INSIDE: l Church in Bethlehem, Pa., celebrates centennial – page 9 l Film review: “Secret Diary of Symon Petliura – page 11 l Ukraine’s first lady visits Stamford museum – page 12 THEPublished U by theKRAINIAN Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal W non-profit associationEEKLY Vol. LXXXVI No. 46 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2018 $2.00 International conference on genocide Armistice Day is celebrated in Paris integrates Holodomor studies as Moscow-stoked Donbas war continues by Marta Baziuk Also in attendance were 20 early career scholars who received support from HREC TORONTO – The Holodomor featured to offset the cost of attendance. They came prominently at an international conference from University of Alberta, Northeastern on genocide held at the University of University, University of Notre Dame, Toronto on October 20-21. Organized by University of Southern California, State the Holodomor Research and Education University of New York at Binghamton, Consortium (HREC, Canadian Institute of George Mason University, Stockton Ukrainian Studies, University of Alberta) University, University of Michigan and and the Institute for Holocaust, Genocide Presidency University in Kolkata, India. The and Memory Studies (University of more than 40 attendees received four HREC Massachusetts, Amherst), the conference publications related to the Holodomor. culminated with the Toronto Annual “While it is useful to examine recent his- Ukrainian Famine Lecture on October 21. tory in the context of theories of genocide, The conference “Genocide in 20th-Cen- the legal definition, which came about for tury History: The Power and the Problems political reasons, raises a number of issues. of an Interpretive, Ethical-Political and We’re pleased the conference succeeded in Legal Concept” considered how the concept establishing the importance of analyzing of genocide has evolved and been adapted, the strengths and weaknesses of the geno- examining both the contributions and chal- cide concept and plan to publish its pro- lenges of the concept as a way of under- ceedings,” said Prof. Graziosi. standing the 20th century. According to Frank Sysyn of HREC and Presidential Administration of Ukraine The idea for the conference originated the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, French President Emmanuel Macron greets his Ukrainian counterpart, Petro with HREC advisor Andrea Graziosi of the “The conference is a milestone in the study Poroshenko, in Paris on November 11 during events to commemorate the centennial Università di Napoli Federico II, whose of the Holodomor, marking its integration of the end of World War I. research includes his discovery in the into broader discussions of genocide.” migration of people inside Europe since archives of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Following introductory remarks from the by Mark Raczkiewycz World War II. Affairs of remarkable Italian diplomatic organizers and from Lesley Cormack, dean KYIV – As many of the world’s leaders According to the truce deal, Ukraine is correspondence describing the Famine. of the Faculty of Arts at the University of met in Paris for ceremonies marking the supposed to carry out regional and local Presenters came from Canada, the Alberta, and Randall Hansen, director of the United States, Australia, Israel, Italy, Norway, 100th anniversary of the end of World War elections for the entire Donbas. However, Munk School of Global Affairs and Public I on November 11, trench warfare was still Kyiv has maintained that carrying them out Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. Policy at the University of Toronto, the first Among them were specialists from the ravaging Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region freely and fairly is impossible due to ongo- panel covered the emergence of the term in a bloody conflict begun when Russia ing hostilities. Center for the Study of the Holocaust and “genocide.” Other panel topics included “The Religious Minorities (Oslo), University of invaded the country in 2014. Furthermore, a mission of the Evolution and the Concept of Genocide,” That same day and 1,860 miles east of Calgary, Leibniz Institute for Jewish History Organization for Security and Cooperation “The Colonial-Post-Colonial Experience,” the solemn event, Russia ensured that its and Culture, University of Michigan, in Europe hasn’t been able to fulfill its man- and “Rethinking the Term ‘genocide.’” appointed proxies in the occupied parts of date of monitoring the fulfillment of the University of Leicester, University of The panel “Discovering the Genocidal Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts remained in Minsk accords because of limited access Nevada, University of Wisconsin, Australian Nature of the 20th Century” featured place through what the U.S. said were and freedom of movement in the war zone. National University, University of Bern, papers addressing the Holodomor by Prof. “sham” regional elections. Thus, Ukraine’s Foreign Affairs Ministry Harvard University and University of “Yesterday’s illegitimate processes were said in a November 13 statement that the Wollongong. (Continued on page 15) an attempt by Moscow to institutionalize Donbas elections violated Ukraine’s its Donbas proxies, the so-called ‘Donetsk Constitution. It called the vote “fake” and and Luhansk People’s Republics,’ ” U.S. “Illegal,” while urging the international State Department spokeswoman Heather community to recognize the outcome as Nauert said in a November 12 statement. “null and void.” Brussels, Tokyo and Kyiv also con- Kurt Volker, U.S. special representative demned the charade that saw the re-instal- for Ukraine negotiations, said the elections lation of Kremlin henchmen to continue were being held “under conditions of occu- overseeing about 3 percent of territory that pation, where there is no freedom of Ukraine hasn’t controlled for four years. expression, no freedom of movement, no German Chancellor Angela Merkel and freedom of campaigning, and generally French President Emmanuel Macron jointly therefore no freedom of choice for the peo- denounced the “illegal” vote after meeting ple in electing candidates for legitimate with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko local leadership positions.” His comments on the sidelines of the Armistice Day com- came during a conference call last week in memoration in Paris. which The Ukrainian Weekly participated. In a similar statement, Japan said the Moscow went ahead anyway and con- elections “contravene” the spirit of two gratulated its proxies. ceasefire deal, referred to as the Minsk Russian President Vladimir Putin’s point agreements, that were meant to bring man on Ukraine, Vladimir Surkov, greeted peace to the region. Mykola Swarnyk the appointees: Denis Pushilin in Donetsk Instead, the ongoing war has claimed Prof. Norman Naimark of Stanford Dr. Liudmyla Hrynevch delivers the and Leonid Pasechnik in Luhansk. The University lectures on the world history Toronto Annual Ukrainian Famine Lecture more than 10,400 lives and internally dis- of genocide. as part of a conference on genocide. placed 1.6 million people – the largest (Continued on page 4) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2018 No. 46 ANALYSIS Ukraine as clandestine testing ground Canada condemns illegitimate elections Perry: Russia uses of energy as weapon Canada’s Department of Global Affairs Russia has historically used energy as a for Russian electronic warfare on November 13 condemned the elections weapon and that continues today, making energy diversification crucial for Central reported that they had received text mes- held in the occupied Donbas region of by Yuri Papaiev Ukraine. The Canadian government’s state- and Eastern Europe, U.S. Energy Secretary Eurasia Daily Monitor sages with proposals that they surrender. Rick Perry has said. “We should no longer Combined Russian-separatist forces ment read: “Canada joins its European allies and the United States in unreservedly allow the Kremlin to use energy as a weap- The Organization for Security and later employed similar methods on the on,” Mr. Perry told a news conference in Cooperation in Europe’s (OSCE) Special frontlines in Donbas. During the most sig- rejecting the illegitimate and illegal November 11, 2018, elections in Russian- Hungary’s capital, Budapest, on November Monitoring Mission (SMM) in Ukraine nificant battles, such as Ilovaysk (August– 13. Mr. Perry was speaking during a visit to occupied eastern Ukraine. These ‘elections’ reported at the end of October that one of its September 2014) or Debaltseve (February the region as the administration of are an attempt to validate the rule of long-range unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) 2015), Ukrainian troops received multiple President Donald Trump seeks to encour- Moscow-imposed Russian proxies. In the had gone missing. According to an OSCE intimidating mobile phone texts designed age the purchase of gas from the United spot report (Osce.org, October 27), the to sow panic and mistrust (Livyi Bereh, absence of a recognized legal basis or any States or other suppliers rather than drone disappeared while flying above a non- February 6, 2015). These messages were credible international monitoring, the increasing purchases from Russia. He called government-controlled area in Donetsk also found delivered to cellphones owned international community will not recognize on Hungary and its neighbors to reject region. The UAV in question apparently by civilians who were present in the com- these ‘elections.’ Canadians continue to Russian gas pipelines, which Washington experienced signal