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Vol. LXXXI No. 50 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2013 $1/$2 in Ukraine Freedom House Ukraine authorities attempt to forcibly curb protests says Yanukovych by Zenon Zawada KYIV – Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians rallied in central Kyiv for the should resign third week of the Euro-Maidan, this time WASHINGTON – Further use of resisting forceful attempts by police to clear force by Ukrainian authorities should them from key occupied sites, including the Kyiv City Council building, where protesters lead to the immediate imposition of pushed away buses, and the perimeter of targeted sanctions by the United Independence Square (known as the maid- States and European Union against an), the site of a nightlong struggle on Ukrainian officials responsible for December 10-11 with Berkut special forces. such actions, Freedom House said on The administration of Ukrainian December 9. President Viktor Yanukovych ordered the Freedom House also called on raids – which failed to remove protesters President Viktor Yanukovych to offer from these two key sites – to prepare for his resignation as a way to trigger signing an agreement with the Russian early presidential elections, the only Federation government to commit to join- non-violent way to end the standoff ing the Moscow-led Customs Union, with demonstrators. The internation- observers said, thereby fulfilling the al community must stand with the Kremlin’s goal of renewing its empire. democratic aspirations of those brave Mr. Yanukovych will travel to Moscow on Ukrainian people who have taken to Petro Zadorozhnyi/LUFA December 17 to participate in the Russian- Hundreds of Euro-Maidan supporters, wearing orange helmets to protect their heads the streets. Ukrainian Interstate Commission for which a from blows by Berkut special forces, fended off an attempt to take control of “President Yanukovych has lost Strategic Partnership Agreement is being Instytutska Street early in the morning of December 11. support and legitimacy among the prepared, reported the Ukrainian presiden- Ukrainian people,” said David J. tial press service on December 6. Experts version,” Kyiv political veteran Vadym ing. Singer Ruslana Lyzhychko, who has Kramer, president of Freedom House. said he may get billions in loans and natural Karasiov told the Novyi Region news site. stayed up most nights to support the Euro- “We don’t support rule by mob, but gas discounts in exchange for surrendering “By December 17, even the memory of the Maidan from its stage, called upon the dem- Yanukovych created a crisis by reject- Ukrainian independence from Russia. maidan should be fully erased from peo- onstrators to keep the territory protected ing the path toward integration with “Just as the IMF offers loans in exchange ple’s consciousness.” and active until at least December 17. for reforms, Russia does so for ‘stability’ in Pro-Western Ukrainians are already pre- (Continued on page 14) the post-Soviet version, the authoritarian paring mass protests for the Tuesday meet- (Continued on page 3)

Holodomor Memorial’s construction launched with groundbreaking taking part in the ceremony were represen- Caucus who were instrumental in getting tatives of the U.S. Congress and govern- U.S. government approval to build the ment, Ukraine’s Ambassador to the U.S. “Field of Wheat” Holodomor monument on Olexander Motsyk and ambassadors of the national park territory. Czech Republic, Hungary and Lithuania; Also attending the Holodomor ceremony Anthony Fisher, the trustee of the Dmytro were five former U.S. ambassadors to Firtash Foundation that provided the $2.5 Ukraine: Roman Popadiuk, William Miller, million necessary to build the memorial; Steven Pifer, John Herbst and William Taylor. and its designer, architect Larysa Kurylas. Addressing the attendees about the Also participating in the event were the importance of the monument and its mean- hierarchs of the Ukrainian Churches in the ing, Rep. Levin touched on a related subject U.S. – Orthodox Metropolitan Antony and that must have been on everybody’s mind Catholic Metropolitan Stefan Soroka, who that day as well: the ongoing protest dem- led the memorial service for the victims of onstrations in Ukraine. the Holodomor and blessed the commemo- “Another vital instrument of remem- rative plaque and the memorial site. brance is the effort of so many of the people The moderator of the event, Michael of Ukraine today to make sure that they Sawkiw Jr., who chairs the U.S. Committee never again will be dominated by others,” for Ukrainian Holodomor-Genocide he said, “that they will not be at the mercy Awareness 1932-1933, which organized of others... and that they can speak with Yaro Bihun the event along with the Embassy of their own voices, participating in a full Ukrainian Orthodox and Catholic Metropolitans Antony and Stefan Soroka lead the Ukraine, also introduced a surprise partici- democracy.” memorial service for the victims of Holodomor during the groundbreaking ceremony. pant: 91-year-old survivor of the Those gathered in Washington to com- Holodomor Oleksandr Severyn of the memorate a tragic chapter in Ukraine’s by Yaro Bihun not far from the U.S. Capitol building, where Bronx, who joined with seven other key past, Rep. Levin added, also “stand with more than 200 participants came to participants in shoveling some dirt during those who are standing up today for free- WASHINGTON – With a solemn ground- remember and honor the millions of the symbolic groundbreaking ceremony, dom – for Ukraine’s future.” breaking ceremony, the building of the Ukrainian who perished during Stalin’s among them U.S. Reps. Sander Levin “We also are here to speak out against Holodomor Memorial was launched here 1932-1933 artificial famine in Ukraine. (D-Mich.) and Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio) – co- on December 4 on a small triangular site Among the more-prominent persons chairs of the Congressional Ukrainian (Continued on page 15) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2013 No. 50

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Donor to diaspora Firtash still Biden phone call with Yanukovych done for sure,” Mr. Kravchuk assured. However, he stressed that this does not WASHINGTON – In a phone call on mean termination of the investigation. As faces allegations of corruption December 9 with Ukrainian President regards the prospects of European integra- Viktor Yanukovych, U.S. Vice-President Joe ethics and morality with practicality. tion, the ex-president said a commission by Zenon Zawada Biden expressed his deep concern about will go to Brussels to decide on the eco- Generals sacrifice lives in order to win bat- the situation in Ukraine and the growing KYIV – Dmytro Firtash, the billionaire tles, for example.” nomic part of the Association Agreement potential for violence. According to a read- with the EU. “There is an agreement with natural gas trader whose $2.5 million dona- Allegations of corruption surround out of the phone call released by the White tion partly financed the Holodomor numerous people, both those in office, as the European Union that steps will be House, Office of the Vice-President: The made allowing Ukraine to sign the agree- Memorial in Washington, is facing the latest well as those in business in Ukraine, said vice-president underscored the need to Michael Sawkiw Jr., chairman of the U.S. ment without losing its economic interests round of corruption charges, this time immediately de-escalate the situation and alleged by Tetiana Chornovol, a top investi- Committee for Ukrainian Holodomor- and opportunities to develop,” Mr. begin a dialogue with opposition leaders gative journalist. Genocide Awareness. Kravchuk emphasized. (Ukrinform) on developing a consensus way forward for Mr. Firtash drained $2 billion from the “Organizations that have received dona- Ukraine. He noted that violence has no Crimean Tatars support Euro-Maidan state budget after winning a lawsuit filed on tions in the past and have been asked to place in a democratic society and is incom- behalf of one of his companies, UkrGaz- respond to these allegations have replied SYMFEROPOL – Hundreds of Crimean patible with our strategic relationship. The Energo, to claim 4.8 billion cubic meters of that, as non-profits, they are not in a posi- Tatars gathered on December 10 in vice-president reaffirmed the strong sup- gas pumped into Ukrainian storage tanks in tion to prove or disprove such allegations. Symferopol, the capital of Ukraine’s port of the United States for Ukraine’s 2007, according to Ms. Chornovol’s article, That is the job of the legal system. We con- Autonomous Republic of Crimea, and European aspirations and welcomed “The Theft of a Century,” published by the cur,” he said. expressed their solidarity with pro-Europe- President Yanukovych’s commitment to Ukrayinska Pravda news site on October 25. Mr. Sawkiw declined to comment on an Union protesters in Kyiv. The activists maintaining this path. He underscored the Her article alleges that the gas rightfully how Mr. Firtash got involved with the held placards saying, “We are for Ukraine’s close alignment of the United States and belongs to Naftohaz Ukrainy (also known Holodomor monument and who initiated EU-integration!” The leader of the Crimean the European Union, and welcomed the as Naftogaz of Ukraine), the state gas pro- the partnership. Tatars’ National Congress (Mejlis), Refat upcoming visits of EU High Representative duction and transit monopoly. Yet several “As a private donor, Mr. Firtash made no Chubarov, told journalists that the rights of Catherine Ashton and State Department courts ruled in Mr. Firtash’s favor, saying condition other than the monies be used Crimean Tatars can be fully restored only if Assistant Secretary Victoria Nuland to Kyiv. that Naftohaz lacked the proper documents specifically to fund the memorial’s con- Ukraine becomes an internationally sup- (White House, Office of the Vice-President) proving its rightful ownership. struction. Furthermore, the U.S. Holodomor ported member of the civilized world. “Naftohaz didn’t catch the thief red- Committee would not have accepted any Crimean Tatars organize the gathering each other condition,” he said. Plan on how to ease public tensions handed because – this is hard to believe – it year on December 10, International Human lost the documents that prove its right to Identical statements were made by the KYIV – President Viktor Yanukovych has Rights Day. Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin this gas,” Ms. Chornovol wrote, pointing out Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU), which announced a plan to ease tensions in ordered the mass deportation of 180,000 that Naftohaz is controlled. “But we found accepted $4.5 million from Mr. Firtash to Ukrainian society during a meeting with Crimean Tatars from Crimea to Central Asia these documents. In open sources. Which is help build its Stryiskyi Park campus in Lviv. the former presidents of Ukraine, Leonid in 1944. Crimean Tatars were rehabilitated why we can make the categorical conclu- Though most Ukrainian oligarchs have Kravchuk, Leonid Kuchma and Viktor by the Kremlin in 1957. The majority of sion – this is fraud and theft.” never been convicted of a crime, owing to Yushchenko. Ukraine’s first president, Mr. them say they still have no proper housing The latest scandal again raises the issue the absence of rule of law in Ukraine, there Kravchuk, said at a roundtable in Kyiv’s have been numerous examples of convicted after returning to Crimea in the late 1980s of whether the Ukrainian diaspora should Ukraina Palace on December 10: “The pres- criminals who redeemed themselves in the and 1990s. (RFE/RL, based on reporting by be accepting money from someone with ident today has presented his plan in detail. such a shady history as Mr. Firtash. public’s view, Prof. Motyl said. UNIAN and Qtmm.org) There are two stages to solve this problem. His many alleged controversies include He cited Wall Street fraudster Michael The first stage: removing the severity in Attacks on media outlets are condemned being at the center of corrupt gas schemes Milken as an example, “who then went on connection with the failure to sign at the such as RosUkrEnergo, having business ties to found an institute and become a philan- KYIV – The media watchdog group Vilnius summit the Association Agreement with one of the FBI’s 10 most wanted, fugi- thropist.” Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has con- with the EU and the problem encountered tive Semion Mogilevich, as well as scooping “Clearly, then, crooks who go straight demned “outrageous and clearly illegal” up dozens of lucrative assets at below-mar- appear to be acceptable as philanthropists,” during the Euro-Maidan – the use of force attacks on the offices of three opposition ket prices since the election of Ukrainian he said. against protesters.” Mr. Kravchuk said mass media outlets in Kyiv. In its December President Viktor Yanukovych in 2010. Mr. Firtash’s alleged $2 billion bilking of President Yanukovych agreed that the force 10 statement, RSF said that “the raids on Mr. Firtash’s alleged investment into Mr. the state comes at a time when the budgets applied to the pro-EU protesters in the the offices of the newspaper Vechirni Visti, Yanukovych’s presidential campaign has of both Naftohaz Ukrainy and the govern- early hours of November 30 was unlawful. the online TV station INTV and the news been so successful that he has since gained ment overall are virtually broke. “President Yanukovych, using his powers, website Cenzor.net were serious violations ownership of new industrial assets worth Naftohaz has been a prime source of cor- without interfering with the powers of of the freedom of information and billions of dollars, including significant con- ruption for the government ever since its security forces, will solve the problem so Ukraine’s constitutional guarantees.” RSF trol over Ukraine’s gas distribution net- creation in 1998, economists said. It has that the people who are now in custody be work on the regional level. been teetering on the edge of bankruptcy released today or tomorrow. This will be (Continued on page 14) “If Firtash’s transgressions took place ever since the Russian state monopoly many years ago, during Ukraine’s Wild Gazprom began ramping up gas prices for West capitalism days, and if he’s gone Ukraine in early 2006. straight since, then his money would Naftohaz has played a passive role in The Ukrainian Weekly FOUNDED 1933 appear to be acceptable,” said Alexander defending against the lawsuit filed by UkrGaz-Energo, partly because it’s led by Motyl, a political science professor at An English-language newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., Rutgers University in Newark, N.J. Yevhen Bakulin, a close associate of Vice a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. 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Ukraine authorities... (Continued from page 1) UNA General Prime Minister Mykola Azarov confirmed at a December 6 press conference – Assembly the same day that Mr. Yanukovych reportedly spent six hours in Sochi for his latest con- fidential informal meeting with Russian sends message President Vladimir Putin – that a partnership agreement was being prepared. “A meeting occurred at which an agree- to maidan ment was reached beforehand,” Mr. Azarov said. “The issue is preparations for, above The Ukrainian National all, a large Strategic Partnership Agreement with the Russian Federation, to be aided by Association’s General Assembly, a so-called ‘road map,’ which removes our gathered for its annual meeting at contradictions from trade-economic Soyuzivka on December 8-10, on regimes. Additionally, the president Sunday, December 10, sent the fol- undoubtedly continued work on forming lowing e-mail message to our relations in the gas sphere. These talks Taras Khimchak/Euromaidan Journalist Collective Ukrainian demonstrators via are quite complicated and difficult.” The scene on Kyiv’s Euro-Maidan on the morning of December 11. Mr. Azarov insisted that joining the Ruslana Lyzhychko, who is playing Customs Union “was not discussed at all,” The Economist magazine, tweeted on ing here.” Such an agreement would have to a leading role on Kyiv’s Euro- stressing that no document was prepared December 6 that he learned Mr. Yanukovych be ratified by Ukraine’s Parliament, which Maidan. The text is translated for signing on December 6 and therefore no has already signed the strategic agreement. won’t happen, Mr. Yatsenyuk said. from the original Ukrainian. document was signed. Arseniy Yatsenyuk, the parliamentary fac- Moreover, it will split Ukraine. Dmitry Pyeskov, the press secretary for tion chair of the Batkivshchyna party, said “Any signing of agreements to form a Dear Ukrainian brothers and Mr. Putin, also stated that the Customs the agreement has merely been initialed, but new Soviet Union is a split of the country, sisters on the Euro-Maidans of Union wasn’t discussed by the two presi- is scheduled for signing on December 17. and it’s an entirely different maidan than Ukraine: dents. The Customs Union is the precursor In exchange for agreeing to join the what’s here today,” he said. to the Eurasian Economic Union that Russia Customs Union, the Ukrainian government Mr. Putin won’t sign any agreement as long We are with you. plans to launch in 2015. may get $5 billion to $15 billion in loans and as central Kyiv remains occupied by opposi- The General Assembly of the Instead of considering the Customs a gas price of $200 per 1,000 cubic meters tion forces, said Mr. Karasiov, who served as Ukrainian National Association in Union, the press-services of both presidents (compared to the current price of about an advisor to the Presidential Secretariat the United States and Canada, repeated the standard phraseology about $427), Mr. Lucas tweeted. under President Viktor Yushchenko. with its membership of 50,000, the two leaders discussing “cooperation in “Expect much grandstanding from Putin Therefore, he expects the Yanukovych greets you, dear Ukrainians on industry and high-tech branches, particular- over this & v angry reaction (poss crackdown, administration to continue its political ly aviation and shipbuilding, rocket-building state of emergency) in Ukraine,” he wrote in repression of the opposition, which intensi- the day of the “March of Millions.” and aerospace,” as well as “bilateral cooper- Twitter. “Technical details being hammered fied this week with the illegal police break- We express our solidarity with all ation in the financial-credit sphere.” out in Moscow. Western govts flummoxed. in at the Batkivshchyna party headquarters democratic forces in Ukraine and During the December 6 meeting, the (Haven’t confirmed this but sources good)” on December 9 and confiscation of its com- throughout the world who sup- presidents drew closer on their positions in The December 17 Strategic Partnership puter servers. port Ukraine’s course toward the energy sphere, “but there still isn’t a Agreement will involve joining the Customs A popular journalist, Andrii Dzindzia, integration with the European final agreement,” Mr. Pyeskov said. Union, Mr. Yatsenyuk told reporters on the was sentenced to two months’ arrest on Union. Despite denials on the Customs Union, Euro-Maidan on December 7. December 5, while his lawyer Viktor Smolii well-placed observers have made claims to “The agreement is ready, but he’s not dar- was arrested on December 9. We add our voices and prayers the contrary. ing to sign it,” he said. “He’s afraid because to yours. Victory will come! Edward Lucas, the international editor for hundreds of thousands of people are stand- (Continued on page 13) The Euro-Maidan: key players and terminology

by Zenon Zawada – while attending a press conference in arrested peaceful protesters and journal- Eurovision song contest. She has been Zhytomyr in late October to address a mur- ists, such as Mr. Dzindzia. involved in the Euro-Maidan since its earli- KYIV – The following is a list of key play- der that had occurred. Vitali Klitschko, 42, is the leader of the est days, often staying up all night to offer ers and terms to know when tracking the Andrii Dzindzia is a reporter for the Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform moral support for the protesters, whether developments of the Euro-Maidan. news site Dorozhniy Kontrol (Road (UDAR) and the most popular opposition singing the national anthem at 3 a.m. or Monitoring), which reported and archived candidate for the Ukrainian presidency. leading dance marathons at 4 a.m. to keep Key players the law-breaking activity of police and traf- Throughout the Euro-Maidan, he has called them moving and warm. She criticized the Yurii Lutsenko, 49, is the former inter- fic authorities. The site’s text and video evi- for protesters not to give in to provocations December 8 demolition of the Lenin statue, nal affairs minister (national police chief) dence enabled citizens to pursue com- and to avoid conflicts when possible. On comparing it to a barbaric act. plaints against law enforcement authori- the morning of the November 24 pro-EU who was imprisoned for about two years Key terms and three months by the administration of ties. The site’s reporters have been beaten, rally attended by hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych including chief editor Rostyslav Ukrainians, Mr. Klitschko’s plane was Titushky – thugs hired by the before being pardoned in April of this year. Shaposhnikov in 2012. denied permission to land in Kyiv. He land- Yanukovych administration during the Since then, he has launched the Third Mr. Dzindzia was accompanying the ed in Kryvyi Rih instead and had to drive Euro-Maidan to use violence in order to Ukrainian Republic civic movement and front-end loader on Bankova Street during 280 miles to Kyiv that afternoon, getting provoke the police and Berkut special forc- emerged as among the most trusted lead- the December 1 provocation and claims he stopped by police along the way. es, thereby giving them the pretext to use ers of the Euro-Maidan. He has played a key climbed it to get a better view of events in Arseniy Yatsenyuk, 39, is the political force against peaceful demonstrators. role in offering goals and strategy for the order to videorecord them. Authorities council chair and parliamentary faction During the Euro-Maidan, they have also protests. accused him of being involved in the attack, chair of Batkivshchyna, the most popular provoked peaceful protesters into conflicts, Oleksandr Danyliuk, 32, is the leader arresting and allegedly beating him on opposition party founded by imprisoned with the intent of creating a pretext for of the Spilna Sprava (Common Cause) civic December 5. The next day a court sen- former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. police to make arrests. They often work in movement that’s among the largest in Kyiv. tenced him to two months’ arrest. Also He has been in the thick of the protests tandem with the police, who are aware of He was one of the leaders of the 2010 tax arrested on December 9 was Viktor Smolii, ever since November 24, staying up late their presence and don’t apply force to maidan and has fought against the electoral Mr. Dzindzia’s lawyer. Supporters believe nights and being involved in incidents such them or arrest them. They have been used abuses of the Yanukovych administration. police used the Euro-Maidan as a pretext as the discovery of the Security Service of extensively by the Yanukovych administra- Mr. Danyliuk has acknowledged close coop- for revenge against Mr. Dzindzia. Ukraine van parked within protest territo- tion for the last two years to intimidate pro- eration with the Batkivshchyna party. Dmytro Korchynskyi, 49, is a veteran ry. testers. The term is taken from the name of Vasyl Hatsko, 31, is the leader of the of Ukrainian politics who in 2004 launched Oleh Tiahnybok, 45, is the leader of the Vadym Titushko, who attacked journalists Democratic Alliance political party that is Bratstvo, an eccentric organization that has Svoboda nationalist party, which has taken on May 2013. Titushky are also known as not well-financed but is among the most supported Mr. Yanukovych and pro-Rus- among the most radical measures during “gopniki,” or thugs with no physical or com- active in civic activity. Its priorities are sian radicals in the past. Mr. Korchynskyi is the Euro-Maidan, setting up new blockades bat training, and “gopniki-sportsmeny,” exposing corruption, most notably organiz- widely believed to have been a state-hired in central Kyiv throughout the week and who are trained. ing protests at Mr. Yanukovych’s provocateur during the December 1 events organizing the dismantling of the statute of Zek – a slang term for those convicted of Mezhyhiria residence where Democratic at the Presidential Administration, in Vladimir Lenin in central Kyiv. He has float- crimes. It’s commonly used to refer to Mr. Alliance members have been arrested in which about 300 Bratstvo members ed the standard conspiracies of Russian Yanukovych, who was convicted of theft violation of the freedom of assembly. A stormed the building alongside a front-end special forces being involved in the govern- and assault in his youth. A common chant Luhansk Oblast boxing champion, Mr. loader. Mr. Korchynskyi denied organizing ment’s repression of protests. is, “Zeka het!” (Convict out!) Hatsko was most recently attacked – the raid and neither he nor Bratstvo mem- Ruslana (Lyzhychko), 40, is the legend- punched in the face by unknown assailants bers were arrested. Authorities instead ary pop singer who won the 2004 (Continued on page 15) 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2013 No. 50

Philadelphia-area Ukrainians hold Holodomor program near Liberty Bell to the front of the church. A survivor of the Holodomor, Petro Hursky, lit the large can- dle next to wreath. After the wreath-laying ceremony the interpretive dance presented at the Liberty Bell was repeated. The keynote address of the commemorative concert was delivered by Ukraine’s ambassador to the United States, Olexander Motsyk, who spoke about the genocide organized by the Stalin regime. He spoke about the Holodomor targeting the biologi- cal and spiritual essence of the Ukrainian people. In his closing remarks the Ambassador stated, “We thank the American Ukrainians who diligently worked to preserve the memory of the millions.” The all-male choir Prometheus, under the artistic direction of Roman Kucharsky and with Irene Zwarych as accompanist, provided a solemn atmosphere. Mr. Sawkiw, president of the Committee for Ukrainian Holodomor-Genocide Vera Pryszlak Awareness, informed the participants Ukrainian Americans gathered for a Holodomor commemoration near Philadelphia’s Liberty Bell. about the upcoming groundbreaking of the Holodomor Memorial in Washington. Theoria, a quartet from the Byzantine by Ulana Mazurkevich Famine-Genocide was then observed. and passing the wheat to them. Taking part A proclamation issued by Mayor Michael in the dance were students of the Ukrainian Ruthenian Catholic Church of the PHILADELPHIA – Two separate events Nutter that declared the week of November Heritage School; Roman Dubenko gave an Assumption of the Virgin Mary under the in Philadelphia on November 17 commem- 17-24 as Ukrainian Famine Genocide explanation of the dance’s symbolism. music direction of Andrew Skitko, sang sol- orated the Famine-Genocide of 1932-1933: Awareness Week was read by Valerie At the beautiful golden-domed emn prayers, and the Youth Choir of the a manifestation/awareness program was Katruk. Remarks from Consul General of Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Ukrainian Baptist Church, under the artistic held at 1-2 p.m. near the Liberty Bell in his- Ukraine Ihor Sybiga were read by Alexa Immaculate Conception, a somber and dig- direction of Ivan Velenchuk, performed reli- toric Philadelphia, and a commemorative Waters. The head of the National nified commemoration of the 80th anniver- gious hymns. concert was held later that afternoon at Committee for Ukrainian Holodomor- sary of the Holodomor was held at 3 p.m. Six students and assistants from the Immaculate Conception Ukrainian Catholic Genocide Awareness 1932-1933, Michael Archbishop-Metropolitan Soroka wel- Ukrainian Heritage School recited excerpts Cathedral. Sawkiw Jr., delivered a stirring address. He comed the assembled to the solemn com- of testimonies by survivors taken from the The area by the Liberty Bell was stated: “Just imagine if the population of memoration and gave brief remarks on the report of the U.S. Commission on Ukraine bedecked with three huge banners the Delaware River Valley totaling 6 million horrific genocide that took place in Ukraine Famine. One of the survivors recalled: informing the public about the Famine- vanished in 18 months without the world 80 years ago. He intoned, “We will always “They took everything from me, they took Genocide in Ukraine. National flags, orga- knowing or caring.” remember, we will never forget.” away my conscience, they took away my nizational flags and black flags were A dramatic presentation that included Ms. Mazurkevich opened the program soul. I would step over dead bodies as if flown. Solemn music was played to set the testimonies of survivors was organized by and informed the public about the work of stepping over kindling wood. When a per- tone for the event. During the program, an members of Plast. The 10-minute dramat- the U.S. Commission on the Ukraine Famine son is starving they lose all feeling.” exhibit on the Holodomor, which was pro- ic performance incorporated Plast mem- and the final report that the commission The concert ended with a requiem ser- vided by the Ukrainian Embassy, was dis- bers who played the roles of survivors, submitted to Congress and which was vice for the deceased that was led by played in the area. Informational bro- speaking in first person emotionally in adopted by Congress. The report found: Archbishop Soroka assisted by priests from chures about the genocide were distribut- their voices. “The famine which occurred in Ukraine and the archeparchy. Joining and taking part ed by members of Plast Ukrainian An interpretive dance about the took millions of lives was the result of with special prayers were Pastor Dmitro Scouting Organization and the Ukrainian Holodomor was choreographed by Halyna deliberate policies of the government of the Login from the Baptist Church and the Rev. American Youth Association. Kozak to Myroslav Skoryk’s “Melodia.” Ten Soviet Union and is truly an act of genocide Taras Naumenko from the Ukrainian The president of the Community young dancers dressed in white with blue by the Soviet government against the Orthodox Church. The assembled joined Committee to Commemorate the Famine embroidery represented the 10 million vic- Ukrainian people.” their voices in a very moving and emotional Genocide in Ukraine, Ulana Mazurkevich, tims of the Famine-Genocide, and a mother The opening was followed by a proces- “Vichnaya Pamiat.” welcomed the assembled to the commem- with a dying child in her arms searched the sion of youths holding candles and placing The Ukrainian Human Rights oration and called upon the archbishop- earth for grains of wheat. Next to the danc- them on the sides on the church’s nave. Committee, together with Larysa Stebly metropolitan of Ukrainian Catholics in the ers were bundles of wheat guarded by stu- Three members of the Voloshky ensemble and Ihor Kushnir, constituted the working United States, Stefan Soroka, to lead the dents dressed in Soviet uniforms. The dressed in Ukrainian costume delivered a committee for the Ukrainian Committee to assembled in a prayer. A moment of dance ended with “Mother Ukraine” hold- wreath tied with black ribbons and draped Commemorate the 80th anniversary of the silence for the 10 million victims of the ing sheaves of wheat greeting the children with a Ukrainian embroidered ritual cloth Holodomor. New York City college’s new course “European Genocides” includes Holodomor

by Russ Chelak tion about the Holodomor in the President’s Reception Hall extended well NEW YORK – The first woman’s college beyond an hour and well beyond the in New York City is offering a new course course enrollment. It included charts, titled “European Genocides” and on exhibits and other graphics relating the his- September 19 Prof. Taras Hunczak, a histo- torical background to the Famine- rian, and attorney Victor Rud left students Genocide, as well as the political, academic wondering why this major genocide is still and media forces that enabled it. unknown. The audience response was not unex- Prof. Joseph Skelly was happy to discuss pected. In short, students wondered how a the latest addition to the growing curricu- genocide that claimed more than all the lum at the College of Mount Saint Vincent. battlefields of World War I had been kept His post-graduate work in European histo- such a secret. ry and his career as an Army officer pro- The presentation was capped with vided a unique skill set to understand the warm thanks by the college’s president, Dr. tremendous forces that have cost so many Russ Chelak Charles Flynn Jr., who reiterated the European lives in the past century, espe- At the College of Mount Saint Vincent (from left) are: the college’s president, Dr. Charles school’s commitment to charity, truth and cially those that enabled Communist geno- Flynn Jr., Petro Paluch, Prof. Taras Hunczak, Prof. Joseph Skelly and Victor Rud. innovation. The Catholic liberal arts college cide. was founded by the Sisters of Charity over Prof. Skelly freely admitted that the course. He noted that genocide committed response by the student body the College of 160 years ago and is located on 75 park- recent best seller “Bloodlands” by Timothy by leftist regimes is uniquely absent from Mount Saint Vincent has been tremendous. like acres overlooking the Hudson River in Snyder was an inspiration for his new most colleges and universities, and that the Prof. Hunczak’s and Mr. Rud’s presenta- the Riverdale section of the Bronx. No. 50 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2013 5

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ANALYSIS The Ukrainian Weekly A Christmas gift: Ukraine’s visions of the future help the Euro-Maidan by Nadia Diuk As Christmastime approaches, it’s inevitable that we think about giving gifts to all December 3 near and dear to us. This Christmas, we should also remember the courageous peo- Perhaps it was the brutal and bloody ple of Ukraine who are on the barricades of the Euro-Maidan. Many have asked: How attack of the Berkut special forces on the can we help them? What do they need? students and young people protesting One answer to that very pertinent question appeared in last week’s issue. A story peacefully during the previous night that on page 3 noted: “At the request of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, brought people out in such numbers, or the the United Ukrainian American Relief Committee Inc. is sending immediate humani- continuing demands to join Europe despite tarian aid to the hundreds of thousands cold and hungry Ukrainians who have flood- the government’s refusal to sign the offered ed the streets and squares of Kyiv, Lviv and many other cities to protest the Association Agreement in Vilnius. Whatever Ukrainian government’s decision to suspend the process of Ukraine’s Euro- the motivation, thousands of Kyivites integration.” Since then, of course, the demonstrations have turned into so much poured into the streets on December 1. more. It’s no longer just about association with the European Union, but about what Numbers for Kyiv were estimated at many have called a “civilizational choice” for Ukraine and its people. 700,000 and similar meetings throughout The UUARC has a 70-year history of providing assistance wherever it is needed. the country numbered in tens of thousands And, it has the necessary contacts in Ukraine to see that aid is sent to and received – mass demonstrations in Lviv and Lutsk by known and trusted entities. Indeed, a new post on the UUARC website reports with 20,000 and 10,000, and gatherings in that – thanks to monetary donations made here – medications, food, clothing, blan- the hundreds in the usually pro-govern- kets, thermoses, hygienic necessities, etc. have been sent to Kyiv, Lviv, Mykolayiv, ment eastern towns, regions such as Luhansk, Kharkiv and Sumy. As of December 2, the aid provided was in the amount Kharkiv, Luhansk, Mykolaiv, Donetsk and of nearly $35,000. Tax-exempt donations (with the memo: Humanitarian EM) may Symferopol in Crimea. Halfway through the be sent to: UUARC, 1206 Cottman Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19111 (memo: Action EU). second week, the movement is growing and Online donations are accepted at www.uuarc.org. In addition, donations may be consolidating; the small but significant European Ukraine/Facebook made to UUARC accounts at Ukrainian credit unions in Chicago, New York, Confederation of Independent Trade Unions The maidan’s “Christmas tree” decorat- Philadelphia and Yonkers, N.Y. of Ukraine has come out to support the pro- ed with flags of Ukraine and protesters’ Another way to help, as suggested by Andrea Chalupa (see http://bigthink.com/ tests. The crowds swell during the day, with banners. a stalwart core holding the territory of the purpose-inc/euromaidan-how-you-can-help-the-protesters-in-ukraine), is to sup- The main slogans are in support of joining port the work of the independent online broadcaster hromadske.tv. Hromadske has maidan, Kyiv’s central Independence Square, during the night. Europe. People are coming out for a vision been one of the go-to places to see live transmissions and reports from the Euro- of the future not only for themselves but for Maidan, to view history as it unfolds. And it’s all being done on a shoestring budget Blue and yellow, not orange their grandchildren, expressing their hopes based on donations. The staff comprises veteran journalists who left their previous in the language of Europe – for a secure and media jobs due to censorship and many volunteers. The numbers are huge, but there are many elements that make this very different prosperous future, for freedom and democ- Spiegel Online International has described Hromadske (the adjectival form of the racy, free and fair elections, for the dignity of Ukrainian word for “community”) as “the main news organ of the protests against from the “orange” protests of a decade ago. First, are the colors – now it is a sea of blue living in a country with honest leaders. President Viktor Yanukovych.” Its mission statement begins with the simple yet sig- There is complete clarity about what every- nificant words: “We believe that every Ukrainian has the right to be informed.” It and yellow. Most people are carrying the blue-and-yellow national flag of Ukraine one wants – to join Europe. The presence goes on to say that Hromadske aims to fight apathy and aid in the creation of a soci- and initiative of young people, a very visible ety that is able to make decisions and accept responsibility. Log on to hromadske.tv with as many blue flags with the golden cir- cle of stars European flag. And in stark con- change of generations, was very prominent trast to the catchy rap-like riffs and enter- in the first days. to take a look and click on the “Допомогти проєкту” box to make a donation online. tainment of the Orange Revolution, the song Upbeat mood heard most frequently on the maidan is the Ukrainian national anthem, which was sung Despite the huge numbers of people, the Dec. Turning the pages back... every hour, on the hour, throughout the day organization of the maidan looks much dif- by the masses gathered there on Sunday, ferent from a decade ago. On December 1, December 1. there were no platforms for those address- Last year, on December 18, 2012, on the eve of his scheduled ing the protesters and a complete absence 19 visit to Moscow, President Viktor Yanukovych canceled his trip. The atmosphere and organization are also very different. For the first few days, of the big screens and sophisticated sound Many Ukrainian experts were confident that Mr. Yanukovych systems that made the Orange Revolution 2012 would accept President Vladimir Putin’s invitation to join the before the crackdown, the peaceful protests were eschewing all political party banners so visually impressive. Absent too, is the Eurasian Customs Union. line-up of politicians that stood in front of Apparently, gas price agreements had not been finalized, and were not welcoming to the opposition party leaders. Now there is a sense of the Orange protesters for days on end. Gone which led to the postponement of the visit. Unofficially, explanations ranged from too is the overwhelming sense of euphoria – President Putin’s whim to a miraculous softened stance from Brussels on Ukraine’s urgency, some fears and apprehension that the authorities might crack down again, and today’s mood is upbeat, but tempered by an Association Agreement. Ekonomichna Pravda reported on a rescue idea proposed by attitude of resignation and determination. some Ukrainian oligarchs with the resurrection of a RosUkrEnergo-type gas intermediary. a seriousness and gravity that convey a feeling that Ukrainians have matured. Even though the political leaders have Analyst Mykola Riabchuk commented how Mr. Yanukovych was trying to have his cake belatedly put themselves at the head of the and eat it too, by exploiting the economy for the benefit of cronies and kinsmen, yet keep it This started out as the first mass movement in Ukraine “for” a vision and idea – movement, it is clear they had no plans for alive. “How can one imitate a democracy and retain authoritarian power? How can one this kind of uprising and are catching up befriend the West but avoid the burden of incorporating Western values and the rule of whereas the Orange Revolution was pri- marily “against” an authoritarian regime. with the people on the streets. Only late in law in particular? How can one gain concessions from Moscow without conceding one’s the evening of Sunday were the newly mint- own and one’s own clan’s sovereignty?” ed organizers putting up a stage on the “The government seems to believe in the virtual TV world it created for the gullible Nadia Diuk is vice-president, programs, maidan. A council has been formed to coor- population. Nothing the government did within the past two months signals any desire to Europe and Eurasia, Africa, Latin America dinate street actions and all political initia- change course, tame the appetites of the ‘family,’ or carry out comprehensive reforms that and the Caribbean, at the National tives. may be the only way to save the country. Neither the clear popular vote against the incum- Endowment for Democracy. The article A blockade of the Cabinet of Ministers is bents, not the international condemnation of the rigged elections, nor the dire state of the above, posted on December 3 is reprinted ongoing and plans to blockade all govern- Ukrainian economy and even bleaker prospects for the future have compelled the presi- with the author’s permission from ment buildings including the Parliament dent and his team to revise a single item of their impending disastrous polices.” Democracy Digest (www.demdigest.net). Dr. have been announced. Opposition demands Using examples of the policies of the Yanukovych administration, Mr. Riabchuk con- Diuk was in Kyiv, where she saw hundreds now include the resignation of the govern- demned the rubber-stamp passing of the national budget for 2013 by Parliament; the brib- of thousands of people in the streets, sur- ment and pre-term elections for the presi- ery, blackmail and intimidation used to form the parliamentary majority; the return of passing the numbers of Ukraine’s Orange Mykola Azarov as prime minister of Ukraine and the election of Volodymyr Rybak as chair- Revolution of nine years ago. (Continued on page 15) man of the Verkhovna Rada; and the rubber-stamp passage by the Parliament for the law on national referendums, which can be manipulated to keep Mr. Yanukovych in power for two or even three terms. Mr. Riabchuk underscored that the national referendum law is a ticking time bomb that could be more dangerous for Ukraine than joining the Customs Union. NOTICE TO READERS: Mr. Riabchuk stated: “There is no reason to believe that Mr. Yanukovych’s ‘family’ is eager to give up Ukrainian customs to any ‘union’ and deprive themselves of such a pow- Double issue in December erful source of income. The greed of these people might be the best if not the only guard- ian of Ukraine’s sovereignty – at least as long as their personal security in Ukraine is not Due to Christmas schedules, The Ukrainian Weekly will publish one combined under threat. But their incompetence and provincial naiveté can make them (and all the issue at the end of this month that will be dated December 22/December 29, 2013. nation, alas) an easy prey of the seasoned KGB hunters.” Please make a note of this when submitting materials. To be considered for that issue, stories, photos, events listings, advertisements, etc., must be received by Source: “Having the cake and eating it too,” by Mykola Riabchuk, The Ukrainian Weekly, Monday morning, December 16. January 6, 2013. 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COMMENTARY FOR THE RECORD About the December 15 elections: Secretary of state expresses U.S. ‘disgust’ you can’t make this stuff up over violence against peaceful protesters by Askold S. Lozynskyj is the unfair part. The fraud comes in at the Statement by Secretary of State John As Vice-President Biden made clear to ballot box through such egregious practices Kerry on events in Ukraine, released on President Yanukovych during their phone Ukraine is about to hold another election. as ballot stuffing and tabulation irregulari- Tuesday night, December 10, by the U.S. call yesterday, respect for democratic prin- No, Viktor Yanukovych has not resigned and ties. State Department. ciples, including freedom of assembly, is scheduled an early presidential election. On Ukraine is a bit above that and maintains fundamental to the United States’ approach December 15, five parliamentary seats are at least the perception of propriety, regulari- The United States expresses its disgust to Ukraine. This is a universal value not just up for grabs in five districts where the ty and transparency. Legal manipulation is with the decision of Ukrainian authorities an American one. For weeks, we have October 2012 parliamentary election was the mechanism most often employed and to meet the peaceful protest in Kyiv’s called on President Yanukovych and his declared too close or too muddled to call. that manipulation is often primitive, but not Maidan Square with riot police, bulldozers government to listen to the voices of his To muddle matters even further, there contrary to the law. Is the intent to defraud? and batons, rather than with respect for people who want peace, justice and a are 151 candidates running in the repeat Certainly! democratic rights and human dignity. This European future. Instead, Ukraine’s leaders elections for those five seats – an average of The Constitution of Ukraine provides response is neither acceptable nor does it appear tonight to have made a very differ- some 30 per seat. Electoral district No. 94, rather tersely that a national deputy in befit a democracy. ent choice. We call for utmost restraint. which includes the center of Obukhiv in Ukraine’s Parliament could be any natural Last week in Brussels and Moldova, I Human life must be protected. Ukrainian Kyiv Oblast, has 38 candidates running, per- person who is a citizen of Ukraine, has underscored publicly the importance of authorities bear full responsibility for the haps reasonable under the circumstances. attained the age of 21 as of election day, has all sides avoiding violence and called on security of the Ukrainian people. However, what borders on the ridiculous is the right to vote and has lived in Ukraine for President Yanukovych to fulfill the aspi- As church bells ring tonight amidst the that three of those candidates are named five years. The Constitution limits this wide rations of the Ukrainian people. We put smoke in the streets of Kyiv, the United Viktor Mykolayovych Romaniuk. scope of eligibility with the limitation that the government on notice about our con- States stands with the people of Ukraine. What makes Victor Mykolayovych the individual may not have been convicted cern. They deserve better. Romaniuk a special name is that it belongs for an intentional crime (if the conviction has to the opposition (Batkivshchyna party) been expunged, there is no such limitation). candidate who came in a very tight second The election laws and the normative acts in last year’s specious election. The other of the Central Election Commission do not two candidates with exactly the same name limit that wide scope of eligibility much. Statement by European Commission president (What are the odds?) were not nominated They merely require that each candidate Statement by Jose Manuel Barroso, presi- fighting for that European flag, it is because by any political party. They registered as post 13,764 hrv (roughly $1,500) and sub- dent of the European Commission, on the they are also fighting for Ukraine and for independents, if you can believe that. The mit a statement allowing the publication of current situation in Ukraine delivered dur- their future. Because they know that two new Viktor Mykolayovych Romaniuks the candidate’s biography and attesting to ing his opening speech at the New Narrative Europe is not just the land of opportunity did not run in the previous October 2012 termination of any future ties or duties that for Europe conference in Milan on December in terms of economic development, parliamentary elections. may conflict with those of a national deputy. 9. because they have seen what happened in The Shevchenko District in the city of There is no provision for the vetting of the Poland or what happened in the Baltic Kyiv is pretty special too. There are 70 can- aforesaid money or requirements of a cer- My appeal to all the intellectuals, to all countries, but also because Europe is the didates running in district No. 223, which tain number of voter signatures manifesting men and women of culture, to all citizens, is promise of hope and freedom. And I think should muddle the process by itself. Last electoral support or domicile in the voting not to give up to this defeatism, is to have the European Union has the right and the year the candidate of the Svoboda party district. the courage to fight the negative forces duty to stand by the people of Ukraine in came in a very close second. His name is Clearly, some portions of the because yes, the populist forces, the this very difficult moment, because they Yurii Volodymyrovych Levchenko. This time Constitution, various laws and normative extremist forces are negative forces that are giving to Europe one of the greatest there are three Levchenkos running, albeit acts need reform in the long term. In the are today under a theme that is very often contributions that can be given. with different first names and patronymics. immediate present there is a palpable need an anti-European theme, making the reviv- Just yesterday I had a phone call – The two new Levchenkos are registered to inform the electorate in as many ways as al of the all demons of Europe, like extreme another one – with President [Viktor] as independents, if you can believe it. possible of the imminent fraud. nationalism, like xenophobia, sometimes Yanukovych. I asked him to show restraint Neither of the two new Levchenkos ran in This is the duty of the government, civic racism – these are negative values. in the face of these recent developments, to the October 2012 elections. One of the new organizations and the candidates that hope It is important, in face of these challeng- not use force against the people that are Levchenkos does not even reside in the city to prevail. In Ukraine’s case, the government es – instead of keeping ourselves in the demonstrating peacefully, to respect fully of Kyiv, let alone the city’s Shevchenko people are much too corrupt and part of the comfort zone, namely the so called estab- the freedoms that are so important for all District, but then this is not a requirement. problem. Thus, the burden falls upon the lishment parties – to have the courage to go of us in Europe. I have asked him to receive In less democratic countries, elections woefully inadequate civil society and the out and fight, not to give up to those argu- the High Representative/Vice-President of are generally both unfair and fraudulent. candidates themselves. The electorate ments, to explain with reasonable and the Commission Cathy Ashton who will be This is due to the overwhelming disparity in needs to be informed that this is a blatant, rational arguments – sometimes for some in Kyiv already tomorrow and the day after candidates’ access to voters via media chan- albeit quasi-legal attempt to defraud. The of us with emotion – why we care about tomorrow, so she can also have a role in nels and unequal use of resources, including recognition that this is the modus operandi Europe, why Europe is something we must trying to bring some solutions to the very the abuse of administrative resources. This of the current ruling regime intent on self- cherish precisely to defend these values. tense situation that Ukraine is living today. perpetuation is at least a step in the right And if sometimes in Europe some of us And I hope that the European forces will Askold S. Lozynskyj, an attorney at law, is direction. It may not only overcome the con- have doubts about how important these show their commitment to our common an international observer at the upcoming sequences of the intended fraud, but also values are, just look at Ukraine. Those project. Because it is not true that is it just five-district parliamentary elections. expose the current regime for what it is. young people in the streets of Ukraine, with in the Western part of Ukraine. No, most of freezing temperatures, are writing the new the Ukrainians care about a future in peace narrative for Europe. and freedom. And I think we have this duty menting his personal property, without any When we see in the cold streets of Kyiv, to recognize them today. Because precisely Donor to diaspora... comment on Ms. Chornovol’s claims. men and women with the European flag, our history is a history of openness… (Continued from page 2) “The basic problem is that there is no legal mechanism in Ukraine for determin- deputy and chair of a gas industry parlia- ing the innocence or guilt of its oligarchs,” mentary subcommittee and a Prof. Motyl said. Statement by Ministers Sikorski and Bildt Batkivshchyna party member. “Hence, they must demonstrate by their “This whole story finds signs of infring- own actions that they have returned to the Below is the text of a joint statement by reform, we will not be drawn into a ing on the state’s economic interests, which straight and narrow, and we may have no Foreign Affairs Ministers Radoslaw Sikorski meaningless bidding war over Ukraine’s needs the appropriate qualification and choice but to accept this form of penance as of Poland and Carl Bildt of Sweden issued on future. investigation from law enforcement the only kind possible in Ukraine. By the December 1. We agree with Presidents [Herman] Van organs,” Ms. Chornovol wrote. way, one of the consequences of [Yulia] Rompuy and [Jose Manuel] Barroso: “It is She suspected that Mr. Firtash might have Tymoshenko’s illegal imprisonment is that, As the initiators of the Eastern up to Ukraine to freely decide what kind of gained a 40 percent discount for gas pur- when she comes out, she will have been Partnership, we are impressed that so engagement it seeks with the European chased from Gazprom in October – worth an many Ukrainians are braving the cold to Union. We therefore strongly disapprove of morally absolved of her own transgres- estimated $700 million – in exchange for the protest their president’s abrupt decision to the Russian position and actions.” We join sions, and like Milken, will be able to say gains from the $2 billion court ruling, which withdraw from signing the Association them in expressing our support for would mean that the Ukrainian taxpayer she paid the price.” Agreement with the European Union. Ukraine’s sovereignty. actually paid for the discount. Other foreign projects sponsored by Mr. The European Union remains pre- We urge all to keep protests in Kyiv Mr. Firtash’s spokesman, Yevhen Firtash this year include the three-day pared to sign the agreement as soon as peaceful. The peaceful nature of the protest Smaglyuk, declined to comment on the “Days of Ukraine in the U.K.” festival in President [Viktor] Yanukovych is ready to is a true manifestation of European deter- claims. All that was offered by the press London. He also donated $6.7 million to do so, and has pledged to help Ukraine mination. We are convinced that the office of the Presidential Administration establish a Ukrainian studies program at implement its provisions. But in the Ukrainian people will realize their dream was Mr. Yanukovych’s tax records docu- Cambridge University. absence of any evidence of economic of a European future. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2013 No. 50 Fall season in Washington opens Winter songs and music with concerts by Lisitsa, Bouchkov from the Carpathians suffered minor injuries, had performed here a number of times since the 1990s. Ms. Lisitsa, who was born and began her musical career in Ukraine and now lives in the United States, is no newcomer to Washington, having performed here at least four times over the past 10 years. And she has received some very good reviews in the local press. This time, however, it was not only superlative, but by The Washington Post’s leading critic Anne Midgette, who has a reputation of always finding some fault in even the best of musicians’ performances. Not so in this one. “She opened Friday’s concert with a set of Rachmaninoff and showed herself more than equal to the music of that virtuosic composer, setting the piano aquiver, then and throughout the evening, with big pounding chords that left the strings trem- Volodymyr Klyuzko bling and humming in her wake,” Ms. “Koliada: Winter Songs and Music from the Carpathians” features (from left ) Mykola Midgette wrote, noting, however, that “she Ilyuk, Ostap Kostyuk, Vasyl Tymchuk, Ivan Zelenchuk and Mykola Zelenchuk. Pianist Valentina Lisitsa is also a delicate, sensitive, fluid player who can ripple gently over the keys with the by Ihor Slabicky the lady of the household, comparing her to by Yaro Bihun unctuous smoothness of oil.” Her program the bright star and the rising sun. They also included works by Prokofiev, Chopin NEW YORK – The CD “Koliada: Winter next perform “Tylynka,” an enticing dance WASHINGTON – This year’s fall concert and Liszt. Songs and Music from the Carpathians” tune on the tylynka, tsymbaly, and violin, season in the capital city area by Ukrainian The reviewer also had words of praise wonderfully presents traditions from deep accompanied by the drum and cymbal. The musicians got off on an impressive high for Ms. Lisitsa’s “rhetorical” approach: “The in the magnificent Carpathian Mountains. It next song is the spivanka “Still the River note on November 15 with pianist music was offered in big, long stretches of features Mykola Ilyuk, Olena Kostyuk, Flows” (Teche Richka), a rhyming song about the fame of the Hutsuls. Valentina Lisitsa playing at the Library of sound, like part of an ongoing discussion, Ostap Kostyuk, Vasyl Tymchuk and Ivan Zelenchuk. “Jaw Harps” (A Ya Drymbu Sobi Kuplyu) Congress and violinist Marc Bouchkov per- picking up the threads of something that The Koliada that they present is a winter features the ensemble playing their jaws forming the following day at the Lyceum in was going on, and will continue, in her head.” ritual in the Carpathian Mountains. Now harps (“drymba”) and singing of a woman Old Town Alexandria, Va. The Lyceum stage, where Ms. Lisitsa per- coincident with Christmas, it is much older who insists on buying a drymba despite the But classical music lovers here also had formed in 2004, was part of the annual to endure a very sad and painful note three in origin and symbolism. Koliada is consid- possibility of having to go shoeless. An music series organized by The Washington ered to be the most important event of the incredibly lively “Arkan” follows. The weeks later – the tragic news that pianist Group Cultural Fund. The 2013-2014 series and Eastman School of Music professor year, with the belief that spring and a pros- “Shaker” (Trypotinnia) is another lively began on November 16 with the perous autumnal harvest will not come to song in which the koliadnyky tell of the fine Tatiana Tchekina died in an auto accident Washington debut for Mr. Bouchkov, near Rochester, N.Y., on December 7. She the village unless these songs are sung in and rich manner in which the master of the every household, to everything that house has hosted them. “Polka,” delicately and her husband, violinist Oleh Krysa, who (Continued on page 14) breathes. These songs are incantations that played on the tsymbaly, and a “Hutsulka” carry with them the magical power of that puts the tylynka, tsymbaly, violin, words in that “what is said, so will be.” drum and cymbal through their paces, add The album re-enacts this traditional visit to the festivities. by the koliadnyky (carolers) to each house The koliadnyky complete their koliada in their village, in which they sing songs that with “Ritual Round Dance for Bees” will ensure the health and wealth of the (Kruhliak), in which they wish the bees to coming year. The CD opens with “Trembita,” have robust hives and pollinate many flow- with the trembity, or Carpathian mountain ers. The album ends with “Taking Leave,” a horns, heralding the koliadnyky. parting song in which the koliadnyky wish Next, they perform the “Winter Ritual much goodness to the household. Dance,” during which they sing “My Slavni The koliada musicians and Virlana Gazdy,” this being a dance (plies) outside Tkacz and the Yara Arts Group produced the house that announces them. They then the “Koliada” CD, which may be purchased inquire “Is the Master Home?” (Tsy Doma, during the December appearances of the Doma, Pan Hospodar?), singing the praises Koliadnyky from Kryvorivnia in Toronto, or of the wealth of the household. by making a check out to Yara Arts Group Yaro Bihun They continue with “Greeting the for $15, plus $5 shipping, and sending it to Marc Bouchkov (left) with Zino and Natalia Bogachek playing Antonin Dvorak’s Guests,” a lively dance melody, followed by Yara Arts Group, 306 E. 11th St. No. 3B, Terzetto as an encore to their concert at The Lyceum. “Bright Star” (V Nedilu Rano) which praises New York, NY 10003. Pianist and music professor Tatiana Tchekina dies in car crash PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Pianist and assistant professor of ber music at the Kyiv Conservatory. In 2002, Prof. accompanying at the Eastman School of Music, Tatiana Tchekina joined the faculty at Eastman, and in 2004 she Tchekina of Rochester, N.Y., died early Saturday, was an official accompanist at the David Oistrakh December 7, after she was involved in a head-on colli- International Violin Competition in Odesa and in 2008 at sion. She was 69. the Qindago International Violin Competition in China. Her husband, violinist Oleh Krysa, who was riding in Her acclaimed solo career included chamber music the front passenger seat, survived the crash with minor recitals with her husband in major concert halls across injuries. four continents, as well as at major music festivals. She “Prof. Tchekina was a valued member of our faculty regularly taught masterclasses in Japan. who influenced the lives of the many students with Since 1967 Prof. Tchekina had recorded 20 CDs on the whom she collaborated on performances and competi- Melodiya, BIS, Triton, TNC and Russian disc labels with tions,” said Jamal Rossi, dean of the Eastman School of her husband, and the couple had championed contempo- Music. “As a world-class musician, she had an interna- rary music, recordings by composer Alfred Schnittke, tional career both as a solo pianist and in collaboration Ukrainian composers Boris Lyatoshynsky and Myroslav with Prof. Krysa. Our thoughts are with Oleh and their Tatiana Tchekina Skoryk and others, and had several works dedicated to family and friends at the very difficult time.” them. They also occasionally performed with their sons, The collision occurred Saturday night after her vehicle ed Cpl. John Helfer of the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office. violinist Peter Krysa of Vancouver and conductor Taras was struck by Thomas Rome, 37, of Kirkwood, N.Y., who Born in Moscow on January 25, 1944, to a family of Krysa of Las Vegas. was traveling the wrong way on I-490. Charges are pend- singers, Prof. Tchekina studied at the Moscow and Kyiv Prof. Tchekina is survived by her husband and sons; ing for Mr. Rome, who suffered serious injuries, was conservatories; she taught accompanying at the Gnesin grandson, Konstantin; brother, Alexander; and sister, unconscious at the scene and smelled of alcohol, report- Musical and Pedagogical Institute in Moscow and cham- Ludmila. 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The Christmas season is a time when families and friends come together to enjoy a wonderful holiday, great food and, especially, to exchange best wishes for the new year. At a time when technology plays the biggest role in how we stay connected, sending and receiving a Christmas card via the traditional mail route feels so special and personal! Over the years, the Ukrainian National Association has published Christmas cards designed by various Ukrainian artists, who, with their own style and vision, depicted a Ukrainian Moreno, Aileen, age 14, Chicago, IL Christmas. This year’s special collection of cards includes drawings created by the youngest members of our community, the future artists of tomorrow. We asked these young ❄members to send in their vision of Christmas and, although Bazylevsky, Hannah, age 10, Malibu, CA only 12 entries were selected for the published cars, we ap- preciate every child's participation! As always, the proceeds from the sale of the cards are assigned to Soyuzivka, where children’s camps and programs are held. We ask that you support this Christmas card project and encourage all the children who participat- ed and shared their talents with us. Please forward your donations to the Ukrainian National Foundation (UNF) a 501 (c) (3) foundation. All donations are tax exempt as permitted by law. * Krutnyk, Jana, age 8, Niles, IL

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Street, where the Presidential Administration is located; assaulted journalists to prevent them from broadcasting the Ukraine authorities... both sides of the Cabinet of Ministers building on night’s events. Hrushevsky Street; and on Bohomolets Street, where the By morning, Berkut troops were lined up alongside (Continued from page 3) headquarters of the Internal Affairs Ministry is located. Instytutska Street on the maidan’s eastern edge, taking con- Each was guarded by several dozen protesters and was trol of only a small part of it. They listened to calls by “Naturally there will be repressions,” Mr. Karasiov said. constructed of wooden boards and crates, park benches, Ukrainian Catholic Bishop Borys Gudziak from the maidan “They’ve already begun, but there’s another issue: Will the metal grates for trees and metal police barricades that fell stage to refrain from using force against peaceful protesters. government be able to bring society under its control? I into the opposition’s possession. Pitched tents provided Ruslana called on Lviv residents to travel to Kyiv to offer don’t think so! Neither the elites, not the lower class in cover from the snow and firewood burning in metal trash more support for the maidan. Among those responding to Ukraine want a return to Russia. That’s threatening for bins offered warmth. the call were the deputies of the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast Ukrainian oligarchs as well. Therefore, a wide coalition of Yet a campaign conducted by hundreds of Berkut special Council (they later held a session on the maidan on oligarchs and the masses can unite now around preventing forces and internal army soldiers during the early morning December 12). Deputies of the Ternopil City Council also a return to Russia.” of December 10 had succeeded in removing these barri- came. Meanwhile, local Euro-Maidans in Lviv, Lutsk, Few observers believed Mr. Yanukovych would pursue a cades, injuring about a dozen protesters in the process. Chernivtsi and Dnipropetrovsk decided to close up shop Customs Union agreement with Russia because of the In the operations, government-hired “titushky” (plain- and pack their bags for Kyiv. threat it posed to the wealth of Ukraine’s oligarchs. The lack clothes thugs) provoked the police officers by starting shov- Anticipating a raid on the Kyiv City Council, its demon- of rule of law and lifting of trade barriers would open the ing matches, giving them the pretext to move in on the strators spent the dark early morning hours pouring water door to Russian oligarchs acquiring assets in Ukraine, leav- on its steps and the sidewalk in front, which quickly froze in ing local oligarchs vulnerable. the 5- to 15-degree (Fahrenheit) air. While Mr. Yanukovych sees Russia as the key to retaining In broad daylight, at about 9 a.m. on December 11, power in Ukraine, there are signs that other oligarchs are Berkut units attempted to storm the Kyiv City Council, only starting to distance themselves from him. to be thwarted by at least 400 demonstrators, who physi- Billionaire Victor Pinchuk has supported his mass media cally pushed away the bus containing soldiers. Several outlets in covering the protests, as has billionaire natural hours later, hundreds of Berkut troops retreated from their gas trader Dmytro Firtash, who controls the largest televi- posts at the maidan. sion network, Inter. Confectionary giant Petro Poroshenko Their departure gave Euro-Maidan participants a chance has openly supported the Euro-Maidan and his television to recuperate and regroup. Drawing on their Kozak heri- network, 5 Kanal (Channel 5), has been actively covering tage, they organized themselves into “sotni” (companies of the events. 100) and “polky” (regiments) to rebuild the damaged barri- “Though Yanukovych helped boost their fortunes, the oli- cades and account for injuries. garchs are now nervous as their businesses face credit-rat- They filled bags with snow and stacked them on the new ings downgrades and the potential loss of export markets,” barricades, doubling their height to about 10 to 12 feet. To Bloomberg Businessweek reported on December 11. create a sealant, they poured water onto the bags, which The Euro-Maidan, which began with a few hundred pro- froze into ice. testers on November 22 – before the EU’s Eastern Dozens of Western diplomats have visited the Euro- Partnership Summit in Vilnius – has followed a pattern of Maidan to lend their support, most notably U.S. Assistant swelling to hundreds of thousands of protesters on the Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs weekends, before returning to tens of thousands during the Victoria Nuland and the EU’s foreign affairs and security weekdays and a few thousand on weekday nights. policy chief, Catherine Ashton. About half a million to 800,000 protesters returned to They arrived on December 11 and met separately with the maidan over the weekend of December 7-8, repeating President Yanukovych in a suburban Kyiv location because the previous weekend’s estimated result. A similar amount he no longer had access to the Presidential Administration. is expected this weekend. Some sources gave figures of well Ms. Ashton met with Mr. Yanukovych for three and a half over 1 million for the number of people gathered on hours, at which time he reportedly assured her that he was December 8 in Kyiv. going to resolve the conflict via negotiations. That very “The Russians have underestimated one thing: Ukraine night, however, the assault was ordered on the maidan, has a national spirit that Russia doesn’t have,” Mr. Karasiov which Ms. Ashton had visited just hours earlier. said. “It unites many strata of society, and now the oligarchs.” Experts believe the decision was made by either or both What the protesters won’t see on the streets of central Mr. Yanukovych and National Security and Defense Council Kyiv this time is the statue of Vladimir Lenin that stood for Petro Zadorozhnyi/LUFA Chair Andrii Kliuyev. Mr. Yatsenyuk called it “spitting in the 67 years at the intersection of Kyiv’s main boulevard, the An opposition supporter slams a sledgehammer onto face” of Ms. Ashton and Ms. Nuland, who had just visited. Khreshchatyk, and Taras Shevchenko Boulevard. the statue of Vladimir Lenin on December 8 that had After the December 11 maidan assault, Ms. Ashton met Interrupting what was otherwise a relatively tame day of just been toppled in central Kyiv by nationalists. with Mr. Yanukovych again, stating afterwards that the EU protests on December 8, about 200 protesters wearing won’t interfere with his dialogue with the opposition, “but masks – many of them reportedly members of the Svoboda peaceful protesters, penetrating in rows through their forts we’re ready to offer support.” She told Mr. Yanukovych that nationalist party – marched from the occupied Kyiv City and forcing them out to the sides. he can’t continue to respond to the opposition with force, Council building towards the Lenin statue at Bessarabska The Berkut engaged in a more challenging operation the which provokes citizens to bigger protests, and that he Square. next morning, attempting to remove the barricades on the needed to engage in dialogue. She called for the release of They threw cables around the Lenin statue and yanked maidan’s perimeter on both the Khreshchatyk and those arrested during the December 1 protests at Bankova the 11-foot reddish monument off its 22-foot black pedes- Instytutska Street. As they advanced, kicking those in front Street and for investigations of police brutality. tal, sending it crashing to the black granite foundation of them, maintenance workers removed the barricades bit In response, the Ukrainian government began releasing plates below and causing its head to break off. by bit. prisoners, but in some cases levied fines or imposed house The culprits ran off amidst an ecstatic crowd that took They spent hours battling with protesters to remove the arrests against them. turns smashing a sledgehammer against the fallen monu- thick barricade of wood and metal on the Khreshchatyk The U.S. government offered stronger condemnations, as ment, chiseling off chunks and keeping them as souvenirs. (between Independence and European squares), attempt- Secretary of State John Kerry declared the government’s “dis- Though most pro-Western Ukrainians supported the ing to push the protesters off Instytutska Street onto the gust with the decision of Ukrainian authorities to meet the monument’s destruction, many were critical of the timing Independence Square (the maidan). peaceful protests in Kyiv’s Maidan Square with riot police, out of concern that the Euro-Maidan would be portrayed as While they succeeded in that task, they failed to remove tear gas and batons, rather than with respect for democratic violent. the barricade on Instytutska Street. Nor were the Berkut rights and human dignity” (see the full text on page 7). “We don’t need any barbaric acts. We condemn acts of forces able to free the street altogether, and it remained Visiting the maidan on the morning of the assaults to dis- vandalism, wildness, violence and everything that can dis- blocked at the entrance to the Trade Union Building, which tribute food items to demonstrators and police alike, Ms. unite and divide Ukrainians. No monument is worth the fate serves as a critical source of supplies for the Euro-Maidan. Nuland said attempts to forcefully clear the Maidan are of the maidan,” said Ruslana, who spent many nights on the “Kyiv, wake up! Rise up, Kyiv!” Ruslana shouted from the unacceptable. Euro-Maidan stage inspiring the protesters to stay active stage. Her nervous singing of the Ukrainian national Since the police beatings of November 30 and December and on guard throughout the night. anthem only served to heighten the tensions, said 1, the government has offered no resignations; both the “We don’t want to be far from the European standards Oleksander Paraschiy, a protester who was there that night. Kyiv police chief, Valerii Mazan, and Internal Affairs and principles of humanism. At a time when our peaceful All women and teenagers were commanded to hide under Minister Vitalii Zakharchenko remain in their posts. initiative needs everyone’s solidarity and unity around the the maidan stage. In his first broadcast reaction to the events, Mr. maidan, and peaceful protests until the resignation of the Fortunately, the few thousand who were on guard to Yanuokvych held a pre-recorded, televised roundtable with criminal government, smashing monuments and calls to fend off the Berkut between 1 and 3 a.m. on December 11 Ukraine’s three former presidents, an event largely dis- aggression are no different than a movement in the oppo- swelled to about 15,000 supporters by 5 a.m., once word missed by the public. site direction of Euro-integration and a humane society,” spread that the maidan was under assault. Among his claims were that both sides were responsible Ruslana explained. During the assault, a few dozen were injured, mostly from for the violence that erupted the weekend of November Photos of the Lenin statue crashing to the ground and the protest side. Among them was Svoboda National Deputy 30-December 1, vowing to dismiss those police officers protesters smashing it to pieces caused global news head- Andrii Illyenko, who received a blow to his head with a club. responsible – which has yet to be reported – and to arrest lines and drew additional attention to the Euro-Maidan, Protesters largely refrained from violence against the demonstrators, at least a dozen of whom have already been which had survived for three weeks, starting off with a few police. A group of teenage internal army soldiers grew terri- imprisoned, along with journalists. hundred people on November 22 – mostly students – and fied when they found themselves cut off and surrounded by “The main signal was that the president of Ukraine swelling to several hundred thousand after nine days. the opposition, said Mr. Paraschiy. But they were allowed to decides everything,” political observer Oleksandr As of December 12, the territory under the Euro- leave the territory unharmed. [Critics have accused the gov- Mykhelson wrote about the roundtable. “He can free from Maidan’s control remained the main Independence Square, ernment of using the internal army soldiers – poorly experi- prison those he thinks need to be, and without any pardon. the adjacent Trade Union Building that provides much of its enced 18- to 20-year-olds as a form of cannon fodder to make I am not even talking about the law. But from this emerges supplies and support, and the Kyiv City Council building it appear on television as though youths are being attacked.] that he can imprison those he wants to and cover himself several hundred feet away on the Khreshchatyk. Shields that were taken from the police were immediate- with the ‘independence’ of the courts and investigators. We New barricades had emerged on both edges of Bankova ly tossed aside. Meanwhile, titushky were reported to have saw this with our own eyes today.” 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2013 No. 50

test actions to support the “prisoners of to expand. Their actions followed a major more than 19 million times via RFE/RL’s NEWSBRIEFS Bankova Street” will also be held in other pro-EU demonstration on Independence PangeaTV service. Organizers have (Continued from page 2) Ukrainian towns and cities. On December Square on December 8 that attracted hun- streamed the video to protesters on the 1, security officers and protesters upset dreds of thousands of people. Meanwhile, streets of Kyiv, and local broadcast media, urged a complete investigation and said with the government over its failure to sign RFE/RL correspondents estimated that including the popular site Ukrayinska that if the Ukrainian special forces were a key European Union accord clashed in about 500,000 protesters remained gath- Pravda, have also promoted the live video responsible, “the competent authorities front of the Presidential Administration. ered in and around Independence Square stream. CNN aired live video from the Several protesters were arrested. (RFE/RL in central Kyiv, with many roads in that must explain their actions and be held Service on December 4, as have numerous Ukrainian Service) area also blocked off by the crowd, cars and RFE/RL Services and VOA’s Ukrainian accountable.” Cenzore.net’s editor, Yuriy buses, and protest tents. The day saw wild- Service, while The New York Times, Butusov, told RFE/RL that late on Tens of thousands in government district ly varying estimates of crowd numbers, Bloomberg, Financial Times, The Atlantic, December 9 unidentified armed and from 60,000 by police to “nearly a million,” Jerusalem Post and CNBC cited RFE/RL’s masked people raided the offices of the KYIV – Masked demonstrators in Kyiv in the words of Vitali Klitschko, the leader Ukraine coverage in their reporting. The three media outlets and removed all serv- on December 8 toppled a statue of the of the opposition UDAR (Ukrainian service’s in-depth analysis of the Ukrainian ers and databases. The three mass media Soviet Union’s founder, Vladimir Lenin, as protests demanding senior government Democratic Alliance for Reform) party. government’s decision to back away from outlets belong to representatives of the RFE/RL correspondent Tom Balmforth an Association Agreement with the opposition Batkivshchyna party. (RFE/RL resignations and fresh elections continued to rage in the Ukrainian capital. “Goodbye, described the crowd as disciplined and European Union, and the unrest resulting Ukrainian Service) Communist legacy,” Andriy Shevchenko, an said patrols of protesters had been orga- from that decision, has also drawn massive Protesters at journalist’s hearing opposition lawmaker, wrote on Twitter. nized to try and pre-empt any efforts by numbers of visitors to radiosvoboda.org, The spokesman of Ukrainian Prime “provocateurs” to give police grounds to which has recorded nearly 3.8 million visits KYIV – About 50 protesters picketed Minister Mykola Azarov called the felling of forcibly disperse the crowd, as happened a since November 24 (87 percent from Kyiv’s Court of Appeals building, where the statue “barbarism.” Opposition leaders week ago at the same spot. (RFE/RL) Ukraine), including 575,000 on December hearings were being held on December 10 2 alone, RFE/RL noted in a December 6 denied any link to the action. RFE/RL cor- Ukrainians turn to RFE/RL for coverage into the appeal of a journalist detained in respondents in Kyiv reported late on news released. (RFE/RL) connection with recent political protests. December 8 that more than 100,000 dem- WASHINGTON – Unprecedented num- RFE/RL disrupted by Internet attacks The protesters are chanting, “Freedom to onstrators had swarmed into the neighbor- bers of Ukrainians are turning to RFE/RL political prisoners!” Journalist Valeriy hood that includes the Parliament, and its Ukrainian Service, known locally as WASHINGTON – RFE/RL has been expe- Harahuts is one of several people arrested Presidential Administration and govern- Radio Svoboda, as a vital source of authori- riencing Distributed Denial of Service, or for allegedly organizing anti-government ment headquarters in an attempt to block- tative news about Kyiv’s Euro-Maidan pro- DDoS, attacks intermittently since 5 a.m. protests on Bankova Street near the ade the area. Demonstrators were setting tests. Since November 25, the service’s live EST Sunday, December 8. RFE/RL technical Presidential Administration building in up protest tent camps on the streets of the video stream from the protests on staff is currently working to isolate fake Kyiv on December 1. One of the protesters, government district and erecting barri- Independence Square (maidan) and else- (Continued on page 15) Oleksandr Solontay, told RFE/RL that pro- cades as the area being blocked continued where in the capital city, has been accessed

response to a standing ovation – Antonin Fall season... Dvorak’s Terzetto. (Continued from page 8) The next TWG Cultural Fund concert at TO PLACE YOUR AD CALL WALTER HONCHARYK (973) 292-9800 x3040 the Lyceum on December 6 featured two or e-mail [email protected] a violinist who was born in France into a recent winners of International family of Ukrainian musicians and began Competition for Young Pianists in Memory his musical studies and career there. He is a of Vladimir Horowitz in Kyiv – Roman SERVICES PROFESSIONALS recipient of numerous awards at interna- Lopatynskyi, who won first prize in the tional competitions, the latest this year in intermediate group in 2010, and Montreal. Aleksandra Kasman, second-prize winner Joining him on the Lyceum stage were in the junior group in 2008. two musicians already well-known and The sad news about Ms. Tchekina from appreciated in this area: Ukrainian Rochester came on the following day. She American violinist Zino Bogachek, who last performed here on February 19 at the plays in Washington’s National Opera Kennedy Center Millennium Stage, accom- Orchestra at the John F. Kennedy Center for panying one of her students who was fea- the Performing Arts, and Natalia Bogachek, tured among the best musicians at his wife, who also plays at the JFK Center America’s leading music schools. She and with the National Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Krysa performed twice in the TWGCF In the first half of the concert, Mr. music series, in 2010 and 2003, and in Bouchkov dazzled the audience with his 1999 they performed here in the National stylistic interpretations of J. S. Bach’s Gallery of Art Sunday concert series. “Chaconne,” Myroslav Skoryk’s “Caprice,” The Fall Cultural Fund also sponsored a Eugene-Auguste Ysay’s Sonata No. 5, and film screening on November 22 at the brought them to their feet with Heinrich Ukrainian Embassy of the Kyiv Ivan Franko Wilhelm Ernst’s “The Last Rose of National Theater production of Irena Kowal’s Summer.” After intermission, along with play “The Lion and the Lioness,” starring Zino and Natalia Bogachek, they performed the late Bohdan Stupka as Lev Tolstoy and Beethoven’s Trio and Terzetto, and – in Polina Lazova as his wife Sonia Tolstoy.

tute sanctions against those responsible for Freedom House... any further violent crackdown.” (Continued from page 1) Kyiv has been packed with pro-Europe- an and pro-democratic protesters, who the EU and ignoring protesters’ demands occupied several government buildings to that the government work on behalf of the press their demands that Mr. Yanukovych people.” resign and that Ukraine move forward with OPPORTUNITIES On December 9, Ukrainian authorities plans to integrate with the EU. Protests began dismantling the barricades and tent have also spread across the country. A vote camps of peaceful protesters in of no confidence in the government of EARN EXTRA INCOME! Independence Square and also entered the Prime Minister Mykola Azarov fell short on The Ukrainian Weekly is looking offices of at least one opposition newspa- December 3 but showed support for the for advertising sales agents. per as well as web-based television and government to be slipping. For additional information contact news sites. Police acted a day after hun- “The government’s about-face on Walter Honcharyk, Advertising Manager, dreds of thousands of protesters took to European association, its disregard for the The Ukrainian Weekly, 973-292-9800, ext 3040. the streets in the largest demonstrations protesters’ demands, and readiness to use since protests began last month over the violence against them have sapped the pub- government’s decision not to pursue closer lic’s trust in the authorities,” Mr. Kramer ties with the European Union. said. “Ukraine’s crisis can be resolved only “The best thing Yanukovych could do, by compromise among civil and political WANT IMPACT? given his decision to break up the protests, forces and a return to European integration.” Run your advertisement here, would be to announce his resignation to Freedom House is an independent pave the way for early presidential elections,” watchdog organization that supports dem- in The Ukrainian Weekly’s Mr. Kramer said. “The U.S. and EU should ocratic change, monitors the status of free- CLASSIFIEDS section. pressure the government to heed protesters’ dom around the world, and advocates for legitimate demands and, if necessary, insti- democracy in human rights. No. 50 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2013 15

geted RFE/RL’s Belarus service in 2008. and several years of police service. They NEWSBRIEFS (RFE/RL) The Euro-Maidan... total 3,000 nationally, according to Oleh (Continued from page 14) (Continued from page 3) Martynenko, a lawyer with the Ukrainian Arms dealers to be transferred home Helsinki Human Rights Union. Berkut traffic and block further disruption to its KYIV – Two Ukrainian arm dealers sen- Musor – the Russian term for garbage, means golden eagle. operations, and every effort is being made tenced for bribery in Kazakhstan will serve often used to refer to law enforcement Vnutrishni viiska – literally translated authorities. to maintain access to RFE/RL content on all their six-year prison terms in their home- as “internal armies,” they comprise about Berkut – a special forces division of the 17,000 mostly young, inexperienced 18- to platforms. “We are reporting this attack in land. The Ukrainian Justice Ministry said on Internal Affairs Ministry (national police 20-year-old soldiers who are armed simi- response to the needs of our audiences, December 4 that an agreement had been force) used to deal with mass protests. larly as the Berkut. They are organized who rely on RFE/RL reporting,” said RFE/ reached with Kazakh authorities, in which Unlike regular police officers, they are hel- under the Internal Affairs Ministry. An RL President and CEO Kevin Klose. “RFE/ top officials of a Ukrainian state company, meted, carry shields and are armed with additional 4,000 soldiers with military RL stands for the essential right to freely Ukrspetseskport, would be transferred to batons and tear gas. They are among the experience serve in the ministry’s special impart, receive and exchange information, Ukraine soon. Oleksandr Shkolyarenko and most experienced police officers, having forces divisions that deal with organized and we condemn this interference with our Oleksandr Khrulyov were arrested in completed military service, police academy crime and terrorism. mission and our work, especially as January in Kazakhstan and charged with momentous events are taking place around paying a $200,000 bribe to the chief of the us. We believe the attacks may be targeted Kazakh Defense Ministry’s Directorate for and appeal to our audiences to stay with us Arms, Maj. Gen. Almaz Asenov, to expedite Our beloved mother and grandmother, and not be deterred.” A DDoS attack floods deals related to military aircraft. Mr. Asenov the target with fake requests that come also was arrested. In July Mr. Asenov was Daria I. Kurylowich Bylow from thousands, or even millions, of com- sentenced to 11 years in jail; the two passed away at 90 years of age puters that have been compromised or Ukrainians each received six years. A court in infected with viruses or malware. RFE/RL Almaty upheld the sentences in September. on December 5, 2013. experienced a similar DDoS attack on its (RFE/RL, based on reporting by delo.ua, Born in Stanislaviv, Ukraine, in 1923, she grew up in Pidkamin and Pinc- operations last month. A DDoS attack tar- Komsomolskaya Pravda and Interfax) zow, and studied architecture in Vienna, Austria. Daria married fellow Ukrai- nian Dr. Lubomyr Bylow in Prague, Czechoslovakia, in 1945 and emigrated to the U.S. in 1949. They settled happily in Binghamton, NY. Widowed in Ukrainian Americans for their great sup- 1987, she continued on her adventures, moving to Clifton Park, NY, and Holodomor... port and keeping memory about traveling for some years, including several trips to her beloved Ukraine. Holodomor-Genocide for all those years,” (Continued from page 1) also expressed his certainty that the monu- Daria is predeceased by her husband Lubomyr and her daughter Anita ment will remind all Ukrainians about their Dopko. the use of the violence that has occurred in duty to do “everything to turn Ukraine into Ukraine and to support the need for an She is survived by her daughter Joan Fox and spouse Stuart, and grand- a developed democratic country that forms children Zoryanna Dopko Slater, Adam Fox, Dmytro Dopko, Carolyn Fox, inclusive dialogue that hopefully can end an integral part of a united Europe.” and son-in-law Vinkentee Dopko. the violence and allow Ukraine to move as “The signing of the Association it wishes – to be part of the larger She will be remembered for her independent spirit, love of the outdoors, Agreement should pave the way to that goal, and her positive outlook on life. European community, which will welcome which today is being strongly supported the Ukrainian nation.” throughout Ukraine,” he said. “And that sign- Funeral services were held at Sacred Heart Ukrainian Catholic Church, Mr. Sawkiw, in his introductory remarks, ing, I believe, will unite around European 230 Ukrainian Hill Rd, Johnson City, NY 13790, at 1:00 p.m. on December 13, 2013. also focused on the current events in Kyiv: values all Ukrainians – from the east to the “Those demonstrating in the freezing cold west and from the north to the south.” In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Sacred Heart Ukrainian in Kyiv understand their past, and their Following the ceremony at the Catholic Church or to The Ukrainian Museum, 222 E 6th St, New York, NY only hope and solution to prevent such Holodomor site, a small group of Ukrainian 10003. horrors such as the Holodomor is to Americans went to demonstrate their soli- remain an integral part of Europe and away darity with the protesters in Ukraine by from the savagery of neighboring despots. rallying in front of the Embassy of Ukraine, The best way to honor the sacrifices of the where Ambassador Motsyk came out to past, of the millions needlessly murdered discuss the issues with them. during the Holodomor, is to continue to In addition to the Baltimore-Washington fight for a strong, independent, democratic Ukrainian American community members and prosperous future for Ukraine.” attending the Holodomor groundbreaking In turn, Ambassador Motsyk, while ceremony, small groups also came from expressing his “deepest appreciation to all New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

protesters have at least twice tried to pro- Ukraine’s visions... voke violence and retaliation from the (Continued from page 6) police and special forces. The political and With deep sorrow we announce to family and friends, civic leaders are calling continuously for that by the will of God, dency and Parliament. Opposition parlia- people to resist provocation and to maintain mentarians are pushing for a vote of no con- the peaceful and lawful protest. Roman Bohdan Kobryn fidence in the government to start the pro- The huge effect of social media is also cess, although a successful vote will need somewhat new. In addition to excellent passed into eternity at the age of 87 further defections from the pro-government reporting by Channel 5 – once more the on November 26, 2013, in Iselin, NJ. parties. leader for TV reporting as in 2004 – there Rumors that a state of emergency might has been live streaming by several Internet Born on June 26, 1926, he was a veteran of the 1st Ukranian Division be imposed are being taken seriously, bus- TV outlets, notably the newly established of the Ukrainian National Army. Public TV (Hromadske TV) that live- loads of special services from far away Left in deep sorrow: Crimea and Mykolaiv have been identified, streamed the attack by provocateurs out- people with iPhones are sending photos to side the Presidential Administration wife - Olga née Sacharko Building. Facebook is providing news and the independent media outlets, and there son - Roman, Jr. with wife Danielle also information on where to park cars to are reports of 5,000 “sportsmen” heading to nephew - Ihor Gill block unwanted government vehicles from Kyiv to conduct provocations that would be extended family in the US and Ukraine. entering the maidan and where to bring an excuse for a crackdown. food and warm clothes. He was predeceased by sisters Irena Zukovskyj and Wolodymyra Gill. In one statement, which came across to Whichever way this all develops, there is the public as ridiculous and without any a distinct sense that Ukraine is moving for- Panakhyda was held on November 29, 2013, at Lytwyn & Lytwyn sense of the reality both in its delivery and ward through a learning process. Another Funeral Home in Union, NJ. its content, President Viktor Yanukovych generation of young protesters has once The Requiem Mass was held on November 30, 2013, at St. John claimed that the Berkut had been sum- more led the way to express Ukrainian’s moned (from Crimea?!) by the Kyiv city aspirations, but for the first time it is for a the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church in Newark, NJ. Interment took authorities, who needed to clear the square clearly articulated vision of a future in place at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Elkins Park, PA. in order to put up a Christmas tree! The Europe. Civic leaders have learned that for Вічна Йому пам’ять! metal frame for the unfortunate Christmas all the power of people on the streets, they tree now stands bare, adorned only by pro- need a political plan to consolidate the Donations in memory of Roman Kobryn can be made to: test banners. Parts of it have been used to changes they want; the political opposition construct the makeshift barricades that now leaders are learning that they should be Veterans’ News The Ukrainian Museum St. John the Baptist block access for large vehicles to the maidan. humbled by the sense of responsibilities of c/o Mrs. Olga Kobryn 222 East 6th Street UC Church Another difference from previous pro- leadership for such a massive social upris- 607 Hampton Ln. New York, NY 10003 719 Sanford Ave. tests is the level of violence, bloodied heads ing, which will not forgive them if they fail a Iselin, NJ 08830 Newark, NJ 07106 and provocations. Masked men posing as second time. 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2013 No. 50 No. 50 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2013 17 Parma rally protests Kyiv’s suspension of steps toward EU PARMA, Ohio – Dozens of local Ukrainian Americans gathered at Parma City Hall on Saturday, November 23, to protest Ukraine’s decision to suspend preparations for association and a trade deal with the European Union. According to Marta Liscynesky-Kelleher, president of United Ukrainian Organizations of Ohio, “Ukraine’s government continues to fail to recognize that they are located in Europe, not in Russia. Ukraine’s November 21 decree halts preparation for signing the trade and political agreement one week before the EU summit, an abrupt reversal. It is time for Ukraine to join the European Union, not a new Soviet Union.” Parma Mayor Tim DeGeeter added his support: “Today, I stand with the Ukrainian American community of Parma and all Ukrainians around the world, as they rally to call for Ukraine’s integration into the European Union. I support our sister city’s mayor, the mayor of Lviv [Andriy Sadovyi], who has called for a national mobilization to urge the president of Ukraine to immediately take the necessary steps in order to sign the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement in Vilnius, Lithuania, on November 28-29, 2013. Ukraine’s only choice is in Europe.” The blustery winds and snow did not deter the crowd nor Bishop John Bura, Bishop Emeritus Robert Moskal, clergy, Parma City Council President Sean Brennan, Councilman Allan Divis and Councilman Andy Schofield Yevhen Hulenko from attending the rally. Cleveland-area Ukrainian Americans demonstrate in support of Ukraine’s Euro-integration. New York supports Euro-Maidan

Markian Hadzewycz NEW YORK – A sea of blue and yellow once again filled the streets near Ukraine’s Consulate General in New York, this time on Sunday afternoon, December 8, the same day that the “March of Millions” was taking place in Kyiv to protest the policies of the Yanukovych administration, including the decision to not sign an Association Agreement with the European Union and the use of force against peaceful protesters in Ukraine. The nearly 2,000 demonstrators in New York spoke out in support of the Euro-Maidan taking place in Ukraine and underscored that Ukraine is Europe. “It’s necessary to support all the people in Ukraine who are demonstrating,” Xenia Iwasykiw told International Business Times, which published a news report the next day. “[Ukrainians] feel like they are European. They want to integrate into the European community, and they are being stopped by their Stefan Slutsky own government.” Afterwards, a flash mob of Ukrainians gathered on Times Square to share their message. Hartford area backs Euro-Maidan

HARTFORD. Conn. – Over 150 members of the Ukrainian American community gathered at the Ukrainian National Home on Sunday, December 1, to attend a meeting in support of the Euro-Maidan in Kyiv and similar gatherings all around the globe. The meeting was opened with the participants reciting the “Our Father” and continued with community leaders providing members with information about developments in Kyiv. The leaders encouraged members to follow electronic media, donate to the United Ukrainian American Relief Committee’s humanitarian aid fund for Euro-Maidan participants and continue to support the efforts of Ukraine’s people. The meeting ended with the singing of the Ukrainian national anthem. – Myron Kolinsky 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2013 No. 50

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