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Vladimir Gontar/UNIAN Fans of England’s team carry a symbolic coffin in Donetsk to mock the words of retired English soccer star Sol Campbell, who warned his countrymen to stay away from Ukraine for fear of possible race-related violence.

by Zenon Zawada Yet Donetsk residents won the sympa- Special to The Ukrainian Weekly thies of the English fans. On the day of the third match, they marched through the city Vera Podgaynaya/UNIAN KYIV – Perhaps it was the English fans with a makeshift coffin with the words, Spectators in Kyiv’s fan zone follow the action in the Ukraine-England game played who best captured the spirit of the Euro “You’re wrong, Campbell,” to mock the on June 19 in Donetsk. England won 1-0. 2012 soccer championship in Ukraine. fright scenarios that were exacerbated by Before they arrived in Donetsk, where the BBC and tabloids. by Ihor N. Stelmach Requiring a win to play on, the the English team played two of its first three “We’re going home in a coffin,” they sang Ukrainians appeared to have scored a goal games, retired English football legend Sol as early as June 11, just a few days after SOUTH WINDSOR, Conn. – Wayne in the 62nd minute when Marko Devic’s Campbell warned that fans could return in arriving, during the England-France match. Rooney scored the only goal that counted, deflected shot looped over the goal line coffins because of alleged bigotry and vio- and that goal was enough for England to before it was hooked clear by English lence, particularly against non-Europeans. (Continued on page 4) defeat and eliminate Ukraine from further defender John Terry. However, neither the play in the 2012 Euro Cup on June 19 at referee nor his extra assistant, standing on Donbas Arena in Donetsk. The British strik- the playing field a few yards from the post, er returned from a two-match suspension awarded the goal. Defenders of Ukrainian language protest in NYC to head in the lone goal, propelling his team “The goal that wasn’t given really into the quarterfinals. changed our plan because, if it was given, I A frustrated Ukraine squad left the tour- think the whole game could have looked nament knowing the outcome could very easily have been different. (Continued on page 4)

Matthew Dubas Yevgeniy Maloletka/UNIAN Some 100 protesters gathered near the New York City Consulate General of Ukraine Ukraine loves the Euro 2012: fans of team Ukraine during the Ukraine-England on June 18 to protest Ukraine’s proposed new law on language. See story on page 3. match in Donetsk on June 19. 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 24, 2012 No. 26

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Tourism up 19% due to Euro 2012 and politicians. I wish everyone could Is there a third force in Belarus? assess the Ukrainian realities based on KYIV – Compared with the same period their own observations and not from the by David Marples and periodically “dictators” need evidence last year, the number of foreign tourist of their legitimacy in the eyes of their own slander of the emissaries of our opposition. Eurasia Daily Monitor arrivals in Ukraine has increased by 19 per- They did all they could to break the great people and the international community. He cent, Tetiana Slyshyk, the head of the Chief Belarusian Minister of Internal Affairs argued that even a fruitless outcome for an victory of our people, to break the champi- Directorate for Euro 2012 in Kyiv, told the onship in Ukraine. It didn’t work, because Ihar Shunievich announced recently that on opposition in such circumstances could ini- press on June 14. She said that from June 5 July 3, national Independence Day, some tiate the process of liberalization (Belarusy i Ukraine is a developing European state, to 13 Boryspil International Airport wel- and integration into the European Union is 2,600 prisoners are to be released (RIA Rynok, June 11-17). Still, for the opposition, comed more than 100,000 people and the Novosti, Jun 12). The statement raised the the ritual can often seem futile because the a conscious choice of the Ukrainian peo- number of private vehicles in Kyiv had ple,” the prime minister emphasized. He hopes of some that the remaining political elections are carefully stage-managed, even more than doubled. She also noted that, prisoners in Belarus might be on the list of during the formation of the initial election said the success of the Euro 2012 is part of according to border authorities, from June Ukraine’s systemic transformation on the those to be set free, but there is little indica- commissions. 5 to 13 about 2 million tourists entered tion of any mellowing of the Alyaksandr Another Belarusian analyst, Siarhei path of European integration. “This experi- Ukraine. “The lion’s share of these people, ence in the reform of the state costs as Lukashenka regime. The event indicates Bohdan, sees potential forces for change 60 percent, came to Kyiv,” she said. outside the opposition. He maintains that much as investment resources,” Mr. Azarov that little has changed – a policy of modera- According to specialists, during Euro 2012 the current structure is far from monolithic underscored. (Ukrinform) tion followed by repressions has been in Ukraine will be visited by 350,000 to place for some time. and cites former presidential candidate 400,000 people daily. More than 200,000 of Yatsenyuk: United opposition nearly formed But it also raises questions about the Andrey Sannikau, who stated in 2010 that them will be visiting Kyiv every day. “We nature of the regime. Various labels have below the ministerial level there are a num- KYIV – The formation of the united think that by the time of the Euro 2012 been applied to the structure in place since ber of very competent and well-qualified opposition is nearing completion, Front for finals this figure will reach half a million 1996, when after further amendments to people who often seem at odds with official Change leader Arseniy Yatsenyuk told a people,” Ms. Slyshyk added. (Ukrinform) the Constitution, the late Russian Prime policies. Even at the ministerial level, some briefing on June 20 on the occasion of the Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin negotiated a of the appointees are independent-minded, Azarov: Euro 2012 debunks myths Civic Position political party’s announce- compromise between the president and the such as Minister of Culture Pavel Latushka, ment that it is joining the united opposi- Parliament that essentially left the former who speaks fluent Belarusian in public. KYIV – Prime Minister Mykola Azarov tion. Mr. Yatsenyuk said that today the with almost complete powers. Since that Another leader, who is something of an said he believes the successful preparation opposition, thanks to the accession of time, the regime has appeared relatively enigma, is Prime Minister Mikhail and conduct of Euro 2012 has refuted Anatoliy Grytsenko’s Civic Position, has stable, but there is little consensus among Myasnikovich, a former president of the untrue rumors about Ukraine. Speaking on become “stronger than yesterday.” Mr. analysts whether it constitutes a dictator- National Academy of Sciences, but also the June 20 at a meeting of the Cabinet of Yatsenyuk did not answer journalists’ ship and whether it is monolithic. Most man who ran the campaign of Mr. Ministers, he said: “Hundreds of foreign questions about rumors of a possible important in this regard is the question of Lukashenka’s main opponent in 1994, then visitors have already publicly expressed accession to the united opposition of whether there are any alternative sources of Prime Minister Vyacheslau Kebich. Mr. their disappointment with the fact that Mykola Katerynchuk’s European Party of power in Belarus. Bohdan notes that Mr. Myasnikovich is they had been misinformed, and their Ukraine. (Ukrinform) A most obvious possible source of alter- exceptionally independent and far from admiration for what they have actually native power to President Lukashenka is being a mere acolyte of the president seen. The direct acquaintance with Ukraine EU envoy denied visit with Tymoshenko the opposition, which is currently debating (Belarus Digest, May 17). rebuffs myths – guests can see that our KYIV – European Union Ambassador to whether to boycott or take part in the 2012 It has been evident for some time, on the country welcomes the championship with Ukraine José Manuel Pinto Teixeira was parliamentary elections. other hand, that the most powerful figure enthusiasm. We are prepared properly. prevented on June 18 from visiting opposi- On June 11, on the first anniversary of immediately below the president, is his son Different thoughts in Ukraine are tion leader Yulia Tymoshenko in the the death of noted analyst Vitali Silitski, the Viktar, age 36, whose official position expressed freely, order and security are Kharkiv hospital where she is being treat- newspaper Belorusy i Rynok republished sounds innocuous – assistant to the presi- maintained. This is the best way to refute ed, according to Ms. Tymoshenko’s official one of his articles, originally written a dent on national security issues. Viktar the untruth with regard to Ukraine – with website. “For nearly 10 months I have been decade ago in the journal Adkrytae Lukashenka’s influence may have been real deeds to prove its truth. The truth waiting for permission from the Ukrainian Hramadstva. Silitski was a supporter of par- behind what has been described as a about our country will be brought by the authorities to visit Yulia Tymoshenko. liamentary elections, even when conducted “purge” of the Internal Affairs Ministry over fans to their countries. I think it’s a good Every time there is a different reason,” under conditions of duress and difficulty, as the past year and its apparent subordina- lesson for us, and for Western Europe.” Mr. Ambassador Teixeira said while speaking will undoubtedly be the case later in 2012. tion to the KGB, an agency also reputedly Azarov added that both athletes and fans to the press outside the hospital. He left a He wrote that “dictators” – he had no prob- under the control of the younger have noted the high level and quality of the letter he wrote to the former prime minis- lem using that word – hold elections Lukashenka. On May 11, the president dis- Euro matches, appreciated the sincerity ter with representatives of the because they overestimate their support, missed the internal affairs minister, Gen. and openness of the Ukrainian people, and Batkivshchyna Party in Kharkiv in the hope Anatol Kuleshau, who had reportedly been experienced true Ukrainian hospitality. seriously ill at the start of the year (udf.by, “We welcome fans, tourists, businessmen (Continued on page 12) Correction Jan 17). Mr. Kuleshau’s replacement, Ihar In the item in “Notes on People” head- Shunievich, worked in the ministry until lined “Romankiw honored by colleagues five years ago, but since then has been an in D.C.,” (June 17), the caption published employee of the KGB. The conclusion of a with the photo was incorrect (it was to a report by Kamil Klysinski of the Polish- The Ukrainian Weekly FOUNDED 1933 similar photo from the same event). Here based Center for Eastern Studies is that the is the correct caption for the photo that evident consolidation of the forces of Viktar An English-language newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., was published: Dr. Lubomyr Romankiw, Lukashenka is a setback for those who favor a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. wearing his medal as one of this year’s economic reforms and improved relations Yearly subscription rate: $65; for UNA members — $55. with the West (OSW Center for Eastern inductees into the U.S. National Inventors Periodicals postage paid at Caldwell, NJ 07006 and additional mailing offices. Studies, May 16). 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OTTAWA – A delegation from the the arrest, detention before and during Russia’s intentions to impose its will on tered on tax and regulatory issues, corrup- Canadian Parliament that visited Ukraine trial, sentencing, and incarceration of their Ukraine, to the development of civil society tion and factors influencing foreign investor last month held five days of meetings in loved ones. and the fall elections to the Verkhovna risk/benefit calculations. Ukraine’s capital, as well as in Kharkiv and They also expressed their concerns Rada. The committee also heard from the Lviv. about the current circumstance and condi- The afternoon sessions dealt with issues Committee in Support of Democracy in According to a May 29 press release tions of incarceration. In this regard, three related to the economy, business and Ukraine, which was represented by former from the Ukrainian Canadian Congress, key requirements were raised: immediate investment climate. In addition to the three Ukrainian Ambassador to Canada Yuri meetings were held with a broad spectrum medical attention, unconditional release representatives of the Ukrainian Canadian Shcherbak and Dmytro Pavlychko. Messrs of experts and monitors of the social, politi- from prison of these political prisoners and community attending, the Ukrainian Shcherbak and Pavlychko stated that the cal, economic and human rights situation in reversal of all charges on which the convic- Canadian Chamber of Commerce (CUCC) Ukrainian government is violating the the country. tions were based. participated in the session with presenta- Constitution of Ukraine, and that support Also attending the meetings were repre- Presentations by representatives of tions by Emma Turos, executive director of from Canada is critical to Ukraine maintain- sentatives of the organized Ukrainian Ukrainian government entities involved in the CUCC office in Kyiv, and Danylo Bilak, ing a democratic course. Canadian community including: Taras these cases followed. Representatives of the CUCC board member and resident partner The Embassy of Canada in Ukraine held Zalusky, executive director, Ukrainian Procurator General’s Office of Ukraine, the of Cameron McKenna LLP law firm. a formal reception marking the 20th anni- Canadian Congress; Bohdan Onyschuk, Office of the Human Rights Ombudsperson Other speakers included representatives versary of Canada-Ukraine relations which president, Canada Ukraine Foundation; and at the Verkhovna Rada, the State from the European Business Association, was addressed by the head of delegation, Borys Potapenko, executive director, Penitentiary Service of Ukraine; and the American Chamber of Commerce in MP Bob Dechert, parliamentary secretary League of Ukrainian Canadians. Ministry of Justice of Ukraine appeared Ukraine, European Bank for Reconstruction to the minister of foreign affairs; Troy The delegation heard a consistent mes- next. Without providing opening state- and Development and Viterra Ukraine. The Lulashnyk, Canada’s ambassador to sage in Kyiv, eastern Ukraine and western ments, the session moved directly to ques- discussion focused on the investment cli- Ukraine; and Ukraine’s vice-minister of for- Ukraine about the importance of this fall’s tions from Canadian MPs and discussion mate, corruption, rule of law, property eign affairs, Pavel Klymkin. parliamentary elections and the need for of surrounding the cases of the incarcerated rights and related issues. It was stressed Meetings on Tuesday, May 15, began a strong international election observer former government officials. that foreign investment – especially as this with presentations by representatives of presence, as well as the importance of The Ukrainian representatives indicated pertains to small and medium-size enter- opposition parties, including: Anatoliy Canada supporting Ukraine’s fledgling that they were interested in the opinions prises – requires investors to have long- Grytsenko, leader of the Hromadianska democracy and civil society groups in the and questions of the Canadian officials and term goals and support from their govern- Pozytsia party; Oleh Tyahnybok, leader of face of increasingly authoritarian trends. that they would relay them to relevant offi- ments, embassies, and from committed the Svoboda party; Serhiy Sas of the Yulia The visit began on Monday, May 14, with cials. They also indicated that written diaspora organizations, especially cham- Tymoshenko Bloc faction in Parliament; a session involving presentations by repre- responses would be provided to outstand- bers of commerce and professional and Andrei Pyshnyi from Front for change; and sentatives, family members and attorneys ing questions. business groups. Rostyslav Pavlenko, representative from of Yulia Tymoshenko, Yurii Lutsenko and Following the morning sessions, the The final session included a meeting the UDAR party. Valeriy Ivashchenko. Eugenia Tymoshenko, Canadian delegation held a working lunch with representatives of the State Agency for The political representatives spoke daughter of the former prime minister, with the chairman of the Foreign Affairs Investment and National Projects of about the importance of the Ukrainian dias- Iryna Lutsenko, wife of the former internal Committee of the Verkhovna Rada, Oleh Ukraine and the Institute for Economic pora and indicated that many feel that affairs minister, and Valentyna Ivashchenko, Bilorus. The wide-ranging discussion Research and Political Consultations. The Ukraine is being sold out to the “Donetsk wife of the former acting defense minister, focused on issues ranging from Ukraine’s frank and candid discussion of the econo- discussed the circumstances surrounding geo-strategic importance, including my, business and investment climate cen- (Continued on page 14) Defenders of the Ukrainian language protest Hundreds of oblast and raion deputies in front of Ukrainian Consulate in New York protest changes to Ukraine’s language law by Matthew Dubas NEW YORK – Approximately 100 pro- testers, many dressed in Ukrainian embroi- dered shirts and carrying flags and plac- ards of protest, gathered on June 18 to show their love of the Ukrainian language through Ukrainian patriotic songs in front of the Consulate General of Ukraine – locat- ed at 240 49th St., between Second and Third avenues. The protest was in response to the introduction of legislation by National Deputies Serhiy Kivalov and Boris Kolesnykov in the Verkhovna Rada that would make Russian a second official lan- guage in most regions of Ukraine. The leg- islation was accepted in its first reading by Matthew Dubas the Ukrainian Parliament and protesters Stefan Kaczaraj, president of the chanted slogans urging the government of Ukrainian National Association, delivers statements in Ukrainian and English. Local government officials demonstrate in Kyiv against the proposed new law on language. Ukraine to vote “no” in its second reading. The peaceful demonstration was orga- by Tamara Olexy Rada, Oleksander Sich, chair of the Ivano- nized by the Ukrainian Congress Committee Ukrainian Congress Committee of America Frankivsk Oblast Council, called to order the of America (UCCA), the New Ukrainian council’s extraordinary 14th session. Wave, the Organization for the Defense of KYIV – Separated from Party of Regions With a quorum of 59 deputies, the Ivano- Four Freedoms for Ukraine (ODFFU) and supporters by metal barricades and dozens Frankivsk Oblast Council unanimously the International Conference in Support of of Ukraine’s militia, close to 2,000 deputies voted to prevent the introduction of a de Ukraine (known by its Ukrainian acronym, from 13 oblasts and dozens of local govern- facto second official language in Ukraine. SKUDO). ments around Ukraine gathered before the In his comments to the gathering, Mr. Speeches were delivered by Askold Verkhovna Rada building to protest the Sich stated: “We, members of the Ivano- Lozynskyj (chair of SKUDO), Ivanka Zajac introduction of Law No. 9073 “On the Frankivsk Oblast Council, express our pro- (president of the UCCA branch in New York Principles of Language Policy.” found indignation and reject the provoca- City) Stepan Kaczurak (president of On the morning of June 5, hundreds of tive intentions of the Party of Regions bill ODFFU), Stefan Kaczaraj (president of the local government officials arrived in Kyiv to introduced by Kivalov and Kolesnichenko… Ukrainian National Association), Mykhailo hold extraordinary sessions of their respec- Such a language policy, which tries to Koziupa (president of the UCCA in Morris tive oblast governments to express their implement in Ukraine a second official lan- County, N.J.), Halyna Rudenko and opposition to the bill sponsored by Party of guage – Russian… will cause irreparable Askold Lozynskyj, chair of the Myroslava Rozdolska (of the New Ukrainian Regions National Deputies Serhii Kivalov damage to the establishment of Ukraine as International Conference in Support of Wave) and Yuri Symczyk (first vice-presi- and Vadym Kolesnichenko. Ukraine, speaks at the rally. dent of ODFFU). At 8:30 a.m. outside of the Verkhovna (Continued on page 14) 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 24, 2012 No. 26

excitement and psychosis in which a per- Fans in Ukraine... son falls into when watching these match- es,” he said at a June 16 press conference. (Continued from page 1) “Look at the faces of these people! They’re Indeed, European football fans injected not people any more. They’re more similar cheer and friendship on Ukraine’s biggest to monkeys.” cities during the Euro 2012 championship. One of the most revealing scenes The three-week jubilee has become occurred on the night of June 19, after the about more than soccer, or football as it’s Swedish team defeated the French and the known in most of the world. It has given Ukrainians lost to the English. The subse- Ukrainians a break from their political quent reaction on the streets of Kyiv would troubles. It has also given them a chance to have given an unknowing observer the reveal their true selves to the world, and impression that the results were different. for the world’s citizens to open themselves As the calm, smiling Swedes ascended up to Ukrainians. Velyka Vasylkivska Street towards the While Donetsk hosted the English, the Khreshchatyk, where they were to cele- residents of Kyiv indulged about 20,000 brate politely indoors until the morning, Swedish fans – a quarter of whom spent 12 Ukrainian fans jumped, shouted “U-kra-yi- days camping on Trukhaniv Island in the na” repeatedly and sang folk songs Dnipro River. throughout Kyiv’s central streets. First impressions weren’t ideal. The first Some were convinced the victory was Swedes arrived at Trukhaniv to find con- Ukraine’s, after a referee improperly dis- struction unfinished, as electricity was qualified a goal. Others were simply milk- lacking and showers and toilets incom- ing their last chance to indulge in the Euro plete. Drinking water was unavailable. 2012 euphoria. Oleg Petrasyuk/UNIAN The Ukrainian state firm in charge of “They were offering us high-fives after Swedish soccer fans at the Sweden-France match in Kyiv on June 19. Sweden won their loss because we defeated the French, Camp Sweden pulled off a standard Soviet 2-0, but did not make it into the quarterfinals. all-nighter, completing the necessary work which would have enabled Ukraine to qual- in the last moments to the satisfaction of across Kyiv’s main boulevard, the Kyiv residents who otherwise could not ify had they won,” said an amused Mr. the Swedes, who could access WiFi Khreshchatyk, and onto their island in the afford to attend a match – for which the Krieg. “So we enjoyed their support.” Internet in between their dips in the summer sun, which was within walking cheapest ticket price was $37.50 – got their About 77 percent of Ukrainians have Dnipro River. distance. unique chance to take part in Euro 2012 by never been beyond its borders, reported Through it all, the Swedes demonstrated Kyiv’s police rolled out the red carpet for finding tickets for free, or as low as $12.50 the Kyiv-based Korrespondent magazine a their famous mild-manneredness, refrain- the Swedes, closing the central streets so a pop (100 hrv). week before the Euro 2012 kicked off. ing from public complaints and expressing they could indulge in their pre-game rituals Those with budgets even lower than About 83 percent have never been to a only gratitude amidst the subpar condi- of marching and singing. that crowded into the fan zone on the Western country. So the tournament tions. Their joyful voices reverberated off Khreshchatyk to watch the matches on sev- offered many a rare opportunity to interact “The camping was good, better than I Kyiv’s Soviet-era structures, filling the eral huge plasma screens. with Europeans on a casual, friendly basis. expected,” one Swede told Radio Liberty. “I streets with a sea of flags, shirts and wigs The June 15 Ukraine-France match drew “Ukraine didn’t lose today because hun- went to the bathroom in the forest and that bore the bright blue and yellow colors overwhelming interest, creating sardine- dreds of thousands of fans came to Ukraine washed myself in the Dnipro,” he added that are shared by Sweden and Ukraine. like conditions in the nearby metro stations from different countries in the world, dis- nonchalantly. Just as the English dismissed their ste- and on the sidewalks surrounding the fan covered Ukraine and I hope they’ll go back Yet ethnic differences were apparent. reotypes, the Swedes grew comfortable zone. Foreigners looked impressed with and say that it’s cool in Ukraine,” said Yurii Ukrainians were impressed by the height of quickly in Kyiv, shedding their concerns the ability of Kyiv residents to remain calm Karpenko following Ukraine’s June 19 loss. the average Swede. At six-feet, four-inches about rip-off scams and petty theft. in such tight crowds. Of all the souvenirs being sold in tall, Oskar Borjesson said he had to sleep “I’m positively surprised that no one They tended to lose their cool by the Ukraine during the Euro 2012, none is with bent legs when riding on the bunk tried to fool us,” said Mr. Borjesson, 27, an time matches ended, however, indulging in more popular than a T-shirt that bears the beds on Ukraine’s overnight trains. engineer. their own freestyle, drunken, post-game phrase, “Now I fear nothing. I’ve been to “It was too short and narrow,” he said. Sweden’s first two defeats meant that its marches loudly chanting “U-kra-yi-na” no Donetsk.” “Ten extra inches would have helped.” third match would be irrelevant, as the matter whether the team won or lost. The T-shirt’s designer, Donetsk native There were cultural differences as well. team had already been eliminated from the Such behavior prompted the leaders of Diana Berg, said she wanted to show that “We’re not used to stray dogs running quarterfinal. the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv the city’s residents can creatively deal with around in Sweden,” said David Krieg, 26. As a result, an exodus of fans began the Patriarchate, Patriarch Filaret, to admonish their negative stereotypes. Adding to their enjoyment was day after the June 15 loss, prompting them his countrymen for sinful behavior that “We approach them with humor and Ukraine’s cheap beer, as low as 50 cents a to dump hundreds of tickets upon the pub- leads to lack of self-control and even vio- this souvenir T-shirt is direct evidence of bottle, boxes of which the Swedes lugged lic for the June 19 match against France. lence. “The Church doesn’t endorse the that,” she said.

Shevchenko due to a left knee injury, made Tymoshchuk followed shortly with another England eliminates... it five straight matches without a win at Ukraine’s 0-2 effort, blasting from the edge of the box. (Continued from page 1) Donbas Arena. The hometown team con- loss to France Midfielder Menez, who replaced Florent trolled play at the start, much more confi- The first half was four minutes old when Malouda in the starting line-up, found a way another way,” Ukraine captain Andriy dent with the ball and holding England referee Bjorn Kuipers was forced to take through in the 53rd minute, skipping past Shevchenko said through an interpreter in inside its own half of the field, spurred on the players off the field for their own safety Ukraine right defender Yevhen Selin to a post-match interview. “We tried to give by the cheering of the home crowd. Any due to a torrential downpour with thunder squeeze in a left-footed shot inside the post. Ukraine a gift, but we weren’t able to do it.” early shots were from afar with Denys and lightning. Many fans had already made Less than four minutes later, another pass A tie with England would still have elim- Garmash and Yaroslav Rakitskiy both strik- their retreat from their seats due to the from Karim Benzema put Cabaye at the top inated Ukraine, but a tying goal could have ing over, while Devic had a low shot massive storm. Yet it wasn’t until the sec- of the penalty area and the midfielder buoyed the team with the knowledge that a blocked by midfielder Scott Parker. Oleh ond half of the match that the killer blows shrugged off a challenge before scoring low second goal would gain it a spot in the Gusev got into the penalty area and sent in were dealt, when Jeremy Menez and Yohan across the goal to double the lead. quarterfinals. a shot that barely snuck over keeper Joe Cabaye tallied goals within four minutes of Ukraine’s goalie, Pyatov, came through “I was sad because the ball was in the Hart’s goal. each other to give France a 2-0 win over with a string of excellent saves without which France would have been an even big- goal by one meter,” Ukraine coach Oleg Ukraine took the game to England, yet it Ukraine in Group D Euro Cup action. Amid crashes of thunder and flashes of ger winner. The partisan home crowd had Blokhin said after the match. lacked the ability to get totally through its lightning in the skies above Donbas Arena, very little to cheer about as the match The controversial play will undoubtedly opponents. The offensive strategy of quick there was a genuine fear that the teams entered its final stages. A free-kick curled pressure UEFA President Michel Platini to blasts on goal did not achieve the desired would have to return the next day to get the over by substitute Oleksandr Aliyev did lit- reconsider his stance against goal-line results. Perhaps a more tempered, dis- match in. The nearly hour-long delay did not tle to improve the dampened moods of the replay technology. guised attack was in order. The controver- seem to affect France, which controlled most Ukrainian fans. Rooney, who put his team on the score- sial “ghost goal” did not help matters. of the proceedings without taking full advan- Ukraine had its moments, but in the final board, had been suspended after England’s On June 20 the chief refereeing officer tage. Several chances were missed and the analysis the team’s defense was not strong last qualifier in October and was forced to for the European soccer federation (UEFA), French had a goal ruled out for offside. enough to hold back France’s attacking sit out the first two Euro 2012 matches. Pierluigi Collina, admitted the on-field deci- Ukraine came close to scoring in the power. Captain Steven Gerrard snapped a cross sion to not allow the goal scored by 34th minute, when the two-goal hero of Among the forwards, Shevchenko and into the penalty area, which rebounded off Ukraine was an error. Hungarian referee Ukraine’s opening win over Sweden, Tymoshchuk showed well, attacking and get- two defenders, then through Ukrainian Viktor Kassai and his assistants, who decid- Shevchenko, rifled a volley at the goal, only ting in position for scoring chances. Andriy goalkeeper Andriy Pyatov’s hands as he ed against awarding the goal, were exclud- to have goalkeeper Hugo Lloris block it Voronin was barely involved and replaced at crouched in an attempt to corral the ball. At ed from further work in the tournament. away from his near post. Early in the sec- the break, while potential danger man the far post, in excellent position maybe a FIFA – the international soccer federation – ond half, Shevchenko collected the ball and Yevhen Konoplyanka disappointed, his cross- yard away, Rooney tapped it in. will decide in July whether to approve the unleashed a long-range shot that flew over es failing to find teammates and he himself Ukraine, playing at the outset without use of goal-line replay technology. the top of the goal by inches. Anatoliy drifting into the periphery of the game. No. 26 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 24, 2012 5

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he krainian eekly FOR THE RECORD: Ukraine in 2011 T U W Following are excerpts from the executive logue with civil society in the established summary of the Ukraine section of Freedom formats; hundreds of civic councils were House’s report “Nations in Transit 2012.” formed at different levels of government in The saintly Metropolitan Sheptytsky The report covers democratic development accordance with new regulations, but often As reported in several articles in May, the life and exemplary works of in 29 countries from Central Europe to NGOs reported only an “imitation” of public Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky (1865-1944) were honored in Canada and the Eurasia. Ukraine’s scores in five categories participation in such bodies. … United States thanks to a North American tour of Ukrainian religious leaders orga- (electoral process, independent media, nized by the Ukrainian Jewish Encounter. One of the goals of the trip that brought national democratic governance, judicial sensitive topics has taken on a more pro- Orthodox, Catholic, Jewish, Protestant, Evangelical and Muslim leaders to Toronto, framework and independence, and corrup- government• … since bias2010, at coveragemost of the of politicallytelevision Ottawa, Washington and New York was to support efforts seeking the beatification tion) of the seven covered by the report stations with national reach. Self- of Metropolitan Sheptytsky by the Vatican and his recognition at Israel’s Yad Vashem declined in 2011. The full report on Ukraine censorship is a visible phenomenon on as one of the Righteous Among Nations – a designation granted to gentiles who may be read at http://www.freedomhouse. nationwide channels, and many channels saved the lives of Jews during the Holocaust. org/report/nations-transit/2012/ukraine. noticeably “depoliticized” their news An extraordinary man, Sheptytsky was devoted to his Ukrainian faithful, defend- broadcasting in 2011. Some signs of direct ing their religious, social and national interests without fail during a time of great government pressure on media were evi- political upheaval, including two world wars, in the western Ukrainian region processes continued to deteriorate in 2011, dent at the regional level, with three inde- known as Halychyna (Galicia). The saintly metropolitan also defended people of moving• Ukraine’s the country democratic toward institutions authoritarian and pendent television stations in Kharkiv other faiths and nationalities who lived on those Ukrainian lands, and was a force for rule. Growing concentration of power in shutting down in August and September. harmony and reconciliation among ethnic and religious groups. the hands of the president was accompa- Media watchdogs warned of physical His most courageous actions came at the time of the brutal Nazi occupation of nied by the politically motivated and selec- attacks against journalists, and digital Ukraine. Sheptytsky personally protected Jews in Ukraine and ordered his monas- tive use of the judiciary to jail key leaders broadcasting frequencies were distributed teries, convents and orphanages to hide hundreds of children from the Nazis. This of the opposition. in 2011 in a way that favored media own- “spiritual giant” – as Kurt Lewin, one of the children saved by the metropolitan, ers with government connections. … called him – protested against the destruction of Jews in Halychyna directly to main indication of a deteriorating political Heinrich Himmler, informed the Vatican about what was happening in the region landscape• Misuse in of2011, the preventing judiciary becamefree and thefair consolidation of local power hierarchies to under the Nazi regime, and authored the historic pastoral letter “Thou Shalt Not political competition. Criminal cases the• advantage…the year of2011 the wasYanukovych characterized adminis- by Kill,” in which he underscored the sanctity of human life and called on the faithful to against the leaders of opposition… tration, with politically motivated appoint- not participate in Nazi atrocities. The powerful video-documentary “Saved by removed the most vocal opponents of the ments occurring at all levels. Throughout Sheptytsky,” prepared by Jurij Klufas specially for the UJE tour, presented the voices government from active politics. … the year, the responsibilities of the demo- of three Jews who as children were saved by the metropolitan; all argued strongly cratically elected mayor of Kyiv were per- for his recognition by Yad Vashem. (This documentary should become widely avail- to consolidate power and amass personal formed by a presidential appointee, able to be utilized in the Holocaust and genocide curricula now in place in many wealth• President for himself [Viktor] and Yanukovych’shis family continued efforts Oleksander Popov, who replaced Mayor school districts.) in 2011, undermining the legitimacy of his Leonid Chernovetskyi as head of the city During a symposium in Ottawa, Patriarch Sviatoslav Shevchuk of the Ukrainian regime at home and abroad. Despite the administration in November 2010. …The Greek-Catholic Church underscored: “The courage that Sheptytsky displayed, during president’s avowed commitment to demo- need to show political loyalty to the central a very dark night of Ukraine’s history, has universal significance. At the risk of his cratic principles, he continued to attack the leadership further hampered the activity of own life, as well as the lives of his clergy and nuns, Sheptytsky sheltered hundreds of system of checks and balances within gov- local authorities, alienating them from resi- Jews during the Nazi Holocaust. He did so, knowing full well, that from the perspec- ernment, diminishing the power of the dents of their regions. … tive of human calculation, this was shear folly. But he also knew that without such Parliament and political parties and the ‘folly,’ life is absurd.” (The text of the patriarch’s remarks appears on page 7.) independence of the Cabinet of Ministers. expected to play a crucial role in parlia- Thankfully, the cause for Andrey Sheptytsky’s beatification has progressed, …The president’s actions during the year mentary• …“Administrative elections scheduled resources” for October are according to Patriarch Sviatoslav, who told an audience in New York City that new suggested that he was building a purely 2012, pushing Ukraine further back from documentation was recently presented to the Vatican about the miraculous healing personalistic model of governance. … its democratic achievements. The law on of a person in the U.S. through Sheptytsky’s intercession. The patriarch asked for - elections adopted in 2011 will give the rul- prayers for the metropolitan’s beatification. ism has not yet resulted in the direct target- ing Party of Regions a chance to win a As regards recognition by Yad Vashem, we can only express our conviction that it ing• ofThe nongovernmental country’s growing organizationsauthoritarian majority in the next Parliament despite a shall come to pass. For surely Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky, whose bravery is (NGOs) as such, though several civic activ- level of public support that does not exceed cited and whose cause is endorsed by Holocaust survivors and religious leaders of ists spent up to four months in jail for alleg- 20-25 percent. The exclusion of opposition all faiths, is already among the world’s Righteous. edly damaging public property during political rallies in late 2010. In most cases Lutsenko will also raise questions as to the government continued to engage in dia- whetherleaders like the [Yulia] voting Tymoshenkois free and fair. and … [Yurii]

June them summarily and much more harshly Turning the pages back... Is there a third force... than with detained oppositionists, as the cases of the “disappeared” leaders Viktar (Continued from page 2) Hanchar and Yuri Zakharanka demonstrate. 27 Twenty years ago, on June 27, 1992, 11,815 people watched Mr. Hanchar was Mr. Lukashenka’s cam- occasions (see http://www.belarus-tv.by/ paign manager in 1994. But as Deputy as the Ukrainian National Team, in its first game abroad and its eng/president.asp?id=66518 ). 1992 Chairman of the Parliament, he had second international game ever as an independent team, played Plainly, the current structure is focused to a 0-0 tie in an international friendly match against the U.S. emerged as a major and charismatic oppo- on the security forces, among which the nent five years later during a time of consti- World Cup team at Rutgers Stadium in Piscataway, N.J. KGB is the most powerful. Yet, there is no “This was more than a game,” said coach Viktor Prokopenko. “We’ve been waiting for tutional crisis when Mr. Lukashenka refused official, unified government position on to hold presidential elections at the end of this game for 90 years.” many issues. Cabinet ministers are often But it almost didn’t happen. his first term. Hanchar was abducted on chided for failure to show initiatives, mean- September 16, 1999, together with his “A decision was made by the Ukrainian Soccer Federation in Kyiv not to come because ing that they are not always expected to friend, the entrepreneur Anatol Krasouski. only a few hours were left before the flight departure and there were still no visas,” take directions from above. Because of his Mr. Zakharanka was dismissed as minis- explained Ihor Chyzowych, one of the lead organizers. “We had to act quickly to remedy frequent speeches and image of omnipres- ter of defense and had joined the opposition the situation. From the United States, my brother Eugene called the Embassy in ence, President Lukashenka is often per- United Civil Party prior to his disappear- Washington and in Moscow, and from my side in Kyiv, I tried to convince the team not to ceived as the sole determiner of state policy, ance in 1999. disband,” he added. despite the many contradictions in his Both former regime insiders are pre- Mr. Prokopenko was interim coach for Ukraine’s team while regular coach Valeriy statements. Certainly he has exceptional sumed dead. The two figures had come out Lobanovsky finished his coaching commitment in Egypt, with plans to return later that powers. Yet, the Belarusian state is run, openly into the opposition. summer. essentially, by public servants, many of Today one can assume that there are The game had two scoring chances for Ukraine, one near the beginning and one near whom are not opposed to economic dozens of personnel following the orders of the end of the match, but Ukraine played a defensive game. The Chaika Ukrainian Dance reforms. Though rarely in the public eye, the president, but it does not necessarily Ensemble of Yonkers, N.Y., under the direction of Walter Yurcheniuk, performed during this apolitical “third force” stands between indicate that they are his supporters or in the half-time break. the more polarized players: the president agreement with his policies. The loyal cote- During a press conference after the match, Mr. Prokopenko said, “It was a tremendous and the opposition. rie around the leader is much smaller than success for the Ukrainian team. This is the first time this team, which is made up of profes- In the past, when such figures have taken it appears even if, for the present, it is politi- sional players from Ukraine, played together as a team.” on a political role, the regime has dealt with cally inert. Coach Prokopenko explained that the team was delayed due to visa problems originat- ing from Moscow, which added to the team’s fatigue from jet lag. In addition, with the team’s late arrival, they were unable to train for the match prior to the game, unlike the TO OUR READERS U.S. team, which had practiced at Rutgers Stadium all week. The U.S. Soccer Federation submitted an invitation to the team through the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, but the invita- Next week’s issue of The Ukrainian Weekly will be a double issue (Nos. 27 and tion was not suitable for the type of visa required by U.S. immigration. 28) dated July 1-July 8. A single issue will be printed for those weeks due to the Independence Day holiday in the United States. (Continued on page 18) No. 26 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 24, 2012 7

SYMPOSIUM ADDRESS Patriarch Sviatoslav on Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Following is the text of the address by has left wounds on our souls. By God’s thinking – and, more importantly, his heroic and brings peace. Patriarch Sviatoslav Shevchuk delivered on grace, however, the scars of these wounds behavior – we have to turn to another of his But I will have to end with a quotation April 25 at the symposium titled “Honoring mend every time gatherings such as our pronouncements, this one written at the from the Orthodox theologian, Paul Andrey Sheptytsky: Ethical Action in Ukrainian Jewish Encounter take place. And height of the Nazi occupation of Ukraine. Evdokimov, about whom I wrote my own Extreme Conditions” that was held at the by God’s grace it is Sheptytsky’s compass The paradox may surprise you. doctoral dissertation. Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian that guides each encounter. Sheptytsky wrote this to his clergy, who In 1966, Evdokimov said: “To exist is to Studies at St. Paul University in Ottawa. In the few minutes that remain, allow me were participating in a wartime archdioce- participate in being or in nothingness. Man to turn more directly to the topic, “Ethical san council over which he presided: can make of himself ‘an icon of God,’ or he What an appropriate place to honor my Action in Extreme Conditions.” “During the entire year of our council’s can become a demoníacal grimace, an ape predecessor, Metropolitan Andrey As a former professor of moral theology, deliberations we have been concerned of God… Man can revive the flame of love, or Sheptytsky. The Sheptytsky Institute of there are several themes that I would have exclusively with God’s rights. I purposely the fire of Gehenna. He can convert his ‘yes’ Eastern Christian Studies here at St. Paul liked to develop today – had time permitted. say ‘with God’s rights’ and not ‘laws,’ in into an infinity of unions; he can also by his University symbolizes the task of reconcilia- For example, our focus on ethical behavior other words, with that which is His due, not ‘no’ break his being into infernal separa- tion undertaken by the great metropolitan in a former era should lead us to reflect on because God demands this, but as a conse- tions and solitudes.” throughout his lifetime. the problem of moral escapism, that is, how quence of what God is in Himself, on In the face of demoníacal Nazi grimaces, As a former student of the Sheptytsky our indignation about the past, unfortu- account of His infinite nature. We have con- Sheptytsky saved hundreds from Gehennic- Institute’s summer program, it gives me cerned ourselves with the rights of the most like fires. He was indeed an icon of God, particular pleasure to greet the Institute’s At the risk of his own committed to an infinity of human unions – founding director, Father Andriy Chirovsky, never existed on the face of the earth.” between Jews and Christians, between and all of his collaborators. life, as well as the highAmazing! God […] The as thoughman who we did ourselves so much had to Orthodox, Catholics and Protestants (and if It is also a blessing to be here with my help those being ground into the face – and he had lived today: between Muslims and colleagues from Ukraine, in particular, lives of his clergy and mud – of the earth, in other words, the man all of these) because of his love for the infi- Chief Rabbi Yaakov Bleich. Rabbi Bleich has nuns, Metropolitan who was so radically people-centered, nite nature of God. been outstandingly zealous in extolling insisted on the need to remain God- Allow me to conclude with the words of Sheptytsky’s heroism during the Nazi Andrey Sheptytsky centered. This is because compassion can- one of Sheptytsky’s priests, Omelian Kovch. Holocaust. For this, I thank him most sin- sheltered hundreds not be legislated. And so, the only way to Father Kovch was a married priest with six cerely. consistently achieve it, is through inner children. He died in the Majdanek concen- The Ukrainian delegation you see here of Jews during the communion with the living God. According tration camp after being arrested for shel- before you today, is supported by a great Nazi Holocaust. to his personal spiritual diary, one that he tering Jews. Before his death in 1944 he Ukrainian Canadian, James Temerty, a son certainly never expected to be discovered, of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. He has Sheptytsky tried to spend eight hours a day are all equal: Poles, Jews, Ukrainians, brought together Jews, Muslims, as well as nately does not always translate into ethical in prayer – in union with God’s infinite Russians,wrote the following:Latvians and“Here Estonians…Here [in the camp] we I Protestant, Roman Catholic, Greek-Catholic behaviour today. Nature. (Yes, he would rise for prayer at 3 in see God, who is the same for everyone, and Orthodox Christians. He has brought Also, Sheptytsky’s unbending principles the morning.) regardless of the religious distinctions that them together to revere a model of courage, in extreme conditions could lead us to a If time had permitted, I would have liked exist among us.” the late Archbishop Andrey Sheptytsky. fruitful reflection on the continued rele- to deal with objections from those today, My brothers and sisters: May that one The courage that Sheptytsky displayed, vance of moral absolutes – again, a very who so frequently presume that talk of God God always inspire all of us with a sacrificial timely topic. during a very dark night of Ukraine’s histo- leads to division and strife. Certainly, it is love worthy of God’s life-giving unity. However, in the several minutes allotted ry, has universal significance. At the risk of only the living God, not an idol, who heals Thank you for your attention. his own life, as well as the lives of his clergy me, allow me to dwell on a theme that is not and nuns, Sheptytsky sheltered hundreds of only more basic, but also manageable in Jews during the Nazi Holocaust. He did so, such a brief address. knowing full well that from the perspective I begin with a quotation from UCCA condemns of human calculation, this was shear folly. Sheptytsky’s 1901 Pastoral Letter, “The But he also knew that, without such “folly,” Greatest Commandment.” Sheptytsky’s life is absurd. words are disarmingly simple. In fact, some- the “Law on Languages” one unfamiliar with Sheptytsky’s intellect That kind of “folly” is as important today Below is the text of a statement significant, yet, after 20 years of indepen- might be inclined to view them as pietistic. as then. For the true good of humanity released on June 12 by the Ukrainian dence, the process of renewal had begun. These words read: every generation must be willing to go Congress Committee of America in reac- Now, the Yanukovych regime and the beyond human calculation, and embrace “A lack of love is the source of every hard- tion to Ukraine’s proposed new law on quisling Parliament in Ukraine are active- sacrificial love – a love that respects all life – ship and misery. Every person has a right to languages. ly promoting Vladimir Putin’s neo-colo- from conception to natural death. be loved, has a right to experience love from nial, Ukrainophobic agenda and is pursu- Among the Jewish boys saved by all people. And an injustice is inflicted on a The Ukrainian Congress Committee of ing ethnocidal policies against the Sheptytsky was the son of the chief rabbi of person when they experience too little of it.” America (UCCA), the representative orga- Ukrainian people, deliberately sowing Lviv, Kurt Lewin. (Lewin’s father was mur- From the pen of another person, these nization of over 1 million Americans of conflict while attempting to artificially dered by the Nazis.) words might not even merit citation. But Ukrainian descent, calls upon the interna- divide Ukraine. In his memoirs, published in 1994, Kurt this person was different. In 1990, tional community to join the UCCA in The continued expansion of Putin’s Lewin wrote the following: “The compass Sheptytsky was described by Eric strongly condemning the June 5, 2012, “Russkii Mir” and the potential of a resul- Goldhagen, lecturer in Jewish studies at passage of Law No. 9073, the “Law on tant conflict of significant proportions was the memory of the encounter with Harvard University, and author of the Languages,” in the first reading. cannot remain outside the attention of the thatMetropolitan guided me Andrew all these Graf years Szeptycki [of my life]and Introduction to David Kahane’s “Lvov Sponsored by National Deputies Serhii Western alliance, if only out of self-inter- his brother Clement, the two spiritual giants Ghetto Diary,” in the following words: Kivalov and Vadym Kolesnichenko, the est. However, as democracies, Western who by their example charted a course for “No other ecclesiastical figure of equal “Law on Languages” de facto allows for governments must not ignore the contin- many. The efforts of their lifetimes seemed rank in the whole of Europe displayed such the colonialist Russian language to not ued assaults against the human and to be destroyed at the end of their journey sorrow for the fate of the Jews and acted so simply become a second official state lan- national rights of the Ukrainian people. boldly on their behalf.” guage in Ukraine, contradicting Ukraine’s The Ukrainian Congress Committee of seeds they sowed resulted in a rich and It’s amazing, then, that many people have own Constitution, but more significantly, America and its membership urge throughrewarding life. harvest.” [But] time has shown that the never heard of Sheptytsky. lays the groundwork for a new, ethnically President Barack Obama and the United My brothers and sisters, among the fruits And note the words “sorrow” and based system of apartheid against the States Congress to disallow the admit- of that harvest is this very delegation. We “action.” We might then paraphrase Ukrainian people in their own country, tance into the United States of those rep- represent millions of individuals who in Sheptytsky’s text above in the following one which has been reincorporated into resentatives of the Yanukovych and Putin their worst moments – like all humans – manner: “A lack of sorrow for the suffering the Putinesque neo-colonial “Russkii Mir.” regimes responsible for the abuses of the might bow to hatred or intolerance. But our of others, and a lack of action on their Several weeks ago, the Russian human rights of the Ukrainian people. Ukrainian delegation is here together today behalf, is the source of every hardship and Federation denied the registration of Furthermore, we urge President Obama – and most importantly in Ukraine – to insist misery.” Ukrainian organizations and schools to encourage our allies to follow suit. that we, their leaders, reject such attitudes. But Sheptytsky insists that every person within its own borders. In the Russian Human dignity and national identity are With the survivors of the Holocaust we pro- has a right to such compassion and action Federation, the Ukrainian language, cus- rights that must not be ignored. claim: “Never again.” And we pray that from us. He asserts that it is even an injus- toms, culture and people are under The UCCA salutes the brave citizens of Ukraine, and all nations, might rid them- tice when someone experiences too little of attack, and now, in Ukraine, the same is Ukraine who continue to defend their selves of anti-Semitism once and for all. them. That, I would insist, is a real “rights occurring. For centuries, the Ukrainian constitutional right to use their native We also proclaim a resounding “no” to revolution.” It is truly revolutionary because people struggled to maintain their lan- language in all spheres of public life, and the ideology and mentality that engineered it requires us to overturn everything we guage and identity within the tsarist, then calls on all Ukrainians who value their the Genocide-Famine of Ukraine. That normally associate with “rights.” One cannot Soviet Russian empires. The post-colonial unique national culture and heritage to Famine of 1932-1933, and the Nazi legislate compassion. One cannot enforce challenges of rebuilding and healing the vehemently protest this attack on the Holocaust – along with the ideologies of “entitlements” to love. brutalized Ukrainian people have been Ukrainian language. Communism and Nazism that drove them – And so to understand Sheptytsky’s 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 24, 2012 No. 26 Canada’s Supreme Court to hear appeal of Wrzesnewskyj’s court challenge

by Christopher Guly politics,” said Mr. Wrzesnewskyj. “It’s not from the United States.” declares the riding vacant) to call a by-elec- Special to The Ukrainian Weekly about the Conservatives doing what’s Although Mr. Wrzesnewskyj’s case cen- tion. right. It’s about using poll numbers to their tered on 181 ballots that should not have Although Mr. Opitz did not respond to an OTTAWA – Canada’s Supreme Court has advantage.” been cast at 10 out of 236 polls, he chose interview request, he said in a statement scheduled a special one-day hearing on He explained that in early June not to take the risk of including allegations that 52,000 people in Etobicoke Center July 10 to determine whether or not for- Etobicoke Center residents received phone of ballots “that never made it into the box,” “followed the rules and cast their ballots,” mer Liberal Member of Parliament Borys calls from people saying they were calling since there is no Canadian case law deal- but that their “democratic choice has been Wrzesnewskyj gets a chance to reclaim the on behalf of Prime Minister Stephen ing with the issue of voter suppression and House of Commons seat he lost in last Harper and Mr. Optiz that accused Mr. he didn’t want the case dragging on for decision relating to 0.15 percent of those year’s general election. Wrzesnewskyj of trying to “overthrow” years without a resolution. called into question by the [Superior Court] Conservative Ted Opitz, who narrowly last year’s election result and warned con- However, Mr. Wrzesnewskyj have According to Elections Canada, 52, 794 won the suburban Toronto riding of stituents that their votes will be “taken sworn affidavits from three Elections ballots [rejectedwere cast by and the 271 court].” were rejected in Etobicoke Center by 26 votes, is appealing away” by the Ontario court ruling. Canada officials, filed with the court, which Etobicoke Center in the May 2, general a May 18 Ontario Superior Court ruling A Conservative spokesman has con- describe two Opitz campaign workers, election. The gap between Mr. that threw out 79 votes and declared the firmed that the party has made the calls including his campaign manager, Roman Wrzesnewskyj’s results and those of Mr. 2011 election results in that riding “null but would not say whether votes were Gawur, intimidating voters at a polling sta- Opitz was under 0.05 percent. and void” over numerous voting irregular- being “overthrown” or “taken away.” The tion located at St. Demetrius Ukrainian Mr. Opitz has vowed to remain in office ities. federal Liberal Party may file a complaint Catholic seniors’ residence that was tem- while the case remains under appeal and, Under Canadian law, an appeal of a low- with Elections Canada about the robocalls. porarily closed. under Canada’s Elections Act, he can do so. er-court decision overturning an election During the question period in the Although the polling station – where Mr. However, Mr. Wrzesnewskyj said it was result goes directly to the country’s high- House of Commons on June 4, interim Wrzesnewskyj has received some of his “impossible to determine what the will of est court. Liberal leader Bob Rae characterized the biggest support in past elections – the electorate was,” in light of the Superior Mr. Wrzesnewskyj, who represented the phone calls as “a contempt of the judicial reopened about 30 minutes later, many of Court ruling. Therefore, he called on Mr. riding since 2004 and launched the court process and an attempt to close down and the residents had by then left by bus for a Opitz to do the “honorable thing” and stand action, was hoping the Supreme Court shut down democracy in Etobicoke day trip to a nearby casino. down as the sitting MP until the high court would hear the case on June 27 and return Center.” Should there be a by-election and Mr. issues its ruling, or at the very least abstain a ruling as soon as possible following its Citizenship, Immigration and Wrzesnewskyj wins back his House seat, from voting on legislation in the House of three-month summer recess. However, Mr. Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney he said he would push for legislation deal- Commons and participating on House Opitz asked the court to schedule oral responded by stating that “like every party, ing with voter suppression. standing committees on citizenship and arguments in October when its fall session the Conservative Party has a right to com- In the meantime, he’d like to have the immigration as well as defense, both of would commence. municate directly with voters on issues of opportunity to face the electorate again. which he is a member. Mr. Wrzesnewskyj said that, under the public concern” he accused Mr. Rather than asking the Supreme Court Mr. Wrzesnewskyj – who was nominat- Canada Elections Act, the Supreme Court Wrzesnewskyj of demonstrating “that he of Canada to intervene, Mr. Wrzesnewskyj ed as the Liberal candidate in Etobicoke must address an appeal of a lower-court has no shame, this time by fund-raising believes Mr. Harper should have followed Center on June 12 at a meeting held at St. ruling regarding a disputed election result based on false allegations that he retracted the lead of his prime ministerial predeces- Demetrius seniors’ residence, a location he “without delay and in a summary manner.” in court.” sors, when courts have thrown out election chose for its “symbolic importance” – has He said he believes the governing On June 1 Mr. Wrzesnewskyj sent out an results five times since 1949, and immedi- launched a YourVoteMatters.ca website Conservatives were trying to stall the pro- e-mail asking for $5 in donations toward ately called a by-election. Instead, Canada’s and will soon open an office in the riding ceedings so they could “prepare them- his Fair Fight in Etobicoke Center top court will for the first time decide to promote democratic rights across selves” if and when a by-election was Campaign, which has raised over $100,000 whether Mr. Opitz remains as the MP for Canada. Should there be a by-election, it called. (A Forum Research Inc. telephone (about $98,000 U.S.) thus far. Etobicoke Center or if voters return to the will serve as his campaign headquarters. poll conducted just hours after the release In the message, he said the Liberals polls in that riding. “The working assumption that voter of the Ontario court decision gave Mr. “need to be ready for the worst Should the appeal be unsuccessful, suppression never occurred in Canada in Wrzesnewskyj a 10-percentage-point lead Conservatives have to offer” in the riding: Prime Minister Harper will have six recent history is simply not true,” said Mr. over the Tory incumbent.) “improper phone calls, attack ads and months (following an 11-day waiting peri- Wrzesnewskyj. “The age of innocence is “That’s why people are cynical about other voter-suppression tactics imported od after the House of Commons speaker over.”

Open World Leadership Program delegates from Poltava visit Greater Rochester by Tamara Denysenko Rochester Ukrainian American community with visits to St. Mary Protectress ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Five Open World Ukrainian Orthodox Church, St. Josaphat Program delegates from Poltava, Ukraine, and Epiphany Ukrainian Catholic Churches, visited Greater Rochester under the auspic- the Ukrainian Pentecostal Church, the es of the Open World Leadership Center at Ukrainian Cultural Center and Centennial the U.S. Library of Congress on June 2-10. Monument in Irondequoit. The Ukrainian The young professionals, Mykyta Federal Credit Union and the Ukrainian Volovod, Ivan Chaban, Dmytro archives at Rush-Rhees Library at Herashchenko, Iryna Kornilo and Nataliya University of Rochester highlighted the Udovychenko, participated in a weeklong community’s economic, social and cultural program focusing on non-profits and NGO achievements over the past 100 years. development. Joining them as group facili- A visit to the annual Greek Festival, the tator was Lyudmila Suprun from Kharkiv, Strong National Museum of Play and Ukraine. Niagara Falls rounded out the weeklong An extensive and interesting program visit. During the farewell dinner held at St. prepared by a long-time internationally Mary’s Church hall, the 20th anniversary of focused community activist, Josephine M. the establishment of sister cities ties Perini, president of the Rochester between Irondequoit and Poltava was rec- International Council (RIC), was adminis- ognized with certificates of appreciation tered by the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation in from Poltava city and regional councils, and Washington (USUF). The RIC founded in Open World delegates receive certificates of recognition: (seated, from left) Ron and Olga Klymko, chair of the Poltava commit- Lois Dworsky, Jean Sikora, Stephany Wowkowych, John and Janet Salzer, (standing) 1948, is a nonprofit organization providing tee. Lyudmila Suprun, Dmytro Herashchenko, Iryna Kornilo, Nataliya Udovychenko, educational and social programs and ser- Josephine M. Perini, Tamara Denysenko, Ivan Chaban and Mykyta Volovod. The building of friendship ties and vices that promote understanding among strengthening of international understand- people and showcase the richness and non-profit organizations: the American Red House of Representatives district offices. ing between America and Ukraine would diversity of other cultures. The USUF is an Cross, Rochester Works Catholic Family Lively exchanges of ideas were held with not have been possible without the support organization that since 1991 has created Center, Hillside Family of Agencies, Center students at Greece Olympia High School, of community volunteers and host families, and sustains channels of communication for Disability Rights, AIDS Care, Center for members of the Rochester Young such as Ron and Lois Dworsky, Susan and between the United States and Ukraine for Governmental Research, Career Professionals group and attorneys at Richard Rice, Janet and John Salzer, Beth the purpose of building peace and prosper- Development Services and Lifespan of Underberg & Kessler, LLP, and Pelkey & Peters, Jean Sikora, Berl and Julia Stein, ity through shared democratic values. Greater Rochester. Informational meetings Pelkey, PC, law firms. Slavko and Zhanna Wirlo, Stephany The intense program included learning were held at Irondequoit Town Hall, The Poltava delegates had the opportu- Wowkowych, Kristina Madonia, and Walter opportunities at diverse Rochester area Rochester City Hall and U.S Senate and nity to learn more about the Greater and Tamara Denysenko. No. 26 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 24, 2012 9 Self Reliance New York convenes 61st annual membership meeting NEW YORK – At the 61st annual mem- bership meeting of Self Reliance New York Federal Credit Union, members and guests heard the good news that, despite the eco- nomic downturn in the United States, the credit union had another successful year in 2011. The meeting, which took place on March 18, was opened by Stefan Kaczaraj, chair- man of the board. Bishop Paul Chomnycky, OSBM, eparch of Stamford, Conn., led the prayer and blessed the gathering. Mr. Kaczaraj then welcomed the presi- dent of the credit union, Bohdan Kurczak, who led a moment of silence to commemo- Stefan Slutsky rate the credit union members who had A view of the dais at the annual meeting of Self Reliance New York Federal Credit Union. passed away in the year since the 2010 poor American economy and global finan- permanent representative to the United Pohoreltsev. annual meeting. Andrew Juzeniw, secretary cial crisis, Self Reliance New York had a gen- Nations Yuriy Sergeyev; Vice-Consul Congratulations and thanks were extend- of the board of directors, read the minutes erally successful year, which can be seen Kostyantyn Vorona; the Rev. Phillip Sandrik, ed to Self Reliance New York by Andrij from the previous annual meeting. through the record level of performance in provincial of the Basilian Fathers; pastor of Horbachevsky, chairman of the Board of the Mr. Kurczak presented the reports for assets, deposits, capital and earnings. St. George Ukrainian Catholic Church the SUMA Federal Credit Union in Yonkers, N.Y.; 2011 and noted that, despite the current Self Reliance continues to be a leading Rev. Bernard Panchuk; Natalia Duma, presi- Valentin Polyvko, secretary of the board of credit union currently standing at 232nd dent of the New York branch of the Self directors of the Ukrainian National Federal place among more than 7,300 credit unions Reliance Association; and Oleh Lopatynsky, Credit Union; Mr. Lopatynsky and Ms. in the United States, which places it in the president of the Selfreliance Association of Duma. highest 4 percent of credit unions. Self American Ukrainians. The Credit Union also received congratu- Reliance is in 17th place among the 434 Mr. Kurczak then read the list of institu- latory messages from the World Council of credit unions in the state of New York. tions, parishes, women’s and youth organi- Ukrainian Cooperatives and the Ukrainian In 2011, the credit union ended the year zations, cultural and art institutions, and National Credit Union Association. with a total of $836.1 million in assets – an publishers that received donations approved Lubomyr Zielyk, head of the Nominations increase of $56.4 million or 7.2 percent from by the board of directors over the past year. Committee, announced the list of candi- December 2010. As of December 31, 2011, Ambassador Sergeyev delivered a speech dates to the board. The unanimously re- the credit union had 14,306 members. wishing all the best to the credit union and elected new board members for the next Through increased profits, Mr. Kurczak its members. He noted, “The Permanent three years are Mr. Kurzcak, Mr. Juzeniw continued, the credit union was able to Mission of Ukraine to the United Nations and Roman Kyzyk. return profits to members in the form of expresses its gratitude to your organization A joint prayer, led by Bishop Losten, $13 million in dividends. In 2011 the board for its friendly teamwork, as well as for its ended the meeting. allocated $1.2 million to partners in the help in various charity events, held at the Self Reliance New York’s main office is community. U.N. headquarters and beyond.” located on Second Avenue in New York City; Other special guests attending the meet- Vice-Consul Vorona read a greeting from the credit union has branches in Kerhonkson, Self Reliance President Bohdan Kurczak. ing were: Bishop Basil Losten; Ukraine’s Ukraine’s consul general in New York, Serhii Astoria, Uniondale and Lindenhurst, N.Y. Conference marking 50th anniversary The Ukrainian Weekly announces a special section of Vatican Council II held in Lviv Congratulations, Graduates! Religious Information Service of Ukraine Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church. Every year tens of thousands of students throughout North America The head of Roman Catholics of receive undergraduate and graduate degrees at colleges and univer- LVIV – On May 31 on the occasion of Ukraine, Metropolitan Mieczyslav the 50th anniversary of the Second Mokrzhytski, stressed that the fathers of sities, cresting a pinnacle of personal achievement. Vatican Council, a three-day international the Second Vatican Council aspired to conference was launched at the renew the Church and reorganize it so The Ukrainian Weekly’s special section – Congratulations, Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv. that it could show its understanding of Graduates! – offers readers of The Ukrainian Weekly the opportuni- Attended by approximately 100 scholars the development of the world and join and clergymen representing various that process. “The Second Vatican ty to place a note congratulating family members and dear friends denominations, the conference focused Council has not changed the teaching of on their recent achievements. This annual section will be published on the historical, ecumenical, ecclesiolog- the Church, but developed it,” said the on July 1, 2012. ical and theological aspects of the activity metropolitan. To place an ad congratulating a recent graduate, of the Vatican Council, and its influence Cardinal Lubomyr Husar greeted all on the modern life. the participants of the Lviv gathering on please send us the following by June 25: As he opened the forum, UCU Rector behalf of the head of the UGCC, Patriarch your note of congratulations, in Ukrainian or English, Borys Gudziak stressed that the confer- Sviatoslav Shevchuk. The cardinal called which should be no more than 50 words, including names; ence was aimed primarily to help better the audience to pay as much attention as understand the Second Vatican Council. possible to the conceptualization of the • in English, the full name of the graduate, the degree completed He reminded the audience that the coun- events connected with the Second or diploma received, along with the date it was presented, cil was held at a time of profound social Vatican Council and to receive them in a list of awards and honors given to the graduate, changes, when television became a their hearts. • and the name and location of the school; major medium and air travel became “In the last 50 years, many things have a photo of the graduate (optional); available to ordinary people. However, changed in the world. But I think we have there was also an Iron Curtain dividing not fully understood the spirit of the payment for the ad; two worlds. To Greek-Catholics living in blessed Vatican Ecumenical Council. We • your daytime phone number. Ukraine, the decisions of the council should benefit spiritually from the fruit of • remained unknown for a long time. the Holy Spirit Who spoke to the Holy The ad sizes for the greeting are “Church historians stress that the Church. I would like to express my person- • a 1/8 page horizontal for $100 or a 1/4 page ad for $180. Ecumenical Council appreciably influ- al wish and that of all of us, the conscious enced many generations in the Church. members of our Church, bishops, clergy- Please make checks payable to The Ukrainian Weekly and mail along with At the same time, in Ukraine, the inter- men, monastics, laypeople, receive and above information to: pretation and realization of the council really benefit from God’s grace, the lessons still remain of a special importance. For which the Lord gave us through the coun- The Ukrainian Weekly – Congratulations, Graduates! the documents of the council and its spir- cil. In other words, we want not only to 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280 it were not available for Ukraine,” said look back but to live and think about the Parsippany, NJ 07054 the Rev. Dr. Gudziak. future,” stressed Cardinal Lubomyr. Attn. Walter Honcharyk The council’s significance was also The event was organized by the or e-mail: [email protected] addressed by the apostolic nuncio in Institute of Ecumenical Studies of UCU Ukraine, Archbishop Thomas Edward and the Institute of Religion and Society of For further information, please call Gullickson, and Bishop Milan (Shashik) UCU, both based in Lviv, and Institute of St. 973-292-9800 ext. 3040. of the Mukachiv Eparchy of the Clement the Pope of UCU based in Rome. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 24, 2012 No. 26 No. 26 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 24, 2012 11

Patriarch Sviatoslav visits site of Castle Mountain internment camp UCCLA OTTAWA – Patriarch Sviatoslav of the Ukrainian Greek- Catholic Church, accompanied by a delegation that includ- ed Bishop David Motiuk (Eparchy of Edmonton) and Prof. Lubomyr Luciuk, director of research for the Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties Association, hallowed the memory of the Ukrainians and other Europeans held as “enemy aliens” during the first world war during a June 5 visit to the site of an internment camp in the province of Alberta. Following a comprehensive briefing by Parks Canada officials about the construction of a permanent pavilion dealing with Canada’s first national internment operations, set to open at Cave and Basin (Banff National Park) in June 2013, the patriarch and his entourage travelled to see the internee statue called “Why?” located at the base of Castle Mountain, then visited the actual site of the internment camp, where a requiem service (panakhyda) recalled all who were held behind Canadian barbed wire. The patriarch, who has been invited to attend the offi- cial opening of the Cave and Basin interpretive center next year, remarked that the internment operations are “not Father Mark Bayrock just about Canada but are also part of the history of Patriarch Sviatoslav, Bishop David Motiuk and Prof. Lubomyr Luciuk during the memorial service held on June 5 Ukraine, and must be remembered.” at Castle Mountain internment camp site. Bush and Clinton schools to headline conference of U.S.-Ukraine Foundation WASHINGTON – The U.S.-Ukraine Foundation has announced a partnership with both The Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University and the Clinton School of Public Service at the University of Arkansas for participation in the 2012 conference and gala, “Leadership in a Global World,” that will be held on November 30 and December 1, in Washington. The U.S.-Ukraine Foundation is a 501 (c) (3), not-for-profit, non-governmental orga- nization established in 1991 that supports democracy, a free market and human rights for Ukraine. The foundation’s two-day event will examine Ukraine’s role and opportunities in the changing international economic environment, with a special emphasis on the role of education and public service in growing the next generation of leaders. This will be the second consecutive year in which the USUF will be hosting a major event on Ukraine. Last year’s conference and gala attracted 700 people and 38 orga- nizational sponsors in celebrating Ukraine’s 20th anniversary of independence. USUF President Nadia K. McConnell stat- ed: “We are truly fortunate to have the Bush and Clinton Schools taking a leading role in our 2012 conference and gala, which will be focusing on leadership, achievement and excellence. We all realize that the challenges facing Ukraine are many, but the success achieved to date, along with a better understanding of her strengths and opportunities, can propel Ukraine into a leadership role for the 21st century. Ukraine’s educational system is key to Ukraine’s future development and competitiveness. Leading educators from Ukraine will join in this discussion.” Andrew H. Card Jr., acting dean of the Bush School, said: “The Bush School at Texas A&M University, in the finest tradition of President Bush, places a great emphasis on public ser- vice. This conference will help highlight the importance of public service and leadership training and how the next generation can come to face the challenges that our nation and the international community face. We are delighted to be participating with the

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ing the transfer of money from her Lavrynovych on foreign court rulings personal request was still required for a NEWSBRIEFS accounts, and there is direct testimony of pardon for health reasons. “If a person KYIV – Ukraine is under no obligation to witnesses who called her the organizer and does not want to leave prison, nobody can (Continued from page 2) execute the decisions of courts of other financier of the murder. We have a state- force him or her to leave it,” he said. countries, if former Prime Minister that they will be able to deliver it through ment by Ruslan Shcherban, who says she is Speaking about Ms. Tymoshenko’s pres- Tymoshenko Yulia Tymoshenko appeals to ence at court sessions, the justice minister the administration of the Kachanivska pris- directly responsible for the death of his them, Justice Minister Oleksander said that, in accordance with the law, a per- on. (UNIAN) father,” Mr. Kuzmin said. He added that Lavrynovych told reporters on June 20. son has the right not to attend court ses- Yevhen Shcherban had made public accusa- “There is a question of national sovereignty Prosecutor on Yulia and Shcherban case sions. However, he said, the decision to tions against Pavlo Lazarenko and Ms. of each state, there is a question of legal postpone the consideration of the case for Tymoshenko regarding unscrupulous busi- sovereignty, the question of legal systems. KYIV – The Procurator General’s Office one reason or another is the court’s prerog- ness practices. “Then there was a long con- We have an obligation to perform only (PGO) has enough evidence of the involve- ative. As reported, Ms. Tymoshenko’s law- flict related to the redistribution of gas those decisions that the state undertook ment of former Prime Minister Yulia yer, National Deputy Serhiy Vlasenko, said flows. Messrs. Shcherban, Momot and under international treaties and conven- Tymoshenko in organizing and financing the imprisoned former prime minister Shvedchenko were killed in 1996. After tions,” Mr. Lavrynovych emphasized. He the murder of Ukrainian National Deputy might accept a pardon from Ukrainian these murders, Donetsk businesses surren- stressed that if the citizens of foreign coun- Yevhen Shcherban, Deputy Procurator President Viktor Yanukovych, but she will General Renat Kuzmin announced on June dered and started buying UESU gas at a tries begin to go to Ukrainian courts, the public reaction would be negative. “If the not acknowledge her guilt and will in any 18 in an interview with Kommersant- price proposed by Ms. Tymoshenko. When case appeal to the European Court of Ukraine. “We have enough evidence con- Mr. Lazarenko resigned as prime minister, citizens of Singapore or Zimbabwe start bringing cases to Ukrainian courts, I think Human Rights (ECHR) in order to cancel firming Ms. Tymoshenko’s involvement in Ms. Tymoshenko left the Donetsk region the reaction will be predictable. What is the verdicts brought against her. At the this murder, and we are planning to bring after him, and businesses again started same time, Mr. Vlasenko said that the presi- charges against her. Her long illness is an buying gas at the previous, lower price,” he dent could sign a decree on the pardon at obstacle that prevents us from bringing said. Mr. Kuzmin said the PGO had estab- underscored.proposed [in (Ukrinform) the situation with Ms. lished Ms. Tymoshenko’s involvement in a these charges against her. This does not Tymoshenko] is the same,” the minister - allow us to carry out relevant investiga- gang of Donetsk killers convicted of the Time: Yanukovych comments on trials mentany time.from Tymoshenko. “According I will to remind him [Mr.you tions until her recovery. We have enough Shcherban murder in 1996. He said that thatYanukovych], before a Octoberpardon requires 2010, a whenstate data confirming her interest in eliminating this gang had been involved in 25 murders KYIV – President Viktor Yanukovych Yanukovych changed this procedure, there gave an interview to Time magazine on Mr. Shcherban, there is evidence confirm- and attempted murders. (Ukrinform) was a procedure under which an applica- pressure exerted by the West for the tion for a pardon could be submitted by release of former Prime Minister Yulia any third party. But he has changed this Tymoshenko and the trials of two former procedure. Note that a change was made in Cabinet ministers, Yurii Lutsenko and October, and the first case was opened Valeriy Ivashchenko. An article in the June against Tymoshenko in November... Today, 14 edition quoted the president as saying: Yanukovych has the right to pardon any- TO PLACE YOUR AD CALL Walter Honcharyk (973) 292-9800 x3040 “My reaction to that is this: I can’t act out- one, including Yulia Tymoshenko. The only or e-mail [email protected] side the framework of the law... The presi- thing that has to be done for this is to sign dent does not have such instruments. I two decrees: changing the procedure, mak- have to do everything by the letter of the SERVICES PROFESSIONALS ing it the same as in democratic countries, and signing a decree on the pardon,” Mr. legallaw. So process when could is finished. these questions When it [ofis fin-her Vlasenko said. (Interfax-Ukraine) ished,release] when arise? the They courts can have arise made when their the Yanukovych on Constitutional Assembly decisions, including the European Court of Human Rights, then it is in the president’s KYIV – President Viktor Yanukovych authority to grant a pardon. And if this time said at the first session of the comes, there is a procedure for this. But Constitutional Assembly on June 20 that he until the courts have made their decision, hopes the opposition will join the work of in a transparent, legal and procedurally the assembly after parliamentary elections. sound way, I do not have the power to do “I am confident that new political forces this.” At the same time, when asked by a and the opposition will join us after the reporter whether he wants to release Ms. elections and will also participate in the Tymoshenko, Mr. Yanukovych said, “Of formation of the main law of our country,” course. Of course I do.” He noted that the Mr. Yanukovych said. He also called on all goal of the government is to move forward political forces to cast aside excessive poli- under civilized rules, under the law, and for ticking, step over narrow political interests there to be no chance for politicians to and be guided by the interests of the state. abuse their power. He also pointed to the “The development of Ukraine should be a adoption of the new Criminal Code. In ref- top priority for all,” the president said. At erence to the case of former acting Defense the same time, Mr. Yanukovych said he was Minister Ivashchenko, Mr. Yanukovych satisfied with the current composition of voiced hope for acquittal. “Maybe they will the Constitutional Assembly, as it includes acquit him. It’s possible. And if they acquit well-known people whose professionalism him, thank God for that. Let him go free and cannot be questioned. “I, as head of state, not get busted anymore for these things,” also invited the European Commission and he said. Commenting on the trial of former the Council of Europe to join the work of Internal Affairs Minister Lutsenko, the the Constitutional Assembly,” the president president noted that in any case, he doesn’t added. (Ukrinform) want to judge. “The courts do the judging. But from what I read in the press, from Obama extends Belarus sanctions HELP WANTED what I have heard, that is a violation,” he WASHINGTON – U.S. President Barack commented. Asked whether he worries Obama has extended the designation of that the new Criminal Code could be used We are seeking a babysitter “national emergency” to relations with even against him and his allies if Ms. Belarus, saying the actions of certain gov- for our 3 year old son in Bayside, NY. Tymoshenko or her allies returned to Must speak Ukrainian fluently. Preferably ernment officials “continue to pose an power, the president responded, “If they owns a car. Two days per week - Wednes- unusual and extraordinary threat to the have arguments, if they have proof, I will day and Thursday. No. of days to increase national security and foreign policy of the not run away from the law. I am not afraid in December. Tel. 646-763-0045. United States.” The declaration allows for myself. I’ve been through everything in Washington to maintain sanctions against my life, and I’m not afraid of these trials.” individuals and specific companies in the (Ukrinform) OPPORTUNITIES authoritarian Eastern European country. Lavrynovych comments on pardon The designation was first made in 2006 by President George W. Bush, who also Earn extra income! KYIV – Justice Minister Oleksander ordered measures blocking the property of The Ukrainian Weekly is looking Lavrynovych said on June 20 that former people the White House said were under- for advertising sales agents. Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia mining democratic processes or institu- For additional information contact Tymoshenko cannot be pardoned without tions in Belarus. Mr. Obama said the gov- Walter Honcharyk, Advertising Manager, her personal request. “The minimum term ernment crackdown that began in 2011 The Ukrainian Weekly, 973-292-9800, ext 3040. of serving a sentence and a personal request are needed for the application of has taken additional steps backward in the this norm. If this is a matter of health or Run your advertisement here, development“show[s] that ofthe democratic government governance of Belarus other issues, the president has the right to and respect for human rights.” (RFE/RL) in The Ukrainian Weekly’s CLASSIFIEDS section. sign a decree on a pardon,” he told journal- ists in Kyiv. At the same time, he said that a (Continued on page 13) No. 26 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 24, 2012 13

corruption, it was reported on June 21. NEWSBRIEFS In an interview with the Dnipropetrovsk-based TV Channel 24, (Continued from page 12) Mr. Azarov said: “Please contact the gov- Doctor comments on Yulia in court ernment directly. We guarantee that no one will touch you. I guarantee that. But KYIV – The question of whether Yulia relevant work will be carried out with all Tymoshenko will be able to participate in the officials on the facts of bribery. I’m the court hearing on June 25 may be not saying that we will sack anyone given only after additional testing. Dr. immediately. Every signal will be objec- Anett Reisshauer, a physician of the tively verified and, if it is confirmed, then German clinic Charite, who arrived in this officer will not just be dismissed Kharkiv to treat the convicted former from office, but prosecuted.” The prime prime minister, said at a news briefing on minister suggested that he could be June 21 outside Ukrzaliznytsia’s Central directly informed about corruption Clinical Hospital No. 5 that he had through his personal page on Facebook. already seen Ms. Tymoshenko. “Now I’m (Ukrinform) not ready to give an answer about whether she will be able to participate in 18.5 M watch Ukraine-England match the trial on June 25. This requires addi- KYIV – The broadcast of the Euro tional examination.” The doctor said her 2012 group stage match between the visit to Kharkiv will last until June 25 or a national soccer teams of Ukraine and little longer. On June 25, Kharkiv’s England attracted more Britons than a Kyivskyi District Court will consider the concert dedicated to the 60th anniversa- charges against Ms. Tymoshenko related ry of Queen Elizabeth II’s reign, The Daily to the United Energy Systems of Ukraine. Mail reported on June 21. “England’s vic- The hearing was postponed due to the tory over Ukraine on Tuesday was defendant’s illness. (Ukrinform) watched by 18.5 million people on ITV1, Reporting corruption on Facebook the biggest viewing figure of the year so far,” the story reported, adding that 17 KYIV – Prime Minister of Ukraine million tuned in to watch Queen Mykola Azarov is actively encouraging Elizabeth II’s diamond jubilee concert the public to inform the government of earlier this month. (Ukrinform)

“This conference will help highlight the Bush and Clinton... importance of public service and corporate citizenship not only in Ukraine but also in (Continued from page 11) the global context,” he said. “It is significant Clinton School in this conference and by the that the Bush School and the Clinton School example this sets for cooperative and non- are participating. Their role will help partisan efforts in dealing with pressing underscore the importance of training issues.” future leaders to face the challenges that a James L. “Skip” Rutherford III, Dean of global economy poses. Ukraine’s future the Clinton School, noted: “We are honored depends to a great extent on the ability to to join the Bush School in participating in train leaders in all sectors of society. This this conference. As the first graduate school conference, with its focus on various issues in the country to offer a Master of Public of leadership, public service and corporate Service degree, the Clinton School places a citizenship, is a step in that direction.” strong emphasis on global leadership, Both Mr. Card and Mr. Rutherford are which fits perfectly with themes and goals expected to be keynote speakers at the of this event. We look forward to sharing December 1 educational conference ses- ideas and nurturing the spirit of interna- sion. Both schools will have faculty and stu- tional public service.” dents involved in the conference. Leading Roman Popadiuk, the first U.S. ambassa- educators from Ukraine are expected to dor to Ukraine and former executive direc- join in as well. tor of the George Bush Presidential Library For more information readers may con- Foundation, also underscored the impor- tact the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation at info@ tance of the 2012 conference and gala. usukraine.org.

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to field as many short-term observers as Canada’s honorary consul in Lviv, Oksana society development. Corruption was also Canada’s... possible, but noted that the fairness of the Wynnyckyj. brought up as a major problem. Ukraine is election cannot be judged only by conduct The afternoon’s session began with a increasingly becoming a rich country with (Continued from page 3) on voting day. meeting that included representatives from very poor people and is missing a strong oligarch clan”; some expressed fear about The committee also heard from former the Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU), middle class. The Rev. Gudziak indicated the regime selling out Ukraine to Russia CEC Chairman Yaroslav Davydovych, who the Museum Prison on Lontsky and the that it will be important for Canada and stated that the new electoral law is pro-gov- newspaper Express. other countries to focus support on those and expressed concern over the danger of ernment and anti-democratic. The first speaker was the director of the who maintain a principled position. the “Russkii Mir” concept as well as chang- The committee continued its hearings museum, Ruslan Zabiliy, who spoke about Ihor Pochynok of Express stated that, es to the Ukrainian education system. They on Wednesday, May 16, in Kharkiv, where it the efforts of the Security Service of due to a lack of appreciation for individual- indicated that international election heard from media, human rights and civil Ukraine (SBU) to question, hold and intimi- ism in society, people are apathetic to cor- observers are crucial to discourage falsifica- society representatives, as well as from date him and employees of the museum, as ruption and corruption is tolerated because tions in the October vote. They further members of the city and oblast administra- well as efforts to suppress historical docu- it “solves problems.” noted the strategic union of opposition tions. ments regarding Ukraine’s occupation by The afternoon session concluded with forces for the fall’s parliamentary elections Yevhen Zakharov, the head of the Soviet and Nazi regimes. When asked hearing from regional representatives from to the Verkhovna Rada. The representative Kharkiv Human Rights Group appeared where Ukrainians can turn when faced with political parties. The parties that attended of UDAR – the Ukrainian Development before the Canadian MPs, along with Olga intimidation by the authorities Mr. Zabilyi were Batkivshchyna, Svoboda, Front for Alliance for Reform – stated that “besides Miroshnyk, from the Foundation for Local stated that there has been a big change over Change and the Republican Christian Party. being corrupt and unjust, the government Democracy and Angelina Soldatenko of the the past decade and people can defend Though invited, the Party of Regions did is also inefficient.” Institute for Regional Press and their opinions and rights by making the not attend. A session on media freedom followed, Roman Ilyk from the Tymoshenko Bloc/ during which the committee was informed Batkivshchyna acknowledged the uneven that not all Ukrainian citizens have access playing field in terms of media access for to free media. Media representatives from government and opposition lawmakers. Ukrayinska Pravda, Dzerkalo Tyzhnia, TVi Stepan Kubiv from Front for Change point- and ICTV further indicated that the inde- ed to the need for a values-based campaign pendent media in Ukraine that exist are that informs the electorate and motivates limited in their reach to readers and view- voters to support change. ers, as most major sources are controlled Iryna Farion of Svoboda noted that by oligarchs. Canadians have contributed to building It was noted, for example, that the Ukraine, and cited the need to re-establish Presidential Administration has an advisor independence. Bohdan Pankevych of the to the Inter TV network. It was further Republican Christian Party stressed the noted that, while the independent media need for Ukraine to develop “real civil soci- are small, under the previous regime their ety” with people active in their workplaces investigative reports would be aired on and communities. mainstream media news and talk shows, The hearings were concluded with a and this is no longer the case. press conference for local media and a That day’s afternoon session included media call-back for North American jour- representatives of the Central Election nalists. Commission (CEC), the International The members of Parliament who were Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES), part of the delegation were: the Committee of Voters of Ukraine (CVU) Mr. Dechert, parliamentary secretary to and Opora. Members of Canada’s Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs with delegates the minister of foreign affairs; Lois Brown, The Foreign Affairs Committee delega- from the Ukrainian Canadian Congress in front of the Kharkiv penal colony parliamentary secretary to the Minister of tion from Canada was informed that IFES is where Yulia Tymoshenko is jailed: (from left) Borys Potapenko, Bohdan International Cooperation; Dave Van providing technical support to the CEC. The Onyschuk, MPs Nina Grewal, Dave Van Kesteren, Alexandrine Latendresse, Bob Kesteren (Chatham-Kent-Essex, Ontario); CEC reported that Canada is providing Dechert, Lois Brown and Ralph Goodale, Taras Zalusky and MP Linda Duncan. Nina Grewal, (Fleetwood-Port Kells, British capacity-building support to the CEC. Columbia); Linda Duncan, (Edmonton- Dennis Druzhenko, the representative Information. They were joined by Oleh attempts to harass and intimidate publicly Strathcona, Alberta); Alexandrine from IFES, noted that the electoral law was Yukht of the independent ATN channel. known. Latendresse, (Louis-St-Laurent, Quebec); prepared without proper civil society input Mr. Zakharov stated that there are sever- The other witnesses were the Rev. Dr. and Ralph Goodale, (Wascana, and consultation, and indicated that a num- al levels of problems endemic to the cur- Borys Gudziak and Prof. Yaroslav Hrytsak Sasketchewan). ber of loopholes and shortcomings in the rent situation in Ukraine, including the from UCU. Prof. Hrytsak indicated that On Friday, May 18, the Members of law on issues such as electoral districts, for- intimidation of judges, the erosion of Ukrainian society is deeply divided, though Parliament travelled to Sambir in western mation of electoral commissions, prepara- human rights, income inequality and not on all issues. Examples of where Ukraine, to visit a mass grave where thou- tion/training of electoral commissions and reduced social cohesion. He stopped short Ukrainians have been able to coalesce sands of Jews were killed by the Nazis. The voter registration – different registration, of calling the government authoritarian, around a common cause included the so- Canadian MPs paid their respects and met need to be addressed. even though he cited a number of examples called “Tax-Maidan,” “Teachers Maidan” and with Mark Freiman and Borys Wrzesnewskyj, There are specific problem areas that of pressure being placed on civil society Chornobyl pensioners. The witnesses who are working with a team of Canadian need to be addressed. For example, 27 dis- groups by the government, and intimida- pointed to the December 1 Group as an ini- archeologists to map an ancient Jewish tricts were formed with the wrong bound- tion of media and human rights groups. The tiative that brings together groups with cemetery, as well as establish with preci- aries, communities were divided up, seven witnesses agreed that there is a need to similar values. It was also pointed out that sion the mass graves to allow memorializa- districts are in two different districts and help build the capacity of Ukrainian civil Ukraine is a post-genocidal society and fear tion of those who perished at the hands of do not have borders with another region, society groups and urged a public cam- remains a major factor as the territory of the Nazis. there are non-contiguous districts, and it paign for free elections. modern-day Ukraine has seen 15 million to Archeologists will also explore whether was alleged that 19 districts were made to This was followed by a working lunch 20 million killed in the 20th century by the Ukrainian insurgents were also murdered favor a political party. with the mayor of Kharkiv, Gennadiy Soviet and the Nazi regimes. and buried on the site. The project was In addition, there are two recent court Kernes, and representatives of the Kharkiv The Rev. Gudziak suggested that Canada made possible because of the hard work of rulings that will impact the vote. The first Oblast Administration that focused on both should support a mix of activities in both the Ukrainian and the Jewish commu- one places restrictions on rights of democratic concerns of the Canadian dele- Ukraine including both economic and civil nities in Canada. Ukrainian citizens voting outside of Ukraine gation, as well as economic prospects in the by disenfranchising them in single-member Kharkiv region. districts. The second ruling states that a That same afternoon, the delegation and underscored the fact that making any candidate cannot be on a party list and went to the hospital where former Prime Hundreds of oblast... changes to the national language can only compete in single-candidate district at the Minister Tymoshenko was being held. (Continued from page 3) be done by conducting a nationwide refer- same time. Although the committee’s request to meet endum, and not at the whim of the national It was indicated by Opora representative with Ms. Tymoshenko was denied by the an independent state…The Kivalov- deputies of the Verkhovna Rada. Olha Aivazovska and CVU representative authorities, the parliamentary secretary to Kolesnichenko Bill violates the Constitution The extraordinary session of the oblast Oleksander Chernenko that vote-buying Canada’s foreign affairs minister made a of Ukraine. It is unacceptable from the councils officially concluded with the sing- will be a major problem, as will the use of statement to the assembled media at the standpoint of international law, as indicat- ing of the Ukrainian national anthem. administrative resources by the party in gates to the hospital. The committee also ed by the Venice Commission. We believe Hundreds of supporters then accompanied power. visited the penal colony in Kharkiv where that its adoption would be a crime against the local government officials to the Mr. Chernenko stated that the biggest Ms. Tymoshenko is being incarcerated. the Ukrainian nation and we appeal to Presidential Administration building, problems will be in single-candidate dis- On Thursday, May 17, the committee national deputies of Ukraine not to vote on where the chair of the Lviv Oblast Council, trict; ridings with top concerns include ger- continued its hearings in Lviv, meeting the submitted draft.” Ternopil Oblast Council Chair Pankewych, rymandering, the criteria for districts with- with local government representatives to Quorums of the Oblast councils of Oleh Pankevych, Ternopil Oblast Council in an oblast and the absence of a review discuss regional economic development. Ternopil and Lviv were also present at the Chair Oleksii Kaida, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast mechanism for electoral boundaries. This was followed by a formal meeting with protest and unanimously passed similar Council chair, Sich and the secretary of the All witnesses were unanimous in stating the mayor of Lviv, Andriy Sadovyi, as well as resolutions. In his remarks, Lviv Oblast Lviv City Council, Vasyl Pawlyk, delivered that, given the political situation, it will be representatives of the Oblast Council Chairman Oleh Pankevych stated their appeals for the rejection of proposed important for the international community Administration and City Council, and that the proposal law is unconstitutional law on language. No. 26 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 24, 2012 15

COMMUNITY CHRONICLE Minneapolis remembers tragedy of 1960 by Christina Cybriwsky-Jermihov camp “Velykyi Luh” in Wisconsin. One of the drowned victims was Ihor MINNEAPOLIS – Minneapolis communi- Wolodymyr Lewytzkyj of Minneapolis, son ty members gathered on Sunday, May 27, of the late Very Rev. Dr. Wolodymyr and to commemorate the 52nd anniversary of Halyna Lewytzkyj, and brother of Luba the tragic death of six Plast scouts who Lewytzkyj and Oksana Billy. drowned on June 28, 1960, during the Plast Panakhyda (memorial) services in mem-

The Minneapolis community honored Ihor Lewytzkyj, one of the six Plast scouts who drowned in June 1960 while at Plast camp in Wisconsin. The group ended the memo- rial service with the traditional Plast song, “Nich Vzhe Ide.” ory of the six youths were led by the Very Ukrainian Scouting Organization and the Rev. Evhen Kumka from St. Michael’s and attendees formed a circle around Ihor St. George’s Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Lewytzkyj’s gravesite to sing the traditional Minneapolis, who recalled with sorrow the Plast song, “Nich Vzhe Ide.” six scouts who were pulled to their untime- Despite the passing of 52 years, the com- Minneapolis community and Plast members gathered at Sunset Cemetery to com- ly death by the turbulent waters of the munity will always remember this tragic memorate and honor Ihor Lewytzkyj and his five Plast friends who drowned 52 years Wisconsin River. event and keep these innocent young vic- ago. The Very Rev. Evhen Kumka led the panachyda; Luba Lewytzky and Oksana At the end of the service and remarks, tims in their hearts and prayers for many Billy, Ihor’s sisters, stand to the left and right, respectively, of the priest. members of the Minnesota group of Plast years to come.

UCC Montreal reports on activity at annual meeting MONTREAL – The Ukrainian Canadian Hawryluk, head of the UCC Cultural- Congress Montreal branch and Quebec Educational Committee, and others. Provincial Council held its annual general The UCC president’s report noted the meeting on Saturday, May 5, at the many projects organized or supported by Ukrainian Youth Center, unanimously re- UCC Montreal. The by-invitation-only offi- electing Zorianna Hrycenko-Luhova, as cial inauguration of Camp Spirit Lake president for a third term. Internment Interpretive Center at La UCC board members for the 2012-2013 Ferme, was attended by Montrealers and term include Cultural-Educational Canadian government representatives on Chairperson, Bohdana Klecor-Hawryluk; November 24, 2011, (the complete cere- At the annual general meeting of the Montreal branch of the Ukrainian Canadian Secretaries Lina Hawryliw and Olena mony is available at www.yluhovy.com). Committee: (front row, from left) Nadia Cechmistro, Bohdana Klecor-Hawryluk, Kulishova; Treasurers Yurij Kulycky and This interpretive Center on the internment President Zorianna Hrycenko-Luhova, Zenon Bryniawsky, (back row) Yaroslav Czolij, Andrij Dragan; Vice-Presidents Bohdanna policies of the World War I era, the first Prof. Roman Serbyn, Lesia Prystupa-Shwec, Ivan Prokaziuk, Pavlo Showhaniuk, Klecor-Hawryluk, Prof. Roman Serbyn, such in Canada, is a major accomplishment, Marta Bilyk, Olena Kulishova, Hryhory Kowryha and Serhij Savchenko. Pavlo Showhaniuk and Zenon Bryniawsky; sparking renewed interest in the early his- Past-President Marika Putko, representing tory of Ukrainians to Quebec. Also in roundtable forum, held on April 29 on vari- board members recently sold their build- northern Quebec, James Slobodian and oth- November, the annual Holodomor com- ous aspects of today’s Montreal community ing due to the passing of their elderly mem- ers. UCC Montreal, founded over 70 years memoration included a community service, and discussions on how to strengthen the bers and diminishing membership. The ago, currently represents 31 community and a screening of the documentary community’s effectiveness. The forum’s organization was established in 1913 and organizations, including youth and church “Okradena Zemlya” “Genocide Revealed.” organizing committee was chaired by Prof. was one of the key cultural-educational organizations. UCC Montreal’s engagement with other Serbyn. organizations that helped develop The meeting was chaired by Yaroslav ethno-cultural communities in Montreal An unexpected donation was made by Montreal’s Ukrainian community. Czolij. Reports were presented by Lesia included participation in the Lithuanian com- Ivan Prokaziuk, president of Prosvita- The annual meeting concluded with a Prystupa-Shwec from the Montreal munity’s commemoration of their home- Verdun and former member of the UCC reception as a thank-you for the hours of Ukrainian School Board, Nadia Cechmistro land’s independence day on February 19. board of directors, towards the ongoing volunteer work throughout the year by its from Ukrainian Social Services, Ms. Klecor- Another major highlight was the UCC work of Montreal UCC. Prosvita-Verdun’s members. Scholarship luncheon held in North Port by Ann-Marie Susla year’s scholarship winner, Francesca Tobano, now studying at the University of NORTH PORT, Fla. – Members of the Miami. In addition, a $250 special student Ukrainian American Club of Southwest award was granted to Natalia Goncharuk, Florida under the leadership of Daria and a $250 grant was awarded to the 2009 Tomashosky enjoyed their annual scholar- scholarship recipient, Vera Melnichuk, who ship luncheon meeting at Heron Creek Golf will spend the fall semester studying at and Country Club in North Port on May 23. Kharkiv National University in Ukraine. Victor Lisnyczyj, chairman of the In addition, the club donated $250 to the Scholarship Committee, presented this Ukrainian National Women’s League of year’s $1,000 award to Kailey Taylor, a America Branch 56 campaign to fund the graduating North Port High School senior Women’s Gender Studies Program at the whose winning essay was on the increased Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv. incidence of thyroid cancer among children The luncheon meeting concluded with in Ukraine because of the effects of the everyone joining in an original rousing Chornobyl nuclear disaster. She will be “kolomyika” highlighting the club’s activi- attending the University of South Florida in ties and achievements for this past year. the fall and will pursue her goal of being a The ditty was composed and led by Vice- Scholarship recipient Kailey Taylor (center, front) and guests at the Ukrainian pediatrician. President Lieda Boyko and accompanied by American Club scholarship luncheon. A $250 award was also given to last Vlad Szpiczka on the accordion. 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 24, 2012 No. 26 No. 26 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 24, 2012 17 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 24, 2012 No. 26

NOTES ON PEOPLE Activist supports Pianist performs curriculum project at Carnegie Hall by Maria Walzer AUBURN, N.Y. – 20-year-old pianist Nicholas Hrynyk, a junior at the Eastman BOSTON – “I do this because I am School of Music in Rochester, N.Y., has per- Ukrainian.” Those are the words of John formed as a soloist and in chamber groups Chopyk. on both sides of the Atlantic. In March, Mr. When asked to help support the passage Hrynyk was among a small group of pia- of legislation to teach the Ukrainian nists chosen to perform solo work at New Genocide in Massachusetts schools, Mr. York City’s Carnegie Hall in the near future. Chopyk responded with no hesitation. Not He was among 10 finalists selected to go only did he collect signatures for passage of to New York after playing the first move- the bill, he also personally contacted the ment of Prokofiev’s Piano Sonata No. 6 in A representative and senators in his district, major at a concert for the 70th anniversary as well as other districts. of the Adamant Music School in Vermont, John Chopyk (1929) was born in where Mr. Hrnyk had the lifetime opportu- Halychyna, western Ukraine which was nity of studying with world-renown musi- under Polish control until 1939, when cian Menaheim Pressler. western Ukraine came under the Russian He describes his strategy for personal occupation. From 1941 to 1944 Ukraine development as having two aspects. “I have John Chopyk Nicholas Hrynyk was under German control. During all these to pick music that expresses me as a human periods, Mr. Chopyk continued attending Westfield, Mass., from 1996 until 2003. being and how I can show myself as a solo- and using it for two purposes, one for the school and learning different languages in Mr. Chopyk is an active member of Ss. ist to the public, but I also have to have art and one so I can share it with others the process. Peter and Paul Ukrainian Catholic Church in music that’s sort of traditional – music that through teaching.” In 1944 the Germans were retreating Ludlow, Mass.; he is also a member of everyone needs to know, because if I want After graduating from the Eastman and the front line reached the village where Ukrainian American Veterans Post 31 of to become a university professor or go School of Music Mr. Hrnyk hopes to enter John was born. As the front lines shifted Boston. around giving master classes, I need to have graduate school for piano performance, and back and forth, Mr. Chopyk survived and When Mr. Chopyk was asked to help the basic knowledge of standard repertoire. Mr. Hrynyk would like to study at Julliard in was finally sent to Austria as a laborer. In advance the bill that calls for the So I’m always thinking of having my music New York, or in Baltimore. 1945 he was liberated by the Americans. Holodomor to be taught in schools, he did Following the establishment of displaced it. On his own, he went to his former persons camps in the American occupation employees, called his neighbors, went to zone in Germany, he attended school and in various Ukrainian churches and collected Graduates with engineering degree 1947 he graduated from the Ukrainian sec- more than 1,000 signatures in support of ondary school in Dillingen, Germany. He the bill. He bought the film “Harvest of also completed two semesters of law at the Despair” and showed it to various high Ukrainian Free University in Munich, schools. When an informational packet Germany, before coming to the United about the Famine-Genocide was sent to States in 1949. him, he distributed it to schools. He called Three months after coming to America, the Massachusetts legislature’s Educational he joined the U.S. Army and served with Committee members and encouraged them Army Intelligence in Korea with the rank of to support the bill. sergeant first class. He was also a certified When thanked for his solid work, Mr. interpreter for the Ukrainian, Polish, Chopyk would only say: “No need to thank Russian, German, and English languages. me; I do this because I am Ukrainian.” After the Army, Mr. Chopyk earned a At the present, Senate Bill S234 and bachelor’s degree in engineering and man- House Bill H1074 are in the Educational agement from Western New England Committee for further study. (Please con- College in Springfield, Mass. Following his tact your representative and senator plus graduation, he was employed as chief engi- Educational Committee members to pass neer by the United Service Equipment Co. the bill. To find your senator and represen- in Palmer, Mass. He was elected to serve on tative, log on to the Internet, search for the palmer planning board for five years. Massachusetts state senators and Joint From 1967 until his retirement in 1994, Committee on Education. The telephone Pictured after receiving his diploma is Gregory P. Serba with his father, Eugene Serba. Mr. Chopyk was employed as a plant engi- number of the State House is 617-727- neer by the National Felt Co. in 3676; the address is Massachusetts State MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. – Gregory Peter the UNA when he was a baby. Greg Serba is Easthampton, Mass. He was a licensed House, Boston, MA 02133. Ask your neigh- Serba graduated summa cum laude from a three-time recipient of UNA general power plant engineer in charge of five man- bors also to support the bill.) to do the Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg, Va., scholarships and a recipient of the 2012 ufacturing plants located in Easthampton, same. We have until July to push this bill on May 11-12 with a bachelor of science in Joseph and Dora Galandiuk Scholarship. Northampton, and Holyoke, Mass. He also through the Educational Committee. industrial and systems engineering. The The young Mr. Serba has attended vari- was a transitional bilingual Ukrainian If John Chopyk can work toward getting commencement speakers were First Lady ous camps and social events at the teacher at South Middle School in support for the bill, so can others. Michele Obama along with Sen. John Soyuzivka Heritage Center through the Warner of Virginia. years. He has also been a counselor at Greg Serba is the son of Eugene Serba, Tennis Camps at Soyuzivka. UNA Auditor, and grandson of Peter Serba, Mr. Serba will be an engineer with Receives B.S. degree in criminal justice longtime secretary of UNA Branch 173. Deloitte Touche in Arlington, VA starting in WEST CHESTER, Pa. – Stephen Karl Peter Serba first enrolled his grandson in July. Syska graduated on May 4 from the Abington College of The Pennsylvania Some Ukrainian players were to represent State University, with a Bachelor of Turning... the Commonwealth of Independent States Science in criminal justice. (the successor label to the countries that (Continued from page 6) Mr. Syska is a graduate of Unionville made up the Soviet Union). The world soc- High School, located in Kennett Square, Pa. Oleh Bilorus, Ukraine’s ambassador to cer body FIFA granted Ukraine full member- He has avidly contributed to the operation the U.S., kicked out the ceremonial first ball ship the following week during its annual of a local firefighting company. of the game and addressed the audience congress in Zurich, Switzerland. Ukraine’s Following graduation, Mr. Syska wishes with greetings from President Leonid key players also played for European clubs, to pursue professional opportunities in Kravchuk of Ukraine. “We celebrate the including, Oleksiy Mykhailychenko (Glasgow first time that the Ukrainian flag is officially the area of law enforcement. Rangers), Serhiy Yuran (Benefica) and displayed side-by-side with the American Andrey Kanchelskis (Manchester United). He is the son of William and Loressa flag at today’s event,” he said. Syska, and the grandson of Eva Uzych, and Ukraine missed its chance to enter the Source: “U.S. vs Ukraine: 0-0 tie hailed as the late Dr. Walter Uzych, Otto Syska and 1994 World Cup because it regained its victory,” by Kristina Lucenko, The Ukrainian Stephen Karl Syska Olga Syska. independence after the entry deadline. Weekly, July 5, 1992. No. 26 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 24, 2012 19

June 29-July 1 “Nadiya Ye!” Festival, featuring Mandry, Ukrainian July 14 Fund-raiser concert, Grazhda Chamber Ensemble, Grazhda Ellenville, NY American Youth Association, Oselia resort, 845-647-7230 Jewett, NY Music and Art Center, www.grazhdamusicandart.org or www.cym.org/us/ellenville July 14-15 Ukrainian Festival, Sacred Heart Ukrainian Catholic June 30 50th anniversary parish festival, St. John the Baptist Castle Creek, NY Church, 607-797-6293 or [email protected] Jewett, NY Ukrainian Catholic Church, www.ukrainianmountaintop.org or 201-358-1846 July 15 Exhibit, “Sacred Relics of the Saints: Treasures of the June 30–July 1 Tennis tournament, Ukrainian Sports Federation of the Hillside, NJ Church,” Immaculate Conception Ukrainian Catholic Kerhonkson, NY U.S.A. and Canada (East), Soyuzivka Heritage Center, Church, 973-599-9381 or 215-576-7989 www.byzcath.org/immaculateconception

July 5 “A Midsummer Night of Kupalo,” Qualico Family Center, July 17 Golf tournament, St. Mary Men’s Club, Pine Grove Golf Winnipeg Assiniboine Park, 204-942-0218 or [email protected] Sudbury, ON Course, 705-522-9056 or [email protected]

July 6-8 Pysanka Festival Ukrainian Dance and Music Competition, July 18 Golf tournament, St. Joseph Ukrainian Catholic Church, Vegreville, AB www.pysankafestival.com or 780-975-8277 Oakville, ON Royal Woodbine Golf Club, www.royalwoodbine.com or www.golf.tserkva.ca or 905-624-1718 July 6-8 Volleyball tournament, pub night and dance, Ukrainian Ellenville, NY American Youth Association, Oselia resort, 845-647-7230 July 20-22 Seafood pub night and zabava, Ukrainian or www.cym.org/us/ellenville Ellenville, NY American Youth Association, Oselia resort, 845-647-7230 or www.cym.org/us/ellenville July 7 Concert with violinist Nazar Pylatiuk, Grazhda Music and Jewett, NY Art Center, www.grazhdamusicandart.org July 21 Concert with opera singer Victoria Lukianetz and pianist July 7 Golf tournament, Ukrainian Golf Association of Canada, Jewett, NY Volodymyr Vynnytsky, Grazhda Music and Art Center, Pickering, ON Angus Glen Golf Club – North Course, 905-887-0090 or www.grazhdamusicandart.org www.angusglen.com July 21-22 85th annual St. John “Ukrainian Days” Festival Weekend, July 7-22 World Festival of Ukrainian credit unions, Johnson City, NY St. John Ukrainian Orthodox Church, 607-729-1729 or Stryi, Ukraine www.wfucu.org.ua www.stjohnuoc.com

July 13-15 Ukrainian Cultural Festival, Soyuzivka, Kerhonkson, NY www.soyuzivka.com Entries in “Out and About” are listed free of charge. Priority is given to events July 13-15 Western pub night and dance weekend, Ukrainian advertised in The Ukrainian Weekly. However, we also welcome submissions Ellenville, NY American Youth Association, Oselia resort, 845-647-7230 from all our readers. Items will be published at the discretion of the editors or www.cym.org/us/ellenville and as space allows. Please send e-mail to [email protected]. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 24, 2012 No. 26

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Saturday, June 30 Lonkevych, and Nina and George Kobryn, begins at 10 p.m. with cash prizes of $100, JEWETT, N.Y.: St. John the Baptist Ukrainian $50 and $25 per individual/group. The teen Catholic Church kicks off its 50th jubilee “Club Crest” “vechirka” with DJ Matej Liteplo season with a fun community festival for all. will follow the dance contest. Admission: Join us for Ukrainian folk arts and traditions, kids and students, $5; adults age 23 and over, crafts, dancing, entertainment, refresh- $10. Proceeds go toward Plast camps. For ments, food, kids’ activities and much more! information see the events section at www. Volleyball tournament gets under way at 9 xmel.org or e-mail [email protected]. a.m., and the official opening ceremony begins at 11 a.m. St. John’s is located on Sunday, September 2 Ukraine Road, off Route 23A in Jewett, N.Y. Admission is free. For more information JEWETT, N.Y.: St. John the Baptist Ukrainian visit http://ukrainianmountaintop.org or Catholic Church concludes its 50th jubilee call Joanne Iwaskiw, 201-358-1846. season with a pontifical divine liturgy, ban- quet and anniversary program. Please join Friday, August 24 us as we commemorate and celebrate a half- WILDWOOD CREST, N.J.: The Khmelnychenky century of worship and cultural heritage in Plast fraternity is sponsoring an all-ages this unique Ukrainian enclave of the dance at the Wildwood Crest Pier Recreation Catskills. Liturgy begins at 10 a.m. with ban- Center with host Roma Odulak. Doors open quet and anniversary program to follow. St. at 7 p.m. with dance music from at 7-8 p.m. John’s is located on Ukraine Road, off Route The “Party Ptashat” kids’ dance will be held 23A in Jewett, N.Y. Tickets may be purchased at 8-9:30 p.m. hosted by Bratchyk Levko prior to the event. For more information Wolansky. The “Wildwood Idol” dance con- visit http://ukrainianmountaintop.org or test with guest judges Ania Bohachevsky call Michelle Hewryk, 917-885-2241.

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