Poor Preparation, Dissension in Ranks Cited As Reasons for Poor Showing at Olympics Sociologist Examines Latest Wave of Ukrainia
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INSIDE:• Kateryna Chumachenko Yuschchenko speaks on life in Ukraine — page 3. • U.S. rating of Ukraine’s human right practices — page 4. • Winter pursuits: skiing, snowboarding, mountaineering, etc. — centerfold. Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXX HE KRAINIANNo. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 10, 2002 EEKLY$1/$2 in Ukraine T U Political groupingsW charge violations Poor preparation, dissension in ranks cited of election law by pro-presidential bloc as reasonsby Roman Woronowycz for poor showingOlympic preparations. at Olympics by Roman Woronowycz cials had simply become campaign Kyiv Press Bureau “For the situation to improve, we have Kyiv Press Bureau workers for the pro-presidential For a to start rebuilding the training bases and United Ukraine electoral bloc, headed by KYIV – Poor preparation and internal to concentrate on youth programs once KYIV – With just under a month President Leonid Kuchma’s chief of staff dissension were behind the failure of again. Then there will be possibilities,” before parliamentary elections, political Volodymyr Lytvyn. He explained that Ukraine’s Olympians, especially its parties and blocs from various wings of explained Mr. Platonov, who is also the “administrative resources,” the use of much-vaunted female biathlon squad, to the political spectrum are increasingly rector of the State University of Physical government officials and the powers of win a single medal in Salt Lake City, said alleging violations of campaign election Education and Sport. the offices they hold, were being used to a leading Ukrainian sports official on law by a pro-presidential electoral bloc. In an exclusive interview with The interfere with the Our Ukraine campaign. March 6. The official also admitted that Both the Our Ukraine election bloc, Weekly, in which the noted professor Mykola Hryniv, assistant director of cross-country skier Iryna Terelia was condemned the dissension within the led by Viktor Yushchenko and guilty of using a banned substance before ranks of the biathlon team and the way in Oleksander Moroz’s Socialist Party said (Continued on page 14) competing. which it went about preparing for Salt that certain government officials were While Chairman of the State Lake City, Mr. Platonov called the per- impeding their campaign efforts. They Committee of Physical Education and formance of Ukraine’s Olympians in Salt blamed a rival election bloc for the prob- Sport Maria Bulatova and President of Lake City dismal. lems. the National Olympic Committee of “In a word, overall the results were Commenting on March 4 on a just- Albright says Kuchma Ukraine Ivan Fedorenko continued to unacceptable,” explained Mr. Platonov. completed campaign swing through the refrain from commentary or analysis on “But this is merely a general grade. There central and eastern regions of Ukraine, Ukraine’s poor showing at last month’s were bigger failures that even reached Mr. Yushchenko criticized efforts by can be influenced Olympic Games pending a comprehen- embarrassing levels. Here I mean the public officials to limit the impact of his sive review, Vladimir Platonov, vice- biathletes.” political message. to ensure fair elections president of the NOC-Ukraine, was not He underscored, however, that there “Some of Ukraine’s regions are out of by Yaro Bihun so reticent. He criticized Ukraine’s biath- were events where Ukraine’s athletes step with democracy,” said Mr. Special to The Ukrainian Weekly letes, their federation and their trainers exceeded expectations, including Yushchenko. “The authorities there know for the poor performance in Salt Lake freestyle, luge, bobsled and the downhill only a very crude form of democracy and WASHINGTON – Former U.S. City, and took a verbal swipe at the events. are not prepared for political debate.” Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright International Olympic Federation as well. Mr. Platonov has written several books Two days earlier in Berdiansk, a city says that Ukrainian President Leonid However, his main point was that located in southeastern Ukraine, Mr. Kuchma can be influenced by the United Ukraine must get back to the basics in its (Continued on page 10) Yushchenko said that many local offi- States and the West into ensuring that the campaign process leading up to the March 31 parliamentary elections, and the elections themselves, are conducted fairly. “He does think – at least that’s the Sociologistby Andrij Makuchexamines latest wave of Ukrainian immigration to Canada came to North America from 1991 to needs. way I read it – that what Washington 2001, and continue to arrive even today. The second: How well, if at all, do the thinks about him is important to him,” TORONTO – Prof. Wsewolod Isajiw, Prof. Isajiw estimated their number to be new immigrants integrate into Toronto’s a prominent Ukrainian Canadian sociolo- Dr. Albright said on March 4, during a approximately 18,000 to 20,000 in Ukrainian community? This is considered briefing about her visit to Ukraine in gist, recently revealed some preliminary Canada and at least 100,000 in the United through the prism of the theory posed by findings from a groundbreaking study of February as part of a pre-election moni- States. He added that, “technically,” he Louis Hartz, a sociologist best-known for the latest wave of Ukrainian immigrants toring mission of the National would call this a “Fifth Wave” of his study “The Founding of New to Canada. Speaking at the University of Democratic Institute (NDI), of which she Ukrainian immigration, as it was preceded Societies,” that new immigrants live for a Toronto on January 28 at a seminar co- is now chairman. by Ukrainian immigrants from Poland in long time by issues that were significant sponsored by the Canadian Institute of During her meeting with the the 1980s, but was amenable to consider- to them in their home country before their Ukrainian Studies and the Peter Jacyk Ukrainian president, Dr. Albright said, departure. Program for the Study of Ukraine, Prof. ing it as the second phase of a “Fourth she was surprised about how “very con- Isajiw addressed the topic “Fourth Wave Wave.” Getting into the subject matter proper, cerned” he was about the resolutions in Immigrants from Ukraine, 1991-2001: The information gathered for the proj- Prof. Isajiw provided a basic profile of the the U.S. Congress on the subject of elec- Results of a New Study.” ect came from 304 interviews, conducted immigrants. Ninety percent were born in tions in Ukraine. The information presented at this event in the Toronto area between November Ukraine, and 90 percent came as inde- (President Kuchma’s concern may was gathered in the course of a wide-rang- 2000 and January 2001. The interviews, pendent immigrants (the remaining 10 have been caused by a mistranslation of ing study on the Fourth Wave of consisting of 161 questions, were con- percent arrived sponsored). Just over one- the resolutions, she said. The resolutions, Ukrainian immigration to Canada.” The ducted by 10 research assistants, who quarter (26 percent) have taken Canadian which note that there is a new electoral research was undertaken by Prof. Isajiw, themselves were mainly recent arrivals. citizenship. law in Ukraine but that it needs to be car- Robert F. Harney Professor Emeritus of The data from the study are still being They are divided almost equally ried out, were translated to say that Ethnic, Immigration and Pluralism analyzed, so that the seminar, as Prof. between males and females. Most (78.6 Ukraine needed to pass a new electoral Studies, University of Toronto; Prof. Isajiw emphasized, should be regarded as percent) are married, while 11 percent are law.) Victor Satzewich, Sociology, McMaster the results of a work in progress. single and 9 percent divorced or separat- “And it made me really understand University, Hamilton; and Ewhen The study, and the seminar, addressed ed. Their average age upon arrival was very vividly the importance of pressure Duvalko, executive director, Canadian two major questions. 35.4, while their average age at the time of from all of us,” she said. “He could be Ukrainian Immigrant Aid Society, The first: How well are the new being interviewed was 39, indicating that made to understand the importance of his Toronto; with the assistance of Iroida Ukrainian Canadians adapting to the they had been in Canada, on average, for legacy before Ukraine and how he will Wynnyckyj and Katya Duvalko. The Canadian economic system? This is just over 3.5 years. be regarded by people that he does think Heritage Foundation of the 1st Security examined within the context of Canada’s An interesting statistic, considering the are important.” Federal Savings Bank of Chicago, whose immigration policy which, from the mid- Toronto housing market, is that 22 percent “I think that he does care. He would president is Julian Kulas, provided fund- 1970s to late 2001 (a major overhaul of are homeowners. like to see himself as one of the main ing for the project. Canadian immigration policy was Seventeen percent have no children, reformers of the post-Soviet world, and I The subject of study of the so-called announced recently), sought to match while 31.9 percent had one and 45 percent think he’s beginning to see that he’s not “Fourth Wave” are those Ukrainians who immigrants directly with existing labor (Continued on page 11) (Continued on page 10) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 10, 2002 No. 10 ANALYSIS NEWSBRIEFSNEWSBRIEFS Opposition denied equal media access Rada urges more top-level probes ... protest by Hrach supporters. (RFE/RL Newsline) KYIV – The Verkhovna Rada on March in parliamentary election campaign 6 backed a non-binding motion asking the Chernomyrdin: West humiliates Ukraine by Taras Kuzio President Kuchma and to the oligarchs are procurator general to bring criminal pro- RFE/RL Media Matters at a great disadvantage in the current elec- ceedings against President Leonid Kuchma KYIV – Russian Ambassador to Ukraine tions in obtaining access to the media.