists, it is now possible to speak about All in all, according to Ukrainian sources, has strenuously denied the fighters it sup- “This deal will provide significant new Russian involvement in electronic warfare by March 22 of this year, the Russia-backed ports in eastern Ukraine were responsible separatists received 43 pieces of modern opportunities for both Canadian and against Ukraine as an undisputed fact. And or that it supplied the missile system. A the data presented by the Ukrainians illumi- electronic warfare equipment, which were Ukrainian investors and businesses, and leading separatist commander initially nates many points of ambiguity regarding used against the Ukrainian Armed Forces in will further stimulate economic growth in appeared to take credit for firing a missile Russia’s use of electronic warfare in Donbas. the Donbas region/ATO area (Begemot. Ukraine and Canada.” The Canada-Ukraine and downing a Ukrainian jet, but those In this regard, it is possible to identify six media, March 26). Free Trade Agreement will enter into force claims on social media were later removed. noticeable means Russia has employed elec- In the meantime, Ukrainian specialists 30 days after the exchange of ratification (RFE/RL) tronic warfare during the course of 2014- (“Armiya SOS”) were able to intercept sig- documents. (Ukrainian Canadian Congress) 2017 (Informnapalm.org, May 2, 2016): nals from “the newest electronic warfare Semena trial resumes, then adjourns stations of the Russian Air Force” located in Bellingcat on convoy’s link to MH17 designed for jamming GSM (cellular) signals Crimea (Cape Tarkhankut) (Informnapalm. KYIV – The trial of RFE/RL contributor with1. the The support RB-341В of “Leer-3”Orlan-10 complexunmanned is org, April 11). This was done by employing PR AGUE – A team of open-source Mykola Semena, a Crimean journalist who aerial vehicles (UAV) and transmitting infor- the so-called HackRF One gadget – a soft- researchers investigating the crash of mation. These up-to-date weapons systems ware defined radio for transmission/recep- Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17) has (Continued on page 12) were spotted near the city of Donetsk in tion of radio signals in the range of 1 mega- May 2016. hertz-6 gigahertz). The result of this investi- 2. The RB-301B “Borisoglebsk-2” com- gation (conducted in March 2017) is a reve- plex is one of the most advanced systems of lation. It suggests the presence in Crimea of he krainian eekly FOUNDED 1933 electronic suppression. 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NEWS ANALYSIS Controversies over proposed Crimean Tatar autonomy in Ukraine

by Ridvan Bari Urcosta gal referendum in Crimea on splitting from their Russian-occupied homeland and the Zakarpattia region explicitly organized Eurasia Daily Monitor Ukraine. Specifically, the Ukrainian region with the second-largest Crimean events to promote Hungarian autonomy. At Parliament issued a decree on guarantee- Tatar population after Crimea (Krymr.com, one such forum, held last October, the par- While Ukraine continues to battle joint ing the rights of the Crimean Tatar people August 8, 2014). However, from time to ticipants concluded that if the government Russian-separatist forces in the Donbas, it and recognizing the Mejlis as the Crimean time, one can observe open hostility from grants autonomy to the Crimean Tatars, the is simultaneously facing a great dilemma Tatars’ highest representative body (Rada. the local Slavic population toward Crimean same rights should be applied to other over the Crimean Tatar question and the gov.ua, March 20, 2014). Tatars in Kherson Oblast – which borders national minorities as well as certain terri- future status of the Crimean peninsula, Since 2014, the Mejlis has been in exile directly on Crimea – as well as in neighbor- tories, including the Donbas (Izvestia.kiev. both of which represent serious long-term in Kyiv. This executive self-governing body’s ing Mykolayiv Oblast (Krymr.com, ua, October 6, 2016). challenges. main agenda has focused on supporting the December 28, 2015). The country’s Hungarian minority has The post-Viktor Yanukovych government adoption of laws protecting the rights and Strikingly, according to an opinion poll enjoyed backing for greater autonomy from in Kyiv wanted to change the previous freedoms of the Crimean Tatar people. It from late 2016, the biggest group opposing Budapest. As recently as this past March, “unjust” policy regarding Crimean Tatars, has also pushed Kyiv to clearly recognize the creation of a Crimean Tatar autonomy Hungarian Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt which was the status quo before 2014. And the Crimean Tatars as an indigenous peo- is the Slavic population in the Kherson Semjen stressed that all Hungarian commu- following Russia’s illegal annexation of ple of the Crimean Autonomous Republic region (Ukrinform, December 5, 2016). nities abroad should strive toward this goal: Crimea in March of that year, Ukraine com- and to enshrine this status within the Both Russian and local occupying Crimean “The survival of ethnic Hungarian commu- menced a discussion on how to return Ukrainian Constitution. It should be noted authorities have been carefully following nities depends on their ability to make Crimea under Ukrainian sovereignty. that, before 2014, even a discussion of such this situation, considering such tensions progress toward autonomy” (Hungarytoday. One prominent proposal was to grant matters was not allowed in Ukraine potential levers to destabilize the Kherson hu, March 21). The Ukrainian Ministry of Crimean Tatars the status of a national (Krymr.com, July 13, 2015). region. And indeed, Ukrainian expert Foreign Affairs promptly responded that the autonomous republic within Ukraine and A major problem with this protracted Natalya Belitser has argued that negative two states should avoid this point of conten- of indigenous people in Crimea. Over the discussion over the future of the Crimean attitudes among the local ethnic Ukrainians tion while neighboring countries – implying years, Ukrainian President Petro Tatars has been the muted recognition of toward the establishment of a Crimean Russia – are actively exploiting national Poroshenko several times promised that pre-existing hostility within portions of Autonomous Republic are the result of the minorities inside the countries of Europe’s the future “situation would be different” for Ukrainian society toward such a solution. successful Russian propaganda in the East as a point of political pressure (Mfa.gov. the Crimean Tatars (Krymr.com, August 12, In particular, many nationalist-minded region (Krymr.com, July 4, 2016). ua, March 22). And in a meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in 2016), and in May of this year he once Ukrainians consider any attempt by the Concerns are also prevalent in Ukrainian Malta, on March 30, President Poroshenko again broached the subject of autonomy Crimean Tatars for self-determination to society that the creation of a Crimean Tatar also expressed concerns about the provoca- (President.gov.ua, May 14). However, three represent a threat to the very existence of a autonomy could trigger a process of “feder- tive statements coming out of Budapest years after the annexation, the discussion united Ukraine. alization” in Ukraine. The most active pro- remains mostly theoretical. As long as Ukraine does not control (President.gov.ua, March 30). ponents of such a decentralization of the In Russia itself and in occupied Crimea, The first steps to improve the situation Crimea, the Crimean Tatar Mejlis has country are the minority communities of of the Crimean Tatars in Ukraine were argued that Ukrainian laws on the autono- the experience of the Crimean Tatars in Ukrainian Rusyns and Hungarians. In Ukraine is also being thoroughly and ner- made on March 17, 2014, the day after my of their nationality should be applied in December 2016, Ukraine’s Rusyns called Moscow-installed authorities held the ille- Kherson – as the Ukrainian oblast closest to vously studied. In fact, the elaboration of on Mr. Poroshenko to openly recognize the Kremlin’s own policy toward the their rights to self-determination: “[the Crimean Tatars living in Crimea depends Rusyn] community deserves an autono- on the situation in Ukraine. For example, mous status and recognition no less than Moscow’s decision to grant Crimean Tatars Boyle and McCain recognized the Crimean Tatars” (Vesti-ukr.com, a federal-level national-cultural autonomy December 22, 2016). in the Russian Federation (Vz.ru, June 12, as ‘Distinguished Friends of Ukraine’ And earlier, local leaders of the ethnic WASHINGTON – Congressman Brendan Hungarian community living in Ukraine’s (Continued on page 13) F. Boyle (D- Pa.), member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, was the keynote speaker and honoree along with Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) at a May 24 event spon- Interview: Sen. Cory Booker says Russia sored by The American Center for a European Ukraine (ACEU) titled trying to destabilize democracies globally “U.S.-Ukraine: Partners in the Battle for RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service in February 2014. Democracy and Security in Europe.” That narrative has been rejected by At the gala, Rep. Boyle and Sen. McCain KYIV – Russia’s interference in Ukraine and Western governments, were recognized by the ACEU as Ukraine is just one sign of a broad which accuse Russian-backed authorities Distinguished Friends of Ukraine for their attempt to destabilize democracies in Crimea of rights abuses against work in Congress to assist Ukraine. around the world, Sen. Cory Booker Crimean Tatars and others opposed to The American Center for a European (D-N.J.) told RFE/RL. Moscow’s rule there. Ukraine is a Washington-based indepen- “When it comes to Russian aggres- Since 2014, the EU and United States dent public affairs organization. sion, let’s be clear: The Russians are have maintained sanctions on Russia “It is a great honor to receive this award,” seeking to not just attack Ukraine, or over its seizure of Crimea and its actions said Rep. Boyle. “I remain absolutely com- attack the U.S., they are trying to under- in eastern Ukraine. Office of Rep. Brendan F. Boyle mitted to advocating for Ukraine, among my mine democracy,” Sen. Booker said in an Sen. Booker, who has advocated Rep. Brendan F. Boyle receives the top priorities in office. It is often forgotten interview with RFE/RL’s Ukrainian increasing sanctions against Russia, said that Ukraine is currently the scene of the Distinguished Friend of Ukraine award from Alexa Chopivsky, executive director Service in Kyiv on May 31. that he believes relations with Moscow largest land battle in Europe, where the bat- “Their attempt is to create divisions need to be improved but added that “the tle for democracy is unfolding before our of the American Center for a European Ukraine. and divisiveness between individual question is not if, it’s how.” eyes. This war, driven by President leaders as well as within nations. And “Putin is somebody who is not going [Vladimir] Putin’s attempts to destruct would send a strong, important signal of that’s unacceptable,” said Sen. Booker, to negotiate with you if he thinks you’re democracy in Ukraine, has undermined Western support for Ukraine at a time who is on the Senate Foreign Relations weak. Right now we need to show our Ukraine’s sovereignty and at the same time when it is literally fighting to protect its Committee. strength. ...We need to show our strength threatens our long-term investment in a democratic identity. Rep. Boyle said he Russia seized control of Crimea in through unity with our allies,” he said. Europe that is whole, free and at peace.” believes we must stand strong with the March 2014 after sending in troops with- “You cannot appease people who are “Tonight, I highlighted the need for people of Ukraine and all NATO allies, and out insignia, engineering a takeover of showing aggression without meeting Congress and the new administration to do come together in furtherance of our cyber- the regional legislature, and staging a ref- them with strength,” he added. more to assist Ukraine – for the sake of pro- security defenses. erendum that was swiftly dismissed as “This is not just a Ukrainian fight, this tecting its democratic future and defending Rep. Boyle and Sen. McCain are also illegitimate by Ukraine, the United States is a trans-Atlantic fight,” Sen. Booker stat- the principle of democracy the world over,” strong proponents for providing Ukraine and a total of 100 countries at the U.N. ed. he said. with lethal defensive weapons. General Assembly. Rep. Boyle has introduced legislation, Other speakers at the gala included Moscow has portrayed its takeover of Copyright 2017, RFE/RL Inc. Reprinted H.R. 1997, the Ukraine Cybersecurity Daniel Bilak, chief investment advisor to Crimea as necessary to protect ethnic with the permission of Radio Free Europe/ Cooperation Act, to encourage cooperation Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman of Russians and other residents of the pen- Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, between the United States and its ally Ukraine; Nataliya Mykolska, trade repre- insula from oppression by pro-Western Washington DC 20036; www.rferl.org (see Ukraine on matters of cybersecurity. Both sentative at the Ministry of Economic officials who came to power in Kyiv fol- https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-sena- the United States and Ukraine have clear Development and Trade of Ukraine; and lowing the ouster of Russia-friendly tor-booker-russia-destabilizes-democra- interests in strengthening cyber defenses. Eugene Czolij, president of Ukrainian Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych cy/28521068.html). Moreover, cooperation toward this goal World Congress. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 11, 2017 No. 24

UGCC RISU Faithful in Lviv, including members of Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization with A view of the two-hour-long procession of mourning in Lviv. their flags, gather for memorial services.

Funeral services in Lviv On June 3, during the liturgy at St. funeral of the Venerable Metropolitan Cardinal Lubomyr... George’s, Patriarch Sviatoslav declared His Andrey Sheptytsky, who led the Ukrainian The funeral services for Cardinal Husar Beatitude Lubomyr “the nation’s supplicant Greek-Catholic Church in 1901-1944. (Continued from page 1) began on June 1, when the coffin with his for peace in Ukraine.” Subsequently, a pro- Young people marched at the head of the regardless of religion, denomination, place body was brought to St. George Cathedral cession of mourning wound its way procession, carrying the cross and banners. of residence or language. With his velvety in Lviv. The church was open to the public, through Lviv’s streets. They were followed by seminary students, baritone, he could touch our heartstrings and people stood in long queues for several Thousands of Lviv residents accompanied and monks and nuns from various religious so that even in Luhansk, Donetsk, hours to bid farewell to their beloved pas- the coffin bearing the body of Cardinal Husar orders. Church hierarchs led by Patriarch Symferopol, in Ukraine and abroad, our tor. A big screen was installed for the faith- from St. George Cathedral to the Church of St. Sviatoslav followed the vehicle bearing the hearts were moved,” he said. ful in the square outside the cathedral, on Michael the Archangel. Patriarch Sviatoslav coffin. According to the current head of the which a film about Cardinal Husar and an compared the last pilgrimage of Cardinal Also participating in the two-hour-long funeral procession were government repre- UGCC, Cardinal Husar left as his legacy to interview with him were streamed. Husar down the streets of Lviv with the sentatives and the faithful from various cit- the faithful the foundation of a modern ies and villages in western Ukraine. Ukrainian Christian civilization, which “we At the Church of St. Michael, Patriarch have to develop and live in accordance Sviatoslav addressed all present on behalf of with, and build upon it our independent His Beatitude Lubomyr. He spoke to the sem- and free Ukraine.” inarians of Lviv, as well as students and The cardinal’s body was laid to rest in teachers of the Ukrainian Catholic the crypt of the Patriarchal Cathedral. The University; he thanked Ukraine’s soldiers site is always open, and the faithful will and the authorities. always be able to visit their pastor and pray He noted the significance of the day’s with him. Patriarch Sviatoslav called upon events: “This day will go down in history. Ukrainian Catholics not to forget their spiri- You will be proud to tell your children and tual father in the future and to visit the grandchildren that you participated in this crypt as often as possible. event ... Today, His Beatitude is saying good- “Each of you, in moments of doubt or bye. In some time, he will leave for Kyiv to need, should be able to come and pray with be laid to eternal rest …where our Kyivan Lubomyr. Let’s give our word to never leave Church was born.” Lubomyr alone in the crypt,” Patriarch Sviatoslav said in his sermon. Patriarch Lubomyr’s legacy During the memorial service some faith- Patriarch Sviatoslav, addressing partici- ful were seen outside the Patriarchal pants of memorial ceremonies for his pre- Cathedral holding a banner with the slogan RISU “Subito Santo!” (Sainthood now). Patriarch Sviatoslav speaks inside the Patriarchal Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ. (Continued on page 5)

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grieving together with all the faithful of the Cardinal Lubomyr... UGCC and the whole Ukraine. I express deep respect to this bright personality and (Continued from page 4) true hero, who courageously proclaimed decessor, noted that when His Beatitude the Lord’s word to Ukrainians during two Lubomyr lost his sight, he became even centuries at the turn of two millennia.” more influential in Ukrainian society. “His The Ukrainian president also recalled presence will influence our progress into one of the last interviews given by the major the future. …He was a true moral authority. archbishop emeritus, in which he said the His legacy cannot be overestimated.” following words: “Peace means to love one Speaking during a press briefing in Kyiv, other. Peace is not merely the absence of Patriarch Sviatoslav said: “His Beatitude struggle.” Mr. Poroshenko added, in keeping Lubomyr was a very modest person, he with that entreaty, “we must continue to didn’t like to draw attention to himself. He fight for Ukraine, for peace, for love.” did not leave any kind of written spiritual “I strongly believe that now, when he has testament. But, I believe, he left so much for passed away, his prayer for Ukraine, for the us as his heritage: his wisdom, his humor – people of Ukraine, for our future will be even regarding himself – and his optimism. even more powerful. Rest in peace, Now it’s our duty to gather, save and enrich Lubomyr,” Mr. Poroshenko said. this spiritual heritage as his testament.” Sources: Religious Information Service of Condolences on the death of Cardinal RISU Husar came from President Petro Ukraine, Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church Outside the Patriarchal Cathedral, a group of faithful holds a banner reading Poroshenko, who wrote: “I am sincerely Department of Information. “Sainthood now!”

RISU Speaking is Archbishop Cyril Vasil, secretary of the Congregation for the Eastern Presidential Administration of Ukraine Churches, who attended the services as the personal envoy of Pope Francis. President Petro Poroshenko and First Lady Maryna Poroshenko pay their last respects. 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 11, 2017 No. 24

WINDOW ON EURASIA The Ukrainian Weekly A nation in mourning Why Putin can’t allow Ukraine to succeed Spiritual father, pastor, shepherd, ecumenist, sage, intellectual, moral authority. These are some of the words being used to describe Cardinal Lubomyr Husar, who and why the West must make sure it does died on May 31 at the age of 84. by Paul Goble into a developed Western country, become He was a priest, a bishop (secretly consecrated by Patriarch Josyf in 1977), a car- a member of the European Union by 2025, dinal, even a papabile (candidate for pope) after the death of Pope John Paul II. The In the course of a wide-ranging discus- and thus become ‘a new Jerusalem,’ ” show- eminent Vatican correspondent John L. Allen Jr. wrote in October 2001: “I first met sion in advance of the release of his new ing the way to the future for former Soviet Husar, made a cardinal by John Paul II in February, during the pope’s June trip to book on Russia today, Moscow economist republics. Ukraine [the first papal visit to a former Soviet republic]. I was impressed by the Vladislav Inozemtsev provides perhaps the But so far, Mr. Inozemtsev continues, the devotion Husar inspires among the 5.5 million Greek-Catholics in the country, and most compelling argument yet on why Kremlin has been “lucky” in that in Kyiv by how deftly he manages the complex relationship with the Orthodox. ...I sat down Vladimir Putin will do everything he can to one kleptocrat has replaced another in with Husar again last week in Rome, where he is taking part in the Synod of Bishops. ensure that Ukraine fails in its efforts to power, while “talented young people flee” We spent part of a hot afternoon …talking about ecumenism, collegiality and the become a modern state and why the West and there is “complete stagnation as far as experience of his people in the 20th century. I came away freshly convinced that must make sure it does. reforms are concerned.” And growing Husar should be on papal short lists.” Arguing that Russia at present is not Ukrainian Russophobia, which Mr. Putin Though Cardinal Husar’s officially recognized title when he was the primate of threatened by disintegration and that, as a has sponsored by his actions, works to the the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church (from 2001 until 2011, when he retired due to result, the Kremlin may not feel compelled Kremlin leader’s advantage. ill health) was major archbishop of Kyiv-Halych, he was revered and referred to as to make major changes in its manner of As a result, for Russians as Mr. Putin patriarch by the faithful of that Church. And he was not just a leader of a Church, he rule, the commentator says that Russia may intends, “Ukraine has become an example was a leader of a nation. He was one of Ukraine’s most respected public intellectuals only “begin to change if an attractive exam- of how not to act – and this is the most and was active in the First of December Initiative Group (its most recent statement ple of what such changes could bring were powerful factor which in our days strength- was titled “What Kind of Peace Do We Seek?”). His commentaries in various media to appear” (znak.com/2017-05-15/ekono- ens the Russian regime,” the commentator outlets enlightened and inspired many of all faiths. The major archbishop emeritus mist_vladislav_inozemcev_o_tom_kogda_ says, adding that in his view, “all the mem- was greatly admired and beloved. Indeed, tens of thousands in Lviv and Kyiv came to rossiya_smozhet_postroit_demokratiyu). bers of the Kyiv cabinet of ministers should pay their last respects to this wise yet humble man. “Only Ukraine,” he says, could play that be awarded medals ‘For services to the Writing in the National Review, George Weigel underscored: “..it was Husar who, role and “shake up Russia,” but it could do [Russian] fatherland’ of various degrees.” in retirement, became a moral reference point for a society still deeply wounded by so only if it were to be rapidly “transformed At a time when many in Western capitals its Soviet past. In a country struggling to shed the bad habits of duplicity engrained seem to have grown tired of the Ukrainian during its Communist period, and in a political community whose debates are often crisis brought on by the Russian Anschluss more characterized by heat than by light, Lubomyr Husar became a kind of national Paul Goble is a long-time specialist on of Crimea and the invasion of the Donbas patriarch: the voice of reason, moderation and wise counsel amidst the cacophony of ethnic and religious questions in Eurasia and want to focus on Moscow alone, Mr. post-Communist politics. And during the Maidan revolution of dignity in 2013-2014, who has served in various capacities in the Inozemtsev’s argument is critical: If the a now-blind Cardinal Husar could be found on Kyiv’s Independence Square, in soli- U.S. State Department, the Central West really wants Russia to change in the darity with his people’s hopes for a future beyond corruption, a future in which Intelligence Agency and the International ways it says it does, then the West must Ukraine would take its rightful place as an integral part of the West, bringing with it Broadcasting Bureau, as well as at the Voice make sure Ukraine succeeds. the riches of Byzantine spirituality and culture.” of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio That won’t be easy, but the Moscow Lubomyr Husar’s life mirrored that of many diaspora Ukrainians. He was born in Liberty and the Carnegie Endowment for commentator has performed a useful ser- Lviv in 1933. His family fled the Soviets in 1944, spent time in a displaced persons International Peace. The article above is vice by reminding everyone that what is at camp in Austria and then emigrated to the U.S., where the young Husar completed reprinted with permission from his blog stake in Ukraine is not just Ukraine and its his university studies. Once he was ordained, he taught at St. Basil’s College called “Window on Eurasia” (http://windo- heroic people, but the fate of Russia and Seminary and was pastor of the Ukrainian Catholic parish in Kerhonkson, N.Y., woneurasia2.blogspot.com/). much else. where guests of Soyuzivka came to know him. Members of the Ukrainian American Youth Association knew him as the caring chaplain of their camp in Ellenville, N.Y. Members of Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization knew him as a fellow “plastun,” a member of Plast’s Chervona Kalyna fraternity and an actively involved participant of Putin’s anti-Ukrainian propaganda playing various Plast gatherings. Speaking last August in Kyiv in an informal setting to dele- gates at the worldwide Conference of Ukrainian Plast Organizations, Cardinal Husar shared his personal reflections about the organization that he said he’d joined nearly role state anti-Semitism did in Soviet times 70 years earlier and the importance of rearing new generations of nationally con- by Paul Goble messianism was replaced by “an empire of scious Ukrainian citizens. a Bolshevik ‘khalifate,’ ” in which any Speaking of the future of his country, Cardinal Husar once said: “What our native Vladimir Putin’s “rabid” anti-Ukrainian nationalism was to be swallowed up by Ukraine will be like depends on us, on all of us. …Everything depends on how much propaganda resembles and is intended to “the more customary model of Third Rome good we wish to all the citizens of our country and how much we are willing to do to have a similar outcome as Soviet-era state (neo-Byzantine) Muscovite rule.” make that come true. Not some good-sounding words, but particular positive anti-Semitism, or “anti-Zionism” as it was That led Stalin to declare “a real war actions... In other words, Ukraine will be what we make it. I want to emphasize: we, called, Russian commentator Yevgeny against Ukraine,” first with the destruction all of us, are at the service of truth, goodness and beauty.” Ikhlov says. And like the earlier campaign, of the Ukrainian peasantry by the Terror- To the faithful and all who sought his counsel he offered these both simple and Mr. Putin’s current one is about “killing off Famine in 1932-1933 and then with the profound words: “Here is my request to you: pray and work.” of another culture” and absorbing its bear- destruction of the Ukrainian intellectual Ukrainians, all of us, will sorely miss this “master of wisdom,… a Christian, a ers into a Moscow-approved effort. elite in a series of fabricated political trials. Ukrainian passionate about his identity, always full of hope and open to God’s Mr. Ikhlov points out that “ ‘anti-Zionism’ Over time, Mr. Ikhlov says, “the more peo- had many goals, but one of them was direct- ple from the eastern oblasts of Ukraine, ed at the Jews and was designed to destroy above all from Dnipropetrovsk, were future” as Pope Francis described him. Вічная пам’ять (Eternal memory). their sense of identity. Jews were intended to recruited into the party apparatus, primarily stop feeling part of the Jewish people… and into the ideological sector, the more efforts instead become ‘Soviet citizens of Jewish were undertaken for the Russification of the June Turning the pages back... nationality,’ an ethnic minority” (kasparov. Ukrainian intelligentsia, [Ukrainian] culture ru/material.php?id=59227F16BF2A8). and [Ukrainian] education.” “The Soviet powers very much needed In the 1990s, after the collapse of Soviet Five years ago, on June 11, 2012, Ukraine, as co-host with Poland the Jews as experts, qualified workers in power, the Russian political elite was divid- 11 for the 2012 Euro Cup soccer championship, saw its opening various spheres and as promoters of ed between those who were prepared to match in the tournament with a 2-1 win over Sweden at Olympic Russification, in particular in Ukraine, accept the existence of a separate and dis- 2012 Stadium in Kyiv. The stadium itself was a sea of blue and yellow, Belarus, in the Baltics, in the Caucasus and tinct Ukrainian nation and those who sim- as these are the colors of the national flags of the two teams. in Central Asia,” Mr. Ikhlov says. “But for this, ply wanted to continue as they had, work- Other teams in Group D were France and England, which tied 1-1 Jews had to be completely denationalized” ing to support the integration of Ukrainians in their opener, leaving Ukraine with a chance to emerge as a the winner of the group. and thus serve “the anti-Semitic regime.” into a newly defined “Russian world.” It was a memorable comeback victory for Ukraine following a scoreless first half. Some Soviet Jews were frightened into “But from the start of 2014,” Mr. Ikhlov Sweden’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic opened the scoring for Sweden in the 52nd minute, and this by talk about revanchism in Germany or says, “anti-Ukrainianism became just the three minutes later Andrii Shevchenko headed in the equalizer for Ukraine after a cross by the prospects that the regime would not same consensus between the powers and Oleh Gusev. defend them against “popular anti-Semitism,” the ‘left-nationalist’ opposition as anti-Sem- Shevchenko clinched the win for Ukraine with another header in the 61st minute and while others were attracted to this position itism had united in the 1970s and 1980s earned the Man of the Match award. by “the carrot” of being given at least “a quo- the [Soviet] authorities and the systemic A YouTube clip, which became a symbol of the tournament for Ukrainian fans, featured ta-based integration into the establishment.” ‘Russian nationalist’ opposition.” In short, a 6-year-old boy from Kyiv named Timur Shamanov, as he celebrated Shevchenko’s win- In a similar way, Mr. Ikhlov says, “Soviet “great power hysteria broke out over ning goal. Some called the boy a good luck charm. power very much needed the Ukrainians, Ukraine 45 years later than over ‘Zionism.’ ” an irreplaceable part of the apparatus.” But (Continued on page 16) with the rise of Stalin, Soviet multi-national (Continued on page 16) No. 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 11, 2017 7 IN MEMORIAM PERSPECTIVES

Cardinal Lubomyr Husar, 1933-2017 by Andrew Fedynsky

Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the U.S. A. and Diaspora The following message of condolences on served our Lord with unwavering commit- Zbigniew Brzezinski – the passing of Cardinal Lubomyr Husar was ment and Christ’s love in his heart. Truly sent on May 31 by the Ukrainian Orthodox your beloved spiritual father has left Church of the U.S.A. and Diaspora. It was behind a wonderful legacy in the memories an appreciation addressed to His Beatitude Major Archbishop and the hearts of everyone who had the The world lost a giant when Zbigniew For me, it gave purpose and led to a career Sviatoslav and His Eminence Metropolitan privilege of knowing him. Brzezinski died last month. America lost a on Capitol Hill, but in a much larger sense Stefan Soroka of the Ukrainian Greek- In the midst of our sorrow, we must try statesman; Ukraine lost a friend. the policy changed the course of history. Catholic Church. to remember that, although his earthly I first became aware of Dr. Brzezinski in Robert Gates – defense secretary to both journey has ended, we know that life does Democrats and Republicans – wrote that Beloved Brothers in the Lord: Christ is not end with our physical death but is just the early 1970s, reading his commentaries Among Us! the beginning of life eternal, because our in Newsweek. That was during the depths President Carter’s human rights focus cast On behalf of the Council of Bishops, the Lord promised us, “…I am the Resurrection, of the Cold War, when the Soviet Union – a spotlight on the Soviets’ greatest vulnera- clergy and lay faithful of the Ukrainian and the life: he that believes in me… shall with a vast military, nuclear arms, barbed bility. [Carter] “was the first president dur- Orthodox Church of the USA and Diaspora, never die.” (John 11: 25-26) wire borders and massive walls, transmit- ing the Cold War to challenge publicly and we are offering our profound condolences Thus our greatest consolation is our ters jamming short-wave radio, an army of consistently the legitimacy of Soviet rule at on the falling asleep in the Lord of the belief in Christ’s resurrection and the resur- censors screening every word, every home… the first steps toward the beginning deeply beloved and respected Cardinal rection of all in Him. Our constant prayer for image, even musical notes and a network of the end of the Soviet Union.” Credit Dr. Lubomyr Husar. our departed loved ones is an affirmation of agents, informants and listening devices Brzezinski for giving Mr. Carter wise coun- The passing of Cardinal Lubomyr is a that they are still alive in Christ, and that, as spanning two continents – looked like it sel and the president for accepting it. The deeply felt wound not only for the pious we are all united in God’s love, we will be would last a thousand years. president announced in his 1977 com- Ukrainian Greek-Catholic faithful, but also reunited one day in heaven. For St. Paul says Across a 45-year divide, I don’t remem- mencement address at Notre Dame that for all Ukrainian Christians who have that “neither death, nor life... shall be able to ber the specifics of Dr. Brzezinski’s col- U.S. policy toward communism would no admired his wise pastoral stewardship. His separate us from the love of God, which is in umns, but I read them religiously. Having longer be based on fear and then proceed- lifetime of exceptional leadership will live Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Rom. 8:38) grown up in ethnic Cleveland, I didn’t find ed to aggressively act on the new approach. on in the hearts and minds of Christians of May his memory be eternal! his name unusual, although I admit I found In the 1960s and 1970s, only a handful all religious backgrounds who were privi- Prayerfully yours with love in Christ, its Slavic derivation attractive. When he of Soviet citizens had the fortitude to stand leged to know his ministry. +Antony, Metropolitan became President Jimmy Carter’s national up to their country’s tyranny: Jewish refuse- We honor his memory, as he faithfully +Daniel, Archbishop security advisor, hardly anyone considered niks seeking to emigrate to the West were it odd that he spoke English with an accent. well known; Ukrainian or Baltic political So did the national security advisor and prisoners less so, campaigning as they did Ukrainian World Congress secretary of state in the Nixon and Ford for the right to cultural and national expres- administrations, Henry Kissinger, as did sion. To Moscow, this smacked of separat- Released by the Ukrainian World was its wise mentor. The pastoral word of their Soviet specialist Helmut Sonnenfeldt ism, which it was. For administration policy Congress on May 31: his Beatitude Lubomyr Husar was for and a whole team of NASA scientists and makers in the late ’60s and early ’70s, the Ukrainians worldwide a trustworthy engineers. Soviet Union was a permanent fixture, so The Ukrainian World Congress (UWC), guide, even after his retirement from the As far as I know, Dr. Brzezinski was the speaking out on Soviet dissidents – whether together with the 20-million strong leadership of the UGCC, during the Euro- first Slavic American to lead American for- they were Ukrainians like Valentyn Moroz Ukrainian diaspora, shares the deep sorrow Maidan and today’s difficult times for eign policy. There were others who exer- or Nobel Prize winners like Alexander of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church Ukraine. cised considerable influence – House Solzhenitsyn – was considered “interfer- (UGCC) and the Ukrainian nation on the His Beatitude Lubomyr Husar met on Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman ence in the internal affairs of the Soviet passing into eternity of Major Archbishop more than one occasion with the UWC Union” and was therefore avoided. and former Head of the UGCC, His Beatitude leadership, particularly to discuss the most Clement Zablocki, UCCA President Lev Dobriansky or Gerald Ford’s Special Remember Moroz? An obscure histori- Lubomyr Husar. effective ways to support Ukraine and the an, he was first arrested in 1965 and upon Throughout his entire life His Beatitude Ukrainian people, and the importance of Assistant for Ethnic Affairs Myron Kuropas release wrote several powerful essays con- Lubomyr Husar faithfully served the UGCC raising young Ukrainian generations in the – but “Zbig,” as he was affectionately known, demning KGB repression. For that, he was and the consolidation in Ukrainian society Christian and patriotic spirit. was not only in the room when momentous re-sentenced in 1970 to 14 years of prison of the ideals of spirituality, mercy and har- “The millions-strong Ukrainian diaspora decisions were made, he presided. His port- mony. Having lived for a long period of is deeply sorrowed on the passing into folio included: relations with China, con- and exile. In July 1974, he began a hunger time outside Ukraine, His Beatitude eternity of His Beatitude Lubomyr Husar fronting the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, strike which the Ukrainian diaspora seized Lubomyr Husar knew well and under- and prays for the repose of his soul,” stated peace between Israel and Egypt and, for upon, producing bumper stickers, posters stood the global Ukrainian diaspora and UWC President Eugene Czolij. perhaps the first time, Ukraine. No surprise and articles, and in the process turning Mr. that he knew that issue in depth. Moroz into a symbol of resistance. Young Zbigniew Kazimierz Brzezinski was people were just beginning their summer Ukrainian Canadian Congress born in Warsaw in 1928. His father, vacations and several launched solidarity Tadeusz, was a Polish diplomat who took hunger strikes at the doors of Soviet his family to various posts abroad and then Embassies in Washington and Ottawa. The Released by the Ukrainian Canadian “We express our deep sorrow on the pass- Voice of America, Radio Liberty, Vatican Congress on June 1: ing of His Beatitude Lubomyr Husar, and ask stayed in Canada when Hitler and Stalin jointly invaded his country in 1939. Radio, BBC, Deutsche Welle, etc., notwith- God to grant him eternal life in His Heavenly standing Soviet jamming, broadcast the The Ukrainian Canadian community joins Home,” stated Paul Grod, national president of Tadeusz, born to a nation partitioned for news to Soviet Ukraine. Ukrainians around the world in mourning the Ukrainian Canadian Congress. “Cardinal centuries among three empires and then I was in my 20s during the Moroz cam- the passing of His Beatitude Lubomyr Husar, Husar was a man of peace who united serving as a diplomat for a country revived paign and was often frustrated when it former head of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Ukrainians of all faiths. His wisdom and love after World War I, no doubt instructed his seemed we were in an echo chamber Church. Cardinal Lubomyr Husar passed for Ukraine will continue to inspire us all.” son about the complicated relationship away on May 31. He was 84. involving Poland, Russia and Ukraine, a geo- where only Ukrainians heard the message. But, as it turned out, Dr. Brzezinski was strategic interplay Zbigniew highlighted in also listening. In April 1979, he negotiated Вічная Пам’ять! [Eternal Memory]. his book “The Grand Chessboard: American a stunning exchange of five political prison- Primacy and its Geostrategic Imperatives:” Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organizations ers, including Mr. Moroz, for two Soviet “…without Ukraine, Russia ceases to be an spies: a huge victory for Ukrainians every- Released by the Australian Federation of also played a major role in articulating the empire, but with Ukraine suborned and where but also others – Helsinki groups, Ukrainian Organizations on June 1: principles of fairness, justice, national iden- then subordinated, Russia automatically Poland’s Solidarity, Lithuania’s Sajudis, tity and encouraging the Ukrainian nation becomes an empire,” and thus, he wrote, Jewish refuseniks. President Ronald The Australian Federation of Ukrainian to stay strong and focused in its struggles. moves the Russian threat to the border with Reagan, who followed the Carter adminis- Organizations (AFUO) mourns the passing ‘God has guided Ukraine and will continue Poland and other neighbors. tration, continued the campaign against of Patriarch Lubomyr Husar, former head to do so’ was his mantra,” AFUO Chairman As national security advisor (1977- “the Evil Empire,” which we know ended of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church, Stefan Romaniw said today. 1981), Dr. Brzezinski, was the architect of up cleaving along the national fault lines who passed away in Kyiv on May 31, 2017, He was responsible for cementing the the human rights campaign that targeted which Dr. Brzezinski had so presciently aged 84. UGCC in Ukraine after years of persecution the Soviet Union on its treatment of dissi- recognized and adroitly exploited. Patriarch Husar was a spiritual leader by the Soviet regime. He ultimately brought dents and citizens over all. Millions For him, Ukraine was central to not only for Ukrainian Catholics but for the the chair of the Church firstly to Lviv and throughout the world rallied to that cause. European and global stability. He said as Ukrainian nation. finally to Kyiv. much many times in his articles, books, “His wise counsel was accepted by many Andrew Fedynsky’s e-mail address is as he steered his Church internationally. He (Continued on page 13) [email protected] (Continued on page 16) 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 11, 2017 No. 24 No. 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 11, 2017 9 INTERVIEW: Ukrainian writer Serhiy Zhadan on his background and his work

by Halya Demchyshyn Wall Vasyl Stus and Ivan Svitlychny, who was You really have to grasp the fact that it’s also from Starobilsk. In my last years at going to be a song rather than a poetic Serhiy Zhadan is a Kharkiv-based inter- school I visited my aunt in Kharkiv, where piece. Songs have their own kind of rules, nationally known poet, novelist, musician she taught at the Kharkhiv Pedagogical and the way you build them is different. But and activist. He will be performing in “1917- University, which I eventually attended. our songs have themes similar to my poet- 2017 Tychyna, Zhadan & the Dogs,” a new At university you wrote about ry. Both are socially aware, lyric poetry. In Yara Arts Group piece at La MaMa Mykhaylo Semenko, the famous futurist them we don’t avoid the moments of con- Experimental Theatre Club on June 9-25. He writer. What did you discover about him? flict in our society. We are actually interest- was interviewed in New York in April during ed in exactly that. his U.S. reading tour, which included The When I first came to Kharkiv as a fresh- You’ve known Virlana Tkacz, director Ukrainian Museum in New York, Yale man, I discovered the Kharkiv Literary of Yara Arts Group, for many years. She University, San Diego, San Francisco, Museum. It’s an institution dedicated to and Wanda Phipps have translated your Stanford University, and in Chicago at the preserving and popularizing Ukrainian lit- poetry. You’re now working with Yara on University of Chicago Bookstore and the erature. I started working there with a a theater project coming to La MaMa Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art. group of friends. At the “Lit Muzey” I had access to the archives of many writers, the Experimental Theatre Club this June You were born in Starobilsk, in literature of the 1920s and 1930, to the called “1917-2017: Tychyna, Zhadan and Luhansk Oblast, and lived there until you manuscripts of [Volodymyr] Svidzinsky, The Dogs.” Working with Yara seems like were 17 years old, when you moved to [Pavlo] Tychyna, [Volodymyr] Sosiura, Yuri Semeniuk a natural collaboration, melding of liter- Kharkiv for university studies. Did you Semenko. The atmosphere of that era was Serhiy Zhadan reads at The Ukrainian ature, politics and music. How did this speak Ukrainian at home and in school? very important to me. This wasn’t simply Museum in “Serhiy Zhadan and Friends,” come about? literature, it became our world. So when I presented by Yara Arts Group on April 22. At home we spoke surzhyk – a This is not our first year working togeth- had to write a dissertation, I started writing Ukrainian-based surzhyk with some erature as a whole, as a possibility of er, nor our first project. The idea for this about this period. Russian mixed in. In Starobilsk we don’t expressing yourself. I was particularly theatrical work was very organic. Many speak literary Ukrainian, but we don’t real- What other writers from the 1920s interested in German literature. While at people are drawing parallels between the ly speak Russian. I went to a Ukrainian most interested you? the Kharkiv Pedagogical University, I did times of Tychyna and now. It’s a very press- translations of Rilke. I was a lecturer there ing theme because it’s been 100 years and school where I studied language and litera- There were many. My thesis was about for several years. In 2004 I resigned and we go back and look at it, to analyze it, to ture. When I was in 11th grade I won the modernism and the avant-garde. I really since then I’ve been a freelance writer. understand how much we’ve changed, Ukrainian language “Olympiada” competi- liked them as poets, and at that point there what were the mistakes, because we have tion. I represented my school and then the was very little written about them. They ini- Usually, we think of writers and poets to understand our past before we can move Luhansk Oblast where I got second place. tiated much of the Ukrainian literature that as being solitary, introspective. When on. So this project seemed very natural. What did your parents do, and what would become important for the next 100 you began publishing, you went from was it like growing up in Starobilsk? Was years. Even today we still feel the influence town to town doing many readings at In your political activism, you support- there much cultural or political activity? of the 1920s. It was an unusually creative bookstores and schools. Was that to pro- ed the Orange Revolution in 2004 and period which was cut off. Many interesting mote your books, or were you interest- participated in Euro-Maidan demonstra- My father was a driver, and my mother things still remain from that period and it’s ed in performance? tions in 2013. You are very involved with worked in a store. My older brother and par- important for us to take a look at them. the current conflict in eastern Ukraine, ents still live in Starobilsk. It was a small I really like to deal with people, commu- While you were studying literature, nicate with people. I like to see who my writing and speaking about it, visiting town. There were 40,000 people, but there the frontlines in the Donbas region, you were three bookstores and there was a there were also historical events hap- readers are. I think it’s very important for a pening in Ukraine. When did you writer to have a direct experience with his co-founded a charitable foundation. You “Palats Kultury” (cultural center) and a spoke yesterday at Yale University at an library. In Soviet times we had three local become politically active? readers. Some people hate it, but quite frankly it doesn’t bother me. event hosted by Timothy Snyder, who poets and they were published in the local When I came to Kharkiv I became wrote “On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons newspaper, which was called Under Lenin’s acquainted with the Ukrainian community. I You are very involved with music. from the Twentieth Century.” You spoke Flag. Two of them were Ukrainian and one met a whole circle of people who were very How did that begin? about “Poetry and the War in Ukraine.” was a Russian-language poetess. They would politically active, who were constantly doing I have been friends with musicians since How did that conversation go? come to school and visit. There were a lot of some kind of demonstrations, events. That the 1990s. I started working with the band We started with poetry and ended with cultural activities, singing and dancing, like it circle started up in the 1980s, and they Sobaky (the Dogs) in 2007. It’s our 10th politics. That’s usually any literary event was everywhere under the Soviets. defended Ukrainian language and rights, anniversary. I would describe the music as that we’re a part of right now. It always When did you begin writing poetry, democratic reform. There was Rukh, the punk-ska. The lyrics of the songs are usually starts with poetry and ends with politics. Prosvita Society and other patriotic groups. my poetry; once in a while they’re someone was it in university or before then? Ukrainian poetry is trying to deal with From the end of the 1980s I became inter- else’s. I started writing in high school. I did ested. At the beginning of the 1990s I what is happening in Ukraine, to under- write some little poems but, no, I don’t have remember meeting people at demonstra- Is writing lyrics different from writ- stand the social trends. Questions from the the poems that I wrote then. They’re defi- tions, who came out to defend Ukrainian ing poetry? What are the subjects of nitely not worth reading at this point. independence. That was my circle of friends. your songs? (Continued on page 11) When you write them you’re not thinking about eternity or the future. But I always While in university, what other wanted to be a writer. I was especially authors outside of Ukraine were you encouraged by my aunt on my mother’s interested in? side, Oleksandra Kovalova, who was a poet I was interested in Russian literature, and translator. She gave me interesting Polish, German, French, American. Too books to read, for instance, Lina Kostenko, many authors to list. I was interested in lit-

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Center was closed at a Moscow primary ing our history, identity and culture.” is ‘Ukrainian.’” Russia’s denial... school. The Ukrainian World Congress issued a Historically, there is nothing to this “This is a continued Russification effort, statement on the Sharina case in which it approach he said. “This is part of Russia’s (Continued from page 1) you have President Vladimir Putin and oth- appealed “to the international community, cultural war against Ukraine,” Prof. Hrytsak Memorial labeled her as a “prisoner of con- ers saying Ukrainians don’t exist, [that] including all commissioners of human added. science,” other analysts and advocacy Ukraine is not a nation – so this is an effort rights and human rights organizations, to He knows the person who wrote the ini- groups see a deeper trend. to subjugate the Ukrainian people and try take immediate action in response to this tial petition that eventually got the “This is a logical step in Russia’s national to break them,” added Mr. Futey. blatant violation of human rights and Ukrainian library director arrested, as does policy to humiliate Ukrainian history, par- He was referring to controversial public mockery of the rule of law and to protect Mr. Okara. ticularly in the last three years,” Andriy statements that Russian President Vladimir the fundamental freedoms of all national Whereas the Russian political scientist Okara of Moscow’s Center for Eastern Putin has made, including one in April minorities in the Russian Federation.” described Sergei Sokurov as a “Ukraino­ European Studies told The Ukrainian 2008 at a NATO summit and this year in Closure of the Ukrainian library and sub- phobe,” the UCU historian said he led the Weekly by phone. “This criminal case was Paris after Emmanuel Macron was elected sequent persecution of its chief librarian is Russian Society in Lviv during the late invented.” as French president. “symbolic,” said Olexiy Haran, a political sci- 1980s before moving to Moscow. He noted that the institution never had a Speaking to then-U.S. President George W. entist and professor at the National “At that time he was liberal-minded, as “huge following,” but that once the authori- Bush, the Russian president said, “Ukraine is University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. long as Ukrainian identity and culture was ties started their case, they “could do what- not even a state. What is Ukraine? Part of its “Moscow wants to show that it is fight- considered part of Russian,” Prof. Hrytsak ever they wanted to repress the library,” territories are in Eastern Europe, but the ing ‘nationalism,’ it’s about propaganda to said. and in doing so, “they [authorities] greater part is a gift from us.” discredit Ukraine internally and partially to But now, “Ukraine and Russia are destroyed the individual.” After meeting with the newly elected the foreign audience,” he added. departing,” the Lviv-based professor noted. The overall goal, according to advocacy French president, Mr. Putin told a room full Part of the Kremlin’s agenda towards “Russia’s next step would be to start burn- groups like the Ukrainian Congress of journalists that Princess Anna – the Kyiv is to also portray “Ukrainian identity ing [Ukrainian] books. Russia is not only Committee of America (UCCA), is to “con- daughter of Yaroslav the Wise who married as dangerous in a general civilizational dis- aiming to destroy identity, it wants to tinue persecuting Ukrainian minorities in France’s King Henry I in the 11th century – course,” Yaroslav Hrytsak, professor of his- reduce Ukrainians to an ethnic group of Russia” who are the nation’s second largest was “Russian” when neither the country of tory at Lviv’s Ukrainian Catholic University popular song and dance but not of high cul- minority with 5-10 million residing there. Russia nor the polity of Moscow existed at (UCU), told The Ukrainian Weekly by ture, which would give it national status, Russia’s latest census conducted in 2010 the time. phone. “Everything that Ukraine does well and that implies political rights like self- says that over 1.9 million people identify Mr. Futey commented: “Russia is usurp- is considered ‘Russian,’ anything it does bad determination.” themselves as ethnic Ukrainians. “It’s a well-calculated effort to choke the Ukrainian community. And we condemn that,” Andriy Futey, president of the UCCA, told The Ukrainian Weekly in Kyiv on June 7. “It’s something over the years that we, as an integral member of the Ukrainian World Congress, have been raising with our gov- ernment in the United States. This is selec- tive persecution [and Ms. Sharina was used] to make an example.” The UCCA president noted that, although Ukrainians are Russia’s second largest eth- nic minority and Russia is home to the world’s largest Ukrainian diaspora, there are no educational institutions that teach the language. And of the so-called Sunday schools that do exist in Siberia and the Far East, where large Ukrainian enclaves live, local budgets have cut off funding. Public domain research shows that weekly Ukrainian-language schools have been closed in St. Petersburg, Voronezh, Khanty-Mansiysk, and Vladivostok. Only one of the eight previous Ukrainian- language classes remains in Tyumen, a rich oil town to which many qualified Ukrainians migrated for work. Only one class also remains in Surgut. The only class in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky has shut- tered. In 2008, the Ukrainian Educational

Ukrainian writer... (Continued from page 9) audience are usually about these kinds of things. People are trying to figure out the situation. They are very moved and con- cerned by the situation. I feel that one of the tasks of the writer is to give voice to the simple things we often forget. Did you talk about American politics? We didn’t really speak last night about politics in America. I can’t say I even under- stand what’s going on. Ukrainians are, of course, very concerned about what’s hap- pening in America. We want to see Europe and America as our allies in the war. Because of that, everybody is very con- cerned about what’s happening in America. We watched the elections. Some people were afraid. Some people were disappoint- ed. Every statement by the president of America is discussed in great detail. Every statement by American politicians about Ukraine, of course, creates huge discus- sions in our country. In general, one can say that Ukraine’s society is just as concerned with American politics as the American community is. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 11, 2017 No. 24

watchdogs have expressed concern about coming closer to businesses in the regions. tification, so Berditskaya simply took over NEWSBRIEFS Mr. Semena’s prosecution. Activists say his Opening a regional EBRD office in a busi- and extended his imprisonment anyway.” trial is part of a persistent Russian clamp- ness hub like Odesa is a logical choice and Mr. Balukh is facing a potential four-year (Continued from page 2) down on independent media and dissent in we are pleased to support this through the prison sentence “on insultingly implausible is fighting what he says is a politically moti- Crimea since Moscow’s takeover. RFE/RL EU4Business initiative. The EBRD is charges,” the KHPG said. He was arrested vated separatism charge on the Russian- President Thomas Kent has described the our strategic partner, which will support on December 8, 2016, after the Russian controlled peninsula, resumed on June 5 in case against Mr. Semena as “part of a con- the Ukrainian SMEs by providing them Security Service (FSB) carried out searches the Crimean capital, Symferopol. Mr. certed effort by Russian and Russian- with expert advice on how to access the EU of his home and his mother’s. The FSB Semena’s lawyer, Aleksei Popkov, told RFE/ backed authorities to obstruct RFE/RL’s market as well as lending directly to them claimed to have found 90 bullets and sever- RL that materials linked to the prosecution journalistic mission to provide an indepen- to meet for their growth needs. I am confi- al explosive devices in Mr. Balukh’s attic. On were read out at the session on June 5. The dent press to residents of Crimea.” (Crimean dent that soon we will also be able to enjoy November 29, 2016, Mr. Balukh had nailed judge then adjourned the trial until June Desk, RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service) very concrete results of this cooperation in a plaque renaming his home No. 18 Heroes 14. Mr. Semena faces up to five years in southern Ukraine.” (Ukrainian Canadian of Nebesna Sotnya St. in memory of the EBRD opens regional office in Odesa prison if convicted by Russia, which has Congress Daily Briefing) over 100 Maidan activists who were killed during the Euro-Maidan. The KHPG noted: jailed several people from Crimea who have OATT WA – The European Bank for U.S. at OSCE notes escalating violence opposed or criticized Moscow’s 2014 sei- Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) “The FSB arrived just over a week after zure of the Black Sea peninsula from opened a new regional office in Odesa on OATT WA – Speaking at a meeting of the Balukh ignored demands from the head of Ukraine. The Semena trial has been May 30. The office is EBRD’s third regional Permanent Council of the Organization for the local council for the sign to be adjourned several times for different rea- office outside Kyiv and will serve as a hub Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) removed. In recognizing Balukh as a politi- sons since it started on March 20. The for the southern regions of Ukraine. “The on June 1, U.S. Chargé d’Affairs Kate Byrnes cal prisoner, the Memorial Human Rights charge against 66-year-old Mr. Semena operational expansion is supported by the stated: “The level of violence in eastern Center pointed to both the total implausi- stems from an article he wrote for RFE/RL’s European Union through the EU4Business Ukraine continues to escalate. Ukrainian bility of the charges and a whole litany of Krym.Realii (Crimea Realities) website in Initiative. Southern Ukraine has always casualties, both civilian and military, contin- procedural irregularities.” (Kharkiv Human 2015. The Kremlin-installed authorities in played an important role in EBRD opera- ue to increase. The number of Ukrainian sol- Rights Protection Group) diers killed in action is one third higher this Crimea have charged that the article called tions in the country, especially in sectors Crimean lawyer gets rights award for the violation of Russia’s territorial integ- such as agribusiness, logistics, transport year compared to the same period in 2016. rity. Mr. Semena maintains he is innocent. and infrastructure. The new office will The fighting is getting worse, not better. KY IV – Crimean lawyer and human He has said that Crimea’s status was and allow the EBRD to work closer to local cli- Russia and the so-called ‘separatists’ it rights activist Emil Kurbedinov on June 1 remains in dispute, and that he has the right ents and will offer access to expert advice backs demonstrate – on a daily basis – their received an award from the international to openly express his opinions. The United for small and medium-sized enterprises willful disregard for civilian lives, which human rights organization Front Line States, the European Union, the (SMEs),” the EBRD stated. Ambassador have been lost at dramatic rates.” She also Defenders, which protects human rights Organization for Security and Cooperation Hugues Mingarelli, head of the European noted that the OSCE Special Monitoring advocates who work in conditions threat- in Europe (OSCE), and international media Union’s delegation to Ukraine, said: “We are Mission “reports of shells fired by Russia- ening to life, health and freedom. This is the led, trained and equipped ’separatists’ near first presentation of this award in Ukraine. a hospital and school in government-con- “This award is very important to everyone trolled territory are deeply troubling. ... working in Crimea. 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As Balukh’s lawyer Dmitry Dinze pointed NATO describes the deployment as a deter- out, this was not just a formal infringement rent move in the face of a more-assertive of procedure. The charges against Balukh Russia after its illegal 2014 annexation of are of medium severity, and detention for Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula and its sup- Run your advertisement here, over six months is permitted only under port for separatists in eastern Ukraine. in The Ukrainian Weekly’s CLASSIFIEDS section. exceptional circumstances. The prosecutor had failed to think up any ‘exceptional’ jus- (Continued on page 13) No. 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 11, 2017 13

cials said Russia had a secret list of about 50 a word of what he said. Mr. Djukanovic old is one of several critics of the takeover NEWSBRIEFS Montenegrin leaders it is banning, including spoke to a prankster posing as Ukrainian who have faced what rights activists say are Prime Minister Dusko Markovic, President Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman for a politically motivated criminal charges at (Continued from page 12) of the Assembly Ivan Brajovic and the lead- little longer, Montenegrin officials said. the hands of the Russian state. Dozens of Moscow accuses the alliance of threatening er of the ruling party, Milo Djukanovic. Montenegrin officials allege that Serbian relatives and supporters came to the court- its security. “NATO is building a new mili- (RFE/RL, based on reporting by B92.net, and Russian nationalists plotted to take house in the Crimean capital, Symferopol, tary security situation that we cannot Blitz, Interfax, Beta, and Pobjeda) over Parliament during the October 2016 in hopes of attending the trial. Authorities ignore, that we should address using our elections, assassinate then-Prime Minister allowed only about 15 spectators into the own military instruments,” Mr. Grushko Chechen accused in Putin plot survives Djukanovic and install a pro-Russian lead- courtroom, citing space concerns. Aleksandr told journalists. He stated that “NATO’s KYIV – A Chechen man whom Russian ership to keep the country out of NATO. Podrabinek, a well-known Soviet-era dissi- movements will not be left without a authorities accuse of plotting to kill (RFE/RL’s Balkan Service) dent and journalist, came from Moscow to response in terms of military planning,” help defend Mr. Umerov. Mr. Umerov’s law- President Vladimir Putin was shot and Umerov goes on trial for separatism without indicating what kind of measures wounded in Kyiv in what Ukrainian police yer, Mark Feigin, told RFE/RL on June 7 Russia might take. (RFE/RL, based on say was an assassination attempt. The SYMFEROPOL – A Crimean Tatar leader that it was likely to be a lengthy trial. He reporting by AP and Reuters) Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs said who has criticized Russia’s seizure of the said that, despite health problems, his cli- Adam Osmayev was shot late on June 1 by a ent wanted an open trial so that he can U.S. statement on Georgia’s National Day Black Sea peninsula from Ukraine has gone man who had introduced himself a day ear- on trial on June 7. Russian authorities who speak publicly about the problems faced by WH AS INGTON – U.S. Secretary of State lier as a French journalist and asked for an control Crimea have charged Ilmi Umerov – Crimean Tatars under Moscow’s rule. The Rex W. Tillerson on June 6 released a state- interview. When Mr. Osmayev and his wife, deputy chairman of the Crimean Tatars’ Moscow-based Memorial Human Rights ment on the occasion of Georgia’s National Amina Okuyeva, were in a car with the man, self-governing body, the Mejlis, which was Center has called the case against Mr. Day. “On behalf of the Government of the he pulled out a pistol and shot Mr. Osmayev banned by Moscow – with separatism. He Umerov “illegal and politically motivated.” United States of America, I want to congrat- twice, the ministry said. Ms. Okuyeva then was charged in May 2016, after he made Mejlis Chairman Refat Chubarov has called ulate the people of Georgia as you celebrate shot the assailant with her own gun, it said. public statements opposing Russia’s armed the case part of a campaign of persecution 26 years since the restoration of your inde- Both men were hospitalized in serious con- takeover of Crimea in March 2014. He by the Russia-installed authorities against pendence. This important date also marks dition. Mr. Osmayev, a native of Russia’s denies the charges, saying he has the right Crimean Tatars. (Crimean Desk, RFE/RL’s 25 years of bilateral relations between Chechnya region who was educated in to express his opinions freely. The 59-year- Ukrainian Service) Georgia and the United States. We value Britain, was arrested in Ukraine in February Georgia’s steadfast partnership and look 2012 and charged with illegal possession of forward to continuing to advance our explosives, damaging private property and returned someday. shared interests and values,” he stated. forgery. At the request the Russian authori- Controversies... On the one hand, Ukraine is quite cir- “The United States is deeply grateful for the ties, he was later charged with plotting to cumspect in its approach to the resolution (Continued from page 3) sacrifice of Georgia’s troops serving with us kill Mr. Putin. In November 2014, after of the Crimean Tatar question. In the minds in Afghanistan and elsewhere around the Russia’s seizure of Crimea and support for 2016; see Eurasia Daily Monitor, June 14, of many, the issue poses potential risks to world. Together, we celebrate Georgia’s separatists in eastern Ukraine severely 2016) was in many ways prompted by the Ukrainian sovereignty and possible height- successes and mourn those who have per- damaged relations between Moscow and Crimean Tatar autonomy discussions hap- ened inter-ethnic confrontation in Kherson ished in the fight against terrorism.” The Kyiv, Ukrainian authorities dropped the pening in Ukraine. More recently, Russian Oblast. Moreover, any attempt to change secretary of state also noted that “Georgia attempted assassination charge against Mr. experts have been pointedly critical of the unitary character of the Ukrainian state continues to inspire others with its leader- Osmayev and sentenced him to time served Kyiv’s deliberations on the Crimean Tatar could harm national integrity. However, ship and commitment to our shared belief in pretrial detention after convicting him of autonomy (Blackseafleet-21.com, April 16; President Poroshenko has repeatedly in the power of democratic principles. The other crimes. Both Mr. Osmayev and Ms. Nezavisimaya Gazeta, May 15). promised the Crimean Tatars that the new United States strongly supports Georgia’s Okuyeva have subsequently fought on the At present, the Crimean Tatar question political elites in Kyiv would heal the dam- sovereignty and territorial integrity within side of Kyiv’s forces against the Russia- in Ukraine has been postponed indetermi- ages and mistakes that had been made its internationally recognized borders as backed separatists in a conflict that has nately because, in all likelihood, any real toward this national minority since 1991. well as its choice to chart its own future killed more than 9,900 people since April legal decisions will be possible only after Whether this is mere token rhetoric or within the community of free nations. We 2014. (RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service, RFE/ the final conclusion of a Constitutional something more remains to be seen. look forward to many years of continued RL’s Russian Service) Commission on the matter. For the Crimean cooperation and friendship to advance sta- Tatars, the name or status of their future The article above is reprinted from Russian pranksters pose as Poroshenko bility and prosperity for our two countries.” autonomy is irrelevant as long their rights Eurasia Daily Monitor with permission from (U.S. Department of State) PRAGUE – Two leading politicians in and freedoms in their homeland are consti- its publisher, the Jamestown Foundation, tutionally protected once Crimea is www.jamestown.org. Montenegro bars 149 for Crimean role Montenegro have fallen victim to Russian pranksters who posed as the president and PR AGUE – Montenegro has reportedly prime minister of Ukraine in telephone barred 149 Russians and Ukrainians from calls last week, officials in the Balkan coun- With deep sorrow we announce that our entering the country in response to recent try say. Montenegrin Prime Minister Dusko dear loving Brother, Husband, Father and Uncle bans Moscow placed on Montenegrins trav- Markovic and his predecessor, Milo eling to Russia. Those placed on the Djukanovic, were tricked by Vladimir Montenegrin blacklist were selected Krasnov and Aleksei Stolyarov, pranksters Orest Petro Ciolko because of their role in Russia’s illegal known as Vovan and Lexus, according to annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea in 2014 in officials in the government and the ruling passed away on Saturday, May 20, 2017, violation of Ukraine’s sovereignty and terri- Democratic Party of Socialists. They said in Amherst, NY, at the age of 59. torial integrity, local media reported on June the calls were a Russian provocation and He had just completed one of his favorite athletic diversions - a long, 2, citing government officials. The “undesir- part of a series of efforts by Moscow aimed fast bicycle ride with a local club. A Plastun and Lisovyi Chort, Orest was a able” list reportedly includes Russian at discrediting officials in Montenegro, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, whose successful bid to join NATO has Professional Civil Engineer for 37 years with AECOM, Wendel Companies, head of intelligence services Nikolai angered Moscow. The recorded conversa- and several heavy civil and mechanical contractors - building power Patrushev, Republic of Chechnya leader tions with the pranksters, who have fooled stations, transit tunnels and systems, as well as public and commercial Ramzan Kadyrov, tycoon and owner of prominent people, including Elton John, in infrastructure across the Northeast US. Nonetheless, Orest took the Tsargrad TV Konstantin Malofeyev, and the the past, were broadcast on Russian state greatest delight as his daughters’ soccer Dad. deputy secretary-general of the ruling TV. Their authenticity was confirmed by Growing up in Bu alo’s Plast Stanycia and attending many Novyi Sokil United Russia party, Sergei Zheleznyak. In the government and the ruling party, which and Vovcha Tropa summer camps as well as completing Lisova Shkola, 2014, Montenegro joined EU sanctions is chaired by Mr. Djukanovic. Mr. Markovic’s strengthened his love of the scouting and the outdoors and developed Cabinet said he spoke to a prankster posing against Russia imposed over its aggression his skills as a leader. These experiences and his bright smile brought him in Ukraine, a factor cited by Russian authori- as Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko ties in barring entry of a lawmaker from for 17 minutes on May 24, the day before a joy and many friendships - leading him and his family to thrive in many Montenegro’s ruling Democratic Party of NATO meeting at which Montenegro was outdoor activities together, including hiking, camping, kayaking and his Socialists, Miodrag Vukovic, on May 28. welcomed as its newest member. Mr. greatest love, skiing. Following that incident, Montenegrin offi- Markovic’s office said he would not change Orest is survived by his wife of 34 years, Paula (née Cetin) Ciolko and their daughters Alexandra Ciolko and Andrea Ciolko. He is the loving son of the late Luba (née Zajac) and late Roman Ciolko and dearest brother guished statesmen in Ukraine whose of Adrian (Chrystia) Ciolko and Lidia (Marko) Pilecky, uncle of Adrian Australian... advice was sought by many. (Brittany Ringmeier), Bohdana, Denys, Alexander, and great-uncle of The AFUO extends its sympathy to the (Continued from page 7) Milya and Grace. Orest was also loved by his in laws and their families, and leadership of the UGCC, its leader Patriarch blessed with scores of loving aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews and He visited his flock throughout the Sviatoslav Shevchuk, the bishops, clergy their families in the US and Ukraine, on his father Roman’s side. world, including Australia. and laity. We also extend our sympathy to [Editor’s note: Here, the AFUO gave Bishop Peter Stasiuk, the head of the UGCC A Funeral Liturgy was held on May 25th, 2017 at St. Nicholas Ukrainian Cardinal Husar’s biography in bullet points.] in Australia and clergy and laity in Catholic Church located at Fillmore and Oneida Street, Bu alo, NY. He was a major spiritual leader during Australia. Interment followed at Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Cheektowaga, New York. the Revolution of Dignity. Patriarch Husar Patriarch Lubomyr was a strong and was later a lead spokesperson for the group dedicated spiritual and national leader. He May his memory be eternal. known as December 1, a group of distin- will be sadly missed. May he rest in peace. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 11, 2017 No. 24

Cycling through april 2. the tournament attracted finished in fifth place in the medal stand- the snatch for silver and 152 kg in the 250 athletes from 35 countries. anastasiya ings. the tournament attracted 173 com- clean-and-jerk for silver at the European place in the men’s keirin final at the 2017 turchyn (78 kg) won gold after defeating petitors from 26 countries. Weightlifting championships in Split, track• Andrii cycling Vynokurov World championships finished in ninth in Sama Hawa camara of France. Stanislav croatia, on april 2-8. Oleksandr Hong Kong on april 12-16. Bondarenko (+100 kg) lost against adam with one gold and one silver at the Pielieshenko (85 kg) won gold in the men’s Okruashvili of Georgia and Maryna European• Ukraine Judo finished Open in in Prague fifth place on March overall 6. division with a snatch of 175 kg with a scratch race at the World cup in Los cherniak (48 kg) lost against Stefannie Daria Bilodid (48 kg) won gold after win- total lift of 386 kg. Valentyna Kisil (90 kg) angeles• Tetiana on February Klimchenko 24-26. won Lubov gold Basova in the arissa Koyama of Brazil to win silver med- ning against cinta Garcia Mesa of Spain, won silver with a total of 240 kg, with a won silver in the individual sprint and als. Svitlana iaromka (+78 kg) won bronze and anastasiia Sapsai (+78 kg) won bronze 130 kg lift in the clean and jerk for silver Olena Starikova finished in fourth place. after winning against Santa Pakenyte of after defeating Mercedesz Szigetvari of and a division-best lift of 110 kg in the Basov finished in fourth place in the wom- Lithuania. Hungary. Vasylyna Kyrychenko (+78 kg) snatch for gold. Mariya Khlyan (69 kg) won en’s keirin final. Oksana Klyachina and finished in fifth place. Ukraine fielded a silver with a total of 225 kg, (99 kg in the anna nahirna finished in ninth place in the place (one gold, three silver and one bronze team of 17 competitors in the tournament, snatch for silver, 126 kg in the clean-and- women’s madison race. in the men’s races, medal)• Ukraine’s out of junior 24 countries team finished at the in Juniorfourth which attracted 173 athletes from 26 jerk for bronze). iryna Dekha (75 kg) won andrii Vynokurov finished in seventh place European Judo cup in athens on March countries. gold in the snatch with a lift of 120 kg, but in the men’s keirin final, taras Shevchuk 25-26. Sergii Krivchach (81 kg) won gold, was disqualified in the clean and jerk to and Roman Gladysh finished in eighth Vladyslav Berezka (+100 kg) won silver, at the cadet European Judo cup in antalya, finish in ninth place overall. Mariia place in the men’s madison race, aleksandr cherkai (81 kg) won silver, and turkey,• Anastasiia on March Balaban 6. She (40defeated kg) won Muberra gold tymoshchuk (63 kg) finished in sixth place Vitalii Shepel (90 kg) won silver, and Gunes of turkey in the final. ivan Yureskul with a total of 201 kg (92 kg in the snatch Judo Hievorh Manukian (73 kg) won bronze. the (81 kg) finished in fifth place after losing to and 109 in the clean-and-jerk). Veronika tournament attracted 238 competitors. Eugen Matveiciuc of Moldova. Ukraine was ivasiuk (58 kg) finished in fourth place (66 kg) and and Oleh Veredyba (55 kg) fin- in seventh place in the medals standings. with a total of 206 kg (95 kg in the snatch ished• Serhii in seventh Bilets (81 place kg), atSandro the European Naveriani the Judo Grand Slam in Baku, azerbaijan, the tournament attracted 362 (218 for silver and 111 kg in the clean-and- cadet Judo cup in Bielsko Biala, Poland, on on •March Ukraine 10-12 won and four finished bronze in 20thmedals place at male/144 female) athletes from 18 coun- jerk). Ukraine’s women weightlifters fin- May 22-24. in the sixth-place matches, in the medals standings. Stanislav tries. ished in fourth place in the medal stand- Bilets lost against Johann Lenz of Germany Bondarenko (+100 kg) won bronze after ings (two gold, seven silver and two and naveriani lost against artjoms winning against Duurenbayer Ulziibayar of after defeating Megumi tachimoto of Japan bronze). in the men’s division, Oleksandr Galaktionovs of Latvia, and in the fifth- Mongolia, Quedjau nhabali (90 kg) won in the• Iryna final Kindzerskaat the World (+78 Judo kg)Grand won Prix gold in Pielieshenko (85 kg) won gold in the place match Veredyba lost against Yhonice bronze after winning against abdulhagg Dusseldorf, Germany, on February 24-26. snatch (175 kg), silver in the clean-and Goueffon of France. Rasullu of azerbaijan, and Svitlana among Ukraine’s top-10 finishers were: jerk (211 kg) and gold in the total of 386 iaromka (+78 kg) and Yelyzaveta Kalanina Maryna cherniak (48 kg) in seventh place, kg. Dmytro chumak (94 kg) won gold in silver and three bronze) to finish in seventh tied for bronze. iaromka won against Svitlana iaromka (+78 kg) in seventh the clean-and-jerk (214 kg), bronze in the palce• Ukraine in the wonmedal five standings medals (one at the gold, cadet one Larisa ceric of Bosnia-Herzegovina and place, anastasiya turchyn (78 kg) in sev- snatch (174 kg) and silver in the total (388 European Judo cup in Ploiesti, Romania, on Kalanina won against Santa Pakenyte of enth place, and iakiv Khammo (+100 kg) in kg, tied with gold medalist adam Maligov May 6-7. anastasiia Balaban (40 kg) won Lithuania. Maryna cherniak (48 kg) fin- seventh place. Ukraine finished in eighth of Russia). Kostiantyn Reva finished in fifth gold, Mariia Merkulova (+70 kg) won silver ished in fifth place and Dmytro Kanivets place in the medal standings. place overall with a lift of 381 kg (165 kg in the snatch for 10th place, and 216 kg in the and bronze medalists included Vadym (73 kg) finished in seventh place. clean-and-jerk for fifth place). Oleg chernov (60 kg), Marat Kryzhanskyi (81 Skiing Proshak (+105 kg) finished in fifth place in kg) and Stanislav Semkov (66 kg). Other seventh after losing to toni Grohn of the snatch (190 kg), but was disqualified in top-10 finishers were: in seventh place, Germany• Oleksandr in the Kruk men’s (90 divisionkg) finished of the in Prymak finished in 11th place at the World the clean-and-jerk. Ukraine’s men’s team Danylo tomashveskyi (55 kg) and ivan Senior European Judo cup in Uster-Zurich, cup• U.S.Ski crossSki Cross in chelyabinsk, Team member Russia, Tanya on finished in third place in the medal stand- Yreskul (81 kg), and in ninth place, Eduard Switzerland, on March 11-12. February 25. She finished in 12th place at ings with three gold, two silver and one Shtefanesa (50 kg) and andrii Zhukov (60 the World cup Ski cross Finals at Blue bronze medal. kg). the competition attracted more than bronze after defeating Eszter Harmath of Mountain in canada on March 4-5. 500 athletes from 27 countries. Hungary• Anastasiia at the cadet Balaban European (40 kg)Judo woncup Gymnastics in Zagreb, croatia, on March 11-12. Athletics at the cadet European Judo cup in Berlin Ukraine finished in 17th place out of 31 Ukrainian international cup at the Sports on •april Anastasiia 29-30. Balaban Balaban (40 lost kg) in won the bronzesemifi- teams that attracted 792 athletes (487 Germany) in the medal standings with two Palace• At in theKyiv 2017on March Stella 30 through Zakharova april nal against Jente Verstaeten of Belgium. men, 305 women). among the top-10 silver• Ukraine and one was bronze in 14th at placethe iaaF (tied World with 2, Ukraine won first and second places in Ukraine finished in 20th place in the medal were: seventh-place finishers Yaroslav indoor championships in Brimingham, the all-around. Yana Fedorova won gold standings. the tournament attracted nearly Knysh (+90 kg) who lost to Jonas Schreiber England, on March 2-4. (50.850 points), and Valeriya Osipova won 700 athletes from 33 countries. of Germany, Vadym nazarenko (73 kg) silver (50.200 points). the competition who lost to Miroslav Ruttkay of Slovakia, 60-meter race (7.10 seconds) and Yulia attracted gymnasts from around the world deacon studying at the University of artur Pasichnyk (60 kg) who lost to Yair Levhcenko• Olesya Povh won won bronze silver in in the the women’swomen’s and brought nearly 8,000 sports fans to california• Vitaliy Berkeley, Osmolovsky won silver (100 inkg), the a Master Jesuit Elkind of israel, and ivan Yureskul (81 kg) high jump with a height of 1.94 meters at attend the events. competition included 2 men’s division at the Judo Senior national who lost against Vasil Dinev of Bulgaria; the European championships in Belgrade, vault, uneven bars, balance beam and floor championships in Salt Lake city, Utah, on and ninth-place finishers – Vadym chernov Serbia, on March 3-5. Serhiy nykyforov exercise. Ukraine also won spots among april 29-30. Deacon Osmolovsky is origi- (60 kg) who lost to Elkind, Mariia won bronze in the men’s long jump (8.07 the top-10: anastasiya Belyaeva (fourth nally from Zhytomyr, Ukraine, and repre- Bulashevych (52 kg) who lost against Roos meters) and Maryna Kylypko tied with place), Valeriya Yarmolenko (seventh sented cal Judo club. in the final, angelica Bengtsson of Sweden in the pole Deurloo of the netherlands, Ruslana place) and anastasiya Budyshkina (eighth Osmolovsky lost against ilyh Vosk of the Bulavina (+70 kg) who lost against Laura vault (4.55 meters). Ukraine’s women’s 4x400-meter relay team (Olha Bibik, place). Fedorova won first place in the Kokushi Kai Judo academy in Fair Lawn, n.J. Fuseau of France, Mariia Merkulova (+70 vault (13.375) and floor exercise (12.675 tetyana Melnyk, anastasiya Bryzhina and kg) who lost against Laislaine Rocha of points), Osipova won second place in the Olha Lyakhova) won bronze (3:32.10 sec- medals, two gold and one silver) at the Brazil, and anna Ostrovka (48 kg) who lost uneven bars (12.175 points). anastasiya • Ukraine finished in third place (three onds). Ukraine finished in 16th place in the European Judo championships in Warsaw against Britt Koolmoes of the netherlands. Bachynska won first place in the junior all- medals standings (one silver and four on april 20-23. Georgii Zantaraia (66 kg) around (53.650 points), scoring first in the bronze). Ukraine 4x400-meter relay team won gold after defeating adrian Gomboc of ished in second place in the medals stand- vault (12.938), uneven bars (13.175) and (Danylo Danylenko, Yevhen Hutsol, Oleksiy Slovenia and Daria Bilodid (48 kg) also won ings• Ukraineat the European won three Judo medals Union andOpen fin- in floor (13.625). Bachynska, Fedorova and Pozdnyakov and Vitaliy Butrym) finished gold after defeating irina Dolgova of Russia, Katowice, Poland, on March 4-5. Bogdan Osipova won the top spot (105.700 points) in fifth place (3:09.64 seconds) and Hanna Svitlana iaromka (+78 kg) won silver after iadov (66 kg) won gold in the men’s divi- in the team results, and Ukraine 2 Plotitsyna finished in fourth place in the losing to Maryna Slutskaya of Belarus. sion, and Gevorg Khachatrian (66 kg) won (Belayeva, Budyashkina and Yarmolenko) women’s 60-meter hurdles (7.96 seconds), Ukraine also had two fifth-place finishes: silver, as both were in the final. Serhiy won third place (98.5000 points). Maryna cherniak (48 kg) and Yelyzaveta Drebot (73 kg) won bronze after defeating Oksana Okuneva finished in fourth place in the women’s high jump (1.92 meters), Kalanina (+78 kg); and three seventh-place Dansel Gonzalez Martinez of Spain, and all-around at the 2017 Stuttgart World cup Maryna Bekh finished in seventh place in finishes: anastasiya turchyn (-78 kg) iakiv nodar Macutadze (+100 kg) finished in on •March Oleh Verniaiev18-19. Verniaiev won gold scored in the 84.899 men’s the women’s long jump (6.59 meters). in Khammo (+100 kg) and Stanislav fifth place. Ukraine fielded 29 male com- points, beating Kazuma Kaya of Japan Bondarenko (+100 kg). Ukraine’s judo petitors in a tournament that attracted 292 women’s pentathlon, alina Shukh finished (84.398), and Sun Wei of china (82.898). team included nine men and five women. athletes from 36 countries. in eighth place in the women’s long jump Ukraine’s men’s team tied with Hungary for (5.90 meters), finished in fourth place in american cup on March 4 in newark, n.J. third place. the tournament attracted com- defeating cinta Garcia Mesa of Spain at the the women’s 800-meters (2:16.29 sec- Verniaiev• Oleh Verniaievscored 85.699 won silver points at overallthe AT&T in: petitors from 31 different countries. in European• Daria JudoBilodid Open (48 Women kg) won in Praguegold after on onds), and finished overall in 11th place floor (13.3 points), pommel horse (14.7 team competition, there were 16 men’s March 4. anastasiya Sapsai (+78 kg) won (4,377 points). points), rings (14.633 points), vault teams and seven women’s teams. bronze after defeating Mercedesz Szigetvari Weightlifting (14.433 points), parallel bars (15.033 of Hungary. Vasylyna Kyrychenko (+78 kg) points) and high bar (13.6 points). two silver and one bronze) at the Judo finished in fifth place after losing against Grand• Ukraine Prix in wontbilisi, four Georgia, medals on (one March gold, 31 Sandra Jablonskyte of Lithuania. Ukraine after lifting a total of 277 kg, with 125 kg in (Continued on page 17) • Iryna Lysenko (+90 kg) won silver No. 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 11, 2017 15

COMMUNITY CHRONICLE UNWLA in Holmdel hosts “Music of Survival” fi lm screening by Irene Krawczuk HOLMDEL, n.J. – On May 6 Ukrainian national Women’s League of america Branch 98 of Holmdel/Middletown, n.J., sponsored a screening of the documentary film, “Music of Survival, the Story of the Ukrainian Bandurist chorus” at the theater of the Middletown arts center in Middletown, n.J. the film tells the inspiring story of the original 17 members of the Ukrainian Bandurist chorus through per- sonal interviews with surviving members, extraordinary archival footage, and beautiful cinematography. the screening was augmented by a bandura perfor- mance by new Jersey-based banduristka Oksana telepko and her sister Halya Leskiw. Both are graduates of the music college and conservatory in Lviv and have travelled and performed in Ukraine, Europe and the U.S.a. they set the stage for the film by performing three emotionally stir- ring songs accompanied in part with beautifully harmoniz- ing vocals.

V. Lojko At the screening: (seated from left) Natalia Pawlenko, Nadia Jaworiw, Anna Krawczuk, Victoria Mischenko, Olga Yurechko; (standing) Elena Stiles, Luba Bilowchtchuk, Orysia Jacus, Irene Krawczuk, Lydia Kernitsky, Helena Blyskun, Helen Pawlenko, Luba Kasian, Larysa Burke, Oksana Telepko, Halya Leskiw, Halyna Jakubowycz, Myroslawa Cahn, Olga Yurechko, Anne Miele, Halyna Lojko. Standing in rear: Orest Sushko. the audience was treated to a surprise when film pro- Branch 98, noted that this year marked the 50th anniversa- ducer/ director Orest Sushko stepped up to the podium to ry of the UnWLa Scholarship Program which has support- introduce the film. an Emmy award-winning independent ed thousands of Ukrainian students in Ukraine and South motion picture and film professional with a 30-year career america in completing their education, in spite of econom- in production, Mr. Sushko is also a member of the ic hardships. She also recognized anna Krawczuk, who has Ukrainian Bandurist chorus and has a proud familial histo- worked tirelessly for the Scholarship Program for the past ry related to the bandura. His father was the first canadian 36 years, including 12 years as its national chair, and six member of the chorus, having been invited by musical years as UnWLa president. director Hryhory Kytasty to join the ensemble on their first the event was supported in part through the generous cross-canada tour in 1949-1950. His grandfather Pavlo sponsorship of the Ukrainian national Federal credit Stepowy was a master craftsman who began crafting ban- Union. duras in the 1950s, creating more than 75 instruments in DVDs of the film were available for sale. For more infor- his lifetime. One of his banduras resides in the canadian mation visit www.musicofsurvival.com. UnWLa Branch Museum of History in Ottawa. Both his father and grandfa- 98 can be reached at Facebook at UnWLa Br. 98 - Bandurists Oksana Telepko and Halya Leskiw. ther were the inspiration for the film. Holmdel/Middletown, n.J., est. 1988 and UnWLa98@ Standing is Natalia Pawlenko. in her remarks, nadia Jaworiw president of UnWLa gmail.com. UAV commemorates Memorial Day UAV Post 17 remembers comrades in front of its monument by Zenko Halkowycz State commander Hrycak formed the col- umn, assigned the flags and wreath-bearers SOUtH BOUnD BROOK, n.J. – Mathew and at 1300 hours the veterans marched to Koziak, national monument officer of the the monument, where they were met by Ukrainian american Veterans (UaV), who is Father Vasyl Shak and the seminarians who responsible for the upkeep and beautifica- sang the panakhyda (memorial service). tion of the monument dedicated to all Father Shak delivered a sermon about Ukrainian american servicemen and honor, duty and country that reached deep women who served in the U.S. armed forc- into everyone’s souls. afterwards, a wreath es, arranged with Metropolitan anthony of was placed at the base of the monument the Ukrainian Orthodox church of the and veterans rendered the military hand U.S.a. to conduct a memorial service at the salute. UaV monument at St. andrew cemetery. the weather was not very friendly; it was new Jersey state commander Michael drizzling and somewhat cold for the end of Hrycak notified all new Jersey UaV post May, but as the veterans stood by their mon- commanders to participate in this solemn ument they were proud that the UaV was event with their post colors on Memorial able to commemorate all who served and Day, May 29. those who died during their service at the Participating were Posts 5, 6, 17 and 42. foot of this meaningful memorial. Catherine Maksymiuk Members of Ukrainian American Veterans Post 17 by the post’s memorial at Cedar Lawn Cemetery in Clifton, N.J.

by Zenko Halkowycz conducted the memorial service. taps were rendered by a post member’s son, nazar cLiFtOn, n.J. – Ukrainian american Fedorko. Veterans Post 17 members and guests at the conclusion of the memorial ser- gathered on Sunday, May 21, at the cedar vice, Post commander Walter Kovbasniuk Lawn cemetery in clifton, n.J., to commem- invited all assembled to Kirchans Grill for orate those Ukrainian american veterans the traditional post get-together. among who proudly served their country, the assembled were veterans who are still answered the call to duty and paid the ulti- active and are the oldest members of Post mate price. 17, Peter Babirad, 92, and Past national Post members remembered those who commander Eugene Sagasz, 90. the lunch served in various police actions and con- lasted about three hours as all reminisced flicts, and have departed from this earth. about their service to the United States. Olena Halkowycz Ukrainian American Veterans at their memorial at St. Andrew Cemetery in South Father Yaroslav Yarish from St. Mary the also in attendance was Sgt. 1st class Bound Brook, N.J. Protectress Ukrainian Orthodox church Leonid Bulya, who was home on leave. 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 11, 2017 No. 24

(besides Warsaw) were Wroclaw, Poznan Turning... and Gdansk. Russian electronic... Zbigniew Brzezinski... Ukraine lost 0-2 against France on June (Continued from page 6) (Continued from page 2) (Continued from page 7) 15, England won 3-2 against Sweden on as noted in the Ukrainian Weekly’s edi- June 15, and Sweden won 2-0 against Russian side of its unconditional superiority. media appearances and to me personally in torial of that issue: “His reaction to France on June 19. Second, even though Russian capabilities the years following his government service. Ukraine’s winning goal and the expression Ukraine was eliminated from the Group in the domain of electronic warfare have He, of course, had played on a much broad- on his face have come to personify D stage on June 19 in Donetsk after its con- grown exponentially since 2014, they still er chessboard and his sage advice spanned cannot deliver total invulnerability. the Ukraine’s joy. We were all timur on June troversial 0-1 loss against England; Wayne every region, every continent (n.B.: espe- most recent events in Syria (the United 11. and, no matter how team Ukraine does Rooney scored the lone goal in the 48th cially his warning against the 2003 inva- minute. Ukraine appeared to have scored in States’ april 7 cruise missile strike on al- sion of iraq). in its next games, Ukraine and Ukrainians Shayrat airbase – see Eurasia Daily Monitor, worldwide had much reason to rejoice the 62nd minute thanks to Marko Devic, today, Russia is forcing itself on other april 10) and the fact that Ukraine managed countries and peoples, as it has throughout with the start of the Euro 2012. How great however, neither the referee not the line to intercept Russian signals in crimea sug- centuries, employing a variety of aggressive to see Ukraine’s mood so uplifted and unit- assistant awarded the goal. the controver- sy caused the European soccer governing gest that the actual might of Russian elec- measures: the military, social media trolls, ed!” body UEFa to adopt “goal-line technology” tronic warfare capabilities is lower than fre- blatant lies, assassination; you name it. also memorable from the Sweden- to review goals and suspected goals. quently portrayed in the West. Ukraine has been the major target. and yet, Ukraine match was the video clip of Ukraine finished in third place in Group Finally, crimea as well as Kaliningrad as Dr. Brzezinski noted, the country whose Ukrainians from all backgrounds and races Oblast – as two heavily militarized anti- D and Sweden finished in fourth. England independence he helped bring about, is here as they sang the words to the national access/area denial (a2/aD) “bubbles” – topped the group with seven points and to stay and has been more than holding its anthem of Ukraine. it was a visual testament together constitute key links in Russia’s France finished in second place, with both own. growing “arc of counter-containment” (see against the rumors of racism that were ram- So, farewell and thank you to a good and teams advancing to the knockout phase of EDM, January 18). and these areas could pant prior to and during the tournament. decent man. We could use his wisdom today. the tournament to play against italy and increasingly be used by the Kremlin as the tournament was opened on June 8 Spain, respectively. with official ceremonies at the national “cyber bastions” as well. Stadium in Warsaw, prior to the Poland- Source: “Sheva’s double-header against The article above is reprinted from Greece match. Other host cities (besides Sweden puts Ukraine on top of Group D,” by Eurasia Daily Monitor with permission from Putin’s anti-Ukrainian... Kyiv) in Ukraine were Lviv, Kharkiv and Ihor N. Stelmach, The Ukrainian Weekly, its publisher, the Jamestown Foundation, Donetsk; while in Poland, other host cities June 17, 2012. www.jamestown.org. (Continued from page 6) the “nightmare” years of Soviet attacks on Jews were part of his youth, Mr. ikhlov says, and he recalled them in 2014, when people in Moscow recognized that the Maidan wasn’t going to fail. Since that time, he continues, he has often felt “the para- doxical” nature of the propaganda “direct- ed at Jews and at Ukrainians.” Mr. Putin’s current and ongoing efforts directed at “ ‘the internal colonization of Ukraine’ are primarily [another] effort of its ‘culturecide’ and the liquidation of indepen- dence (democracy above all) and the trans- formation of Ukrainians into ‘Moskali,’ ” a term that he points out initially meant a sol- dier in Russian imperial service rather than an ethnic Russian.

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Sheptytsky Institute’s new premises at U of Toronto to be blessed in July

by Olena Wawryshyn all four families of Eastern Churches: the Eastern Orthodox, Pre-Chalcedonian, TOOR NTO – The Metropolitan Andrey Assyrian and Eastern Catholic. Through the Sheptytsky Institute (MASI) of Eastern USMC Faculty of Theology, it offers courses Christian Studies is hosting a gathering on at the basic degree (M.Div.and M.T.S.) and Tuesday, July 25, to celebrate the opening of advanced degree (M.A., Ph.D.) levels. It pub- its new home at the University of Toronto lishes Logos: A Journal of Eastern Christian (U of T) on the University of St. Michael’s Studies, the only Eastern Christian peer- College (USMC) campus. reviewed academic journal in Canada. The event will include a Garden Party and Students of MASI include clergy, church a blessing of MASI’s new premises by Bishop leaders and laity from North America, Borys Gudziak, eparch of Paris and presi- Ukraine and around the world. One of its dent of the Ukrainian Catholic University in most notable former students is Patriarch Lviv, with the participation of the archbishop Sviatoslav of Ukraine, who now serves as of Toronto, Cardinal Thomas Collins. the international patron of the Sheptytsky Another highlight will be the main address Institute. by Bishop Gudziak on “The Unique The Sheptytsky Institute was founded in Importance of the Sheptytsky Institute for 1986 by Father Andriy Chirovsky in Chicago Stefan Slovak the Universal Church.” and named after the legendary leader of the Windle House, an 1897 Victorian mansion, will be the new home of the Sheptytsky “We are looking forward to having the Greco-Catholic Church (1900-1944). In Institute on the campus of the University of Toronto. Ukrainian Canadian community join MASI, 1990, MASI moved to Ottawa’s St. Paul the USMC and the U of T communities as University at the behest of the Ukrainian pus. In addition, USMC has allotted space deliver his address at 8 p.m. The location is we mark our much-anticipated relocation,” Catholic hierarchs, who recognized the for a MASI chapel in a nearby building. Windle House, 5 Elmsley Place (near the said Father Peter Galadza, MASI’s acting importance of having such an institution of “U of T is one of the world’s foremost corner of Bay Street and St. Joseph Street), director. “It will be an opportunity for us to higher learning in Canada. As of July 1, MASI research universities,” noted the Rev. University of St. Michael’s College campus, showcase what we have to offer Toronto in will be an autonomous academic unit with- Galadza, “and St. Michael’s College is a ven- University of Toronto. Admission is free the area of theological education.” in USMC’s Faculty of Theology and part of erable center of Catholic intellectual and open to all, but those who wish to The Sheptytsky Institute specializes in the Toronto School of Theology, an ecumeni- thought. We are honored that they have attend should RSVP by July 20 by e-mailing Eastern Christian studies, with a primary cal consortium of seven colleges. welcomed us into their fold.” [email protected]. but not exclusive emphasis on the Church MASI will be housed in a prime location The celebrations on July 25 begin with a For more information about MASI, read- of Kyiv. Its main study streams are theology, – in Windle House, a stately historic man- garden party at 5 p.m., with the blessing to ers may visit http://www.sheptytskyinsti- spirituality, history and ecclesial polity of sion situated in the heart of the USMC cam- follow at 6:30 p.m. Bishop Gudziak will tute.ca.

gold in hoop (15.55 points), bronze in ver in the individual clubs (16.30 points) Historic Medieval Battles Sportsline clubs (14.30 points) and finished in sev- and Yana Yarosh finished in sixth place enth place in clubs and eighth place in rib- (14.450 points). Mazur finished in sixth (Continued from page 14) Battle of the Nations World Champion­ships bon (11.30 points). In the senior all- place in the ball final (14.60 points), and in Historic• Team Ukraine Medieval won Battles. in the T21he versus Battle 21of around, Fotieva tied with Larabell Kabrits Diachenko and Mazur won gold and silver, Rhythmic gymnastics Nations was hosted on April 29 through of Estonia for silver (55.85 points total), respectively, in the hoop final (17.00 and May 1 in Barcelona, Spain, by the Historical Sobeshchakova finished in fourth place 16.650 points). In the junior individual Deriugina Cup 2017 on March 17-19. Medieval Battle International Association. events, Pohranychna won gold in the rib- Valentina• Ukraine Sakysova hosted won the gold Grand in the Prix individ Kyiv- (52.55 poitns, and Olkhovska finished in In the 21 versus 21 final, Ukraine defeated bon final (15.40 points) and Anna ual junior event, Oleksandra Yaremchuk fifth place (52.10 points). In the junior Russia, and France won third place. In the Galasyuk won bronze (13.650 points); and Khrystyna Pohranychna won silver and division, Khrystyna Pohranychna won gold women’s three-on-three battle, Ukraine Pohranychna won gold in the clubs final bronze, respectively, in the hoop and ball in the clubs (15.30 points) and ribbon won against Finland and finished with a sil- (16.150 points) and Nikol Krasiuk won sil- individual program; Pohranychna won gold (14.75 points) and finished in sixth place ver medal. “The battle was very interesting in the hoop. In the group exercises, Ukraine in ball; Pohranychna won gold in the all- ver (14.70 points); Krasiuk finished in fifth and tough,” said Karina Timchenko of won silver with 15.80 points and won around (hoop 16.20 points; ball 15.40 place (13.50 points) in ball and Valentirova Ukraine. “We knew that it is hard to per- bronze in the group exercises (hoop, rope points; clubs 15.30 points; ribbon 14.75 finished in seventh place (13.30 points). form in threes. We were preparing for the and ball, teams of five). In the pre-junior points; for a total of 61.65 points). Yeva Meleschuk won gold in the senior all- victory. In the first wave we lost, but then division, Nikol Savina won gold and Vitalina around (ball 60.70 points, hoop 60.70 we made some rearrangements and won. Ivanshchenko won bronze (2007 birth 16 medals at the Gracia Fair Cup 2017 in points, clubs 60.70 points, and ribbon Finnish team was very tough, I think that in year). In the individual all-around, Victoriya Budapest,• Ukraine’s Hungary, junior on gymnastics February team17-19. won In 60.70 points) and Yarosh won silver (60.65 the future they will make huge progress Mazur finished in fifth place in the individu- individual events, Ukraine won five gold, points in each discipline). and claim a lot of prizes.” The tournament four silver medals and one bronze medal. al all-around and Pohranychna won gold in Taekwondo was first hosted in 2010 in Khotyn, Ukraine, the junior women’s individual all-around. Khrystyna Pohranychna won gold in the and included Ukraine, Russia, Belarus and Yulia Olkhovska finished in fifth place in the junior all-around (hoop 57.70 points, ball Poland. Since then, it has attracted more individual program and Ukraine won gold 57.700 points, ribbon 57.70 points and Sajjad Mardani of Iran for bronze at the than 35 national teams and events include in the team all-around with 34.650 points. clubs 57.60 points). Anastasiia Valentirova second• Mykhailo World Shelest Taekw (+87ondo kg) Federation tied with single combat (1-on-1), five-a-side, 21 ver- Mazur won bronze in the hoop final, and and Katerina Demidenko finished in fourth President’s Cup 2017 tournament held in sus 21, and all versus all. In the women’s Olena Diachenko finished in fourth place in and fifth place, respectively. Ukraine won Athens on April 26-30. Iryna Romolda­ sword and buckler 1-on-1, Irina Ilnitskaya the ribbon final (16.300 points). Victoria gold in the senior group competition (five nova (46 kg) won silver after losing to won gold and she won bronze in the triath- Fotieva finished in fourth place in the wom- hoops 15.20 points; two ropes and three Rukiye Yildirim of Turkey. lon duel 1x1 category. Konstantin Nataluha en’s individual program final (54.050 balls, 16.450 points) for a total score of - won bronze in the men’s sword and buckler points), and Ukraine and Israel tied in the 31.650 points, as well as gold in the junior letes competed at the European Champion­ duel 1-on-1 event. Ukraine finished in sec- senior final group exercises (15.100 group competition (five clubs – 15.750, ships• Ukraine’s in Sofia, Bulg under-21aria, on taekwondo April 6-9. In ath the ond place in the medal standings with two points). Pohranychna won gold in the 15.950 and 14.750 points for a total of 87 kg men’s division, Vladislav Bondar won gold, one silver and three bronze medals. senior hoop final (16.050 points), bronze in 46.450 points. the gold medal after winning against Orkun the ball final (15.600 points), as well as Atesli of Turkey. Bondar was also named Diving gold in the clubs (16.450) and gold in the the Miss Valentine 2017 Rhythmic best athlete at the championships. Andrij ribbon final (16.000 points). Ukraine won Gymnastics• Khrystyna Competition Pohranychna in Tar wontu, Estonia,gold at Garbar won the bronze medal after losing Diving Championships on June 11-18 at silver in the five hoops event (14.600 on February 10-12 in the junior all-around to Atesli in the semifinal 11-14. Ukraine, as Liko• KyivSports is setCenter. to host The the competition 2017 European is to points) and won gold in the three balls and (57.500 points; 15.30 hoop; 13.350 ball; a team, finished in eighth place in the med- feature men’s women’s and mixed events two ropes event (18.000 points). 15.250 clubs; and 13.550 ribbon), and als standings out of more than 50 teams. that include springboard and platform, as Anastasiia Valentirova won bronze (54.050 well as team events. International Rhythmic Gymnastics points; 14.350 hoop; 14.750 ball; 12.750 Invictus Games Tour• Ukrainenament won in numerousNess-Zion, medals Israel, at theon clubs; and 12.200 ribbon). Viktoriia Olympics February 24-25. Yuliia Olkhovska won gold Onopriienko finished in seventh place, to compete in the 2017 Invictus Games, an in the senior hoop division and tied with Oleksandra Yaremchuk finished in eighth international• Ukraine has Paralympic-style selected 30 ATO multisport veterans was awarded a bronze medal at the 2008 Viktoriia Fotieva for bronze in ball (14.10 place and Vlada Niklochenko finished in competition. Events include wheelchair Beijing• Discus Olympic thrower Games, Olena hadAntonova, her medal who points), won bronze in ribbon (13.20 ninth place. In individual competition, basketball, sitting volleyball and indoor upgraded to silver by the International points) and finished in fifth place in clubs Pohranychna won gold in the hoop final rowing. The competition is set to take Olympic Committee. The ruling came after (13.35 points) and ninth place in hoop (16.30 points), Onopriienko finished in place in Toronto in September. Members of the disqualification of Yarelys Barrios of (11.45 points). Fotieva won gold in clubs fifth place. Viktoriia Mazur finished in fifth the team visited NATO Headquarters in Cuba, after she tested positive for the (14.90 points) and gold in ribbon (14.20 place in individual ribbon (14.850 points) Brussels on April 24, and the team is being banned substance acetazolamide. The IOC points) and finished in fifth place in hoop and Olena Diachenko finished in seventh sponsored by a NATO Trust Fund project informed the Ukrainian Athletics Federation (12.65 points). Anna Sobeshchakova won place (12.350 points). Diachenko won sil- on medical rehabilitation. of the change on May 25. 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 11, 2017 No. 24

Through June 30 Art exhibit, “Veterans: Face of World War II” by Sasha June 17 Sports picnic (soccer, volleyball, badminton, table tennis New York Maslov, Ukrainian Institute of America, Terra Cotta, ON and chess), USC Karpaty, Poltava Club, 416-807-0988 www.ukrainianinstitute.org or 212-288-8660 June 17 Steven Howansky Memorial Soccer Tournament, Yonkers Through June 30 Exhibit, “Ukraine on Maps of the World in the 16th to Yonkers, NY Ukrainian Festival, Fleming Field, 914-620-5301 Chicago 20th Centuries,” Ukrainian National Museum, www.ukrainiannationalmuseum.org or 312-421-8020 June 17 through Harvard Ukrainian Summer Institute, Harvard August 5 University, www.huri.harvard.edu/husi.html June 14 Ukrainian Days advocacy events, Ukrainian National Cambridge, MA Washington Information Service, Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, Capitol Hill, www.ucca.org or [email protected] June 18 Father’s Day Ukrainian Festival, Ukrainian American Horsham, PA Sports Center Tryzub, www.tryzub.org or 267-664-3857 June 14-18 Scientific conference and assembly of delegates, Arlington, VA “Rehabilitation and Reintegration” Helping Ukrainians June 18 Father’s Day celebration, Organization for the Defense Help Themselves, Ukrainian Medical Association of Glen Cove, NY of the Four Freedoms for Ukraine, St. Josaphat North America, Key Bridge Marriott Hotel, Monastery, [email protected] or www.stjmny.org 773-278-6262 or www.umana.org June 18-24 Oshawa Folk Arts Council Fiesta Week 2017, June 15 Film screening, “Recovery Room” by Adriana Luhovy, Oshawa, ON Dnipro/Odesa Ukrainian Pavilion and Lviv Ukrainian Montreal Ukrainian Canadian Congress, Ukrainian Youth Center, Pavilion, www.fiestaweek.com/pavilions/ukrainian 514-945-7162 or www.recoveryroomthemovie.com June 20 Concert, Serhiy Zhadan & the Dogs in Space, with June 15 Forum, “U.S.-Ukraine Working Group Yearly Summit V: Philadelphia Yeezhak, Ukrainian League of Philadelphia, Washington Providing Ukraine with an Annual Report Card,” Council www.brama.com/yara on Foreign Relations, 212-228-8640 or [email protected] June 22 Food fest, “Ukraine Night” Global Tastes International June 15-21 Performance by violinist Solomiya Ivakhiv, pianist Cary Ottawa Food Nights, Canada Agriculture and Food Museum, Astoria, OR Lewis and cellist Sergei Antonio, Astoria Music Festival, 613-991-3044 or http://cafmuseum.techno-science.ca/en www.astoriamusicfestival.org June 23-25 Midsummer’s Solstice Dream Retreat, Soyuzivka June 16-18 Yonkers Ukrainian Festival, St. Michael Ukrainian Kerhonkson, NY Heritage Center, 845-626-5641 or www.soyuzivka.com Yonkers, NY Catholic Church, [email protected] June 24 Ukrainian Cultural Festival, Assumption of the Virgin June 16-18 U.S. Open and Amateur Cup Soccer Championships, Perth Amboy, NJ Mary Ukrainian Catholic Church, 732-826-0767 or Horsham, PA Ukrainian American Sports Center Tryzub, www.assumptioncatholicchurch.net www.tryzub.org or 215-914-1251

June 17 Gala dinner, keynote speaker with Ulana Suprun, acting Entries in “Out and About” are listed free of charge. Priority is given to events Arlington, VA Minister of Health of Ukraine, Ukrainian Medical advertised in The Ukrainian Weekly. However, we also welcome submissions Association of North America, Key Bridge Marriott, from all our readers. Items will be published at the discretion of the editors 773-278-6262 or www.umana.org and as space allows. Please send e-mail to [email protected]. No. 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 11, 2017 19 UKELODEON For The Next Generation

Plast Yonkers participates in Good Friday and Holy Saturday services at two parishes YONKERS, N.Y. – Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization of Yonkers, N.Y., participated in the Good Friday evening service on Friday, April 14, at the Holy Protection of the Mother of God Parish in Mount Kisco, N.Y., headed by the Rev. Taras Chaparin. The traditional service was followed by a procession of children carrying the Holy Cross and the Holy Shroud, or “Plashchenytsia.” They circled around the church three times with Fa- ther Taras before laying the Plashchenytsia down at the altar. Children then stood on each side of the Plashchenytsia as parishioners went up to pay their respects to the Lord. Members of the Yonkers branch of the Ukrai- nian American Youth Association and young parishioners also participated in the procession. On Holy Saturday, April 15, members of Plast Yonkers, as well as UAYA Yonkers, also partici- pated at St. Michael the Archangel Ukrainian Catholic Church in Yonkers, N.Y. Plast scouts stand guard at the “Plashchanytsia” (Holy Shroud) at Holy Protection of the Mother of God There the children participated in the tradition Church in Mount Kisco, N.Y. From left are: Larissa Pawliczko, Mykola Pawliczko and Mark Myskiw. of standing guard at each side of the Plashche- nytsia as parishioners came to pay their respects the 1950s when a large Ukrainian community Plast meetings are held on Wednesday eve- to the Lord. This took place during the blessing had settled there after World War II. Meetings nings at the Ukrainian Youth Center on 301 of Easter baskets outside on the church lawn. were then held in the church hall of St. Mi- Palisade Ave. in Yonkers. The Very Rev. Fr. Kiril Angelov is the Yonkers chael’s original site located on Chestnut Street. pastor. The current church was built in the 1980s and is – Hurtok Yastruby, Plast-Yonkers: Mark Myskiw, The Plast group in Yonkers was organized in located on 21 Shonnard Place. Mykola Pawliczko, Pavlo Williams and Luka Holian. Wilmington celebrates Hillside children honor its communicants Mother of God

WILMINGTON, Del. – On Sunday, June 4, five children received their First Penance and Holy Eucharist during services at St. Nicholas Ukrai- nian Catholic Church in Wilmington, Del. The children had studied under HILLSIDE, N.J. – On Sunday, May 7, the children of Immaculate Con- Mary Kennedy to prepare for their first confession. Seen above are: the Rev. ception Ukrainian Catholic Parish in Hillside, N.J., honored the Blessed Volodymr Klanichka (pastor), Ms. Kennedy and the first communicants Mother by processing with flowers, singing a hymn to Mary Immaculate (from left): Elena Ivanna Bilyk, Sophia Andrea Bilyk, Sophia Mary Din- and crowning Mary, the Theotokos. The children also concluded their reli- gler, Zoryana Kaitlyn Hellenga and Phillip Serhiy Kuzhanov. After the 10 gious education classes for the season; they resume the classes on Sunday, a.m. liturgy, a brief celebration was held for all in the church hall. September 10. Seen above are children who participated in the procession. – Eugene Serba – Joe Shatynski 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 11, 2017 No. 24

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Friday, June 9-Sunday, June 25 Yonkers, N.Y., is celebrating its 32nd year this NEW YORK: Yara Arts Group’s new theater piece Father’s Day weekend. Organizers welcome Westchester and the surrounding area to sample 12 poems by Pavlo Tychyna performed in English; Serhiy Ukrainian customs, culture and cuisine. The festival “1917/2017:Zhadan and his Tychyna, Kharkiv Zhadan rock band,& the theDogs” Dogs, is based perform on is three days of Ukrainian food (varenyky, holubtsi, live in Ukrainian. The show is directed by Virlana Tkacz, kovbasa, borshch, etc.) and American favorites (hot with Bob Holman, Marina Celander, Sean Eden, Rob dogs, shish-kebabs, hamburgers and cheeseburgers). Feldman, Chris Ignacio and Maria Pleskevich; music is by And for those with a sweet tooth, there is a coffee Julian Kytasty and the Dogs. Show times are Thursdays, and cake booth that offers a variety of home-made Fridays and Saturdays at 8:30 p.m. and Sundays at 4 Ukrainian cakes and assorted pastries. p.m. at La MaMa Theatre, 66 E. Fourth St. Tickets are Entertainment includes live stage performances with $25; $20 for seniors and students, To purchase tickets dancers, singers, comedians and bands, in addition go to www.lamama.org/tychyna/ or call 212-352-3101. to carnival rides and craft booths. On Saturday, one- price bracelets offer multiple rides from 1 p.m. to 4 Friday-Sunday, June 16-18 p.m. For more information see http://www.yonker- YONKERS, N.Y.: The Ukrainian Heritage Festival in sukrainianfestival.org.

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