The Ukrainian Weekly, 2017

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ThePublished U by thekrainian Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal W non-profit associationeekly Vol. LXXXV No. 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 2017 $2.00 New OSCE chief visits war-torn Donbas; U.S. senators vow no ‘Faustian bargain’ Kyiv cites massive Russian cyber attacks with Russia, pledge to target Putin ‘harder’ by Mark Raczkiewycz der with Russia and carry out local elec- tions in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. KYIV – The new chairperson-in-office of However, the OSCE’s mandate to monitor the Organization for Security and the implementation of the truce measures Cooperation in Europe chose war-torn has been compromised from the start. Its Ukraine for his first foreign visit as the monitors from 44 participating states, of leader of the 57-state organization. whom 39 are from Russia as of December Having announced that part of his mission 21, haven’t been given unfettered access in would be to “defuse conflicts” during his the war zone, including the border areas year-long chairmanship, Austria’s Foreign where Russia continues to transport sol- Affairs Minister Sebastian Kurz visited the diers, weapons and other supplies. frontline village of Shyrokyne in Donetsk “Together we have to make Russia Oblast along the Azov Sea coast on January 4. implement [the] Minsk [peace agreement],” Mr. Kurz noted that the OSCE, whose Ukraine Foreign Affairs Minister Pavlo 693 monitors have a mandate to monitor Klimkin tweeted after the joint news con- ceasefire efforts in the Donbas war, isn’t ference with Mr. Kurz. “First of all – security satisfied with the current “status quo” in issues, give the OSCE access to the Ukraine- eastern Ukraine. Russian border and release hostages.” “This visit is supposed to signify in the Ukraine had 217 servicemen killed in first place that we aren’t happy with the combat last year, according to official data. status quo and we want to put forth effort In all, some 10,000 people have died in the Mikhail Palinchak/UNIAN so that changes lead to improvement,” he Donbas War, the United Nations reports, A delegation of the U.S. Senate joined Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on a adding that about 1.7 million people have said at a news conference in Mariupol, working trip to the Donetsk region. The delegation included Sens. John McCain, been displaced. Lindsey Graham and Amy Klobuchar, and was accompanied by U.S. Ambassador to some 30 kilometers west of Shyrokyne. About 5,000 regular Russian soldiers are Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch. “I send the message from the American people – we are Despite never taking hold since the truce in occupied Donbas, Defense Minister with you, your fight is our fight, and we will win together,” Sen. McCain was quoted was brokered in Minsk in February 2015, Stepan Poltorak said on January 3. Moscow as saying by Ukrainian President Poroshenko’s press service. Mr. Kurz reiterated that the agreement is also has 600 tanks, 1,300 combat vehicles, the only option for implementing peace 760 artillery weapons and 300 multiple- RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service aimed at ending the conflict in eastern and the measures that Ukraine and Russia rocket launch systems in eastern Ukraine, Ukraine, where more than 9,750 people agreed to fulfill. he added. KYIV – Sen. John McCain says that the have died since April 2014. Besides ceasing combat, both sides The OSCE chief’s visit was preceded by United States will not strike a “Faustian “How can you have a free and fair elec- were to pull back military hardware and that of three U.S. senators to the same bargain” with Russian President Vladimir tion or debate about the power-sharing release all prisoners; Ukraine was sup- Putin, amid speculation that President- with eastern Ukraine when you have 700 posed to regain control of its eastern bor- (Continued on page 3) elect Donald Trump could scrap sanctions Russian tanks [in eastern Ukraine]?” Sen. in a bid to improve ties. Graham said. Speaking in an exclusive interview with Asked whether Mr. Trump may recog- RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service in Kyiv on nize Crimea as part of Russia, Sen. Graham Poroshenko on 25th anniversary December 30 along with two other U.S. said Congress would block any such move. senators, Sen. McCain (R-Ariz.) said any “The president alone can’t do this. And the of Ukraine-U.S. diplomatic relations possible deal with Mr. Putin “would inter- reason the Congress will reject such a fere with and undermine the freedom and notion is because it undermines the rule of Presidential Administration of Ukraine nium, Ukraine plays a historic role in the democracies that exist today.” law,” he explained. enhancement of global stability and The U.S. Congress imposed sanctions on Sen. McCain also called for tougher KYIV – “Since the recognition of the nuclear non-proliferation regime. These Moscow shortly after Russia forcibly action against Moscow for its alleged independence of Ukraine, the United have been tough decisions, but Ukraine annexed Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula in involvement in hacks into Democratic Party States have remained a reliable and stra- made them relying on the assurances March 2014 and for its ongoing support for e-mails before the November 8 U.S. presi- tegic partner of Ukraine at bilateral level and security guarantees of foreign part- pro-Russia separatists in eastern Ukraine. dential election. and within international organizations,” ners, first of all, the U.S.A.,” the Ukrainian Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said “We can make them a lot tougher, ranging President Petro Poroshenko stated on president said. Congress would pursue in 2017 more sanc- from travel to identifying individuals who January 3. Mr. Poroshenko expressed special tions against Russia, targeting the energy have been involved in this hacking and specif- In his greetings on the occasion of the gratitude for the constant bipartisan sup- and banking sectors, as well as “Putin and ic organizations. There are a lot more strin- 25th anniversary of diplomatic relations port of the U.S. for Ukraine’s sovereignty his inner circle.” gent measures we should take,” Sen. McCain between Ukraine and the United States, and territorial integrity during these dif- “We’re going to do two things: We’re said. “After all, it was an attack on the United Mr. Poroshenko noted: “A true democrat- ficult times of Russian aggression, when going after Putin harder with tougher sanc- States of America and an attack on the funda- ic partnership has been established the Ukrainian state is defending the key tions and we’re going to be more helpful to mentals of our democracy. If you destroy the between the two states, in the frame- principles of freedom and democracy our friends, like here in Ukraine,” Sen. elections, then you destroy democracy.” work of which the United States contin- that laid the foundation for the success Graham said. U.S. President Barack Obama on ues to provide invaluable practical assis- and strength of the American people. Sens. McCain, Graham and Amy December 29 ordered the expulsion of 35 tance in the development of state insti- The president emphasized Ukraine’s Klobuchar (D-Minn.) said there is strong Russian diplomats and imposed sanctions tutes, civil society, market economy and firm resolve to further facilitate its strate- support in Congress to provide Ukraine on two Russian intelligence agencies over security reinforcement of our country.” gic partnership with the U.S. with a view with “lethal defensive weapons” to help Kyiv what the administration says was their “Having abandoned the third [largest] toward enhancing comprehensive con- in its fight against Russia-backed separatists involvement in the hacking. nuclear arsenal in the world and a large structive cooperation in the political, in the east. Mr. Putin said on December 30 that volume of traditional weaponry, as well security, economic and humanitarian The senators faulted Moscow for failing Moscow would not respond in kind and as the stockpiles of highly enriched ura- spheres. to fulfill its obligations under the Minsk accords – a February 2015 agreement (Continued on page 11) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 2017 No. 2

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Europe seeks consolidation in the face President delivers New Year’s address ment noting: “The United States expresses its deep concern over the offensive com- KYIV – Ukraine’s President Petro bined Russian-separatist forces launched of cyber and information threats by Russia Poroshenko, in his New Year’s address on on Sunday, December 18, in what appears December 31, stated, “Not only children, to have been a failed attempt to seize terri- by Sergey Sukhankin against both individual EU members and but everyone, irrespective of age, believe in key European organizations and institu- tory in strategic areas outside the town of Eurasia Daily Monitor miracles. Especially in this festive time, tions. For instance, on November 25, a Svitlodarsk, near separatist-held which begins with St. Nicholas and ends On November 23, 2016, the European hacker attack on the EU Commission net- Debaltseve. This brazen contravention of with Epiphany. Especially this night, when Parliament adopted a non-binding resolu- work, although not causing irreparable Russia’s commitments under the Minsk New Year comes and fills our hearts with tion aimed at consolidating the European damage, once again brought to light the agreements is an issue of the utmost con- countries in countering Russian propagan- general weakness of the EU in the area of joy, faith and hope. There are more grounds cern to the OSCE, and we agree with da and preventing cyber attacks. The reso- cyber security, its susceptibility to external for optimism than a year ago.” He went on Ukraine that there should have been a spe- lution included strong language stressing threats and the absence of a palpable com- to note: It still will not be easy, but the cial Permanent Council meeting called to that the European Parliament is “seriously mon strategy. This attack may have been worst in the economy is already behind. We address it.” The U.S. Mission cited a concerned by the rapid expansion of related to the EU-Ukraine summit in have overcome the shock from the destruc- Ukrainian Ministry of Defense report that Kremlin-inspired activities in Europe, Brussels where discussions took place on a tion of industrial capacity caused by mili- on December 18, “150 combined Russian- including disinformation and propaganda visa-free regime for Kyiv (Cyberdefence24. tary aggression. Just as from the hostile separatist military personnel, supported by seeking to maintain or increase Russia’s pl, November 25). closing of the Russian market for our an artillery battery, attempted to encircle influence to weaken and split the EU.” The A few days later, Germany was subjected goods, from commercial and transport Ukrainian armed forces positions along the resolution stresses that Moscow has to a major cyber attack that denied access blockade. We have adapted our economy to line of contact outside of Svitlodarsk. engaged and financed a number of subver- to the Internet to 900,000 clients of new conditions. We have managed to Combined Russian-separatist forces target- sive activities in Europe and warns that Deutsche Telekom (112.ua, November 30). restore economic growth. This allows hold- ed areas to the rear of Ukrainian positions, This caused a wave of anger among top- Russia’s aggressive activities in the cyber ing a course on increasing the revenues of firing artillery five to six kilometers into domain facilitate information warfare ranking German officials. Bruno Kahl, pres- Ukrainians in the new year. We have rein- government-controlled territory, well past (European Parliament, November 23). ident of the German federal intelligence forced our defense capability. We have the line of contact. Six Ukrainian soldiers Moscow reacted furiously. The editor- agency, stated that the Russian hackers’ coped with that task without mobilization. were killed repulsing the attack and many in-chief of Russia Today, Margarita attention is focused on Europe, especially The army is now based on contractors and more were wounded. An estimated 20 to Simonian, con- on Germany and a defender of the Homeland is one of the demned the decla- “the cyber-attacks 30 combined Russian-separatist forces Europe’s suprana- noblest professions. For the first time in were killed in the failed offensive.” The U.S. ration, accusing the endorsed by our history we have not purchased a single European Union of tional institutions and Moscow aim to cre- Mission went on to point out: “This cubic meter of Russian gas – this is a huge Russian-separatist attack is clearly prohib- “betraying its own many individual EU ate political instabil- step towards energy independence.” Mr. democratic values ity” (Spiegel.de, ited by Russia’s commitments under the member-states have Poroshenko concluded by saying, “I wish Minsk agreements. It is not an isolated and establishing November 29). every one of you peace, victory, happiness German action, but a deliberate effort to seize fur- obstacles to free- come to recognize and welfare. Let us recall our earthly guard- dom of activities of Chancellor Angela ther territory. This is the fourth major Russia’s offensive ian angels with special respect. Glorious key Russian inter- Merkel had already attempt by combined Russian-separatist Ukrainian warriors! The whole country is national agencies.” cyber operations as one warned of potential forces to seize territory beyond the Line of The spokesperson of the most imminent Russian interfer- grateful to you for presenting this peaceful Contact that was established when Russia holiday night to us. For the guarantee of for the Russian direct threats posed to ence in next year’s and the separatists it backs signed the Ministry of Foreign German elections, protection in the new year. On behalf of the September 19, 2014, Minsk Memorandum. Affairs, Maria European security. pointing out that entire Ukraine, I congratulate you, our fel- Since signing, combined Russian-separatist Zakharova, stated: the country already low Ukrainians, brothers and sisters in forces have violated that agreement multi- “We are sorry to admit it, but the EU has faced “a daily task” of responding to Crimea, Sevastopol and certain districts of ple times including in Debaltseve in not ceased demonizing Russia.” She also Russian cyber attacks and disinformation Donetsk and Luhansk regions. Russian February 2015, Mariynka in June 2015, and warned that, should the European campaigns (Dw.com, November 8). occupation is temporary. We will be united Svitlodarsk in June 2016 and again in the Parliament conduct any practical steps in On November 9, the German Cabinet for sure. …” (Presidential Administration of last few days. This latest attack at this direction, the Russian Federation adopted a new cyber security strategy Ukraine, Ukrainian Canadian Congress Svitlodarsk is a continuation of this dis- would provide an adequate and decisive influenced by “a growing number of cyber Daily Briefing) turbing pattern and a deadly reminder of response (1tv.ru, November 24). attacks against institutions, critical infra- U.S. on Russian-separatist offensive Russia’s disregard for its commitments Obviously, the Kremlin is feeling irritat- structure, private companies and ordinary under the Minsk Agreements.” (Ukrainian ed by the fact that both Europe’s suprana- citizens, which is primarily related to the VIENNA – On December 20, 2016, the Canadian Congress Daily Briefing) tional institutions and many individual EU activities of China and Russia” (Dw.com, U.S. Mission to the Organization for Security member-states have come to recognize November 9). and Cooperation in Europe released a state- (Continued on page 12) Russia’s offensive cyber operations as one The initiative has outlined 30 strategic of the most imminent direct threats posed goals. From an institutional standpoint the to European security. creation of a Rapid Reaction Force under On November 10, the Polish Ministry of the umbrella of the Federal Bureau of Defense adopted its Plan on Technical Information (BSI), the Federal Police and he krainian eekly FOUNDED 1933 Modernization of the Polish Army for 2017- intelligence services has become one of the T U W 2022. The document contains a separate main priorities for Germany. Furthermore, An English-language newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., part dedicated to cyber security, which Berlin (along with Warsaw) has also identi- a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. envisages extensive reliance on U.S. experi- fied its interest in borrowing U.S. experi- Yearly subscription rate: $90; for UNA members — $80. ence. 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FOR THE RECORD Statement protesting Russia’s repressions of Ukraine’s citizens Following is the full text of the statement by Ukraine’s of the aggressor state into repressive and punitive tools that There is unequivocal evidence of the systematic implemen- Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued on December 29, 2016, foster the formation of the totalitarian regime in Russia. tation of unlawful interrogation practices, torture and regarding repressions against citizens of Ukraine by the The aggressor state continues to ignore its obligations methods of psychological pressure towards the citizens of Russian Federation. under the Minsk agreements on the exchange of hostages Ukraine held in Russia and the occupied territories. and illegally detained persons by the principle “all for all.” The situation with the citizens of Ukraine fraudulently The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine expresses its Though six prisoners have returned to Ukraine, their total involved into illegal schemes of distribution of drugs in the resolute protest to the Russian Federation in connection number has not decreased but increased: now we have Russian Federation has recently been aggravated. Such with the ongoing repressions, illegal detentions, searches, information on at least 17 Ukrainians who are being kept schemes result in de-facto recruitment and involvement of arrests, tortures and ill-treatment towards the citizens of under politically motivated reasons on the territory of the our citizens into illegal activities on the territory of the Ukraine. occupier. Even more of our compatriots are arbitrarily Russian Federation. This year alone, nearly 1,000 of our com- Despite the repeated calls by Ukraine and the internation- arrested and detained on the occupied Crimean peninsula. patriots were sentenced in Russia for drug-trafficking related al community demanding the immediate release of the ille- More than 100 Ukrainians are being kept in appalling con- crimes, with most of the cases based on fabricated materials. gally detained and sentenced Ukrainians, the Russian leader- ditions by the Russian-terrorist forces in the occupied Deliberately harmful actions of the Kremlin towards ship continues its shameful practice of using Ukrainians as Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine. Ukraine and its citizens have become so unpredictable and hostages of its aggressive policy against our country. Russia continues the practice of systematic unmotivated threatening that Ukraine had to warn its citizens from Cynical disregard of fundamental human rights and free- rejections of appeals by the Ukrainian consul on granting doms transformed law enforcement and the judicial system them permits to visit the Ukrainian political prisoners. (Continued on page 13) Poroshenko presents state awards to Sens. McCain and Graham Presidential Administration of Ukraine KYIV – President Petro Poroshenko met on December 30 with the delegation of the U.S. Senate headed by Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.). The delegation also included Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.). The president awarded Sen. McCain the Order of Freedom and presented the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise to Sen. Graham for their significant personal contri- butions to the enhancement of relations between Ukraine and the United States. Mr. Poroshenko emphasized the importance of traditional bipartisan support for Ukraine in the U.S. Congress and noted that the delegation included representatives of both parties. This confirms that such support will further remain in the struggle against Russia’s aggression, for the preservation of the sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence of Presidential Administration of Ukraine Ukraine, he commented. President Petro Poroshenko awards the Order of Freedom to Sen. John McCain (photo on the left) and the Order “It is crucially important that our people, Parliament, gov- of Prince Yaroslav the Wise to Sen. Lindsey Graham. ernment stand side-by-side with the American people in this Ukraine, including Crimea. He also stated that Ukraine is fighting not only for its struggle. We feel this reliable support and assistance. This is The president offered the senators a chance to visit the own independence. “We are fighting for freedom, values, extremely important in such difficult days for my country,” Donbas and obtain objective information about the subver- democracy, and we defend them in the center of Europe in President Poroshenko said. sive actions of the Russia and its militants that continue the 21st century,” he stressed. The president and the senators noted the importance of provocations and violate the ceasefire regime. The president informed the U.S. senators about the continuing efforts to ensure the fulfillment of Russia’s com- Mr. Poroshenko noted the importance of the U.S. course of reforms in Ukraine and emphasized the impor- mitments under the Minsk agreements and to maintain the Congress adopting the Stability and Democracy in Ukraine tant U.S. role in that process. policy of international sanctions against Russia until full Act (STAND), which he said would be an important deci- In turn, Sen. McCain confirmed his determination to assist restoration of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of sion in the interest of solidarity and unity with Ukraine. Ukraine in its struggle against the aggression of Russia.

“I send the message from the American people – we are For example, on December 6, the networks of the State New OSCE chief... with you, your fight is our fight, and we will win together,” Treasury Service and the Finance Ministry went offline, he underscored. affecting 150,000 electronic financial transactions. A simi- (Continued from page 1) Sen. Mc Cain also stated: “In 2017, we will defeat the lar attack affected the website of the state railway compa- frontline area on New Year’s Eve. invaders and send them back where they came from. To ny, Ukrzaliznytsia. Sens. John McCain, Amy Klobuchar and Lindsey Graham Vladimir Putin – you will never defeat the Ukrainian people In late 2015-early 2016, the president noted, Russian visited with Ukrainian soldiers at a forward command post and deprive them of their independence and freedom.” cyberattacks targeted electronic grids, nuclear power sta- together with U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie President Poroshenko stated that Ukraine is fighting for tions and Boryspil Airport, the nation’s busiest air hub. Yovanovitch and President Petro Poroshenko. more than its independence amid Russia’s unprovoked war. The late 2015 power outage in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, “We urge our colleagues to take more meaningful and “We are fighting for freedom, for values, for democracy, protect- according to experts, was believed to be the first known severe sanctions against Russia for its hacker attacks on ing them in the center of Europe in the 21st century,” he said. power outage caused by a cyberattack. “The U.S. cyber firm the United States,” Sen. McCain said, adding that there is Upon the senators’ return to Washington, where a new iSight Partners identified the perpetrator as a Russian “clear evidence” of Russian intervention in the American session of Congress convened on January 3, a group of bipar- hacking group known as ‘Sandworm,’ ” Reuters reported. presidential election. tisan lawmakers said they would prepare a bill for next week Over the weekend of December 17-18, Kyiv’s power grid that would offer sanctions against Russia, CNN reported. was also hit. The northern part of the capital saw power Sen. Ben Cardin “wasn’t clear on whether the bill would unexpectedly switched off, amounting to 200 megawatts of force the president-elect’s hand on sanctions, or whether it capacity, “equivalent to about a fifth of the capital’s energy would enshrine the sanctions that the White House consumption,” Reuters reported. announced last week, which [Donald] Trump could other- A report by the American cyber security firm wise roll back if he wanted to once in office,” according to CrowdStrike blamed Russia for tracking Ukrainian artillery the CNN report. movements in eastern Ukraine with a malware implant on “It will complement and go beyond that,” Sen. Cardin Android devices, The Guardian reported. It was conducted said of the White House actions, cited by CNN. “It comple- by the same hacking group allegedly employed by the ments, but there’s separation of powers.” Russia’s military intelligence agency that hacked the In addition to constant Russian military action, relent- Democratic Party during the recent presidential election. less information warfare and an economic embargo of Ukrainian military units were tracked for two years, Ukrainian goods, the Kremlin has launched cyberattacks according to the cyber security firm’s report. on Ukrainian infrastructure and government websites. “CrowdStrike said open-source research suggested that About 6,500 Russian cyberattacks were conducted in during the two years of conflict, Ukrainian artillery forces OCSE the last two months of 2016, Mr. Poroshenko said on lost 50 percent of all weaponry but over 80 percent of their The new chairperson-in-office of the Organization for December 29 during a national security and defense meet- D-30 howitzers. The higher-than-average loss suggests Security and Cooperation in Europe, Austrian Foreign ing. Five government agencies and 31 government infor- data gained from the hack was then used to target the artil- Affairs Minister Sebastian Kurz. mation resources were targeted. lery,” The Guardian reported. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 2017 No. 2 UCC board concludes strategic planning session UCC TORONTO – The Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC) Board of Directors, along with special guests, gathered in Toronto on the weekend of December 3-4 for a strategic planning session. The session focused on developing the resolutions set out by the umbrella organization’s recent triennial congress, as well as other key priorities. Directors from across Canada represented their mem- ber organizations and created detailed plans to operation- alize these resolutions in order to address the needs and priorities of the Ukrainian Canadian community. The board determined three strategic pillars for the upcoming three-year term of the UCC: developing the Ukrainian Canadian community; celebrating and advancing the Ukrainian Canadian identity; and supporting Ukraine. Dr. Roman Petryshyn of the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies (CIUS) delivered an insightful presenta- tion on the history and cultural identity of the Ukrainian Canadian community. The presentation encouraged critical thought concerning the UCC’s role in representing the 1.3 million Ukrainians across Canada. Committees and advisory councils UCC The UCC is supported by strong and focused committees The Board of Directors of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress meeting at its strategic planning session in Toronto. that work on specialties on short- and long-term bases. Following each triennial congress, these committees are Advisory Council, Ukraine Advisory Council and Youth - disbanded and the board must restructure the committees Advisory Council. ulums on Ukrainian history and implement best practices into• National“ridni shkoly” School (schools Council, of which Ukrainian will standardize studies), bilingual curric to deliver its strategic outcomes for the next cycle. Outcomes of the strategic planning The committees adopted for the current term include: and heritage schools; and 125th Anniversary of Immigration; 2019 Triennial The board members met with community chairs and Congress; Awards and Recognition; Canada-Ukraine; Civic developed specific plans pertaining to each committee in linkages between the UCC and religious groups that serve Engagement; Community Development, Finance, Fund- addressing each of the resolutions set out by the triennial the• Ukrainian Religious community. Affairs Committee, which will strengthen raising; Governance; Immigration; Invictus Games Hosting; congress. Some notable examples include: To demonstrate the UCC’s commitment to its resolutions, Museums, Archives and Research Institutions; National - the committees will share terms of reference online at Holodomor Awareness; National Holodomor Education; bers to inform their Members of Parliament on issues con- http://www.ucc.ca/programs/committees/. The commit- Religious Affairs; School Council; Ukraine Appeal; and cerning• Project the UkrainianLink, which Canadian will enable community; local community mem tees will make deliberate efforts to build committee mem- Ukrainian Canadian Arts Council (UCAN). bership and share information regarding their work plans. The UCC is also served by advisory councils that offer will provide opportunities in youth leadership at the feder- The UCC is also looking for community members to expertise in particular areas of interest from time to time. al level• Canadian in Ottawa; Parliamentary Internship Program, which work with the organization to help deliver these initiatives. These councils include: Academic Advisory Council, Readers can learn more by calling the UCC office at 204- Council of Ukrainian Canadian Journalists, Council of internationally based plan to commemorate the 85th anni- 942-4627 or completing the Committee Volunteer Ukrainian Canadian Media, Legal Advisory Council, UCC versary• Holodomor of the Famine-Genocide; Awareness, which is embarking on an Application form online at www.ucc.ca.

OBITUARY Orest Rudzik, professor, lawyer, community activist OAKVILLE, Ontario – Dr. Orest H. T. Rudzik, “Mr. Rudzik was a dedicated leader, a university professor, lawyer and Ukrainian organizer and volunteer within the community activist, died on December 8 at Ukrainian Canadian community,” remarked Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital of cra- UCC President Paul Grod. “He committed nial injuries resulting from a fall. himself to building pride in our community, He was born in Toronto in 1936, the son defending the history of our people and of Ukrainian parents. He earned his Honors standing up for human rights in Canada B.A. (University College) at the University and Ukraine. Mr. Rudzik left a positive of Toronto, his M.A. from the University of mark on our community and Canada for Chicago (where he was a William Rainey which we are grateful.” Harper Fellow) and a Ph.D. from the Mr. Rudzik continued his law practice, University of Toronto. restricted mainly to estates and estates liti- He taught in the Department of English gation. In addition, he returned to his aca- at University College from 1961 to 1986, demic origins by pursuing research into a during which time he was a post-doctoral variety of areas of intellectual history, fellow at the Humanities Center of the including that of the assassination of Johns Hopkins University in 1968-1969. He Symon Petliura and the judicial proceed- created a Canadian Literature Program for ings consequent upon his murder. Atkinson College at York University. He ended a 50-year association with the After completing his LLB (with honors) University of Toronto when he became a at Osgoode Hall Law School, he received his member of the university’s senior faculty call to the bar of the Law Society of Upper and a member of its Executive Committee Canada in March of 1975. In his law pur- Dr. Orest Rudzik at a conference in 1995. and was given the title of senator. suits, he served as senior counsel to the Mr. Rudzik is survived by his wife, Public Guardian and Trustee of the Professional and Business Federation. against whom allegations of fraud and con- Maureen Ellis; two daughters, Katherine Province of Ontario. He was a speaker at Mr. Rudzik spent a sabbatical year in sequent sanctions of deportation were and Nicola; stepchildren Kevin and Kari many academic conferences and published 1993-1994 in Kyiv, as director of law train- threatened. (Lippert); 11 grandchildren and five great- both academic and legal papers. ing provided for young Ukrainian profes- As noted by the Ukrainian Canadian grandchildren. He was active in the Ukrainian commu- sors by way of exchange with Canada, the Congress, among Mr. Rudzik’s greatest con- The funeral for Mr. Rudzik was private; it nity, becoming the president of the Ontario United States and Europe, under the aus- tributions was his participation in the Civil was followed by a memorial celebration of Ukrainian Canadian Committee and serving pices of the Ukrainian Legal Foundation. He Liberties Commission (now the Ukrainian his life at the Ward Funeral Home in as a member of the Ontario Multicultural monitored that program for two years. Canadian Civil Liberties Association) dur- Oakville, Ontario, on December 18. In lieu Committee. Later he served as first national Mr. Rudzik was engaged in three of the ing very critical years of 1984-1987, when of flowers, contributions may be made to vice-president of the Ukrainian Canadian quasi-war criminal cases as launched by the community challenged unfounded alle- either the Canadian Diabetes Association Congress, and in a variety of positions with Canada’s Department of Justice against nat- gations about war criminals hiding in the or the senior faculty at the University of the UCC and the Ukrainian Canadian uralized Ukrainian post-war citizens, Ukrainian Canadian community. Toronto. No. 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 2017 5

NEWS AND VIEWS On Russia’s war in Ukraine and areas for increased U.S.-Ukraine cooperation

by Borys Potapenko they seek to live in peace, dignity and pros- perity. WASHINGTON – During the first week Many of these countries are members of of the lame-duck session of Congress, NATO or aspire to join this important secu- Ostap Kryvdyk, adviser on international rity network of the Euro-Atlantic commu- relations to Andriy Parubiy, chairman of nity. Mr. Putin’s aggression, threats, harass- the Verkhovna Rada, visited Washington ment and intimidation specifically target and New York City. He was in the U.S. at the this region. He cannot proceed without invitation of a number of American and first consolidating his aggression against Ukrainian American organizations and Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine, and his sub- advocates, including the Organization for versive intrusions in other states in the Defense of Four Freedoms for Ukraine region. This hard-power aggression cou- (ODFFU), Center for U.S.-Ukrainian pled with the soft-power hybrid assaults Relations (CUSR), Ukrainian Congress call for a separate collective response by Committee of America (UCCA) and the the region’s states in coordination with Ukrainian Federation of America (UFA). NATO. Strengthening and expanding Mr. Kryvdyk was accompanied to many America’s bilateral and multilateral rela- of the meetings by Ukrainian American tionship in Central and Eastern Europe is a community representatives Iryna Mazur sine qua non to regional, continental and and Borys Potapenko, as well as by Euro-Atlantic peace and security, it was Ukrainian Embassy staff. argued. They met with senior staff of the co- Therefore, it is important for Ukraine’s chairs of Congressional Ukrainian Caucus foreign partners and the incoming U.S. and the Senate Ukraine Caucus, including administration to demonstrate a real com- Reps. Sander Levin (R-Mich.), Marcy mitment to and support for Ukraine. Kaptur (D-Ohio) and Mike Fitzpatrick Hillarie Chambers Ukrainians and their neighbors need to (R-Pa.), and Sens. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Rob Rep. Sander Levin is flanked by Borys Potapenko (left) and Ostap Kryvdyk. know that they are not alone and that the Portman (R-Ohio), Pat Toomey (R-Pa.), Bob U.S. and its allies are standing with them Casey (D-Pa.) and Gary Peters (D-Mich.), as ries, including the United States, freely pered in the crucible of modern warfare to: well as with relevant departments of the took upon themselves. Those obligations waged against Ukraine by Russia. To deter - executive branch, including the National are to respect Ukraine’s independence, any further aggression it is essential for the sive weapons, intelligence, and other mili- Security Council and the Department of sovereignty and territorial integrity. To be U.S. and its allies to provide Ukraine lethal tary• supportdeter Russia Ukraine by soproviding desperately the needs;defen State. clear, for Ukraine, the provisions of the defensive weapons. They also met with the Carnegie Budapest Memorandum are not diplomat- Ukraine is blessed with economic will not be removed, but rather, increased Endowment and think tanks involved in ic abstractions or redundancies. Indeed, potential in agro and high-tech industries, according• make toclear a timetable to Russia for that compliance sanctions President-elect Donald Trump’s transition the international norms referenced in the manufacturing and natural resources, with the terms of Minsk II and that negoti- team, the International Republican memorandum are not unique. They are including energy. It also has been com- ations on a settlement will return to the Institute, Jamestown Foundation, Heritage identical to those of the United Nations pelled to expand its armed forces including Geneva format; Foundation, American Foreign Policy Charter and the Helsinki Final Act. the military industrial sector. These fac- Council and others. The memorandum carries with it pro- tors, taken together with the size of its ter- established and traditional Ukrainian gov- While all major areas of U.S.-Ukraine found implications for the survival of ritory and population – including a highly ernment• increase agencies U.S. engagement engaged in with the newly fight relations were discussed, a special focus humanity itself. In exchange for security, educated, united and patriotic citizenry – against corruption, the National Anti- was on Russia’s war in Ukraine and need to Ukraine relinquished its nuclear weapons make Ukraine a potential guarantor of Corruption Bureau, the Prosecutor General increase U.S. cooperation with Ukraine in and entered into the non-proliferation regional peace and security. Ukraine and Military Prosecutor, as well as the deterring Russian aggression and in con- regime. For Ukraine honoring the provi- should be supported in its reform efforts, Security Service; taining Russian hegemonic goals. sions of the memorandum is a matter of including in the fight against corruption. In In this regard, it was noted that Russia’s survival. This is the first and only case of a this regard as well, particular attention support, business investment and safety military invasion, occupation and illegal nuclear state relinquishing its arsenal in should be accorded to the hybrid elements net• provideeconomic additional support macro for monetaryaverage annexation involves 7 percent of Ukrainian exchange for security assurances. Every of Russia’s aggression, acts of sedition and Ukrainians; territory and directly affects approximately country will consider the consequences of economic subversion and in the field of 4 million Ukrainian citizens, with more the Budapest Memorandum in making a information warfare. seditious efforts inside Ukraine, especially than 1.7 million rendered internal refu- decision on becoming or not becoming a While Ukraine is very important to subversive• support economic efforts to activities eliminate and Russia’s infor- gees. Ukrainian refugees alone approxi- nuclear weapons state. Thus, Ukraine is an Vladimir Putin, it is not his only goal, the mation warfare, including control of mass mate the total number of refugees that important partner for the U.S. in safeguard- delegation noted. In the event Russian media; entered the European Union over the ing international norms and promoting the objectives in Ukraine are secured, Mr. Putin - course of the last year, primarily as a con- non-proliferation regime. will increase his efforts to destabilize tries in the region to develop economic and sequence of the war in Syria. Whether they With the help of many countries, includ- Europe and to extend his domination fur- security• work arrangements with Ukraine thatand willother supple coun- hail from the war zone or not, the military ing the United States, Ukraine has been ther with a view to restoring Russia’s hege- ment the EU and NATO, with collective occupation profoundly impacts every able to resist Russia’s invasion and stop its mony to the boundaries of the former responses specific to the region as a fur- Ukrainian citizen and Ukraine as a state advance. In this regard, sanctions also have USSR and beyond to all of the other former ther bulwark to contain Russia. existentially. been significant expressions of interna- Captive Nations. His strategic design is to These and other issues that impinge on The principled position of the U.S. tional unity and solidarity with Ukraine, return to a bipolar world similar to that of the security and prosperity of the United Congress on Russia’s war against Ukraine Mr. Kryvdyk and his cohorts noted. the Cold War of the previous century. To do States and Ukraine should be subjects of in the past gives hope that Ukraine will be Sanctions not only need to be maintained, so he is intent on destroying global stabili- expanded consultations and discussions able to count on continued and increased but Russia must be made to understand ty, tearing asunder international law and between their governments (their legisla- support now that there is a unified govern- that sanctions will be increased in the order, and accelerating the proliferation of tive and executive branches) and between ment in the United States. It was noted that event it continues to forestall the with- nuclear weapons. their NGOs (civic groups and policy insti- there is no question that bipartisan con- drawal of all Russian personnel, including Therefore, Ukraine has an important tutes). gressional support is essential. its surrogates and weapons from the occu- role in containing Russia by also expanding The visit to Washington by the advisor Obligations under international law also pied areas and Ukraine regains full control cooperation in regional economic develop- to the chair of Ukraine’s Parliament under- were discussed, including the Budapest of its border. All other considerations and ment in Central and Eastern Europe. This scored the importance of enabling ever Memorandum. Russia is a nuclear weap- modalities, including local elections, follow will contribute directly to security and sta- greater U.S. engagement with Ukraine in ons state and a signatory to the Budapest after the restoration of Ukraine’s sover- bility in Europe. Countries in the region are the post Euro-Maidan/Revolution of Memorandum. Russia’s armed forces eignty and territorial integrity. united by nature itself, river and mountain Dignity era. Ukrainian American communi- invaded the memorandum’s subject coun- Just as American volunteers with the networks, linking them from the north to ty advocates are well-positioned to facili- try, Ukraine, thereby, violating the commit- help of France and other states mobilized the south. The approximately 200 million tate such visits in cooperation with, inter ments that Russia and the other signato- to defend their revolution against the people living between the Baltic, Black and alia, the Parliamentary Group of the British Empire, volunteers from the Adriatic seas also have a shared experience Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on Inter- Borys Potapenko is vice-president of the Maidan Revolution of Dignity deployed to and common memory of totalitarian com- Parliamentary Relations with the United International Council in Support of Ukraine, defend Ukraine’s independence against the munism imposed by the Kremlin rulers. States of America (U.S. Caucus of the and member of the External Affairs Russian invader. According to assessments These democratic societies have together Parliament of Ukraine) and in coordination Committees of the ODFFU and Illinois and by military experts, the Ukrainian army is traveled a long and arduous road of strug- with the Embassy of Ukraine in Michigan chapters of the UCCA. today one of the strongest in Europe, tem- gle for freedom and independence. Today, Washington. 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 2017 No. 2

WINDOW ON EURASIA The Ukrainian Weekly The incoming administration No matter how much Trump may want to, In less than two weeks from the date of this issue, the U.S. will inaugurate its new he can’t ‘give’ Ukraine to Putin, expert says president. No one is quite sure what the administration of Donald J. Trump will bring. Among those are Ukrainian Americans who love both the United States and by Paul Goble Lukin to open neo-Nazis like [Aleksandr] their ancestral homeland. Meanwhile, in Ukraine, there are serious concerns about Dugin and [Aleksandr] Prokhanov,” Mr. whether the country will be abandoned to Russia’s sphere of influence. The succinct “However much he may desire it, no Piontkovsky says. They all believe a new lead sentence in a story by David Stern published by Politico summed it up well: Trump can give away Ukraine” to Russia Yalta is ahead, one in which Mr. Trump will “Donald Trump’s victory leaves Ukraine alone and afraid.” There are objective rea- because Vladimir Putin by his actions has recognize “at a minimum” the former sons for that fear: readers surely recall candidate Trump’s comment that the war in alienated all Ukrainians and failed to provide Soviet space as Russia’s sphere of influence. Ukraine is “really a problem that affects Europe a lot more than it affects us,” as well a single compelling reason why they or any- But they should all stop this silly dream- one else should want to live under Kremlin as his suggestion that he might recognize Crimea as part of Russia. ing because “nothing of the sort is going to rule, according to Andrey Piontkovsky. Adding to the fears are statements by various political observers who have said happen.” The reason lies not with Mr. Trump In a commentary on December 30, 2016, Vladimir Putin expects that his agenda will be adopted by the incoming president, but with Russia and Russians, he argues. the Russian political expert suggests that who has expressed admiration for the Russian president and has repeatedly indicat- “All American presidents over the last many in Moscow think that the coming of ed that U.S. policy toward Russia will change under his administration. Mr. Trump quarter of a century – Clinton and Bush and Mr. Trump to office will represent a com- has even questioned U.S. intelligence reports on Russia’s cyberattacks. (N.B.: The Obama – begin with efforts to reach agree- plete change in the situation, thus ignoring president-elect is to receive a full briefing from the intelligence community on ment with [Moscow] because this really both the limits of any one leader to achieve Friday, January 6, so we will be eagerly awaiting his reaction.) And then there is the would correspond to the interests of both that and the limits Russia has imposed on the U.S. and Russia. But all of them were issue of the nominee for U.S. secretary of state, ExxonMobil chief executive Rex itself by its failures and its aggression (svo- Tillerson, who has no experience in the public sector, has business ties to Russia and seriously disappointed” because of the boda.org/a/28201258.html). position Moscow has adopted. was awarded Russia’s Order of Friendship by Mr. Putin himself. Thus, the potential Mr. Piontkovsky argues that Russians Trump-Tillerson tandem is yet more cause for alarm. Who knows what deals could Moscow has again and again “demanded have suffered from this “pleasant delusion” the impossible.” It has demanded more be made in pursuit of better relations with Russia? since Mr. Trump won office on November 8 Already there is disturbing talk of the Trump administration deploying Henry than that Americans should love Russia; it and that some of them have behaved the has demanded that the Americans ensure Kissinger to reset U.S. relations with Russia. The Times (based in the United way Adolph Hitler’s propaganda minister that all of Russia’s neighbors will love it too. Kingdom) reported: “Mr. Kissinger is already said to have advised Mr. Trump to roll Joseph Goebbels did when he learned on And when the U.S. can’t deliver on that, as it out a plan to end sanctions on Moscow that would ‘recognize Russia’s dominance’ in April 13, 1945, that Franklin D. Roosevelt certainly can’t, Moscow gets angry and the former Soviet states of Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia and Kazakhstan.” What’s more, had died. “The whole course of the war is blames the U.S. for the outcome. there are reports that Mr. Kissinger’s strategy might include accepting the annexa- changing,” he told Hitler in the bunker. The reason Moscow has failed to win tion of Crimea in exchange for Moscow withdrawing from eastern Ukraine. Russian officials have some reason for friends lies not with Washington but with The foregoing, we must note, runs counter to the bilateral support for Ukraine maintaining their view of Mr. Trump, the Russia itself. No one in the post-Soviet that has been repeatedly expressed in the U.S. Congress, and the policies of the commentator says. After all, Mr. Trump has space needs Moscow; indeed, no one “in administration of President Barack Obama, which – though they may not have been been unceasing in his enthusiasm for Mr. any other region of the world” does either. as strong as we’d have liked – were at least pro-Ukrainian. Indeed, that stance was Putin and for establishing close ties with Russia has been and remains an aggressor reiterated on December 15 by Vice-President Joe Biden, the administration’s point the Kremlin in order to fight terrorism. “We and a supporter of vicious dictators like man on Ukraine, in yet another of his phone conversations with Ukraine’s President need the Russians,” the incoming president Syria’s Bashar al-Assad. Petro Poroshenko. It was underscored that a full ceasefire in the Donbas and full has repeatedly said. “Putin’s Russia cannot be attractive for access for monitors of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe are This is “sweet music… not only for the anyone, not for the millions of Ukrainians key to implementing the Minsk agreement, and that sanctions on Russia should power holders in the Kremlin but for the and Georgians who have chosen a remain in place until Russia has fully implemented its Minsk commitments. In addi- entire Russian political class, from Yabloko tion, as The Washington Post reported on January 5, outgoing Secretary of State John types like [Alexei] Arbatov and [Vladimir] (Continued on page 13) Kerry, writing in an exit memo, “argued for an aggressive stance against Russia, cit- ing cyberattacks and its military intervention in Syria and Ukraine.” For its part, the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America on December 13 called on the incoming 115th U.S. Congress and the Trump administration “to con- tinue our nation’s proud tradition of bipartisan support for Ukraine,” noting that The ugly things Moscow might do if Ukraine “Any retreat from current sanctions or military, political and economic support of Ukraine, and the United States would signal yet another ‘reset,’ a capitulation with were consigned to a Russian sphere of influence terrifying consequences for Ukraine, the European partners of the U.S. and the global Russia’s sphere of influence, Mr. Khazin geopolitical security structure.” by Paul Goble says, “everything will depend on what we And there you have it. As we begin the new year, we face the incongruity that, All too many people in the West are want. If we want to keep Ukraine whole but while Ukraine celebrates the 25th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic casually talking about recognizing Ukraine loyal to Russia, then it will be necessary to relations with the United States, the U.S. – its declared strategic partner since 1996 – as lying within a Russian sphere of influ- return the Donbas with a change of leader- may well decide against its partner’s interests. ence without reflecting what that might ship in Kyiv… Further, counter-propaganda mean for Ukraine and Ukrainians. Such will begin. The population there won’t be people might want to revise their thinking delighted in fact.” after hearing what a well-connected “There, crudely speaking, will be several Russian commentator says should be done million people whom it will be impossible Jan. Turning the pages back... in that event. to correct. Well, it will be necessary to liqui- Mikhail Khazin, an economist, a former date part of them and drive out the rest,” Sixty-seven years ago, on January 7, 1950, Christmas accord- official in the Presidential Administration the Moscow commentator says. ing to the Julian calendar, the Ukrainian American String Band and a member of an experts commission of On the other hand, Mr. Khazin says, 7 the Moscow Patriarchate, outlines what he Moscow may decide to dismember Ukraine. won 13th place in the annual Mummers Parade in Philadelphia. 1950 With stunning costumes of sunrise green adorned with red believes Moscow would want if the West Then, “the picture would be the following”: and silver sequins, the Ukrainian band amazed the millions of acknowledged that Ukraine is in Russia’s The eastern portion of Ukraine now “should spectators and millions more on radio and television broadcasts. sphere of influence (gordonua.com/news/ go into Russia as oblasts with complete de- Joining the band were three former Ukrainian displaced persons – Peter Prus, worldnews/rossiyskiy-publicist-hazin- Nazification and de-Ukrainianization, with a Wolodimir Kit and Joseph Petrovych. Leading the event for the Ukrainian band were predlozhil-raschlenit-ukrainu-i-unich- complete prohibition of the use of Ukrainian Charles Henik and Michael Elko, honorary president of the band. Others joining the band tozhit-neskolko-millionov-neloyalnyh-rf- alphabet, Ukrainian texts, broadcasts and were Ukrainian American veterans, who served as a color guard for the Ukrainian and U.S. lyudey-166261.html). teaching in Ukrainian.” flags during the six mile march up Broad Street. Once Ukraine is acknowledged as part of Moreover, he continues, the rest of Following the parade, the band was invited to a hot meal and $100 each was awarded Ukraine “must become an agrarian state,” one to Messrs. Prus, Kit and Petrovych at the Ukrainian American Citizens’ Association in Paul Goble is a long-time specialist on which will not be allowed to have its own South Philadelphia at 610 South American Street, founded in 1930. There were six other ethnic and religious questions in Eurasia “army or industry.” If there is overpopulation, Ukrainian clubs in Philadelphia at the time. The seven clubs raised the $4,000 for the band who has served in various capacities in the then people should be sent to the Russian project. U.S. State Department, the Central Far East. And the Western four or five oblasts Reports stated that the Ukrainian String Band was so impressive that judges had rated Intelligence Agency and the International of Ukraine “should be given to Poland.” them better than bands that had been playing at the parade for over 30 years. In 1950 Broadcasting Bureau, as well as at the Voice That is, Mr. Khazin says, “all of the there were 27 participating string bands. of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Banderite people must be driven there and Other marching groups included the Gallagher Fancy Club, which won $1,500 in the Liberty and the Carnegie Endowment for handed over to the Poles. The thing is that, fancy division. Among their ranks was a Ukrainian DP group of Hutsul dancers from the International Peace. The article above is in the division of the world, Poland will also Carpathian Mountain region of Ukraine. The Hutsul group won $50 and special mention, reprinted with permission from his blog go to us. We must secure the loyalty of called “Window on Eurasia” (http://windo- Poland and have them occupied by some- (Continued on page 14) woneurasia2.blogspot.com/). one or other.” No. 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 2017 7

COMMENTARY Ukraine at the U.N.: moral issues versus political expediency by Askold S. Lozynskyj And then Ukraine blew it. It should always maintain a moral high Ukraine managed to pass a resolution at road. But it caved to U.S. pressure and fol- “For you were once strangers” the U.N. General Assembly condemning the lowed the U.S. screenplay at the U.N. Family friends once told us how, fleeing ing abroad. violation of human rights in illegally occu- Security Council. Secretary of State John the Red Army towards the end of World The security issue has obvious headline pied Crimea by Russia. The voting was not Kerry denied it, but U.S. fingerprints were War II, they were taken in by a Hungarian appeal. Mr. Trump has proposed stopping particularly impressive or overwhelming. all over the recent Security Council resolu- family just before Christmas. Overhearing all Muslim immigration, in the hope that The resolution garnered 70 yea votes with tion condemning Israeli settlements. How them discussing the preparation of “kutya” this would prevent the infiltration of ter- 23 nay and 76 abstentions. Still, it was an else to explain the optics of 14 countries at (also transliterated as “kutia”) for rorists. But the constitutionality, feasibility important vote. All NATO countries voted the Security Council, including Ukraine, Christmas eve supper, the Hungarians were and effectiveness of such a policy are with Ukraine. The United States led the condeming the actions of Israel on occu- alarmed by this strange Ukrainian custom: doubtful. Can we ask potential immigrants support, which was particularly timely as pied territory or at least contested territory kutya is Hungarian for “dog.” to declare their religion? How would we President-elect Donald Trump, Vladimir with the U.S. abstaining, symbolically refus- This anecdote highlights some aspects identify Muslims? Would excluding them Putin’s close friend, is about to take the ing to use its veto power, in order to teach of immigration. Many immigrants are refu- prevent terrorism? Even a blonde, blue- oath to uphold the Constitution of the Israel a lesson? Ukraine should have gees – they are not merely “seeking a better eyed American-born citizen can become a United States. abstained, but then the American optic life,” but fleeing for their lives. Christians radical Islamist and engage in jihad. And Who were the 23? Angola, Armenia, would have been lost. The U.S. is currently are morally bound to offer shelter to the excluding everyone from a “Muslim coun- Belarus, Bolivia, Burundi, Cambodia, China, Ukraine’s best and certainly most powerful homeless stranger, and not only at try” could prevent Christian refugees, per- Comoros, Cuba, North Korea, Eritrea, India, ally. What Ukraine did was ally accommo- Christmas. But sometimes, cultural misun- secuted by those same Muslims, from find- Iran, Kazakhstan, Nicaragua, Russia, Serbia, dation. Israel responded by temporarily derstandings complicate charitable action. ing safe harbor in the United States. Of South Africa, Sudan, Syria, Uzbekistan, cutting off diplomatic relations with the Today, Hungary is in fact one of the coun- course, weeding out potential terrorists Venezuela and Zimbabwe. It is a relatively countries that voted for the resolution. tries that has taken a firm stand on immigra- from a mass of prospective immigrants is exclusive club, consisting entirely of Ukraine’s prime minister was one of the tion, as Europe again finds itself flooded with slow, hard work. Mistakes are inevitable. Russia’s lackeyes and former Soviet fellow first casualties of this diplomatic embargo desperate refugees. Although they include But what if the post-war U.S. had tried to travelers. Not surprisingly, most are gross when Israel cancelled his planned visit. Christians as well as Muslims, many keep out Nazi collaborators by simply violators of human rights themselves. Most U.S. policy in this case was much too Europeans are determined to keep them out. excluding all East European and Soviet ref- of the Arab countries abstained. overbearing. Israel is an ally of the United The situation is replete with irony: a de- ugees? True, former collaborators do not The United Nations is a forum for all States, though not in the traditional sense. Christianized Europe wants to defend pose a security threat. But a policy of total states, irrespective of form of government or It does not help the U.S. in any way. No Christian civilization; Christian charity to exclusion would keep out legitimate immi- allegiance to U.N. principles. Of the 23 nay- Israeli soldier has fought alongside Muslims threatens to undo Christianity itself. grants without guaranteeing that terrorists sayers, a handful were ostensible democra- American soldiers on the field of battle. In the United States, the question looks would not worm their way in all the same. cies, but nevertheless largely dependent Still, Israel is an ally because there are more somewhat different. In addition to refugees Here again, a long-term policy address- upon Russian trade or support. Israel, per- than 7 million Jews in the United States and from the Middle East, we are concerned ing root causes would be advisable. We with the deluge of immigrants from Latin haps for the first time in its history, voted in Israel is the only relative democracy in the must avoid the kind of half-hearted and America. As mostly economic migrants, favor of Ukraine and appeared to do so by Middle East. Prime Minister Benjamin inconsistent meddling that has contributed they resemble our own Ukrainian “First considering the moral agenda and disre- Netanyahu is right. Israel is the only venue to the humanitarian disaster in Syria. Wave” of the late 1800s and our current Taking Muslim grievances about Western garding political expediency in the form of in the Middle East where Christians survive “Fourth Wave.” But the distinction between policies like aggressive secularization seri- neutrality. Abstention in the past has not and are permitted to observe Christmas. a political refugee fleeing persecution or ously, and fostering Christian-Muslim dia- reaped favors with the Russian thug. Consider the prospect in which Israel does death and an economic migrant fleeing dire logue (that much-derided word) could not exist and the Christian Holy Land finds poverty or starvation can seem immaterial. eventually help defuse the simmering dis- itself within a state that considers Askold S. Lozynskyj is an attorney based In any case, this complex problem, which content that feeds terrorism, while discred- in New York City. He is a former president of enjoyed prominence in the recent presi- iting the false theologies that support it. the Ukrainian World Congress. (Continued on page 13) dential election, remains near the top of the The cultural issues are delicate. We have national agenda as a new administration tried to limit the immigration of certain pop- begins to formulate its policies. ulations before, notably in the 1882 Chinese Quotable notes Immigration has economic, security and Exclusion Act. The Johnson-Reed Act of 1924 cultural aspects. The economic argument sought to limit further immigration from “Three years after the Revolution of Dignity, the Ukrainian economy has stabilized for restricting it centers on competition for southern and eastern Europe by setting quo- and is ready for growth. low-paying jobs in a situation of high tas. Some Americans want to restore white …An unsustainable budget deficit of 10 percent of GDP has now been brought unemployment, particularly for working- Anglo-Saxon Protestant dominance. They down to about 3 percent of GDP, mainly through cuts in public expenditures. ...The class white males. We sometimes think of would have to go back to a time before the government has sensibly reduced the exorbitant payroll tax from 45 percent to 22 the United States as a lifeboat that will sink influx of the Irish (caricatured as unruly percent. Foreign payments have reached balance thanks to a necessary devaluation if it takes on too many of the world’s survi- Catholic breeders), the Italians (cast as of the hryvnia, and the exchange rate has stabilized on the market. ... vors. An overload of immigrants could thieves and mobsters), the Poles, Jews and With the nationalization of PrivatBank on December 18, the National Bank of destroy our quality of life – a costly way to Asians, not to mention those drunken Ukraine (NBU) has nearly completed an impressive cleansing of the corrupt and discourage further immigration. Ruthenian strike-breakers with their mar- undercapitalized banking system. ... The chief economic concern, however, is ried priests and weird ritual foods (see kutya, Ukraine has carried out major structural reforms. The unification of energy prices illegal immigration across our permeable above). Does diversity dilute or enrich? deprived corrupt gas traders of up to 8 percent of GDP. The e-declarations of wealth southern border. President-elect Donald In fact, all those groups have assimilated. will deal a major future blow to corruption. The ProZorro public procurement sys- Trump’s proposal to build a wall has been In so doing, they have sometimes shunned tem does so as well, and so do deregulation and improved corporate governance. ridiculed, though its impracticability is dis- – or even exploited – subsequent immi- …In the new year, reform of the state administration should finally start in cooper- puted. While China’s Great Wall, built most- grant waves from their own homelands. ation with the European Union. The byzantine top government structures need to be ly during the 16th century, had little effect, They have also, quite understandably, simplified, modernized and opened up. Muscovy’s Izium and Belgorod lines of the opposed illegal immigration. Partly for that Acting Minister of Health Ulana Suprun has launched the first real reform of the following century kept the Tatars in check. reason, and to the dismay of liberals, many Ukrainian health care system. Minister of Education Lilia Hrynevych is sensibly try- But proposals to seal our borders smack of Latino immigrants voted for Donald ing to restore the 12-year school system that was vandalized under Viktor hypocrisy: we maintain our high standard Trump. But upward mobility has often Yanukovych. The most important reform of the state is the judicial reform that was of living by investing capital and extracting meant a switch from “conservative” work- ing-class to liberal middle-class attitudes – legislated last June. A new Supreme Court is supposed to be composed in March. resources around the globe, and are per- always easier to maintain when insulated …Current forecasts suggest 2-3 percent growth in 2017, but it should be the year fectly happy to receive capital from other countries – as long as it isn’t human capital. from their social effects. that Ukraine takes off with a much higher growth driven by exports to Europe, the We might also do well to address the Perhaps, on that Christmas of 1944, our Middle East and China. Lower inflation and interest rates should spur credit expan- root causes of excessive economic immi- friends’ Hungarian hosts, themselves sion and drive higher domestic investment. Energy production should rise with gration rather than its symptoms, and in descendants of Magyar migrants, recalled lower taxation. ... the long rather than the short term. By that Joseph, Mary and Jesus had been refu- In view of Ukraine’s substantial reform attainments and embattled position, one increasing development aid to source gees in Egypt and that God had admon- would hope that the international community would mobilize $5 billion a year in countries like Mexico, for example, helping ished Moses to love the stranger as himself, international investment credits to compensate for some of the great damage them to sustain their populations, we “for you were once strangers in the land of Russian aggression has caused to the Ukrainian economy. would reduce their incentive to emigrate. Egypt” (Leviticus 19:33-34; see Exodus – Anders Aslund, writing on the “Ukraine Alert” blog of the Atlantic Council on This applies to the Middle East too: immi- 23:9). We might do well to emulate them. January 3 (see http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/2017-should-be- gration hard-liner Hungary has created a the-year-ukraine-s-economy-takes-off). special department to help persecuted Andrew Sorokowski can be reached at Christians survive at home rather than flee- [email protected]. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 2017 No. 2 No. 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 2017 9

NEWS AND VIEWS Aid to Ukraine: the needs are enormous by Larissa Kyj Building up an army almost from contributions, which had in reality never other items in smaller quantities. For expe- scratch and providing it with aircraft, tanks, been practiced during Soviet times diency and efficiency, the UUARC tries to Ukraine is a country in the midst of war, artillery and logistical support has taken a (because the attitude was that the state purchase what it can in Ukraine or provide economic change and social upheaval. As a significant amount of the government’s should provide), was awakened in the pop- money to centers we have worked with result, the old social safety net has been budget and resources of the populace. In ulace of Ukraine. Therefore, since 2013, through the years to purchase the neces- broken, but a new one has not been devel- the early days, volunteers and soldiers organizations and individuals both in sary items either in Ukraine or geographi- oped to address pressing social needs. were mostly dressed and equipped by their Ukraine and the diaspora have been cally proximate countries. A program we Although, more reforms have been initiat- parents, friends and charitable organiza- increasingly active in providing humanitar- found to be very valuable is “Adopt a ed in Ukraine in the last two years than in tions. While foreign governments have also ian aid. Presently, there are hundreds, if not Wounded Ukrainian Soldier,” which finds the previous 23 combined, the toxic mix of provided humanitarian aid and military thousands, of organizations and tens of sponsors for wounded soldiers and con- war and corruption, despite abating in training, Ukraine has relied on its own mili- thousands of volunteers in Ukraine. The nects the two if the sponsor wishes. The some sectors, continues to create a dire tary industrial complex to modernize exist- Ukrainian government is checking the soldier is given $300 from the sponsor need for humanitarian aid. ing weaponry and develop new weapons legality and activities of many of these through the UUARC and often the sponsor Unfortunately this reality for Ukraine systems. organizations since, unfortunately, some do helps the wounded soldier on an individual has not changed since it achieved indepen- The war in Ukraine has displaced 3 mil- appear to have questionable motives. basis or again through the UUARC. The pro- dence in 1991. Years of corrupt govern- lion people, 2.2 million internally displaced There is a newsletter put out by the Civic gram was started in November 2014 and ments coupled with direct Russian military persons (IDPs) are in Ukraine and has served over 480 soldiers. aggression in eastern Ukraine have left the about 800,000 emigrated, mostly Recently, one of our board mem- people of Ukraine devoid of any accumulat- to Russia. This is the largest num- Humanitarian aid for Ukraine bers, along with our representa- ed economic resources. Predictably, the ber of displaced people in Europe. has been implemented from both tive in Kyiv, was able to visit some war and continuing perceived or actual With the Western media’s atten- of the recipients in the Kyiv corruption continue to present a very high tion on ISIS and refugees from the sides, internally by the citizens Military Hospital. Her experience level of country risk for investors. As a Middle East, there is very little of Ukraine and externally by was very moving and at the same result the current level of foreign invest- mention of these refugees, who the Ukrainian diaspora. time educational for us. She met a ment continues to be very low for a coun- must be housed, fed, educated soldier who had lost one arm and try the size of Ukraine. To give you some and employed. This further the fingers of the other hand. His idea relative to other nearby countries, stretches an already tight government bud- Sector of Euromaidan that in the past pro- parents, standing next to him, were crying. based on the 2014 World Bank data, net get. As we can see, Ukraine’s need for vided information about humanitarian aid, All three spoke Russian. She gave the par- foreign direct investment (FDI) in Ukraine humanitarian aid is enormous. Hoping to but has now tilted more towards general ents a sponsor’s monetary assistance and, was $847 million or .6 percent of GDP, com- get some firm data on humanitarian aid to information about the war in Ukraine. It in Ukrainian, thanked the soldier. In pared to $8.1 billion or 3.9 percent of GDP Ukraine, I looked up the Ukrainian World was never totally comprehensive, with response he spoke in Russian “I have to for the Czech Republic, and $17.3 billion or Congress (UWC) Council of Social Services many groups missing, including most from fight, I have to defend my country.” A sec- 3.2 percent of GDP for Poland. Direct for- annual reports for the last three years. The the diaspora. Social networks also are used ond program, a newer one, is “Rodyna eign investments in Poland are more than UWC is the international coordinating body to report activities. The following report is Rodyni,” which helps families of deceased 20 times of those in Ukraine. From conver- for Ukrainian communities in the diaspora based on the information I have gleaned as soldiers awaiting to officially receive their sations I had last summer with managers representing the interests of over 20 mil- president of the United Ukrainian compensation payment from the Ukrainian of foreign firms, it appears that only small lion Ukrainians. Unfortunately, many American Relief Committee and what my government or who find themselves in dif- and medium (short-term) investments are Ukrainian diaspora humanitarian organiza- husband calls my and UUARC representa- ficult situations . In several cases, these are being made, generally in the area of $5 mil- tions have not reported their activities. tives’ “in the field experience” in Ukraine. young widows with children who immedi- lion to $10 million, although a major invest- There was a significant jump in the value of Initially, humanitarian aid was sent to keep ately upon receiving the compensation ment of about $280 million for a seaport humanitarian aid between 2012 and 2013, the students warm and fed on the barri- bought an unfinished apartment and are facility by Bunge was started this year. from $1.97 million in 2012 to $4.53 million cades of the Maidan. After the events of subsequently desperate for help since they Salaries continue to be abysmally low, and in 2013, and to $5.4 million in 2014 (19 February 2015, some wounded were pro- cannot move in and really have nowhere are exacerbated by the devastating organizations reported). The data for 2015 vided medical care in several countries. else to live. Through “Rodyna Rodyni” aid is exchange rate for the hryvnia along with an are incomplete, with only eight organiza- The UUARC carried out a program of giving provided not only to families of deceased inflation rate of 49 percent. Based on an tions reporting. Based on the line items for $1,000 from the U.S. diaspora to each fami- servicemen, but also to refugee families exchange rate of 26 hrv to the U.S. dollar, 2013, most of the aid was for the partici- ly of the Heavenly Brigade. These families and families of wounded soldiers. In most the average salary is $190 per month, and pants of the Euro-Maidan. The information were also to receive the equivalent of cases these are the more needy. Please be teachers and doctors make about $135 per for 2014 includes both Maidan and human- $10,000 from funds organized in Ukraine. aware that the Ukrainian government pro- month. This average salary is skewed itarian aid for the army. Some of the organi- Starting in April 2014, the dire army situa- vides 609,000 hrv to the families of upward due to salaries in Kyiv and govern- zations in the West brought seriously tion resulted in millions of dollars of deceased soldiers, and the oblast govern- ment positions. The median salary would wounded individuals from the Euro- humanitarian aid for the troops. This ments on the average provide additionally be a much better statistic, but it included clothing, medicines, flak about 120,000 hrv. The total is equivalent is unavailable. Workers in jackets, helmets, walkie-talkies and to $28,000. This is in a country where the Ukraine continue to be under- Since 2013, organizations boots. Some organizations sent average monthly salary is about $190 and employed or unemployed. thousands of packets of Celox, oth- most pensioners receive the equivalent of United Nations data on physi- and individuals both in Ukraine ers sent QuickClots and tourniquets. about $80 per month. Each amputee sol- cian density for 2012 show that and the diaspora have been The UUARC works directly through dier has the right to receive the prostheses the U.S. had 2.45 physicians per our two representatives and several that best meet his needs. The cost is born 1,000 and Ukraine had 3.53 increasingly active in providing volunteers in Ukraine. For example, by the government. As of the fall of 2015, physicians per 1,000. Ukraine humanitarian aid. two board members and the UUARC there are four Western manufacturers of has more than one extra physi- representative in Kyiv visited the prosthesis registered in Ukraine. The psy- cian relative to the U.S. per Maidan and later soldiers of the ATO for training base for Kyivska Rus’ in Cherkasy chological toll that this war has taken is 1,000 population, while the U.S., consid- treatment in the West. This was mostly to Oblast and asked the military personnel for enormous, and several post traumatic ered the richest country, spends more on medical care than any other country in the Poland, Germany and the United States.In a priority list. Obviously we were not able stress disorder (PTSD) projects by various world. Reforms in Ukraine have been gla- late 2015, the UWC formed a coordinating to totally satisfy it, but we did the best groups have been undertaken, including cially slow and labor market forces have body headed by Dr. Ulana Suprun, present- given our financial ability. The UUARC is one at Yale University in the summer of been impeded, resulting in vast underem- ly the acting minister of health in Ukraine, only one of the numerous diaspora organi- 2014 where the UUARC was a co-sponsor. ployment in fields that are financed by the to try to synchronize humanitarian aid by zations providing aid to Ukraine. To give Centers have been established in Ukraine government budget. We also need to con- assisting engaged organizations with the you an idea of how aid to Ukraine has esca- to help not only returning soldiers, but also sider that, according to Dmitry Gorenburg logistics of sending and distributing aid. An lated, based on its audited financial state- their families – especially the children. As at Harvard’s Davis Center for Russian and office has been established, and teleconfer- ments, the UUARC has provided in most times of crisis, children are the Eurasian Studies, in March 2014, Ukraine ences are held every three months with $4,899,000 in aid to Ukraine from 2010 to most vulnerable. For years, the UUARC con- had 80,000 troops and fewer than 1,000 representatives from Ukrainian diaspora 2015. Specifically in 2010 – $660,000, ducted summer camps by the Black Sea, artillery pieces, but its combat-ready force organizations. But again, only a few organi- 2011 – $419,000, 2012 – $386,000, 2013 – the Sea of Azov or the Carpathian was a mere 6,000. Today the situation is zations participate. I don’t think we have $1,215,000, 2014 – $1,162,000 and in 2015 Mountains for about 50 to 60 children, usu- very different, with approximately 250,000 ever had more than seven representatives – $1,057,000. Since 2013, 16 40-foot con- ally from orphanages. At the request of the active frontline personnel and approxi- participate at any given juncture. tainers have been shipped with medical Ukrainian Embassy to the U.S., the UUARC mately 1 million reserve personnel. Humanitarian aid for Ukraine has been equipment, including two full morgue com- shifted its approach and in the summers of implemented from both sides, internally by plexes, ambulances, Oleas bandages, 2015 conducted camps in the Carpathian Larissa Kyj, Ph.D., is president of the the citizens of Ukraine and externally by QuikClots, tourniquets, ambulatory equip- Mountains of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast for United Ukrainian American Relief the Ukrainian diaspora. This is a very posi- ment, army boots, warm underclothes, 200 refugee children and children whose Committee. She was recently re-elected to tive result of the events in Ukraine. First of warmers for hands and feet, army sleeping that position. all, the idea of volunteerism and charitable bags, supplies for refugees and various (Continued on page 13) 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 2017 No. 2 A standing ovation in Kyiv for “Okradena Zemlya”

by Kost’ Mykhalchenko “Okradena Zemlya” was produced and directed by Mr. Luhovy, and narrated by KYIV – The feature documentary film National Artist of Ukraine Bohdan Beniuk. “Okradena Zemlya” premiered in Kyiv at Music is by Kyiv composer Roman Luhovy, “Ukrayinskyi Dim” (Ukraine House) on the who attended the premiere. Khreshchatyk on November 25 to a stand- Filmed in eastern Ukraine, the docu- ing ovation. The showing was organized by mentary is based on survivors’ testimonies, the Memorial to the Victims of Holodomor commentaries by historians, declassified National Museum with the Ukrainian Soviet archival documents and rare histori- Institute of National Memory, as part of the cal footage. Many areas where the docu- worldwide Holodomor commemorations. mentary was filmed are no longer accessi- Official invitations were mailed to various ble; they have been reduced to rubble by dignitaries, including those who participat- Russia’s invasion and backing of the ongo- ed in the film and were interviewed in the ing war in Ukraine’s east. documentary, among them Ivan Drach, Dr. The English version of the feature docu- Hennadii Boriak, Prof. Yurii Shapoval, Prof. mentary (75 minutes) “Genocide Revealed” Roman Serbyn. Admission being free, vol- garnered 12 international awards, includ- unteers handed out invitations to the gener- ing Best Historical Film and Best al public at Kyiv subways and at universities. Documentary. Opening remarks at the premiere were To complete the Ukrainian-language given by organizer Nina Lapchynska, the education version of “Okradena Zemlya” head archivist at the museum. As the tail (26 minutes and 52 minutes on one DVD) credits of the film rolled, the audience for Ukrainian schools, community support Yana Hrynko stood, moved to tears. This was followed is required. Both shortened school versions Oles Yanchuk (right) speaks at the Kyiv premiere of “Okradena Zemlya” with orga- by Lesia Hasydzhak, general director of the are done. This version could be made avail- nizer Nina Lapchynska. national museum, who spoke of the impor- able to Ukrainian schools and educators tance to continue researching and gather- sized how powerfully the film captures the then that eight decades after the Famine- very shortly with support to help pay the ing evidence of the genocide. broad scope of the genocide and the need Genocide, this documentary would be final lab fees. For further information read- Prof. Volodymyr Serhiychuk of Taras to make the documentary available to shown in Kyiv, knowing this whole area ers may contact Mr. Luhovy at mmlinc@ Shevchenko National University, whose schools and teachers throughout Ukraine. was once closed off to the West, gripped in hotmail.com, see www.yluhovy.com, or call mother and father were both victims of the Film critic Larysa Naumova called it “very terror as the man-made Famine was 514-481-5871. Famine, and Oles Yanchuk of the powerful.” denied. I am grateful to all that supported The feature documentary “Okradena Dovzhenko Film Studio were among those Contacted in Montreal, filmmaker Yurij making ‘Okradena Zemlya’ and am moved Zemlya” was endorsed by the Ukrainian who spoke following the film. Both empha- Luhovy stated, “who would have thought it is so well received.” World Congress. Life Insurance* is the ultimate selfl ess gift your family truly needs

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Spy thriller based on a true story Novel reflecting today’s reality in Ukraine “The Man with the Poison Gun: A Cold “The Linnet,” by Chris McNaught. War Spy Story,” by Serhii Plokhy. New York: Cambridge, England: Vanguard Press, 2016. Basic Books, 2016. 355 pp. ISBN: 978-0-465- 274 pp. ISBN: 978-1784-65-163-3, $16.99. 03590-8, approximately $25 hardcover, $19 Visitors to author Chris McNaught’s e-book, $25-$30 audio. website are greeted with the following Serhii Plokhy, one of the foremost histo- quote by Gunter Grass: “People need books rians of the former Soviet Union, has with an epic background. They are bored penned a nonfiction spy thriller. Dr. Plokhy’s with books that tell only one story on one latest book, “The Man with the Poison Gun,” level. They need something fantastic, some- tells the story of Bohdan Stashinsky, a KGB thing that gives them a sense of living in assassin who defected to the West in 1961, history.” Very clearly, it’s advice that Mr. just hours before the construction of the McNaught followed in his newest novel, Berlin Wall, and in so doing changed the “The Linnet.” face of Cold War espionage. “The Linnet” tells the story of a young Turning himself in to the authorities in Ukrainian patriot, Nina Vassilieva, who is West Berlin, Stashinsky confessed not only kidnapped into sex slavery in Birmingham, that he was a Soviet citizen and a KGB England. Managing to escape, she by assassin, but the specific details of the mur- chance finds sanctuary with MI6 and ders he had committed. He was put on trial embarks on a new career as an “asset.” in what would be the most publicized Ostensibly a special cultural liaison and res- assassination case of the Cold War. ident interpreter at the Canadian Embassy Stashinsky’s testimony implicated the in Kyiv, Nina dedicates herself to “uncaging Kremlin rulers in political assassinations the better angels of the republic.” A carried out abroad, shaking the world of Poison Gun” a “thrilling, well-researched Canadian lawyer of Ukrainian descent falls anglophile mother. He was educated at international politics. Publicity generated tale of espionage that has all the spycaft for her, and together they fight the “endless Jarvis Collegiate (Toronto), Neuchâtel by the trial resulted in the KGB changing hallmarks of a blockbuster movie,” while aftershocks of Holodomor, the Gulag, and Junior College (Switzerland), Trinity how it operated abroad, and helped end Library Journal says “Extensively those parasites scurrying to profit from the College (University of Toronto), and the the career of ambitious and dangerous researched and well documented, this fas- fresh crosswinds over the Steppes.” Faculty of Law (University of Toronto). Soviet leader Aleksandr Shelepin. cinating true story will appeal to readers of A customer review on Amazon.com “The Linnet” is his third novel, once Although Stashinsky’s story captured spy fiction and nonfiction, and Eastern says, “It is a tour de force on two levels, again sparked by personal experience. Mr. the attention and imagination of the West, European and Cold War history.” Chris McNaught’s superb writing skills McNaught’s earlier books are “The inspiring Ian Fleming’s “The Man with the Dr. Plokhy is the Mykhailo Hrushevsky transport the reader through history in a Ambulance Driver” and “The Keli Dowry.” Golden Gun,” there have always been Professor of Ukrainian History at Harvard succinct and moving way… While the story The latter is based on his time as a diver on doubts about its veracity. The CIA was and the director of the university’s is technically fictitious, it is based on the an American dig in Greece during the late never totally sure whether Stashinsky was Ukrainian Research Institute. The prize- reality that many people are having to deal 1960s and early 1970s. His next will be a telling the truth, and the KGB denied winning author has written nine books, with today and not only in Ukraine. This mystery, “Dùn Phrìs,” set on Scotland’s involvement with the assassinations for including “The Last Empire” and “The book is not to be missed.” southwest coast. decades. Using previously unavailable files Gates of Europe.” Mr. McNaught is a Canadian author, for- “The Linnet” is available at online retail- from the CIA; Soviet, German and Polish “The Man with the Poison Gun” is avail- mer criminal barrister, university lecturer, ers such as Barnes & Noble and Amazon. archives; and memoirs and interviews of able from the publisher at www.utppub- freelance journalist and artist with an For more information readers may visit former KGB officers, Dr. Plokhy has been lishing.com, and from online retailers such ingrained love of storytelling, thanks to an www.chrismcnaught.com. able to put to rest much of the early theo- as Amazon and Barnes & Noble in hard- ries about Stashinsky. bound, e-book (Nook and Kindle) and Kirkus Reviews calls “The Man with the audio book formats. introdUCinG aspirations for joining Western institutions U.S. senators vow... and the Georgian-U.S. strategic relationship first fridays at soyuzivka in Tbilisi. (Continued from page 1) The president’s office said Mr. First Fridays of the Month: February 3, March 3 and April 7, 2017 would not expel any Americans from Margvelashvili thanked Sens. McCain, Russia, accusing the U.S. administration of Graham and Klobuchar for their support of “irresponsible ‘kitchen’ diplomacy.” Georgia’s “sovereignty and territorial integ- friday, february 3, 2017 On December 30, President-elect Trump rity” during talks in the Georgian capital. praised the Russian president on Twitter The senators included talks on their 6-9 p.m. for holding off on retaliatory actions, calling two-day trip with Prime Minister Giorgi him “very smart.” Kvirikashvili and Foreign Affairs Minister Mr. Trump has brushed aside allegations Mikheil Janelidze. Sen. McCain said he also DINNER MENU from the CIA and other intelligence agen- met with some opposition leaders. Experience cies that Russia was behind the cyberat- The U.S. delegation stopped on January 2 • Ukrainian borscht tacks. But it is unclear whether he will seek at the NATO-Georgian Joint Training and traditional to roll back President Obama’s actions. Evaluation Center near Tbilisi and earlier at Ukrainian hospitality • Cucumber and tomato medley ‘salatka’ “If you have a hard time figuring out who Khurvaleti, the boundary with the break- and a delicious is behind this, that doesn’t speak well of away Georgian territory of South Ossetia meal • Appetizer portion of potato you,” Sen. Graham said. “The Russians are that has been controlled by Russian forces varenyky with caramelized doing it all over the world.” since a brief war was fought in 2008. onions and sour cream Sen. Klobuchar said it wasn’t only the “Our message is that 2017 will be a year United States that was being targeted by of ‘more’ – more American military sup- • Free range breaded chicken Russian cyberattacks. port, more trade, more economic integra- cutlet with green beans and “We have learned on this trip visiting tion and more push-back against Russia for garlic mashed potatoes Estonia and Lithuania and hearing about the aggression not only here, but through- • Desert: traditional Ukrainian these cyberattacks in Ukraine – it has hap- out the world, more sanctions,” Sen. $22/person hazelnut torte pened for years and years and years. And Graham said. “Now is the time to let with tax and gratuities included it’s a technique that can be used in the [Russian President Vladimir] Putin know • Includes complimentary French elections or the German elections,” that we as a world have had enough.” Seating is limited. glass of Ukrainian wine or Sen. Klobuchar said, referring to two key Sen. 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Pen from entering the country following Crimean Tatar on list of “terrorists” Savchenko unveils new public movement NEWSBRIEFS her claim that Russia’s annexation of Crimea was not illegal. The Ukrainian KHARKIV, Ukraine – The Kharkiv KYIV – Ukrainian lawmaker Nadiya (Continued from page 2) Foreign Affairs Ministry said in a statement Human Rights Protection Group (KHPG) Savchenko has announced the formation of on January 4 that Ms. Le Pen was repeating reported that Russia has added Crimean a new movement after a split with her for- Le Pen: Crimea annexation not illegal mer political party. Ms. Savchenko, an ex- Moscow’s propaganda and showing “disre- Tatar Mejlis leader Ilmi Umerov “to its military aviator who spent nearly two PARIS – France’s far-right leader and spect for the sovereignty and territorial notoriously long list of so-called ‘Terrorists years in Russian jails, announced in the presidential candidate Marine Le Pen said integrity of Ukraine.” (RFE/RL) and Extremists’ for saying, as do all demo- on January 3 that Russia’s annexation of cratic states, that Russia should be made to western city of Lviv on December 27, 2016, Ukraine’s Crimea in 2014 was “not illegal.” OSCE says it suffered major cyberattack leave Crimea. With its customary contempt that she had established the Civic Platform In an interview with French television for presumption of innocence, it has also RUNA, a Ukrainian acronym for Ukrainian channel BFM TV, the leader of the National VIENNA – The Organization for Security added all 19 Crimean Muslims whom it is People’s Revolution. Ms. Savchenko said Front party sided with the Kremlin in a dis- and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has suf- holding in custody and charging with RUNA will not be a “political project” but pute that has contributed to the worst East- fered a “major” cyberattack, a spokeswom- unproven involvement in an organization rather a “mechanism” that she described as West ties since the Cold War. “I absolutely an has confirmed. Ursula Froese told RFE/ which is legal in Ukraine.” KHPG noted: a “natural association of people” who do disagree that it was an illegal annexation: a RL on December 28 that the attack, first “They join many other Ukrainian victims of not follow “populist slogans.” Ms. referendum was held and residents of reported by the French daily Le Monde, Russian political persecution, including Savchenko, 35, quit the Batkivshchyna Crimea chose to rejoin Russia,” said Ms. Le took place in early November 2016. She Ukrainian filmmaker Oleh Sentsov and civic (Fatherland) party headed by former Prime Pen, who is running in the April 17 presi- said in an e-mail that the Vienna-based activist Oleksander Kolchenko who were Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in October and dential election on a platform of forging organization “became aware of a major labelled ‘terrorists’ almost a year before was formally expelled from it earlier this stronger ties with Russia. Russian forces information security incident” that com- their ‘trial.’ Crimean journalist Mykola month. On December 22, Ms. Savchenko swept into the Black Sea peninsula in promised “the confidentiality “of its IT net- Semena who is, like Umerov, charged over was expelled from Ukraine’s delegation to February 2014 and a month later orga- work. She said the attack did not disrupt comments indicating occupation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council nized a referendum in which more than 95 the organization’s operations. “The OSCE Russia’s occupation of Crimea, was added of Europe and later from the Parliamentary percent of Crimean voters backed joining was able to operate, since its computer to the list many months ago. Like Semena, Committee for National Defense and Russia. “I see no grounds whatsoever to network services were not disrupted by 59-year-old Ilmi Umerov first learned of Security. Meanwhile, pro-Moscow separat- question this referendum,” Ms. Le Pen said, the attack,” the spokeswoman said. this new development because of the prac- ists released two women captives on adding that she views Crimea as a part of December 27. The women – judge According to Le Monde, a Western intelli- tical ramifications. Umerov’s bank account Russia. The United States and European Anzhelika Presnyakova and journalist Olha gence agency believes that the Russian is now blocked, and he is not even able to Union branded the referendum as “farcical” Svorak – were reportedly released due to hacker group APT28 was behind the pay the fine illegally imposed for a meeting and have insisted that Crimea’s annexation attack. The same source told Le Monde Ms. Savchenko’s efforts. (RFE/RL’s of the Mejlis.” The right groups also com- from Ukraine was illegal. They cited the that the group was also behind attacks on Ukrainian Service, with reporting by AFP, mented that, “Since Russia has now banned takeover as the principle reason for hitting the U.S. Democratic Party leadership dur- the Kyiv Post and TASS) as ‘extremist’ the Crimean Tatar Mejlis, or Russia with tough sanctions that remain in ing the U.S. presidential campaign. The representative assembly of the main indig- 150th NGO cited as “foreign agent” place today. (RFE/RL, based on reporting OSCE spokeswoman said her organization enous people of Crimea, it is only a matter by The Independent and TASS) could not confirm the claim. “As with all of time before new persecution of Mejlis WASHINGTON – On December 22, 2016, these cases, it is not possible to determine Ukraine threatens to blacklist Le Pen members begins, with more people added U.S. State Department spokesperson John with certainty the identity of the attack- to what is increasingly becoming a post- Kirby stated, “Russia reached an unfortu- KYIV – Ukraine has threatened to ban ers,” Ms. Froese said. (RFE/RL, with Soviet list of ‘dissidents.’ (Ukrainian nate milestone December 19 when it listed French presidential candidate Marine Le reporting by AFP and Reuters) Canadian Congress Daily Briefing, Kharkiv the 150th non-governmental organization (NGO) under its so-called ‘foreign agent law.’ Human Rights Protection Group) The use of the term ‘foreign agent’ is a delib- Savchenko removed from PACE delegation erate choice, suggesting that these organiza- tions are traitors. In fact, under this legisla- KYIV – The Verkhovna Rada has tion Russia has targeted organizations dedi- removed National Deputy Nadiya cated to pursuits such as fighting torture, TO PLACE YOUR AD CALL WALTER HONCHARYK (973) 292-9800 x3040 Savchenko from Ukraine’s delegation to the or e-mail [email protected] preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS, and Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of even protecting migratory birds. The people Europe (PACE). A total of 237 lawmakers of Russia deserve a strong, democratic gov- SERVICES PROFESSIONALS out of 324 present at a December 22, 2016, ernment that respects the role that civil session of the Ukrainian Parliament sup- society plays in holding governments ported the move. It came eight days after accountable and providing essential servic- the Batkivshchyna party announced that es, rather than stifling NGOs’ important Ms. Savchenko, a former military aviator work. We urge the Russian government to who spent nearly two years in Russian jails, abolish this legislation today and uphold its had resigned from the party in late October international human rights commitments.” 2016. A day before that, Ms. Savchenko (U.S. Department of State, Ukrainian confirmed media reports that she had met Canadian Congress Daily Briefing) in Minsk with the leaders of two Russia- backed separatist groups in eastern Ukroboronprom to manufacture M16 rifle Ukraine. 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many other Ukrainians. Another two citi- with very, very sick children. But they also Statement... zens of Ukraine – Ilmi Umerov and Mykola Aid to Ukraine... come from military hospitals and various Semena – though not in prison now, contin- organizations, that request medicines and (Continued from page 3) (Continued from page 9) ue to be targets of harassment by the supplies for soldiers. Looking into the exercising trips to the Russian Federation Russian occupation authorities. fathers had been killed or wounded in future, besides the war and addressing seri- and to the temporarily Russian-occupied The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of action. In 2016 the children selected to par- ous corruption, the Ukrainian government Ukrainian territories. Ukraine demands that the Russian ticipate were from the “grey zone” in must seriously address the medical issue in Ukraine, with its international partners, Federation release immediately all illegally Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts. For 18 days Ukraine. Although de juris medical services makes all possible political, diplomatic and detained citizens of Ukraine without any they did not hear, see or fear the shelling are supposed to be free, de facto they are legal efforts to free Ukrainian citizens from additional preconditions and stop the prac- that falls all around their towns and villag- extremely expensive and in serious cases Russian captivity. However, in breach of the tice of political persecution and repressions es. Initially they had a full day in Kyiv (from prohibitively expensive. Although there are norms of international law, Moscow contin- towards our citizens. 9 a.m. to 11:30 p.m.), which left a very excit- actually too many doctors, many proce- ues to hold in captivity Oleh Sentsov, We call on the U.N. member states to ing impression on them. In a thank-you dures are not performed in Ukraine. In its Oleksander Kolchenko, Akhtem Chiyhoz, take further consolidated steps to increase note, one of the young boys wrote that he September 16 issue, the Kyiv Post wrote Roman Sushchenko, Mykola Karpyuk, Ferat pressure on the Russian Federation on the hopes his mother wasn’t killed during the that 90 percent of the income of physicians Sayfullayev, Serhiy Lytvynov, Oleksiy grounds of its severe violations of the key time he was away. An additional 36 children comes from bribes. Medicines that are pro- Cherniy, Ruslan Zeytullayev, Stanislav Klyh, provisions of the Universal Declaration of from Kherson whose fathers are in the ATO cured by the state are not those that Valentin Vyhivskyi, Yurii Primov, Viktor Human Rights, the International Convention attended another camp, and a camp for sol- address the needs of the patients, but those Shur, Oleksander Kostenko, Evhen Panov, on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial diers’ families with very young children that are manufactured or imported by rela- Rustem Vaitov, Enver Bekirov, Emir-Usain Discrimination, the Convention against from western Ukraine was co-sponsored tives and friends of ministers and deputies. Kuku, Vadim Siruk, Muslim Aliev, Refat Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or with the Ternopil Logistic Center. The Way too many children have been diag- Alimov, Enver Mamutov, Arsen Dzhepparov, Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the requests for humanitarian aid are never- nosed with cerebral palsy. This is a tragedy Ramzy Memetov, Mustafa Dehermendzhy, European Convention on Human Rights, the ending. Our Aid Committee has seen for the families and a catastrophe for the Zevri Abseyitov, Rustem Abiltarov, Ali European Convention for the Prevention of monthly requests for aid increase from an Ukrainian nation. Something is extremely Asanov, Andriy Kolomyets, Volodymyr Torture and Inhuman or Degrading average of 30 to 60 per month. And they are wrong and a national health system or Balukh, Teymur Abdullayev, Uzayir Treatment or Punishment, other fundamen- all over the place. About 70-75 percent are medical insurance system must be devel- oped, parallel with fighting the war and Abdullayev, Aider Saledinov, Volodymyr tal international instruments, and its disre- for help with medical conditions, too often eliminating corruption. Prysych, Dmytro Shtyblikov, Oleksiy gard for the requirements of U.N. General cancer, especially requests from parents Besarabov, Vladimir Dudko, Oleksiy Assembly Resolution A/RES/71/205, Stogniy, Hlib Shabliy, Leonid Parkhomenko, “Situation of Human Rights in the Redvan Suleymanov, Emil Dzhemadenov, Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the With deep sorrow we announce that Rustam Ismailov, Mykola Shyptur and City of Sevastopol (Ukraine).” George Shtohryn right. Political expediency is both wrong passed away peacefully in his home Ukraine at the U.N. ... and does not work in Ukraine’s favor. After on Thursday, December 15, 2016 at the age of 88. all, political expediency – also known as (Continued from page 7) He was born on April 26, 1928 in Lviv, Ukraine. appeasement – is the hallmark of affording Christians the infidel. Russia a sphere of influence. Ally accommo- Panakhyda was held Monday, December 19, at Peter Jarema Funeral The U.N. Security Council resolution con- dation is little better. The moral position is Home in New York City demning Israel was misguided. Should that Jews have a right to a state, and thus Israel be constructing settlements in the Israel has a right to exist. Similarly, the The funeral mass took place on Tuesday, December 20, 2016, at West Bank? Absolutely not! Jerusalem is an moral right is that Crimea is Ukrainian ter- St. George Ukrainian Catholic Church in New York City, followed by the entirely different issue. Still resolutions, ritory. What is happening in Crimea, includ- interment at the Cemetery of the Holy Rood. even nonbinding, aimed at encouraging ing the illegal invasion, annexation and cur- Remaining in sorrow: results are meaningless unless there is rent Russian human rights abuses, is con- good will among the parties to any conflict. trary not only to international law and civi- his wife - Maria Sorobay-Shtohryn A two-state solution as insisted upon by the lized human behavior, but morality as well. son - George Shtohryn, Jr. with his wife Andrea United States is relevant only if the Arabs Russia’s continued presence in eastern and their children Nadia and Alexander are prepared to recognize the existence of Ukraine and its interference in Ukrainian daughter - Irene Shtohryn the state of Israel. To date, there has been affairs are contrary to every international no such declaration. In fact, the Palestinian norm, bilateral agreements and morality stepsons - Mark Sorobay with his wife Virginia leadership refuses to talk with Israel. Any itself. There is no such thing as moral politi- - Roman Sorobay with his wife Tunya resolution must include a prefacing decla- cal expediency. and their children Taisa and Stefko ration by each side recognizing the other’s In this case, voting against Israel was right to exist. both immoral and politically inexpedient He was predeceased by his wife Nadia. Ukraine should never have voted in for Ukraine. Despite obvious U.S. pressure, Eternal memory. favor of the Security Council resolution in Ukraine should have abstained. Now, its adopted form. In foreign policy Ukraine Ukraine needs to mend its relations with must always insist upon what is morally Israel.

wanted a U.S. rapprochement with China in Katherine Bacwyn No matter how much... order to contain the Soviet Union, Mr. Piontkovsky continues. (July 20, 1925 - December 5, 2016) (Continued from page 6) Because of Russia’s own problems, that European vector of development and not is unlikely to lead to a grand bargain of the Katherine Bacwyn, 91, peacefully passed away at her recent even for the Central Asian dictators who do kind so many are talking about. Instead, home in Columbus OH, Monday, December 5, 2016, surrounded by not need a master in the Kremlin,” he what is likely to happen after an initial her family. She was formerly a long time resident of Somerset, NJ. Born writes. Russia has lost Ukraine “forever,” burst of activity is what has happened in Hostiw, Ukraine, she immigrated to the US in 1949. She has lived in regardless of who is president of the U.S. before: disappointment on both sides and Philadelphia, Chicago, and the state of Florida where she was active in Mr. Trump doesn’t have the power to anger among the leaders of each against “give Moscow the love of Ukrainians.” No those of the other. the UCCA Ukrainian Women’s League. one does. And when he seeks to make Mr. And there is an additional reason for Putin an ally against the Islamic state, he is doubting that Mr. Trump will deliver some- Katherine was predeceased by her husband, Walter Bacwyn in 1998; going to discover that the Kremlin leader is thing without getting something back: the father, Mykhailo Standrytchuk and mother Mariya Hrehorczyn, brothers anything but a useful one given Mr. Putin’s attitudes of the U.S. Congress. These people Omeljan, Anton, and Zenko Standrytchuk; and sisters, Hanya and Zosya. games with the Iranians and with radicals aren’t “the lame ducks” and “political corps- She is survived by her daughter, Vera Bacwyn-Holowinsky; grandson, in the Middle East. es” that the Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry Roman Holowinsky, and great-grandson, Mark Holowinsky. The incoming president will certainly be is complaining about. They are people who told about all that by U.S. intelligence agen- are going to be around and that Mr. Trump Eternal memory. cies, and it is thus likely, being a tough- will have to take into consideration. minded businessman who wants to make a The American legislators will insist that deal, that he will have “serious doubts the U.S. get something if it gives up some- about the usefulness of such an ally in the thing and thus they will reinforce Mr. DEATH ANNOUNCEMENTS struggle against ‘the Islamic State.’” Trump’s own inclination to make demands Mr. Trump may then try to make a deal for a real exchange. If Russia can’t offer any- Death announcements should be sent to the Advertising Department with Mr. Putin as an ally to help contain the thing of value – and it seems unlikely that it by e-mail to [email protected] or by fax to 973-644-9510. rise of China. In this, he would have the can – then there won’t be a new Yalta or Deadline: Tuesday noon before the newspaper’s date of issue. same ally Richard Nixon did more than 40 anything like it, regardless of what Moscow For further information call 973-292-9800, ext. 3040. years ago, except that then Henry Kissinger and its allies abroad think. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 2017 No. 2

Remembering a once-forgotten priest – Father Nestor Dmytriw

by Joe Shatynski relative of the priest Dmytriw and received permission to have a monument installed. HILLSIDE, N.J. – During 2016, Canadians celebrated the Through the financial support of the Ukrainian National 125th anniversary of Ukrainian immigration to Canada. It Association, the Hillside parish coordinated the effort to is therefore fitting to remember Father Nestor Dmytriw, erect a seven-foot monument of Portuguese black marble the first Ukrainian Catholic priest to celebrate the divine on Father Dmytriw’s grave. The monument was dedicated liturgy in Canada – at Terebovlia, Manitoba, in April 1897. on October 24, 1985. Thus, the “forgotten priest” would be In addition to his spiritual duties, Father Nestor remembered forever. Dmytriw was an avid historian, a natural leader, editor-in- What is amazing is that the Hillside parish had absolute- chief of the Ukrainian language newspaper Svoboda and a ly no connection to Father Dmytriw. The parish was found- supreme secretary and auditor of the Ukrainian National ed in 1957 – 32 years after he died). However, to this day, Association (then known as the Ruthenian National Hillside parishioners visit Father Dmytriw’s gravesite to Association). say prayers for the repose of his soul. Father Dmytriw died on May 25, 1925, and is buried at A great and humble servant of God is now remembered. Evergreen Cemetery in Hillside, N.J. Ironically, Father It is difficult to imagine the hardships that Father Nestor Dmytriw’s gravesite was unmarked for over 60 years. He Dmytriw encountered as he attended spiritually to the was the “forgotten priest” who had done so much for our early Ukrainian settlers in Canada. His writings in Svoboda early Ukrainian settlers in Canada and the USA. talk about traveling barefoot through swamps in Canada to A parishioner of Immaculate Conception Ukrainian visit the various Ukrainian settlements in Canada and hav- Catholic Church in Hillside, Olga Shatynski, happened to be ing to walk large distances because the trails could not visiting the Ukrainian festival in Dauphin, Manitoba, in accommodate wagons. 1981 with her family and coincidentally picked up a bro- Father Dmytriw also talks about temporary accommo- chure which mentioned that Father Dmytriw was buried in dations at the Immigration Home in Dauphin, as “People Hillside/Elizabeth, N.J. crowd together in the building like a swarm of flies. It is After visiting Fr. Dmytriw’s gravesite and seeing no dark and noisy: a dim light coming from a small lamp bare- marker, Mrs. Shatynski launched a four-year effort to find ly lights one corner of the shack.” Joe Shatynski surviving relatives of Father Dmytriw in order to ask per- As Canadians reflect on the 2016 celebration of the Monument at Father Nestor Dmytriw’s gravesite in mission to have a monument placed on his gravesite at 125th anniversary of Ukrainian immigration to Canada, it Evergreen Cemetery in Hillside, N.J. (U.S. legal docu- Evergreen Cemetery. After painstaking research via various ments showed the spelling of his last name as is worthwhile to remember Father Dmytriw, one of the records offices in many towns (and before the days of “Dmytrow” and his gravesite monument reflects that greatest spiritual and community leaders of those difficult Internet searching), Mrs. Shatynski found a surviving direct official spelling.) early days.

to record some of its more popular selections, including performances spurred much interest in the local press and Turning... the Ukrainian national anthem, “God Bless America” and were a boon for the Ukrainian community in the area. The (Continued from page 6) others. Ukrainian American String Band was based out of 1613 Mt. The string band was also invited to perform on January Vernon St., Philadelphia. with rave comments from the videographers. 14, 1950, at a second parade hosted by the Kensington Having performed previously in 1949 at the Mummers Businessmen’s Association in Philadelphia. Other sched- Source: “Ukrainian String Band and Hutsul DPs paraded Parade to rave reviews, the Ukrainian American String uled performances for the band included during Mardi in Philly’s Mummers Parade,” The Ukrainian Weekly, January Band – made up of mostly high school-aged boys – sought Gras at the Convention Hall in Camden, N.J. The band’s 23, 1950. No. 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 2017 15

COMMUNITY CHRONICLE Bethlehem Peace Light ceremony held in Whippany, N.J. WHIPPANY, N.J. – The Bethlehem Peace Light was shared during a ceremony at St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church in Whippany, N.J., on Saturday, December 3. In attendance were members of Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization, including senior members who organized the cere- mony, as well as Polish, Latvian and Lithuanian scouts, members of the Ukrainian American Youth Association, parishioners and school children. The light had arrived in the United States one week earlier, landing at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, where a special ceremony was held at Our Lady of the Skies Chapel. The light came from Vienna, brought there by Austrian scouts who light a lantern from the everlasting flame that burns in Bethlehem. Scouts worldwide, including Plast members in Ukraine, participate in distributing the light and sharing its mes- sage of hope, peace and love with others. Irenaeus Yurchuk (Continued on page 17) Plast scouts sing the Bethlehem Peace Light song.

Polish, Latvian and Lithuanian scouts, joined by several Ukrainian scouts, at the conclusion of the ceremony. Plast cub scouts with the lantern holding the Bethlehem Peace Light. St. Nicholas Workshop held in Somerset, N.J., at Ukrainian History and Education Center

Natalia Honcharenko Young workshop participants making traditional paper doves, vertep stars and St. Nicholas ornaments.

by Oksana Pasakas St. Nicholas). St. Nicholas met with each child and reward- ed them for their good behavior throughout the year by SOMERSET, N.J. – On Sunday afternoon, December 18, presenting a goodie bag filled with treats and toys. 2016, St. Nicholas visited the children and families gath- The Ukrainian History and Education Center staff and ered at the historic Heinrich Fisher House on the grounds volunteers decorated the historic home in festive of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Metropolia in Somerset, Christmas decor, offered complimentary refreshments of N.J., for the first ever St. Nicholas Workshop sponsored by coffee, hot chocolate, bagels and cookies, and conducted an the Ukrainian History and Education Center. educational workshop. Oksana Pasakas He was greeted with the traditional Ukrainian carol “O, St. Nicholas admires the handiwork of young workshop Khto, Khto, Mykolaia Liubyt’” (professing children’s love of (Continued on page 16) participants. 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 2017 No. 2

eggs (pysanky); spiders and spider webs – St. Nicholas... a tradition based on a Christmas legend; sheaves of wheat, symbolizing the bounti- (Continued from page 15) ful harvests for which Ukraine is known; Both children and adults participated in and Orthodox icons with hand-embroi- learning about traditional Ukrainian orna- dered ritual cloths. A fifth tree was decorat- ments and were able to make their own ed during the event with the ornaments ornaments to take home, ranging from sim- made by participants of the workshop. ple cut paper and St. Nicholas cookie orna- Homemade Christmas cookies baked by ments to the much more challenging parishioners of Holy Ascension Parish in mobiles of geometric figures made from Maplewood, N.J., were available for pur- thread and paper straws. chase. All proceeds of the event support the St. Nicholas stayed through the entire educational efforts of the Ukrainian History and Education Center. afternoon for “pictures with St. Nicholas.” To learn more about the center, its cur- Everybody attending was able to have pho- rent programs and exhibitions, or to join tographer Christine Syzonenko, a parishio- the mailing list, readers may visit the UHEC ner of St. Andrew Memorial Church, take a website at www.UkrHEC.org, or Facebook/ picture with St. Nicholas and bring home a ukrhec. print or have the photos e-mailed to them. The first floor of the Fisher House was Oksana Pasakas is education and pro- decorated with unique Christmas trees gram director at the Ukrainian History and decorated with traditional Ukrainian Easter Education Center.

Natalia Honcharenko Adult workshop participants Olena Shtelen, Anna Shevchenko and Nina Wedmid, holding their spider ornaments, pose with St. Nicholas and his angel, Victoria Rudyy. No. 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 2017 17 Krylati Karpaty of Yonkers finishes in fourth place at Cup of Legends in Chicago

by Mark Howansky YONKERS, N.Y. – On November 26-27, 2016, the Over-30 Men’s Team of the Yonkers Krylati Soccer Club took part in the inaugural Cup of Legends Soccer Tournament in Chicago. The team is named Krylati Karpaty after the famous Ukrainian soccer team from Lviv and is affiliated with the Yonkers branch of the Ukrainian American Youth Association (UAYA). SUMA Yonkers Federal Credit Union is the team’s main sponsor. The Cup of Legends Soccer Tournament was a historic event that had attracted vet- eran all-star professional players from the United States, Ukraine and all throughout Europe, many with national team experi- ence. The tournament was organized by Igor Sklyarov (USSR Olympic champion in Seoul in 1988, Russian National Team play- Yonkers Krylati Karpaty at the Cup of Legends Tournament. er, player for FC Dynamo Moscow, and hus- band to five-time gymnastics world cham- Odesa Ukraine defaulted and was meant to in 1989, head coach for CSKA Kyiv, Nyva pion Natalia Yurchenko), who is now a play in the third-place match, which Vinnytsia, Zorya Lukansk, Kharkhiv and USSR and Ukrainian national teams, youth soccer coach and scout in the opened the chance for Krylati. Other teams Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk; Dynamo• Volodymyr Kyiv, Metalist Lozynskyi Kharkiv – and player Kremin for Chicago area. included Chicago Bulgaria, Chicago Poland Kremenchuk, head coach of CSKA Kyiv, Yonkers Krylati Karpaty finished and Dinamo LA. USSR national team, Ukrainian national Vorskla Poltava and Kremin Kremenchuk; respectably in fourth place in the competi- For more information, readers can visit team,• Oleksiy Dynamo Mykhaylychenko Kyiv, Sampdoria – player (Italy), for tive eight-team tournament that also the Cup of Legends Chicago page on Glasgow Rangers (Scotland), European Cup Lviv, SCA Lviv, Spartak Ordzhinikidze, and included the Ukrainian National Team Facebook (facebook.com.cupoflegendschi- Winner’s Cup champion in 1986, Soviet Torpedo• Myron Lutsk; Markevych – played for Karpaty (Ukraine), FC Odesa (Ukraine), Dynamo cago). Footballer of the Year in 1988, Ukrainian (Los Angeles), the Chicago Connection, host Some of the former stars who played in Footballer of the Year in 1987 and 1988, national team, Dynamo Kyiv, CSKA Kyiv, club Chicago United, Chicago Poland and the tournament were: USSR Olympic gold medal champion in Prykarpattya• Ivan Yaremchuk Ivano-Frankivsk, – played for Dnipro USSR Chicago Bulgaria. 1988, coached Ukrainian national team and Cherkasy, Blue-Weiss Berlin, and Hertha In the final, the Ukrainian National Team team player at 1982, 1986 and 1990 World Dynamo Kyiv; Berlin; won 3-2 against Chicago Connection, and in Cup,• Volodymyr 1988 Euro Bezsenov Championships, – USSR national 1980 - the consolation game, host team Chicago Olympics, UEFA Cup Champion, player for er at 1986 and 1990 World Cups and 1988 Ukrainian national team, Dynamo Kyiv, United won 3-1 against Krylati Karpaty. Dynamo Kyiv, Ukrainian player of the year Euro• Vasyl Championship, Rats – USSR playerNational for Team Dynamo play Nyva• VitaliyVinnytsia Kosovskyi and Podillya – Khmelnytskyi, played for Kyiv; currently a scout for Dynamo Kyiv;

Fire, DC United and St Pauli (Germany), Ukrainian national team from 1998-2008 NCAA• Dema National Kovalenko Champion – player and all-American for Chicago including• Volodymyr the 2006 Yezerskiy World Cup, – played Karpaty for at Indiana University; Lviv, Dynamo Kyiv, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, Shakhtar Donetsk, Zorya Luhansk, Tavriya player for Ukraine and USSR, Dynamo Kyiv Simferopol, Hoverla Uzhhorod, assistant player,• Anatoliy third all-timeDemyanenko in USSR – national with 80 teamcaps manager of Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk; and three World Cups, two-time Ukrainian player of the year and Soviet player of the national team from 1992-1997 and year, coached Dynamo Kyiv, Volyn Lutsk, Dynamo• Serhiy Kyiv, Bezhenar Dnipro – played Dnipropetrovsk, for Ukrainian Borysfen Boryspiland CSKA Kyiv; CSKA Kyiv, Tavriya Simferopol, Fakel Ivano- Frankivsk; Ukrainian National Team player, FIFA World• Oleg Cup Salenko 1994 Golden – Russian, Boot top USSR scorer, and Ukrainian national team from 2003-2005 player for Dynamo Kyiv, Zenit Leningrad, and• OleksandrDynamo KosyrinKyiv, Arsenal – played Kyiv, for Logrones, Cordoba, Valencia, Rangers and Chornomorets Odesa, Matalurh Donetsk, Istanbulspor; Hoverla Uzhorod, FC Cherkasy and Maccabi Tel Aviv; and player of Greek descent, national team At the tournament (from left) are: Zenon Pavlyshak, Anatoliy Demyanenko and player• Aleksandr for Ukraine Khapsalis and USSR, – Soviet played football for • Alyaksandr Khatskevich – Belarus Bohdan Lonevsky. Dynamo Kyiv and Dynamo Moscow; (Continued on page 18)

Bethlehem Peace Light... (Continued from page 15) Here in the United States, among those charged with distributing the Bethlehem Peace Light is the Plast scout sorority “Ti, Schcho Hrebli Rvut,” which does so under the auspices of the National Board of Directors of Plast U.S.A. Thus, members of the sorority brought the flame from JFK Airport to Whippany. The ceremonies at St. John’s Church, organized by the Bystrytsia group of “Ti, Schcho Hrebli Rvut,” were led by Larissa Wowk, and a talk geared toward the children in attendance was given by Lada Bidiak. Plast scouts, directed by Kalyna Boychuk, sang the beautiful Bethlehem Peace Light song written by a Plast mem- ber in Ukraine. Sorority member Marta Borowyk was responsible for coordinating distribution of the Bethlehem Peace Light to Plast branches throughout the country. The Rev. Stepan Bilyk, pastor, addressed the gather- ing, as did the chair/chief corporate officer of Plast U.S.A., George Huk. All present at the ceremony had the opportunity to light their lanterns and candles from the Bethlehem Irenaeus Yurchuk Peace Light. Members of the Plast sorority “Ti, Shcho Hrebli Rvut.” 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 2017 No. 2

Columbia’s Ukrainian Studies Program offers seven courses NEW YORK – In the spring 2017 semes- art and rare publications from this period. a.m.; and Advanced on Mondays and screening is co-sponsored by the Ukrainian ter, the Ukrainian Studies Program at the Ambassador Valeriy Kuchynskyi’ will Wednesdays at 1:10-2:25 p.m. Film Club of Columbia University, which Harriman Institute of Columbia University teach the course “Today’s Ukraine: Power, The conference “Ukrainian Statehood will be featuring screenings of Ukrainian will offer seven courses, including a new Politics and Diplomacy.” Ambassador 1917-1921: Institutions and Individuals” films throughout the semester. course focusing on the presence of Ukraine Kuchynskyi, former permanent representa- will take place on February 24 and 25. On March 7, at 4:30 p.m., Dr. Nazar and Ukrainians in New York City. The pro- tive of Ukraine to the United Nations, will Featuring scholars from the United States, Kozak, senior research scholar at the gram will also organize several events and examine what is to be done by the Canada and Ukraine, the conference will National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, will present the conference “Ukrainian Ukrainian government to rebuff foreign commemorate the 100th anniversary of the will address the topic “How Can Art Fight Statehood 1917-1921: Institutions and aggression, eradicate corruption, improve Ukrainian Revolution and the creation of Back? Refugee Artists and the Ukrainian Individuals” during the upcoming semester. the economic situation and implement the modern Ukrainian state. It will focus Crisis.” The talk looks at how refugee artists On Wednesdays at noon-2 p.m., Prof. reforms in today’s war-torn Ukraine. These, both on the important institutions that were in Ukraine, while coping with the challenge Alexander Motyl will teach “Ukraine in New and other issues, including behind-the- founded under the Ukrainian Central Rada/ of “unbelonging” to a new social environ- York” – a course that offers a multidisci- scenes politics, power struggles and diplo- Ukrainian National Republic, the Ukrainian ment with a failed state system unprepared plinary exploration of the Ukrainian matic activities, are dealt with in a newly State of Hetman Pavlo Skoropadsky, the to embrace them, used this situation to fuel American community in New York City designed course delivered by a career dip- Ukrainian National Republic under the their creativity and explore quite new and from its beginnings in the late 19th century lomat. The course will be held on Tuesdays Directory, and on the individuals that unusual forms of expression. to the present. The course focuses on the at 2:10-4 p.m. formed them. These state institutions Both these events and the conference history, demographics, economics, politics, Dr. Yuri Shevchuk will teach proved to be essential in organizing and giv- will be free and open to the public. religion, education and culture of the com- “Postcolonial/Post-Soviet Cinema,” in ing structure to Ukrainian political, educa- Courses at Columbia are open to stu- munity, devoting particular attention to the which he will discuss how filmmaking has tional, cultural and religious developments dents from other universities in the New impact thereon of the New York setting; been used as a vehicle of power and control at that time. The successes and failures of York metropolitan area seeking credit. shifting attitudes towards American poli- in the Soviet Union and in the post-Soviet these initiatives provided models that were Readers are advised to contact the univer- tics and culture and homeland politics and space since 1991. A body of selected films both emulated and adjusted in subsequent sity at which you enrolled to determine culture; and the tensions encountered in by Soviet and post-Soviet directors that years and that continue to inform Ukrainian whether it participates in this manner with navigating between America, Soviet exemplify the function of filmmaking as a nation-building efforts today. Columbia University. Some courses are also Ukraine and independent Ukraine. tool of appropriation of the colonized, and The conference will close with a concert open to outside individuals interested in Dr. Mark Andrycyzk will teach the their cultural and political subordination by focusing on priest, composer and UNR gov- non-credit continuing studies. Additionally, course “The Aura of Soviet Ukrainian the Soviet center, will be examined in terms ernment minister Kyrylo Stetsenko and the through the Lifelong Learners program, Modernism” on Tuesdays and Thursdays at of post-colonial theories. The course will genre of the Ukrainian art song, which he individuals over age 65 who are interested 1:10-2:25 p.m. This course studies the also focus on the often overlooked work of developed at that time and which recently in auditing courses, may enroll at a dis- renaissance in Ukrainian culture of the Ukrainian, Georgian, Belarusian, Armenian has been rehabilitated. The concert will count rate as Lifelong Learners. Visit the 1920s – a period of revolution, experimen- and other national film schools and how take place at the Ukrainian Institute of Columbia University School of Professional tation, vibrant expression and polemics. they participated in the Communist project, America, which is a co-organizer of the con- Studies (http://sps.columbia.edu/auditing) Focusing on the most important develop- as well as resisted it by generating, in hid- ference. for more details. ments in literature, as well as on the intel- den forms and, since 1991, overt and Two other events have already been January 17 is the first day of classes, and lectual debates they inspired, the course increasingly assertive ways, their own scheduled for the spring 2017 semester. January 27 is the final day to register for a will also examine the major achievements counter-narratives. This course will take On January 31, there will be a screening class. For more information about courses in Ukrainian theater, visual art and film as place on Tuesdays at 6:10-10 p.m. of the film “An Aquarium in the Sea. The or the Ukrainian Studies Program at integral components of the cultural spirit Three levels of Ukrainian language Story of the New York Group of Poets” by Columbia University, contact Dr. Andryczyk that defined the era. The course treats one instruction will be continue to be taught by Oleksandr Fraze-Frazenko. The Lviv-based at [email protected] or 212- of the most important periods of Ukrainian Dr. Shevchuk in the spring: Elementary on filmmaker will be present at the event. The 854-4697. culture and examines its lasting impact on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 8:40- today’s Ukraine. It will be complemented 9:55 a.m.; Intermediate on Mondays, by film screenings, presentations of visual Wednesdays and Fridays at 10:10-11:25

Slavik Demchenko, Nestor Fedoryshyn, Krylati Karpaty... Ivan Kopytchak, Bohdan Kravchuk, Bohdan Lonevsky, Andriy Malinivsky, Vasyl (Continued from page 17) Myzhetyn, Yurij Rudovsky, Oleh Semenko, national team head coach, Belarus national Ihor Senyk, and Slavko Turko. The team team player, player for Dynamo Kyiv and proudly represents Ukraine in various tour- Dynamo Minsk. naments throughout the year. For more The Yonkers Krylati Karpaty team is information about the Krylati Sports Club managed by player-coach Zenon Pavlyshak or the Yonkers Branch of the Ukrainian- and made up entirely of Ukrainian players American Youth Association, please e-mail including Volodya Bryk, Valeriy Chukhyn, [email protected]. No. 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 2017 19

January 13 Pub Night, with music by The Gilbride Tait Duo, January 21 Malanka celebration, with music by the Yasnowsky Philadelphia Ukrainian American Citizens Association, Carnegie, PA orchestra, Ukrainian American Citizens’ Club, [email protected] 412-215-3303

January 13 through Art exhibit, “Harmony,” by Volodymyr Ilchyshyn, January 22 Concert, Dzvin Ukrainian Folk Choir of Philadelphia, February 3 Ukrainian National Museum, 312-421-8020 or Scranton, PA St. Vladimir Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church, Chicago www.ukrainiannationalmuseum.org 570-342-7023 or www.stvladimirscranton.org January 14 Malanka, Zorepad Ukrainian Dance Ensemble, Latham, NY The Century House, 518-496-4071 or 518-495-1084 January 27-29 Ukraine booth at The New York Times Travel Show, (advance only) New York U.S.-Ukraine Foundation, Jacob K. Javits Center, [email protected] or 202-524-6551 January 14 Malanka, with music by Zvook, Ukrainian American Jenkintown, PA Youth Association, Ukrainian Educational and January 31 Film screening, “Aquarium in the Sea. The Story of Cultural Center, 267-415-6580 or New York the New York Group of Poets” by Oleksandr [email protected] Fraze-Frazenko, Columbia University, 212-854-4697 or [email protected] January 14 Malanka celebration, St. Vladimir Ukrainian Catholic Dunmore, PA Church, La Buona Vita, 570-489-1256 February 4 Presentation of Debutantes banquet and ball, with January 14 Malanka celebration, with music by Pavuk Bros, Dnipro Philadelphia music by Hrim, Ukrainian Engineers’ Society Buffalo, NY Ukrainian Cultural Center, 716-435-7391 of America, Hyatt Regency Hotel, [email protected] January 14 Malanka celebration, Ukrainian American Society of Dallas/Fort Worth, TX Texas, Hyatt Regency Hotel, www.uast.org February 4 Performance, Ensemble Extasis, “Let’s Tango,” New York Ukrainian and Argentinean tangos, Ukrainian January 14 Malanka celebration, “Meanwhile in a Ukrainian Institute of America, 212-288-8660 Ottawa Village,” Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Orthodox Church, February 4 Presentation of debutantes Chervona Kalyna, [email protected] or 613-722-1372 Rochester, NY Radisson Riverside Hotel, 800-967-9033 January 14 Presentation of Debutantes and Malanka ball, Oakbrook Terrace, IL Ukrainian American Youth Association, Drury Lane, [email protected] Entries in “Out and About” are listed free of charge. Priority is given to events January 21 Presentation of Debutantes, Plast Ukrainian Scouting advertised in The Ukrainian Weekly. However, we also welcome submissions Whippany, NJ Organization – Newark Branch, Hanover Marriott, from all our readers. Items will be published at the discretion of the editors 973-809-7580 or 800-228-9290 and as space allows. Please send e-mail to [email protected]. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 2017 No. 2

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