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INSIDE:• New ministers proclaim ambitious, and diverse, goals — page 3. • Debut of a new columnist, Taras Szmagala Jr. — page 7. • Focus on the arts: music, art and film — centerfold.

Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXXIII HE No.KRAINIAN 9 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2005 EEKLY$1/$2 in Ukraine YushchenkoT administrationUYushchenko tells NATO summit of Ukraine’sW European aspirations survives its first controversy PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Viktor Yushchenko told an annual summit meet- ing of NATO leaders that he wants Ukraine by Zenon Zawada to be a part of the European Union, NATO Kyiv Press Bureau and Euro-Atlantic organizations. KYIV – Viktor Yushchenko’s presi- “We want to see Ukraine integrated dency has survived its first scandal, into both the European Union and the though not without casting doubt upon North Atlantic alliance,” Mr. Yushchenko said following his meeting with leaders his ability to fence his government off of the 26-member alliance, according to from the myriad clashing business inter- various news media. ests that dominate Ukrainian politics. Referring to the millions of The center of controversy was Ukrainians who stood on Ukraine’s American-born Roman Zvarych who was Independence Square in protest against appointed the nation’s minister of justice the falsified November 21, 2004, elec- by President Yushchenko early in February. tion, Mr. Yushchenko, said the Ukrainian Last week Mr. Zvarych threatened to people rallied because they wanted to be resign his post out of concern that he and a part of Europe. his wife could possibly be dragged into “The people who came into Kyiv’s scandal because of her oil dealings. squares and streets were motivated by Svitlana Zvarych is assistant manager of wanting to see Ukraine as a European Oil Transit, an oil re-exporting firm that country,” President Yushchenko said dur- buys oil from Russia and resells it to ing a press conference at the alliance other nations. AP/Charles Dharapak headquarters in Brussels. Mr. Zvarych backed off his threat on The announcement, made on the day U.S. President George W. Bush meets President Viktor Yushchenko of Ukraine at February 21, saying he would remain as of the NATO summit on February 22, the NATO summit in Brussels on February 22. justice minister and has no present con- followed the Ukrainian president’s first flicts with fellow ministers, including meeting with U.S. President George W. with Mr. Yushchenko “fruitful” and a “Russia is our strategic partner,” the Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. Bush, who, for his part, asked that “remarkable moment,” said he thought it Ukrainian president said. “Ukrainian “I will continue to work along those European nations welcome Ukraine “into was interesting to be seated next to a per- policy toward NATO will not, by any lines clearly charged to me by the presi- the Euro-Atlantic” family. son “who had just led a revolution, a means, be directed against Russia or any dent,” Mr. Zvarych told Ukraina Moloda, “The meeting with President peaceful revolution, based upon the same other country.” a Ukrainian daily newspaper. “Most of Yushchenko was, I thought, historic,” Mr. values that we hold dear.” Ukraine received support at the sum- all, this is a rooting out of any cases of Bush said. “We welcomed President The American president added that mit meeting from other countries as well. corruption in the executive power.” Yushchenko and reminded him that NATO Ukraine had some additional steps to European officials greeted the Ukrainian To some high-ranking officials, Mr. is a performance-based organization, and take before it could join the alliance, “but president warmly and said that if Ukraine Zvarych’s resignation threat appeared to that the door is open, but it’s up to President we want to help them achieve that work.” be an attempt to pressure the government wanted to integrate with European insti- Yushchenko and his government and the Mr. Yushchenko, the only non-NATO tutions it was up to Kyiv to do so. to reconsider its ban on oil re-exporta- people of Ukraine to adapt the institutions president to meet with alliance leaders tion, a decree issued on February 16 that NATO Secretary General Jaap de of a democratic state. And NATO wants to during the summit, also sought to reas- Hoop Scheffer said the alliance had an had the unanimous support of all Cabinet help, and we pledged help.” sure Russia that Ukraine would not turn ministers, except for Mr. Zvarych. Mr. Bush, who called the discussion its back on its northern neighbor. (Continued on page 4) The government decree stated that its goal was to “prevent negative phenome- na and to forestall destabilization of the situation on the internal oil market,” as well as “to guarantee the stability” of Coalition of unlikely partners announces opposition to NATO work and output of the country’s oil-pro- by Zenon Zawada require political cooperation between voted to uphold the nation’s declaration ducing industries in order to fulfill the Kyiv Press Bureau very diverse, even conflicting political of sovereignty that explicitly stated needs of agricultural enterprises during movements. Ukraine is a neutral nation. the spring farming season. KYIV – Several well-known politi- Ms. Vitrenko supports the federaliza- “If you don’t like it, then we need to cians on February 22 announced the for- As Ukrainian journalists began uncov- tion of Ukraine and making Russian an hold a referendum to annul the results of mation of a coalition to prevent Ukraine’s ering more details about his wife’s busi- official language of Ukraine. Mr. the December 1, 1990 referendum,” she membership in NATO and urged a ness dealings, it became apparent that Korchynskyi did not voice support for said. national referendum to address the mat- Mr. Zvarych was also trying to defuse these issues, and is opposed to Western- Taras Chornovil, campaign manager any potential scandals that could have ter. for former Prime Minister Viktor Natalia Vitrenko, leader of the pro- style democracy altogether. escalated into serious public relations “Democratic elections are the perfect Yanukovych, joined the two radicals in damage to the Yushchenko administra- Russia Progressive Socialist Party, and voicing opposition to Ukrainian member- Dmytro Korchynskyi, founder of the mechanism for bringing into power tion further on. American marionettes,” Mr. Korchynskyi ship in NATO and announced that he was Ms. Zvarych confirmed this in an ultra-right Bratstvo movement, said resigning from the Verkhovna Rada’s NATO membership would serve the said at the press conference. interview with Ukraine’s Trybuna web- According to an Internet poll conduct- Ukraine-NATO group. site. Her troubles involve Ihor interests of wealthy Westerners and glob- In explaining his opposition, Mr. al capitalists at the expense of the ed by Den, a daily Ukrainian newspaper, Yeremieyev, a Verkhovna Rada national almost 67 percent of the poll’s partici- Chornovil recalled attending a NATO deputy who is a major shareholder of the Ukrainian people and national sovereign- pants support Ukraine’s entry into seminar overseas as part of a delegation. Halychyna oil refinery. ty. NATO; 29 percent were opposed. “We asked when will Ukraine be accept- She told Trybuna that Oil Transit had “We are ready to fight against a com- ed into NATO, and they replied, ‘You’re Den conducted the poll between no choice but to agree to sell oil to Mr. mon enemy: a global government, a com- not ready,’” Mr. Chornovil said, “Right February 7 and 9, posing the question to Yeremieyev because National Customs mon enemy – the United States, which then and there I thought, ‘Is it necessary visitors to its website; there were 138 Service director Mykola Kalenskyi wants to make Ukraine its colony,” Ms. for Ukraine to rush into NATO?’ ” denied her the ability to re-export it, Vitrenko said. respondents. Mr. Korchynskyi and Ms. Vitrenko even before the ban had been enacted. The two radicals demonstrated that a The issue of NATO membership was called upon Party of Regions leader Mr. successful coalition against the North settled in December 1990, according to (Continued on page 15) Atlantic Treaty Organization would Ms. Vitrenko, when the Ukrainian people (Continued on page 21) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2005 No. 9

ANALYSIS NEWSBRIEFS Yushchenko poisoning NEWSBRIEFS Yushchenko marks 51st birthday makeover in his address to a NATO sum- mit in Brussels earlier the same day. “As a investigation nearing climax KYIV – The family of President Viktor free government takes hold in that country Yushchenko has asked Ukrainians not to [Ukraine] and as the government of by Taras Kuzio troller then asks surprisingly, “What? give him expensive gifts for his 51st birth- President Yushchenko pursues vital Eurasia Daily Monitor This bright spark thought up such an day on February 23, Ukrainian media reforms, Ukraine should be welcomed by idea?” The Kyiv FSB agent replies, “Yes, reported, quoting his press secretary Iryna the Euro-Atlantic family,” the U.S. presi- During a February 15-16 visit to Lviv, absolutely.” Next, the FSB controller Herashchenko. “During the time of dent said. (RFE/RL Newsline) Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko asks if there are individuals who can con- Yushchenko’s presidency there will be no optimistically predicted that the investi- firm Mr. Pavlovsky’s involvement. The loud receptions, magnificent celebrations Ukraine a model for Moldova? gation into his near fatal poisoning in Kyiv FSB agent responds, “Yes, there are of birthdays, no car cavalcades, luxurious September 2004 would soon be finalized. those who can confirm this. Not in the bouquets and super-expensive gifts,” Ms. BRUSSELS – Speaking at the special “There is greater optimism now on this media but through evidence in the Herashchenko told journalists. Ukrainian NATO-Ukraine summit in Brussels, issue,” he said. “I don’t think it’s a com- Procurator General’s Office” media on February 23 quoted the congrat- Romanian President Traian Basescu said plicated case,” Mr. Yushchenko told jour- (maidan.org.ua, February 16). ulatory birthday message Russian on February 22 that he hopes Moldova fol- nalists two weeks earlier. “The circum- Mr. Pavlovsky immediately President Vladimir Putin sent to President lows the examples of the democratic devel- stances are very specific, very obvious. denounced this new development. Yushchenko. “I highly appreciate the opments in Georgia and Ukraine, accord- The procurator general said yesterday that Channel 5, he argued, is a “minuscule results of [our] recent meeting in Moscow ing to a statement from the president’s they are narrowing the scope of the inves- untruthful television channel that oper- [on January 24] and the constructive char- office. Mr. Basescu also said that faster tigation” (Moscow Times, January 31). ates in the regime of propaganda and acter of relations that have been estab- internal reforms in Ukraine will result in While in Lviv Mr. Yushchenko revealed counter-propaganda” (Ukrainska Pravda, lished between ourselves,” Mr. Putin more intense cooperation between that that the tapes secretly recorded by the February 16). He claimed that the audio- wrote. “I expect that the continuation of country and Western institutions, especially Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) in one tape had been manufactured to inflame our direct dialogue will serve the develop- NATO. “The future of Ukraine is in the of former Prime Minister Viktor anti-Russian opinion and to be used as a ment of equal and mutually advantageous framework of the democratic community Yanukovych’s election headquarters con- bargaining chip with Russia over its Russian-Ukrainian cooperation in all of European nations,” the Romanian presi- tained incriminating evidence. One tape accusations of corruption against Prime spheres.” (RFE/RL Newsline) dent said. “Europe will be neither complete contains a conversation between a Russian Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. nor free until Ukraine, Moldova and the Security Service (FSB) officer in Moscow More information about the poisoning Course toward NATO is confirmed South Caucasus are anchored in the Euro- and an informant in Kyiv has slowly been released since President Atlantic community.” (RFE/RL Newsline) BRUSSELS – President Viktor (maidan.org.ua/static/news/1108574010.ht Yushchenko’s inauguration on January Yushchenko said at a session of the Russian foreign minister in Kyiv ml.Russian “political technologist” Gleb 23. One month earlier, the Viennese Ukraine-NATO Commission in Brussels on Pavlovsky, who worked for Mr. international clinic that had treated him February 22 that the recent political KYIV – Russian Foreign Minister Yanukovych’s “dirty tricks” squad, features concluded its tests and announced that changes in Ukraine open opportunities for Sergei Lavrov visited Kyiv on February prominently in the conversation. This par- the poison was dioxin. The international- 21, calling for the development of a strate- taking Ukraine’s relations with NATO to a ticular tape was passed to the Channel 5 ly recognized British science magazine gic partnership between the two countries, “qualitatively new level,” Interfax reported. investigative program “Zakryta Zona” Nature had already pointed to dioxin as Ukrainian media reported. “We face the Mr. Yushchenko stressed that the main task (Closed Zone), which aired it on December the likely toxin based on the damage need to develop a strategic partnership of the new Ukrainian government is to 23, 2004 (5tv.com.ua/pr_archiv/136/). A done to Mr. Yushchenko’s face under agreements reached between our bring the country’s political, socioeconomic transcript also has been posted on the (November 23, 2004). presidents,” Mr. Lavrov said in Kyiv, in an and defense systems to Euro-Atlantic stan- Maidan website. Four other factors are also now apparent reference to a 2003 accord on the dards. “We want every [Ukrainian] citizen The Kyiv FSB agent tells his Moscow known. Single Economic Space uniting Russia, to feel and see the advantages of these stan- FSB controller that Mr. Pavlovsky is “the • Source: Mr. Yushchenko revealed Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakstan. But the dards,” the president said. “This is precisely author of the idea – the author of the idea that the SBU knows the origins of the reaction of Kyiv, which is set to pursue the way we want Ukrainian society to reach and its organizer” (maidan.org.ua, more vigorous integration with Europe, (Continued on page 14) a full understanding of Ukraine’s European February 16). The Moscow FSB con- was reportedly wary and lukewarm. “If we future, which is inseparably linked to the are talking about a free-trade zone [within deepening of [the country’s] relations with the Single Economic Space], in principle the alliance.” (RFE/RL Newsline) Movement toward unification this would not cause any problems in Bush supports Kyiv’s course terms of our integration with the European Union or our membership in the World of pro-Yushchenko camp stalls BRUSSELS – U.S. President George Trade Organization,” Ukrainian Foreign W. Bush met with Ukrainian President Affairs Minister Borys Tarasyuk said. “If by Taras Kuzio Yushchenko was prime minister, but few Viktor Yushchenko in Brussels on we are talking about a deeper level of inte- Eurasia Daily Monitor national democratic parties would agree February 22, on the sidelines of a Ukraine- gration [with Russia], there could be prob- to a merger. Zerkalo Nedeli (January 29) Among the political goals announced NATO Commission session. “We want to lems.” President Viktor Yushchenko con- believes the problem lies in the fact that see Ukraine integrated into both the firmed to Mr. Lavrov that Russia is by Ukrainian President Viktor each party inside Our Ukraine wants to Yushchenko is a plan to unify the politi- European Union and the North Atlantic Ukraine’s “eternal strategic partner” but become the nucleus of the future unified alliance,” Reuters quoted Mr. Yushchenko also added, “It is important that relations cal parties that comprise the Our Ukraine party. Already parties are maneuvering bloc into a single political party as saying at a news conference after the with the East do not block our path to for that position. meeting. But the Ukrainian president also Europe.” (RFE/RL Newsline) (Ukrainska Pravda, February 13). Mr. Yurii Kostenko acted first by renaming Yushchenko signed a “declaration of exercised caution. “Let me say clearly that his wing of Rukh as the Ukrainian Russia is our strategic partner,” Mr. Lavrov on neighbors’ sovereignty principles” regarding a new Our Ukraine National Party (or People’s, as Narodna party (Ukrainska Pravda, January 21, Yushchenko added. “Ukraine’s policy on MOSCOW – Foreign Minister Sergei can be translated both ways), an attempt NATO is in no way directed against any February 2). Besides the Our Ukraine at imitating the European People’s Party, Lavrov told RTR on February 21 that members, the declaration was also aimed other country, including Russia.” Mr. Bush of which Our Ukraine is an associate referred to Ukraine’s recent political (Continued on page 22) at the Center parliamentary faction that member. The European People’s Party broke away from the pro-Leonid Kuchma unites center-right conservative and parliamentary majority in spring 2004. 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Ukraine’s new ministers proclaim ambitious goals to benefit people of Ukraine by Tatiana Matviichuk industry that would enable artists to support the Kyiv Shupyk Medical Academy of Post- He earned a master’s degree in public Special to The Ukrainian Weekly themselves. Graduate Education. In May 2004 Dr. administration at the University of North She also stressed the important role of Polischuk, 60, was awarded the Order of London in England in 1998. Prior to that he KYIV – Members of Ukraine’s new donors, non-governmental organizations Yaroslav the Wise. He is also recognized in majored in history at Taras Shevchenko Cabinet of Ministers have declared ambi- (NGOs), culture-supporting foundations and the science and engineering fields. National State University in Kyiv. He earned tious goals as part of President Viktor grants. Dr. Polischuk got the idea of surprise vis- a master’s degree in public administration Yushchenko’s efforts to provide Ukrainians Another goal is to establish a world-class its from Stanislav Nikolayenko, the new from the Ukrainian Academy of Public with a government more transparent and museum in Kyiv that would display minister of education and science. Mr. Administration in 1999. responsive to their needs. Ukrainian cultural treasures and history, Nikolayenko, 48, is president of the All- Viacheslav Kyrylenko, 36, a member of The ministers’ goals include establishing Minister Bilozir said. President Yushchenko Ukrainian Association of Workers of Our Ukraine, was named minister of labor a prestigious Ukrainian museum in Kyiv, demonstrated support for the museum dur- Professional Education. He holds degrees in and social policy. improving access to pharmaceuticals and ing a January tour of the vacant Arsenal fac- mechanical engineering and political sci- In the words of Prime Minister Yulia providing financial aid for pregnant women. tory, just opposite the Kyivan Caves ence, and is a candidate of the pedagogical Tymoshenko, this minister will be responsi- Among the most visible of the ministers Monastery (Pecherska Lavra). The goal is to sciences. ble to the people for everything. His priori- is the successful pop singer from western create a museum that draws international A member of the Socialist Party of ties are to provide the higher pensions prom- Ukraine Oksana Bilozir. Ms. Bilozir, 47, a recognition, such as the Louvre in France Ukraine, Mr. Nikolayenko is a second-term ised by the former government and to initi- member of the Our Ukraine coalition, holds and the Hermitage in Russia. national deputy in Verkhovna Rada and sec- ate government financial aid for births. the titles Honored Artist of Ukraine (1986) Before becoming minister, Ms. Bilozir retary of the parliamentary Committee on Another priority of social policy is to and People’s Artist of Ukraine (1994). was a member of the Verkhovna Rada’s Education and Science. During his first raise the minimal salary that is less than the At her first press conference as Committee on Foreign Affairs. She chaired week as minister, he visited schools in Kyiv minimal pension. “In our county we should Ukraine’s new minister of culture on the Shevchenko University department of and Kirovohrad without notice to talk to move from a policy of minimums to a policy February 22, Ms. Bilozir announced her culture and art. teachers and discuss new programs. of average salaries and average purchase first initiative: the establishment of a new Ms. Bilozir has no current singing During his first press conference Mr. power,” he said during his press conference. Department of Diaspora and International engagements, but said she plans to resume Nikolayenko defined his ministry’s priority In the Verkhovna Rada Mr. Kyrylenko Collaboration. her career in six months. as an innovative triad: education, science was first vice-chair of the Committee on Working in conjunction with the Ministry Mykola Polischuk, Ukraine’s new minis- and productivity. Among his first tasks, he Labor and Social Policy. He graduated from of Foreign Affairs, the department’s goal is ter of health, also has ambitious plans. He said, is to improve the quality of education the Shevchenko University of Kyiv in 1993 to establish cultural centers, or so-called told his ministry employees to expect in Ukraine within a European framework. with a bachelor’s degree in philosophy. “Ukrainian Houses,” for the Ukrainian dias- reforms that would include improved med- Minister Nikolayenko said he will push From 1993 to 1999 he headed the Molodyi pora around the globe, including the U.S. ical education and a free medical exam for for Ukraine’s participation in the Bologna (Young) Rukh. and Canada. The department will work to each Ukrainian citizen. Process, which will establish a European Rounding out the Cabinet are four more enhance the diaspora’s communication and As his first action as minister, Dr. Higher Education Zone by 2010. newly appointed ministers. support cultural needs, Ms. Bilozir said. Polischuk, a physician, investigated the Membership would guarantee that Ukrainian Minister of Environmental Protection Among the top priorities of her tenure, accessibility of pharmaceuticals, an issue diplomas, degrees and teaching qualifica- Pavlo Ihnatenko, 31, is a member of the Our Minister Bilozir said, will be the decentral- that is of deep concern to Ukrainians. On a tions would receive equal recognition in Ukraine coalition. In the Verkhovna Rada he ization of Ukrainian culture. At present, surprise visit to pharmacies on the Western European educational institutions. was a member of the Committee on Fighting many artists are detached or dislocated from Khreschatyk, Kyiv’s main boulevard, Mr. The Bologna Club is to consider Ukrainian Organized Crime and the Special Control their native regions because they have no Polischuk asked for a variety of drugs. He membership when it meets in Norway in Commission on Privatization. option other than traveling to Kyiv in order said he was disappointed with the high May. Fuel and Energy Minister Ivan Plachkov, to succeed, she said. prices for the most necessary medications, Minister Nikolayenko also brought up his 47, since 1995 had served as board chairman “(The artist) has to take himself from his some of which he wasn’t even able to find. discussions with Microsoft founder Bill and director general of the KyivEnerho environment, family, friends, home; to wrest “There is no effective regulation and Gates, in which he asked that Microsoft power company, which provides heat and himself away from his roots and go to Kyiv monitoring of drug accessibility and pricing refrain from cutting its educational programs electricity in Kyiv. In 1999, under Prime and show his skills, talent, society impor- in Kyiv,” Minister Polischuk said. “And in Ukraine, a move that the software giant Minister Valerii Pustovoitenko, he held the tance in absolutely unsuitable conditions,” what is going on in the regions?!” had been planning. post of fuel and energy minister. Ms. Bilozir explained. The law forbids pharmacies from increas- The youngest member of President Minister of Emergencies Davyd Zhvania, Instead, the ministry will try to foster cul- ing wholesale prices by more than 35 per- Yushchenko’s new Cabinet is 29-year-old 37, of the Our Ukraine coalition was born tural and artistic centers in regions through- cent. Nevertheless, some retailers double Yurii Pavlenko, the minister of family, chil- and educated in Tbilisi, Georgia. He has out Ukraine, she said. Rather than organiz- prices, Dr. Polischuk said, even on medi- dren and youth. lived in Ukraine since 1991, and most ing these centers in oblasts, the ministry will cines that can’t be substituted. Three days after his appointment as min- recently held the position of president of organize regions culturally and ethnically, These matters are typically under the ister, Mr. Pavlenko had to deliver a speech Brinkford Cons Ltd. said Ms. Bilozir. For example, Halychyna, stewardship of the Ministry of the Economy, on the improving children’s health and fur- Minister of Industrial Policy Volodymyr Zakarpattia, Slobozhanschyna, Crimea and but Dr. Polischuk said he wanted to provide ther development of the International Shandra, 42, a member of Our Ukraine, was Donbas would become designated cultural the impetus to begin the process of reform. Children’s Center Artek in Crimea. Mr. vice-chairman of the Verkhovna Rada regions to keep artists linked, the minister He noted that he has already met with phar- Pavlenko had urged such development long Committee on Industrial Policy. He served explained. maceutical companies to discuss possible before, as an Our Ukraine deputy. Now, as board chairman of the Slavuta factory. By 2006, Ms. Bilozir said she expects the ways of making drugs cheaper. preparing for a critical speech as a minister, * * * Ukrainian government will allocate 2 per- Since June 2002, Dr. Polischuk, a mem- Mr. Pavlenko said he “found himself on the cent of its budget to the Ministry of Culture ber of Our Ukraine, has headed the opposite side of the barricade.” Editor’s note: The first part of The and Art. It is currently given a low priority Verkhovna Rada’s Committee for Health Mr. Pavlenko was a member of the Weekly’s look at Ukraine’s new ministers and is supported largely by the remaining Care, Motherhood and Childhood. He holds Rada’s Committee on Youth Policy, Physical appeared in last week’s issue, which high- portion of the budget after other ministries a doctorate in medicine and is a member of Education, Sports and Tourism. A member lighted the ministers of foreign affairs, inter- receive their financing. the Academy of Medical Sciences of of Our Ukraine, Mr. Pavlenko is also vice- nal affairs, defense, economy, finance, trans- To address the lack of financing, Ms. Ukraine. president of the International Association of port/communications, justice and agrarian Bilozir said her ministry will develop a busi- At the time of the presidential election, Foreign Policy and a former chairperson of affairs, as well as the chief of the Security ness-oriented approach to the entertainment Dr. Polischuk was chief of microsurgery at the Union of Christian-Democratic Youth. Service of Ukraine.

Minister of Education and Science Minister of Family, Children and Youth Minister of Culture Oksana Bilozir Stanislav Nikolayenko Yurii Pavlenko Minister of Health Mykola Polischuk 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2005 No. 9 NEWS ANALYSIS: European Union FOR THE RECORD and Ukraine sign three-year Action Plan

by Ahto Lobjakas February 21, was careful not to offend U.S. statement on assistance to Ukraine RFE/RL Belarus and Ukraine Report his hosts’ sensibilities and refrained from restating the time frame. The European Union and Ukraine via NATO Partnership for Peace Trust Fund He praised the “friendly smiles” he Following is the text of a U.S. State and the environment and a potential pro- signed a joint Action Plan on February saw on February 21 and limited himself 21, laying the groundwork for political Department statement on the NATO proj- liferation risk. The four-phase project to comments about the reform challenge ect to destroy excess Ukrainian weapons will span 12 years and cost approximate- and economic reforms in the country facing the new government. over the next three years. Both sides stocks. The statement was delivered by ly $27 million in donor contributions. “I’ll tell you that one message that I’m department spokesman Richard Boucher The United States will lead Phase 1 of carefully avoided addressing the contro- getting to Brussels – now you have a versial issue of Ukraine’s long-term rela- on February 18. the NATO Trust Fund project, which will very responsible Ukrainian government, cost donors over $8.5 million. Ukraine tions with the bloc. Ukraine has made it you have very responsible partners, and clear it eventually wants to join the EU, The United States is pleased to will provide most of the operational and if we put our signatures on something, announce the launch of a NATO in-kind demilitarization costs. The proj- but there is currently little enthusiasm for there is no way we’re not going to deliv- the prospect among the bloc’s member Partnership for Peace Trust Fund project ect is due to start as soon as the spring of er it,” Mr. Rybachuk said. “So I would to help Ukraine destroy stockpiles of 2005. As the lead nation for Phase 1, the states. repeat, again, our commitment to this At a signing ceremony, EU and excess munitions, small arms and light U.S. will make an initial contribution of Action Plan.” weapons, and Man-Portable Air Defense $1,642,000. Ukrainian representatives agreed to make Mr. Rybachuk said if Ukraine “proves the most of the moment – and leave the Systems. This represents the largest part- The U.S. welcomes broader interna- itself” it could receive more concrete nership trust fund project ever undertak- tional support for the project, and will be really difficult questions for another day. offers, without specifying what those Jean Asselborn, the foreign minister of en by NATO, and responds to Ukraine’s working with potential donor countries might be. Mr. Rybachuk also said he request for help in eliminating 1.5 mil- and organizations, including outside the Luxembourg who currently chairs the EU “does not want to spoil” the relationship presidency, said the bloc is committed to lion small arms and light weapons, and Partnership for Peace framework. We with the EU by moving too fast. 133,000 tons of munitions. These stock- welcome early pledges of 400,000 supporting the “ambitious program of One EU official said privately after the political and economic reforms” piles, some of which date from the pounds from the United Kingdom and meeting that the bloc was very satisfied Soviet era, are a threat to public safety 240,000 euros from Norway. launched by the administration of with Mr. Rybachuk’s low-profile President Viktor Yushchenko. approach. Mr. Asselborn said the reforms will Diplomats say giving Ukraine an EU- open a “new perspective” in EU- membership perspective is not a popular Ukrainian relations. He said the EU idea among the bloc’s 25 member-states. Statement by government leaders offers immediate support to Ukraine, but Only Hungary, Poland and Lithuania he made it clear this will happen within fought – and failed – to upgrade the key the European Neighborhood Policy and reference in the February 21 EU foreign at North Atlantic Council meeting Below is the text of a statement issued NATO mission to assist in training Iraqi not with a membership perspective. ministers’ declaration to Ukraine’s mem- on February 22 by the heads of state and security forces, to hasten the day when “The European Union has underscored bership ambitions. It reads: “The EU governments participating in a meeting they can take full responsibility for the its commitment to support Ukraine at this acknowledges Ukraine’s European aspi- of the North Atlantic Council in Brussels. stability of the country and the security key moment – really a key moment – in rations and welcomes Ukraine’s its history,” Mr. Asselborn said. “We European choice.” This is a formulation of its citizens. We, the 26 heads of state and govern- have adopted an EU-Ukrainian Action used in situations where the EU wants to We remain firm in our commitment to Plan within the framework of the keep its options open. ment of the member-countries of the stability in the Balkans and see the future European Neighborhood Policy. The put- The ministers on February 21 North Atlantic Alliance, reaffirm the of this region firmly anchored in the ting into practice of this plan must start approved a 10-item list of additional late enduring value of the trans-Atlantic link, Euro-Atlantic community. NATO will immediately.” concessions to Ukraine, which is renew our commitment to collective maintain its strong presence in Kosovo Mr. Asselborn and other EU officials attached to the Action Plan. The country defense, and remain united in our com- and contribute to the U.N.-led political studiously sidestepped questions of is promised support in its bid to join the mitment to our shared security and com- process of building a multi-ethnic, peace- whether or when Ukraine might be able World Trade Organization, recognition as mon values of democracy, freedom, indi- ful and prosperous society. to join the bloc. They repeatedly pointed a market economy – which would help vidual liberty and the rule of law in The Mediterranean Dialogue and to the need first to see the Action Plan its exports – as well as extra funds. addressing today’s security challenges. Istanbul Cooperation Initiative are prov- put into practice. The plan will run over Diplomats say recent developments in Recent elections in Afghanistan, Iraq and ing effective tools in enhancing consulta- three years, and the EU has previously Germany caused one late hiccup as the the Palestinian Territories, as well as tions and developing mutually beneficial made clear it will not take a stand one list was finalized. The country’s foreign Ukraine have once again demonstrated, relationships and cooperation on com- way or the other until then. minister, Joschka Fischer, currently faces in diverse circumstances, that these val- mon security concerns with states of the President Yushchenko and other top accusations of complicity in long-term ues are shared in the aspirations of peo- Mediterranean and Broader Middle East. Ukrainian officials have, in recent weeks, visa fraud involving thousands of ple around the world. We welcome the recent positive develop- said the country hopes to start talks with Ukrainian citizens, among others. As a Afghanistan has turned an important ments in the dialogue between Israel and the EU on a closer relationship eventual- result, Germany forced a change in the corner in building a stable, democratic the Palestinian Authority and we expect ly leading to full membership, as soon as part of the text that refers to the possibili- and multi-ethnic state. In support of the they will benefit the whole region as well 2007. ty of easing EU visa restrictions vis-à-vis government, NATO is expanding its as those initiatives. Ukrainian Vice Prime Minister for Ukraine. It now mentions unspecified ISAF operation to the western part of We intend to develop further our European Integration Oleh Rybachuk, “security requirements,” the fulfillment Afghanistan and will provide additional strategic partnership with the EU. A who represented his country at the Action of which is an additional condition for forces for the forthcoming National stronger EU will further contribute to our Plan signing ceremony in Brussels on obtaining a visa. Assembly elections. We will continue the common security. We will enhance coop- expansion to the rest of the country, and eration with the United Nations and with enhance cooperation and coordination other international organizations in our with Operation Enduring Freedom, with common efforts. We will continue to a view to increasing synergy and better work closely with Russia, in the frame- integrating the two operations. work of the NATO-Russia Council, and The Iraqi people have shown enor- with our partners and friends to address mous courage in shaping their own future common threats to our security. at the election booth. Reaffirming Iraq’s We met with President [Viktor] sovereignty, unity, and territorial integri- Yushchenko and congratulated the people ty, we are united in our commitment to of Ukraine on their commitment to democ- support them and their newly elected racy and the rule of law. We pledged contin- government in their effort to build an ued support and welcomed their aspirations inclusive democracy and secure nation. for building a democratic and prosperous Consistent with UNSC Resolution 1546, all 26 Allies are contributing to the (Continued on page 17)

light weapons, as well as rocket-pro- Yushchenko tells... pelled anti-aircraft missiles called (Continued from page 1) MANPADs. The announcement was “open door policy” on entry to democra- made in a statement released over the cies that meet membership criteria, Internet on February 19. (See text of though he offered no date for Ukraine’s related U.S. statement above.) inclusion. According to the release, Ukraine had NATO also announced a Partnership requested assistance in eliminating European Community for Peace Trust Fund project that is 133,000 tons of munitions and 1.5 mil- José Manuel Barroso (right), president of the European Commission, receives meant to help Ukraine destroy stockpiles lion small arms and light weapons, many Viktor Yushchenko, president of Ukraine, on February 23 in Brussels. of surplus munitions, small arms and of which are stored in the open. No. 9 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2005 5

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Young UNA’ers Insurance Matters by Joseph Hawryluk

Whole life vs. term insurance Dear Osyp:

I have been seeing advertisements for term life and whole life. The premiums are quite different. Could you please explain?

– Mike

Dear Mike:

One way to look at these two very different types of policies is to think of the dif- ference between owning a home versus renting an apartment. Whole Life (permanent) insurance could be compared to “owning” your own home. The policy builds up cash value that can eventually be accessed for loans, to help you pay for a certain number of life insurance premiums, etc. It costs more for Zakhary Jawny Gawdiak, son of Yuri Nestor Michael Sokhan, son of Olga the same amount of insurance, but the premium never changes, and you have cover- Gawdiak and Lada Jawny Gawdiak of Jawny Sokhan and Oleh Lev Sokhan of age for your “whole life,” as long as you pay the premiums. Silver Spring, Md., is a new member of Rutherford, N.J., is a new member of Term life insurance can be compared to “renting” an apartment. It is “pure” insur- UNA Branch 134. He was enrolled by UNA Branch 134. He was enrolled by ance, with no build up of cash value. You have life insurance for a certain period of Volodymyr R. and Ulana M. Diachuk. Volodymyr R. and Ulana M. Diachuk. time (five or 10 years), as long as the premiums are paid. It is much less expensive. However, the premium increases as you get older (each five- or 10-year term), and it is only good up till age 70. After age 70 you have no more coverage. Just like home ownership, it is usually preferable to own a home rather than rent an apartment. And so with life insurance, if you can afford to purchase a whole life poli- cy, the benefits are greater. I hope this explanation helps.

– Osyp

Joseph (Osyp in Ukrainian) Hawryluk is an advisor on the UNA General Assembly, chairman of the Buffalo UNA District Committee and secretary of UNA Branch 360. He is also a New York State licensed agent. Readers may reach him at [email protected].

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NEWS AND VIEWS THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Bush and Putin, one-on-one 60th anniversary of SAIS

It was four years ago in Slovenia that George W. Bush looked into the eyes of and the future of Ukraine Vladimir Putin and claimed that he saw a leader he considered trustworthy. “I by Christine Hoshowsky moved forward along the path of greater looked the man in the eye. I was able to get a sense of his soul, a man deeply global freedom, prosperity and justice. committed to his country and the best interests of his country,” Mr. Bush said. It was my privilege to attend the 60th Today, America stands at the forefront This week, Presidents Bush and Putin met yet again, this time in Bratislava, the anniversary celebration of the School of of a new diplomatic age. The new diplo- capital of Slovakia. Their encounter, which lasted more than an hour, was said to Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at macy, as yet elusive, betrays the con- be their longest meeting with only interpreters present. The question is: What did the Johns Hopkins University on October tours of an ideology of “exclusivity.” President Bush see when he again gazed into the eyes of his good buddy Vladimir? 13, 2004. The anniversary program fea- “Exclusivity” as a structural dynamic Russia, of late, has had serious problems in meeting the basic standards of democra- tured a convocation on “Foreign Policy can be understood as a coalition of cy and in being a good neighbor on the international scene. A partial list of the Putin Challenges for the Next U.S. nations that stands tall against terrorism administration’s transgressions includes the questionable arrest of Yukos oil chairman Administration.” and accepts the principles of democracy Mikhail Khodorkovsky and the dismantling of his company; stringent control of the Sixty years ago, when SAIS was creat- and free market economics. Inherent in mass media; failure to pull Russian troops out of Georgia and Moldova; continued ed, the founders, Paul H. Nitze and this ideology is an ongoing realignment nuclear cooperation with Iran and missiles sales to Syria. Then, of course, there is Mr. Christen A. Herter, diplomats and states- of partners away from the traditional Putin’s unabashed meddling in Ukraine’s presidential election. That may yet turn out to men during the Cold War, understood the geo-political alliances of the past to a be much more than meedling, if recent allegations that Kremlin insider Gleb Pavlovsky need for preparing cadres of politically more fluid global mix of like-minded was the person who suggested poisoning Viktor Yushchenko turn out to be true. astute and well-educated individuals who nations which President George W. Bush Just two days before his tete-a-tete with Mr. Putin, Mr. Bush stated in Brussels: would serve the best interests of our dubbed the “Coalition of the Willing.” “We recognize that reform will not happen overnight. We must always remind nation in words and deeds, and lead us Membership in this coalition is volun- Russia, however, that our alliance stands for a free press, a vital opposition, the away from isolationism to international- tary and may shift on issues of trade, sharing of power and the rule of law, and the United States and all European coun- ism. To this purpose they dedicated the human rights, nuclear proliferation, ter- tries should place democratic reform at the heart of their dialogue with Russia.” School of Advanced International rorism, nation-building and territorial For his part, Mr. Putin has insisted that Russia has chosen democracy, Studies. disputes. Overtime the “Coalition of the Russian-style. In Bratislava he said democracy must be adapted to the reality of Sixty years ago when SAIS was estab- Willing” will gain momentum and grow. today’s life in Russia, taking into consideration “our traditions and history”; it is lished, the Allies led the charge against a When that happens, the ideology of “not the right thing to do” to compare which country has more democracy. fraying Nazi-Fascist coalition while, exclusivity will emerge as a policy of Mr. Bush countered with: “Democracies always reflect a country’s culture and simultaneously, they planned a new inclusion but, this time, with a decidedly customs... But they have certain things in common. They have rule of law and world order based on a policy of inclu- democratic, capitalist and humanitarian protection of minorities, a free press and a viable political opposition.” sion. Inclusion took the form of member- persuasion. Addressing Slovaks gathered in a Bratislava square, President Bush cited the ship in the United Nations. Post-World As in those keen moments of histories progress of democracy, praising the “Velvet Revolution” of 1989 that had put an War II super-power diplomacy, riveted past when mankind collided with destiny end to communism in Czechoslovakia. According to the BBC, he went on to state: on the free vs. the communist worlds, to forge new avenues of human expres- “In recent times, we have witnessed landmark events in the history of liberty: A could always find a staging area at the sion and reality, we are again engaged in Rose Revolution in Georgia, an Orange Revolution in Ukraine, and now a Purple United Nations. As 19th century colonial a fundamental change in man’s percep- Revolution in Iraq” (a reference to the voters’ ink used in Iraq’s recent election). empires collapsed in Africa, the subconti- tion of who he is and where he is going. The U.S. president also “seemed to fire a warning shot at Mr. Putin not to inter- nent of Asia and Southeast Asia, they Today, Ukraine and Iraq have center vene in other former republics as he had in Ukraine,” wrote Elisabeth Bumiller of were replaced by emancipated but strug- stage in this unfolding drama. The New York Times. “The democratic revolutions that swept this region over 15 gling Third World nations that quickly Poignantly, Paul Nitze chose to exit the years ago are now reaching Georgia and Ukraine,” Mr. Bush said, according to petitioned for membership to the U.N. theater only days following the gala cele- The Times. “In 10 days, Moldova has the opportunity to place its democratic cre- The Western Alliance, in the vanguard of bration honoring his achievement. No dentials beyond doubt as its people head to the polls. And, inevitably, the people internationalism, strengthened its bonds doubt he felt confident that his legacy of Belarus will someday proudly belong to the country of democracies.” with Japan, Taiwan, South Korea and, will prevail against the maelstrom. So, did the U.S. and Russian presidents see eye to eye in Bratislava? Judging by eventually, Red China, thus bringing Far With the lines of a panther and the the first reports about their meeting, which both sides described as open – while Asia into its fold. Finally, the collapse of musicality of angels, mankind surpasses President Bush used the dubious qualifier “frank” – the answer is: probably not. communism in Eastern Europe toward other species and reaches for the hand of So, the next logical question is: Will this meeting result in some needed cor- the end of the century led to a direct dia- God. Somewhere in the midst of this rectives in U.S. policy toward Mr. Putin’s Russia? We certainly hope so. It’s time logue and growing partnership with these dichotomy, between the physical and the that the grace period expired. newly independent nations that clamored metaphysical, reason embraces humanity for recognition and involvement in the with sufficient ardor to propel us forward global theater. to new vistas and opportunities and so to Feb. As we tapped the world body politic in garner a smile from long-slumbering favor of internationalism, the course of Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (philoso- Turning the pages back... inclusion came to an end. Third World pher and scholar, 1463-1494) and a nod from now departed Nitze. nations, many of them lacking in demo- Deans David M. Lampton and Jessica 29 cratic traditions and free-market ideology P. Einhorn, along with the faculty of threatened to tip the scales of world gov- SAIS, paid tribute to their predecessors 2004 It was just one year ago at this time that Ukraine’s two lead- ernance away from western sensibilities by engaging their guests in an academic ing – yet undeclared – candidates for president offered serious of liberty and justice to more provincial, pursuit with practical application. All criticisms of each other’s political intentions, wrote our Kyiv regional and national self-interests. At that remains to be done is to build on correspondent at that time, Roman Woronowycz. Both were this fork in the road, the United States speakers at an international conference on “Ukraine, Europe and the World.” Nitze’s legacy. It would be truly remark- together with its associates turned res- able, inspiring, edifying not to mention Viktor Yushchenko, head of Our Ukraine, was already the most popular politician in olutely against the axis of evil and Ukraine and was seen as certain to run for the presidency. He questioned the government’s heroic and prestigious for SAIS to open a initiative on a Single Economic Space with Russia, Belarus and Kazakstan, and its halting branch of its “university for diplomacy” steps towards European integration. He criticized the majority coalition in Parliament for Christine Hoshowsky Ph.D. of in Ukraine to serve the East European ramming through the first reading of a draft bill on amending the Constitution and the pro- Rochester, N.Y., is an alumna of Johns block of nations as they travel the road to presidential forces for taking control of the Rada by buying the allegiance of unaligned Hopkins University. She is also a mem- democracy, capitalism and full participa- deputies after Our Ukraine had received a majority of popular support in the elections. And, ber of the Shevchenko Society, and edu- tion in the global community. he called on the world’s leaders to keep a close eye on the upcoming presidential election. cation chair and historian of the Hope springs eternal. In this moment He also noted that state leaders and the government were suppressing press free- Rochester Ukrainian Group. in time, may it once again prevail. doms, pointing to control of the mass media through ownership of the largest broad- cast companies by individuals close to the state leadership and through news direc- tives sent to the major broadcasters from the presidential administration. Mr. Yanukovych emphasized the achievements of his government over the last two Weekly’s 2004 issues now online years, including strong economic growth and low inflation. He claimed that the parliamen- PARSIPPANY, N.J. – As of February 22, the full texts of the 2004 issues of tary elections of 2002 had laid the groundwork for the improved economic situation in the The Ukrainian Weekly are available online at www.ukrweekly.com, the newspa- country. “In 2002 a new system of government began to work. As the head of government, per’s official website. I could now count on both the president and the Parliament to support my work,” he said. The new addition was unveiled, as has become tradition, on the anniversary of While Mr. Yanukovych said he welcomed healthy political competition, he said he the founding of the Ukrainian National Association, the fraternal benefit society could not accept the “twisted form” of the current political opposition. “Our successes founded in 1894 that publishes The Weekly. would have been far greater if the political opposition had not blocked the work of the The 52 issues published in 2004 include 1,918 articles. Thus, The Weekly’s Ukrainian government,” said Mr. Yanukovych. “Under the slogan, ‘the worse, the bet- website now contains 16,424 full-text articles. ter,’ they question every move by the president or the government.” Unveiled in August 1998, The Weekly’s official website is dedicated to archival materials published in the newspaper since its founding in 1933. Source: “Yushchenko and Yanukovych square off at international affairs conference In addition, excerpts of the top news stories published each week during the in Kyiv,” by Roman Woronowycz, Kyiv Press Bureau, The Ukrainian Weekly, current year are available. February 29, 2004, Vol. LXXII. Vol. 9. No. 9 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2005 7 View from the PERSPECTIVES BY ANDREW FEDYNSKY Trembita Loungeby Taras Szmagala Jr. Changes in attitude Women who know their place There were four of us, sitting around a centuries-old inferiority complex and I don’t remember what President George work of building an empire. While doing table in the Trembita Lounge at shine as brightly as any country has ever Bush wore to the State of the Union so, she converted to Christianity and Soyuzivka. By now, we were on our sec- shone on the international stage. address this year, but it doesn’t matter. I brought Rus’ closer to Byzantium, the pre- ond round, and the conversation was get- The Orange Revolution has the poten- already know: a dark suit and a red or blue mier power of that time. ting animated. The topic? Could have tial to change the diaspora’s outlook as tie – not pink, lavender, green or peach. Ukrainian history also records Anna been one of any number. Maybe the well. (No, I don’t anticipate international And I didn’t have to look to know what Yaroslavna (1024?-1075), a Kyivan UNA. Perhaps the state of the Ukrainian observers at the next UNA convention, every other man had on that night; it’s what princess who ruled France for six years Church. Or Walter Duranty’s Pulitzer but, well, that’s a different story.) But if they wear in the British Parliament, the after her husband’s death until her son Prize, or saving Suzy-Q. In truth, it did- we take to heart the lesson our Ukrainian Japanese Diet, the Russian Duma, the Philip I came of age. In the 1500s, n’t really matter – the only thing I felt brethren have taught us – to focus on a German Bundestag and it’s what Viktor Roksolana (1505-1558), a priest’s daughter was an overwhelming sense of déjà vu. goal inspired by a worthy ideal – our Yushchenko wore to his inauguration in the from western Ukraine who had been taken “Here we go again,” I thought. “We’re community can accomplish great things. Rada. It’s what I wear when I go to into Ottoman slavery, used her intelligence about to embark on saving the world. Or And, in fact, it already is. Larger Washington: a dark suit and a subdued tie. and charm to become the exclusive wife of at least our community.” As a veteran of organizations such as the U.S. - Ukraine Men are so boring; except for the ones Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, who con- these discussions, I’ve discovered that Foundation, along with smaller ones, who wear ponytails and cowboy boots, sulted closely with her on affairs of state. they follow a predictable pattern: First, a such as the Orphans Aid Society, have that is: Hawaii’s Congressman Neil When literature became one of the few problem is identified. Then, blame is been doing their part to contribute to the Abercrombie and recently retired Sen. outlets for Ukrainian culture, women like assigned – perhaps to a group of commu- cause, and have been effective in their Ben Nighthorse Campbell. Sens. Daniel Marusia Churai (1625-1650), Lesia nity leaders, or faulty institutional struc- sphere of influence. Politically, we’ve Moynihan from New York and Paul Ukrainka (1876-1913), Marko Vovchok tures, or sometimes even an entire grown up, too: no longer are we Simon from Illinois wore bow ties, but (1834-1907), Olha Kobylianska (1863- nationality, generation or wave of immi- impressed by receiving presidential sadly they’ve both passed away. Which 1942) and Lina Kostenko (born 1930) gration. Finally, there’s the solution: proclamations – rather, organizations leaves everyone else: boring. helped to maintain the national identity and always blindingly obvious, if not easily such as the Ukrainian Canadian Congress Women, on the other hand, are infinite- sustained hope for a submerged people. achieved. and the Ukrainian Congress Committee ly interesting. Like men, they legislate and Today, women play a critical role in Conversations like these are oddly of America employ professional staff and govern, but also show creativity in how Ukraine’s development – Yulia addictive. Like the vodka tonics that so lobbying techniques to obtain concrete they look. And so, perusing the crowd of Tymoshenko and Katia Chumachenko often accompany them, they seem like a results from our government. (The per- senators and representatives, I noticed two Yushchenko, to be sure, but also Ohio’s good idea at the time. But the next morn- formance of these organizations during congresswomen who had their hair up in Marcy Kaptur, arguably Ukraine’s best ing, all one is usually left with is a December’s re-vote was particularly braids, wrapped around their heads like a friend in the U.S. House of Representatives headache. And if you have enough of impressive, as they managed to raise diadem. Wow, I thought: just like Yulia and New York’s Hillary Clinton in the these chats, you develop the feeling that funds and organize hundreds of volunteer Tymoshenko, Ukraine’s prime minister. Senate. Few of us operate at the level these Ukrainian society is endlessly swimming election observers in a few short weeks.) I don’t know whether the congress- women have achieved. Instead, we work at upstream, faced with an array of insur- The most encouraging phenomenon I women were consciously emulating a more ordinary level where most people mountable problems that may never real- noticed in the diaspora during the Orange Ukraine’s new prime minister or whether actually live. And that’s where the role of ly be solved. Revolution, however, was members of they even know who Yulia is, but her hair- women has been critical, starting with the For so many years, our community has the “new wave” of immigrants actually style became fashionable, just like freedom songs that mothers sing to their infants in been primarily reactive. In the U.S. and working hand-in-hand with activists and democracy and the color orange – the cradle and going on to the myriad activ- Canada, we have often been focused on from previous waves. Whether it be dur- Ukrainians didn’t invent any of those, but ities that make us what we are. ing the street protests in various North preserving the status quo, even as our they certainly showed the world how to put I’m not all that familiar with Ukraine, but American cities in November, or in com- changing community demographic has them to good use. Now the artist Christo is I know that here in America, if it weren’t for munity seminars and fund-raising ses- made some of our institutions less rele- bedecking Central Park in thousands of women, our community would cease to sions in December, the “Fourth Wave” vant. Further, until recently, the diaspo- orange-colored portals (though he calls the function. Women staff all the major organi- took a leading role and participated ra’s relationship with Ukraine has gener- color saffron). Coincidence? No. Orange is zations: Plast, SUM, dance classes, bandura alongside established community lead- ally been a rocky one, filled with misun- fashionable. Enjoy it while it lasts. school, pre-school, Saturday school, you ers. For the first time I can recall, I saw derstandings and disappointments on Late last year, by being resolute, honest name it. Hundreds (thousands?) of unsung “new wavers” interacting extensively both sides. Indeed, while being an and brave, Ukrainians briefly captured the heroines prepare varenyky every Friday to within community organizations – all American of Ukrainian descent is won- world’s imagination. And, with a flair for keep open the doors of their parishes and the focused on a goal inspired by a worthy style, Ukrainian women took center stage schools attached to them. Working in the derfully enriching, it can also be quite ideal. frustrating. in the drama and gave the revolution a kitchens at our summer camps, they feed So, as I sit back in my chair in the softer, more attractive look. More than one kids three-four times a day; organize golf Which makes the events of the past Trembita Lounge, my mind wanders few months all the more exhilarating. For commentator remarked about the beautiful outings, ski trips and every year in from the conversation at hand. I’m really young women who confronted young, the Orange Revolution not only changed December prepare a warm welcome for St. not thinking much of the many problems male riot police in Kyiv, slipping flowers Ukrainian political and civil society – it Nicholas. The list goes on and on: a woman facing our community. Instead, I prefer and slips of paper with their phone num- changed the entire outlook of a people. – Roma Hadzewycz – edits the newspaper to think of how wonderful it was to see bers into the policemen’s shields and pock- President Viktor Yushchenko’s victory you’re reading. Every week, her counterpart Ukraine’s president enchant an interna- ets, many of whom, I bet, wished they demonstrated to Ukrainians, and to the at Svoboda, Irene Jarosewich, does the tional audience on “60 Minutes.” I revel were on the other side. Nearby, on the big world, the power of ideas and idealism. same. Nadia McConnell runs the U.S.- in the knowledge that The New York screen, between bouncing around on stage Ukraine Foundation. Helen Kryshtalowych This, more than anything else, is what Times ran a series of front-page articles and singing the hits that won her the heads a prestigious law office in Kyiv. made the Orange Revolution the funda- on Ukraine which were largely accurate, Eurovision Entertainer of the Year award, All the above and many more are no- mentally significant event that it was. By and largely positive. I smile at the fact Ruslana was telling everyone what a great nonsense people who show up on sched- focusing on a goal inspired by a worthy that many new wavers perhaps realized time it was to be Ukrainian. ule, e-mail each other every day and move ideal, an entire nation was able to shed a for the first time the value of the political In America, you know you’ve made it children and the community up the ladder infrastructure that earlier Ukrainian when you’re on “Good Morning America” of achievement year by year. They wear Taras Szmagala Jr. is a Cleveland- Americans worked so hard to develop. or “60 Minutes.” Appearing on both shows, blue jeans and drive mini vans, but based attorney and third-generation And I admit to myself that I had not Katia Chumachenko Yushchenko, wife of Saturday evening, come to the dances Ukrainian American. In a desire to fol- given the new wavers enough credit for the new president, intelligently provided (zabavy, which they set up), wearing low in his grandfather’s footsteps (who their civic consciousness and love of historical as well as personal context for bright gowns, their hair done up in braids, was a columnist for The Weekly in the their homeland. what was happening. Impeccably playing curls and buns. Every year at debutante 1950s), he has promised the editor to How long will this positive momen- the role of mother to her children and first balls, our women rehearse the pretty girls stay out of the Trembita Lounge (or the tum last? It’s hard to tell. But at least for lady to the nation, she was cool, collected to line up straight, bow just so and hold functional Cleveland equivalent) long now, it seems as if we’re no longer and, of course, fashionably dressed. their bouquets at the appropriate angle. enough to get his monthly articles in on swimming upstream – or, perhaps the Historically, Ukrainian women have Now, I could have written this article, to time. The article above marks his new current has just subsided a bit. No matter. played a vital role, going back more than be sure, about the men who run Ukrainian column’s debut. Mr. Szmagala may be The view from the Trembita Lounge has 1,000 years to Queen Olha. Shrewdly play- affairs, without whom the community reached at [email protected]. gotten better, and I’m liking it. ing off the perception that as a woman, she would collapse. Still, at the risk of being had to be weak, Olha ruthlessly avenged blasted for noticing, I thought it needed to be her husband’s death at the hands of the said that Ukrainian women are not only Need a back issue? Derevliany tribe. Having destroyed her active, they’re fashionable, glamorous, in If you’d like to obtain a back issue of The Ukrainian Weekly, enemies, she then continued her husband’s many cases downright gorgeous, and a num- send $2 per copy (first-class postage included) to: Administration, The Ukrainian Weekly, ber are influential and powerful on a global 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. Andrew Fedynsky’s e-mail address is: stage. I’m glad all these women know their [email protected]. place. We’d be lost without them. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2005 No. 9

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

tion” is beyond laughable – it is offen- historian, Dr. Norman Finkelstein. The proposal at the 26th National Plast Myron Kuropas sive. “The United States pumped some congressmen have called on Northern Congress and have the delegates vote on $58 million into Ukraine during the past Illinois University to “renounce his the proposal. deserves thanks two years.” Please, Dr. Kuropas, isn’t it remarks” and to “re-evaluate” its associ- It is well-known that for some time Dear Editor: more like sprinkled instead of ation with Dr. Kuropas. The university, now Plast was being pressured by the Dr. Myron Kuropas deserves our con- “pumped”? The Clinton administration however, is holding firm in support of UCCA to become one of its members. gratulations on his past and present work “pumped” $200+ million per year. Dr. Kuropas. Apparently, some Plast members and on the Jewish-Ukrainian question, which George Soros personally “pumped” as even some members of the National Plast Council, are campaigning for this was noted in the January 30 issue of The much, if not more. Didn’t President Roman Golash move. This is a new phenomenon, which Ukrainian Weekly. He is, without a Bush’s inauguration cost approximately Palatine, Ill. is alarming and demands some serious doubt, A most important voice in the that amount? thought. Jewish-Ukrainian dialogue and relations President Bush’s reaction to the What is at issue? We are dealing here in the U.S. He demonstrated courage, recent events in Ukraine has been some- with actions that took place 25 years ago tenacity, perspicacity and logic in both what less than lukewarm. (Oh yes, he Spreading freedom at the 13th Congress of the UCCA. The spoken and written dialogue. By his cannot offend his soul mate Vladimir younger generation of senior Plast mem- demeanor he succeeded in obtaining sup- Putin.) Wasn’t President Bush one of the or something else? bers who at the time were just “yunaky,” port for the establishment of the U.S. last heads of state to congratulate Dear Editor: (under age 18) have little or no knowl- Commission on the Ukraine Famine President Yushchenko? Even then, he While the world anxiously wonders edge of what occurred at that convention. from David Roth of the American Jewish didn’t personally announce this – he had what kind of pitchfork President George That is why it is not only necessary but Committee. a spokesman do it. (Yes, that makes a W. Bush intends to use to spread free- critical to remind them of what did hap- It gives me great pleasure to thank difference!) The name “Viktor dom all over, he and some of his good pen at the time. him in the name of our Ukrainian Yushchenko” has never left President buddies are already claiming the Orange It was at the 13th Congress in 1980 American community and also our Bush’s lips – at least not in public. He Revolution as one of the accomplish- that 27 national organizations, members organization, Americans for Human mentioned Ukraine twice in his recent ments of this chore. On a TV talk show of UCCA, left it. The reason for these Rights in Ukraine. I am sure that many state of the union address – each time in on Sunday, January 23, Sen. John organizations leaving the UCCA was in people share my feelings. conjunction with other countries McCain of Arizona cited Afghanistan, reaction to blatant statutory and structur- The choice by the White House to (Afghanistan, Iraq, Palestine) – but never Iraq, Georgia’s Rose Revolution and the al violations. Until the 1980 convention, send him as a member of the U.S. dele- Ukraine by itself. ( Yes, that makes a dif- Orange Revolution to elucidate the presi- the posts of vice-presidents of the UCCA gation to President Victor Yushchenko’s ference! ) He mentioned Ukraine only in dent’s oracular vision of universal free- were in the hands of four fraternal organ- inaugural was appropriate and just. He dom being spread. a self-serving context, arguing that izations – the Ukrainian National earned it through many years of con- In his press conference on Wednesday, because of our actions people of Ukraine Association (UNA), the Ukrainian structive and beneficial study and work January 26, the president himself was elected this president. Fraternal Association (UFA), the in the field of education and human much less circumspect. Not once, but President Bush probably would like to Providence Association of Ukrainian rights. We wish him God’s blessings and twice, he neatly sandwiched the Orange take “much of the credit for the Orange Catholics and the Ukrainian National Aid many more years of productive work in Revolution between Afghanistan and Iraq Revolution,” but the credit belongs to the Association. The top UCCA posts were the Jewish-Ukrainian dialogue, since as peaks of the brilliant triumph of his people of Ukraine, those many hundreds held on a rotational basis by these four much work needs to be done and foreign policy. He, incidentally, mispro- of thousands who stayed in the cold, the organizations. The 1980 congress negat- because, due to its painful nature, it has nounced Viktor Yushchenko’s last name Supreme Court that ruled for fairness ed this rotational principle and elected a been generally shunned, ignored and and referred to Ukraine as “the Ukraine”: and justice, the soldiers and officers who permanent vice-president. neglected by the leadership of our com- I guess that Condie was too busy dodging refused to go against their own people, In 1983, 19 out of the 27 member- munity and academia. bullets somewhere else to coach her boss the political leaders and also Mr. organizations that left the UCCA formed I hope Dr. Kuropas does not get on that faraway land and its new leader. Yushchenko himself. a new national umbrella organization – deterred by spiteful and ignorant com- How the president intends to explain The credit belongs to Ukrainians in the Ukrainian American Coordinating ments from individuals, newspapers and to his good buddy Vladimir Putin the evi- Ukraine, with some help from abroad. To Council (UACC), while the other eight organizations that thrive on fomenting dent implication that Ukraine was as suggest otherwise offends them and organizations, including Plast, remained hatred and revenge without consideration oppressed under Vlad’s own flunkies as should offend those Ukrainian neutral, belonging neither to the UCCA for innocent victims who have suffered Afghanistan was under the Taliban and Americans whose heart is still with our nor the UACC. As of now, only one because of these blind and venomous Iraq under Saddam is his business. It is, homeland. organization from the UACC, the vendettas. We are all behind him, even however, very much our business – the Ukrainian National Association, has when we lack the courage to say so. We urgent business of the Ukrainian diaspora George Popel decided to be a member of both the wish him good luck and success in his in America – to put a stop to this cynical Monmouth Junction, N.J. UCCA and the UACC. future endeavors. exploitation of the triumph of the will of the Ukrainian people. (It is interesting, All attempts during the past years to settle the conflict have been unsuccess- Bozhena Olshaniwsky incidentally, that the only authentic indi- ful. During this time, Plast has been gov- Newark, N.J. vidual in the president’s medicine show, Kuropas: defender Colin Powell, addressed his Ukrainian erned by a binding resolution; as long as there are two central organizations, Plast The letter-writer is president of audience in this way; but then, Secretary will remain neutral. Americans for Human Rights in Ukraine. of Ukrainian name Powell has been put out to pasture.) Dear Editor: The good buddies in the White House Plast is a non-political and non- Congratulations to The Ukrainian must explain in detail how they accom- denominational entity and cannot belong Weekly for defending Dr. Myron plished, or even aided, the miracle of the to any organization that is political. Such Orange Revolution Kuropas. The editorial was phenomenal Orange Revolution, and what in the crucial matters as whether Plast should and the article by Dr. Bohdan Vitvitsky world it has to do with the unholy mess be a part of a larger organization is the was great. The statement written by Dr. they have concocted in Iraq and prerogative of the Supreme Plast Council and George Bush Kuropas was well done, concise and all- and the Supreme Plast Rada, where these Dear Editor: Afghanistan. It is indispensable to keep inclusive. This may satisfy the critics, questions can be considered, debated and I would like to congratulate Dr. pointing out that instead of spreading but I doubt it. brought for a vote at a Plast congress. Myron Kuropas on his selection to the new freedom, President Bush keeps Dr. Kuropas is a staunch anti- shoveling good old horse manure. Therefore, I am sincerely sorry to see official U.S. delegation to the inaugura- Communist who believes in the princi- that the younger generation of “seniory,” tion of President Viktor Yushchenko. I ples of democracy and self-determina- Bohdan Rubchak who hold responsible positions in the rejoice with him, as well as with all tion. His lifelong activism centered on Chicago Plast leadership, having the best inten- Ukrainian Americans over the magnifi- building bridges between communities. tions but not familiar with the whole pic- cent events that took place in Ukraine When some quarters stated that ture, are naively susceptible to the per- over the past two to three months. “Ukrainians are guiltier than the Nazis suasions of agitators who exploit their Many of us sympathize with Dr. for the Holocaust,” Dr. Kuropas was Plast and UCCA: lack of full knowledge. As a result, I see Kuropas with respect to the somewhat there to defend the name of Ukraine by proposals put forth that may have very unfair criticism he has recently received. explaining historical realities. When ele- consider the issues bad consequences and may greatly dam- But to intertwine his personal situation ments of our society decided to cast col- Dear Editor: age Plast. with the events that occurred in Kyiv is lective guilt on Ukrainians, Dr. Kuropas I was moved to write this article after inappropriate. “This entire tawdry affair was there to reply with historical expla- reading the letter that the National Plast Dr. Roman Baranowskyj had one purpose: smear president Bush,” nations. When John Demjanjuk was Council (KPR) of the United States Kerhonkson, N.Y. writes Dr. Kuropas (February 6). accused of being “Ivan the Terrible,” Dr. wrote to the National Plast Command in Equating criticism of Dr. Kuropas with Kuropas was there to defend the man as the United States on September 10, The Ukrainian Weekly welcomes letters criticism of the president is presumptu- innocent unless proven guilty. 2004, and which was read at the meeting to the editor and commentaries on a vari- ous. President George W. Bush has pre- Most recently, Congressmen Rahm of the Plast branch heads on September ety of topics of concern to the Ukrainian American and Ukrainian Canadian com- sented us with a wealth of material for Emanuel (D-Ill.) and Henry Waxman (D- 25-26, 2004. In this letter, the KPR pro- which we can criticize him – we certain- munities. Opinions expressed by colum- Calif.) accused Dr. Kuropas of anti- poses that during their meeting the nists, commentators and letter-writers are ly don’t need Dr. Kuropas. Semitism by stating that Dr. Kuropas stanychni consider the matter of Plast their own and do not necessarily reflect the Dr. Kuropas’s claim that “much of the said “Big money drives the Holocaust becoming a member of the Ukrainian opinions of either The Weekly editorial credit for the Orange Revolution, of industry.” Dr. Kuropas never made that Congress Committee of America staff or its publisher, the Ukrainian course, belongs to the Bush administra- statement – it was made by an American (UCCA), continue the discussion of this National Association. No. 9 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2005 9

FOR THE RECORD Committee to Protect Journalists appeals to Yushchenko NEW YORK – The Committee to and 2004. They include the slayings of Deutsche Welle and Radio Free media outlets. We also urge you to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on Vladimir Ivanov of Slava Sevastopolia, Europe/Radio Liberty. remove the officials involved in the pro- Ukraine’s new president, Viktor in Sevastopol in April 1995; freelance One influential agency, the National duction and distribution of temnyky Yushchenko, to ensure vigorous and journalist Igor Hrushetsky in Cherkasy in Council for Television and Radio under Kuchma’s tenure. impartial investigations into the unsolved May 1996; Borys Derevianko of Broadcasting, issued private broadcast While Kuchma’s government used slayings of several Ukrainian journalists, Vechernyaya Odesa in Odesa in August licenses and monitored regulatory com- numerous harsh and repressive methods including the 2000 murder of investiga- 1997; and Igor Aleksandrov of Tor TV in pliance in a secretive, politicized manner. to control the independent media and tive reporter Heorhii Gongadze. Slaviansk in July 2001. State-owned broadcast media such as the suppress critical voices, we are hopeful In a letter sent on January 21 to The most egregious was the national television station UT-1 operated that your election has signaled a clean President Yushchenko, CPJ Executive September 2000 abduction and murder of as political party media outlets, serving break with the past. Director Ann Cooper urged the country’s Heorhii Gongadze, editor of Ukrainska the interests of influential politicians Your government’s media policies will new leader to bring an end to the politi- Pravda, an online publication that report- rather than the country’s citizens. have great impact on the future of cized use of courts and government agen- ed on government corruption. Government agencies used politicized Ukraine. In the short term, these policies cies to suppress free expression. CPJ also No single crime during Kuchma’s tax, fire, and safety inspections to punish could enrich news coverage and elevate called on Mr. Yushchenko to halt all tenure did more to sow fear and self-cen- media outlets in retaliation for critical political debate. In the long term, these forms of state censorship, including the sorship among journalists than print and broadcast reporting. policies could greatly enhance your gov- weekly editorial instructions called “tem- Gongadze’s killing and its aftermath. The We call on you to ensure that these ernment’s ability to implement promised nyky” that were sent to the press during government blatantly obstructed the agencies are reformed, and that they halt reforms and to qualify for membership in the previous administration. police investigation by intimidating wit- the harassment and obstruction of the NATO and the European Union. By mov- “Former President Leonid Kuchma’s nesses, tampering with evidence and sup- independent media. We further urge you ing decisively to rectify past injustice decade of corrupt and authoritarian rule pressing credible allegations that to remove the officials who obstructed toward the media, Your Excellency will was marked by government harassment, Kuchma may have ordered the killing. the work of the media. contribute immeasurably to a new and intimidation and suppression of the inde- This culture of impunity sent a shocking End all forms of state censorship: truly democratic Ukrainian society. pendent news media,” Ms. Cooper wrote message to the world of Kuchma’s indif- Government officials in Kuchma’s presi- In your January 25 address to the in her letter to Yushchenko. Most alarm- ference to press freedom and the rule of dential administration began distributing Parliamentary Assembly of the Council ing, she noted, was the government’s law. CPJ continues to investigate the secret editorial instructions called “tem- of Europe in Strasbourg, France, you failure to properly investigate the work- murders of a number of other journalists. nyky” (short for weekly themes) by fax stated that “the Ukrainian government related murders of Gongadze and at least Further, the criminal justice system and e-mail to influential television sta- will work to ensure … real freedom of four other independent journalists was regularly misused to suppress inde- tions and newspapers in the months speech and improvement of the situation between 1995 and 2004. pendent news reporting. Judges routinely ahead of Ukraine’s March 2002 parlia- with the media,” the independent Kyiv Ms. Cooper noted that the government ruled against journalists and media out- mentary elections. The documents television station 5 Kanal reported. You obstructed the police investigation into lets in politicized court cases initiated by instructed media executives and man- further said: “I also believe it is my the Gongadze case “by intimidating wit- government officials in reprisal for criti- agers to provide positive coverage of moral duty to provide maximum assis- nesses, tampering with evidence, and cal news reports. In October, for exam- Kuchma and the ruling Social tance to the investigation of the suppressing credible allegations that ple, courts in Kyiv froze the bank Democratic Party, to discredit critics and Gongadze case and other high-profile [President Leonid] Kuchma may have accounts and revoked the broadcasting to deny coverage to opposition politi- investigations of violence against jour- ordered the killing. This culture of license of the independent television sta- cians. Despite having been exposed by a nalists and to bring the culprits to jus- impunity sent a shocking message to the tion 5 Kanal after a pro-government member of Ukraine’s Parliament in tice.” world of Kuchma’s indifference to press member of Parliament filed a defamation September 2002, the administration con- We are encouraged by your stated freedom and the rule of law.” complaint against the station’s owner. tinued distributing temnyky throughout commitment to improving the press free- CPJ is a New York-based, independ- Police and prosecutors also consistent- most of 2004. dom climate in Ukraine, and we welcome ent, non-profit organization that works to ly failed to investigate and prosecute We call on your new government to a constructive dialogue with your gov- safeguard press freedom worldwide. individuals who threatened, intimidated halt the use of temnyky and all other ernment about media reforms. Thank you and attacked journalists reporting on sen- forms of direct and indirect control over for your attention to this important mat- * * * sitive issues. Unidentified men beat the editorial policies of independent ter. We await your response. Following is the text of CPJ’s letter to Yevgeny Savchenko, a correspondent for President Yushchenko. the newspaper Luganchane in the city of Luhansk, when he tried to prevent them Your Excellency: from taking another journalist’s video The Committee to Protect Journalists camera at a local campaign rally on Historical archives in Khmelnytskyi is heartened by your stated commitment November 29, 2004. Assailants also beat to improve the poor press freedom cli- reporter Anna Nizkodubova while she receive specialized equipment from U.S. mate in Ukraine. There is much to be tried to telephone her editors at the Embassy of the United States Ukraine from the Ambassador’s Fund for remedied – and many benefits to be Ukrainian News Agency to file a story Cultural Preservation. A grant of $17,760 gained – as your administration ushers in from the same rally, according to local KYIV – On behalf of the United States was awarded in 2002 to help preserve what is widely hoped to be a new demo- press reports. Embassy, Public Affairs Counselor Janet and promote Crimean Tatar culture cratic era. Politicians and government officials Demiray officially donated specialized though collection and digitalization of Former President Leonid Kuchma’s are at the center of public debate in a equipment and supplies worth more than ancient songs, historical manuscripts and decade of corrupt and authoritarian rule democratic society and, therefore, must $27,000 to the Oblast State Historical handicrafts. This grant is the latest step in was marked by government harassment, tolerate public scrutiny and criticism. A Archives in Khmelnytskyi on January 21. the longstanding relationship between the intimidation and suppression of the inde- criminal justice system indifferent to vio- The equipment will be used to assist the United States and Khmelnytskyi Oblast. pendent news media. Most alarming lent attacks on the media undermines the Archives in conserving thousands of his- Petro Yakovych Slobodaniuk, director were the unsolved murders of several free and open expression that is essential torical documents damaged in the fire that of the State Historical Archives of journalists, which together created a cul- to democracy. swept through a storage facility in Khmelnytskyi Oblast, accepted the gift ture of lawlessness and self-censorship. We call on you to do everything in Kamianets-Podilskyi in spring of 2003. on behalf of his organization. Also pres- Further, the previous government’s your power to ensure that the Gongadze Purchase of the equipment was made pos- ent was Yurii Kulinich, head of the Union assault on the independent press limited case and the other cases of murdered sible by a grant from the Ambassador’s of Archivists of Ukraine, and over 40 pluralism and squelched public debate of journalists are aggressively and impar- Fund for Cultural Preservation, a program directors of oblast archives, heads of con- presidential policies. These develop- tially investigated and prosecuted. We of the U.S. Department of State that sup- servation departments of archives and ments jeopardized Ukraine’s stability and further urge you to remove those officials ports preservation of cultural heritage in museums from all parts of Ukraine. prosperity; without a free press to pro- responsible for the politicized use of the countries around the world. The In connection with the grant of the mote accountability, the country’s weak justice system, and to institute systemic Khmelnytsky Archives project was one of leafcasting machine, U.S. specialists judiciary, corrupt bureaucracy, and unac- reforms to promote justice for all citi- only 50 projects to receive funding in fis- Peter Mecklenburg, head of the Museum countable police and security forces zens, including journalists. cal year 2004. Services Corporation, and Frank resisted necessary democratic reform. Reform the politicized regulation of The equipment – a leafcasting Mowery, head of conservation at the We urge you to consider three vital the media: State regulation of the private machine, vacuum table and accessories Folger Shakespeare Memorial Library in steps as your government, along with media was highly politicized during manufactured by Museum Services Washington, traveled to Khmelnytskyi to Parliament, formulates reforms to Kuchma’s tenure. Private broadcast Corporation in Minnesota – will be used install the equipment and train archives enhance democracy and begin Ukraine’s media, the primary source of news for by the Archives staff to stabilize and staff and other local specialists in its use. integration with pan-European institu- most Ukrainians, was tightly controlled strengthen fragile historical documents * * * tions. The emergence of a fully inde- with nearly all influential television and damaged by fire and water, enabling them pendent press is central to this process. radio stations in the hands of the oli- to be preserved for study and research The U.S. Embassy is currently accept- Eradicate the culture of impunity and garchs who supported Kuchma. The gov- now and for many years to come. ing proposals for the new round of grants the misuse of the criminal justice system: ernment harassed and often closed broad- Mrs. Demiray noted that the U.S. under the Ambassador’s Fund for Police, prosecutors and courts have failed cast media that criticized government Embassy was pleased to be able to assist Cultural Preservation. Interested parties to properly investigate and prosecute the policies, provided news coverage of the in saving priceless documents reflecting can get more information on the program work-related murders of at least five political opposition or broadcast news the history of this multi-ethnic region of at: http://web.usembassy.kiev.ua/edu- independent journalists between 1995 from foreign outlets such as the BBC, Ukraine. This is the second grant to cult_cultural_eng.html. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2005 No. 9 Bill in New Jersey targets criminal human traffickers TRENTON, N.J. – Theodore J. Prosecutor Romankow, Assembly- in to intervene and develop evidence New Jersey. After Prosecutor Romankow Romankow, the chief law enforcement woman Stender and Assemblyman Cohen against those behind such illegal schemes. reviewed the proposed bill and recommend- officer for Union County, N.J., praised a appeared in the latter part of 2004 in Trenton The prosecutor said there is a federal ed changes based on what he had learned at bill recently introduced in the New Jersey before the Assembly Judiciary Committee to law, known as the “Trafficking Victims the summit in Tampa, a revised bill was co- Assembly by Assemblywoman Linda testify about the types of involuntary servi- Protection Act of 2000,” that provides for sponsored by Assemblyman Cohen.” Stender (D-Union) that would allow state tude that can include labor trafficking and swift and certain prosecution of those who “Victims of human trafficking, some- prosecutions of criminal human traffickers. sex trafficking, particularly immigrants from import or enslave foreign citizens for the times very young children, are exploited The measure is co-sponsored by Assembly Russia, Ukraine, Mexico, El Salvador and purpose of involuntary servitude. There and forced to work under horrible condi- Members Neil Cohen (D-Union), Upendra some South American countries. have been 110 prosecutions at the federal tions or even sent out as prostitutes and Chivukula (D-Somerset), Linda Greenstein Mr. Romankow described for legisla- level in the past three years, a threefold then isolated, threatened and forced to (D-Middlesex) and Jerry Green (D- tors the terrible ordeal faced by young increase over the past three years. turn over money to these criminals,” Middlesex). female teenagers from Mexico who were “Although tougher federal laws were Assemblyman Cohen said. “Evidence The bill passed the Assembly and on lured into the United States with a prom- enacted in 2000 and 2003, these laws do not suggests that many victims come into the February 3 was released by the Senate ise of jobs, schooling and a better life go far enough and there is no real state country legally on work visas, only to Judiciary Committee. It is now poised for only to find themselves forced to work as statute in New Jersey covering such offens- find themselves forced into jobs as a vote by the full Senate. prostitutes in a brothel in Plainfield. es,” said Assemblywoman Stender. “This “These traffickers in human life “This problem prompted me to issue a prompted me to introduce such a law in (Continued on page 15) exploit immigrants by forcing them work public alert as well as set up a strategy for as laborers, go-go dancers or prostitutes” future investigations,” said Mr. Romankow, said Prosecutor Romankow. the only prosecutor from New Jersey who The bill (A-2730/S-1848) would cre- attended a nationwide law enforcement ate two new first-degree crimes: involun- summit on “Human Labor Trafficking” in Mass mailing of postcards strives tary servitude and human trafficking. Tampa given by the Civil Rights Division Both crimes would be included in the of the U.S. Department of Justice. state’s racketeering statute, and would be Robert T. Buccino, chief of detectives to gain support for restitution bill OTTAWA – In conjunction with the promotes education and tolerance. punishable with prison sentences of 30 at the Union County Prosecutor’s Office, Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties “The debate on my legislation will years to life. In addition, convicted indi- said additional training will be provided to Association, Member of Parliament Inky continue in March. A vote will be held. If viduals would be subject to confiscation police officers from throughout the county Mark, (Dauphin-Swan River-Marquette) approved, my bill will go to a parliamen- of all property or other money used in or to help them recognize the signs of invol- tary committee for review and recom- gained through perpetration of the crime. untary servitude and trafficking and move in mid-February mailed out 10, 000 post- cards to households identified as having mendations,” MP Mark explained. “Then the same or similar surnames to those of it will be sent back to the House for third UKRAINIAN LITERATURE: A JOURNAL OF TRANSLATIONS 8,000 European immigrants unjustly reading and a final vote. If approved, it interned during World War I. will be sent to the Senate, where it will Vol.1, 2004 (ISSN 1552-5372, 262 pages) “The purpose of the postcard is to urge repeat the same process followed in the Canadians to contact their member of House of Commons.” $20.00 plus $3.00 shipping & handling. Parliament to express their support for “It is important for Canadians to Available from the publisher my Private Member’s Bill, C-331,” Mr. express their support to their members of Mark explained. Parliament and encourage them to also Shevchenko Scientific Society, Inc. Bill C-331, also known as the support the passage of Bill C-331. The 63 Fourth Avenue Ukrainian Canadian Restitution Act, calls unjust internment of thousands of for the federal government to acknowl- Ukrainian and Eastern European New York, NY 10003-5200 edge and provide restitution for those Canadians by the Canadian government Tel.: (212) 254-5130 who were unjustly imprisoned during the is a bleak moment in our history. It is Fax: (212) 254-5239 e-mail: [email protected] first world war. Any funds coming from time for our government to recognize this the federal government for restitution historic injustice and provide the resolu- would be used to create a foundation that tion it deserves,” Mr. Mark underscored. No. 9 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2005 11 Ukraine’s east and west celebrate Christmas together Religious Information Service of Ukraine “This event unites us strongly,” said Organization of Ukrainian Patriots to following an initiative by the regional Ira Kulchytska, one of the organizers of greet guests from Ukraine’s eastern and organization of Rukh (the National LVIV – “Christmas Together,” an all- the event. “I am certain that this year our southern regions in Lviv. The organiza- Movement of Ukraine). In addition to Ukrainian event supported by thousands common Christmas Eve supper will help tion is headed by Hanna Semeniuk, who Protestant pastors, priests of the of inhabitants of Ukraine’s western the students from the east to comprehend explained that the reconciliation of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv regions concerned about attempts to arti- the spiritual majesty of Christmas, and to west and the east is something extraordi- Patriarchate and the Ukrainian ficially split the country, was held on get to know the Christmas customs and nary. It is a continuation of the spirit of Autocephalous Orthodox Church also January 6 to 9. Lviv and other far west- traditions still preserved in our parts.” the maidan. This spirit will spread over participated. ern regions of Ukraine were the main all of Ukraine. Separatist claims have no Oleksander Malytskyi, assistant head centers of the event, though the southern The members of a dance ensemble from Kryvyi Rih in Ukraine’s ground, for the people are one in grief of the Mykolaiv regional organization of region of Mykolaiv also participated. and in feasting.” Rukh, said he is convinced that this Lviv hosted over 2,000 people in the Dnipropetrovsk region also came to Lviv. Halyna Burlak, a member of the ensem- A common celebration of Christmas year’s Christmas signals “a change of an course of the event, which was organized was organized in Mykolaiv, following an era in Ukraine.” following an initiative by the Lviv ble, said Christmas 2005 was special: “We have seen a lovely Christmas Eve, a initiative of the Union of Protestant “A new era is arriving, not only of Council of Rectors of Higher Educational Churches. Vertep performances by vari- hope, but of achievement, an era of a Establishments. Some 500 high school wonderful vertep. We visited the Ukrainian Catholic University, our hosts. ous Christian churches were organized in new Ukraine that will be a leader in and university students from Kharkiv Europe. Enthusiasm and the desire to It is amazing that the traditions are pre- the city’s shipbuilders’ palace, and every- alone celebrated Christmas in Lviv. one prayed for Ukraine. work for this new Ukraine have emerged served. In Kryvyi Rih today we don’t The young people who arrived from A ceremonial Christmas inter-Church in the people. This Christmas will start a have such beautiful holidays any more. eastern Ukraine experienced more than roundtable took place on January 8 in new year and a new era for a new We have learned Christmas carols. Now just celebrating Christmas Eve with local Mykolaiv’s Vereshchagin Art Museum, Ukraine,” he commented. families. They were also presented with we know what a vertep is, how to cele- an interesting program by the Ukrainian brate Christmas.” According to Ms. Catholic University (UCU). The guests Burlak, the people of Ukraine have expe- took part in religious services, saw rienced the country’s unity thanks to the Kyiv rediscovers Ukraine’s vertepy (traditional Ukrainian Christmas event. pageants), and visited museums. Several young Crimean Tatars also The UCU’s students and professors came to Lviv. “For us Muslims, Isa ancient Christmas traditions organized presentations of the universi- [Jesus] is a prophet, a holy man, so we Religious Information Service of Ukraine Iryna Haniukova, head of the museum’s ty’s various programs and projects. The too honor his birth,” said Elzara excursion bureau, said that “for the organizers of “Christmas Together” said Abduramanova, a staff member of the KYIV – A special Christmas celebra- museum’s employees, this is not a play, they believe that celebrating together is Crimea Development and Integration tion was held on January 7 in the national but real life.” the best implementation of the slogan Program. “Apart from that, it promotes park near Kyiv, where the Museum of “For decades we have been living in that emerged on Kyiv’s Independence our unity with the people of Ukraine,” Popular Architecture and the Life of an atmosphere of Ukrainian religious tra- Square during the Orange Revolution: she added. Ukraine operates. Original Ukrainian ditions and life, so for many employees, “East and West are together!” Much was done by the activists of the wooden and clay huts of the mid-15th to the feasting after the pre-Christmas fast early 20th centuries are situated there on season is customary,” Ms. Haniukova several acres of land. In addition, the said. Office of the Mayor of Kyiv encouraged The museum’s workers, dressed in tra- UUARC programs promote a renewal of Christmas celebrations. ditional men’s mantles and embroidered “We aren’t simply recreating the shirts, invited visitors to join them at the Ukrainian holy day traditions image of how the Ukrainian village cele- tables. brated religious holidays, but are also try- The Kyiv Mayor’s Office also was PHILADELPHIA – During the 2004- were greeted by Dr. Andrij Dyda, direc- ing to renew the traditions of our ances- involved in celebrating Christmas. 2005 Christmas season, in spite of all the tor of the UUARC’s Lviv office, and tors, so that today’s generation does not Performances by dance groups from five excitement of the Orange Revolution, the taken to the dormitories at Lviv School forget its roots,” said Tetiana Chuiko, the regions of Ukraine were organized in United Ukrainian American Relief No. 102. museum’s ethnographer. downtown Kyiv. The Mayor’s Office Committee (UUARC) quietly continued The students visited many sites of The employees of the museum organ- also organized traditional plays on the its efforts to unite the people of eastern interest in Lviv and vicinity: Skole, ized a true Ukrainian “vertep,” or tradi- city’s main streets and distributed gifts to and western Ukraine. Olesk Castle, Pochaiv, the Lviv Opera, tional Christmas pageant, and a tradition- children until the feast of Christ’s Thanks to the efforts of Vira Prinko, the theater and the circus. In the evenings al Ukrainian feast in the ancient houses. Baptism on January 19. the director of the UUARC’s Kyiv office, they were able to socialize with their children in eight internat-schools in the peers. Their favorite evening activity, Mykolaiv and Kherson oblasts received however, was the Holy Supper on gifts from St. Nicholas. In addition to Christmas Eve. The children were sweets and practical gifts, such as warm thrilled with the Christmas customs and Number of religious organizations gloves and hats, all the students also touched by the kindness of strangers in received a copy of Olha Mak’s book Lviv, who gave them souvenirs and “Stones beneath the Scythe.” rewarded their caroling in the center of in Ukraine increased during 2004 Religious Information Service of Ukraine The UUARC’s cultural exchange proj- town. Protestant communities often have less than a hundred. ect “Get to Know Your Own Country” Generally, as has happened in the past, KYIV – During 2004 the number of also continued this year. Eighteen the trip elicited strong feelings of patriot- According to Mr. Bondarenko, it is religious organizations in Ukraine grew indicative of how well the religious orphaned students from Lutuhino ism and good will toward their fellow by 950 to a total of 30,805, said Viktor Internat-School in Luhansk Oblast, along Ukrainians. UUARC received a sincere organizations are supplied, both material- Bondarenko, head of Ukraine’s National ly and technically, that 72.3 percent of with two teachers, made the long trip to letter of thanks from the principal of the Committee on Religious Matters. Lviv just in time for Christmas. They Lutuhino school. religious communities have their own According to Mr. Bondarenko, the religious buildings. absolute majority of the organizations, In addition to the communities, there 29,590, are communities of the faithful, are 378 monasteries (with over 6,200 lower-level links of religious organiza- monks and nuns), 298 missions and 173 tions. religious educational establishments According to Mr. Bondarenko, 52.6 (with 9,500 full-time students and percent of all registered religious com- approximately 10,300 extension stu- munities active in Ukraine belong to one dents). of three Orthodox Churches: the The religious organizations are served Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Moscow by 27,900 religious ministers, whose Patriarchate (10,500), the Ukrainian numbers in 2004 increased by 1,260 peo- Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate ple. (about 3,500), and the Ukrainian Mr. Bondarenko noted that there are Autocephalous Orthodox Church (1,200). no acute religious conflicts in Ukraine. The Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church He said the National Committee for has almost 3,400 communities (11.5 per- Religious Matters in 2004 registered cent) and the All-Ukraine Union of the about 30 violations of law, both from the Association of Evangelical Baptists has side of religious organizations and from almost 2,400 (9.3 percent). the side of the government. Most of them These numbers indicate only the num- have to do with using buildings formerly ber of communities registered with the owned by religious groups not according government and do not indicate the num- to their purpose, mostly in the Volhyn, ber of faithful. For example, Ukrainian Kherson and Rivne regions, he Greek-Catholic parishes, especially in explained. far western Ukraine, often have thou- Over 5,600 faithful from abroad visit- Children from Kherson receive gifts from St. Nicholas. sands of members, whereas some ed Ukraine last year. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2005 No. 9 Mariana Sadovska performs rare songs from Ukraine’s regions

by Yaro Bihun the 20 or so songs on the program were Special to The Ukrainian Weekly presented by Ms. Sadovska as an uninter- rupted composition, one song flowing WASHINGTON – Mariana Sadovska, from another or tied together with a nar- a vocal artist known for her performanc- rative, which at times may well have es of ancient songs and rituals from rural been spoken but seemed as if it were Ukrainian villages, presented the Capital sung with the same emotional intensity area with another bouquet of these gems as the songs. The entire medley was per- on February 13 in an afternoon concert at formed to a continuo on the Indian har- The Lyceum, in Alexandria, Va. monium she played for accompaniment. Like her last performance here in The narrative was based on letters 2001, this concert was sponsored by The home from immigrants and from her vil- Washington Group Cultural Fund, in lage women song sources, as well as on cooperation with the Embassy of literary material by various writers. Ms. Ukraine. The program consisted of old Sadovska also included a personal tale songs Ms. Sadovska learned while visit- about an old Hutsul healer she met dur- ing villages in various Ukrainian regions ing an expedition last summer who – Polissia, Podillia and Poltava, as well claimed he could cure her headaches, and as Rusyn villages in Slovakia and Lemko many other ailments she might have, villages in Poland. with a magic potion he called “devil’s These were not what would commonly blood.” be called “folk songs” of the popular Not only a singer and musician, Ms. “Marichka” variety. These old songs of Sadovska is a composer and actress as village life never made it to the city or well. Born in Lviv, she began working crossed the ocean to be sung at Saturday professionally there in 1991 with the Les schools and summer camps. Kurbas Theater. Later, she worked with Yaro Bihun When performed by Ms. Sadovska, Anatoly Vasiliev’s Festivals in St. however, these songs took the audience Petersburg and Moscow, the Slavic Mariana Sadovska during her recent concert at The Lyceum, near Washington. on an immeasurably more meaningful Pilgrim Project led by Jerzy Grotowski in and deeply emotional journey a century Pontedera, Italy, and spent 10 years with she has learned and developed through during her ethno-musical expeditions in or more into Ukraine’s past, when pover- the Theater Gardzienice, where she her travels. Ukraine and historically Ukrainian vil- ty drove tens of thousands of poor vil- began exploring indigenous music and This spring, she will be a guest musi- lages in neighboring countries. And the lagers to seek work in distant lands cultures, which led her to expeditions in cal director for the Art Atelier Program at words and melody of each song may (“Pishla by ya, Pishla do Toyi Ameryky” Ukraine and other countries. Princeton University, and in July she will vary from village to village, she said. – I’d Love to Go to that America); or She first came to New York City in be teaching workshops at the University One of the songs in the program, for closer to home as indentured servants 2001, working as a music director with of Kabul in Afghanistan. Most of those example, the army draft notice song, (“Oi Davno, Davno” – So Long Ago); the Yara Arts Group and giving solo per- in the audience at the February 13 con- “Ked Mi Pryishla Karta,” had a closing when a young man’s life was dashed by formances of old Ukrainian songs and cert probably had never heard the songs line that was markedly different from the an Austrian army draft notice, (“Ked Mi rituals. In 2002 Global Village produced before Ms. Sadovska performed them, version some may have heard earlier. In Pryishla Karta” – I Received a Draft her solo CD, “Songs I learned in although a few songs were repeated from most other versions, the draftee ends the Notice); and when girls’ wedding songs Ukraine.” Since then, she has been invit- her last concert here. song by lamenting that three girls will were sung in a minor key. ed back every year for solo concerts, “I try to find and perform songs that cry for him when he is killed, the last of There were some happy songs in the workshops and theatrical collaborations. are, for the most part, unknown, that are which is “the girl who wears my ring.” program – songs of springtime, for exam- Her permanent residence now is in not part of the widely known folklore The song Ms. Sadovska performed at the ple – but they are among the few. Cologne, Germany, and she works repertoire,” she said later in an interview. concert, which she said she heard during Except for an intermission, which was throughout Europe and the United States, Many of them were new to her as well her visit last summer to Poliana, a inserted at the request of the organizers, conducting workshops on the techniques when she heard them for the first time Lemko village now in Poland, had a much more poignant last line: “the girl who bears my child.” “Artists by Artists” show features self-portraits In her musical interpretations of these old songs, Ms. Sadovska does not try to imitate the style in which these songs NEW YORK – A show of paintings selves against their inner personas, and to of a lifetime of work done in the out- were or are still being sung in those vil- titled “Artists by Artists,” referring to the trace, periodically, the tracks that time and doors. lages. Hers is not the open-throat, loud- process of internal self-examination experience leave on our physical selves. Also included in the show are a few only-volume rendition people normally inherent in self-portraiture, opens at the Lifetime artists Michele Taylor, Andrei odd lots – Ms. Taylor’s painting of an associate with rural village singing. gallery Andrei Kushnir Michele Taylor Kushnir, Barbara Nuss and Somati unaware Mr. Kushnir painting at the “I try to get to the essence, to what is LLC, American Painting, on Tuesday, Mohan, all paint visions of themselves. National Aquatic Gardens, a painting of the most important meaning of the song, March 1, where it will be on view Ms. Taylor’s and Ms. Mohan’s portraits artist Carol Spils resting on a bench in and then try to interpret it in a contempo- through March 31. stretch from youth to midlife, and reflect Soho in lower Manhattan by Jack A reception will be held at the gallery, the physical and emotional changes in Hannula, and some other works of artists rary way,” she says. “In doing so, I try to located at 208 E. Sixth St. (between each. Ms. Nuss’s self portrait is reserved in action. unite the past with the present and, possi- Third and Second avenues) on Thursday, and formal, keenly objective in the style Andrei Kushnir Michele /Taylor LLC bly, even with the future.” March 3, at 5-8 p.m. of the rest of her work. Mr. Kushnir has gallery is located several doors down She incorporates non-traditional Self-portraits are painted regularly by chosen to depict himself in his winter from the new Ukrainian Museum build- singing styles to enhance the story of the nearly all serious artists. There is a drive painting gear, a funny and endearing ing. For additional information call (212) song, at times borrowing from other cul- in most artists to measure their outer- ensemble, but bringing home the realities 254-2628. tures. The heavy breathing evident in her performance of “Oi Letila Zozulia” (The Cuckoo Flew) is borrowed from Eskimo singing, she explains, and having her voice break while singing comes from a style found in Bulgarian and Persian singing. “I have always tried to learn the singing styles of other traditional cul- tures,” she said. And she has also always been impressed with what composers did with voice some 20 years ago in using various “voice phenomena,” as she described it, such as breathing sounds, whispers and vibrations, and weaving them into the melody. At the end of “Oi Davno, Davno,” in which the indentured servant daughter yearns to become a bird so she could fly home and visit her mother, Ms. Sadovska’s voice sounds like the call of a wounded bird. And at another point in the same woeful song, her voice descends to a low guttural sound remi- niscent of Tibetan monk chanting or Self-Portrait, 20 x 16, Barbara Nuss. Self-Portrait, 24 x 18, Michele Taylor. Self-Portrait, 12 x 9, Andrei Kushnir. (Continued on page 15) No. 9 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2005 13

The bold vision of Kira Muratova and its distorted reflection in New York by Yuri Shevchuk Muratova’s work. I have never seen any schools and other film-makers, and Ms. Ukrainian announcements at the Odesa mentioning of Ukrainian cultural influ- Muratova is one of them. Upon her grad- railway station – these are but the most NEW YORK – Can a film-maker who ences in Muratova’s work. uation from the VGIK Film School in obvious references to Ukraine in the was born in Romania, speaks Russian, has “As of the rights, four of her films in Moscow, she began working at the “Long Farewell.” lived all her life in Ukraine and made most her retrospective were made in the Soviet Odesa Film Studios in 1961. She has What is particularly interesting about of her films at the Odesa Film Studios be Union (Russian language) and other four lived and worked in Odesa ever since. As Ms. Muratova is her less obvious, veiled, considered a Ukrainian artist? Not accord- are Russian productions. I leave it up to for the Ukrainian authenticity in her unintended Ukrainianness despite her- ing to the organizers of the retrospective you to make a conclusion of the ethnicity films that the retrospective’s organizers self, which still is largely undiscovered “Take No Prisoners: the Bold Vision of of her work. It might be an interesting refuse to acknowledge, it can be argued but without which Ms. Muratova is Kira Muratova” which opens at the critical discovery.” that it is subtle, understated, unintended, somehow incomplete. Her relationship Lincoln Center’s Walter Reade Theater in It takes a brief Internet search to find perhaps, yet unmistakable. with Ukraine is complex, complicated New York on February 25. The retrospec- out where Ms. Muratova’s films were I discovered Muratova only recently. and at times problematic. Maybe that is tive organized by the Film Society of produced. Here is the information from Until the early 1990s, when I left Ukraine why she’d “rather belong to the world.” Lincoln Center and Seagull Films includes an article by Nancy Condee of the and made my home first in New York, then Yet, much like the youth in her “Long eight full-length feature films made by Ms. University of Pittsburgh Toronto and then in New York again, to see Farewell,” she stays in Odesa. Muratova over the period from 1967 to (http://www.kinokultura.com/reviews/R1- a Muratova film was not so easy. Initially Ms. Muratova’s latest film, “The 2004 and will last until March 10. 05tuner.html). this was because the Soviet authorities con- Tuner” is an example of a more complex Ms. Muratova and all of her films are • “Astenicheskii Sindrom” (Asthenic sidered her films “strange and formalistic” and hidden influence of the Ukrainian billed as Russian in all the materials of Syndrome), Odesa Film Studio, 1989; and prevented them from being shown. reality. “The Tuner” is about the clash of the retrospective – the Walter Reade • “Chekhovskie Motivy” (Chekov’s (Her film “Asthenic Syndrome” (1989) has two worlds: the old world of Soviet Theater monthly program, the press Motives) Odesa Film Studio and Nikola the dubious distinction of having been the Odesa, where the official immorality was release that was distributed at the press Film, 2002; only picture forbidden by Soviet censor- compensated for by close-knit ties screening on February 10, and on the • Dolgie Provody” (Long Farewell), ship during the period of perestroika.) between private individuals, and the new Film Society of Lincoln Center website. Odesa Film Studio, 1971/1987; Later her films were not screened publicly world of Kuchma oligarchic capitalism, The only time Ukraine is mentioned in an • “Korotkie Vstrechi” (Brief because the cinema distribution system in with its degradation of human values and indirect way is in the special thanks that Encounters) Odesa Film Studio, Ukraine had collapsed. disappearance of distinctions between the organizers of the retrospective extend 1967/1987; My meeting with Kira Muratova, the good and evil. The plot unfolds around to, among others, “the Ukrainian • “Poznavaia Belyi Svet” (Getting to Ukrainian film-maker, took place on two old ladies who do not notice society National Center of Alexander [sic] Know the Big Wide World) Lenfilm, February 10, at the press-screening of around them and insist on living by their Dovzhenko and the Consulate General of 1978; her two films, “Long Farewell” and “The own rules, in their own worlds of such Ukraine in New York.” An uninformed • “Tri Istorii” (Three Stories) NTV- Tuner” at the Walter Reade Theater at old-fashioned values. Their houses are reader will get the impression that Ms. Profit, with the participation of Sudzi- Lincoln Center in New York. It was a filled with antiques, an out-of-this-world Muratova is a Russian director. Film (Ukraine), Roskomkino, NTV, vicarious meeting, through her films. atmosphere, and are visited by guests as Is this innocent ignorance or a deliber- Ministry of Culture and Art (Ukraine), Ms. Muratova will not be coming to the strange as their hostesses. Their homes ate decision by the organizers? Seeking Odesa Film Studio, 1997; “Uvlechenia” opening of the retrospective. can be construed as metaphors of their clarification, I wrote to Alla Verlotsky, (Passions), Nikola-Film, with the partici- The first film is a penetrating and values – grand, impressive, removed to a director of the Seagull Films, who was pation of Roskomkino and RTV, 1994; poignant portrayal of the relationship distant periphery, in the suburb of Odesa. instrumental in organizing the Muratova • “Nastroishchik” (The Tuner), Russia between a mother and her rebellious son. A rickety old streetcar is their own physi- retrospective. Here is Ms. Verlotsky’s (Pygmalion Production) and Ukraine response: (Odesa Film Studio, Ministry of Culture “Only three of Muratova films in her ret- and Art). rospective are produced in Ukraine: ‘Long While six out of eight films to be Farewell,’ ‘Brief Encounters,’ ‘Asthenic shown at the Walter Reade Theater are Syndrome.’ The rest, including ‘Getting to either entirely produced in Ukraine or are Know the World’ (Lenfilm), are Russian joint Russian-Ukrainian productions, the productions. Russian producers are the retrospective’s program presents all of rights holder and they have provided us them as Russian. with prints. I am sure you understand mat- Why is there not a single word about ters of intellectual property and rights. I the Ukrainian part of Ms. Muratova’s life think that you should ask Ms. Muratova if and work? Why should an artist’s self- she considers herself an Ukrainian artist. vision (“I belong to the world”) be the When we asked her this question she said conclusive statement of their cultural that she belongs to the ‘world.’ As of her identity? Can a director as sensitive as origins, as it has been mentioned in our Ms. Muratova not be affected by the press release, she is Moldovian/Rumanian.” world in which she has lived most of her Ms. Verlotsky continued: “Sorry I adult life? Who are the “international answered just a part of your question. As critics” Ms. Verlotsky refers to, who pass I looked closely, I see that you are asking judgments on the “Ukrainian authentici- me to give our curatorial rationale to the ty” of Ms. Muratova’s films? Do they series. One of the reasons we wanted to have what it takes to identify Ukrainian show works by Kira Muratova is the fact influences – the knowledge of culture, of an incredible universal appeal of her language, sense of humor, world percep- Film Society of Lincoln Center work that make her a true international tion, and, yes, geography? artist. As of the authenticity, there is none. There is a reason why Jane A. Olga Antonova in a scene from Kira Muratova’s film “Astenicheskii Sindrom” There is no Ukrainian authenticity in any Taubman, professor of Russian at (Asthenic Syndrome). of her work as all the films were made in Amherst College in Massachuetts and Russian, not Ukrainian language, they do author of the most recent Muratova biog- The son goes through a tumultuous puberty cal connection to the real world. Their not refer to Ukrainian history or culture, raphy “Kira Muratova : The Filmmaker’s and comes close to fleeing from his mother spiritual connection is even more tenuous. and they don’t have Ukrainian film aes- Companion 4” (The KINOfiles in pursuit of an illusory freedom by the This self-imposed isolationism, their thetic like films of Dovzhenko, Osika Filmmaker’s Companions), February side of a father who had left them and willful blindness toward socially [sic], Mashenko, Ilyenko and so. 2005, includes the chapter “Muratova as years later resurfaced. The unknown father imposed norms, which was an effective, “So who do you for example consider a Ukrainian Filmmaker” in her book. became to the boy a promise of freedom. or even the only, way of staying Paradzhanov? Ukrainian, Georgian, What relevance does language have to Ms. Muratova seems to shun any verbal “human” under the old Soviet regime, Armenian filmmaker? I don’t know... I the cultural authenticity of a film or even mention of the location – Odesa, where the implodes from the first contact with the consider him an artist, so do we consider a work of letters? Is this why “interna- action takes place or Ukraine, its greater corrupt, quasi-criminal society that flour- Kira Muratova. tional critics” still much too often consid- context. The only geographical references ished during Leonid Kuchma’s presiden- “In our program preface we say that er Dovzhenko’s silent films “Earth” and are to Moscow, Saratov, Cheliabinsk, cy, and its overarching moral maxim – she is a Soviet / Russian filmmaker which “Arsenal” to be Soviet and, therefore, Novosibirsk – all in Russia – the illusory money does not smell. The ladies, each is correct. ‘Long Farewells,’ ‘Brief Russian. Should Andrey Kurkov, world of freedom for which the rebellious in her pathetic and charming way, are by Encounters,’ ‘Asthenic Syndrome,’ Russian-language writer from Kyiv be son wants to leave his mother. choice out of tune with the world. Enter ‘Getting to Know the World’ were made declared to be without “Ukrainian Cinema is not primarily a verbal the tuner. His nice manners, quick wit during the Soviet era, and her latest works authenticity,” or should a host of writers medium. There is a wealth of visual, and empathy are but a subterfuge so are produced by Russian producers.” – Nikolai Gogol, Isaak Babel or Shalom vocal and symbolic references to Odesa skillfully staged that the viewer will, She went on to note: “From our per- Aleichem to name but a few – who wrote and to Ukraine in this film. I’d say, it is spective and from the perspective of until the end, be ready to believe that the of Ukraine in languages other than these references that give the film a spe- tuner will desist from his cruel inten- international film scholars and critics Ukrainian be considered without cial feeling. The undoubtedly local there are no Ukrainians in any of Kira tions. Ominously, the tuning up of an old Ukrainian authenticity? Ukrainian accent of her characters, the piano becomes the “tuning” of the two Ukrainian cinema does not begin and Ukrainian music (“Chervona Ruta” ladies to the new reality. The result is Yuri Shevchuk is lecturer of Ukrainian end with the poetic cinema of Oleksander sounding in one of the film’s central predictably disastrous. language and culture at Columbia Dovzhenko, Serhii Paradzhanov, Leonid scenes, was in the 1970s, and is easily “The Tuner” is Ms. Muratova’s bril- University and director of the universi- Osyka, Yurii Illienko and recently Oles today one of the symbols of Ukrainian ty’s Ukrainian Film Club. Sanin. There are other Ukrainian film identity), a Hutsul folk band, the (Continued on page 17) 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2005 No. 9

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election law. Under the mixed system polling first in the 2002 elections and Republican Party Sobor, and several less Movement toward... used in 1998 and 2002, only half of the propelling Mr. Yushchenko into power. well-known parties. Mr. Kostenko’s UNP (Continued from page 2) seats were elected proportionally, with a Mr. Kostenko’s party is one of two off- feels more at home in Ms. Tymoshenko’s ernment positions and regional governor 4 percent threshold required. The remain- shoots from Rukh, the main political bloc than in Our Ukraine. positions. ing seats were based on a majority vote force that mobilized support for state Ms. Tymoshenko’s Fatherland Party Mr. Yushchenko’s revived interest in in single-mandate districts. independence in 1988-91. Both Mr. grew out of discredited Prime Minister The new election law has a compro- Kostenko’s UNP and Rukh, led by Pavlo Lazarenko’s Hromada, the first and unifying the parties in Our Ukraine is mise 3 percent threshold, which was low- Foreign Affairs Minister Borys Tarasyuk, only dissident oligarch party. Fatherland two-fold. ered to assuage the fears of the centrist have stated their unwillingness to merge then merged in 2002 with Stepan First, a unified pro-presidential party camp, which traditionally had performed into any new Our Ukraine political party. Khmara’s Conservative Republican would support his democratic and eco- better in single-mandate districts. There Instead, Mr. Kostenko has called for the Party. The liberal Yabluko party, led by nomic reforms. While supporting unifica- are plans to raise the threshold to 5 per- creation of a center-right bloc of two or Mikhail Brodsky, caters to Russophone tion, Mr. Yushchenko himself has never cent, which is the norm in other propor- three parties to campaign for the 2006 leaders of small- and medium-sized busi- expressed an interest in leading such a tional systems. elections. But, his plans may be thwarted nesses and is also planning to merge with party. Former President Leonid Kuchma Meanwhile, the political parties in the by two factors. Fatherland (maidan.org.ua, February 14). failed to create a pro-presidential “party pro-Yushchenko camp are reluctant to First, Verkhovna Rada Chairman Ms. Tymoshenko may actually have of power” during his 10 years in office. unify. If anything the opposite could be Volodymyr Lytvyn has successfully the best credentials for creating a unified An attempt to transform the National take place. changed the name of his own People’s party. Fatherland is far better organized Democratic Party into a party of power Mr. Kostenko of the Ukrainian Agrarian Party to the People’s Party (UT- than any of the political parties inside Mr. after the 1998 elections when its leader, National (or People’s) Party (UNP) warns 1, February 11). The new name is very Yushchenko’s Our Ukraine, itself a testi- Valerii Pustovoitenko, was prime minis- that Our Ukraine, which was created as a similar to Mr. Kostenko’s UNP and will mony to Ms. Tymoshenko’s organization- ter, proved disastrous. bloc for the 2002 elections and still has inevitably confuse voters. al skills. Her position will be further Second, President Yushchenko wants the largest parliamentary faction with 101 Second, there is already a “rightist” enhanced in September, when constitu- to have a unified party in place for the deputies, may disintegrate (Lvivska bloc led by Prime Minister Tymoshenko. tional reforms will increase the role of March 2006 parliamentary elections, the Hazeta, February 14). He argues that Our The Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc includes her Parliament and government at the first to be held using a fully proportional Ukraine has fulfilled its purpose by own Fatherland Party, the Ukrainian expense of the executive.

her plans to sell him oil after becoming chairman of the Verkhovna Rada. public however, Mr. Zvarych agreed to Yushchenko administration... skeptical of his business practices. The Zvarych controversy is the first an interview with Channel 5. (Continued from page 1) “Imagine the situation if we agreed to sign that the Yushchenko administration “I won’t tolerate some businessmen, Oil Transit sold 35,000 tons to Mr. follow Yeremieyev’s scheme,” Ms. faces enormous obstacles before it makes who are also national deputies in Ukraine even the slightest progress in untangling and have powerful positions in the oil- Yeremieyev, according to a letter written Zvarych told Trybuna. “But who would have believed that our company, which the nefarious web of business and poli- refining sector, to interfere with the work by an employee and sent to Ms. set a contract for further illegal tax com- tics in Ukraine, experts said. of my ministry,” Mr. Zvarych stated on Tymoshenko. This document alleges that pensation to be extracted from the state “There is a high level of expectation, Channel 5 last week. Mr. Yeremieyev’s plan was to acquire oil budget, did not obtain anything?” Ms. that is by itself dangerous because that “And, secondly, I also won’t allow through Halychyna and other firms he Zvarych said. level is not possible to realize,” said attempts to drag members of my family owns, thereby enabling him to create ille- Such an outcome would have put them Mykhailo Pohrebynskyi, the director of into corrupt schemes as a result of the gal schemes to take tax compensation in a very vulnerable position with their the Center for Political Research and acts and decisions of certain members of from the government. opponents, she said. Conflict Studies in Kyiv. government,” he said. Though Ms. Zvarych said she was not Mr. Yeremieyev, elected to represent “Corruption will remain, and there’s a Those comments made by Minister involved in any scheme, she grew the Volyn region, is a member of the huge task just to limit it – let alone elimi- Zvarych became front-page news for increasingly concerned that Mr. People’s Agrarian Party, which recently nate it. They will blame the president Kyiv’s newspapers, particularly those Yeremieyev would tie her and her hus- changed its name to the People’s Party. because he promised to end corruption,” that sought out the opportunity to portray band to his shady dealings. She canceled Its leader is Volodymyr Lytvyn, the Mr. Pohrebynskyi added. a fractious and divided Yushchenko gov- The Cabinet unanimously supported a ernment. ban on oil re-exportation, particularly Mr. Yushchenko said the current con- (AHRU) has lobbied for greater crime- because of a deficit of oil and petroleum troversy over oil re-exportation could Bill in New Jersey... fighting efforts in attacking the problem materials for agricultural use. apply to other commodities. (Continued from page 10) of human trafficking. However, Ms. Zvarych insists that “If there isn’t re-exportation of oil, domestic servants, janitors or exotic “U.S. government officials estimate such deficits don’t exist. then that raises the question: what about dancers.” They are then forced to turn that between 800,000 to 900,000 people On Wednesday, Ms. Tymoshenko seeds?” President Yushchenko said. “Can over a large part of their pay checks to are trafficked worldwide each year, with announced that Ukraine would impose a we re-export Russian wood? Can we re- their ‘sponsor’ or ‘coach,’ leaving them 18,000 to 20,000 of those arriving in the 20 percent value-added tax (VAT) on oil export Russian pipes, chemicals and met- virtually penniless.” United States,” said Assemblywoman imports into Ukraine. All questions als, and so forth?” “Females from Russia and other Stender. regarding re-exportation of oil have been It’ll take more than a public relations set aside, she said, implying the blockade gaffe by a minister to severely dent European countries, as well as Mexico “Because of its large number of ethnic still stands. President Yushchenko’s image as a are the most victimized,” said Assembly- communities, busy international airport Incidentally, Mr. Zvarych never reformer, Mr. Pohrebynskyi said. woman Stender. “Victims themselves and proximity to New York and intended for the threat of resignation to “For now Yushchenko has such high mistakenly believe they will be jailed or Philadelphia, New Jersey is a hotbed of become public, said his press secretary, public trust that I don’t think this will deported if they come forward,” human trafficking, with as many as 4,000 Liya Ilchenko. Once the threat became hurt his popularity.” Assemblywoman Stender continued. people engaged in forced labor,” contin- “The language barrier and fear of the ued Assemblyman Cohen, “with the police also act as a deterrent to keep largest number of cases found in these people from reaching out for help Mexican and Russian communities.” from authorities.” According to Mr. Romankow, there are “Although slavery was outlawed in the clear-cut patterns to these illegal schemes, United States during the 19th century,” and law enforcement, even citizens, stated Assemblyman Cohen, “it continues should be watchful and alert to the way to this day through the exploitation of they work. “Victims are isolated, often men, women and children who are vic- transported in groups to their work sites, tims of forced servitude.” threatened by their captors with deporta- Ñ¥ÎËÏÓÒfl ÒÛÏÌÓ˛ ‚¥ÒÚÍÓ˛ Á ðÓ‰ËÌÓ˛, ‰ðÛÁflÏË ¥ ÛÍð‡ªÌÒ¸ÍÓ˛ „ðÓχ‰Ó˛, Prosecutor Romankow noted that tion or even, in some cases, violence to ˘Ó ‚ ÔÓ̉¥ÎÓÍ, 21 βÚÓ„Ó 2005 ð., ‚¥‰¥È¯Î‡ Û ‚¥˜Ì¥ÒÚ¸ ̇ 75-ÏÛ ðÓˆ¥ ÊËÚÚfl ̇¯‡ Americans for Human Rights in Ukraine their families back home,” he said. ̇ȉÓðÓʘ‡ ÑêìÜàçÄ, åÄíà Ú‡ ÅÄÅìçü ·Î. Ô. Mariana Sadovska... Club in Philadelphia, March 13; and Cleveland on April 9. áÇÖçàëãÄÇÄ êéåÄçßÇ (Continued from page 12) * * * Tuvan singers on the verge of throat èéïéêéççß ÇßÑèêÄÇà ‚¥‰·ÛÎËÒfl ‚ ÛÍð‡ªÌÒ¸Í¥È Í‡ÚÓÎˈ¸Í¥È ˆÂðÍ‚¥ singing. Mariana Sadovska was not the only Å·„Ó‚¥˘ÂÌÌfl, åÂÎðÓ‚Á è‡ðÍ, è‡. In yet another surprising and effective Ukrainian cultural treat in Washington on February 13. Later that evening, pianist instance, at the end of a midsummer- ÉÓðÂÏ ÔðË·ËÚ¥: Thomas Hrynkiw accompanied two night Kupalo song cycle – a night not ÏÛÊ – ÇéãéÑàåàê êéåÄçßÇ Austrian baritones, Peter and Paul ‰ÓÌ¥ – ïêàëíàçÄ Á ˜ÓÎÓ‚¥ÍÓÏ ûêß∏å ÑÖåàÑéÇàóÖå unknown for its witchcraft – Ms. Edelmann, at a National Gallery of Art – ÉÄãü Á ˜ÓÎÓ‚¥ÍÓÏ ÄÑêßüçéå äãéëéå Sadovska’s voice turns into what one concert. ÒÂÒÚð‡ – ëãÄÇéåàêÄ Á ˜ÓÎÓ‚¥ÍÓÏ åàêéçéå ÅßãÄëéå would expect a witch to sound like. The only drawback of the day was at ‚ÌÛÍË – ÄçÑêßâ, ãÖëü, ëíÖèÄç Úa ßÇÄç Ms. Sadovska will remain in the the Grammy Awards, where the only ·ÎËʘ‡ ¥ ‰‡Î¸¯‡ ðÓ‰Ë̇ ‚ ÄÏÂðˈ¥, ä‡Ì‡‰¥, Ä‚ÒÚð‡Î¥ª ¥ ‚ ìÍð‡ªÌ¥. United States until mid-April. Until then, Ukrainian contender – Valentin her U.S. schedule includes three engage- Silvestrov’s “Requiem for Larissa” – did Ç¥˜Ì‡ ∫È Ô‡Ï’flÚ¸! ments: the Satalla Club in New York not win in either of the two categories in City, March 9, at 10 p.m.; the Tryton which it was nominated. 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2005 No. 9

Sign-up sheet for Spartanky Minneapolis Ukrainians celebrate Pochatkovyi Tabir for Novatstvo President Yushchenko’s inauguration

This camp is for Ukrainian-speaking 6 - 7-year-olds who already belong to Plast, already have received their “khustka” and are attending their first novatskyi tabir. This specialized tabir takes place at “Vovcha Tropa” in East Chatham, NY from July 10 – 16 or July 24 – 30, 2005. The camp is limited to approximate- ly 16 campers. Campers will be accepted on a first-come basis. The cost of the camp is $370. To sign up, please fill out the form below and mail it along with a $100 deposit (non-refundable) check paid to Plast Spartanky to: Oksana Hnatczuk 233 Hamilton Ave. Clifton, NJ 07011

Name ______Date of Birth ______Plast Stanytsia ______Riy ______Address ______Parents ______Members of the organizing committee for the Minneapolis area’s celebration of the E-mail ______inauguration of President Viktor Yushchenko (from left): Anne Iwanok Reuter, Nicole Luciw, Denise Tataryn, Irene Maleckyj and Wolodymyra Tarasczuk. Telephone ______Preferred week for camp ______July 10 – 16 ______July 24 – 30 by Dr. Michael J. Kozak people left their native land for foreign countries, where they often were forced MINNEAPOLIS – Members of St. to perform slave-like, degrading jobs. Constantine Ukrainian Catholic Church This life full of suffering and misery led on February 6 celebrated Viktor to a breakdown of patience on the part of Yushchenko’s inauguration as the new the people of Ukraine and led to wide- president of Ukraine. spread discontent. With responsible lead- The day’s events were organized by ers, this led to mass demonstrations in the Women’s Guild, in the persons of Kyiv and many other cities. Anne Iwanok Reuter, Irene Maleckyj, The high point was reached during the Denise Tataryn, Wolodymyra Tarasczuk repeat presidential election – and the vic- and Nicole Luciw. tory of truth and justice over deceit. On In the morning, a divine liturgy was December 26, Ukraine not only became celebrated by Father Canon Michael independent, Ukraine became free, the Stelmach for the intention of the speaker stated. The eyes of the entire Ukrainian people and their president. world were turned on Ukrainians, prais- After the liturgy, a large group of parish- ing them as a civilized nation yearning ioners moved to the school auditorium. for democracy. The audience responded At the tables, nicely decorated with to Ms. Zahajkewycz’s presentation with orange colors and small American and thunderous applause. Ukrainian flags, they were served coffee These remarks were well supplemented and tasty baked goods. by the eyewitness testimony of American- The sound of music and songs, audio- born Wolodymyr Anastazievsky, who did taped in Kyiv during the Orange not hesitate to sacrifice his time and efforts Revolution, added much to the festive to travel to the land of his parents’ birth, to mood of the audience. A display set up by serve as an official observer of the presi- Jon Reuter and John Luciw generated dential election. In his well-versed and pre- much interest. It included many photo- cise testimony, he expressed his surprise graphs taken during the pre-election that the people in Ukraine, after many demonstrations in Kyiv, Mr. Yushchenko’s years of oppression, degradation, disap- election leaflets and literature, and many pointment and apathy, were able to stand newspaper clippings praising the people up, raise their heads and in a loud voice of Ukraine for their resolute stand for free- exclaim – “No more! Enough!” dom and democracy. Mr. Anastazievsky further stated that The program started with opening he and many other observers, while wit- remarks by Ms. Tarasczuk. She thanked nessing demonstrations in Kyiv, were the audience for their participation in this moved to tears while listening to the happy event and provided information singing of Ukrainian national anthem by about its meaning. These remarks were hundreds of thousands of demonstrators followed with Lesya Hutsal’s nicely facing Mr. Yushchenko and his allies on recited verse written by Iryna Zoriana the stage. and dedicated to President Yushchenko Traveling farther east of Kyiv, to the and his supporters. city of Kharkiv, he said he painfully A historical background on what led to faced an entirely different picture. Some the recent changes in Ukraine was pre- election officials, supporters of the pro- sented by Ulana Zahajkewycz, who Moscow presidential candidate, openly stressed that recent events will enter into interfered with the functions of history as a new chapter in the life of the observers. This interesting testimony was people of Ukraine. During the past 13 concluded with Mr. Anastazievsky’s pre- years of independence, Ukraine was diction that, for the time being, the ruled by an oligarchy, former high-rank- Ukrainian people will have to overcome ing Communists, who decorated them- problems and difficulties, but there is no selves with Ukrainian national insignia doubt that they took a big step forward and blue-and-yellow flags. But, deep toward a brighter and happier future. inside their souls they remained as red as The event ended to the sound of songs before, she noted of the Orange Revolution. Many people Abusing their power and influence, remained for some time, exchanging every day they were getting richer and their views, while admiring the heroic, the masses of people were becoming yet peaceful struggle of their kinsmen in poorer, Ms. Zahajkewych continued. Ukraine for freedom and the rightful Because of poverty, thousands of young ownership of their ancestral land.

To subscribe: Send $55 ($45 if you are a member of the UNA) to The Ukrainian Weekly, Subscription Department, 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054 No. 9 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2005 17 Children of Chornobyl Relief Fund receives foundation grant SHORT HILLS, N.J. – The Children of a careful review of the organization’s Chornobyl Relief Fund, an award-winning track record. charity that has been serving Ukrainian Since 1989, the Children of Chornobyl children since 1989, recently announced Relief Fund has delivered over $51 mil- that it has received a grant of $35,000 lion worth of medical technology, hospi- from the Maria Hulai-Lion Foundation. tal supplies and medicine to hospitals and The Brooklyn-based foundation allocated orphanages in 19 oblasts of Ukraine. The the grant for the purchase of medical fund was recently hailed by the Kyiv equipment, as well as general support for Post, Ukraine’s most widely read CCRF’s humanitarian activities. English-language newspaper, as one of The grant was presented to Dr. Zenon the most effective charities serving Matkiwsky, the president and co-founder Ukraine. In addition to its 31 airlifts, of the Children of Chornobyl, in the pres- CCRF recently launched its 15th sea ence of two officers of the Hulai-Lion shipment with supplies destined for hos- Foundation, Sergey Davidenko and pitals in Chernihiv, Lviv, Lutsk, Kyiv and Volodymyr Maichenko. Dnipropetrovsk. Many of the fund’s part- Dr. Matkiwsky expressed his gratitude ner hospitals have achieved dramatic to the foundation on behalf of the board reductions in infant mortality and of directors of CCRF. “This gift will help improvements in cancer remission rates. us to deliver state-of-the-art equipment to Tax-deductible donations may be sent one of our partner hospitals in eastern to the fund’s national office at 272 Old Ukraine, where the needs of children are Short Hills Road, Short Hills, NJ 07078. especially urgent,” said Dr. Matkiwsky. For more information readers may call The foundation officers selected the (973) 376-5140, or visit the fund’s web- Children of Chornobyl Relief Fund after site at www.childrenofchornobyl.org.

Muratova’s films” that is not quite so. Volodymyr Maychenko (left) and Sergey Davidenko (right), directors of the The bold vision... Georgiy Deliyev who plays the con artist Maria Hulai-Lion Foundation, present a check in the amount of $35,000 to Dr. (Continued from page 13) Andrey in “The Tuner” is a Ukrainian Zenon Matkiwsky, president of CCRF. liant portrayal of a sick society on the from Odesa. According to the authorita- verge of complete moral collapse. Her tive Kyiv weekly paper Dzerkalo The next issue of The Ukrainian Weekly’s protagonists are the little people so Tyzhnia, Ms. Muratova’s entire film crew is Ukrainian. The musical score to the removed from reality that they seem at film was composed by Ukraine’s world times unreal, invented, and their actions acclaimed Valentin Silvestrov, who was unmotivated. In the end, their weakness nominated in two categories of classical and a crushing defeat by the petty con music for this year’s Grammy Awards. artist gives them moral power that vindi- The problem with the retrospective, WeddingWedding cates their social marginality. Their however, is not Ms. Muratova’s identity, quirkiness, their refusal to live by the her films, or Ukraine and its cultural rules or, as in the last scene, to accept authenticity. It is the tenacity of imperial- Announcements their own defeat even when their very Announcements ist attitudes that are so manifest in the survival is at stake becomes, paradoxical- curatorial decisions of the retrospective’s will appear on March 20, 2005. ly, the last hope for humanity. Against the organizers. Even in the wake of the For a wedding announcement to be included in that issue, context of the Orange Revolution, “The Orange Revolution that won for the Tuner” becomes Ms. Muratova’s Ukrainian people the admiration of the all information must be received in our offices by March 11, 2005. prophetic vision of the return of human world, there are still “experts” who deny dignity in her home country. Ukraine the right to exist as a culture in Along with wedding announcements, we will include greetings from friends, While this is my personal view of the its own right. It is a disappointment that family members, bridesmaids and ushers – from all those film and, as a matter of interpretation, is the respected Film Society at Lincoln arguable, there are things about “The Center, knowingly or not, went along who wish to share in the excitement of a new marriage. Tuner” that are givens. One such fact is with what seems to be a deliberately nar- that “The Tuner” is a joint Russian- row-minded and sloppy presentation of We hope you will announce your wedding in Ukrainian production. It is billed as such Kira Muratova’s work. New York’s The Ukrainian Weekly, or send a greeting to your favorite newlyweds. on the official website of the Pigmalion movie-goers deserve to see the full pic- Production Co., the film’s producer. As ture, to know all the pertinent facts and be Rates for announcements and greetings: to there being “no Ukrainians in allowed to decide for themselves. One-column wedding announcement: $100 Two-column wedding announcement: $200 ther transform the Alliance and its capabili- Wedding greeting: $75 Statement by... ties to respond to our common security (Continued from page 4) challenges. We are committed to strength- For further information or to request a brochure, Ukraine and strengthening their integration ening NATO’s role as a forum for strategic please call (973) 292-9800, ext. 3040 (Maria), into the Euro-Atlantic community. We are and political consultation and coordination determined to fight terrorism, strengthen among Allies, while reaffirming its place as e-mail: [email protected] security, and build peace and stability in the the essential forum for security consultation Visit www.ukrweekly.com to view a wedding announcement sample page. Euro-Atlantic area and beyond. We will fur- between Europe and North America.

La MaMa E.T.C and Yara Arts Group present: Koliada: Twelve Dishes forces of nature, animal spirits and the dead come to dinner

an original theatre piece based on ancient winter rituals from the Carpathians and the very contemporary poetry of Serhiy Zhadan created by the Yara Arts Group

directed by Virlana Tkacz, designed by Watoku Ueno; musical arrangements by Mariana Sadovska with Yara artists: Andrew Colteaux, Olenka Denysenko, George Drance, Siho Ellsmore, Allison Hiroto, Olga Shuhan, Vira Slywotzky, Meredith Wright, and Hutsul koliadnyky Ivan Zelenchuk and Dmytro Tafiychuk

March 4 – 20, 2005 La MaMa Experimental Theatre Thu-Sun at 8PM, with matinees on Sun March 13 and 20 at 3PM 74 East 4th St, (between 2nd Ave & Bowery) New York tickets $15 – box office (212) 475-7710 or www.lamama.org

Special sponsors: Self-Reliance (NY) FCU, New York State Council on the Arts & Trust for Mutual Understanding. 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2005 No. 9 No. 9 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2005 19 Lviv clinic named in honor of couple from Corning, N.Y.

CORNING, N.Y. – William and Gloria valued at more than $2,100, which will Misnick, who chair the Corning Sister make 90-day blood sugar readings possi- Cities Association, Lviv Committee, ble. “The hospital will be the only one in have supported the Lviv Regional Ukraine and Eastern Europe to have this Specialized Children’s Hospital for more equipment,” Mrs. Misnick explained. than five years. During that time they led Donations for the purchase of the blood campaigns that provided equipment val- analyzer came from the Corning-Lviv ued at more than $10,000 to the facility, Sister Cities Hospital Fund, the Corning including wheelchairs and portable Lions Club and a number of individuals. equipment for blood glucose monitoring. Dr. Ihor Hrytsiuk, a pediatric endocri- “This would not be possible without nologist at the Lviv hospital, said the the help of other people,” Mr. Misnick establishment of the clinic and the fact said. “Grants from Corning’s Christ that it is named in honor of William and Episcopal Church and many individuals Gloria Misnick is “a sign of respect and enabled us to bring more glucometers gratitude for the Misnick family.” and test strips to the hospital.” “These people indeed did a lot,” he Ms. Misnick said the diabetic clinic – said. “I hope that now that the clinic was the first such clinic for children in Lviv – named after these people, they will con- was a dream the couple pursued. “Our tinue to support it.” Dr. Hrytsiuk said dream has come true, and I am very treatment for diabetic children in Ukraine moved and humbled,” she said. “I love the lags behind that in Russia and neighbor- city of Lviv and this country. I understand ing Poland. A plaque at the Misnick Diabetic Clinic in Lviv. as far as the problems exist we should “We are trying to fill up this deficit, help. We will continue to help this clinic which is possible only due to the bene- his agenda is the creation of a diabetic having a place where they can learn how because it still needs plenty of things.” factors like William and Gloria Misnick,” teaching center. “Hopefully we will be to live with diabetes and make the right It was announced during the clinic’s he said. “In Lviv they are, in fact, the able to create such a center in a year from decisions is essential.” opening on September 24, 2004, that the only ones who work in this direction.” now,” he said. “The needs of these chil- Mrs. Misnick said about 400 children hospital will receive a blood analyzer Dr. Hrytsiuk said that the next item on dren are changing constantly. Therefore, with diabetes live in the Lviv region.

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Ukrainian Federal Credit Union names Administrative Council ROCHESTER, N.Y. – At a recent board meeting of the Ukrainian Federal Credit Union headquartered in Rochester, N.Y., the board of directors appointed an Administrative Council to facilitate the governance of the credit union. Named to the Administrative Council were Myron Babiuk, president and chairman of the board, Oleh G. Pawluk, first vice-president, and Lesia Telega, second vice-president. The need for an Administrative Council arose due to the rapid growth and geographic expansion of the Ukrainian Federal Credit Union. It was deemed essential that an Administrative Council be formed to handle special situ- ations where it would be impractical to call, on a moment’s notice, a meeting of the entire board of directors consisting of 11 members, two of whom reside in the Syracuse, N.Y., area. Myron Babiuk Oleh G. Pawluk Lesia Telega Founded in 1953 with eight members and $345 in assets, the Rochester N.Y. (a suburb of Rochester), celebrated Ukrainian Federal Credit Union merged changed its name to the Ukrainian Ukrainian Federal Credit Union, located its 50th anniversary in 2003. with the Syracuse Self Reliance Federal Credit Union to better reflect its at 824 East Ridge Road in Irondequoit, At the start of 2004 the Rochester Ukrainian Federal Credit Union and new geographic presence from coast to coast. Today the Ukrainian Federal Credit Union has over $105 million in assets, nearly 13,000 members, and offices in Rochester, Syracuse and Albany, N.Y., as well as in Sacramento, Calif. And, the credit union continues to grow at the rate of over 100 members each month.

Toothprints program will benefit CCRF MILLBURN, N.J. – February is National Children’s Dental Health Month, and the office of Dr. Marusia Kushnir in Millburn, N.J., will be mak- ing toothprints for children age 3-16 from February 1 to March 10, as a fund- raiser for the Children of Chornobyl Relief Fund. The cost of making the toothprints is $5, with $1 going toward the cost of materials and $4 going toward the Children of Chornobyl Relief Fund. Developed by Dr. David Tesini, a pedi- atric dentist from Natick, Mass., tooth- prints are a bite impression of children’s teeth that serves as a method of identifica- tion. Children bite down on a thermoplas- tic wafer, creating a permanent record of their teeth. Toothprints are very important now because many children have no cavi- ties and cannot be identified via their den- tal radiographs. The toothprint is sealed in a plastic bag that preserves the salivary proteins, which can be used as a DNA sample or by FBI-trained dogs to trace a scent while searching for a missing child. Yearly updates of toothprints are ideal. In lieu of that, the following schedule is recommended: • initial impression: age 3 (or after all primary teeth have erupted); • update: age 7 or 8 (or after the upper and lower incisors and the first perma- nent molars have erupted); • update: age 12 or 13 (or after all per- manent teeth excluding third molars have erupted); The Children of Chornobyl Relief Fund (CCRF), based in Short Hills, N.J., was founded in November 1989 in response to the growing medical crisis in Ukraine resulting from the 1986 Chornobyl nuclear explosion. With 13 chapters, CCRF has sent over $51 million of aid to Ukrainian hospitals and orphanages. The office of Dr. Kushnir is located at 120 Millburn Ave., Suite M-4, Millburn, N.J. For more information about the toothprints or to schedule a time to have them done, readers may call the office at (973) 467-9876. No. 9 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2005 21 Taras and Wendy Denysenko prove to be rising ballroom dancing stars

by Nina Nechipurenko Rochester studio. Ms. Denysenko began her dance career at the age of ROCHESTER, N.Y. – In 2004 Taras and Wendy 7, studying ballet, tap and jazz. In high school, she was Denysenko of Rochester, N.Y., won first place in the involved in many plays, shows and show choirs, and Rising Star and Team Match categories and second was crowned Miss Teen Queen and Miss Congeniality place in the Open Rhythm competition at the Falls of Brunswick, Maine. She chose to pursue a performing Premier Ball in Niagara Falls, Ontario. During the past arts major and auditioned for Centenary College in three years, the husband-and-wife team achieved numer- Shreveport, La., where she began her musical theater ous awards in such competitions as the Caribbean career. Danceport Championship (June 2003), the New York A terminal illness in her family brought Ms. City Superama and Dance-o-rama (summer 2002), the Denysenko to Rochester, where she completed her bach- Miami Flamingo-rama (February 2004), the Atlantic elors of arts in dance at the State University of New City Dance-o-rama (December 2003) and the Montreal York at Brockport. Upon graduation, she continued in Summer Fest (August 2004). musical theater and was briefly involved in modeling in Mr. Denysenko began dancing at the age of 5 with the Atlanta and Rochester. In 1998 she joined Arthur Yevshan Ukrainian Folk Dance ensemble in Rochester, Murray as a top dance specialist and received the Dick N.Y. He also began playing such instruments as the sax- Mundt Super Star Award two years in a row. Currently ophone, clarinet, accordion and, finally, guitar. He joined she is the manager of the Rochester South Arthur the Rochester Arthur Murray Dance Studios as a teacher Murray studio. in 1995 and was a top teacher for eight years. The Denysenkos began competing together in the He began competing in 1996 in the rhythm division rhythm division (cha-cha, rumba, swing, bolero and and in 1998 changed to smooth (fox trot, waltz, tango mamba) in 2001. Ms. Denysenko said she feels very and Viennese waltz). That year he was the Arthur blessed to share such a romantic and passionate profes- Murray Smooth Champion for the East Coast Region. In sion with her husband. The Denysenkos professional and 2000 he became part owner and dance director for the personal goal is to become American rhythm champions.

Ms. Vitrenko dismissed the meeting as insignificant. Coalition of unlikely partners... “The meeting between Bush and Yushchenko was seven (Continued from page 1) minutes instead of 15,” she said. “And for what? He Yanukovych and Social Democratic Party leader [Bush] gave out his orders and that’s all. He left.” Viktor Medvedchuk to join their coalition against Mr. Korchynskyi was able to rally more than 200 NATO. members of his Bratstvo political group in front of the The leaders signed a resolution, titled “No NATO in presidential offices in Kyiv. Protesters chanted anti- Ukraine,” in which they declare they will not allow NATO slogans and burned NATO flags. NATO soldiers to defile Ukraine’s sacred land. Reflecting on the recent presidential election, Mr. ”We turn to the large nations of Russia and China: Korchynskyi said the Orange Revolution was not a vic- don’t allow Ukraine to be pulled into NATO, thereby tory for President Yushchenko’s supporters, but for what ruining Ukraine’s guarantee of safety,” the resolution he referred to as the global police. stated. Former President Leonid Kuchma’s regime feared the The anti-NATO leaders held their press conference reaction from abroad if it had acted to suppress the the same day President Viktor Yushchenko was in protest, he said. “Why didn’t the powers apply force Brussels meeting with U.S. President George W. Bush against the Orangists?” Mr. Korchynskyi asked rhetori- and European leaders. cally. “Because they feared the global police.” Taras and Wendy Denysenko at the Falls Premier Ball. 22 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2005 No. 9

Plan in Brussels on February 21, Ukrainian Bush warns Moscow on backsliding Buchach eparchy. We hope that the final NEWSBRIEFS and international media reported. The plan decisions will be proclaimed, which will (Continued from page 2) envisions EU support for Kyiv’s bid to BRUSSELS – Speaking to European bring this lasting and painful conflict to an Union and NATO leaders on the first leg of neighboring Georgia and Ukraine are obtain market economy status in the com- end. Now its solution is outside our compe- ing months, to join the World Trade his major foreign tour this week, U.S. tence. ... I sincerely assure you that we are “absolutely sovereign, absolutely equal President George W. Bush said on states in the new geopolitical architecture,” Organization, and to sign a free-trade not indifferent to the fate of your eparchy, February 21 that the Russian government but its revival is in your hands. ...” which are “free to choose to participate in agreement with the EU. The EU recently must “renew its commitment to democracy (Religious Information Service of Ukraine) any [international] organization” they attached a 10-point addendum to the plan, calling for more cooperation in foreign and and the rule of law,” the Associated Press wish. “The main thing is that this process and other media reported. “We must always 3,000 privatizations may be contested should be transparent, should strengthen security policy as well as trade and visa regimes. “I’ll tell you that one message that remind Russia that our alliance stands for a existing good relations, and should not be free press, a vital opposition, the sharing of KYIV – Prime Minister Yulia I’m getting to Brussels – now you have a aimed against any other country,” Mr. power and the rule of law,” Mr. Bush said. Tymoshenko said on February 16 that the very responsible Ukrainian government, Lavrov added. President Vladimir Putin The United States should place democratic government, jointly with the Procurator- you have very responsible partners, and if has repeatedly stated that Russia is not the reform “at the heart” of its dialogue with General’s Office (PGO), will challenge in we put our signatures on something, there only major force within the CIS and that Russia. At the same time, President Bush court the privatization of nearly 3,000 is no way we’re not going to deliver it,” political competition among the powers in indicated that he opposes the isolation of businesses, Interfax reported. According to said Ukraine’s Vice Prime Minister for that region is possible. (RFE/RL Newsline) Russia, saying, “America supports WTO Ms. Tymoshenko, the PGO opened crimi- European Integration Oleh Rybachuk, who [World Trade Organization] membership nal investigations into each of these 3,000 Ukraine and EU sign Action Plan represented Ukraine at the signing ceremo- for Russia, because meeting WTO stan- privatizations in the past, but they were ny. Both sides reportedly sidestepped men- dards will strengthen the gains of freedom subsequently closed following telephone BRUSSELS – Ukraine and the tioning any prospects for Ukraine’s EU and prosperity in that country,” according calls from the “top state leadership.” She European Union signed a three-year Action membership. (RFE/RL Newsline) to Bloomberg. “Russia’s future lies within added, “There will be a detailed plan of the family of Europe and the trans-Atlantic action concerning every enterprise [on this UKRAINIAN BUILDERS OF CUSTOM HOMES community.’’ (RFE/RL Newsline) list of 3,000] in order to stop illegal actions with regard to state property via court, in WEST COAST OF FLORIDA Duma deputy responds to senators an absolutely legitimate way.” It was not clear how the prime minister’s announce- TRIDENT DEVELOPMENT CORP. MOSCOW – The chairman of the ment is related to President Viktor • Over 25 years of building experience Duma Foreign Affairs Committee, Yushchenko’s statement the previous day • Bilingual Konstantin Kosachev (Unified Russia), that a list of potential privatization reviews • Fully insured and bonded said on February 21 that he is “absolutely will be “limited” to between 30 and 40 • Build on your lot or ours convinced” that neither the Bush adminis- enterprises. (RFE/RL Newsline) • Highest quality workmanship tration nor the U.S. Senate will back a Ihor W. Hron, President Lou Luzniak, Executive V.P. recently introduced Senate bill to suspend Nemstov questions scale of revisions Russian membership of the Group of Eight (941) 270-2411 (941) 270-2413 (G-8) until Moscow “ends its assault on MOSCOW – Boris Nemtsov, the former Zenon Luzniak, General Contractor democracy and political freedom,” Interfax leader of the Russian Union of Rightists Serving North Port, Venice, South Venice and area reported. “This initiative is based on the Forces and the free-lance advisor to false idea that Russia’s membership of the President Viktor Yushchenko, said both [G-8] is a reward or advance for good Ukrainian and Russian businesses would behavior,” Mr. Kosachev said. Vyacheslav lose from large-scale revision of privatiza- èãÖå’ü èãÄëíìçéä ◊èÖêòß ëíÖÜß“ Nikonov, president of the Politika founda- tion in Ukraine. “The issue of revision of — ‚·¯ÚÓ‚Ûπ — tion, had suggested that Moscow does not the privatization result in mass volume, view any U.S. effort to suspend Russia when it involves about 3,000 enterprises, ÑÖççàâ íÄÅßê from the G-8 as realistic, TV-Tsentr report- calls into question the results of a whole ÑÖççàâ íÄÅßê ed on February 14. Mr. Nikonov said such stage of reforms in Ukraine and can cause ◊èíÄòÄí èêà èãÄëíß“ a suspension would require greater consen- an outflow of capital from the country. In sus among G-7 members on the issue. addition, such revisions will make investors ‰Îfl ‰¥ÚÂÈ ‚¥‰ 4 ‰Ó 6 ðÓÍ¥‚, flÍ¥ ‚ÓÎÓ‰¥˛Ú¸ (ðÓÁÛÏ¥˛Ú¸ ¥ „Ó‚ÓðflÚ¸) ÛÍð‡ªÌÒ¸ÍÓ˛ ÏÓ‚Ó˛. Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Joseph think twice before investing money,” he • ÑËÚË̇ ÏÛÒËÚ¸ χÚË Á‡Í¥Ì˜ÂÌËı 4 ðÓÍË ÊËÚÚfl ‰Ó 31-„Ó ÒÂðÔÌfl 2005 ð. ÇËÈÌflÚÍ¥‚ ÌÂχπ. Lieberman (D-Conn.) introduced the bill said in an interview with the Ekho Moskvy • ÑËÚË̇ ÏÛÒËÚ¸ χÚË ÛÒ¥ ÔðËÔË̥҇ ˘ÂÔÎÂÌÌfl. in the Senate on February 18. The Radio on February 16. He was comment- • ÑËÚË̇, fl͇ ÒÍ·· á‡fl‚Û ÇÒÚÛÔÛ ‰Ó ÌÓ‚‡ˆÚ‚‡, Ì ÏÓÊ ·ð‡ÚË Û˜‡ÒÚË ‚ Ú‡·Óð‡ı ‰Îfl ÔÚ‡¯‡Ú. Associated Press quoted the bill as saying, ing on the recent statement by Ukraine’s “We must openly confront anti-democratic Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko that backsliding in Russia for the sake of all about 3,000 enterprises might undergo re- 퇷¥ð ‚¥‰·Û‰ÂÚ¸Òfl ̇ ëéûáßÇñß Û ‰‚Óı „ðÛÔ‡ı: those who look to the United States as a privatization through court verdicts. Mr. ‚¥‰ 26 ˜Âð‚Ìfl ‰Ó 3 ÎËÔÌfl 2005 ð., Ú‡ ‚¥‰ 3 ‰Ó 10 ÎËÔÌfl 2005 ð. beacon of freedom.” (RFE/RL Newsline) Nemtsov cited the words of President Viktor Yushchenko who had stated that pri- ì ÒÔð‡‚¥ Í¥ÏÌ‡Ú ÔðÓÒËÏÓ ÔÓðÓÁÛÏ¥‚‡ÚËÒfl ÔðflÏÓ Á ĉϥ̥ÒÚð‡ˆ¥π˛ ëÓ˛Á¥‚ÍË. Husar addresses Buchach faithful vatization of about 30 enterprises might be canceled and that there would be no further SOYUZIVKA LVIV – Cardinal Lubomyr Husar, head revision of privatization. (Interfax) Ukrainian National Association Estate of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church P.O. Box 529, Kerhonkson, NY 12446 • (845) 626-5641 (UGCC), on February 11 released an Yushchenko seeks veterans’ reconciliation address to the faithful of Buchach in western Ukraine’s Ternopil region on the situation LVIV – President Viktor Yushchenko • 퇷ÓðÓ‚‡ ÓÔ·ڇ: — $90.00 ¥ $5.00 ðÂπÒÚð‡ˆ¥ÈÌ (ÌÂÁ‚ÓðÓÚÌÂ); ÓÔ·ڇ Á‡ ‰‚‡ regarding a bishop for their eparchy. A said talks on reconciliation of war veter- ÚËÊÌ¥ 185.00 ‰ÓÎ. group of about 35 priests and laypeople ans of the Soviet Army and Ukrainian • á„ÓÎÓ¯ÂÌÌfl ¥ Ú‡·ÓðÓ‚Û ÓÔ·ÚÛ (˜ÂÍ ‚ËÔËÒ‡ÌËÈ Ì‡ Plast — Pershi Stezhi) ̇‰ÒË·ÚË ‰Ó: from the Buchach Eparchy had forced their Insurgent Army (UPA) that participated in Mrs. Oresta Fedyniak, 2626 W. Walton Ave., Chicago, IL 60622 way into the Metropolitan Synod that was World War II are being held in Ukraine. Tel.: (773) 486-0394 (8:00 ‰Ó 10:00 ð‡ÌÍÛ) being held in Cardinal Husar’s residence, Mr. Yushchenko said he hopes that recon- • ê˜Â̈¸ Á„ÓÎÓ¯Â̸: èÂ𯇠„ðÛÔ‡: 29 ·ÂðÂÁÌfl 2005 ð. demanding that Bishop Irynei Bilyk be rec- ciliation between the two sides will be ÑðÛ„‡ „ðÛÔ‡: 5 Í‚¥ÚÌfl 2005 ð. ognized as bishop of Buchach. Cardinal achieved before May 9. “It would be nice, • óËÒÎÓ Û˜‡ÒÌËÍ¥‚ Ó·ÏÂÊÂÌÂ. Husar’s message to the faithful of Buchach if we have not only success, but also the noted, in part: “... In recent months or even final position on the question,” the presi- äÄêíÄ áÉéãéòÖççü çÄ íÄÅßê èíÄòÄí- 2005 years, on various occasions, especially dur- dent said in Lviv on February 16. He noted that authorities had begun talks ßÏ’fl ¥ Ôð¥Á‚ˢ ‰ËÚËÌË ...... ing the Metropolitan Synods, representatives ÔÓ-ÛÍð‡ªÌÒ¸ÍË ¥ ÔÓ-‡Ì„Î¥ÈÒ¸ÍË of the communities of the Chortkiv and with veterans of the Soviet Army, the чڇ ̇ðÓ‰ÊÂÌÌfl ...... Buchach Eparchy came in larger or smaller Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists numbers to ask for or demand some solution (OUN) and UPA on “the question of his- ĉðÂÒ‡...... to the situation existing in their eparchy. I toric reconciliation.” He added, “I will do íÂÎÂÙÓÌ...... personally, and all bishops present, since the anything possible so that this national dia- synod of October 2003 have been very sad logue will take place.” Mr. Yushchenko K K ‚¥‰ 26 ˜Âð‚Ìfl ‰Ó 3 ÎËÔÌfl 2005 ð. ‚¥‰ 3 ‰Ó 10 ÎËÔÌfl 2005 ð. that your eparchy has had serious difficulties explained that reconciliation between ÇÂ΢Ë̇ Ú‡·ÓðÓ‚Óª ÒÓðÓ˜ËÌÍË ‰ËÚËÌË: K 6-8, K 10-12, K 14-16. nearly from the very beginning of its exis- these two sides is necessary for contem- tence. [These difficulties] arose from a lack porary Ukraine. (Interfax-Ukraine) K á‡ÎÛ˜Û˛ ˜ÂÍ Ì‡ ÒÛÏÛ $...... K êÂÁÂð‚Û˛ Í¥Ï̇ÚÛ Ì‡ ëÓ˛Á¥‚ˆ¥ of understanding between persons and, per- haps, as a result of a lack of good will for Lutsenko seeks info on Gongadze case ...... mutual understanding and solving the con- ßÏ’fl ¥ Ôð¥Á‚Ë˘Â Ï‡ÚÂð¥ (ÔÓ‰‡ÚË ‰¥‚Ә Ôð¥Á‚ˢÂ) KYIV – Internal Affairs Minster Yurii flict. Since the time we realized that conflict Lutsenko stated that he guarantees free- ᇂ‚‡„Ë...... was approaching, we have sought for mutu- dom and immunity from prosecution to ally acceptable ways to solve it. However, ...... all policemen involved in the kidnapping the situation was aggravated so much that of Heorhii Gongadze if they cooperate ...... we had to pass the case to the Roman with the investigation and were not 襉ÔËÒ ·‡Ú¸Í‡ ‡·Ó χÚÂð¥ Apostolic See for consideration. The holy involved in the journalist’s murder. He father has already made certain initial deci- sions as to the future development of the (Continued on page 23) No. 9 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2005 23

Pavlovsky, the channel reported. The NEWSBRIEFS recordings of the alleged telephone con- (Continued from page 22) versation between two security men were made this statement in Kyiv on February shown on December 23, 2004, on the 17. Mr. Lutsenko said he has information program “Closed Zone” broadcast on the “on the involvement of Kyiv city and Channel 5. (Interfax-Ukraine) Kyiv regional policemen” in the case. Pavlovsky denies reports on poisoning “We must complete the case, otherwise people will never believe us. This is not MOSCOW – Effective Policy UKRAINIAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION the only case, but this is the most famous Foundation President Gleb Pavlovsky has UKRAINIAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION case in the world,” he said. “We have denied reports that he was involved in the information and real prospects to uncover poisoning of Ukrainian President Viktor key figures in the case,” he said adding Yushchenko. “This was a primitive, false ADVANCE NOTICE that the newly appointed head of the Kyiv report, which I reject completely,” he told regional police, V. Yalovenko, “knows the Interfax on February 16. A day earlier case very well.” He said policemen can Ukraine’s Channel 5 television said that trust Mr. Yalovenko and should supply tape recordings had been submitted to the information on the Gongadze case to him Procurator General’s Office of a telephone SEPTEMBER 15-18, 2005 ANNUAL UABA CONVENTION or directly to the internal affairs minister. conversation between Russian special Luxurious Loews New Orleans Hotel, (Interfax-Ukraine) service officers, which said that Mr. Pavlovsky had proposed poisoning Mr. New Orleans, Louisiana! New exam of Gongadze body ordered Yushchenko. “This is a fairly minor lie for ‡ a TV channel working in the field of prop- KYIV – A new forensic examination of aganda and counter-propaganda,” he said. Attorneys and Law Students: the body of Heorhii Gongadze has been Mr. Pavlovsky said that unconfirmed Don’t miss this opportunity to network, obtain CLE credits, ordered, Interfax-Ukraine learned at the reports indicate that “certain circles in and meet new and old colleagues from the U.S., Canada press service of the Procurator General’s Ukraine regard the allegations in the Office (PGO) on February 16. “The foren- Channel 5 story as a response to the pend- and Ukraine, while enjoying the exciting attractions, sic examination bureau of the Health ing criminal case in Russia against [Prime sizzling nightlife and cuisine of New Orleans! Ministry will hold a new study with the use Minister] Yulia Tymoshenko.” (Interfax) of DNA analysis,” the press service report- vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv ed. The PGO also said that this examina- Agrarians now People’s Party tion will be conducted together with KYIV – The seventh special congress experts from Munich, and a parallel study Book your hotel reservations now for a special UABA rate of $149/night, will be done in Zurich. (Interfax-Ukraine) of the People’s Agrarian Party on February 11 unanimously passed a decision to limited availability: Toll-free: (866) 211-6411 (during business hours only). Channel 5 gives recordings to prosecutor rename the party the People’s Party. The congress also endorsed its “Manifesto of UABA Convention Discount Pre-registration: download the registration form KYIV – Channel 5 TV on February 15 National Unity.” The political council and from our web page: www.uaba.org and send to: George Pazuniak, Esq. UABA submitted to the Procurator General’s the political executive committee of the Treasurer, P.O. Box 2207, Wilmington, DE 19899, (800) 979-9009 ext. 6271. Office (PGO) the tape recordings of tele- party are authorized to draft the national phone conversations of officers from the doctrine of farm sector development to be UABA-related questions, contact UABA President, Andrew E. Steckiw, Esq. at Russian Federal Security Service who considered during the next congress of the (215) 564-2466, or UABA Chairman, Andrew Pidgirsky, Esq. at (713) 308-0138. allegedly mentioned that the plan to poi- party. The congress also passed a decision son Viktor Yushchenko was proposed by on new wording in the party’s statutes and the Kremlin’s political technologist Gleb program. (Interfax-Ukraine) 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2005 No. 9

PREVIEW OF EVENTS Soyuzivka’s Datebook Wednesday, March 2 http://www.huri.harvard.edu/. BALTIMORE: Thursday, March 10 March 5-6, 2005 April 16, 2005 Dr. Sergiy Korsunsky, minister-counselor and deputy chief of Plast Kurin “Khmelnychenky” Rochester Fire Company Banquet mission at the Embassy of Ukraine, will EDMONTON: The Ukrainian Annual Winter Rada deliver a speech on “The Ukrainian Professional and Business Club, April 20-22, 2005 ‘Orange’ Revolution: Impact on Society, Edmonton, and the Canadian Institute of March 27, 2005 SUNY at New Paltz, Migrant Economy and Foreign Policy” as part of Ukrainian Studies (CIUS) at the Traditional Ukrainian Easter Day Education Program and Retreat the distinguished speakers program at the University of Alberta present the 39th Brunch, doors open at 11:30 a.m. Baltimore Council on Foreign Affairs annual Shevchenko Lecture featuring Dr. April 23, 2005 (BCFA). The program will be held in the Roman Serbyn, professor emeritus, April 1-2, 2005 TAP New York Beer Festival at World Trade Center Baltimore, at 6 -7:10 department of history, Université du Quebec à Montreal, who will speak on the UNA District Meeting and Hunter Mountain, round-trip bus p.m. The Baltimore Council on Foreign from Soyuzivka, special room Affairs is a private, non-profit, non-posi- topic “Myth and Memory: The ‘Great Secretarial Course Fatherland War’ and the Formation of a rate – $60/night tion taking, open membership, public serv- ice association dedicated to citizen educa- Soviet Ukrainian Identity.” Dr. Serbyn is April 8-10, 2005 author of “Za Iaku Spadshchynu?” (For May 1, 2005 tion in foreign affairs. Reservations are Grace Episcopal Church, required; members, free of charge; non- Which Heritage?), Kyiv, 2002, and a col- Madison, N.J. – Men’s Retreat Traditional Blessed Ukrainian members, $15. Membership is open to the lection of articles on Ukraine and World Road Rally Weekend – an Epicurean, Easter Day Brunch, doors open public. For membership and/or ticket War II. The lecture will be held Room motorized scavenger hunt at 11:30 a.m. information call (410) 727-2150; e-mail 1003, Engineering Teaching Learning [email protected]. The BCFA is Complex (ETLC), University of Alberta April 9, 2005 May 20, 2005 located in Suite 1611, World Trade Center, campus, at 7 p.m. For further information SUNY New Paltz Alpha Kappa Phi Ellenville High School Junior Prom 401 E. Pratt St. contact CIUS, (780) 492-2972; e-mail, [email protected]. Sorority Formal Banquet May 27-30, 2005 Sunday, March 6 YONKERS, N.Y.: Memorial Day Weekend BBQ A Ukrainian Easter April 15-17, 2005 CHICAGO: The Ukrainian Institute of Egg Workshop, sponsored by Ukrainian Plast Kurin “Chortopolokhy” and Zabava Modern Art presents a concert by Oleh National Women’s League of America Weekend, sponsored Annual Meeting Adoptive Parents Krysa, violin, and Tatiana Tchekina, piano, Branch 30, will be held at St. Michael’s by the Embassy of Ukraine and in a program of works by Vitali-Charlier, Ukrainian Church hall, 21 Shonnard Place, the UNA Poulenc, Prokofiev, Skoryk and at 7 p.m. The fee of $20 includes a stylus, Szymanowski. A prominent student of wax and step-by-step instructions to com- David Oistrakh, international laureate and plete a traditional Easter egg. Interested distinguished soloist and chamber musi- individuals should bring two raw eggs and cian in the former USSR, Europe and a candle, along with a holder. To register Asia, Mr. Krysa currently is professor of call Olia, (914) 762-6514. violin at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, N.Y. Ms. Tchekina has been Sunday, March 13 performing with her husband, Mr. Krysa, since 1967, in solo and chamber music YONKERS, N.Y.: The annual Ukrainian recitals to worldwide critical acclaim. Mr. National Women’s League of America Krysa’s and Ms. Tchekina’s upcoming Branch 30 Easter Art Exhibit and Bazaar engagements include a concert tour of will be held at St. Michael’s Ukrainian North America, Russia, Ukraine, the Church Hall, 21 Shonnard Place at 9 a.m.- Netherlands, Australia and Japan. The noon. Featured artists are: Wolodymyra concert will be held at the UIMA, 2320 W. Vera Wasiczko, Dianna Shmerykowsky, Chicago Ave., at 2 p.m. Edward Kozak, Jacques Hnizdovsky, Maria and Myron Bokalo, and Romanka CHICAGO: The Ukrainian Medical Zajac. The bazaar offers an opportunity to Association of North America, Illinois purchase paintings, woodcuts, prints, Chapter, as part of its continuing efforts to Trypillian and Hutsul ceramics, gerdany, foster professional development through pysanky, Easter Egg kits, Ukraine-motif Attention Debutante Ball Organizers! medical education, is holding a scientific magnets and decals, and more. For addi- conference on the topic “Dioxin and the tional information call Olia, (914) 762- As in the past, The Ukrainian Weekly Orange Revolution.” Featured speakers 6514. is planning to publish a special section are: Daniel Hryhorczuk, M.D., professor of environmental and occupational health, Thursday, March 17 devoted to the Ukrainian community’s debutantes. University of Illinois – Chicago, School of The 2005 debutante ball section will be published in March. The Public Health, and former section chief of EDMONTON: The Canadian Institute of deadline for submission of stories and photos is March 1. clinical toxicology, Cook County Hospital; Ukrainian Studies (CIUS), University of and Sophie Worobec, M.D., associate pro- Alberta, presents a lecture by Dr. fessor of dermatology, University of Rostyslav Melnykiv, faculty of Ukrainian Illinois, College of Medicine, Chicago. literature, Hryhorii Skovoroda Kharkiv The pathophysiology as well as der- National Pedagogical University, on matopathology of chloracne, and the toxi- “Volodymyr Svidzinsky: A Context for the cology of dioxin with respect to the poi- Legend.” The lecture will be given in soning of President Viktor Yushchenko Ukrainian at Heritage Lounge, Athabasca will be examined in detail, along with a Hall, at 3:30 p.m. For more information Easter Greetings 2005 case-study presentation, followed by an contact CIUS, (780) 492-2972, or e-mail open discussion. The scientific conference [email protected]. and luncheon will be held at noon at Carlucci’s Restaurant in Rosemont, Ill. For ADVANCE NOTICE SendContinue best wishes toyour your family tradition. and friends, further information and reservations, call Sunday, April 10 colleagues and clients on the occasion of Easter UMANA, (888) RX-UMANA, (773) 278- 6262, or e-mail [email protected]. STAMFORD, Conn.: The Eparchy of with a greeting in The Ukrainian Weekly. Stamford invites women of all ages to a NEW YORK: Plast will be holding its day of sharing and discovery titled annual children’s “Kostiumivka” “Ukrainian Catholic Women: Yesterday, (Children’s masquerade ball) at St. George Today, Tomorrow.” The event will be held Holiday Issue Publication Date Advertising Deadline Ukrainian Catholic School Auditorium, at St. Basil College, 195 Glenbrook Road Seventh Street (between Second and Third at 9 a.m.- 5 p.m. Program includes: partic- avenues). 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