Inside: l Sci-tech: Ukraine’s technological ‘fingerprints’ – page 7 l Pavlo Klimkin’s testimony before U.S. Senate – page 9 l Edmonton remembers Heavenly Brigade – page 14

ThePublished U by thekrainian Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal W non-profit associationeekly Vol. LXXXV No. 11 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 12, 2017 $2.00 Klimkin says Tillerson pledges Kyiv faces dilemma over U.S. support against Russian aggression occupied Donbas business ties by Mark Raczkiewycz tarian aid, including vital links between industrial plants on both sides of the front- KYIV – Ukraine’s precarious dilemma on line, is to force the Ukrainian government conducting trade with businesses in occu- to recognize the area it doesn’t control as pied Donbas made it to the International occupied, name Russia as the aggressor Court of Justice at The Hague where Kyiv is and call the armed conflict a war. accusing Russia of financing terrorism and “Otherwise, the trade props up the bud- discrimination in the Crimea. get of the occupiers and enables trade in The Russian side, while addressing counterfeit goods like medicine, vodka, cig- Ukraine’s accusations on March 7, asserted arettes, and the smuggling of weapons and that Kyiv authorities negotiate with the drugs,” Mr. Semenchenko said of the block- Kremlin-backed proxies via the “Minsk ade that started on January 25. peace process” and even do business with Ukraine’s leaders, including President enterprises located in the occupied Donbas, Petro Poroshenko, Prime Minister “thus providing a large share of the budget Volodymyr Groysman and National Bank of to the unrecognized entities,” BBC’s Ukraine Governor Valeria Gontareva have Russian service reported. condemned the blockade that has stopped It’s the same point that a group of three of four rail links to the occupied terri- Ukrainian lawmakers, mostly from the tory and closed off main highways. Ukrainian Embassy in the U.S. Samopomich Party (Self-Reliance), and Citing figures that Ukraine’s coffers Ukraine’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Pavlo Klimkin meets with U.S. Secretary of dozens of war veterans whom they’re help- could lose up to $3.5 billion yearly and State Rex Tillerson. ing, have made. 75,000 jobs in the occupied east, Mr. “Trade with the occupiers is amoral, it Groysman called the blockade “sabotage RFE/RL would consistently continue to support Ukraine in its struggle against Russian finances terrorism and promotes corrup- against our nation.” WASHINGTON – Ukrainian Foreign aggression, that Ukraine is a key partner of tion,” Samopomich lawmaker Semen Seven of the nation’s 15 thermoelectric Affairs Minister Pavlo Klimkin says U.S. the U.S. in the region, that the U.S. would Semenchenko told The Ukrainian Weekly power stations can burn only anthracite Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has assured also consistently support Ukraine on its over the phone at a rail blockade in coal, which is mined exclusively in the east, him that Washington will continue to sup- path of reforms,” Mr. Klimkin told reporters. Donetsk Oblast. the Financial Times reported. Exporting port Kyiv in its standoff with Russia. Mr. Trump suggested during the election The founder and former commander of this coal is problematic because of its high Mr. Klimkin made the comments outside campaign that he would consider lifting the Donbas Battalion said that among the the State Department on March 7 following sanctions imposed on Russia by his prede- goals of cutting off all trade except humani- (Continued on page 8) a meeting with Mr. Tillerson, the former cessor, Barack Obama, in response to its ExxonMobil CEO who now serves as seizure of Crimea from Ukraine and the President Donald Trump’s top diplomat. “He assured me that the United States (Continued on page 9) Ukraine’s chief tax collector Nasirov arrested in alleged $74 M gas scheme Canada extends military training mission by Mark Raczkiewycz government official to face the real pros- pect of jail time over corruption charges in to Ukraine for two more years KYIV – Ukraine’s chief tax and customs a country that is notorious for pervasive yet official, Roman Nasirov, was placed under unpunished graft,” Mr. Eristavi wrote in The by Christopher Guly The Canadian Armed Forces operation arrest for two months on March 7, follow- Washington Post. “For millions of Special to The Ukrainian Weekly will transition “over time to support strate- ing a Kyiv district court ruling on embezzle- Ukrainians, seeing such a powerful official gic institutional reform of Ukraine’s ment charges. as a defendant in court is something of a OTTAWA – Canada is extending its mili- defense establishment,” the Canadian gov- Authorities accuse him of defrauding the catharsis: It has never happened before. tary training mission to Ukraine for anoth- ernment said in a release. state of $74 million for the benefit of fugi- Third, this is a do-or-die moment for the er two years, Canada’s national defense and “This assistance is crucial to ensure a tive ex-lawmaker Oleksandr Onyshchenko newly created National Anti-Corruption foreign affairs ministers announced here sovereign, secure and stable Ukraine, and in a scheme involving state-owned natural Bureau, which put the case together.” on March 6. the Ukrainian government is extremely gas producer Ukrgazvydobuvannya. The former investment banker who Operation UNIFIER – through which 200 happy to have us,” Minister Sajjan told Both have denied the accusations. once worked for Kyiv-based Concorde Canadian soldiers have provided training to reporters at a news conference outside the Through his lawyers, Mr. Nasirov, 38, Capital, was suspended from his post as their Ukrainian counterparts in such areas House of Commons as he announced the said he will appeal the ruling and not post head of the State Fiscal Service on March 3, as bomb disposal, military policing and med- extension of the military mission. the bail of $3.7 million, which would pending the embezzlement investigation. ical training at two military sites in western “During my visit to Ukraine last year, I require him to wear an electronic monitor- An MBA degree holder from the Ukraine – was set to end this month, but will witnessed firsthand the determination our ing bracelet. University of East London, Mr. Nasirov now run until March 31, 2019, with the soldiers brought to this mission. And equal- His arrest is “turning out to be the most declared an income of over $135,000 for same number of Canadian troops. ly, I witnessed the heart and passion the important development in Ukraine since the 2015. He also has U.K. and Hungarian citi- More than 3,200 members of the Ukrainian soldiers demonstrated in their 2014 [Maidan] revolution,” wrote Maxim zenship, according to prosecutors, in contriv- Ukrainian armed forces have received this training,” he said. Eristavi, a non-resident research fellow with ance of Ukrainian law. He also didn’t initially training since the mission began in Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia the Washington-based Atlantic Council and declare owning a £120,000 London resi- September 2015, according to National Freeland, who joined Mr. Sajjan in making co-founder of Hromadske International, an dence in his 2014 income declaration, Defense Minister Harjit Sajjan, who said that independent news outlet based in Kyiv. “Canada’s support for Ukraine is unwavering.” (Continued on page 16) “First, Nasirov is the highest-ranking (Continued on page 8) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 12, 2017 No. 11

ANALYSIS

Russia’s quest to resurrect its carrier fleet: Envoys seek U.S. support against Russia the court’s rulings are final and binding, it has no means of enforcement. Kyiv accuses The NITKA military complex in Crimea WASHINGTON – Envoys from six Russia of violating U.N. conventions against European countries that border Russia have terrorism and discrimination by supporting tion of arresting gear for practicing carrier- pushed for more U.S. military and economic groups in eastern Ukraine and Crimea. by Ridvan Bari Urcosta support, as they repeated warnings to U.S. deck landings. Moreover, the complex will Moscow seized control of Ukraine’s Crimean Eurasia Daily Monitor senators about an increasingly aggressive eventually be equipped with a unique Peninsula in March 2014 and has supported Russia. Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Minister The Crimean peninsula is a valuable asset, flight-training platform, floating directly on separatists in eastern Ukraine in fighting Pavlo Klimkin, speaking after meeting with especially for its military attributes. When the Azov Sea, for marine helicopter pilots to that has killed more than 9,750 people since U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, told the Russia illegally annexed Crimea in February- practice take-offs and landings in choppy April 2014. The Kremlin has denied sending March 2014, it notably gained full de facto waters before having to put those skills into U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee’s Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations troops or military equipment to eastern control over Sevastopol (where the Russian practice aboard the Admiral Kuznetsov Ukraine despite what Kyiv and Western Black Sea Fleet is based and had until then and Related Programs on March 7 that he (Oborona.ru, November 2016). countries say is incontrovertible evidence. been leasing its facilities) and Donuzlav Bay The more Russia-friendly government had been assured of U.S. support for Ukraine The Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry said it (before 2014, the site of the Ukrainian that came to power in Kyiv in 2010 was in its fight against Russia-backed separatists. “intends to employ all possible means of Southern Naval Base). But in addition, ultimately amenable to restoring Russia’s Lithuanian Ambassador Rolandas legal defense” in the case. A senior Russian Moscow obtained an important complemen- access to NITKA, but President Yanukovych Krisciunas pointed to new U.S. and NATO official told state-run news agency TASS that tary asset – the Shore-Based Test Facility (in did raise the lease price on Moscow. The military deployments in the three Baltic the Russian delegation will consist of 35 Russian NITKA) – which could prove useful two countries signed a new agreement on states, saying the deployments were essen- in achieving its ambitions of restoring use of the facility in 2012 (Mid.ru, accessed tial to deter Russian aggression. U.S. people. Ukraine said in a court filing that Russia’s status as a blue-water navy great February 13). But as early as April 2013, armored brigades have begun deploying to since 2014, Russia has stepped up its inter- power (Topwar.ru, March 27, 2014). Russia officially informed Ukraine that it Poland, and other NATO members are send- ference in Ukraine’s affairs, “intervening mil- Located near the northwestern Crimean had no further plans to train its pilots at the ing battalions of between 800 to 1,200 itarily, …financing acts of terrorism and vio- town of Saky, NITKA is a truly unique mili- NITKA complex (Moscow Defense Brief, troops to each of the three Baltic states and lating the human rights of millions of tary facility and was the only such complex May 2014). Tellingly, throughout most of Poland. “Uncertainty and insecurity best Ukraine’s citizens, including, for all too ever built in the entire Soviet Union. The 2012 and 2013, the Kuznetsov sat in its describes the current environment we are many, their right to life.” It said Kyiv is seek- training site is designed for testing pilots of home port of Severmorsk undergoing in,” Polish Ambassador Piotr Wilczek told ing “full reparations for... acts of terrorism carrier-based aircraft. Specifically, at NITKA, maintenance (Rbth.com, June 1, 2013; TV the panel. “The threat of Russian subversive the Russian Federation has caused, facilitat- pilots can practice carrier-deck take-offs Zvezda, December 17, 2013). measures has expanded far beyond the flank ed, or supported,” citing bombardments of and landings on dry ground. The training After Russia illegally annexed the of Eastern Europe,” Estonian Ambassador residential areas and the July 2014 downing facility features an exact replica of the deck Crimean peninsula from Ukraine, Moscow Eerik Marmei, said. “We as neighbors in of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, which killed of a Russian Kuznetsov-class heavy aircraft- regained control of NITKA, its years of mas- Russia are a just bit more used to witnessing all 298 passengers and crew. Ukraine also carrying missile cruiser (a.k.a. “aviation sive investment in the Yeysk complex not- this behavior” than you are. David Bakradze, accuses Russia of mistreating Crimea’s Tatar cruiser”), complete with its notable “ski- withstanding. On one hand, Russian ship- the Georgian ambassador to the United and ethnic Ukrainian populations since it jump” ramp (Arms-expo.ru, July 6, 2016). yards still lack the technical know-how to States, also testified at the Senate subcom- seized control of the peninsula. The first The history of Moscow’s yearning to build new aircraft carriers for the navy. mittee. Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-S.C.), chair- round of hearings was expected to run until become a true sea power is fraught with fail- Therefore, having two naval flight training man of the subcommittee and longtime crit- March 9; it will largely consist of procedural ures and disappointments. In the 1970s and facilities seems superfluous. But on the ic of Russian policies, said Washington want- matters. (RFE/RL, with reporting by Reuters 1980s, the Soviet Union built a handful of other hand, the deployment of the Admiral ed a better relationship with Russia. But he and TASS) aviation cruisers, which feature close-in Kuznetsov to the eastern Mediterranean said “that will never be achieved so long as weapons systems but are smaller than the last year identified a grave problem: namely, Russia continues trying to drive democracy Russia: U.N. court has no jurisdiction “true” carriers found in the U.S. Navy. Only Russia lacks sufficient numbers of profes- into the ground.” (RFE/RL) THE HAGUE – Russia says the one still remains in service with the Russian sional pilots able to fly from the deck of an International Court of Justice (ICJ) at The Navy: the Admiral Kuznetsov. The Kuznetsov Ukraine presenting case at the Hague aircraft carrier. In the span of a few weeks, Hague has no jurisdiction to issue an order is the only vessel currently in the Russian during the operations off the coast of Syria, THE HAGUE – Ukraine launched its case Ukraine seeks to halt Moscow’s support for fleet capable of carrying and launching naval Russia lost two aircraft, which fell into the against Russia at the International Court of separatists in eastern Ukraine and Crimea. attack aircraft: MiG-29Ks (Fulcrum-D) and sea, pointing to inadequate levels of profes- Justice (ICJ) in The Hague on March 6, seek- The matter is “clearly outside the court’s Su-33s (Flanker-D). Two other aviation sionalism among its carrier fighter-jet pilots ing an order to halt Moscow’s support for competence,” Russian Foreign Affairs cruisers have, in the meantime, been sold off (see Eurasia Daily Monitor, November 14, separatists in eastern Ukraine and Crimea. to China and India. In the Soviet era, NITKA’s Ministry Legal Department Director Roman 2016; RT, December 5, 2016). Fewer than In an opening statement at the highest U.N. Kolodkin told the court on March 7, a day facilities were precisely adjusted to train two dozen Russian pilots are certified to court, lawyers for Ukraine accused the naval pilots who would take off and land on after lawyers for Ukraine accused Russia of land on an aircraft carrier, and their average Russian government of making it “impossi- making it “impossible for Ukrainian citi- those vessels (Lenta.ru, July 17, 2013). age is 50 (VPK-news.ru, October 5, 2016). ble for Ukrainian citizens to feel safe any- Following the collapse of the Soviet zens to feel safe anywhere in their country.” Henceforth, Russia will probably make where in their country.” ICJ judges hear dis- Mr. Kolodkin said on March 7 that allega- Union in 1991, however, the situation for greater use of both training complexes in putes between states, and cases can take the Russian navy drastically deteriorated. the near future in order to boost the profes- years to pass through the court. Although (Continued on page 12) Two crucial naval aviation infrastructure sionalism of its naval pilots and enhance complexes – NITKA, in Crimea, and the Russia’s naval aviation capabilities. The Black Sea Shipyard, in Mykolaiv, which built Yeysk facility will more likely be used for the Soviet Union’s carriers – were both left pure personnel training. Meanwhile, NITKA FOUNDED 1933 outside Russia’s borders, in Ukraine. As a has the potential to be employed in much The Ukrainian Weekly result, Moscow was hampered in training bigger projects, including testing the tech- new pilots to fly from the Admiral nology and operational practices that An English-language newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., Kuznetsov or in building any new aircraft Russia will need to master to construct and a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. carriers (Topwar.ru, July 2, 2014). operate a new aircraft carrier. Yearly subscription rate: $90; for UNA members — $80. By 1997, the two states signed an agree- Illustratively, Moscow intends to revamp Periodicals postage paid at Caldwell, NJ 07006 and additional mailing offices. ment allowing Russia continued use of the the steam catapult built at the NITKA facility (ISSN — 0273-9348) NITKA complex for training new pilots for by installing an Electromagnetic Launch its aviation cruiser (Mid.ru, accessed The Weekly: UNA: System. The Admiral Kuznetsov notably Tel: (973) 292-9800; Fax: (973) 644-9510 Tel: (973) 292-9800; Fax: (973) 292-0900 February 13). This cordial arrangement lacks a launch catapult (of either type), which persisted until 2008; but Russia’s aggres- decreases the bomb load its aircraft can Postmaster, send address changes to: sion against Georgia that year sparked a carry upon taking off from the carrier deck forceful diplomatic protest from Kyiv. On The Ukrainian Weekly Editor-in-chief: Roma Hadzewycz (see EDM, October 27, 2016). An advanced 2200 Route 10 Editor: Matthew Dubas August 9, 2008, the Ukrainian government electromagnetic catapult will presumably be P.O. Box 280 banned Russia from using the training facil- included in any future Russian supercarrier Parsippany, NJ 07054 e-mail: [email protected] ity. The Kremlin waited until 2010, when designs (Flot.com, April 22, 2014). Viktor Yanukovych won the Ukrainian pres- Today, Russia has two out of three crucial The Ukrainian Weekly Archive: www.ukrweekly.com idency, before pressing the matter further. elements of naval aviation – aircraft and Already in August 2010, the training of land-based training facilities. But it has only Russian naval pilots at NITKA was restored. The Ukrainian Weekly, March 12, 2017, No. 11, Vol. LXXXV one, outdated, aircraft cruiser and no domes- Copyright © 2017 The Ukrainian Weekly Nevertheless, after the experience of tic ability to build more carriers. This is a again temporarily losing access to NITKA, limitation Moscow desperately seeks to the Kremlin realized it needed to reduce its address, and both the NITKA and Yeysk facil- dependence on Ukraine. In 2009, the gov- ities will play a key role in Russian attempts ADMINISTRATION OF THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY AND SVOBODA ernment announced it would build an anal- to rebuild the country’s carrier capabilities. ogous pilot training facility in Yeysk, Walter Honcharyk, administrator (973) 292-9800, ext. 3040 and advertising manager fax: (973) 644-9510 Krasnodar region. Unlike the Crimean The article above is reprinted from e-mail: [email protected] NITKA, the nearly-billion-dollar Yeysk facil- Eurasia Daily Monitor with permission from Subscription Department (973) 292-9800, ext. 3040 ity is thoroughly modern. Construction is its publisher, the Jamestown Foundation, e-mail: [email protected] almost complete, aside from the installa- www.jamestown.org. 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NEWS ANALYSIS Ukraine showcases advanced new air-to-ground rocket munition

by Sergey Sukhankin Force Petr Deynekyn gave a much more ground for new achievements and expo- had been largely halted in 2013 for a nuanced interpretation. He admitted that, nentially increase Ukraine’s presence on whole host of reasons, but primarily owing Eurasia Daily Monitor given Ukraine’s current economic hard- the global arms market. In fact, Ukrainian to the unwillingness of the previous Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko ships, it will probably take some time for progress in this sphere thus far was recent- authorities to invest in new military tech- announced on February 11 that its military-industrial complex to start ly highlighted at this year’s International nologies (Ukroboronprom.com.ua, March Ukroboron­prom (a state-owned associa- mass producing this weaponry. Defense Exhibition (IDEX-2017 – hosted by 1). tion of multi-product enterprises in the Nevertheless, the high-ranking Russian Abu Dhabi, on February 19-23). During IDEX-2017, the majority of con- defense industry) has successfully tested a officer did not dismiss the possibility that During the exhibition, Ukraine present- tracts between Ukrainian manufacturers new type of domestically produced air-to- the country’s arms manufacturers have ed a number of new samples of weaponry and foreign buyers were signed in the ground rocket with impressive technical indeed made a technological breakthrough that drew considerable interest from domain of armored vehicles and optical characteristics (Pravda.com.ua, February with the announced 80-mm rocket. Mr. potential international buyers. One such electronics. As noted by an unnamed 11). Deynekyn noted that, during the Soviet example was the tactical unmanned multi- Ukroboronprom representative, This 80-millimeter caliber munition can period, “Ukraine used to be an aviation functional vehicle Fantom. The Fantom is “Ukrainian military products are valued on be launched from both attack helicopters power,” where “excellent the international market pri- and strike fighters. A round of 20 rockets missiles were produced” marily due to their compliance can be fired within half a second. The (Voenno-Promyshlennyi Ukraine’s technological and with requirements presented Ukrainian-built munition and other recent Kurier, February 13). by contemporary standards.” defense-sector developments (see Eurasia In the meantime, military modernization pursuits Most important, however, is the Daily Monitor, January 25) suggest that the Ukraine’s technological fact that Russia’s so-called timetable for modernizing Ukraine’s armed and military moderniza- appear to be a matter of growing “hybrid war” against Ukraine forces – as put forth by Defense Minister tion pursuits appear to concern and vexation for Moscow. (even though this term does Stepan Poltorak and President Poroshenko be a matter of growing not reflect the actual current – is meeting the target goal of bringing concern and vexation stage of the conflict) has rein- domestic standards up to those of the North for Moscow. For instance, Kyiv’s decision to equipped with the Barrier anti-tank mis- vigorated technical research and develop- Atlantic Treaty Organization by 2020. conduct shooting exercises with the sile complex, which is able to hit targets in ment pursued by the Ukrainian military- As expected, the news produced a wave employment of Buk-M1 (NATO classifica- the range of 100 to 5,000 meters industrial complex (Ukroboronprom.com. of harsh criticism from Russian military tion SA-17 “Grizzly”) complexes in the (Ukroboronprom.com.ua, October 20, ua, March 1). specialists and commentators. Mikhail vicinity of the unlawfully annexed Crimean 2016). In addition, during the Abu Dhabi In the final analysis, in spite of a torrent Hodarenok, a former editor-in-chief of peninsula stimulated particular ire at the arms expo, Ukroboronprom presented a of criticism emanating from both Russian Voenno-Promyshlennyi Kurier, blatantly Kremlin. Numerous Russian experts and new light fighting helicopter, code-named and even some Ukrainian experts, it is safe accused Ukraine of “reinventing the wheel” commentators have expressed their con- to say that Ukraine has achieved visible and capitalizing on the legacy of the Soviet cern over this decision, suggesting that this equipped with the Barrier-V anti-tank mis- progress within the arms industry, espe- military-industrial complex. He also sug- move will constitute a “peril for Russian sileKТ112 system, Combat. designed The tohelicopter destroy practically could be cially in comparison with the pre-2014 gested that this 80-mm munition “has noth- national security.” The danger, according to all types of armored targets. Also, the heli- period. ing to do with NATO standards” (Bfm.ru, these Russian commentators, allegedly copter can be equipped with Strela-2 and Incidentally, this has been corroborated February 11). Meanwhile, the editor-in- stems from the lack of professionalism and Igla missiles for destroying flying objects by external sources as well. According to chief of Arsenal Otechestva magazine, outdated military equipment used by the (Ukroboronprom.com.ua, March 1). the Stockholm International Peace Viktor Murahovsky, expressed doubt that Ukrainian military (Voenno- According to Ukrainian military experts Research Institute (SIPRI), Ukraine was the Ukraine will be able to mass produce this Promyshlennyi Kurier, February 13). and veterans of the anti-terrorist operation ninth-biggest of the world’s major weap- type of rocket “any time soon.” Mr. However, the real reason behind (ATO), which continues in the Donbas, ons exporters during 2012-2016 (Sipri.org, Murahovsky claimed that the country does Russia’s concerns may be fears of a grow- Ukrainian arms producers have been able February 22). And its arms sales in that not have enough qualified specialists to ing competitor in the international arms to overcome many deficiencies in military period grew by nearly 50 percent over achieve sufficient production levels in a trade. Despite chronic corruption scandals, equipment that were visible in 2014. The 2007-2011 (Sipri.org, February 20). timely manner (Voenno-Promyshlennyi difficult economic conditions and the con- main progress was apparently achieved in Further development of Ukraine’s domes- Kurier, February 13). Such arguments were sequences of external aggression, Ukraine armored vehicles, tanks and tank guns – tic arms industry is certain to continue in echoed by other Russian experts and pun- still maintains substantial development areas that proved to be the weakest link in the years ahead. dits. and production potential within its domes- 2014, at the start of hostilities between the However, some officials in Moscow have tic arms industry. A sensible use of the Ukrainian army and Moscow-backed sepa- The article above is reprinted from been less singularly negative in their country’s internal resources and a quicker ratists. Additionally, the outbreak of war Eurasia Daily Monitor with permission from assessments. For instance, army general passage of necessary reforms, coupled has enticed Ukrainian producers to resume its publisher, the Jamestown Foundation, and former commander of the Russian Air with external support, could create fertile work on long-range missile systems. Those www.jamestown.org.

U.S.: Russia’s activities in Ukraine impair human rights at home

RFE/RL It says that “numerous fighters” from ratist-controlled parts of the eastern ment security forces. Russia have joined the separatists. Donbas region. The State Department report does not WASHINGTON – A new U.S. State “Credible observers attributed thou- “Russian-backed separatists in Donbas include comparisons or rankings of the Department report says human rights in sands of civilian deaths and injuries, as well engaged in abductions, torture and unlaw- countries that it studied. Russia continue to be “significantly and as widespread abuses, to Russian-backed ful detention, employed child soldiers, sti- A senior official in the Trump adminis- negatively” affected by Moscow’s “purport- separatists in Ukraine’s Donbas region, and fled dissent and restricted humanitarian tration said the report was not a policy ed annexation” of Ukraine’s Crimea penin- to Russian occupation authorities in aid,” it says. statement. sula and its support for separatist fighters Crimea,” the report says. It also says that, to a lesser extent, abuses Marco Rubio, a Republican senator from in eastern Ukraine. It also cites politically motivated arrests, by government forces were also reported. Florida, criticized Secretary Tillerson for The March 3 report is the first human detentions and trials of Ukrainian citizens More than 9,750 people have been killed breaking with tradition and not being pres- rights report from the State Department to in Russia. since fighting broke out in eastern Ukraine in ent during the unveiling of the report. “For be released since President Donald Trump The report also criticizes restrictions on March 2014 between the Russia-backed sep- 1st time in a long time @StateDept took office on January 20, and the first to be political participation and freedom of aratists and Ukrainian government forces. #humanrights report will not be presented produced under Secretary of State Rex expression, assembly, and the media. by Secretary of State. I hope they reconsid- Findings on Ukraine Tillerson. “The government passed repressive laws er,” he wrote on his Twitter account. The report, an annual examination of and selectively employed existing ones to On the Kyiv government, the U.S. State A senior administration official said the human rights practices of nearly 200 coun- harass, discredit, prosecute, imprison, Department report says there are problems report, signed by the secretary of state, tries, has particularly harsh words for detain, fine, and suppress individuals and within the Ukrainian judicial system that spoke for itself and that Mr. Tillerson spoke Russia – which contrasts with Mr. Trump’s organizations critical of the government,” it are impairing human rights. “The govern- clearly about his concerns for human rights largely conciliatory rhetoric toward says. “Authorities especially targeted indi- ment generally failed to take adequate during his confirmation hearings. Moscow and his reluctance to speak public- viduals and organizations that professed steps to prosecute or punish most officials ly about human rights concerns, either in support for the government of Ukraine or who committed abuses, resulting in a cli- Copyright 2017, RFE/RL Inc. Reprinted Russia or elsewhere in the world. opposed the Russian government’s activi- mate of impunity,” it says. with the permission of Radio Free Europe/ In the Russia section of the lengthy ties in Ukraine.” It adds that watchdog groups and the Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, report, the State Department says Moscow In Ukraine, the report says the most sig- United Nations saw “significant deficien- Washington DC 20036; www.rferl.org (see continues to train, equip and supply pro- nificant human rights abuses were related cies” when it came to investigations into http://www.rferl.org/a/us-state-rights- Russian forces in eastern Ukraine. to the conflict and “occupation” in the sepa- human rights abuses committed by govern- report-russia-ukraine/28348272.html). 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 12, 2017 No. 11 No. 11 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 12, 2017 5

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FOR THE RECORD The Ukrainian Weekly Patriarch Josyf’s legacy lives on Russia’s continued illegal This year marks the 125th anniversary of the birth of the great Ukrainian leader and great churchman Patriarch Josyf Slipyj, who strove to secure the Ukrainian occupation of Crimea nation’s rights and freedoms, and was imprisoned by Soviet authorities for refusing Following is the text of a statement as for their principled objection to Russia’s to betray the Ukrainian Catholic Church. He was, as St. Pope John Paul II said, a man delivered by U.S. Chargé d’Affaires ad interim occupation. “who had suffered hardships not unlike those of Christ at Golgotha.” Kate Byrnes to the Permanent Council of the Russia continues to subject ethnic He was born in Zazdrist, in the western Ukrainian region of Ternopil (then under Organization for Security and Cooperation Ukrainians and Crimean Tatars to system- Austro-Hungarian rule), on February 17, 1892, and was ordained in 1917. In 1939, in Europe (OSCE) in Vienna on March 2. atic discrimination, including through when western Ukraine came under Soviet occupation, he was secretly consecrated an severely limited access to education in archbishop by Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky of Lviv, and he succeeded the metro- Three years have passed since Russia Ukrainian and Crimean Tatar languages. In politan after his death in 1944. He was arrested by the Soviets on April 11, 1945. Soon launched its occupation and attempted May 2016, Russian authorities banned the after his arrest came the arrests of other bishops and clergy, followed in 1946 by the annexation of Crimea. On February 27, Crimean Tatar Mejlis, a democratically liquidation of the Ukrainian Catholic Church via a bogus “synod” that “rejoined” the 2014, Russian troops in unmarked uni- elected body representing the Crimean Russian Orthodox Church. forms seized the Parliament building in Tatar population, claiming it was an Metropolitan Slipyj’s release from Soviet imprisonment was secured through the Symferopol, and then proceeded to hold extremist organization. This is a laughable intervention of President John F. Kennedy and Pope John XXIII, and he arrived in Crimea hostage until the illegitimate, so- claim, and a sad indication of how far Rome on February 9, 1963. In 1965 Pope Paul VI named Metropolitan Josyf a cardi- called “referendum” could take place on Russia is willing to go to punish those who nal (notably, he had been appointed a cardinal earlier, in 1949, “in pectore” by Pope March 16. will not assent to its attempted annexation. Pius XII). The cardinal resided in Rome for the last 21 years of his life and he worked President Putin confirmed those sol- Russian occupation authorities subse- tirelessly, establishing a Ukrainian Catholic seminary, building St. Sophia Sobor and diers were Russian military personnel quently prohibited all meetings, gatherings founding the Ukrainian Catholic University of Pope St. Clement, which became the operating under his orders to violate or financial activities of the group, and are prototype for the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv that opened in 2002. Ukrainian sovereignty and intimidate the subjecting several of its leaders to prosecu- He began urging the Vatican to recognize a patriarchate and began to use the title population of Crimea, despite initially mis- tion on trumped-up charges. Additionally, of patriarch. “A patriarchate for the Ukrainian Catholic Church …is essential for the leading the international community by at least 19 Crimean Tatars are currently very existence of our Church because on its native territory this Church has been denying Russia’s involvement. Moscow facing trial for alleged membership in the denied the right for legal existence. It has become the Church of the Catacombs. The organized the sham Islamic organiza- faithful of this Church beyond the limits of Ukraine are scattered throughout the “referendum” held tion Hizb-ut-Tahrir, world as never before. …Without a unified administration to preserve the original under the threat of Russia’s violation of which is legal in identity of our Church, our Church will perish,” he argued. violence in an international law and Ukraine. These Though the Vatican did not recognize the patriarchate, most Ukrainian Catholics attempt to justify cases are widely considered Cardinal Slipyj their patriarch and referred to him as such. In 1973, at a Russia’s occupation our shared Helsinki seen to be political- liturgy in St. Peter’s Basilica during the Archepiscopal Synod, the title Patriarch Josyf and attempted principles, and its ly motivated. I of Kyiv and Halych was officially used for the first time. annexation of rejection of the The ability to Patriarch Josyf died on September 7, 1984, at the age of 92. His funeral was Crimea. The people freely assemble has attended by hundreds of mourners arriving from around the globe to pay their last of Crimea have commitments that are nearly ceased to respects. His earthly remains were transferred to Ukraine after the re-establishment never freely accept- the basis of 70 years of exist under Russian of independence and buried at St. George Cathedral in Lviv. ed Russia’s occupa- occupation, and Speaking at the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv in 2012, Dr. Leonid tion – not then, and post-war international authorities routine- Rudnytzky, a scholar who knew Patriarch Josyf well, said: “Divine providence gave to not now. Russia order, have made the ly deny Crimean the capital of the Apostle Peter the Ukrainian Confessor of the Faith Josyf Slipyj, who subsequently fol- world more dangerous Tatars and ethnic came from the Siberian tundra, where he spent 18 years of exile and hard labor. He lowed through on Ukrainians permis- became ‘the conscience of the Vatican’ and began a new stage in the history of our its threat of vio- for us all. sion to hold politi- Church.” Dr. Rudnytzky also underscored the role played by the patriarch in uniting lence through the cal or cultural pub- Ukrainians around the globe: “Confessor of the Faith Josyf Slipyj became for systematic oppression of those who oppose lic gatherings. In July 2016, occupation Ukrainians, especially those of my generation, the embodiment of all the Christian Russia’s occupation. Moscow fears expos- authorities amended a resolution decreas- virtues which were somewhat forgotten during the time of ‘prosperity and peace.’ ing the truth behind its rule by force, and ing by half the number of places in Crimea He traveled to all the Ukrainian settlements in the world, strengthened our commu- has created a climate of fear and intimida- where public events could be held. nity, giving it a sense of unity, totality, and gave us, his young warriors, a sense of tion to shore up its control. Members of religious groups of various belonging to the great work and willingness to sacrificial work.” This includes a widespread campaign to faiths continue to suffer, unable to congre- During this 125th anniversary year of Patriarch Josyf’s birth, we recall his great suppress free speech and independent gate without an approved registration. works, we see the results of his legacy, and we remember his testament addressed to media in Crimea. Almost all independent In carrying out a policy mandating “my spiritual children” in which he urged: above all else, “love one another.” media have been closed since 2015 after Russian residency or citizenship for those occupation authorities denied their appli- living on the peninsula, Russia has subject- cations to register. Occupation authorities ed those who refuse Russian citizenship to are increasingly moving to restrict informa- discrimination in accessing education, tion online, including by prosecuting peo- health care and employment. Yuri Ilchenko, March Turning the pages back... ple for peaceful dissent expressed in social one of the first to oppose this policy, was media posts and blocking growing num- charged with “extremism,” but later Last year, on March 16, 2016, John Kirby of the U.S. State bers of Ukrainian websites. On February escaped house arrest and fled from Russia- 16 Department’s Office of the Spokesperson released a statement 14, journalists reported that websites for occupied Crimea. Ilchenko said that during on the second anniversary of Russia’s annexation of Crimea. six additional Ukrainian media outlets his time in a pre-trial detention facility, 2016 The U.S. statement noted: joined those that were already blocked in security officials repeatedly beat him and “Today, as Russia’s occupation of Crimea enters its third year, Crimea. Many journalists and media outlets deprived him of sleep in order to coerce we affirm our commitment to a united, sovereign Ukraine. The have been targeted for harassment and him into accepting Russian citizenship, and United States does not recognize Russia’s ‘referendum’ of March 16, 2014, or its attempted intimidation simply for stating the fact that to punish him for speaking Ukrainian. annexation of Crimea, which violated international law. Crimea is part of Ukraine. These abuses are part of a strategy of “We remain deeply concerned by the situation in Russian-occupied Crimea, where Earlier this week, on February 28, coercion by Russian authorities to force occupation ‘authorities’ suppress dissent and where ethnic and religious minorities – Ukrainian journalist Mykola Semena faced Ukrainians living in Crimea to accept especially Crimean Tatars and ethnic Ukrainians – face serious and ongoing repression. trial – without the presence of international Russia’s occupation. Russia has reportedly Non-governmental organizations and independent media are still being silenced or driven monitors – on dubious charges of “under- not only subjected dissenters to political out, and international observers are still denied access to the peninsula. mining Russian territorial integrity via prosecution, but also to torture or other “We will not accept the redrawing of borders by force in the 21st century. Sanctions mass media” for articles he had written abuse, including sexual violence against related to Crimea will remain in place as long as the occupation continues. We again call criticizing the Russian occupation of both men and women. on Russia to end that occupation and return Crimea to Ukraine.” Crimea and the actions of occupation Russia continues to allow impunity for Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Stephane Dion, on the occasion of the annexation authorities. He faces up to five years in pris- those responsible for these abuses of of Crimea by Russia, issued the following statement: on. The United States reiterates its request Crimea’s population. We note the recent “This month marks the second anniversary of Russia’s invasion and illegal annexation of that the OSCE monitor Mr. Semena’s trial. two-year anniversary of the unsolved dis- Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula. Russian occupation and aggression has led to human rights We also call on Russian authorities to drop appearance of Crimean Tatars Isylam violations, including unlawful seizure of property, harassment and restrictions on freedom spurious charges against Mr. Semena and Dzheparov and Dzhevdet Islyamov, just two of speech and assembly. Self-proclaimed ‘authorities’ use force and intimidation to foster a release him and all other Ukrainians held of nearly 30 such documented disappear- climate of intolerance where residents who express views contrary to those of Russia face by Russia for political reasons. We have not ances since the Russian occupation began. discrimination and persecution. Canada is deeply concerned about this situation. forgotten Oleh Sentsov, Oleksander Twelve of these victims were later found “Russia is displaying a blatant disregard for international law, including the European Kolchenko, Oleksander Kostenko, and dead. None of the perpetrators responsible Convention on Human Rights. Russia’s actions continue to undermine peace and security many other Crimean political prisoners have been held to account. in the region. serving time in remote Russian penal colo- (Continued on page 13) nies on baseless convictions in retaliation (Continued on page 18) No. 11 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 12, 2017 7

Ukraine’s technological ‘fingerprints’ Th e Anthony Option Ukraine’s Ambassador to the U.S. Muromets, the world’s first passenger air- Are we headed for a new Dark Ages? For fies as requiring concentrated attention in Ambassador Valeriy Chaly opened an exhib- craft, the world’s first four-engine aircraft different reasons, and from different per- our time are excessive individualism and it at the Ronald Reagan International Trade and the world’s first strategic bomber. spectives, many people think we are. But the secularization of life (“The New Middle Center in Washington on February 21 that Sikorsky, who was born in Kyiv in 1889, few have any idea of what to do about it. Ages,” First Things, August-September highlighted the “50 most important inven- studied at the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute In the wake of the recent US presidential 2016, pp. 31-36). tions bestowed by Ukraine to the world.” (1907-1911). In 1912-1918, he was the election, many – both liberals and conserva- Others, inspired by medieval monasti- Indeed, the exhibit highlighted some chief designer of the aviation department tives, as well as the Left – fear the conse- cism, see the new Dark Ages as a time to remarkable discoveries and inventions; it of the Russian-Baltic Carriage Works, and quences of the roll-back not only of the wel- base novel civic communities on the West’s easily could have been twice as large. after World War I emigrated to the U.S. fare state, but of the regulatory and even the lost Christian tradition. Rod Dreher, author According to guest speaker Borys In 1853, Ignatius Lukasevich and Jan constitutional state. Reactions vary from of “The Benedict Option,” advocates retreat Lozhkin, secretary of the National Zeh, assistants at the Lviv pharmacies appealing to our system of checks and bal- from the mainstream culture in order to ances, or our federal structure, to blocking Investment Council and deputy head of the Under the Golden Star owned by Peter build an alternative way of life. His point of executive appointments regardless of merit, National Reform Council of Ukraine, indige- Mikolyash, developed a technique for the departure is a passage from philosopher calling for impeachment, or just throwing nous Ukrainian scientists have left behind distillation and purification of oil. They Alasdair MacIntyre’s “After Virtue” compar- rocks. On the socio-cultural level, there is a many “technological fingerprints that affect ing our era to the decline of Rome. Today received an Austrian patent and opened reported rise in intolerance. Some see an almost every aspect of our daily lives” – too, says MacIntyre, what we need is “the their own production facility. With the accompanying moral degradation – though from PayPal to rockets, surgical procedures assistance of tinsmith Adam Bratkowski, construction of local forms of community one suspects that those who decry the pres- within which civility and the intellectual and and computers. There are countless more that same year they created a model for a ident’s licentiousness and vulgarity once Ukrainian expatriate scientists whose influ- gas lamp, which subsequently was used as moral life can be sustained through the new themselves merrily participated in disman- dark ages which are already upon us” (“After ence has been even greater on the global the standard for lighting throughout the tling moral standards. technological scale, in the form of “foot- whole world. Virtue,” second edition 2, 1984, p. 263). Whether or not we are entering the Dreher describes his “Benedict Option” as prints,” because they were able to perfect One of the more intriguing inventions Dark Ages at home, the Euro-Atlantic situa- referring to “Christians in the contemporary their remarkable inventions and innova- shown is the EnableTalk gloves that can tion bears some resemblance to the period West who cease to identify the continuation tions in modern European and American establish verbal contact between people of the demoralized and disintegrating of civility and moral community with the research centers. with disabilities and those who do not Roman Empire. As confidence in vast alli- maintenance of American empire, and who The exhibit was expertly organized and understand sign language. They were cre- ances wanes, nations retreat into a parochi- therefore are keen to construct local forms creatively developed by a group of ated in 2012 by the QuadSquad team, by al isolationism reminiscent of the jigsaw of community as loci of Christian resistance Ukrainian designers, artists and public puzzle of medieval fiefdoms. True, the Ukrainian students Anton Pasternykov, against what the empire represents.” For relations experts based in Kyiv. It was part notion of the Dark Ages has been ques- Maksym Osyka, Valery Stepanov and Anton currently, according to Dreher, “we live in a of a series of events designed to celebrate tioned: the darkness is as much in our own Yasakov. At Microsoft’s Imagine Cup 2012 culture of moral chaos and fragmentation, in 25 years of the U.S.-Ukraine partnership, ignorance as in that of early medieval cul- competition, this project won first prize. which many questions are simply impossi- but the main theme was to sell Ukraine’s ture. Moreover, the concept of the Middle Each glove has 15 touch sensors that recog- ble to settle.” Dreher finds applicable princi- technological base to attract American Ages as the benighted chasm of cruelty, nize sign language and convert it to text on ples in the monastic rule of St. Benedict – businesses and investments in technology barbarism and superstition between the mobile devices. Connection is ensured via order, stability, work and prayer, community, centers in Ukraine. The exhibit was sup- classical age and the Renaissance, propa- Bluetooth, and the gloves work on solar hospitality, balance. Though his communi- ported by the U.S.-Ukraine Business gated by the Enlightenment philosophes, batteries. The price of this invention is $75, ties would have boundaries, they should not Council and the Embassy of Ukraine. has been discredited. For one thing, it much less expensive than the price of rival isolate themselves; rather, they must teach Ambassador Chaly expects to bring this ignores the Carolingian renaissance of the devices whose cost often reaches $1,000. the outside world by the example of how exhibit to many of the 300 or so interna- ninth century and the cultural-intellectual When it comes to expat inventors, one of they live. tional trade shows around the globe in our own, Ukrainian American Dr. Lubomyr rebirth from the 11th through the 13th centuries – not to mention the thousand- Could concerned Ukrainians take a simi- order to promote the idea that Ukraine is Romankiw, created the first hard drive lar approach in the coming dark age? It is an important and competitive center for while working for IBM, and opened the year civilization of Byzantium. It also bears mentioning that today’s not clear, after all, whether they will lan- modern technological investors. doors to the creation of thin-film inductive political fragmentation mirrors, and per- guish once again in the shadow of Moscow, Ambassador Chaly noted that “Ukraine and magneto-resistive micro heads for haps was prompted by, philosophical frag- or seek the shade of a Western umbrella. In is ranked as the number one software engi- recording information. Dr. Romankiw was either case, they will need a strategy of cul- neering force in Central and Eastern mentation: post-modernists’ aversion to born in 1931 in the town of Zhovkva, over-arching systems such as Christianity tural survival. The tradition developed by Europe. Ukraine is also number three, glob- Ukraine. He lives and works in the United the Byzantine and Kyivan successors of St. ally (after the United States and India) in and Marxism, and their focus on discrete, States. He studied at the University of manageable problems like language, are Anthony, the founder of Eastern monasti- certified IT professionals.” He also noted Alberta and received a degree from MIT. He cism, offers a set of guiding values. As the that “Ukrainian scientists and companies echoed by calls to dismantle NATO and the is the author of 65 patents, and until European Union and to retreat from the late Archimandrite Boniface Luykx wrote in participate in the U.S. space program, like recently was the chief scout of Plast 1993, they are what “modern man needs in the Antares rocket that was launched last Pax Americana. Yet yesterday’s liberals, Ukrainian Scouting Organization. who denounced “U.S. imperialism” when order to recover from his nihilism, and these October from NASA’s flight facility in Another well-known expat, William values are the backbone for building up a Virginia. Ukraine’s portfolio also includes we were defending South Vietnam, now (Volodymyr) Dzus, is featured in the exhib- enthusiastically support dubious U.S. inter- new world” (“Eastern Monasticism and the medicine, genetics, mechanical engineering it. Dzus invented a relatively simple device ventions in the Middle East. This alliance of Future of the Church,” p. 179). Eastern and many other areas.” – the quarter-turn lock fastener that is used neo-liberals and neo-conservatives is being monasticism stresses spirituality (especially Some of the ingenious indigenous inven- to secure skin panels on aircraft and other challenged by a man who defies political as practiced in prayer and fasting), commu- tions range from the surgical zipper to the high-performance vehicles so they don’t categorization. Ukrainians are alarmed, for nity, labor and charity. With the addition of world’s first gas lamp and the modern bee- loosen because of the constant vibrations any weakening of NATO or the EU threat- ressourcement (a return to authentic sourc- hive. The larger and more notable modern of engines. Dzus, who came to the U.S. from ens their security, while the retreat of the es of Ukrainian culture), these values inventions are largely derived from the western Ukraine in 1913, is best known as great American protector into his continen- prompt us to cultivate a simple, contempla- Soviet era of militarization, when Ukrainian the founder, in 1948, and president of the tal fortress exposes them to the great tive lifestyle in harmony with nature, build scientists were involved in the develop- Ukrainian Institute of America Inc., a chari- Russian predator. communities (perhaps near monasteries) ment of the atom bomb, airplanes, rockets table and cultural organization with head- Anxiety about a coming dark age has based on family or cooperative ownership, and the Soviet space program. quarters in the old Stuyvesant mansion at 2 existed for some time in an altogether dif- foster small-scale local production, and care The exhibition included small and rela- E. 79th St. in New York. ferent quarter. Cultural conservatives, as for the poor, sick and homeless. One could tively unknown inventions together with One doesn’t usually think about bees well as the religiously inclined, see a com- call it the Anthony Option. the large-scale rocket programs of Ukraine. and technological innovation, but in 1814 ing age of spiritual darkness and moral Could such communities inspire For example, the surgical suture, or zip fas- the beekeeper Petro Prokopovych (born in chaos caused in part by the above-men- Ukraine’s different political constituencies – tener, is a plastic device that is glued to the 1775 near Chernihiv, Ukraine) proposed tioned liberals. But to them, the “new liberals, leftists, nationalists, not to mention body with adhesive tape and looks like an the world’s first design of a movable-frame medievalism” also presents opportunities. non-Christians and non-believers, to adhesive patch, allowing the skin to rebuild their country on a renewed moral beehive that not only provided easy access Historian Eugene Vodolazkin, applying an breathe. It was designed by Poltava resi- and ethical foundation? Their foreign gurus to the honeycombs, but also allowed honey idea of Nicholas Berdyaev, characterizes dent Vitali Zapeka in 1992-2002. This and grantors might object. But the Anthony collection without harming bees. both medieval and post-modern times as device stops arterial bleeding quickly, with- Option can do no more than offer its exam- Traditional fixed-comb hives for beekeep- “night epochs” that are “outwardly muted out infections, scars, needles or sutures. but profounder” than “day epochs.” “A ple. ing require harvesters to kill the entire bee Of course, most are familiar with Igor night epoch,” he writes, “allows for insight colony to collect honey – clearly a destruc- Sikorsky who designed the world’s first into the essence of things and for concen- Andrew Sorokowski can be reached at helicopter. Before that he designed the Ilya (Continued on page 13) trating strength.” The two issues he identi- [email protected]. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 12, 2017 No. 11

A map prepared by Euromaidan Press shows Ukrainian assets in the Donbas “nationalized” by the Luhansk and Donetsk “people’s republics” on March 1.

occupied east were left without telephone tions due to a shortage of iron ore. The To placate the blockaders, the Cabinet of Kyiv faces... and Internet coverage, the company said in Donetsk steel plant, owned by Russian citi- Ministers on March 6 issued a decree that a statement. zen Viktor Nusenkis, also shut down. outlines new trade procedures that require (Continued from page 1) They also took over the Donetsk And the nation’s biggest steel mill, companies “willing to move goods to be sulfur content. The nation’s steel mills also native’s Donbas Arena, which acted as a ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih, said in a state- registered in Ukraine-controlled territory rely on coking coal mined in the area, while logistical and distribution center for the ment on March 9 that “coal deliveries from and have a production cycle that depends iron ore is needed from the government- billionaire’s humanitarian assistance in areas outside government control… threat- on supplies to and from the separatist-con- controlled areas at plants in the east. areas not controlled by the government. ens steel production… partly by endanger- trolled region,” according to Dragon Capital, Ukraine’s forecasted economic growth “Humanitarian aid is currently suspend- ing the stable supply of electricity,” a Kyiv-based investment bank. could slow to just 1.4 percent this year if ed, we do not currently control the stadi- Bloomberg reported. Currently, over 600 companies have per- the blockade persists until year-end, Ms. um,” said Jock Mendoza-Wilson, director of Still, some lawmakers are adamant that mission from the State Fiscal Service and Gontareva said last week. international and investor relations at trade should be halted. Security Service of Ukraine to conduct busi- But the blockade remains popular with System Capital Management – Mr. “Putin wants us to finance the war he ness in the east, according to an investiga- an embattled public that has grown weary Akhmetov’s holding company that manag- started,” independent lawmaker Volodymyr tion by TSN, a television channel owned by of three years of undeclared war by es his assets. Parasiuk, told The New York Times. billionaire Ihor Kolomoisky. Timber and Moscow and its proxies that has killed Regarding the blockade and recent sep- Russian President Vladimir Putin “wants construction materials are mostly sent to over 10,000 people and displaced 1.6 mil- aratist threats to conduct “external admin- the republics [the Donetsk and Luhansk the occupied east, while coal and steel lion Donbas residents. Despite promises istration” over enterprises, Mr. Mendoza- ‘people’s republics’] to finance themselves, comes from there. by Internal Affairs Minister Arsen Avakov Wilson said, “we want to carry on running by selling coal,” he added. And Igor Plotnitsky, the Kremlin- to forcibly break up the blockade, Kyiv our businesses which employ Ukrainians He and Samopomich lawmakers Yehor installed proxy in occupied Luhansk, said hasn’t risked confronting its own war vet- on both sides of the contact line; to focus Soboliev, Pavlo Kostenko and Mr. “external administration” is being enforced erans. on what is good for Ukraine.” Semenchenko have drafted a bill to have to ensure the enterprises operate, reported “I see no momentum to an early settle- Adding that SCM paid nearly $4 billion the non-government controlled area recog- Novosti Donbassa based in Sloviansk. “It’s ment of this dispute,” said Timothy Ash, in taxes to the state budget since war nized as “occupied” and to name Russia as better for neighbors to trade, not fight,” he emerging markets senior sovereign strate- broke out, the company official said that the aggressor in the conflict. was quoted as saying. gist of London-based Bluebay Asset the “blockade weakens energy security.” Management. “It has popular support and “We believe that private property is sov- plays well to the interests of opposition ereign, and the demands of re-registration ally based on the amount of work they put politicians… I think many people see of our companies and payment of taxes to Ukraine’s chief... in during their careers. trade… as sustaining the conflict. Ending self-proclaimed DNR and LNR are unac- “However, we expect fierce opposition (Continued from page 1) the trade will, they think, concentrate ceptable,” an SCM company statement said. from Ukraine’s populist parties in minds – perhaps focus on the need for a Since anthracite cannot be replaced according to public procurement and Parliament, possibly enough to derail any fuller settlement, while also pass the costs inside Ukraine and it’s “politically unac- finances watchdog Nashi Hroshi. measure. Ukraine’s business community of sustaining the conflict in DPR and LPR ceptable” to buy from Russia, he said, it A day after he was detained, the supports the launch of the [agricultural back into Russia.” could take 80 days to source the coal International Monetary Fund indicated on land] market, which will offer a much- Moscow’s proxies in late February abroad and it must be paid for in hard cur- March 4 that it would loan Ukraine an addi- needed boost to the economy. Ukraine is reciprocated by threatening to take over rency, which “will damage the country’s tional $1 billion as part of a $17.5 billion among the few countries in the world with- some 45 enterprises in the occupied east, balance of payments and perhaps weaken bailout package, bringing total disburse- out a freely operating agri-land market,” some of which belong to Ukraine’s richest the local currency.” ments to $8.3 billion. said Alexander Paraschiy of Concorde billionaire, Rinat Akhmetov. Meanwhile, Current anthracite coal stocks are The Washington-based IMF has urged Capital in a note to investors on March 9. the Kremlin said the measure was “under- enough for 30 to 35 days, the country’s Kyiv to root out entrenched graft for future The IMF’s board is expected to approve standable” and justified. national power company, Ukrenergo, said disbursements. Additional measures to the next installment in the second half of The internationally unrecognized on March 7. unlock future installments, according to the this month. Kremlin proxies have taken control of Mr. Already, Mr. Akhmetov’s Yenakieve Steel most recent IMF memorandum, include the Meanwhile Mr. Onyshenko, the former Akhmetov’s Ukrtelecom, the nation’s larg- mill and Krasnodon Coal Company have creation of an agricultural land market and lawmaker, fled Ukraine in July before he est fixed landline telecommunications halted operations. A steel mill in Alchevsk, re-calibration of the nation’s pension sys- was stripped of his parliamentary immuni- company. Some 200,000 people in the not owned by the oligarch, stopped opera- tem whereby retirees receive money gener- ty from prosecution. No. 11 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 12, 2017 9

FOR THE RECORD: Klimkin’s testimony before U.S. Senate subcommittee Following is the text of testimony before Russia. And all the signals from the new U.S. the State, Foreign Operations and Related administration give us great hope that the Programs Subcommittee, Senate Committee United States support for Ukraine will con- on Appropriations, presented on March 7 by tinue and increase. Ukraine’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Pavlo And this continued support is not just in Klimkin. The text was released by the the interest of Ukraine. It’s in the interest of Ukrainian Embassy in the U.S. the United States and the freedom and sta- bility of the wider trans-Atlantic alliance. Thank you for giving me this opportunity So I am asking this committee for its to testify before you today. explicit support in a number of areas. Back in 1994, as a young diplomat, I was 1. Defensive weapons supplied by the involved in a process of strategic nuclear U.S. and continued military and technical disarmament. While working on the support would make a powerful statement Budapest memorandum, I have already to the Kremlin and improve significantly questioned its effectiveness and feasibility Ukraine’s ability to defend its territory to ensure security for Ukraine. against the Russian army. Still, it was beyond my imagination that This support has already shown its effec- in 20 years one guarantor of our sovereign- tiveness. The battalion of the 72nd Brigade ty and territorial integrity, a permanent U.N. trained by the U.S. instructors was one of Security Council member will invade the most effective in repelling the Russian Ukraine and occupy parts of its territory. Ukrainian Embassy in the U.S. attacks on Avdiyivka. The units prepared by Why did it happen? Ukraine’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Pavlo Klimkin testifying before the State, the U.S. instructors appear to be very effec- Here is the key to understanding what is Foreign Operations and Related Programs Subcommittee of the Senate Committee on tive on the frontline. the root-cause of Russian policies and Appropriation. That is why we believe this kind of sup- intentions towards European countries, television channel RT, which seeks not to with a further 23,000 being injured. port and training is very important and particularly, Ukraine. promote any particular narrative but to Just in the last six weeks, Russians and should be continued. For [Vladimir] Putin the collapse of the undermine that of the host. their proxies launched a fierce attack So I would like to ask you to support the Soviet Union was the greatest catastrophe In real terms, this hybrid war against against our troops and civilian population appropriation of funds authorized for secu- of the 20th century. From the very begin- Ukraine translates into shocking numbers in Avdiyivka. Russia has recognized the rity assistance to Ukraine in the NDAA ning, he was and still is passports issued by illegal entities [National Defense Authorization Act] 2017. obsessed with restoring The Kremlin’s war against my in Donbas and has also completed Please, support the appropriation of funds the former Russian great- the introduction of the ruble as the for an enhanced assistance to Ukraine in ness. It could be done in country over the last three years has currency in the occupied territory. the U.S. fiscal year 2017 budget and the two ways. One was to led to over 7 percent of my country Furthermore, Russia has also forthcoming 2018 budget. invest in building a strong ordered the illegal expropriation of 2. Ukraine also needs a long-term securi- democratic state with a being occupied, almost 10,000 of the key enterprises in the occupied ty arrangement for closer partnership and rule of law and competi- my fellow Ukrainians, both military territory. cooperation in defense and security. The tive market economy hon- and civilians, losing their lives, All this is nothing but a clear involvement of the United States will be key oring the international breach of each and every point of to any such arrangement work. principles and order. But with a further 23,000 being injured. the Minsk peace agreements. 3. We need U.S. support in relaunching it was not the Russian Dear Senators: the negotiations of the signatories of the choice. of Russian weaponry pumped into the The only viable way to negotiate with Budapest Memorandum. The United States Instead, the Kremlin resorted to aggres- occupied Donbas and Crimea: Russia is from a position of strength and should play a key role in the negotiations sive expansionism in gross violation with international solidarity. And no new agree- about Crimea and Donbas. the international law in different dimen- militants; 4. And finally – until Russia sions: • 4,200 regular troops and up to 40,000 gets off Ukrainian land – there - Russia has recognized the passports must be no easing of sanctions. Final Act; tems• more and thanover 400200 tanks; multiple issued by illegal entities in Donbas If anything they should be • breaking the U.N. Charter and Helsinki rocket• over launchers, 730 artillery 413 sys air increased! violating the INF and New START treaties; defense units in Donbas; and has also completed the intro- Dear Senators: • undermining arms control and possibly- duction of the ruble as the currency Ukraine is on the frontline sure in contradiction to the WTO’s princi- the occupied Crimea. and currently the only country ples;• coercing with trade and energy pres Just• аround a few 23,000 hours troops ago, the in in the occupied territory. Further- fighting and dying to hold off blatantly violating human rights. Russian agent at the more, Russia has also ordered the Russia. And Ukraine does not The Kremlin has developed the concept International Court of Justice illegal expropriation of the key simply ask for support – we cur- of hybrid• warfare and launched it with the made a ridiculous statement rently spend 6.6 percent of our illegal annexation of Crimea and the inva- – that the Russian-backed enterprises in the occupied territory. GDP on defense. This is twice sion in Donbas. It is a highly sophisticated militants discovered all those the NATO average. At the same strategy, which mixes conventional aggres- weapons being hidden in the old Soviet coal ments should be made with Russia until time, it is obvious that we need U.S. solidari- sion with propaganda and misinformation, mines. Can you believe it? such time as they have delivered on their ty with Ukraine and the Ukrainian people. as well as interference in the internal affairs The Kremlin’s war against my country previous commitments. A strong, stable and democratic Ukraine, of other countries. It is waged daily against over the last three years has led to over 7 So let me thank you for the enormous able to defend its borders against Russian peaceful countries to undermine, disrupt percent of my country being occupied, support, which the United States has given expansionism is a crucial ally for the United and sow dissent. It is spearheaded in living almost 10,000 of my fellow Ukrainians, to Ukraine, in particular over the last three States in the region. rooms across the globe by the insidious both military and civilians, losing their lives, years in our fight against a resurgent Thank you.

Minsk peace deal to end fighting between More than 9,750 people have been killed Washington. Klimkin says... Kyiv’s forces and Russia-backed separatists in the war in eastern Ukraine since April He added that Ukrainian President Petro is implemented, and until Moscow returns 2014, and more than 40 were killed in Poroshenko had received similar messages (Continued from page 1) to Kyiv control of Crimea and separatist- January and February amid a spike in hos- in his conversations with President Trump. Kremlin’s support for separatists in the held areas of eastern Ukraine. tilities in the conflict. It was a “very strong message of support country’s east. State Department spokesman Mark “They talked about reform efforts under for Ukraine, and that any kind of tradeoffs But Secretary Tillerson and other senior Toner largely confirmed the ministry’s way by the Ukrainian government, and they are not possible,” he told senators. [The text U.S. administration officials have publicly characterization of the two diplomats’ dis- talked about – and certainly Secretary of Minister Klimkin’s testimony appears voiced a tougher stance since President cussions of sanctions. Tillerson reiterated – the U.S. strong com- above.] Trump’s inauguration on January 20, saying “With respect to the sanctions remaining mitment to Ukraine and our commitment Ambassadors from Georgia, Latvia, that Russia must return Crimea to Ukraine in place until Russia complies, both with to ensuring that all sides fulfill their Minsk Estonia, Lithuania, and Poland also gave and de-escalate violence in eastern Ukraine. respect to eastern Ukraine, but also with commitments. And that includes Russia,” testimony at the hearing. The State Department did not immedi- respect to Crimea, that that holds true,” Mr. Mr. Toner said. ately respond to a request for comment on Toner told a briefing in Washington later on Speaking several hours after his meeting Copyright 2017, RFE/RL Inc. Reprinted the meeting. March 7 in response to a question about with Secretary Tillerson, Minister Klimkin with the permission of Radio Free Europe/ Ukraine’s Foreign Affairs Ministry said in the Ukrainian ministry’s statement. told a Senate Appropriations Committee Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, a statement after the meeting that Secretary Mr. Toner added that the talks focused hearing that he received a strong signal from Washington DC 20036; www.rferl.org (see Tillerson told Minister Klimkin the U.S. on “domestic issues within Ukraine,” as the secretary of state that Ukraine would not http://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-says-us-til- sanctions against Russia would remain in well as “our continued concern about com- become a bargaining chip in a push for rap- lerson-pledges-support-vs-russia-aggres- place until “aggression is ceased,” until the pliance with” the Minsk peace deal. prochement between Moscow and sion/28356188.html). 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 12, 2017 No. 11 No. 11 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 12, 2017 11

Filmmaker Matej Silecky interviews Ukrainian Americans who were displaced persons in Europe during the aftermath of the second world war. Among the interviewees were (photos from left): Bohdanna Bilowchtchuk, North Port, Fla., Orysia Swystun, North Port, Fla., and Bohdan Guran, Venice, Fla. “Baba Babee Skazala” documentary seeks funding to complete project

by Matthew Dubas George Kolbauss, who provide support in insuring historic accuracy, community out- PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Ukrainian American reach and archiving. Our new intern, filmmaker Matej Silecky’s documentary Margaryta Maliukova, from Kharkiv, film, “Baba Babee Skazala,” features inter- Ukraine, is a junior at Columbia College, views with post-World War II immigrants which she attends as a finalist through the who came to the United States after living Ukrainian Students Association in the U.S.A. as displaced persons. program.“ Mr. Silecky’s Kitsune Tale Productions Readers who are interested (or know hopes “to foster independent creative and someone who may be) in being inter- artistic projects, using storytelling to trans- viewed, participating in focus groups or form perspectives, much like the mythical interning this summer, the film team wel- shape-shifting kitsune.” comes additional volunteers and input can Through interviews, the documentary be e-mailed at msilecky@kitsunetalepro- transcribes the verbal history from person- ductions.com. al experiences and makes something “for The project has been conducted in col- the record” that will be accessible for gen- laboration with the Ukrainian Museum- erations. The film provides a more in-depth Archives in Cleveland and others in the view of the Ukrainian American diaspora, development of the film. Initial grant fund- focusing on the immigrant experiences of ing was obtained from the Ella Lyman this post-World War II wave of migration to Cabot Trust, and the film is sponsored by the U.S. Notably, this includes being caught the International Documentary Setting up an interview with Larissa Muzyczka, Parma, Ohio. between Hitler and Stalin, as well as after Association, a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit arts the war, the uncertainty – as displaced per- Weekly, Mr. Silecky noted: group screenings shortly thereafter. This organization. sons – of not knowing if you were going to “We have filmed 30 interviews in five input will be used in developing communi- Mr. Silecky is the founding director of be forcibly repatriated to the Soviet Union locations across the U.S. and are currently ty engagement, outreach and distribution Kitsune Tale Productions LLC. He earned a while awaiting passage to the United States. filming in the New York metropolitan area. plans. B.A in interdisciplinary studies from the Once in the U.S., there were assimilation Other interviews will be scheduled through “Our team is growing: we are working University of California at Berkeley and challenges. 2017. We plan to have a promotional piece with humanities experts, including Dr. In an e-mail sent to The Ukrainian completed this summer, and schedule focus Alexander Motyl, Andrew Fedynsky and Dr. (Continued on page 18) COMMENTARY: The lost instruments of a lost Ukraine

by Jurij Fedynskyj today a preferred instrument of most ban- tuned to a specific traditional tuning. Not the main diaspora hubs such as Philadelphia, durists. only was the traditional bandura lost, but Baltimore, New York City, Pittsburgh, Buffalo, For the first time in 100 years, the original The banduras that most of us have heard so were several related instruments once Cleveland, Chicago, Toronto, Detroit, etc. bandura, kobza and torban will be heard. in modern times are generally considered known and loved by Ukrainians, namely There will be some fixed dates at museums Most people of Ukrainian descent, at “traditional folk instuments.” But what most the kobza and torban. They were almost and cultural centers, but mostly my schedule some point or another, have had the chance don’t realize is that this idea is largely a completely erased from the national con- will be open to wandering region to region, to hear Ukraine’s beloved national instru- myth. The fully chromatic bandura, complete scious. and house to house. ment, the bandura. Many people agree that with modulating mechanisms and 60 steel, But, as a result of recent research, we The kobzars were not concert artists as the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus, originally high-tension strings is a modern instrument, now have the chance to discover our ethnic most bandurists today are. They had their from Poltava and Kyiv, was considered to be designed to play not traditional, folk music, or traditional national instruments for the own unique philosophy of how to spread the leader of diaspora culture, after its relo- but rather modern arrangements and com- first time, this spring. I myself, originally their word to those who needed to hear it. I cation to North America after World War II. positions, even though usually based on tra- from Raleigh, N.C., have spent the past 15 will be presenting these three musical and Over the past several decades we’ve also ditional folk melodies. The truly traditional years in Ukraine researching the original cultural treasures through lecture and dem- had the chance to hear many virtuoso, solo folk instrument known as the bandura has bandura, kobza and torban. From studying onstration. I’ll also share my experiences in bandurists not just from the diaspora, but been forgotten for around 100 years. authentic construction, to researching living in Ukraine as a cultural pioneer, work- more recently from Ukraine itself. We’ve As a result of modern progress, noisy archaic repertoire, to mastering traditional ing with ensembles such as Haydamaky, had the chance to hear several varieties of streets and, of course, as usually the case, playing manner and technique, the initial Karpatiyany, Khoreya Kozatska and Drevo; the bandura, including the Kharkivska, as Soviet cultural repression, Ukrainians in stages of reconstruction have taken place. as well as creating the Poltava Kobzar Guild initially developed by Hnat Khotkevych, the 20th, and 21st centuries have been Now it’s time to share that wealth of musical and the festival “Drevo Rodu Kobzarskoho.” and then later by the Honcharenko broth- deprived of knowledge of the original ban- culture with the North American diaspora. This spring we’ll have the chance to ers of the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus. dura. That instrument was, in fact, very From this March to May, I’ll be “kobzar- experience “Kobzaring in the New World.” Most of us began playing the bandura on light and compact, had wooden pegs with ing” in a similar fashion as the traditional, More information can be found at www. the Soviet-produced Chernihivka, even about 20 diatonic gut strings, and was blind kobzars would have. I’ll be traveling to kobzarskiytabir.bravesites.com. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 12, 2017 No. 11

convention” on eliminating discrimination, as a genocide. The resolution, the draft of transferred to an intensive care unit after NEWSBRIEFS the Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry said. which was submitted by the opposition suffering what a doctor said was a heart Georgia brought a similar case against Social Democratic Party, says that the attack. The probe marks a rare attempt to (Continued from page 2) Russia, but the court ruled in 2011 that it Parliament voted to “show solidarity with prosecute a senior Ukrainian official on tions Russia participated in the armed con- had no jurisdiction to rule on the matter. the Ukrainian people and recognize the suspicion of corruption. Mr. Nasirov could flict in eastern Ukraine are groundless. (RFE/RL, with reporting by AP, Reuters, genocide that led to the death of 7 million be granted house arrest if he pays bail of “The Russian Federation complies fully Interfax, and TASS) Ukrainians in 1932 and 1933 in Ukraine, $3.7 million – a record amount for Ukraine. and condemn all forms of totalitarianism (RFE/RL, based on reporting by RFE/RL’s with its obligations under [the] treaties Portugal says Holodomor was genocide that are now relied upon by Ukraine,” he and all varieties of violations and crimes Ukrainian Service, AP and UNIAN) also told the court. “Ukraine has not provid- LISBON – The Parliament of Portugal against humanity, like those that took place U.S. notes anti-corruption efforts ed substantiations for its position that adopted a resolution recognizing the in the 1930s in Ukraine.” The ruling there are circumstances falling under the Holodomor of 1932-1933 in Soviet Ukraine Socialist Party submitted another draft res- WASHINGTON – The United States olution in memory of victims of the Great Embassy and the European Union delega- Famine in Ukraine, without the word tion to Ukraine on March 7 released a state- “Holodomor.” Instead, it refers to the fam- ment on Ukraine’s efforts to combat cor- ine as “the result of an agricultural policy ruption. It read: “Ukraine’s success in its for farmers, the tragic and terrible conse- anti-corruption efforts is critical to deliver- TO PLACE YOUR AD CALL Walter Honcharyk (973) 292-9800 x3040 quence of which was the loss of millions of ing results demanded by the people on the or e-mail [email protected] lives from starvation.” The Portuguese Maidan as well as to attracting the foreign Parliament passed this resolution too. It direct investment that is needed to support says that the Parliament commemorates Ukraine’s economy. We commend the SERVICES PROFESSIONALS the victims of the Great Famine that took increasingly effective efforts of Ukraine’s place in Ukraine in 1932-1933, and also National Anti-Corruption Bureau and honors the survivors and their families “to Special Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office preserve the living memory about what to deliver on their mandates. We welcome was committed and to preserve the memo- the court’s taking action on March 7, while ry of those who lost their lives.” In noting the last several days underscore the December 2016, the Verkhovna Rada of need to establish a specialized anti-corrup- Ukraine appealed to the nations of the tion court. These events also highlight why world to recognize Holodomor as a geno- the pending NABU audit must be indepen- cide of the Ukrainian people. President dent, transparent and lead to an objective Petro Poroshenko also appealed for such analysis of NABU’s operations over the last recognition during his foreign visits. year.” (U.S. Embassy Kyiv) Currently, 19 countries, including Ukraine, recognize the Holodomor as a genocide. IMF approves $1 B loan tranche (Euromaidan Press, RFE/RL) SERVICES KYIV – The International Monetary Fund ‘Stop Fake’ project cited by NY Times (IMF) has reached an agreement with the government of Ukraine, paving the way for CHICAGO – In an e-mail message dated an additional tranche of its loan program to March 2, the Chicago-based Kyiv Mohyla be paid later this month. Ron van Rooden, Foundation of America noted that the “Stop head of the IMF’s Ukraine mission, said on Fake” project of the Journalism School at the March 4 that an agreement had been National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy reached “on an updated memorandum of was recognized in a major news story pub- economic and financial policies.” The forth- lished by The New York Times on February SERVICES coming $1 billion loan tranche depended 26. The Kyiv-Mohyla Foundation noted that on Ukraine adopting an IMF-endorsed it has continuously supported and promot- 2017 budget and carrying out banking ed the initiatives of the KM J-School. ”We are reforms. The total IMF package to Ukraine proud of their work. Congratulations to is worth $17.5 billion, but payments have Yevhen Fedchenko, who had a vision for the been repeatedly delayed over Kyiv’s incon- role of journalism beyond academic prepa- sistent progress on reforms. (RFE/RL, ration for journalists, who methodically and based on reporting by Reuters and AFP) quietly built an international network of contacts with media and journalism schools, Sberbank threatened with sanctions and who established the first anti-fake news KYIV – Ukrainian authorities are threat- organization that is now broadcast in many ening to impose sanctions on the local sub- HELP WANTED languages and many countries,” the founda- sidiary of Sberbank, Russia’s main state tion said. “Again, Kyiv Mohyla Academy is at bank, after Sberbank said it would recog- the forefront of innovative academic and nize passports issued by Russia-backed sep- research programs in Ukraine, and in pre- aratists in eastern Ukraine. The National 42 year old Ukrainian woman paring leaders for the country’s future.” The seeking a live-in position as Bank of Ukraine (NBU) made a statement New York times story, headlined “To Battle on March 7, after Sberbank said it would a caregiver for the elderly. Fake News, Ukrainian Show Features comply with Russian President Vladimir Conscientious housekeeper, Nothing but Lies,” may be read at https:// Putin’s February 18 decree ordering very competent with excellent www.nytimes.com/2017/02/26/world/ Russian authorities to recognize identity recommendations and extensive europe/ukraine-kiev-fake-news.html?_ documents issued by the NBU said that if r=2#story-continues-1. (Kyiv Mohyla Sberbank’s acceptance of separatist-issued experience with older people. Foundation) Please call 609-216-0239 OPPORTUNITIES documents was confirmed, the central bank Court orders arrest of top tax official would ask Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council to impose sanctions on the KYIV – A court in Kyiv placed Roman Russian bank’s subsidiary in Ukraine. It did HELP WANTED Earn extra income! Nasirov, Ukraine’s tax and customs service not specify what measures it would seek, Caregiver (P/T) for elderly woman The Ukrainian Weekly is looking chief, under arrest pending trial on embez- and added that the sanctions would be sub- Weekend nights for advertising sales agents. zlement charges. A special prosecutor ject to approval by President Petro For additional information contact tasked with fighting corruption had sought 856-904-5695 Poroshenko. The bank issued its statement Walter Honcharyk, Advertising Manager, Mr. Nasirov’s arrest on suspicion of “abuse after Internal Affairs Minister Arsen Avakov [email protected] The Ukrainian Weekly, 973-292-9800, ext 3040. of office leading to serious financial losses,” called for a ban on Sberbank’s operations in citing concerns that he could try to flee the Ukraine. (RFE/RL, based on reporting by country. After a 14-hour-long hearing, the UNIAN and Reuters) Ukrainian Sport Museum and Hall of Fame Kyiv district court ruled on March 7 to send 60 N Je erson Rd., Whippany, NJ 07981 Mr. Nasirov to pretrial detention for two Envoys prolong sanctions on Yanukovych is open every Saturday and Sunday from months. He was suspended from his post BRUSSELS – European Union ambassa- 12 noon to 6 pm. We can also do group showings on March 3 pending an investigation into dors have decided to prolong asset freezes by special appointments by calling 973-919-1322 allegations that he defrauded the state of 2 imposed by Brussels against Ukraine’s for- billion hrv ($74 million U.S.). The suspen- mer President Viktor Yanukovych and 14 of sion came a day after the National his associates. The decision on March 2 by The UKRAINIAN MUSEUM in NEW YORK is seeking assistant director. Anticorruption Bureau (NABU) said it the ambassadors sets up a vote by EU min- For further information please visit: attempted to serve the 38-year-old, who isters who were expected to confirm the http://www.ukrainianmuseum.org/temp/job_asstdir.pdf was in a Kyiv hospital at the time, with a one-year extension. One politician who pre- document identifying him as a suspect in viously had been sanctioned by the EU, the case of fraud and embezzlement of the Yuriy Ivanyushchenko from Mr. Run your advertisement here, equivalent of more than $100 million in tax Yanukovych’s former party, the Party of in The Ukrainian Weekly’s CLASSIFIEDS section. revenues from natural-gas delivery con- tracts. Soon afterwards, Mr. Nasirov was (Continued on page 13) No. 11 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 12, 2017 13

occupied territories in Ukraine’s east, Radio veterans of the ongoing war in the east. The It was attacked in Nigeria’s waters on NEWSBRIEFS Svoboda reported. Ms. Herashchenko stat- separatists want Ukrainian companies oper- February 5. Security experts say the seas ed that the Red Cross “was allowed into ating on their territory to register and pay off the coast of Western Africa are some of (Continued from page 12) prisons even by the odious dictatorial taxes locally instead of to the government in the world’s most dangerous, with pirate Regions, has been removed from the sanc- regimes of [Saddam] Hussein and Kyiv. “We believe that private property is ships often seizing oil tankers and holding tions list that was approved by the EU [Muammar] Qaddafi, today the Red Cross is sovereign, and the demands of re-registra- sailors for ransom, Reuters reported. (RFE/ ambassadors on March 2. Mr. working in Syria, providing humanitarian tion of our companies and payment of taxes RL, based on reporting by Reuters, TASS Ivanyushchenko recently was cleared of aid to the civilian population. The only ones to self-proclaimed DNR and LNR are unac- and Interfax) any wrongdoing by Ukraine’s high court. not allowing the Red Cross into prisons, not ceptable,” Mr. Akhmetov’s SCM Group said U.K., Poland voice support for Ukraine The EU sanctions were imposed shortly allowing the Red Cross to search for those in a statement referring to the separatist- after the collapse of Mr. Yanukovych’s gov- who have disappeared, not allowing the controlled areas of Ukraine’s Donetsk and KYIV – United Kingdom Foreign ernment in February 2014 against people Red Cross to see hostages or pass letters to Luhansk regions. The SCM Group, which Secretary Boris Johnson and Foreign Affairs who, according to the EU, “were responsi- family is Russia and the [peoples’ repub- also provides heating, electricity and gas to Minister Witold Waszczykowski of Poland ble for the misappropriation of Ukrainian lics].” She added, “Despite all the promises millions of Ukrainians, said it is one of few were in Kyiv on March 1 for meetings with state funds or for abuse of office causing a of [Vladimir] Putin in the Normandy links between the government-controlled President Petro Poroshenko, Prime loss to Ukrainian public funds.” Apart from Format meetings, despite all calls by world areas and non-government controlled areas Minister Volodymyr Groysman, Vice Prime the former president, the list includes his leaders, despite all calls by Ukraine that the of Ukraine. President Petro Poroshenko has Minister Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze and son Oleksandr Yanukovych, former Prime apolitical, neutral mission of the Red Cross denounced the move by the separatists as Foreign Affairs Minister Pavlo Klimkin. Ministers Mykola Azarov and Serhiy should be doing this work... The question of “another brutal and dreadful violation of Foreign Secretary Johnson stated, “This Arbuzov, and the head of Mr. Yanukovych’s why they’re not allowed in is rhetorical, international law.” (RFE/RL) visit reinforces our unwavering support for administration, Andriy Kliuiev. Ukraine’s probably they are hiding something from Ukraine. The U.K. remains committed to Nigerian pirates release eight sailors former Prosecutor-General Viktor Pshonka, the world.” (Ukrainian Canadian Congress, defending Ukraine’s sovereignty. We are former Justice Minister Olena Lukash, and Ukraine Daily Briefing) MOSCOW – Nigerian pirates have adamant that Russia’s annexation of former Internal Affairs Minister Vitaliy Crimea is illegal and we urge Russia to Akhmetov vows to fight back released seven Russian sailors and one Zakharchenko remain on the EU sanctions Ukrainian sailor after they were kidnapped return it. I welcome the progress made on list. The European Court of Justice in 2016 KYIV – A company controlled by billion- early last month on the cargo ship the BBC implementing reforms and tackling corrup- rejected challenges filed against the sanc- aire Rinat Akhmetov, Ukraine’s richest man, Caribbean, Russian news agencies reported tion. The U.K.-Ukraine reform conference in tions by Mr. Yanukovych and others on the said on March 2 that the seizure of some of on March 5. Citing a human rights activist July will enable us to showcase the great list. (Rikard Jozwiak of RFE/RL) its assets by Russia-backed separatists in in Crimea, Russian news agencies said that work that is being done in Ukraine.” the eastern part of the country is “unaccept- Foreign Affairs Minister Waszczykowski Red Cross not allowed to visit hostages the sailors had been released after talks able.” The March 1 move to seize dozens of between the owners of the ship and pirates. stated, “Poland and the U.K. since the begin- OTTAWA – Ukraine’s representative to coal mines and other enterprises, including The sailors were at a Frankfurt airport and ning of Revolution of Dignity have support- the humanitarian subgroup of the Trilateral a telecoms firm and a humanitarian organi- would return home next week, the Interfax ed Ukraine on its pro-European path. I’m Contact Group (Ukraine-OSCE-Russia), zation funded by Mr. Akhmetov, followed an news agency reported, quoting activist extremely happy that together with Iryna Herashchenko, stated that Russia and announcement by the separatists that they Pavel Butsay from Sevastopol. Mr. Butsay Minister Boris Johnson we will be able to its proxies, the Donetsk and Luhansk “peo- would take control of companies located on told the TASS news agency that a ransom reiterate our commitment to Ukraine’s ple’s republics” are not allowing represen- territory they hold in response to a road and was paid but did not disclose the sum. The European choice, sovereignty and territori- tatives of the International Red Cross to rail blockade imposed more than a month BBC Caribbean cargo vessel belongs to the al integrity.” (Ukrainian Canadian Congress visit Ukrainian hostages held in Russian- ago by nationalist Ukrainian lawmakers and German Briese Schiffahrts cargo company. Ukraine Weekly Briefing)

cessful tram in the Russian Empire. (gerontology). He was born in 1845 in the played a decisive role in this research, as he Ukraine’s... Serhiy Korolyov, was born in 1907 in village of Ivanivka, Kharkiv region, and proposed a mathematical model and intro- Zhytomyr, Ukraine, and studied at the Kyiv later studied at Kharkiv University. He duced the concept of a genetic code that (Continued from page 7) Polytechnic Institute in 1924-1926. worked at Odesa University, which now shapes combinations of amino acids in the tive and inefficient procedure. Korolyov is considered to be the father of bears his name, and later assumed the post DNA molecule. Ulam designed mathemati- Prokopovych’s beehive quickly spread both the Soviet space program and the first of lab director at the prestigious Pasteur cal computer models of nuclear and ther- around the world. The modern movable- intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), Institute in Paris. monuclear processes and programming frame beehive appeared much later, in which was built in 1957. Moreover, liquid Tuberculosis remained a dangerous dis- languages, which addressed biological prob- 1851, in the United States. fuel engines were developed by the design ease even after the discovery of causative lems. These were later used not only in the The most favorable and fuel efficient bureau headed by Valentyn Hlushko, who bacteria in 1882. Mortality rates reached area of nuclear physics, but also in molecu- track for the space flight from the Earth to was born in 1908 in Odesa, Ukraine. 25 percent in the first five years after a per- lar genetics and to solve genetic decoding. the Moon for the first time was calculated Hlushko was the designer of the Soviet son was infected. In 1943, a group of If Drs. Romankiw and Dzus can be recog- and published in the book ”The Conquest space shuttle Energia-Buran. The profound American scientists discovered streptomy- nized as Ukrainian scientists, albeit as of Interplanetary Space” by Yuri modifications of the R-7 missile carrier are cin as a highly effective antibiotic that neu- expats, then Roald Hoffmann can also be Kondratyuk. Kondratyuk (whose real name used in Russian space programs even today. tralizes the disease. Starting from 1946, the considered a Ukrainian scientist. Curiously, is Oleksandr Sharhey) was born in Poltava, Of course, many Ukrainian scientists mortality rate from tuberculosis plummet- his name and accomplishments were miss- Ukraine, in 1897. The head of the U.S. made decisive contributions (“fingerprints” ed by 90 percent owing to the wide use of ing from the exhibit. There will be a future Apollo Space Program, John Hubolt, and and “footprints”) to the success of the streptomycin, which paved the way to the article about his remarkable life and inven- astronaut Neil Armstrong publicly noted Soviet space program, and Ukrainian com- near elimination of tuberculosis. The group tion, which won him a Nobel Prize for the crucial role of Kondratyuk in both the panies were the base for the production of of researchers was led by a Ukrainian émi- Chemistry in 1981. He was born in July success of the Apollo program and the suc- both spacecraft and launch vehicles, as well gré, Zelman Vaksman (1888-1973), who 1937 in the Ukrainian town of Zolochiv cessful landing of man on the Moon. as for intercontinental ballistic missiles. was born in the village of Nova Pryluka, (then under Poland) and will be celebrating WhatsApp is an instant messenger for After regaining its independence in 1991, Vinnytsia region. In 1952, Zelman was his 80th birthday in July, this year. His work, smartphones. It was created by company Ukraine began the implementation of its awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or based on quantum physics, focused on founders Brian Acton and Jan Koum. The own space program. Ukrainian launch vehi- Medicine. devising predictive rules for what types of latter was born in 1976 in Kyiv. In October cles put commercial satellites into orbit as George Kistiakowsky was a physicist and chemical reactions would be successful for 2014, the mobile messenger WhatsApp part of joint international programs. In chemist who taught at Harvard University. different chemicals and compounds, lead- was acquired by Facebook for $19 billion. addition, Ukraine participates in the inter- In 1944-1945 he was the technical director ing to discoveries of numerous polymers Subsequently, Mr. Koum was appointed the national space programs Sea Launch, MAX, of the Explosives Research Laboratory in and pharmaceutical drugs and medicines. executive director of Facebook Inc. This ISS, Antares, VEGA, Aurora, Galileo, GMES Los Alamos, N.M. – a key member of the Hoffman attended Stuyvesant High School deal was a record in the start-up industry. and FLPP in cooperation with the space Manhattan Project, whose crucial discovery in New York City, went to Columbia led to a breakthrough in the development University and then to Harvard for his Ph.D. The previous record-holder, Instagram, agencies of the European Union, the U.S., of the atom bomb. Kistiakowsky was born Ukrainians should be proud of their sci- sold for only $1 billion. As of April 2015, Japan, India, China and Brazil. in 1900 in Kyiv and studied there. In 1959- entific and technological heritage, even the audience of active users of WhatsApp In 1908, Ilya Mechnikov became the first 1961, he served as President Dwight D. though many of the great innovations, i.e., reached 800 million. native-born Ukrainian to be awarded the Eisenhower’s science advisor. the footprints, were developed by expatri- In 1880, in the town of Sestroretsk near Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, On November 1, 1952, on the Enewetak ates – Ukrainians who left their homeland St. Petersburg, the world’s first electric tram- receiving it for the development of phago- Atoll (Marshall Islands), the United States because real scientific advancement and line was put into operation. It was designed cytosis theory of the human immune sys- tested the world’s first hydrogen bomb. technological and commercial opportuni- by engineer Fedir Pirotsky, who was born in tem. He was the author of fundamental The triad of American scientists credited ties lay elsewhere – in Europe and America. 1845 in Lokhvytsia, Ukraine. It was not a works in the fields of immunology, bacteri- with development of the thermonuclear In the United States, we all grew up with ology and epidemiology, as well as a pio- commercial success, but was introduced in bomb included two of Ukrainian descent – anecdotal stories of some of America’s neer in studying the human aging process Kyiv in 1892 and represents the first suc- theoretical physicist George Gamow (born great scientific achievements, beginning in 1904 in Odesa) and mathematician with Benjamin Franklin’s kite and lightning Stanislaw Ulam (born in 1909 in Lviv). experiments, progressing to Robert pressure on Russia to honor its internation- Turning... Gamow was also the author of the “Big Fulton’s steamboat, then Samuel Morse’s al commitments and obligations with Bang” theory of the creation and expansion telegraph, followed by Alexander Graham (Continued from page 6) respect to human rights and to Ukraine’s of the universe. Bell’s telephone. What were Ukrainian chil- sovereignty and territorial integrity.” After James Watson and Francis Crick dren taught about science and technology “Canada stands united with our interna- Source: “Canada, U.S. comment on anni- discovered the double helix of the DNA during the same period? Who were their tional partners in support of Ukraine. We versary of Russian’s annexation of Crimea,” structure, scientists struggled to decipher scientific heroes? This exhibit answered will continue working with partners to put The Ukrainian Weekly, March 20, 2016. the protein codes that form it. Gamow some of those questions. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 12, 2017 No. 11

COMMUNITY CHRONICLE Edmonton community remembers heroes of the Heavenly Brigade

by Lidia M. Wasylyn EDMONTON, Alberta – The poignant sounds of the “panakhyda” (memorial service) filled St. John Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral on Sunday evening, February 19, as members of Edmonton’s Ukrainian community gathered for an ecumenical prayer service for Ukraine and the Heavenly Brigade. Clergy from the Ukrainian Orthodox and Ukrainian Catholic Churches officiated. On behalf of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, serving were: the Rev. Cornell Zubritsky from St. John Cathedral, the Rt. Rev. Protopresbyter Nicholas Orest Rauliuk from St. Michael’s Parish, and the Rev. Mykola Petrushchak and the Rev. Yuriy Suchevan from St. Andrew Sobor Parish. Representing the Ukrainian Catholic Church were: the Very Rev. Mykhailo Planczak of the Holy Eucharist Parish, the Rev. Janko Herbut of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross Parish and the Rev. Julian Bilyj from St. Nicholas Parish. The choir of St. John’s Orthodox Cathedral sang the Panakhyda and led the faithful present in prayer. A brief and meaningful homily delivered by Father Zubritsky discussed the importance of giving of oneself. He noted how those who had died on the Maidan and those who have died since defending Ukraine against Russian aggression have sacrificed everything, giving their lives for their native land. He reminded the congregation that, par- ticularly during the upcoming Lenten period, it is our opportunity to give as well. Organized by the Edmonton branches of the League of Ukrainian Canadians and the League of Ukrainian The memorial service for the Heavenly Brigade that was held in Edmonton at St. John Ukrainian Orthodox Canadian Women on behalf of the Edmonton chapter of the Cathedral. Ukrainian Canadian Congress, the event was attended by some 200 people. mass demonstrations that erupted when President Viktor Roman Brytan. He recounted the historic events of the After the service, a short program was held at St. John’s Yanukovych refused to sign the Association Agreement Revolution of Dignity and the subsequent killings of pro- Cultural Center. Young adult members of the Edmonton with the European Union ended with the death of over 100 testers and eloquently presented a rich collection of com- chapter of the Ukrainian Youth Association participated, unarmed protesters who are known as the “Nebesna mentary, excerpts and quotes by numerous writers, providing a symbolic honor guard. Master of ceremonies Sotnia” – the Heavenly Brigade. Mr. Podilsky said the authors and journalists who analyzed and memorialized for the evening was Taras Podilsky, executive member of slaughter of these unarmed citizens on the Maidan in Kyiv the events of the Maidan. the Edmonton chapter of the League of Ukrainian has inspired the Ukrainian nation to continue its struggle Four students of the Ivan Franko School of Ukrainian Canadians. He spoke movingly about the spontaneous for dignity and for a nation founded on respect for human Studies presented moving poems written since the events awakening of the Ukrainian people in the winter of 2014 rights, democratic principles and justice. of the Maidan. Natalya Kohut read the now well-known that has come to be known as the Revolution of Dignity. The keynote speaker for the evening was Edmonton The attempt by government forces to suppress peaceful radio personality and lifelong community volunteer (Continued on page 16)

UAV raising funds for wheelchairs for Ukrainian wounded warriors

by Bohdan Dudycz CHICAGO – Since the beginning of the undeclared war between Russia and Ukraine, more than 2,000 Ukrainian soldiers and volun- teers have been injured. The nationwide Ukrainian American Veterans organization is committed to helping some of the most seriously wounded. In 2016, UAV Post 32 of Chicago initiated an effort to raise funds to ship 10 manual wheelchairs and two motorized ones to Ukraine. UAV members collected donations to help cover the cost of shipping and Ukrainian businessman Bohdan Buchwak, owner of the MEEST ship- ping company, donated the balance of the funds needed. The cargo was sent to Irpin Military Hospital, just outside of Kyiv, where soldiers are brought for treatment and rehabilitation. This year the National UAV has agreed to underwrite this noble effort and let the Chicago Post 32 spearhead the shipment of the 30 manual and six motorized wheelchairs. Businessman Victor Odarczenko of Inverness, Ill., has retired, and he contributed his remaining inventory of wheelchairs to this project. Once again the UAV is coordinating with Mr. Buchwak to transport the chairs to Ukraine. John Jaresko, president of St. Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox Parish, coordinated the transportation of these chairs to their shipping point. The number of wheelchairs has tripled and the cost of shipping has increased. The major difference in this year’s effort is that these wheelchairs are destined to go to eastern Ukraine, closer to the battle- fields, which is where these wheelchairs are critically needed. The UAV is seeking donation from supporters of the “Wheelchairs for Ukrainian Wounded” project. The UAV has also started a “Go Fund Me” page (gofundme.com/wheelchairs-for-ukrainian-wounded). Donations may be written to UAV Post 32 and mailed to UAV National Commander Peter Bencak, 2135 West Potomac Ave., Chicago, Members of the Ukrainian American Veterans Post 32 prepare and pack wheelchairs and accessories for IL 60622. (Please indicate “Wheelchair Fund” in the memo section of shipment to Ukraine’s eastern front. From left are: UAV National Adjutant and UAV Post 32 Service your check.) Officer John Steciw, retired State Sen. Walter Dudycz, Bohdan Pawluk, UAV National Commander Peter Bencak, contributor Victor Odarczenko, Post 32 Commander George Horbenko and Robert Wickman. Bohdan Dudycz is the UAV’s publications officer. No. 11 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 12, 2017 15

COMMUNITY CHRONICLE “Plast Ukrainian Scouting: A Unique Story” presented at Philadelphia-area event

by Oksana Bachynsky-Tarasiuk circumstances, forming a Ukrainian scouting organization for the betterment of Ukrainian youth and to provide hope JENKINTOWN, Pa. – The long-awaited English-language to the Ukrainian nation. history of Plast, titled “Plast Ukrainian Scouting: A Unique The organization was buffeted by history – repression, Story,” was presented on Saturday, January 14, at the war, emigration, dispersal throughout the world – and Ukrainian Educational and Cultural Center (UECC) in finally found renewal in a free Ukraine. It was and is an Jenkintown, near Philadelphia. amazing journey, truly a unique story. The main author is the renowned historian Orest In the second part of the program, friends and family Subtelny. In addition, an editorial and coordinating com- spoke of their fond memories of Dr. Subtelny, who emigrat- mittee, consisting of Orest and Tanya Dzulynsky, Oksana ed to Philadelphia in 1949 as a child and grew up in the Zakydalsky, Myron Babiuk and Bohdan Kolos, was formed tightly knit diaspora community. These included a friend under the auspices of the World Plast Executive. from youth, Andrij Masiuk, his sister Oksana and her hus- Natalka Firko, a member of the UECC board of directors band, Irenaeus Isajiw; niece Ms. Kebuz; Ihor Fedoriw and and the Philadelphia branch of Plast Ukrainian Scouting Jaroslav Kozak. Dr. Subtelny was a person who loved Organization, began the program with an introduction of adventure, was an avid athlete and a member of the Larissa Kebuz, niece of the late Dr. Subtelny, who served as Burlaky fraternity of Plast. One of the first graduates of mistress of ceremonies for the event. Harvard University’s Ukrainian Studies Program under the Ms. Kebuz introduced the main speakers of the book mentorship of Prof. Omeljan Pritsak, Dr. Subtleny was a presentation: Marta Kuzmowycz, CEO of the World Plast historian and the author of the well-known book “Ukraine: Executive, and Mr. Kolos of Plast Canada, a member of the A History.” book editorial committee. Both speakers stated that the In the final moments of the program, Ms. Kebuz thanked written history of Plast had been conceived a long time ago all the speakers of the event, and concluded the evening and evolved over many years. Archival material was with the traditional Plast scouting farewell songs “Sirily u researched extensively, including in Ukraine and the dias- Sumerku” and “Nich Vzhe Jde.” pora. The price of “Plast Ukrainian Scouting: A Unique Story” In the newly released book, Dr. Subtelny explains under is $30. For information or to purchase the book, write to: what conditions Plast was formed in 1911. In that year, a Plast USA, 700 Cedar Road, Jenkintown, PA 19046; e-mail small group of teachers, whose nation lived under foreign [email protected]; or call 267-287-8334. In Canada, con- rule at the crossroads of empires, took the ideas of scout- tact: Plast Canada, 516 The Kingsway, Toronto, Ontario, ing’s founder, Robert Baden-Powell, adapted them to their Cover of the new English-language history of Plast. Canada, M9A 3W6; or e-mail [email protected].

Plast cub scouts enjoy ski trip Pysanky on display in Connecticut

Taras Budorovych Plast cub scouts, scouts and families enjoy the warmth of end-of-the-day campfire during their winter outing.

by Irka Sawchyn Doll opening ceremonies. The younger scouts fulfilled the requirements for merit badges in wintertime activities MONTICELLO, N.Y. – The 10th annual winter outing and skiing. After lunch, the organizers presented a talk for Plast cub scouts of the greater New York area took about the history of skiing and ski safety. place on Saturday, February 4, at the Holiday Mountain In keeping with Plast tradition, the day concluded ski resort in Monticello, N.Y. This one-day ski trip was with a large bonfire built by the Holiday Mountain staff organized by the Spartanky senior sorority of Plast for the Plast group. The participants warmed up with Ukrainian Scouting Organization. songs and filled up with chocolate s’mores. The orga- Every year, more and more scouts attend what has nizers guided members of the audience in acting out become a tradition for younger scouts. Sixty-five cub the Ukrainian folk tale “Ripka” (The Turnip) to every- scouts and scouts, who along with their families one’s applause. The cub scouts were awarded their totaled over 100 participants, took advantage of gor- merit badges to take home. The bonfire ended with the geous weather and group discounts to enjoy skiing as traditional song “Nich Vzhe Ide” (“Night is Coming”) beginners or novices on the trails of the beginner- and an “iskra” (spark) message that passed through WETHERSFIELD, Conn. – Ukrainian Easter eggs (pysanky) are friendly ski mountain. Many older scouts first learned the hand-linked chain that united the attendees. The on display at the Wethersfield Library courtesy of Tanya Osadca how to ski during previous trips and now return to scouts and their families all left very pleased with the and Zirka Rudyk through April 30. The library is located at 505 enjoy their progress. Snow tubing was also available day’s outing. Silas Deane Highway, Wethersfield, CT 06109. Library hours for everyone. This year’s Spartanky organizers included Talia are: Sunday, 1-5 p.m.; Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, 10 a.m.-9 The ski trails and tubing tracks were generously Danysh, head of the New York City branch of Plast, p.m.; Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. The dis- covered with freshly fallen snow, allowing for a full day Lida Prokop, Lesia Magun, Christina Iwanik and Kiki play opened on March 1. of snow sports. The day started with official Plast Zinych. – Myron Kolinsky 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 12, 2017 No. 11

always look at making adjustments.” mitment to assisting Ukraine as Ukraine Former Conservative Cabinet Minister Canada extends... He explained that by extending UNIFIER, defends its sovereignty, territorial integrity Peter Kent, who now serves as the Official Canada is “sending a very strong message and independence from brutal Russian Opposition foreign affairs critic in the (Continued from page 1) to Russia, but that’s not the only message.” aggression,” he said in a statement. “This House of Commons, criticized Prime the announcement, referred to her Canada will also lead a NATO multina- training mission is an important part of the Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal govern- Ukrainian heritage and paraphrased a line tional battle group in Latvia, where about overall strategy of Ukraine’s defense ment for “falling short” in providing from one of Taras Shevchenko’s poems: 450 Canadian troops are expected to arrive reforms and will help Ukraine’s military Ukraine with weaponry given the recent “Learn, my brothers. Learn from foreigners in June to counter Russian aggression and reduce battlefield casualties.” surge in hostilities in eastern Ukraine. and learn your own thing.” She said that ambitions in Eastern Europe. Mr. Grod added that the announcement Ukraine’s request to Canada for anti-tank Operation UNIFIER “really embodies that.” “We are sending a strong message of “reaffirms that Ukraine has no closer friend and sniper weaponry, “perhaps just as we’re When asked whether the recent escala- deterrence,” the defense minister said, “that and no more reliable partner than Canada.” providing to the Kurds in northern Iraq tion of fighting between Ukrainian govern- Russia’s actions are not going to be tolerat- The UCC has also renewed calls for against ISIS, but certainly defensive assis- ment troops and Russian-backed rebels in ed. But the diplomacy is just as important, Canada and Ukraine to sign a long-awaited tance in the lethal weapon area is, we eastern Ukraine would affect Canada’s mis- that we need to get back to a responsible defense cooperation agreement – which Mr. believe, essential,” Mr. Kent said in a scrum sion, Minister Sajjan said the tactical-level conversation and dialogue.” Sajjan said on Monday “is a work in prog- with reporters on Parliament Hill on March training provided by Canadian forces is A spokesperson for the Russian embassy ress” – and for Canada to include Ukraine in 6. “working well,” but “will require more work in Ottawa, Kirill Kalinin, called the Canadian its Automatic Firearms Country Control “Russia has escalated the conflict. from higher levels as we move forward.” government’s decision to extend the military List, which would allow Canadian weapons Ukraine is simply asking for an ability to Last month, Jill Sinclair, a former assistant mission “counterproductive.” In a statement manufacturers to ship arms to Ukraine. hold the line of contact and not to lose even deputy minister of national defense, was released to the press, he said that “Canada Jordan Owens, who serves as Defense more of [its] territory,” he noted. appointed as Canada’s representative to the should exert pressure on the authorities in Minister Sajjan’s press secretary, said that Canada’s mission extension does not Ukrainian Defense Reform Advisory Board, Kyiv to implement their obligations under officials with the Canadian and Ukrainian include the resumption of sharing images which also includes three retired generals the Minsk accords and concentrate on reach- defense departments are working to deter- from Canada’s Radarsat-2 satellite with the from the United States (John Abizaid), the ing a peaceful solution instead of pursuing mine the best time for both countries’ Ukrainian government, something that the United Kingdom (Sir Nick Parker) and military ventures.” defense ministers to meet and sign the previous Conservative government of Lithuania (Jonas Andriskevicius). Ukrainian Canadian Congress President Canada-Ukraine Defense Cooperation Canada, in which Mr. Kent served, They will examine “wider reforms at the Paul Grod welcomed news of the mission’s Agreement. “This is the first step in moving announced two years ago, but the Trudeau higher level,” said Mr. Sajjan. “This is going extension. towards adding Ukraine to the Automatic government cancelled last May. to take, not just a bottom approach, but…a “The renewal of Operation UNIFIER Firearms Country Control List,” she said in Ms. Owens told the Weekly that follow- top-down approach as well. And we’ll demonstrates Canada’s unequivocal com- an e-mail to The Ukrainian Weekly. ing “consideration on how best to address Ukraine’s evolving security assistance needs, it was decided that resources could be redirected to other areas and the supply of satellite imagery ended.” However, Ukraine’s ambassador to Canada, Andriy Shevchenko, who was pres- ent at the Canadian ministers’ announce- ment of Operation UNIFIER’s extension, reiterated his country’s need for weapons and satellite imagery. Ukraine has asked for lethal aid since 2014, when Russia annexed Crimea and began supporting “separatist” forces in Ukraine’s Donbas region. But Canada has so far only provided non-lethal military supplies, such as boots, coats, pants and gloves.

Edmonton... (Continued from page 14) poem “Mamo, Ne Plach, Ya Povernusia Vesnoyu” (Mother, Do Not Weep, I Will Return in the Spring) by Oksana Korabel. Kiara Berezovsky read the very poignant “A Sotniu vzhe Zustrily Nebesa” (The Heavens Have Already Met the Brigade) by Liudmyla Maksymiuk. The poem “Heroyam Nebesnoyi Sotni” (To the Heroes of the Heavenly Hundred) by Lubov Hrynyk was expressively recited by Solomia Myc. The poem “Plyvut Hroby Po Moriu” (The Graves Float on the Sea) by Mariana Savka was touchingly delivered by Adrianna Dzus. Several video clips about the Heavenly Hundred and the Maidan were inter- spersed with the poems. The visual and musical selections were stirring reminders that the brutal killings on the Maidan that outraged the Ukrainian nation, were only the beginning, as Ukraine is now in the third year of its fight against Russian aggression. The evening was concluded with the singing of Ukraine’s spiritual hymn “Molytva za Ukrayinu” (Prayer for Ukraine) by Mykola Lysenko and the Ukrainian national anthem. Donations were solicited for the Guardian Angels Ukraine Humanitarian Project. This non-profit project, initiated by the League of Ukrainian Canadian Women under the auspices of the International Council in Support of Ukraine, provides urgent medical services and rehabilitation for veterans and civilians, injured as a result of Russian military aggression against Ukraine. Details about the life- changing project can be found at www. guardianangelsukraine.com. No. 11 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 12, 2017 17

Andrew Hadzewycz Among girls age 12-13, the winner was Olena Kucher (left). With her are: Andrew Kozak (left), the champion among men age 56-59, with fellow competitors (from Larissa Pawliczko (center) and Christina Silver. left) Yuriy Kucher, Peter Lenchur and Mark Pawliczko. Skiers of all ages compete in 63rd annual KLK races HUNTER, N.Y. – The 63rd annual ski races of the Carpathian Ski Club, known by its Ukrainian acronym as KLK, were conducted at Hunter Mountain on Saturday, February 25. Skiers of all ages – from age 6 to 75 – competed on a warm February day, taking a couple of runs down the official NASTAR (National Standard Race) course set up for the event. The rainy weather that had been forecast for the day did not materialize, and the races went on without a hitch. Later that day, at a dinner held at Hunter Mountain’s Copper Tree Restaurant, skiers received the awards they’d earned. The ski resort’s general manager, Russ Coloton, was in attendance to greet the participants of this fam- ily-oriented event as well as loyal supporters of KLK. The evening’s program was opened by Vira Popel, president of the Carpathian Ski Club, who noted the generous financial support offered by three Ukrainian credit unions – Self Reliance New York Federal Credit Union, Nova UA Federal Credit Union (Clifton, N.J.) and Ukrainian Selfreliance Federal Credit Union (Philadelphia), as well as the Ukrainian National Home Foundation of Passaic. Trophies and medals were presented to the champions and top skiers in each age group. The presentations were conducted by Andrew Hadzewycz, vice-president of KLK, assisted by Roma Hadzewycz. Special awards were announced for the fastest female and male skiers, an honor that includes yearlong possession of traveling trophies with the win- ners’ names inscribed on them (no repeat winners are allowed). Maya All the members of the Wojcickyj family, (from left) Stefan, Marko, Adriana and Natalia, com- Stawnychy and Erko Palydowycz received their trophies from, respectively, peted in the races. Marko received the trophy for boys age 12-14; Adriana received a special KLK President Popel and KLK Skiing Director Orest Fedash. award for bi-skiing.

KLK President Vira Popel presents the traveling tro- Erko Palydowycz (center), the fastest male skier of the 2017 races, is seen phy for the fastest female skier of the 2017 races to with his father, Eri Palydowycz (left), and grandfather, Severyn (also known Diana Blyznak took home the trophy Maya Stawnychy. as Erko) Palydowycz. for girls age 14-18.

Girls 6-7 Bi-ski, girls Men 40-49 4. Mark Pawliczko 1. Katya Pawluk Adriana Wojcickyj 2017 KLK race results 1. Eri Palydowycz 2. Sophia Temnycky 2.Taras Hryvnak Men 60-65 Women 19-25 3. Maria Rudensky Silver Boys 15-17 1. Yuri Kobziak Girls 12-13 1. Maya Stawnychy 4. Irene Blyznak 1. Mark Blyznak Men 50-55 2. Vlodko Temnycky 1. Jason Taylor 3. Nestor Blyznak 1. Olena Kucher 2. Thomas Silver Women 40-49 Boys 7-8 2. Stefan Wojcickyj 2. Larissa Pawliczko 1. Marta Dubyk 1. Oleksa Kucher Men 20-25 Men 66-74 3. Christina Silver 2. Nicholas Temnycky 1. Erko Palydowycz Men 56-59 1. Alex Berest Women 50-60 1. Andrew Kozak Girls 14-18 1. Christa Kozak Boys 12-14 Men 30-35 2. Yuriy Kucher Men 75 and over 1.Diana Blyznak 2. Natalia Wojcickyj 1. Marko Wojcickyj 1. Michael Kuzmuk 3. Peter Lenchur 1. Orest Fedash 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 12, 2017 No. 11 Plast to hold jubilee jamboree in Germany Plast Germany MUNICH, Germany – In 1947, after hav- ing survived two world wars, members of Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization met in the Bavarian Alps to commemorate the organization’s 35th anniversary. They gath- ered in the town of Mittenwald, which translates as “in the middle of the forest.” Although Bavaria was foreign to Ukrainian scouts, the natural surroundings of the forest were very familiar. Despite the uncertainty of their post-war situation, Plast members living in the neighboring displaced persons camps were intent on carrying on their scouting traditions. The 1947 event became the first of many future events known as “Sviato Vesny” (spring camporees) in the diaspora. As Plast members emigrated after the war and settled in various countries on four different continents, they took with them the spirit of the Mittenwald “Sviato Vesny.” They created scout groups in their new communities, and set up summer Courtesy of Oles Piaseckyj camps and leadership training programs to Chief Scout Severyn Levytsky addresses Plast scouts at their historic 1947 gathering in Mittenwald. preserve their shared scouting principles and way of life. Jugendsiedlung Hochland, Germany. This Plast members attending the jamboree sons camps were once located. Mittenwald has become a legend among will encompass base camps for younger will also be able to visit the “Mittenwald In keeping with its “in the middle of the Plast members. In keeping with the spirit of scouts, bicycle trips for older scouts and a 1947” exhibit that will feature photos, arti- forest” theme, the jamboree will include an the original event, every five years Plast has camp for senior scouts. Each group will be facts, memorabilia and historical informa- interactive ecological “Green Planet” exhibi- held scouting reunions in various parts of the near the Bavarian Alps and will participate tion about the first gathering of Ukrainian tion in which young scouts from each coun- world. Five years ago, scouts commemorated in excursions into the surrounding moun- scouts in the diaspora. Highlights will try will present their ideas for environmen- Plast’s 100th anniversary in Ukraine. This tains. Participants will be able to explore the include a side trip to Mittenwald, where the tal sustainability in the regions where they year scouts will be traveling to Mittenwald to local countryside and places significant to teen scouts will take part in a scavenger live. commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Ukrainian emigrant and Plast history. There hunt through the town itself, the mountain All Plast members are invited to join in historic “Sviato Vesny” gathering. will be hikes, bonfires, and skills competi- Westliche Karwendelspitze and along the the celebration! More information can be On August 12-19, Plast will hold its tions, as well as opportunities to socialize banks of the Isar River, which passes by the found at www.umpz2017.de or on the Jubilee International Plast Jamboree in with Plast scouts from all over the world. old military casern where displaced per- Facebook page UMPZ2017.

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Through March 31 Photograph exhibit, “Celebrating Women of Courage,” March 18 Book launch, “PROty NASylstva,” Shevchenko Scientific Chicago Ukrainian National Museum, 312-421-8020 New York Society, 212-254-5130

Through March 31 Exhibition, “Highlights From the Yuri Tarnawsky March 18 Neckwear sale and exhibit, “Slava Salyuk: Geography,” New York Manuscript Collection,” Columbia University, Through April 2 Ukrainian Institute of America, 212-288-8660 or [email protected] New York www.ukrainianinstitute.org

March 14 Discussion, “The Challenge of Russian Active Measures,” March 19 Concert, “Kobzari: A Celebration of Shevchenko,” Washington The Institute of World Politics, www.iwp.edu or Windsor, ON featuring the Shumka Dancers and the Ukrainian 202-462-2101 Bandurist Chorus, Chrysler Theater St. Clair College Center for the Arts, www.ticketmaster.ca March 14 Book presentation, “Airport,” by Sergei Loiko, Ukrainian Passaic, NJ Center, 973-473-3379 March 19 Concert, “Meet the Composer: Yevhen Stankovych,” with New York violinist Solomiya Ivakhiv, cellist Yves Dharamraj, and March 15 Presentation by Viktoriya Sereda, “Goodbye, Lenin: pianists Tanya Bannister and Philip Edward Fisher, Cambridge, MA Mapping Memory in Revolutionary Ukraine,” Harvard Ukrainian Institute of America, 212-288-8660 or University, 617-495-4053 or www.huri.harvard.edu www.ukrainianinstitute.org

March 16-19 Lenten Retreat, St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic March 19 Ukrainian Heritage Day hockey match, Columbus Blue Ottawa Shrine, 613-723-1673 Newark, NJ Jackets versus the New Jersey Devils, Prudential Center, 973-757-6162 or jmalakoff@prucenter,com March 17-19 Sweet Retreat for Body and Mind, Soyuzivka Heritage Kerhonkson, NY Center, 845-626-5641 or [email protected] March 19 Luncheon and Fashion Show, “Gerdan: Talisman of Chicago Triumph,” Ukrainian National Women’s League of March 17– April 2 Art exhibit, “Mychailo Deyak: Recent Works,” Ukrainian America, Ukrainian Cultural Center, 773-384-6400 New York Institute of America, 212-288-8660 or www.ukrainianinstitute.org March 19-June 30 Petrykivka Art Spring exhibit, featuring the collection of Somerset, NJ Yuri Mischenko and Natalie Pawlenko, Ukrainian March 18 Concert, “Kobzari: A Celebration of Shevchenko,” Historical and Educational Center, www.ukrhec.org Toronto featuring the Shumka Dancers and the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus, Sony Center for the Performing Arts, March 19, 24 Pysanka workshop, Ukrainian American Youth www.ticketmaster.ca Norwood, MA Association, [email protected] March 20 Seminar with Olga Bertelsen, “Corruption Among Soviet March 18 Lenten retreat, “From Pascha to Pentecost,” Villa Maria Cambridge, MA Ukrainian Elite in the 1970s-1980s,” Harvard University, Villa Maria, PA Education and Spirituality Center, 724-964-8886 or www.huri.harvard.edu or 617-495-4053 [email protected]

March 18 Film screening, “Music of Survival: The Story of the Entries in “Out and About” are listed free of charge. Priority is given to events Arlington, VA Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus,” National Rural Election advertised in The Ukrainian Weekly. However, we also welcome submissions Cooperative Association Conference Center, from all our readers. Items will be published at the discretion of the editors www.musicofsurvival.com or [email protected] and as space allows. Please send e-mail to [email protected].

ATTENTION, Debutante Ball Organizers!

In keeping with our tradition, The Ukrainian Weekly will publish a special section devoted to the Ukrainian community’s debutantes.

The 2017 debutante ball section will be published on April 2.

The deadline for submission of all materials – stories and photos (with captions and photo credits) – is MARCH 17.

Please e-mail materials to: STAFF @ UKRWEEKLY.COM 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 12, 2017 No. 11

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Saturday, March 18 exhibit, “Petrykivka Spring,” goes “beyond the canvas” and explores the historical con- NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific text of this distinctively Ukrainian art tradi- Society invites all to a book launch “PROty tion, which was put on the list of the NASylstva” (“Against Violence”), a collection Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by of essays by Ukrainian writers, published as UNESCO in 2013. Learn about its origins in part of the project “Defeating Violence in folk spirituality, its connections to the Families” (Judicial Aid to Ukraine), financed Ukrainian Kozak state and its recent trans- by the Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. formation into a brand of independent Participants include Orysia Sushko (presi- Ukraine. The exhibit opens with a reception dent of the World Federation of Ukrainian and gallery talk on Sunday, March 19, at 1-4 Women’s Organizations [WFUWO]); p.m. Hours are: Monday through Friday, 9 Kateryna Levchenko and Olya Dunebabina a.m.-5 p.m., and Saturday, noon-5 p.m., or by (La Strada Ukraine); Dr. Pauline Rankin appointment for groups. The exhibit will be (Carleton University Professor, Canada); and on view until June 30 at the UHEC Library Dr. Martha Kebalo (WFUWO). The book Gallery, 135 Davidson Ave., Somerset, NJ launch will take place at the society’s build- 08873. For information call 732-356-0090 ing, 63 Fourth Ave. (between Ninth and 10th or visit www.ukrhec.org/exhibits. streets) at 5 p.m. For additional information call 212-254-5130. Friday, March 24 Sunday, March 19-Friday, June 30 WHIPPANY, N.J.: Join us for our annual varenyky dinner at 5 p.m. at the Ukrainian SOMERSET, N.J.: Welcome spring and the American Cultural Center of New Jersey, 60 Year of the Rooster with a special exhibit of N. Jefferson Road, hosted by the local branch folk painting from the Petrykivka area of of the Ukrainian American Youth Ukraine, presented by the Ukrainian Association. Cost is $12. Doors open at 5 Historical and Educational Center and col- p.m. There will be entertainment and door lectors Yuri Mischenko and Natalie prizes. For information call 973-919-1322, Pawlenko. On exhibit are 38 works of noted or e-mail [email protected]. Like us artists from the 1980s to the present. The on Facebook: CYM Whippany, NJ.

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