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The Ukrainian Weekly 2003, No.30 www.ukrweekly.com INSIDE:• Prime minister lays blame for Ukraine’s rising grain prices — page 3. • Chicago-based Heritage Foundation announces major grants — page 4. • Ukrainian singers on stage at Lincoln Center — page 11. Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXXI HE KRAINIANNo. 30 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 27, 2003 EEKLY$1/$2 in Ukraine Duranty’sT Pulitzer-winningU articles: AmbassadorW Pascual bids farewell what the Times correspondent wrote to Kyiv, sums up three years of work by Andrew Nynka mentality – they were not written as news by Roman Woronowycz The ambassador stressed that, for all stories, but rather as analysis. Kyiv Press Bureau the changes still needed to meet require- PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Walter Duranty “Stalin had a clearer perception of ments for joining the European Union was one of a handful of Western journal- KYIV – A couple of weeks before his Russia’s possibilities and the reserves of and NATO, the quality of Ukrainian ists working in Moscow in the late 1920s departure from Ukraine, United States untapped energy in her people, hardly less democracy and adherence to the rule of and early 1930s. His dispatches from the Ambassador Carlos Pascual addressed ‘virgin’ than her soil. He saw, too, that the law would be decisive in whether Soviet Union held significant sway, and in graduates of U.S. government exchange Soviet Union was not ‘one country’ in the Ukraine succeeded. 1932 he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize programs in which he summed up his sense in which Marx wrote, but a vast “These are two fundamental issues on for correspondence. The award was given three years of work in Ukraine. Speaking self-sufficing continent far more which Ukraine’s future lies,” explained for a series of reports, written in 1931, to several hundred former students, Mr. admirably fitted by its natural configura- Mr. Pascual. that, according to the Pulitzer Prize Board, Pascual emphasized the progress the tion and resources and by the character The U.S. diplomat extended congratu- showed “scholarship, profundity, impar- country had made in a short period of and ways of its population for a commu- lations to President Leonid Kuchma on tiality, sound judgment and clarity.” time. He noted that, “much had changed” nist experiment than what Marx prognos- the decision he recently voiced not to run The dispatches, written with a strong and said he looked at future U.S.-Ukraine ticated in a compact industrial state like for re-election and expressed U.S. pleas- editorial tone, were published by The relations with “optimism and caution.” England,” he wrote. (It is important to ure with the Verkhovna Rada on its com- New York Times and carried a simple “Who would have thought when I got note here that while a distinction exists promise in resolving how constitutional introduction. The articles would be “on here that in May 2002 the secretary of between Russia and the Soviet Union, Mr. reform should proceed. present conditions in Russia,” the newspa- Ukraine’s [National] Security and Duranty – like many writers of his day – Mr. Pascual also noted that per wrote, while Mr. Duranty, The New Defense Council would state its intention used the terms synonymously.) Washington had no intention of support- York Times Moscow correspondent, was to make Ukraine part of NATO,” said the “Stalin is giving the Russian people – ing a particular presidential candidate in “out of Russia on a holiday in Western U.S. career diplomat, while citing figures the Russian masses, not Westernized land- the 2004 Ukrainian elections, while Europe.” The paper later noted that Mr. that showed that today at least 30 percent lords, industrialists, bankers and intellec- asserting that the United States sees its Duranty was in Paris. of Ukrainians support alliance with the tuals, but Russia’s 150 million peasants primary objective “to maintain a level Mr. Duranty’s submission to the former archenemy of the Soviet Union and workers – what they really want, playing field” for all the candidates. He Pulitzer Board included a total of 13 arti- and another 15 to 20 percent could go namely joint effort, communal effort. And said that free and fair elections would do cles, 11 of which were published in The either way on the question, numbers far communal life is as acceptable to them as much to further Ukraine’s claim to New York Times and the remaining two higher than the 5 to 10 percent in favor it is repugnant to a Westerner,” Mr. European membership. in The New York Times Magazine. only some five years ago. Duranty wrote in his first article, “Red He warned, however, that Ukrainian The articles were published in 1931 on Mr. Pascual is preparing to leave Kyiv Russia of Today Ruled by Stalinism, Not leaders must begin to “put their stake on June 14, 16, 18-20 and 22-27, while the the week of August 5 after a three-year Communism.” the rule of law” and set aside rule by articles that appeared in The New York stay in Ukraine, which began in Stalin abolished Lenin’s New power. Citing similar U.S. experiences at Times Magazine were published on September 2000. His replacement is Economic Policy (NEP), Mr. Duranty the end of the 19th century during the March 29 and December 20, 1931. John Herbst, the former ambassador to reported – which meant a degree of era of the “robber barons,” he reminded Mr. Duranty’s articles examined the Uzbekistan, who should arrive in mid- his audience that people such as Soviet Union and Stalinism – which he Western individualism, a spirit of personal September. initiative and a return to limited capitalism Carnegie, Mellon and Stanford helped to made a point of differentiating from Ambassador Pascual identified develop civil society and adherence to a Marxism, Leninism and Communism – – “not because Stalin is so powerful or Ukraine as a country of complexities and cruel and full of hate for the capitalist sys- stable rule of law after they had acquired from an internal perspective. His articles contradictions that, nonetheless, is suc- their riches. covered the broader context of Soviet (Continued on page 19) cessfully struggling to move towards European norms and values. (Continued on page 3) The Ukrainian Museum board reports progress in new building’s construction by Marta Baczynsky interest and discussion during the muse- um’s annual meetings, since the project is NEW YORK – “This is the last time supported mostly with funds from the we will have an annual meeting in these greater Ukrainian community. The proj- premises,” said Olha Hnateyko, president ect had a long and arduous journey in its of the board of trustees of The Ukrainian progress toward completion. In Museum, speaking before an audience of December 2002 the “topping out” cere- members and friends of the institution, mony at the site boosted public confi- gathered for the museum’s 26th annual dence in the project’s ability to attain set meeting. milestones. The meeting was held on June 1, at the During this annual meeting Nicolas museum’s current location on Second Andreadis, chair of the Building Avenue in New York City. The implica- Committee, seconded and defined Mrs. tion of Mrs. Hnateyko’s statement was Hnateyko’s statement. Mr. Andreadis not lost on the listeners, who responded said that the project is going according to with applause and cheers. plan and according to the “reality check” Mrs. Hnateyko was referring to the it is expected to be completed in the fall construction of the new museum facility of 2003. on East Sixth Street. Without being He described the various stages in the explicit she let those present know that construction process that had occurred construction will be completed soon, and during the past years. He cited problems that in 2004, the annual meeting will be in the beginning of the construction held in the new museum building. process, which delayed the timetable by For the past several years the building project has been the predominant issue of (Continued on page 4) The exterior of The Ukrainian Museum’s new building in New York City. 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 27, 2003 No. 30 ANALYSIS NEWSBRIEFSNEWSBRIEFS U.S. voices concern over criminal ties Ukrainian NGOs to receive USAID grants markets,” Mr. Kasyanov said of the deal. The men also discussed the planned cre- in Russian, Ukrainian energy sectors KYIV – Thirteen Ukrainian non-gov- ation of a Ukrainian-Russian gas consor- ernmental organizations (NGOs) carry- tium and the joint construction of the by Roman Kupchinsky TransGas with organized-crime figure ing out projects to further civil society AN-70 cargo plane. Contrary to expecta- RFE/RL Organized Crime and Terrorism Watch [Semen] Mogilevich, who was recently within the framework of the Ukrainian tions expressed in some Ukrainian indicted in the United States. Community Action Network (UCAN) media, the prime minister did not sign a U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Carlos “The Gazprom deal to purchase all of will receive grants from the U.S. Agency prepared 15-year agreement on the tran- Pascual expressed concern in late May over Turkmenistan’s natural gas production for International Development (USAID), sit of Russian oil through Ukraine. the influence that Russian organized crime capacity and more starting in 2007 would Interfax reported on July 17. The grants Russia is ready to sign the agreement was having on a gas-supply deal signed on once again make Ukraine fully dependant range from $10,000 to $50,000. The only after Ukraine agrees to allow December 5, 2002, between the Russian on Gazprom for its natural gas imports.
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