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ThePublished U by thekra Ukrainian Nationali Association n i a Inc., a n fraternal Wnon-profit associationeekly Vol. LXXVIII No.14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 4, 2010 $1/$2 in Ukraine Prime Minister Mykola Azarov Ukraine’s capital is battleground returns empty-handed from Moscow between residents and developers by Zenon Zawada projects that they say are ruining residen- Kyiv Press Bureau tial areas, parks and historic structures throughout the capital city. KYIV – Among the biggest challenges Save Old Kyiv has gathered momentum facing the new administration of President and spawned similar organizations, as Viktor Yanukovych will be coping with the more residents have become directly escalating conflicts, sometimes violent, affected by aggressive construction of sky- between Kyiv’s real estate developers, the scrapers, shopping malls and entertain- police and the city’s residents. ment centers in their neighborhoods. Battles raged daily during the Orange The peaceful protest on March 20 era, as a result of a construction boom that turned into a brawl when police officers emerged amidst inadequate laws, courts attempted to stop the activists from acti- and policing to regulate building. vating a megaphone and speakers to enable Developers are widely believed to pay their protests to be heard within the bribes to secure many of the required Cabinet building. Activists said they had building permits, architectural reviews and no choice but to fight the police in order to court rulings. defend their right to free speech. The lack of regulation in the industry “The police can’t forbid us to play has led civic activists to launch both legal music or not play music, to speak into a and illegal avenues of protests to combat microphone or megaphone,” said Web-Portal of Ukraine’s Government what they view as unrestrained illegal con- Oleksander Buntusov, an activist with the struction. The conflicts haven’t subsided Coalition of Participants in the Orange Prime Ministers Mykola Azarov of Ukraine (left) and Vladimir Putin of Russia with the new government, as brawls Revolution. during their meeting in Moscow on March 25. between activists and police erupted “That’s interference in conducting a throughout March. protest by a civic organization, as well as by Pavel Korduban Gas talks to continue “The illegal steps are taken out of des- abusing authority and exceeding govern- ment authority by police,” he said. “The Eurasia Daily Monitor Prime Ministers Putin and Azarov peration,” said Volodymyr Yavorsky, exec- police are so corrupt that they can agreed that the gas talks will continue utive director of the Ukrainian Helsinki Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola approach you groundlessly and say, ‘Boys, during April in Moscow. Gazprom said it Human Rights Union in Kyiv. Azarov failed to persuade Moscow to my head hurts today. Don’t turn anything could discuss a decrease in prices if “In a civilized society, they could file a lower the price of gas for Ukraine. on.’” Ukraine agreed to buy more than 33.75 complaint in court and block illegal con- Although Kyiv’s offer of participation in The 10-minute fight resulted in the a consortium to manage Ukraine’s gas bcm of gas in 2010 as set out in the con- struction. In our legal system, that’s practi- cally impossible. It’s rare that these con- police surrendering and the protesters acti- pipelines was not openly rejected, it was tracts (Kommersant-Ukraine, March 26). vating the speakers. Yet the willingness of flicts can be decided in court,” he hinted that this might not be enough. Gazprom wants Ukraine to pump more the protesters to engage in a scuffle with explained. More economic and political concessions gas into its underground storage facilities. police demonstrates just how little authori- About 100 activists of the Save Old are expected in exchange for cheap gas. Cash-strapped Ukraine, whose GDP fell ty and respect they command from aver- Kyiv organization gathered in front of the Mr. Azarov returned to Kyiv only with by 15 percent in 2009, cannot afford such age Ukrainian citizens, observers said. a promise that the talks will continue. terms. Mr. Azarov said that Ukraine Cabinet of Ministers building on March 20 This was a test for the new Ukrainian would buy only as much gas as needed to protest rampant illegal construction (Continued on page 8) government, which many have labelled as for domestic consumption, since “we do pro-Russian. If President Viktor not need redundant gas” (UNIAN, March Yanukovych and his team do not agree to 26). Russian conditions, Kyiv will have to Mr. Azarov had arrived in Moscow at turn for financial assistance to the West, Mr. Putin’s invitation as talks between which will insist on serious reform. Ukrainian Fuel and Energy Minister Yurii Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Boiko, and Gazprom CEO Aleksey Miller Putin, during his talks with Mr. Azarov on March 23-24 produced no result. Mr. on March 25, flatly rejected Mr. Miller was shown on TV telling Mr. Yanukovych’s complaint that the January Boiko that contracts should be respected 2009 gas contracts were unfair as the (Channel 5, March 24). price is too high compared to European Ukrainian officials were determined to prices. Mr. Putin said that the contracts, persuade Moscow to lower the price of which were concluded by Mr. Azarov’s gas. Ukraine pays $305 per 1,000 cubic predecessor, Yulia Tymoshenko, must be meters of gas in the first quarter of 2010, honored. Mr. Azarov grudgingly con- and the average price for the year is firmed that Ukraine would continue to expected to reach $334 (RBK-Ukraine, pay according to the contracts. March 24), compared to $228 in 2009. The only concession that Mr. Putin Kyiv cannot afford this, especially as it is made was the promise that Russia would reluctant to increase domestic gas prices, not punish Ukraine for buying less gas which would be a very unpopular mea- than agreed. In the first quarter of 2010, sure. Ukraine imported 6 billion cubic meters The state-controlled oil and gas behe- (bcm) of Russian gas, rather than 8.4 bcm moth Naftohaz Ukrainy continues to sell Zenon Zawada as it stipulated in the contracts (Interfax, gas to end consumers with heavy dis- March 25). Mr. Putin had made the same counts, while buying from Russia at mar- Activists with Save Old Kyiv, which fights illegal real estate activity, battles concession to Prime Minister Tymoshenko against a police attempt to confiscate their microphone and speakers at a March in 2009. (Continued on page 17) 20 protest at the Cabinet of Ministers. 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 4, 2010 No. 14 ANALYSIS NEWSBRIEFS

Naftohaz management change Preparations for Yanukovych’s U.S. visit high-level Canadian delegation will come to Ukraine in May for political consulta- indicates turn toward Russia KYIV – Foreign Affairs Minister tions and talks on cooperation in various Kostyantyn Gryshchenko held a meeting areas. (Ukrinform) within the framework of the Brussels by Vladimir Socor actually implemented the RosUkrEnergo Forum with U.S. Assistant Secretary of IMF to review forecast for Ukraine scheme that Mr. Boiko was instrumental in Eurasia Daily Monitor State for Europe and Eurasian Affairs devising. Mr. Firtash owned 45 percent of Philip Gordon and U.S. Assistant Secretary KYIV – The International Monetary On March 22, the new Ukrainian govern- RosUkrEnergo’s shares, with his Ukrainian of Defense for International Security Fund (IMF) is to review its forecast for ment completed the formation of the senior partner Ivan Fursin owning 5 percent, and Alexander Vershbow, it was reported on Ukraine’s gross domestic product (GDP) management team at Naftohaz Ukrainy, the Gazprom 50 percent. Prime Minister Yulia in 2010, the Finance Ministry’s press ser- state oil and gas company (Interfax-Ukraine, Tymoshenko’s government ultimately March 29 by the press service of Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. During the vice said in a statement following a meet- UNIAN, March 22; Kommersant, March removed RosUkrEnergo from the Russian- ing held between Vice Prime Minister meeting, the parties discussed topical 23). This team is directly answerable to Fuel Ukrainian gas trade in early 2009, by agree- Sergey Tigipko, Finance Minister Fedir issues of bilateral Ukrainian-American and Energy Minister Yurii Boiko and, equal- ment with Moscow. Yaroshenko and IMF mission experts. The relations, including preparations for a visit ly but informally, to RosUkrEnergo gas At present, Mr. Firtash seeks compensa- IMF review will take into account the by Ukraine’s President Viktor Yanukovych trader Dmytro Firtash, an industrial tycoon tion for 11 billion cubic meters (bcm) of gas, updated macroeconomic figures approved for participation in the Nuclear Security in his own right, closely allied with Boiko. which he claims was taken from by the Ukrainian government, it was Summit that will take place on April 12-13 Mr. Boiko’s appointment as minister was RosUkrEnergo’s storage in Ukraine in 2009. reported on March 30. (Ukrinform) widely expected; and apprehensively so, Although removed from the inter-state gas in Washington. The readiness to continue outside the government’s orbit. He had trade, Mr. Firtash remains in control of a development of bilateral relations in com- Women sue prime minister served in both previous governments headed diversified industrial holding, Group DF pliance with the Charter on Strategic Partnership of Ukraine and the U.S. was KYIV – The head of the Information by the newly elected Ukrainian President (Dmytro Firtash). Furthermore, he is a major and Advisory Women’s Center, Olena stakeholder in the Independent TV corpora- confirmed and interest was expressed in Viktor Yanukovych. In the new government, Suslova, has filed a lawsuit in Kyiv’s tion, which includes Ukraine’s top-rated expansion of trade and economic coopera- an informal division of spheres has placed District Administrative Court against Inter TV channel. This has made Mr. Firtash tion between the two countries. Mr. Boiko in charge of the oil and gas sec- Prime Minister Mykola Azarov on the vio- a key player in Ukrainian elections, with (Ukrinform) tors, allowing interest groups associated lation of the constitutional right to the influence he can leverage on the post-elec- with First Vice Prime Minister Andrii Ukraine, Canada to set up free trade zone equality of women and men, it was report- tion government. Inter TV’s news coverage Kliuyev to control the electricity and nuclear ed on March 30. A similar lawsuit was is supportive of the Party of Regions (EDM, sectors (Ukraiynska Pravda, March 13). KYIV – Ukraine and Canada are plan- filed in Kyiv’s Pechersk District Court by March 18). Mr. Boiko is regarded as “godfather” to ning to reach agreement in 2010 on the the president of La Strada Ukraine The new government has appointed the “supply schemes” with Gazprom’s off- creation of a free trade zone, the liaison International Women Rights Center, Yevhen Bakulyn as chairman of Naftohaz shoots, EuralTransGas and RosUkrEnergo, department of the Cabinet of Ministers’ Kateryna Levchenko. Women’s organiza- Ukrainy. A protégé of Mr. Boiko throughout devised in 2002-2004. He was first vice secretariat reported on March 31. During tions expressed indignation at the fact that their careers, Mr. Bakulyn served as second minister of fuel and energy and chairman of his meeting with Canada’s Ambassador to there are no women in the new Ukrainian in command to Mr. Boiko at the Lysychansk Naftohaz Ukrainy in the first Yanukovych Ukraine Daniel Caron, Ukrainian Prime government. “I consider Mykola Yanovych oil refinery, then as head of Ukraine’s gas government at that time. He was also identi- Minister Mykola Azarov noted that in Azarov’s statement ‘With all my respect extraction and processing company fied as a member of RosUkrEnergo’s coor- 2009 the bilateral trade turnover was for women, it’s not a business for women dinating council in 2004, while holding Ukrhazvydobuvannia (a fully owned subsid- reduced to $382 million (U.S.). He called iary of Naftohaz Ukrainy) in 2003-2004 and to carry out reforms’ to be direct discrimi- those official posts (Dzerkalo Tyzhnia, for the removal of barriers to intensifica- nation against Ukrainian women and March 13). 2006, and finally as the chairman of tion of economic relations, and he said Naftohaz in 2007, when Mr. Boiko was a against me as a woman,” reads the lawsuit Mr. Boiko returned to government as fuel Ukraine is ready to conclude a free trade by Ms. Levchenko. (Ukrinform) and energy minister in the second minister in the second Yanukovych govern- zone agreement with Canada. Ambassador Yanukovych government during 2006-2007, ment (Interfax-Ukraine, March 15; Caron said his country’s government is Kravchuk criticizes Semynozhenko by which time RosUkrEnergo was operating Kommersant [Kyiv], March 16). ready to conclude this agreement, adding KYIV – In an interview with the Delo under then-President Viktor Yushchenko’s Returning to Naftohaz in the new that the two countries may develop suc- newspaper, Ukraine’s former President dispensation. Yanukovych administration, Mr. Bakulyn cessful cooperation in agriculture, the Leonid Kravchuk has lashed out at the and two of his aides have published an arti- pharmaceutical and aerospace industries, Mr. Firtash headed the Ukrainian side of stance of Vice Prime Minister Volodymyr EuralTransGas in 2002-2004 and cle calling for shared control of Ukraine’s as well as in power engineering, including gas transit system with Gazprom in an inter- Semynozhenko, who said on the “Shuster RosUkrEnergo from 2006 onward. Messrs. nuclear power. Mr. Azarov also noted that national consortium (2000 weekly magazine Live” TV program that he supports the Firtash and Boiko have a close and continu- Ukraine has a stake in liberalization of visa [Kyiv] cited by Interfax-Ukraine, March idea of creating a federal state of Ukraine, ing personal relationship. However, Mr. regulations with Canada. He voiced hope 19). Belarus and Russia. Mr. Kravchuk said the Firtash also established a temporary alliance for invigoration of bilateral relations and idea poses the threat of a total loss of with Mr. Yushchenko, whose energy team (Continued on page 21) for boosting bilateral trade turnover, say- ing a five-fold increase is quite possible. A (Continued on page 14) Will Tymoshenko unite the opposition? 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INTERVIEW: Former head of NATO Liaison Office in Ukraine, James Greene by Zenon Zawada for internal political reasons. Throughout my five and a half years, we governing coalition was just a few weeks Kyiv Press Bureau A good example of how we helped with were able to always find common ground old. Yanukovych had just been re-appointed needed reform was work with the National and make progress. prime minister and he hadn’t gone to KYIV – James Greene, the head of Security and Defense Council staff. If you If I were to look for a litmus test on how Brussels yet. NATO’s Liaison Office in Ukraine between go back and look at the kinds of things the reform and integration progressed over time, Among the international community, the February 2004 and July 2009, was an eye- NSDC was doing in the late 1990s, when I would look at World Trade Organization consensus of all key players there was that witness to the successes and failures in [Volodymyr] Horbulin was the secretary, it (WTO) membership. It was a warning sig- WTO accession would be the biggest test implementing key institutional reforms dur- really was trying to integrate national securi- nal for a lot of people when the necessary for Ukraine’s integration with the interna- ing the Orange era. ty and defense policy. Unfortunately, since laws failed to pass the Verkhovna Rada in tional community over the next 12 months. Unfortunately, NATO integration became then it has often been ignored and some- the summer of 2005. The president [Viktor This underlines that European or Euro- more of a political symbol for former times used in ways that it wasn’t designed Yushchenko] was not willing – or able – to Atlantic integration is not just about joining President Viktor Yushchenko, who claims to for. This weakened Ukraine’s national secu- deliver his parliamentary coalition to achieve one institution or a three-letter acronym, like be Ukraine’s leading pro-NATO politician, rity. WTO [membership]. MAP. It is about joining a broad set of insti- rather than a practical tool for implement- So for me, one of the high points of my At that time the suspicion was that it was tutions that link together the world of demo- ing reforms, Mr. Greene told The Weekly in time was a project we did with NSDC in not about WTO itself, but about denying cratic and prosperous countries. It’s a com- a February 10 interview. 2006. Ukraine was developing a national Prime Minister [Yulia] Tymoshenko a victo- prehensive process, and Ukraine’s WTO “There were also many people around security strategy for the first time, and the ry. That was an early signal that things were accession was an important step. him who believed that Euro-Atlantic inte- NSDC asked NATO countries for method- going in the wrong direction and that the When you were working here, did it gration was all geopolitical, that it wasn’t ological support and advice. We helped the opportunity that presented itself after the feel like it was NATO taking most of the about reform, and that Ukraine could actu- NSDC get information from countries that Orange Revolution was going to be wasted. ally enter the alliance without changing,” had recently updated their national security initiative, and Ukraine was lagging and So you’re saying the Presidential he said. “This attitude was a holdover from strategies. We sat down and helped them reluctantly going along with your sugges- Secretariat essentially sabotaged WTO? the Kuchma period.” look at processes. Ukrainian experts went to tions? Meaning that most of the initiative It wasn’t a total disaster, however. Mr. Brussels and consulted with NATO nations. I don’t know whether it was sabotaged. was from your end? Greene said Ukraine did make progress In the end, Ukraine developed a good But it was clear when you looked at the vot- No. There was a tremendous amount of toward NATO integration, and the nation’s process that combined expert work, minis- ing that the people one would expect to vote initiative from the Ukrainian side. All the leaders demonstrated tremendous initiative. tries’ views and discussions at the political in support were not. programs we had were ones that Ukraine Following is the conclusion of a two-part level. There were hearings in the Well the Communists were always was pushing. For example, in 2005 Defense interview with Mr. Greene. Parliamentary Committee for National opposed. We didn’t have those factions Minister [Anatolii] Grytsenko identified a Security and Defense, which was chaired by Part II set up until after the reforms of 2006. So number of areas where he had priorities and [Anatolii] Kinakh at the time. And Ukraine’s back then there were leftovers from … requested assistance from the alliance. We Ukraine’s lack of commitment to first National Security Strategy was were able to respond in practical ways. There were. But if you go back and look reform, was that out of incompetence, a approved in February of 2007 by the presi- We vastly increased the retraining of ser- at the names … lack of interest or lack of political strate- dent after having been agreed at the NSDC. vicemen that were leaving the armed forces gy? At that time, Prime Minister Viktor The so-called national democrats? – up to 800 a year. We developed programs Yanukovych and Parliamentary Speaker to train civil servants in modern defense All of the above. Ukraine is not a mono- [Oleksander] Moroz were part of that agree- If the president had wished to use his management techniques. We reinvigorated lithic country. That’s what’s wonderful about ment. This was an example of how the political capital to push it through, at a time the trust fund for destruction of munitions. it. It’s a democracy. Different people have NSDC as an institution can be used to devel- when he was incredibly popular, that would We brought in additional expertise and different views. Many people looked at op common positions on vital issues despite have been it. helped with personnel management and Euro-Atlantic integration as a way to political differences. Let me tell you a story to illustrate the planning. I wasn’t teaching my Ukrainian encourage reform and mobilize resources. point abut how important this was. In Even with pro-Russian politicians at counterparts; they were identifying what This was particularly true within the state September 2006, I was at a conference in the helm, they accounted for the most sig- they needed, and I would try to find the system, where patriotic officials understood the U.K. at Wilton Park at which all the vari- nificant progress made with NATO dur- resources and expertise to help make it hap- that reform had to be made in the armed ous factions from the Ukrainian political ing the last five years? pen. forces, defense industry, the security service. spectrum were present, as well as represen- Unfortunately, there was a disconnect in Yet other people had a very cynical view I had the pleasure of working with five tatives from major international institutions the system. We worked closely on practical about NATO, and looked at it as a conve- governments, and I wouldn’t measure the and European governments. This was first nient issue to be played with in certain ways pace of work by the various prime ministers. week of September of 2006, and the new (Continued on page 20) NEWS ANALYSIS: Prime Minister Mykola Azarov takes a trip to Moscow by Vladimir Socor said, “If we aim to reconsider the price of Moscow media. Under fire in Kyiv for ing, which removed the resource base for Eurasia Daily Monitor gas, the question is what we will get in “surrendering the pipelines in exchange Nord Stream 2; and it is an irrelevant return.” In the archetypal negotiating tac- for cheap gas,” Mr. Azarov denied having argument with regard to South Stream, On March 25 Ukraine’s new prime tic, he announced that Moscow would made such an offer and asked Mr. Putin inasmuch as the latter remains a virtual minister, Nikolai Azarov, visited Moscow, treat the gas issue “in linkage with our to confirm this for the press. “But he did project. seeking discounted Russian gas prices for relationships. And we shall see the results make other offers,” Mr. Putin volunteered As a net effect, Ukraine can basically Ukraine. Mr. Azarov’s host, Vladimir in due course.” (Interfax, March 25). count on Russia continuing to use the Putin, suggested that Russia could con- Moscow seems flexible on this The gas issue (and any Russian linkag- Ukrainian transit system in the foresee- sent eventually, if the new Ukrainian gov- account. According to Mr. Putin, “no es to it) remains undecided, at least until able future, without significant volume ernment starts trading off its assets and issue is out of bounds” as compensation Russian President Dmitry Medvedev’s shifts to other transit corridors (with a the country’s European orientation. for cutting the price of gas. For example, visit to Kyiv, expected tentatively in May. possible exception for the Belarus transit Mr. Azarov carried to Moscow a politi- Ukraine could enjoy a 30 percent gas In preparation for that visit, the gas price pipelines). Furthermore, Moscow has cal offer to share Ukraine’s gas transit price cut, as does Belarus, if Ukraine and possible Ukrainian offsets for a price prolonged the long-term agreement with system with Gazprom in the form of a joins the Customs Union with Russia. discount are being referred to the eco- Slovakia for continuing massive gas tran- “consortium” with some European “And here is your interest in integration nomic committee, under the presidential- sit through the Ukraine-Slovakia corridor involvement. Kyiv has also announced on the post-Soviet space, in this case ly chaired Russia-Ukraine Interstate westward and has announced its intention that First Vice Prime Minister Andrii between Russia and Ukraine,” Mr. Putin Commission. According to Mr. Azarov, to prolong supply agreements with Kliuyev is completing draft legislation told Mr. Azarov in front of television the Moscow visit has merely “identified Balkan countries, which are receiving toward that end. However, the consortium cameras for the Ukrainian public’s con- the issues where clarity was lacking” Russian gas also via Ukraine. formula seems far from fleshed out, and a sumption (Russian TV, March 25). Mr. (Interfax-Ukraine, March 25). Essentially, the only limitations on decorative European presence – to make Putin had openly taunted (“Why don’t The Russian prime minister denied that the proposed consortium more palatable you join the Customs Union then?”) the Nord Stream and South Stream pipe- Russian use of the Ukrainian transit sys- in Ukraine and in Brussels – is not in Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych line projects (on the seabed of the Baltic tem in the foreseeable future are: Russia’s sight. recently in Moscow (EDM, March 6), and Black seas) are intended to reduce the export capacity, European demand for At this stage, therefore, Moscow does knowing that such a move would stop and gas transit volume through Ukrainian Russian pipeline-delivered gas; and the not seem to take the consortium idea seri- reverse Ukraine’s European integration pipelines. Mr. Putin insisted that both Ukrainian transit system’s technical con- ously as compensation for cutting the agenda. Moscow must also be well aware projects are designed to increase Russia’s dition. The idea that Ukraine could be price of gas to Ukraine. Almost certainly, of potential differences within the overall export pipeline capacity, thus deprived of major transit volumes unless Moscow is waiting out the Ukrainian Ukrainian government on the Customs implying that the two streams’ implemen- it allows Gazprom to control the government, and industrial interests Union issue. What sounds like a taunt to tation need not result in shifting transit Ukrainian transit system in some form is behind it, to make a clear and far-reach- Mr. Yanukovych seems meant as an volumes away from Ukraine. Other the new Ukrainian authorities’ excuse for ing proposal, so as to guarantee a domi- enticement to Mr. Azarov. Russian officials have also advanced this seeking a sweetheart price for Russian nant and irreversible presence of With the gas consortium proposal argument from time to time. gas at the cost of national assets. Gazprom in the Ukrainian transit system. unsatisfactory to Russia in its present, The argument is almost certainly accu- At the concluding news conference inchoate form, Mr. Azarov apparently rate regarding Nord Stream 1 (to be sup- The article above is reprinted from (Interfax, March 25), Mr. Putin barely broached some other possible trade-offs. plied by two specially dedicated Russian Eurasia Daily Monitor with permission mentioned the consortium and seemed to “We shall find other ways to compensate gas fields); it necessitates reassessment from its publisher, the Jamestown brush aside questions about it. Instead, he [Russia for low-priced gas],” he told following the Shtokman project’s shelv- Foundation, www.jamestown.org. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 4, 2010 No. 14

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UNA Organizing Report for the year 2009 by Christine E. Kozak UNA National Secretary 2009 was a year that surpassed all projections despite the economic downturn. Annuity and traditional life insurance premium income rose from $12,741,403 in 2008 to $35,675,180 in 2009 – reflecting an increase of $22,933,777 or 182 percent. Several key elements have helped to bolster the per- formance of 2009; sales initiatives, increased marketing, great products, a very dedicated Home Office staff, hard- working branch secretaries and the UNA’s independent sales agents. The UNA’s sales force is a multi-pronged force employing branch secretaries who sell within their local communities, independent agents who are contracted to sell UNA products in various states where the UNA is licensed, the UNA professional agents working at the Valentina Kaploun Joseph Chabon UNA headquarters and a very devoted staff working hard Lubov Streletsky to answer and/or solve each and every question or issue raised by members. Each group complements the other to insurance with lower rates since the publication of the amount category: achieve a level of professionalism and personalized mem- new 2010 rate book. The commitment made by the bership services that is reflected in the UNA’s steady member to the UNA is a long-term commitment reflect- Stephan Welhasch (HQ, Br. 172) $1,110,000 growth in its traditional life premium and annuity income. ing a confidence and loyalty the members have for the Barbara Chupa (Br. 325) $700,000 In 2009, 190 life insurance policies were issued for a UNA as a viable and professional organization that is *Lubov Streletsky (Br. 10) $453,000 total of $5,801,000 in face amount with an annual pre- here to stay another 100 years. mium of $70,985.00. The traditional life products make The UNA’s top producing branch secretaries are Life insurance is the sustaining and long-term product up 55 percent of the total life income versus 18 percent inducted into UNA’s “Championship Clubs.” The tradi- – the life blood of fraternal organizations. The UNA’s of term insurance. UNA permanent insurance is quality tional Championship Clubs are based upon the number independent agents contracted sold mostly annuity prod- of members a branch secretary recruits to the ranks of ucts, however, this is translating into a small increase in the UNA or, in other words, how many polices a branch the sales of life insurance and endowment products. Ukrainian National Association, Inc. secretary or organizer sells for the UNA. Following the Independent agents, who previously sold annuities, are now increasing their share of UNA life insurance sales Organizer’s Report By Annual Premium lines of this long-standing tradition, I am proud to announce the winner and top “Builder” of UNA mem- over their proportions of the total sold by 6 percent. January 1, 2009 - December 31, 2009 bership and the 2009 “Club of UNA Builders” is The UNA expresses gratitude to all individuals, Organizer’s Policy Face Annual Valentina Kaploun, who organized 20 members – 18 in branch secretaries, organizers and agents for their life Name Count Amount Premium the United States and two in Canada. Congratulations to insurance production for 2009, and wishes them every Ms. Kaploun! success in 2010. Oksana Trytjak 6 158,000 6,632 The following branch secretaries qualified for In 2009, annuity production once again surpassed the Lubov Streletsky 16 453,000 5,544 Honorary Membership in the UNA Builders and projections for the year. Year 2008 ended with Joseph Chabon 18 415,000 4,647 Dedicated UNA’ers clubs. $11,430,242 in annuity premium income; year 2009 Myron Pylypiak 5 90,000 4,445 ended with $34,675,180 in annuity premium income. Valentina Kaploun 20 210,000 3,583 In 2008, the UNA began a strong concerted effort in Stephan Welhasch 4 1,110,000 3,440 2009 Club of UNA Builders the recruitment of independent agents, which continued Barbara Chupa 2 700,000 3,052 (enrollment of 10-24) throughout 2009. The recruitment of independent agents Eugene Gulycz 5 30,000 2,670 Number Insurance is an ongoing process, opening new doors and opportu- Nadia Salabay 5 220,000 2,117 of members Amount nities for the UNA. Increased promotions in the UNA’s Judith Hawryluk 4 75,000 2,106 Valentina Kaploun (HQ, Br. 269) 20 $240,000 publications and the expansion of advertising in other Alexandra Dolnycky 2 10,000 2,075 media, including radio, also have a positive effect. Eugene Oscislawski 8 168,000 1,508 Joseph Chabon (Br. 242) 18 $415,000 *Lubov Streletsky (Br. 10) 16 $453,000 The UNA’s top producers of over $100,000 in annuity Irene Pryjma 4 40,000 1,293 premiums for 2009 were: Eli Matiash 5 45,000 1,276 Joseph Banach 3 15,000 1,044 2009 Club of Dedicated UNA’ers Oksana Stanko (HQ, Br. 37) $2,287,831 Lubomira Szeremeta 3 15,000 900 (enrollment of 5-9 members) Steve Woch (HQ) $1,047,216 Maya Lew 3 15,000 680 Oksana Koziak (Br. 47) $400,000 Oksana Stanko 2 10,000 600 Number Insurance of members Amount Oksana Trytjak (HQ, Br. 25) $145,000 Nina Bilchuk 4 70,000 600 Stephan Welhasch (HQ, Br. 172) $136,438 Bohdan Hryshchyshyn 2 20,000 592 *Eugene Oscislawski (Br. 234) 8 $168,000 Gloria Paschen (Br.125) $117,500 Nicholas Fil 2 410,000 568 Oksana Trytjak HQ, Br. 25) 6 $158,000 Marianna Cizdyn 2 10,000 520 *Myron Pylypiak (Br. 496) 5 $90,000 The UNA’s licensed branch secretaries and Home Joyce Kotch 2 105,000 482 Eugene Gulycz (Br.12) 5 $30,000 Office professionals sold $4,867,123.00 in annuities – a Myron Luszczak 1 100,000 467 Nadia Salabay (HQ, Br. 155) 5 $220,000 45 percent increase over 2008 annuity sales. Myron Kuzio 2 99,000 457 Eli Matiash (Br. 120) 5 $45,000 The total annuity amount sold by our field agents in Walter Kozicky 2 10,000 405 *Stephanie Hawryluk (Br.88) 5 $125,000 2009 was $26,161,857. An additional $3.6 million were Stephanie Hawryluk 5 25,000 344 Lyubov Shumylo (Br. 10) 5 $125,000 rollovers and/or additional deposits to existing annuity Gloria Horbaty 2 10,000 341 *UNA Advisor accounts. Nicholas Diakiwsky 2 10,000 327 Congratulations and a thank you to everyone for an Lyubov Shumylo 5 125,000 316 Other criteria used as a measuring tool is premium excellent year. Zenon M. Holubec 1 5,000 300 income. Each application for life insurance and/or annu- The UNA takes this opportunity to welcome all of its Michael S. Turko 2 45,000 287 ity is accompanied by cash with application (CWA) or new members and thank them for joining the Ukrainian Marguerite Hentosh 2 10,000 248 the first premium payment. For 2009 the top three indi- National Association, the oldest and largest Ukrainian Vira Krywyj 2 75,000 245 viduals who brought in the most CWA premium were: fraternal organization in the world. For over a century, Genet H. Boland 1 50,000 219 we have served the insurance needs of our members in Myron Groch 1 5,000 205 Oksana Trytjak (HQ, Br. 25) $6,632.00 the United States and Canada and we look forward to Yaroslav Zaviysky 2 24,000 201 *Lubov Streletsky (Br. 10) $5,544.43 continuing to do so in keeping with the motto “UNA and Alice Olenchuk 4 28,000 182 Joseph Chabon (Br, 242) $4,647.45 the Community: Partners for Life!” Nadia Demczur 1 5,000 175 The Rev. Ihor Kutash 1 5,000 169 *** Completing the new business sales criteria of life Michael Pastuszek 1 5,000 157 insurance for 2009 is the face amount sold by UNA For product information and to see how the UNA can Bohdan Podoliuk 1 100,000 124 branch secretaries. The face amount is the amount of help in planning for your and your family’s financial Myron B. Kuropas 1 10,000 50 insurance purchased by the member and the amount of future, please contact your local branch secretary, or Independent Agents 24 661,000 15,392 money paid to the beneficiaries named on the policy. contact one of our professional agents at the Home TOTAL 190 5,801,000 70,985 The following were the three top producers in the face Office by calling 800-253-9862.

THE UNA: 116 YEARS OF SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY No. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 4, 2010 5

UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, INC.

AGENT LIFE AND ANNUITY PREMIUM RECAP REPORT NEW BUSINESS - CWA ONLY January 1, 2009 - December 31, 2009

Name Life Face Amt Annl Prem Sgl Prem Life Prem Annuity Prem Life & Annuity Stanko, Oksana 2 10,000 600.00 600.00 32 2,287,831 2,288,430.74 Woch, Steven 30 1,047,216 1,047,215.68 Koziak, Oksana 2 400,000 400,000.00 Trytjak, Oksana 6 158,000 2,124.00 4,508.00 6,632.00 5 145,000 151,632.00 Derzko, Mark 1 100,000 100,000.00 Derzko, Sophia 1 100,000 100,000.00 Paschen, Gloria 8 117,500 117,500.00 Welhasch, Stephan 4 1,110,000 2,865.00 575.00 3,440.00 7 136,438 139,877.63 Misc 2 52,700 52,700.00 ***Horbaty, Gloria 2 10,000 341.15 341.15 1 70,000 70,341.15 Ciapka, Lydia 1 65,000 65,000.00 Hawryluk, Judith 4 75,000 1,576.10 530.00 2,106.10 7 60,500 62,606.10 ***Fil, Nicholas 2 410,000 568.00 568.00 1 35,000 35,568.00 Staruch, Lon 1 30,000 30,000.00 Matiash, Eli 5 45,000 95.50 1,180.00 1,275.50 4 37,000 38,275.50 ***Serba, Eugene 3 28,624 28,623.61 ***Oscislawski, Eugene 8 168,000 1,198.31 310.00 1,508.31 1 20,000 21,508.31 Brodyn,Christine 1 16,315 16,315.00 Chabon, Joseph 18 415,000 4,647.45 4,647.45 2 6,000 10,647.45 Salabay, Nadia 5 220,000 976.85 1,140.00 2,116.85 1 2,000 4,116.85 Bilchuk, Nina 4 70,000 599.85 599.85 599.85 Chupa, Barbara 2 700,000 3,052.00 3,052.00 3,052.00 ***Holubec, Zenon 1 5,000 300.00 300.00 300.00 Banach, Joseph 3 15,000 408.75 635.00 1,043.75 1 60,000 61,043.75 Shumylo, Lyubov 5 125,000 316.00 316.00 316.00 Kozicky, Walter 2 10,000 405.00 405.00 405.00 *Kuropas, Myron 1 10,000 50.00 50.00 50.00 ***Lew, Maya 1 5,000 205.00 205.00 205.00 ***Streletsky, Lubov 16 453,000 5,544.43 5,544.43 5,544.43 Gulycz, Eugene 5 30,000 2,670.00 2,670.00 2,670.00 Kotch, Joyce 2 105,000 481.75 481.75 481.75 Cizdyn, Marianna 2 10,000 520.00 520.00 520.00 Turko, Michael 2 45,000 287.05 287.05 287.05 Hawryluk, Stephanie 5 25,000 343.55 343.55 343.55 Olenchuk, Alice 4 28,000 182.35 182.35 182.35 Zaviysky, Yaroslav 2 24,000 201.36 201.36 201.36 Diakiwsky, Nicholas 2 10,000 327.15 327.15 327.15 Krywyj, Vira 2 75,000 245.00 245.00 245.00 Hryshchyshyn, Bohdan 2 20,000 591.60 591.60 591.60 Kaploun, Valentina 18 200,000 2,349.95 885.00 3,234.95 3,234.95 Kuzio, Myron 2 99,000 457.39 457.39 457.39 Pryjma, Irene 4 40,000 1,292.80 1,292.80 1,292.80 Hentosh, Marguerite 2 10,000 247.50 247.50 247.50 Podoliuk, Bohdan 1 100,000 124.00 124.00 124.00 Luszczak, Myron 1 100,000 467.00 467.00 467.00 ***Pylypiak, Myron 5 90,000 4,445.40 4,445.40 4,445.40 Pastuszek, Michael T 1 5,000 157.30 157.30 157.30 Demczur, Nadia 1 5,000 174.75 174.75 174.75 Szeremeta, Lubomira 3 15,000 900.00 900.00 900.00 Boland, Genet 1 50,000 219.00 219.00 219.00 Bobeczko, Nicholas 2 40,000 40,000.00 Serba, Peter 1 10,000 10,000.00 Total 158 5,100,000 40,838.29 11,483.00 52,321.29 115 4,867,123 4,919,443.95

CANADA Kaploun, Vladimir 2 10,000 348.45 348.45 Kutash, Ihor 1 5,000 169.00 169.00 Dolnycky, Alexandra 2 10,000 164.55 1,910.00 2,074.55 ***Groch, Myron 1 5,000 205.00 205.00 ***Lew, Maya 2 10,000 476.00 476.00 Total 8 40,000 1,363.00 1,910.00 3,273.00 3,272.00

US & Canada Total 166 5,140,000 42,201.54 13,393.00 55,595.82 4,922,717.48

Independent Agents 24 661,000 15,391.65 15,391.65 780 26,171,857 26,187,248.21

Total 190 5,801,000 57,592.94 13,393 70,985 895 31,038,979 31,109,964

***Advisor UNA General Assembly *Honorary Member of the UNA General Assembly 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 4, 2010 No. 14

NEWS AND VIEWS Th e Uk r a i n i a n We e k l y Our postal delivery What noted Holocaust historian Yes, we’ve previously discussed the issue of our newspaper’s postal delivery with our readers. And, yes, we’ve asked you before for your help. At times it even seemed Hilberg wrote about Ukrainians we’d succeeded in improving postal delivery of our publications – The Ukrainian by Askold Lozynskyj for the deportation of Ukrainians by the Weekly and Svoboda. But then the complaints became more frequent and much loud- Soviets, 1,000 members of the Jewish er after the new year. Most historians would agree that one intelligentsia were driven together and Our circulation/subscription department (in the person of Maria Pendzola) has liter- of the most eminent, if not the pre-emi- handed over to the Security Police. On ally been inundated by phone calls from loyal readers upset to be receiving their nent expert on the Holocaust was Raul July 5, 1941, about 70 Jews in Tarnopol papers late, receiving several weeks’ issues at once or, in some cases, not receiving Hilberg. Prof. Hilberg published a three- [sic] were rounded up by Ukrainians volume seminal study of this genocide their papers at all. What’s worse, it seemed that delivery was getting progressively when three mutilated German corpses under the title “The Destruction of the poorer! were found in the local prisons. The Jews European Jews” and that publication Our newspapers’ administration (headed by Walter Honcharyk) contacted postal were killed with dynamite. Another twen- remains one of, if not the single greatest authorities on the local and regional levels to try and figure out the reason for the per- ty Jews were killed by Ukrainians and achievement of Holocaust historiography. sistent delivery problems. Numerous contacts were made with officials at the U.S. German troops. In Krzeminiec In fact the U.S. Department of Justice Postal Service and “Publication Watches” were registered (by Ms. Pendzola) with the (Kremenets), 100 to 150 Ukrainians had Office of Special Investigations has relied USPS on behalf of subscribers. Letters were mailed to regional officials noting, “We been killed by the Soviets. When some of predominantly on the Hilberg’s expertise are experiencing great difficulty getting our newspapers delivered to our subscribers in the exhumed bodies were found without a timely manner. …. some of our subscribers do not receive their copies for two, three, in a large number of its denaturalization and deportation proceedings. skin, rumors circulated that the four weeks, or don’t get them at all…,” and asking for their assistance in remedying Ukrainians had been thrown into kettles the problem. The last few years have witnessed an avalanche of anti-Ukrainian nationalist full of boiling water. The Ukrainian popu- We’ve also been working with our print shop – which labels, sorts and delivers our lation retaliated by seizing 130 Jews and papers to the post office – to find a solution to our mailing problems. In fact, with the writings and accusations. This has been spearheaded by the Russians, but Jews beating them to death with clubs. “blessing” of postal authorities, our printer has changed the addressing and packing Although the Galician pogroms spread method of The Weekly and Svoboda in hopes of speeding up processing and delivery. and Poles have attempted to introduce their perspective as well. The object of still further, to such places as Sambor and Beginning with this issue and continuing for all the issues through April, The Czortkow, the Ukrainian violence as a Weekly is publishing a “Survey Regarding Postal Delivery of The Ukrainian Weekly.” this calumny has been the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN), its whole did not come up to expectations. (The clip-out form appears on page 13 of this issue.) An analogous form is being pub- Only Tarnopol and Czortkow were scored lished in the Ukrainian language in Svoboda for Svoboda subscribers to fill out. We leader Stepan Bandera, the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) and its leader as major successes.” are asking subscribers to help us pin down where the problems with postal delivery Prof. Hilberg makes certain pointed arise by tracking the delivery of a month’s worth of issues. We first ran such a survey Roman Shukhevych. To some degree this anti-Ukrainian nationalist campaign has observations about these events. He con- about postal delivery in late 2007. By once again conducting such fact-finding, we cludes that spontaneous pogroms, free hope to be able to give the USPS more concrete information about delivery problems. been fueled by the posthumous honoring of Shukhevych in 2007 and Bandera in from Einsatzgruppen influence, did not And, even if you get your paper regularly and you consider your delivery to be satis- take place, “All outbreaks were either factory, we still ask you to take the time to track delivery during April. Knowing that 2010 as Heroes of Ukraine. However, this campaign against organized or inspired by the delivery is fine in some areas is useful information as well. Einsatzgruppen.” Additionally, he con- Just in case you’re wondering, and to set the record straight, we must note the fol- Ukrainian nationalism has not cited Prof. Raul Hilberg. In fact the new stream of cludes that the pogroms were not “self- lowing. The Ukrainian Weekly is printed and mailed on Friday mornings. For example perpetuating,” that new ones were not this issue, dated Sunday, April 4, was sent off to you on Friday, April 2. Svoboda, revisionist historians has paid scant atten- started after things had settled down and which bears a Friday date of issue, is actually mailed on that date. Thus, both papers tion to Hilberg and for good reason: that most of the pogroms “occurred in are now mailed on the same day, a Friday, from Philadelphia, where we have been apparently, Prof. Hilberg does not agree buffer territory, areas in which submerged printing the paper since late November 2009. with them. hostility toward the Jews was apparently Our new print shop uses new mailing imprints (instead of labels) that are bar-coded Hilberg cannot be interviewed on this greatest and in which the Soviet threat of and which, in theory, work more efficiently with the U.S. Postal Service’s automated subject as he is no longer among the liv- a return could most easily be discounted, systems. It was hoped this would also speed up mail delivery of our newspapers, but ing, but his work remains. The underlying as of the end of the 2009 there still appeared to be glitches in the system as some read- documentation and evidence for this work for the Communist government had been ers reported erratic or delayed delivery. As 2010 rolled around, judging by the number have not been contradicted by these new in power there for less than two years.” of complaints received by our circulation/subscription department, things just got accusers and their scholars-revisionists. It As to the timing and role of the worse. At the same time, we hasten to add, the USPS has been closing down some of has been ignored. Ukrainian militia in this, Hilberg writes, its facilities, putting a strain on others that have to take on the functions of now- “The Destruction of the European “The Ukrainian auxiliaries appeared on defunct facilities. Jews” does not mention the Organization the scene in August 1941, and the Clearly there is a problem with second-class delivery of our newspapers – and it’s a of Ukrainian Nationalists, the Ukrainian Einsatzgruppe C found itself compelled service on which we (and you) spend a significant amount of money. We at The Insurgent Army, Bandera or Shukhevych. to make use of them because it was Weekly and Svoboda are determined to improve mail delivery to our faithful readers. Certainly, had there been evidence of repeatedly diverted from its main task to You deserve to receive your newspapers regularly and in a timely fashion. Please do their complicity in the Holocaust, fight the ‘partisan nuisance.’” help us help you by filling out the forms being published in both The Ukrainian Hilberg’s silence would be inexplicable. In fact, Prof. Hilberg cites from a Weekly and Svoboda. With your assistance, we hope to improve postal delivery and Hilberg’s findings do impugn most report of Einsatzkommando 6 of bring you the news while it’s still fresh. There’s no reason that The Ukrainian Weekly nationalities on the Nazis’ road to Einsatzgruppe C: and Svoboda can’t be delivered to your homes as promptly, efficiently and regularly European dominance, with great specific- “Almost nowhere can the population as, say, Newsweek or Time. ity as to formations. Hilberg does men- be persuaded to take active steps against tion Ukrainians, Ukrainian nationalists the Jews. This may be explained by the and the acronym OUN – the last only one fear of many people that the Red Army time in a reference to an exchange of may return. Again and again this anxiety prisoners between the Einsatzgruppe and has been pointed out to us…In order to April Turning the pages back... Romanians in Northern Bukovyna. Here meet the fear psychosis, and in order to he refers to “pro-German nationalist destroy the myth which, in the eyes of (OUN men)” but does not ascribe to them many Ukrainians, places the Jew in the 6 any killings or crimes and concludes position of the wielder of political power, “Einsatzgruppe D and Romanian police Einsatzkommando 6 on several occasions Ten years ago, on April 6, 2000, Ukraine’s Parliament, led were jointly shooting thousands of Jews.” marched Jews before their execution by Prime Minister Viktor Yushchenko, passed the “Reforms 2000 One of the more prominent recent through the city. Also, care was taken to for Prosperity” program. The measure passed with 261 votes revisionist accusations against Bandera have Ukrainian militiamen watch the for and 103 against. and the OUN is that when the Nazis shooting of Jews.” The program consisted of a five-part plan with 21 end goals to revitalize Ukraine’s entered Lviv in June 1941, they utilized Hilberg concludes that the “deflation” economy. It envisaged an eventual 1.3- to 1.4-fold increase in incomes and an average the services of the OUN in perpetrating a of the Jews as being powerful did not growth rate of 6.5 percent beginning in 2002. The program called for vast reductions pogrom against the Jews in Lviv and have the effect that the Germans wanted. in the bureaucracy and the streamlining of government. other western Ukrainian cities. The sub- Mr. Yushchenko called the program one of Ukraine’s last chances to develop a nor- A few weeks later, the Einsatzgruppe C ject of these “pogroms” is considered by complained “that the inhabitants did not mal free-market economy. “This program is not unique because it is the best, we have Hilberg thusly: never made such a claim,” he said. “Its uniqueness lies in the fact that, for the first betray the movements of hidden Jews.” “The southern pogrom area was largely Hilberg concludes, The “Ukrainians were time since the independence of Ukraine, [such a document] has a historical chance to confined to Galicia, an area that was for- become a reality, to be given life. This is not the first reform program, but it is the first passive, benumbed by the ‘Bolshevist ter- merly Polish territory and that had a large ror.’ ” program that has a realistic chance of being given more than formal political support.” Ukrainian population. The Galician capi- Only the Communist Party voted against the measure. The Social Democratic Revisiting Hilberg one cannot but tal of Lvov [sic] was the scene of a mass question the conclusions of today’s (United) and Regional Rebirth factions voiced concerns about social welfare issues seizure by local inhabitants. In ‘reprisal’ and the restructuring of the energy sector, but voted for the program. Some of the pres- Holocaust “scholars-revisionists.” Whom sure on energy issues, it was believed, came from oil and gas businessmen Oleksander are we to believe? Given the credentials Volkov and Viktor Medvedchuk, members of the Social Democratic (United) and the Askold S. Lozynskyj, the son of an and the painstaking approach with docu- Regional Rebirth factions, which were aligned with President Leonid Kuchma. Auschwitz survivor, is a New York attor- mentary evidence particularly from ney and immediate past president of the German archives, one would have to go (Continued on page 20) Ukrainian World Congress. with Raul Hilberg. No. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 4, 2010 7

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR The things we do ... them, but with our own eyes. But, without by Orysia Paszczak Tracz Help Ukrainians self-confidence in ourselves to stand for the truth, it is impossible to have self-respect in Kazakhstan and expect respect from others. The subject I am referring to is the Dear Editor: relentless and hideous attacks sponsored by the imperial-minded Kremlin leader- Ukrainian Americans have generously ship and their international pro-Russian Watch the whacking willows... provided for myriad needs of the forces, who after 18 years of Ukraine’s The man ahead of me in line to receive honoring of ancestors also from time imme- Ukrainian Catholic Church throughout independence have found it difficult to the “loza” on “Kvitna Nedilia” (Flower, or morial. And I am sure many of us still fol- Ukraine. Much restoration and renewal accept Ukraine’s independence. Distortions Palm Sunday) looked bewildered. He got low our mother’s ritual of burying the egg- of churches, monasteries, the Ukrainian of facts and outright falsehoods directed the “myrovannia” (anointing with oil on shells and other remnants of the Easter Catholic University and community facil- against the Ukrainian nation, its liberation the forehead) and his fat pussy willow breakfast deep in the garden. With com- ities has been achieved because of the movements and their leaders testify to the branch. Now, as he headed toward the exit, posting being so popular now, we’re really sustained generosity of Ukrainian shameful perfidy of those who have decid- he watched the members of the congrega- “with it” – but then, we’ve always been, Catholic faithful in the U.S. ed to combine their forces and are now tion hitting each other (gently, of course) right? A significant portion of funds for the remorselessly attempting to undermine with the branches, and smiling and reciting These are all traditions and rituals from building of the Patriarchal Sobor in Kyiv Ukraine’s independence in an effort to something. our ancient past, from pre-Christian times. has also come from the U.S. We encour- deliver a final blow, which they failed to The people who already received the They each had particular reasons, purposes age your continued donations for the deliver by the artificially sponsored branches even went back through the pews and symbolism. The power of traditions completion of the Ukrainian Catholic Famine during the years of 1932-1933, to gently hit the ones who were still waiting has kept them alive through all the persecu- Cathedral of the Resurrection in Kyiv, when some up to 10 million Ukrainians in line. Then I did it to him, and he was tion and hardship our people experienced which is the center of our Ukrainian were deliberately starved to death and their really confused. He had no idea what was through the centuries. Catholic Church worldwide. This contin- elite ruthlessly eliminated. The crimes going on! The fact that these strange and often not ues to be a priority for all of us. committed during those years were aimed well understood actions are still done so Our special additional attention is I explained to him that this was a special not only to starve Ukraine’s peasant popu- enthusiastically and so willingly by people needed to the development of the ritual for Ukrainian Palm Sunday, and that lation and eliminate the nationally con- far-removed by time and place from their Ukrainian Catholic Church in Kazakhstan. it meant that Easter and spring were com- scious elite, but also to deliver a final blow ancestral homeland shows how powerful Hundreds of thousands of our faithful ing, and also meant a wish for health. He to Ukraine’s aspiration to be free of its his- indeed tradition is. were forcibly located there in the Soviet smiled and thanked me for the information, toric adversary. We continue to write our pysanky and times, especially from 1939 to 1941. saying that now he understood. The man Now, those hideous forces appear to be bake our paska and babka for Velykden There are significant numbers of was clearly not Ukrainian, but loves the joining hands again in an effort to under- (Great Day – a pre-Christian name that sur- Ukrainian Catholics scattered throughout service, the singing and the rituals, and mine Ukraine’s independence and its vived, and is still the Ukrainian name for the country. They have received little comes every Sunday. desire to have its people live in a free and Easter). We sit down to the Easter breakfast attention and assistance. The needs of I’m not sure what he’ll think about peo- democratic Ukraine, free of imperial- and share the slices of the one egg (a sym- these communities are significant. The ple bringing baskets of food to church on minded Russia, or any other foreign occu- bol of the togetherness of the family) and descendants of the mass forced migra- Easter. piers. How painful and shameful it is that go to church to watch the hahilky (ritual tions by the Soviets have largely retained He is not the first person to be confused those forces that have joined hands with spring round-dances). their religion and national identity as and confounded about our old but new Russia, appear to value their economic and At Christmas, we reverently sit down for Ukrainian Greek-Catholics. These com- ways. There really is an explanation for all strategic interests more than the principles the special “Sviata Vechera” (Holy Supper) munities need assistance to build church- this. What is admirable and amazing is that upon which their own countries were born. of 12 dishes, leaving that empty chair and es and community structures, and to sup- these rituals, well modified to suit the pres- Ironically, while the Ukrainian nation, place setting for our ancestors. port our Church missionaries being sent ent, are still carried out at all. its liberation movements and their leader- At weddings today, the couple stands on to minister to these communities. In the olden days, we had Ukrainians ship are being repeatedly demonized only a “rushnyk” (ritual cloth) and has its hands Patriarch Lubomyr Husar has asked for sleeping on the “pich” – stove/oven – an because they fought for the restoration of ceremonially bound with a rushnyk by the our special financial assistance for the appliance/piece of furniture pretty difficult Ukraine’s statehood and freedom for its priest, and often the “crowns” on the cou- faith communities in Kazakhstan. The to explain in English. Then you have young people, the crimes committed by the lead- ple’s heads are wreaths of “barvinok” (peri- needs are urgent and critical to enable folks dumping pails of water on each other ership of the Kremlin on an unimaginable winkle). them to sustain and to grow in their faith on the second day of Easter (nowadays, the scale during the Holodomor and after These rituals – and so many more – are and identity as Ukrainian Greek- SuperSoaker works so much better). At World War II against the Ukrainian nation practiced in Canada, the United States, Catholics. Please participate in the spe- Midsummer’s Night (Kupalo to us) they continue to be hidden in the shadows. Brazil, the Balkans and other countries in cial ongoing efforts of the Ukrainian also jump over bonfires, alone or holding Why? Who is stopping it? Europe, Australia, the far east of Russia in Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia to hands with a significant other. On special Let us face the facts. The Ukrainian Zelenyi Klyn, as well as in the homeland respond to this request for our help. feast days, rolling around in the early morn- liberation movements and their leader- itself. Some of the modifications that have Consider making a particularly generous ing dew in your birthday suit was also very ship, and all those who took weapons into emerged in Ukraine are quaint or even gift this Easter as a sign of resurrected common and beneficial. The jumping over their hands, fought for a just and honor- bizarre, but then some of the ones in the hope for the Ukrainian Catholic faithful bonfires at Kupalo is no longer birthday- able cause: an independent and free other places are pretty strange, too. of Kazakhstan. Consider setting aside a suit-obligatory, as it used to be extremely Ukraine. The minute they took weapons But the thought is there, as is the inher- monthly support donation which could long ago (that wouldn’t go over too well into their hands they fulfilled their child- ent desire to carry out an action that con- assist in the support of priests sent to mis- with summer camp directors, eh?). hood dreams and followed in the foot- nects us to our distant, very distant ances- sion to our brothers and sisters in Christ Of course, in the weeks after Easter, steps of all those before them who fought tors. We are very rich indeed. in Kazakhstan. Let us be creative and there will be services in the cemeteries and and sacrificed their lives for the same show innovation in considering how each food and drink, on the graves of the depart- cause. They were proud to do so. Like it of us may help. Let us say “yes” gener- ed. This is reminiscent of El Día de los Orysia Tracz may be contacted at ory- or not – this is part of our history! ously to offer them hope. Muertos, the Mexican Day of the Dead, the [email protected]. As history teaches us, the truth always Please send your donations for the triumphs in the end. The truth is timeless. Ukrainian Catholic Church in Kazakhstan to: Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of L.M. Pawlowych Philadelphia, 827 N. Franklin St., Union, N.J. Philadelphia, PA 19123-2097. IN THE PRESS: Tabachnyk “Tabachnyk’s views are dangerous in refers to Ukrainian nationalist leaders Metropolitan-Archbishop classroom,” by Katya Gorchinskaya, edi- Stefan Soroka We welcome your opinion Roman Shukhevych and Stepan Bandera as Philadelphia tor, Kyiv Post, March 18: ‘Hitler’s officers.’ He claims they received The Ukrainian Weekly welcomes letters the highest honors from Hitler. ... to the editor and commentaries on a vari- “Of all the truly bad government “Tabachnyk also alleges in his book that ety of topics of concern to the Ukrainian appointments throughout history, the deci- all important decisions taken by former American and Ukrainian Canadian com- sion to name Dmytro Tabachnyk as President Viktor Yushchenko were actually munities. 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He is often referred applies pretty much to all other policies of tion, remained respectfully apologetic, silent accepted also via e-mail at staff@ukrweek- to as having Ukrainophobia, and is quoted Yushchenko, whom he strongly dislikes. and afraid. There is no need for that when it ly.com. The daytime phone number and saying that the state of Ukraine is a histori- “Also, Tabachnyk says that millions of is a matter of our national honor and dignity address of the letter-writer must be given cal mistake. Many of his radical views he people who came to Maidan and the independence of Ukraine. The time for verification purposes. 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aggressively taken into custody by police Ukraine's capital... following a March 14 brawl in which she (Continued from page 1) participated. “They’re destroying our liv- “In a rule-of-law society, there is a gen- ing space and native Kyivans so that they eral respect for law enforcement officials can build their American skyscrapers.” because they do their job,” said Ivan Yurii Komandyr, director of the legal Lozowy, president of the Institute of department at ElitBud, the company build- Statehood and Democracy in Kyiv. “Here, ing the neighboring structure, denied its there is a significant lack of respect. The construction had any negative effect on 9 police are commonly called ‘musor’ [gar- Lesia Ukrainka Blvd. and its rear court- bage] as a slang term, because they are yard, where the wells are located. Government inspections have produced no seen to serve interests that aren’t based on evidence of harm, he said. the law, but what their higher bosses Cracks in the building emerged far ear- want.” lier than construction started, he told The Among the most vicious fronts in Weekly, citing government inspections. Kyiv’s real estate battles has been Lesia The company has no plans, capability or Ukrainka Boulevard, where Soviet-era res- right to drive out several hundred residents idences and parks, built in the 1960s and from their homes, he said, denying the earlier, have been bought up by developers protesters’ allegations. and demolished to make way for luxury Tensions between ElitBud and the activ- Yaroslav Debelyi high-rise apartment buildings that cater to ists reached a boiling point when the com- Berkut special forces officers on March 14 capture Natalia Miroshnichenko, an Ukraine’s elite and foreigners. pany set up a metal fence around its con- activist demonstrating against what protesters say is illegal construction on Lesia The residents of 9 Lesia Ukrainka struction site at 7/9 Lesia Ukrainka Blvd. Ukrainka Boulevard in central Kyiv. Conflicts in Kyiv between police and pro- Blvd., many of whom are poor, elderly on March 3, without forewarning the resi- testers escalated in March. Ukrainians, have spent at least a decade dents of 9 Lesia Ukrainka Blvd., a nine- trying to defend their property against story brick apartment building with a few encroachment. They allege their water well hundred residents that was built in 1964. high ground. remove the fence. has been ruined by neighboring develop- The fence is a temporary inconvenience “Even if both sides show documents, Mr. Komandyr claimed Mr. Hudyma ment and at least 20 trees have been cut that will be remedied with a new arch and it’s clearly the police’s function to keep the struck a security guard on the head during down without replacement. driveway to be completed in the next year peace to prevent physical violence and the ensuing fight, while the activist The construction of a neighboring and a half, Mr. Komandyr said. But the destruction,” said Mr. Lozowy. “That’s denied he committed any assault, claim- 16-story apartment complex has created fence is currently blocking one of two why citizens take the law into their own ing he was injured himself, citing photo- cracks in their building, residents alleged. access roads to the boulevard from the hands. There’s no legal recourse.” graphs distributed on the Internet show- An insurance company with an office on building’s courtyard. Residents com- Armed with their document, civic activ- ing him under attack and lying on the the first floor discovered new cracks in its plained the blocked road violates basic ist Oleksander Hudyma acknowledged that ground. walls in late March. architectural standards requiring an he led a group of activists on March 6 in Mr. Hudyma returned to the same prop- Activists allege haphazard construction entrance and exit road for residents and dismantling the fence, which riled officials erty a week later, on the morning of March is a deliberate ploy to drive neighboring vehicles, creating hazardous conditions in at ElitBud, which is handling the construc- 14, claiming to be leading a “subotnyk” buildings into such disrepair. Residents are case of a fire or other emergency. tion for PozniakyZhylBud, among (community clean-up) by 30 to 40 activ- then forced to evacuate, after which devel- Company officials said the fence is Ukraine’s largest real estate development ists, at least half of whom were female opers take ownership, demolish existing entirely legal, with government-issued per- companies. pensioners, for which he gained permis- buildings and build new projects. Such mits in their possession, while protesters They alleged his act was an illegal sion from the city. They claim they were schemes are commonplace in the anarchic said it’s illegal, obtaining government- infringement on the company property, cleaning construction debris from the conditions in Kyiv, protesters said. issued statements of their own. Ukraine’s while Mr. Hudyma and his supporters property, while Mr. Komandyr said they “People are being chased away,” said massive bureaucracy has enabled both claimed the land was not the company’s Tetiana Borysenko, an activist who was sides in the conflict to claim the moral property and therefore they had the right to (Continued on page 15) No. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 4, 2010 9 Ukraine and diaspora representatives attend women’s conference at U.N. by Irene Jarosewich a problem just among adults, but is Hungary who is currently conducting occurrences are close to 1 million inci- becoming more acute at younger ages. research in the U.S., later joined them. dents per year. NEW YORK – Several thousand rep- Children whose parents have gone abroad Ukraine plans to expand the public resentatives from more than 100 coun- for work often have little or no supervi- Women in Ukraine hard-hit education campaign and the Ukrainian tries, including government officials, sev- sion. Since Ukrainian law allows beer to The topic turned to more in-depth dis- delegation asked WFUWO representa- eral dozen ministers, as well as represen- be sold to minors, all the women con- cussions about the situation of women in tives to help enlist the support of men tatives from non-governmental organiza- curred that it is not uncommon to see Ukraine. The terrible state of the econo- from the Ukrainian diaspora to participate tions (NGOs) worldwide attended the teenagers and even children as young as my has hit women and children particu- in the public information effort to stop international women’s conference 12, purchasing beer at a kiosk near a larly hard, since 25 percent of women in violence against women. WFUWO par- Beijing+15 at the United Nations head- school building. Ukraine with children are single mothers. ticipants also agreed to assist Ukraine’s to quarters in New York City on March This lack of supervision, underscored Furthermore, women outlive men in the U.N. Permanent Mission in organiz- 1-12. Ms. Lamakh, department head with the ing a parallel event on women’s issues in Organized under the auspices of the Ukraine by at least a decade and many Ministry of Ukraine for Family, Youth women are widows for 10 to 15 years. the fall. U.N. Commission on the Status of and Sports, has led to numerous other The World Federation of Ukrainian Women, the two-week conference evalu- The level of sex trafficking has not problems, including an increase in the decreased substantially in the past decade, Women’s Organizations (WFUWO), ated overall progress and reviewed global number of abortions among girls as young established in 1948 in the United States, policy objectives established in 1995 at though fewer older women are being as 14 and 15. deceived into accepting non-existent jobs is an international federation of 27 non- the international women’s conference in In February 2008, the U.N. Secretary- profit organizations in 17 countries span- Beijing that focus on issues of gender abroad. Nonetheless, despite extensive General announced a seven-year interna- public education, young women hoping ning four continents that supports cultur- equality and women’s development tional plan to end violence against al, educational, humanitarian and social worldwide. Along with official proceed- to improve their lives continue to accept women. However, in Ukraine, the idea false offers of overseas employment, and programs, and advocates for the advance- ings, dozens of parallel events offered ment of the status of women, their fami- and the planning for a public awareness Ukraine’s weak judicial system and cor- participants opportunities to network and lies and children. campaign to stop violence against women rupt level of enforcement allows crimi- share information. WFUWO has been a member of the began before the secretary-general’s nals to transport girls across borders, most At the invitation of Ukraine’s perma- Conference of NGOs in Consultative announcement. Ambassador Sergeyev frequently through Russia. Particularly nent representative to the United Nations, noted the prescience of efforts in Ukraine Status with the United Nations since vulnerable are 17- and 18-year-old Ambassador Yuriy Sergeyev, the delega- and noted that Ukraine’s campaign could 1993. As of the beginning of 2010, women leaving orphanages and foster tion of five women from Ukraine, as well be highlighted as an example of “best WFUWO representatives at the United care with no realistic prospects for a high- as three representatives from diaspora practices” between U.N. goals and in- Nations include Ms. Shmigel, Ms. er education or good employment. organizations, met at the Permanent country efforts. Kebalo, Daria Dykyj, Larysa Melnyk Since 2003, reports of domestic vio- Mission of Ukraine to the United Nations Since the United Nations is establish- Dyrszka, Ms. Sonevytsky, Moki Kokoris lence in Ukraine have increased by 10 on March 5. Representatives from ing a new committee dedicated to the and Ms. Jarosewich. Iryna Kurowyckyj, Ukraine included Ella Lamakh, Kateryna issues related to gender equality, Ms. percent each year. The initial reaction to president-emeritus of the Ukrainian Levchenko, Larysa Kobelyanska, Olena Suslova, director of the Women’s Center this information could lead to the under- National Women’s League of America Suslova and Natalia Karbovska. Nadia consulting group, suggested that Ukraine standing that violence is increasing. also participates in NGO activities at the Shmigel and Irene Jarosewich attended should strive to become a recognized However, authorities believe that this fig- United Nations as a member of the from the World Federation of Women’s regional leader in gender equality pro- ure represents an increased willingness International Council of Women. Organizations (WFUWO). Also at the grams. on the part of women to report domestic meeting was Ulana Kekish of New York, violence and the willingness of local mili- Irene Jarosewich is the WFUWO’s reg- who is working with the Permanent Prenatal and reproductive health tia to register such abuse. istered representative with the United Mission of Qatar to establish an autism Another of the issues of concern for The recent public awareness campaign Nations Department of Public research and treatment center in Kyiv, as the U.N., stated Ms. Kavun, is the topic has substantially raised consciousness, Information. A comprehensive English- well as Olha Kavun, second secretary at of prenatal and reproductive health, also a though without consistent follow up by language summary of Ukraine’s country the Permanent Mission of Ukraine. critical topic for Ukraine. Ms. law enforcement in coming years, such report presented in Geneva on January A key focus of the discussion was Kobelyanska noted that, on January 21, a awareness may not hold. 21 is available at: http://www.unog.ch/ recent legislative and government efforts delegation from Ukraine was in Geneva Some 80 percent of all physical inju- unog/website/news_media. to achieve gender equality in Ukraine. In to present a multi-year report before the ries reported at hospitals by women are nsf/%28httpNewsByYear_en%29/81B92D terms of political achievements, changes, U.N. Committee on the Elimination of the result of domestic violence. Current 31E1C21204C12576B20052F6E2?Open such as laws against sexual harassment in All Forms of Discrimination against estimates are that only 10 percent of all Document. Further general information the workplace and paternity leave for Women. She added that the efforts of the cases are being reported. Last year local about Beijing+15 available at: http:// fathers are proof of progress. However, diaspora in helping Ukraine – in particu- militia registered 94,000 incidents of www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/beijing15/ the implementation and enforcement of lar fund-raising for the purchase of medi- domestic violence, so estimates for actual index.html. policies that reflect gender equality still cal equipment, shipments of medications, lags in many areas, as does general direct aid to hospitals and training of doc- awareness among the public and many tors – were integral to meeting Ukraine’s government officials about the purpose of goals of improved maternal health and gender balance. prenatal care. Visit our archive online: Public awareness campaign Ms. Karbovska, director of the non- profit organization Women’s Fund of www.ukrweekly.com Despite setbacks, a particularly suc- Ukraine, offered the example of funds cessful effort implemented in 2008-2009, from a successful fashion show held by explained Ms. Kobelyanska of the U.N. women’s organizations in the U.S. and Development Program of Equal Canada several years ago that financed Opportunities and Women’s Rights in the purchase of mammogram equipment, Ukraine, was the public awareness cam- as a result of which thousands of women paign “Stop Violence!” directed at curb- in Ukraine have been screened for breast ing domestic violence against women. cancer. Developed at the initiative of a network Ambassador Sergeyev noted that, since of women in Ukraine, and launched by a he began his posting in New York, he has consortium of international organizations, been extremely impressed with the work government ministries and women’s of diaspora organizations, whether orga- groups, the goal of the campaign was to nizing programs of awareness around the raise awareness among men that violence Chornobyl nuclear disaster and the against women is unacceptable, to con- Holodomor at the United Nations, provid- vince women that domestic violence is ing direct medical aid to Ukraine, or net- not normal, and to educate law enforce- working around women’s issues. There ment to prosecute and punish abusers. has been consistent cooperation among Key to the campaign was the active credit unions, religious organizations, participation of well-known personalities, community groups and officials, he such as Olympians Sergey Bubka and added. Denys Silantyev, as well as the public After the meeting at Ukraine’s U.N. support of government ministers and leg- mission, WFUWO representatives had islators. Examples of public information additional opportunities to meet with materials used in Ukraine were brought members of Ukraine’s delegation. On by the delegation for distribution at the March 9, WFUWO representatives Ms. United Natiions. Shmigel, Marta Kebalo, Natalia Ms. Levchenko of LaStrada, who is Sonevytsky and Ms. Jarosewich met to also a consultant to the Ministry of discuss the organization of parallel events Internal Affairs of Ukraine, noted that the by WFUWO for the upcoming year. problem of domestic violence is closely Several members of Ukraine’s delegation, related to the problem of alcohol abuse. as well as Iryna Koshulap, a graduate stu- She added that alcohol abuse is no longer dent from Central European University in 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 4, 2010 No. 14 Victor Tsaran: a special person with special talents by Roman Cybriwsky because “no adolescent wants to stand out among peers as a white crow.” PHIADELPHIA – It has been 15 years He had a knack for music from as far since The Ukrainian Weekly wrote about back as he remembers, pounding as a musician Victor Tsaran, so it is time for child on a piano, and then mastered the an update – especially since the news is bayan and later the acoustical guitar. so good. I realize that not everyone In Lviv, where he studied first at remembers that April 1995 interview, or Gymnasium No. 100 for the blind and even read it, so let me introduce Victor then at Lviv University where he took up again before telling you why the philosophy, Victor joined up with other Ukrainian community in the United States young musicians, most particularly singer should be so proud. and songwriter Andrii Panchyshyn, and Victor would want me to say from the began performing his own musical com- top that his accomplishments are not just positions and lyrics. In 1991, at age 17, because of any special talents that he may Victor took second prize in the acoustic have been born with or developed, but category at the Chervona Ruta Festival also because of the generous help that he held before an audience of thousands in received from Ukrainian American com- Zaporizhia. His first album recordings munity when he first arrived in came in sequence in 1992, 1993 and Philadelphia from Ukraine in September 1994, the last of them with the Lviv rock- 1994 as a young, blind student about to jazz band Dragline. start a new life. Victor’s new life began when he Roman Cybriwsky That first interview was conducted by received a one-year scholarship to the Victor Tsaran performs at the Ukrainian National League bar. Mark Andryczyk, a young Philadelphian Overbrook School for the Blind in with an interest in the music scene in Philadelphia in 1994. He credits Areta been repaid multifold since. Victor from Polish documents) has since earned post-independence Ukraine, who since Zakhariy and Myroslava Oryshkevych Tsaran, now 35, is a successful musician a doctorate in anthropology from George introduced me to Victor. Mark himself and their Cleveland-Ukrainian social ser- and much more. I am personally proud to Mason University, published her disserta- has gone places in 15 years. He now has vices organization for that first break, and say that, after Overbrook, where he tion as a book and is an aspiring profes- a doctorate in Ukrainian literature from many others in North America’s learned to read and write with the help of sor. That she has a great sense of humor the University of Toronto and teaches in Ukrainian community for support after- the computer, he entered Temple is evident from the working title of her the Ukrainian Studies Program at the wards. Philadelphia’s United Ukrainian University where I have been on the fac- forthcoming first novel, a story of forbid- Harriman Institute at Columbia American Relief Committee was espe- ulty since before Victor was born. He den love between two men in Communist- University. (If you want to find the origi- cially helpful, as was the Ukrainian majored in computer and information sci- era Poland called “Roman and Julian.” nal interview, it is on page 11 of the April National Association itself. ences and graduated with a B.S. degree in Back to Victor. 30, 1995, issue of The Weekly; Victor’s The February 26, 1995, edition of the 2000. He has risen to the top of his chosen name is spelled there as Viktor Tseran.) Weekly (page 13) published a small I did not know him personally at the profession, the development of computer We learn that Victor was born in 1974 boxed call for financial assistance for time, but have learned since from Victor technology and special software to assist in Vilnohirsk, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, and Victor along with a thumbnail photograph that in addition to continued support from people with disabilities. He works in Palo lost his sight at age 5. He lived in orphan- (He is Vitalij Tsaran in that notice, as his the Ukrainian American community, he Alto, Calif. for the computer giant Yahoo, ages and then in foster care, and moved passport name appeared on his passport). was able to secure a multi-year scholar- and holds the job title Senior Accessibility to Drohobych in the Lviv Oblast with his On October 21, 2001, The Weekly (page ship from Temple itself thanks to the Program manager. He is responsible for adoptive family when he was 13. That’s 14) listed him among UNA scholarship intercession of his freshman-year calculus making sure that the company’s network when he began speaking Ukrainian for recipients. professor, my good friend of many years, and websites are accessible for people the first time, as he explained to me Our community’s investments have Prof. William Nathan. Bill himself has with disabilities regardless of where in ancestors from Ukraine. the world they may be and what language Also studying at Temple was Victor’s they use. wife, Karolina, a partially sighted student His prominence in the field is confirmed from Poland. They had met as students at easily on line, as we instantly turn up inter- Overbrook and married in January 2000 views with him and references to speeches in Poznan in Karo’s home country. A that he has given about computer technol- reception was hosted for them in ogy for disabled people, as well as at least Philadelphia by Mark Andryczyk’s par- two videos specifically about him. One is ents, Vera and Roman Andryczyk. Karo a nearly 30-minute-long demonstration by majored in Asian studies, by coincidence Victor called “An Introduction to Screen the program of which I am now director. I Readers” (http://video.yahoo.com/ watch/514676/2686894), and the other a did not know her then either, although she six-minute long production posted on confesses that she passed my office often YouTube by Yahoo called “Meet Victor and was tempted to knock because of the Tsaran” (http://www.youtube.com/ Ukrainian name on the door. watch?v=kfHVHTRCxVU). In that clip Some of Karo’s professors were also we see Victor at home and at work, meet among my closest colleagues, most nota- Karo, and hear him on guitar. We also read bly Barbara Thornbury, who taught me about Victor on a CNN site at http://www. Japanese and Karo Japanese literature. cnn.com/2009/TECH/12/15/cnet.web. Karo Caran (her name is spelled differ- ently because of a quirk in transliteration (Continued on page 22)

Karolina Caran Victor Tsaran and his wife Karolina Caran. No. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 4, 2010 11 GENERATION UKE

Edited and compiled by Matthew Dubas and Yarema Belej Montreal’s Ukrainian student clubs engage community MONTREAL – This city’s Ukrainian Ukrainian student clubs at McGill and student community is very active, with a Concordia universities. full calendar of events, whether cultural, A delegation from Montreal attended political or social. the conference of the Federation of Most recently, the Syzokryli Ukrainian Ukrainian Student Organizations of Dance Ensemble of New York and America (known by its Ukrainian acro- Montreal’s Deadly Venoms had an oppor- nym as SUSTA) held at Boston College tunity to showcase their stuff in a more on March 20-21. contemporary fashion on March 27 at the Delegates from Concordia and McGill first “Hip-Hop Hopak Competition,” ded- universities attended the Ukrainian icated as a fund-raiser for Help Us Help Canadian Students’ Union (SUSK) 52nd the Children. Held at the Ukrainian national congress on February 12-14 in National Federation building in Montreal, Edmonton, Alberta. This was the first the competition mixed traditional time in a decade that the annual meeting Ukrainian dance steps with break-dancing was held in western Canada. moves and was co-organized by the The CUSU and the MUSA work close- Concordia Ukrainian Students’ Union ly together with the University of (CUSU) and the McGill Ukrainian Montreal (a French-speaking institution), Students’ Association (MUSA), with which is in the process of renewing its assistance from the Ukrainian National Ukrainian club. Meetings are held jointly Members of the Concordia Ukrainian Students’ Union, the McGill Ukrainian Youth Federation, the Taras Shevchenko on Thursday evenings at the CUSU Students’ Association and students from the University of Montreal carol during Foundation and the Ukrainian Time radio office, located at 2010 Mackay Ave., sec- their annual “Koliada” at a Montreal-area residence. program. ond floor, in downtown Montreal. This is just one of the events held The clubs co-hosted “Many Tastes of ing traditional foods as a way to get to bill, introduced by Louise Beaudoin (Parti throughout the year for Ukrainian youth Concordia” in September, with each club know each other. Quebecois) of Montreal’s Rosemount rid- in this city, organized by the city’s organizing cultural displays and prepar- The Montreal clubs co-organized ing, designated the fourth Saturday in weekly Ukrainian language classes for November as Holodomor Memorial Day. beginners and advanced students taught Other fund-raisers included a by Marta Olynyk, Yaryna Drabyna and “Koliada” – caroling at Montreal homes Valentyna Golash, the current instructor. and extending warm wishes, and a pre- More than 20 years ago both universities Malanka pub night on January 22, featur- offered Ukrainian language courses, but ing the Ottawa-based band Ukraina. these are no longer available. The CUSU club is led by: Vivan In November 2009 the clubs co-hosted Zabuga, president; Stefany Stadnyk, vice- the annual pre-Trembita Zabava Pub president of finance; and Marta Cybulsky Night fund-raiser, held at L’Action and Alyssa Patterson, secretaries. The Supper Club. Later that month, a week- MUSA club is led by: Andreana Czurma, long Holodomor exhibit was on display vice-president of external affairs; Adriana on November 16-20 in the Concordia Luhovy, media director; and Tanya library foyer. A rotating staff of club Bednarczyk, vice-president of McGill members, distributing materials and Relations. answering questions, manned the infor- McGill’s club, which dates back more mation table. A Cultural Fair was held on than 50 years and was revived in November 18 at Concordia’s main Hall 2005-2006, has 250 members. Building with displays from all clubs at Concordia’s Ukrainian club has 450 the university. members. Readers may find more infor- On November 25 CUSU/MUSA orga- mation on the clubs’ activities by visiting nized a bus trip for members to Quebec their websites, http://orgserver.csu.qc. City to witness the unanimous recogni- ca/~cusucon/CUSU/ or http://www.ssmu. Adriana Luhovy and Vivian Zabuga make varenyky for Concordia University’s tion of the Famine in Ukraine as genocide mcgill.ca/musa; or via e-mail, cusu.mtl@ Cultural Fair. by the Quebec National Assembly. The gmail.com or [email protected]. Ukrainian skiers compete for their college teams PALMERTON, Pa. – Several Ukrainian team performance rather than individual skiers who are members of their college times. The Mid-Atlantic USCSA ski teams competed on February 19-20 at Regionals are the championships of three the Mid-Atlantic Regionals of the United conferences that send five teams each States Collegiate Ski and Snowboard (their best from the 10 qualifying races in Association (USCSA). each conference). Of the 15 teams, three The skiers included: Chris qualify for the USCSA Nationals. From Shumeyko of Lafayette College , Alex the nationals, the top skiers and snow- Dolgonos and Iryney Makarukha of the (Continued on page 21) University of Pennsylvania, and Maryanna Saenko of Carnegie Mellon University. Two other Lafayette skiers were unable to compete that weekend: Melanie Cybriwsky (who was ill) and Paul Hadzewycz (injured). Joining the college skiers at the races was well-known Ukrainian American skier Yuri Kobziar, the coordinator of the New Jersey Conference of the USCSA, as well as the coach of the Lafayette team. Mr. Kobziar became involved with the USCSA four years ago, when he start- ed coaching at Lafayette, where one of his daughters was attending school. He is At the Mid-Atlantic Regionals of the U.S. Collegiate Ski and Snowboard also active with the Carpathian Ski Club Association (from left) are Chris Shumeyko of Lafayette College, Alex Dolgonos (KLK), which holds annual ski races in and Iryney Makarukha of the University of Pennsylvania, Maryanna Saenko of the Hunter, N.Y., area. Carnegie Mellon University, and Yuri Kobziar, coordinator of the USCSA’s New The USCSA comprises ski and snow- Lafayette College ski team members Jersey Conference. board competitions that are scored by Melanie Cybriwsky and Paul Hadzewycz. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 4, 2010 No. 14 No. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 4, 2010 13 Lydia Bodnar-Balahutrak exhibits large-scale works in solo show HOUSTON – “Hide and See,” an exhibit of large-scale works by Ukrainian American artist Lydia Bodnar-Balahutrak, was on view from March 6 through March 28 here at Nau-haus Art Space. Ms. Bodnar-Balahutrak has participated in several national and international exhibi- tions, and her work can be found in muse- um and private collections. Her current mixed-media paintings and drawings con- tinue to explore collage, text and figuration. A monograph focusing on her art from 1979-2001 was published in 2005. Since 1977, she has taught studio paint- ing and drawing at the University of Houston at Clear Lake and the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts; she is currently on the faculty of the Glassell School of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. In 1985 Ms. Bodnar-Balahutrak was awarded a grant to participate in an interna- tional art symposium in La Napoule, France, the first of several artist invitations and residencies in Europe. In spring 1991, an IREX grant enabled her to travel to Ukraine, her parents’ ancestral homeland, for the first time. She was a guest lecturer at the Lviv Academy of Art. In 1993 she participated in a two-month international artists’ symposium held in Ukraine, and received a Creative Artist Program Award in Visual Art from the Cultural Arts Council of Houston for her artwork that resulted from that residency. Two years later she was a visiting artist at In Lydia Bodnar-Balahutrak’s studio, (from left) are: “Tangles,” “Curtains,” “Snow,” “Snags” and “Hedge.” the Art Academy of Kyiv, and her 1996 trip included a tour of the Chornobyl zone, site 2006, commemorating the 20-year anniver- self, regenerating life and spreading her established work by Houston’s indepen- of the 1986 nuclear plant explosion. In sary of the Chornobyl cataclysm, a selec- healing mantle over the dust and decay.” dent visual artists. 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cannot be a non-aligned country - we NEWSBRIEFS should be a party either to the European CLACLASSSSIFIEDIFIEDSS (Continued from page 2) system of collective security, or the Ukraine’s sovereignty. “Assuming that Collective Security Treaty Organization,” TO PLACE YOUR AD CALL MARIA OSCISLAWSKI (973) 292-9800 x 3040 such a state can be created, it is a total loss a military-political union created by the Commonwealth of Independent States, Mr. or e-mail [email protected] of sovereignty by each of the three states. I repeat: a complete loss! In essence, we are Tarasyuk said. Otherwise, he said, Ukraine talking about returning even not to the will continue to be subject to “external SERVICES Soviet Union, but something stronger,” influences and internal destabilization, the Mr. Kravchuk commented. He urged source of which will be outside.” Mr. President Viktor Yanukovych to explain to Tarasyuk, who will most likely get the post the members of his team the responsibility of foreign affairs minister in the opposi- for such statements. “A member of the tion’s shadow government, said that the government is not just a Ukrainian citizen, Ukrainian law of June 19, 2003, on the he is burdened with responsibility, which principles of national security clearly states is drawn up for him by the Constitution, that Ukraine’s goal is to join the European laws and other regulations. And when the Union and NATO. (Ukrinform) official is violating them, he must be held Yushchenko to remain in politics accountable,” the former president said. News of Mr. Kravchuk’s reaction to Mr. KYIV – Former Ukrainian President Semynozhenko’s remarks was reported on Viktor Yushchenko said he is not planning March 30. (Ukrinform) to quit politics and added that he would head his party, it was reported on March 25. Yushchenko on Hero of Ukraine title In an interview with the Kommersant- KYIV – Speaking on March 23 with Ukraine newspaper Mr. Yushchenko said Channel 5 TV, former President Viktor that the Our Ukraine Party would be Yushchenko said President Viktor reformed and that this would be decided at a party congress. Mr. Yushchenko said he is Yanukovych has no legal power to cancel not planning to compete with his ideologi- the awards given by past presidents. “It is cal “fellows.” In his opinion, “there is only beyond Yanukovych’s legal powers to can- one way of retaining the patriotic move- cel my awards, like it was beyond my PROFESSIONALS ment - through consolidation.” (Ukrinform) powers to cancel the awards given by all former presidents,” Mr. Yushchenko Kyiv subway to install video cameras declared, saying the past awards are within the responsibility of the past presidents. If KYIV – Kyiv officials said on March his successor cancels the awards, “he will 30 that they are planning to install video set a very dangerous precedent. What if a cameras inside the city’s subway cars. Communist president is elected after Kyiv Metro Director Petro Miroshnykov Yanukovych? He may cancel all decrees told journalists that he would ask city passed after the act on Ukraine’s indepen- authorities to allocate funds for the pur- dence in 1991,” Mr. Yushchenko chase of video cameras and their installa- argued. At his March 5 press conference tion. Mr. Miroshnykov said all of Kyiv’s in Moscow, Mr. Yanukovych pledged to subway stations are already equipped with revoke by Victory Day on May 9 President video-surveillance systems. He added that Yushchenko’s decrees awarding the Hero instructions would be drafted for subway of Ukraine title to nationalists Stepan workers and train conductors on how to Bandera and Roman Shukhevych. (zik. act in emergency situations such as the com.ua) bomb attacks in the Moscow subway on March 29 that killed 39 people and injured Rada fails to dismiss Tabachnyk more than 70. Mr. Miroshnykov added that the booths and shops located in subway GEORGE B. KORDUBA KYIV – The Verkhovna Rada on March stations will be thoroughly inspected and Counsellor at Law 30 failed to dismiss Education and Science unspecified changes “might be intro- Minister Dmytro Tabachnyk. A total of duced.” (Ukrinform) Emphasis on Real Estate, Wills, Trusts and Elder Law 202 national deputies voted in favor of Ward Witty Drive, P.O. Box 249 Yanukovych meets with OSCE chief MONTVILLE, NJ 07045 dismissal, including 146 deputies of the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc and 56 deputies Hours by Appointment Tel.: (973) 335-4555 KYIV – Ukrainian President Viktor of Our Ukraine-People’s Self-Defense. Yanukovych said that Ukraine has always TRAVEL The dismissal of Minister Tabachnyk was supported a constructive level of coopera- FOR SALE put on the agenda after a meeting of the tion with the Organization for Security and Conciliation Council with the heads of the Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and parliamentary factions. The anti-Tabach- attached great importance to this. At a meet- FOR SALE nyk campaign was linked to the fact that ing with OSCE Chairman-in-Office and UPSTATE NEW YORK he actively popularized anti-Ukrainian ten- Kazakh Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev Near Soyuzivka and churches - Ukrainian dencies in many of his works and articles. in Kyiv on March 31, Mr. Yanukovych sup- community - 2 bds, 2 baths, garage, balcony/ (Ukrinform) ported the initiative by Kazakhstan’s chair- screened porch, large yard, finished lower level. 561-309-5908 or 845-210-3593 Sumy students for Tabachnyk’s ouster manship of the OSCE to convene an OSCE summit and expressed Ukraine’s readiness KYIV – Students from Sumy have sup- to work on the summit’s agenda. He said ported protests by Kyiv residents and stu- that Ukraine was ready to actively partici- OPPORTUNITIES dents from Ukraine’s western regions in pate in the discussion of Russian President support of the dismissal of Education and Dmitry Medvedev’s initiative on a new Science Minister Dmytro Tabachnyk, it European security treaty, which was sup- Earn extra income! was reported on March 25. The activists of ported by a number of European countries. The Ukrainian Weekly is looking student and youth organizations sent an He said that the OSCE was the most conve- effigy of the minister on the Sumy- nient forum for such discussions. Mr. for advertising sales agents. Moscow train to Russia. (Ukrinform) Yanukovych said that the final document of For additional information contact the upcoming summit should reflect securi- Maria Oscislawski, Advertising Tarasyuk: we cannot be non-aligned ty guarantees for states that voluntarily gave Manager, The Ukrainian Weekly, KYIV – Ukraine cannot be a non- up their nuclear arsenals, as well as for 973-292-9800, ext 3040. aligned state from a geopolitical point of states, such as Ukraine, that are not mem- MERCHANDISE view, the chairman of the Verkhovna bers of any military bloc. He also said that Rada’s Committee on European another important element in the document Integration, Borys Tarasyuk, said at a should be the right of states to choose their roundtable called “Is neutrality profitable own means of ensuring their national inter- for Ukraine?” The roundtable was orga- ests and national security. (Ukrinform) nized by the Democratic Initiatives Ukraine for OSCE chair in 2013 Foundation, the Institute of Euro-Atlantic Cooperation and the Euroatlantica maga- KYIV – Kazakhstan will support zine, at Ukrinform headquarters on March Ukraine as a candidate country for OSCE 24. “We cannot talk about Ukraine in the chairmanship in 2013, OSCE Chairman-in- current geopolitical realities as an isolated Office and Kazakh Foreign Minister Kanat country. We were, are and will be subject to external influences. Therefore, Ukraine (Continued on page 15) No. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 4, 2010 15

are supposed to react to serious crimes in declined to comment on the conflict at 9 Mr. Komandyr dismissed claims that Ukraine's capital which the suspects pose a threat to police.” Lesia Ukrainka Blvd. to The Weekly ElitBud pays any police authorities. He (Continued from page 8) Valentyna Baranova, a 71-year-old unless it followed standard procedures acknowledged that the firm’s hired guards were stirring trouble and provoking securi- pensioner, said she was injured during the and received a formal letter of request, communicate with police as a means of ty guards into a conflict. conflict and has to see a doctor for result- which its officials demanded nine days keeping them informed of what’s happen- What happened next depends on whom ing back problems. She said she never after The Weekly initially submitted an ing. Activists said that’s proof the police you believe. saw such aggression by law enforcement informal letter requesting an interview. are biased in favor of the builders. Mr. Hudyma said he was assaulted by authorities, only hearing about such (The Weekly was unable to satisfy this “Police can cooperate with guards if it Pecherk District Police officers and thrown things from those who witnessed the requirement in time for this week’s dead- helps them ensure law and order and law- into a police jeep without any legal cause, Stalinist era and World War II. line). fulness,” Mr. Yavorsky said. “But they “The threw themselves at me like jack- while Mr. Komandyr said Mr. Hudyma Activists blame the anarchy in real don’t have the right to defend one side als on their prey,” Ms. Baranova said, instigated a fight, threw punches and injured estate development on corrupt politicians and close their eyes to the illegal activi- breaking into tears that bounced off her and bureaucrats who have failed to ties of private firms. The police have to a security guard, which got him arrested. eyeglasses and rolled down her cheeks. “I improve the nation’s law enforcement ensure these sides don’t exceed the limits What is certain is that a fight broke out am a very ill woman, and they pushed me organs, courts and bureaucracies – all of the law, but they never do that.” between Mr. Hudyma’s supporters and against the asphalt, dirt and snow. I lost institutions subject to bribery from real As the March 20 demonstration in police, which involved female protesters, consciousness from the fright.” estate developers. front of the Cabinet was roaring, Prime including Mr. Hudyma’s wife, Liudmyla, Of the 12 protesters, five were detained “For money, a developer in Ukraine Minister Mykola Azarov was meeting and daughter, Anna. and transported to holding cells, includ- can do practically anything, including with Kyiv Mayor Leonid Chernovetskyi, Some threw punches, while Anna ing those who assaulted police officers at what’s contrary to the law,” said Mr. reportedly warning him that he had three Hudyma jumped on the police jeep to keep the construction site. By the evening, Lozowy, a Kyiv lawyer. “Since that’s the months to improve his government, it from leaving with her father. Most of the charges were dropped against four of case, and everyone knows it, people are including rooting out corruption. pensioners went home. them. Mr. Hudyma is charged with assault encouraged to protest. If the law is clearly Much blame is directed at Mr. Left without their leader, the group of against a security guard on March 6, with applied, as in rule-of-law societies in the Chernovetskyi, who has become so 12 activists decided to walk to the a penalty of three to five years’ imprison- West, people wouldn’t have the moral unpopular that a survey recently conduct- Presidential Administration building to ment. high ground in protesting.” ed by the Gorshenin Institute of voice their protest, several of its partici- Protesters claimed the Berkut acted Mr. Komandyr of ElitBud said his firm Administration in Kyiv reported that 81 pants told The Weekly. illegally by failing to abide by proper fulfills all legal requirements and percent of Kyiv’s residents want him to Along the way, on Lesia Ukrainka arrest procedures, including identifying wouldn’t have secured permits if the resign. Boulevard, about 20 Berkut special forces themselves and stating the reason for the company didn’t build quality buildings. The mayor’s reckless policy of priva- ambushed them, creating a shocking scene arrests. They alleged the police used Activists are convinced that developers tizing and distributing valuable real estate for bystanders and pedestrians. excessive force, saying officers forcefully pay top police officials to have their – widely believed to be given to the high- Photos circulated on the Internet sat on them in the vehicles and choked underlings either deal aggressively with est bidder or used as political tribute – showed five Berkut officers and an under- Liudmyla Hudyma using her scarf. protesters, or stand by passively as pri- has even affected several foreign embas- cover operative manhandling Natalia They alleged the police also refused to vate security brigades fight with them. sies in Kyiv, which learned their land was Myroshnichenko, a small-framed activist inform Liudmyla and Anna Hudyma Igor Lutsenko, a prominent Kyiv jour- sold without their knowledge. involved in the earlier brawl. about the whereabouts of Mr. Hudyma, nalist and civic activist, said he was ille- The sudden emergence of construction “Special forces work with detaining who was held for two nights and trans- gally detained by police in October 2008 fences, both in areas not suited for build- people,” Mr. Yavorsky said. “What’s inter- ferred between various buildings without simply for being a reporter and shooting ing and on sites lacking government esting is the Berkut came, but not a com- being told where he was going. photos of a conflict between the brigades approval, has become commonplace for mon police patrol vehicle. Special forces The Pechersk District Police on April 1 and protesters. Kyiv’s residents, who are growing angrier “The police had the intention of filing and losing patience. charges of malicious intimidation, but the “It’s anarchy when police can’t ensure and [its former leader and current rank-and-file officers declined to write law and order and people resort to mob NEWSBRIEFS Ukrainian President] Viktor Yanukovych false reports,” he said. “They didn’t want law out of desperation to do what the to falsely accuse us, and we had to be government isn’t capable of doing,” Mr. (Continued from page 14) had lost the [presidential] election, the quickly released.” Yavorsky said. Saudabayev said at a press conference in Kremlin would have already formed a pro- Kyiv on March 31. He said that “Ukraine Russian party. And, of course, it would need people like Dmytro Tabachnyk,” the supported the appointment of Kazakhstan analyst said. In his opinion, this process for OSCE chairmanship, and, of course, It is with great sadness that we has already begun, and the Party of Kazakhstan will support the intentions of Regions will be unpleasantly surprised if inform the Ukrainian community, Ukraine that correspond to the role and Tabachnyk gains his own voters and “fans” our friends and family that on place of this important and influential coun- in eastern Ukraine. “This will be a com- March 31, 2010, in Union, NJ try” in the OSCE. Ukrainian Foreign Affairs pletely unexpected stab in the back,” Mr. Minister Kostyantyn Gryshchenko told Nebozhenko said. (Interfax-Ukraine) reporters that Ukraine would specify its Rostyslav (Ross) program for the OSCE chairmanship by Military parades for Victory Day 2013. He expressed hope that by 2013 the Mykolayevych OSCE would advance significantly on the KYIV – The Defense Ministry of Ukraine is planning to hold a military issues that are currently important for most parade in Kyiv on May 9, Victory Day, OSCE participating states in the field of Wasylenko Defense Minister Mykhailo Yezhel said on security. Then it will be easier for Ukraine passed away March 30. He said intensive preparations to develop new approaches within the orga- for the parade are proceeding, for which nization, he said. (Ukrinform) 13 million hrv have been allocated. The Honored Artist of Ukraine EDUCATOR, ACTOR, PRODUCER, AUTHOR, POET Moscow sees Tabachnyk-led party minister also said that military parades are planned in the Hero Cities of Kerch, Odesa born June 27, 1920, Kyiv, Ukraine KYIV – Russia wants to see the cre- and Sevastopol. (Ukrinform) ation in Ukraine of a pro-Russian political • graduated Theatre Arts - State Theatre Arts Company of Ivan Franko, Kyiv party built around current Education and Most proud of their nationality • actor - Theatre Arts Company in honor of Volodymyr Blavatsky Science Minister Dmytro Tabachnyk, the KYIV – A total of 77.1 percent of the • B.A. degree - Education and Science - Ottawa Teacher’s College, Ottawa, head of the Ukrainian Barometer Ukrainians are proud that they are citizens Canada Sociological Service, Viktor Nebozhenko, of Ukraine, 17.9 percent are not, and 5 • Master’s degree in Education, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada said. “I think that the problem of Dmytro percent found it difficult to say. Those • over 20 years as principal in the Ottawa Public School System Tabachnyk is deeper than insults, accusa- were the results of a telephone poll con- • author, poet, producer, journalist tions, the disregard of the interests of ducted by the Gorshenin Institute. The poll national-democratic intellectuals, or his results were reported on March 20. The He leaves behind: own views,” he said at a press conference poll also found that 44.6 percent of respon- Wife: Ija Wasylenko (Filipovich) on March 24. “Dmytro Tabachnyk’s views dents would like to see Ukraine 20 years Grandchildren: Larissa, Roxanne and Dmytro Smyk have changed very often and he has looked from now as a separate independent state, Stepdaughter: Roma Lisovich with Kira and Alexander Myskiw very confident every time [they have]. 26.2 percent as part of a union with Russia Stepson: Bohdan Lisovich Most likely, the Kremlin does not trust the and 21.1 percent as a European Union In Ukraine: Party of Regions. If the Party of Regions member. (Ukrinform) Daughter: Larissa Shved Grandchildren: Dmytro Shved and Tetiana Kulesha Great-grandchildren: Volodya Shved, Dmytryk and Nadiya Kulesha

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talks, that Russia would offer a union Prime Minister... state or a customs union in exchange for (Continued from page 1) cheap gas (Ukrayinska Pravda, March ket prices. Consequently, Naftohaz’s defi- 26). cit equaled 2.5 percent of GDP in 2009, President Yanukovych is not enthusias- according to the International Monetary tic about a customs union with Russia, as Fund (IMF). it would contradict Ukraine’s member- Speaking ahead of Mr. Boiko’s trip to ship in the World Trade Organization Moscow, First Vice Prime Minister (WTO). However, some members of his Andriy Kliuyev said that Ukraine could team are ready to make concessions. Vice not afford current Russian prices. He said Prime Minister Volodymyr that, in exchange for lower prices, Russia Semynozhenko suggested that a union would be offered participation in a con- state with Russia and Belarus should not sortium to manage Ukraine’s gas transit be rejected as an option along with EU network. He opined that Ukraine would membership (Ukraina TV, March 26). lose Russian gas transit without a consor- If Messrs. Yanukovych and Azarov tium as Moscow is set to use its new accept any kind of union as a condition Nord Stream and South Stream pipelines for cheap gas, Ukraine would be firmly to bypass Ukraine. Mr. Kliuyev said that back within Russia’s orbit. Otherwise, it the gas transport network would remain will be difficult for Ukraine to survive state-owned, while given as a concession without Western assistance. The to the consortium that should include not Ukrainian Cabinet will eventually have to only Russia and Ukraine, but also the increase domestic gas prices, but not dou- European Union (ICTV, March 21). ble them as the World Bank suggested. Such a move would badly damage the Consortium not enough ruling party ahead of the local elections, Mr. Putin made it clear that a consor- which are scheduled to be held within tium would not prove sufficient to lower several months. the price of gas. He used the example of In March 2009 the European Union Belarus, which pays less than $200 for pledged loans to rescue Naftohaz, on the Russian gas. “Why does Belarus buy gas condition that it would be reformed. The for a price one-third lower? This is offer resulted in no action, as it vexed Mr. because we are building a union state and Putin. a customs union with Belarus,” said the Russian prime minister (Interfax, March The article above is reprinted from 26). Eurasia Daily Monitor with permission Former Ukrainian President Viktor from its publisher, the Jamestown Yushchenko said, commenting on the Foundation, www.jamestown.org.

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Ukrainian pro sports update by Ihor Stelmach

Klitschko’s main priority is a unification Shevchenko: ambassador Vitali Klitschko’s retirement plans title fight against WBA champion Haye, which looms as perhaps his best and possi- Former AC Milan and Chelsea star, cur- WBC world heavyweight champion LaVache, owner of Boston Boxing Club in bly his last big payday. Haye has said he rent Dynamo Kyiv striker and renowned Vitali Klitschko announced in mid-February Allston, Mass., a world-famous boxing and would like to fight both Klitschko brothers international soccer star Andriy Shevchenko that he plans to retire from boxing by the fitness establishment. “However, he’s a in the hope of unifying all of the heavy- is one of four dignitaries to accept an invita- end of the current year. Klitschko (39-2, 37 rough and tumble fighter. If it weren’t for weight titles before getting out in a couple tion to represent Ukraine and Poland as a KO), owner of heavyweight boxing’s high- the various injuries he’s had, he would have of years. Given Vitali’s age and his past his- tournament ambassador for the 2012 est ever knockout percentage (94.9 percent), dominated for years. His brother (Wladimir) tory of training injuries prior to fights, Haye European Championships. expressed the desire to fight both WBA is more skilled. But, Vitali has more heart should take on the older Klitschko first. Joining Shevchenko as a Ukrainian world champion David Haye (23-1, 21 KO) and sometimes heart is more important than ambassador for Euro 2012 is Oleh Blokhin, In a battle with Vitali Klitschko, Haye and Nikolai Valuev (50-2-0-1, 34 KO) skill.” while Zbigniew Boniek and Andrzej would give up a great deal of height and before his retirement. In terms of his future opponents, the Szarmach have accepted invitations to rep- weight. Haye’s ring skills, including foot- The older of the Klitschko brothers, he Russian Valuev is a physical beast whose resent Poland. has never suffered a knockdown or received mammoth size always creates obstacles for work and jabbing ability, could offset By far the most famous of the foursome, a standing eight-count as a pro boxer and his adversaries. Pundits foresee Vitali Vitali’s huge size advantage. The prevailing Shevchenko is known as one of the best has won seven consecutive bouts. At the Klitschko’s skill and dexterity outclassing opinion is that Klitschko’s giant physique ever Ukrainian soccer stars who most not-so-young age of 38, Klitschko has not Valuev, leading to an easy victory. would eventually tire Haye out, creating a recently returned to play for Dynamo Kyiv lost a fight since his controversial sixth- Haye is supposed to defend his heavy- late-round victory. after stops in Italy and England. The gifted round TKO in June 2003, at the hands of weight title against John Ruiz on April 3 in If Klitschko were to defeat both Valuev goal scorer is fast approaching his 100th cap Lennox Lewis. Heartbreaking loss aside, England. Most predict “The Hayemaker” and Haye and then retire, the momentum of for Ukraine. Vitali Klitschko earned tremendous respect will outmaneuver Ruiz to easily retain his nine consecutive victories and only two Blokhin was selected European footballer from boxing experts and fans for the deter- belt this spring. Assuming these scenarios, a minor blemishes on his record would propel of the year in 1975 and represented the mined courage he showed against Lewis. Klitschko-Haye match could be arranged in his induction into the International Boxing USSR at two World Cups. After a promising “Vitali is not an all-time great,” said Ed the last quarter of the year. Hall of Fame in 2016. playing career, he coached in Greece and managed the Ukrainian national team for four plus years. Boniek helped Poland win third place at the 1982 World Cup, in addition to wearing the jerseys of Widzew Lodz, Juventus and Roma during his impressive career. He coached Poland’s national team for several years. The lesser known Szarmach tallied 32 goals in 61 matches with the national team. The Polish striker was one of the stars at the 1974 World Cup and the 1976 Olympic Games. Women fall in Fed Cup In its short history as an independent state, Ukrainian tennis has never been better. Sure, Andrei Medvedev once reached a No. 4 ranking in the world and made the French Open final one year. But last year’s main draw at the Australian Open counted seven Ukrainian participants – a record number of players at a Grand Slam. In the past four years, the Ukrainian women have risen from No. 26 to No. 6 in the Fed Cup Nations Ranking. The first weekend in February of this year, the Ukrainian Fed Cup team played Italy in a World Group match for the first time. Leading the charge for the Ukrainian women were the Bondarenko sisters. Alona, two years older than Kateryna, has been a Fed Cup team member since her debut at age 17. It took the younger sister’s arrival, however, to finally bring the Ukrainian team some success. Kateryna’s debut in 2005 spearheaded the squad to victories in eight of their last nine matches. Ironically, Ukraine’s lone loss was against the same Italian team the Ukrainian women faced at the Lokomotiv Palace of Sports in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Old faithful Flavia Penneta and Francesca Schiavone once again led the way for Italy. Italian coach Corrado Barazzutti looked toward a serious encounter in some pre- match hype when he described the Ukrainian challengers: “Alona is a very solid player in very good shape, and Kateryna has improved. Every year she gets better, so this team is one of the best in the world.” Despite inclement weather which divert- ed their flight to Kyiv, forcing the Italians to continue their journey by bus instead of train and resulting in an arrival eight hours later than scheduled, the defending champions had no trouble prevailing. After a first match win by Alona Bondarenko (6-1, 6-4 over Schiavone), Kateryna Bondarenko (twice), Alona Bondarenko and the doubles team of Mariya Koryttseva/Viktoria Kutuzova went down to the Italian women, with a final tally of 4-1, Italy. No. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 4, 2010 19

Soccer • Vitali Klitschko, the WBC heavyweight champion, is set to face Albert Sosnowski of • Andriy Shevchenko scored his 100th Poland at Veltins-Arena in Gelsenkichen, goal for Dynamo Kyiv during a match Germany, on May 29, Klitschko against Vorskla Poltava on March 13 to Management Group said in Germany. This bring another victory for Dynamo, with a is Klitschko’s 12th world championship final score of 1-0. Shevchenko scored his fight, and his record stands at 39-2 (37 KO). first goal for the Ukrainian club when he Sosnowski is the EBU (European Boxing was 18 in 1994 and has played in 188 Union) heavyweight title holder and his matches for the team. record of 45-2-1 (27 KO) is a testament to the 31-year-old’s experience in the ring. • The Union of European Football Sosnowski cancelled his scheduled title Associations (UEFA) ranked Ukraine in defense against Olympic Gold Medalist seventh place with 39.550 points, as report- Audley Harrison that was to take place on ed by Ukrinform on February 26. The April 9 to fight Klitschko. Federation of International Football Associations (FIFA) ranked Ukraine’s wom- • A fight between Vitali Klitschko and en’s team in 19th place. Nikolai Valuev is tentative, based on the condition that the Valuev side would get the • Ukraine’s Shakhtar Donetsk and television rights in the United States and Official Website of Ukraine’s President Russia’s CSKA Moscow shared a first-place Russia, and Valuev’s promoter Don King victory at the Copa del Sol soccer tourna- settled for $2.5 million, versus the $4 mil- Ukraine’s Paralympic Team with President Viktor Yanukovych. ment on February 12 in Marbella, Spain. lion requested. Klitschko said on February Eight teams from five countries, including 17 that he intends to retire from boxing at 10-meter air pistol event. The team scored Manitoba for this once-in-a-lifetime expe- Norway, Sweden and Denmark, competed the end of this year. The heavyweight cham- 1,729 points to set a new European record. rience. in 16 round-robin matches to claim the SEK pion announced on February 26 that he Sergiy Kasper won second place in the Paralympics (Swedish Kronor) 2 million prize ($275,650 would leave K2 East Promotions and so did junior men’s 10-meter air rifle event. Serhiy USD). K2’s CEO Alexander Krasyuk. Vadim Kulish won second place in the junior men’s Ukraine finished among the top five Bukhalov of K2 did not provide an explana- 10-meter air rifle event. Ihor Matskevych teams at the 2010 Vancouver Paralympic • Myron Markevych was named head tion for Klitschko’s decision. won gold in the junior men’s 10-meter run- Games, having won 19 medals – five gold, coach for Ukraine’s national soccer team, Tennis ning target mixed event. In team competi- eight silver and six bronze medals. In the it was announced on February 1. Joining tion, Ihor Matskevych, Oleh Salamakha and medal count Ukraine tied with Canada, but his staff will be manager’s assistant Yuriy • Alona Bondarenko is in the second Dmytro Causov won the bronze medal. finished in fifth place. President Viktor Kalitvintsev, the Dynamo-2 head coach. round of women’s singles at the Sony Yanukovych met with the team on March 30 Markevych replaces Oleksiy Erricson WTA tournament in Miami, which • Mykola Milchev won third place in and delivered state awards to the athletes. Mykhailychenko, whose contract expired will conclude on April 4. She faced Greta skeet shooting at the first stage of the “This is a great victory and, certainly, a great on November 30, 2009, after Ukraine Dulko of Argentina on March 25. Results Shotgun World Cup event held in Acapulco, joy. You proved once again that Ukrainians failed to qualify for the 2010 FIFA World were not available at press time. In the first Mexico, on March 1-10. Milchev scored a can win,” the president said. Cup. total of 147 hits and finished with 24 points. round, Mariya Koryttseva defeated Kristina Fencing Barrios of Germany 2-6, 6-3, 6-3. In men’s • Two of Dynamo Kyiv’s head coaches, singles, Sergiy Stakhovsky defeated Jan • Olena Kostevych won the IWK • Olha Kharlan won the gold medal in the Valery Lonanovsky and Viktor Maslov, were Hajek of the Czech Republic 6-3, 5-7, 7-5. (Internationales Wissenschaftliches individual saber at the Tunis Grand Prix named among the “50 most influential man- Kolloquium) Air Pistol competition at the event on March 19. Kharlan defeated Mariel agers” of the past 50 years in the January • Sergiy Stakhovsky, Ukraine’s top- ISSF World Shooting Cup stage in Munich Zagunis 15-6. Kharlan also won the individ- issue of World Soccer magazine. The ranked men’s tennis player and a member of on February 1. Kostevych, 25, won the ual event at the 2010 Women’s Saber Grand International Federation of Football History the ATP international professional tour, has 10-meter air pistol event with a total of Prix, held in Orleans, France, on February 9. and Statistics ranked Lobanovsky in 28th been sued in Miami-Dade County Circuit 389.4 points. Ukraine’s women’s team finished in fourth place for the All-Time Coach Ranking Court for breach of contract, breach of fidu- Olympics place. This is Kharlan’s third individual win (1996-2009). ciary duty and unjust enrichment. A com- this year. panion suit has been filed for tortuous inter- • Ukraine’s Minister for Family, Youth • Shakhtar Donetsk is the most expensive ference with a contractual relationship and Sports said that Ukraine’s performance • Ihor Revutsky won the gold medal in soccer cub in Ukraine, as reported by the against Global Sports Management Ltd. during the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games foil and Stanislav Konopatsky won the gold website transfermarkt.de about the Filed by Renaissance Tennis Management showed the real state of winter sports in medal in saber at the World Fencing Cup in 2009-2010 off-season. The club’s market (RTM), the player’s former manager and its Ukraine. “There was an optimistic forecast Yazd, Iran, on March 1. value exceeds 130 million euros, with president, Dirk Hordoff, Stakhovsky’s cur- indicating one or two medals, but unfortu- Wrestling 27-year-old Darijo Srna of Croatia topping rent manager, each lawsuit seeks damages nately this failed due to many reasons to be the roster at 17.5 million euros. Dynamo of $1 million. The lawsuits allege that analyzed in detail with a comprehensive Olympic silver medalist Vasyl Kyiv ranked in second place with a market Stakhovsky failed to pay RTM for its train- report on the performance and an action Fedoryshyn (under 60 kg) won the gold value of 93.2 million euros. ing and management services, and that plan on preparations for the 2014 Sochi medal at the Ivan Yargin Grand Prix wres- Boxing Hordoff and Global Sports Management Olympics, taking into account the Vancouver tling tournament held in Krasnoyarsk, interfered with RTM’s management of results,” he said. Ukraine’s Olympic Russia, on January 29-31. Teammate Andriy • The Amateur International Boxing Stakhovsky while the player was still under Committee President Sergey Bubka blamed Stadnyk (66 kg) won the bronze medal. Association (AIBA) ranked Vasyl contract with RTM. Stakhovsky is ranked the poor result on a lack of funding and stag- Lomachenko (57 kg) in first place in his 70th in the world and was scheduled to play nation in the improvement of Ukraine’s Judo weight class, with 3,900 points, as of at the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami. He is a sports infrastructure. • Nataliya Smal (70 kg) won the bronze January 1. Lomachenko’s point totals are the Ukrainian citizen who resides in Bratislava, medal at the World Cup in Warsaw, Poland, highest in any weight division. Slovakia. • Olga Kotelko, known as the oldest long on March 1. Shooting jumper in the world, was named as one of • Wladimir Klitschko (54-3, 48 KO) the 12,000 XXI Winter Olympic Game • Maksym Korotun (60 kg) won the retained his WBO, IBO and IBF titles on • Ukraine’s men’s team won three medals Torch Bearers. The 91-year-old Ukrainian bronze medal at the 2010 Judo World Cup March 20 in Düsseldorf, Germany, after he at the International Sport Shooting carried the torch from Marine Drive in West held in Prague, Czech Republic, on February landed a left hook that sent challenger Eddie Tournament in Dortmund, Germany, on Vancouver between 15th and 17th streets. 27-28. Chambers (35-2, 18 KO) to the canvas for a March 22-28. Ivan Bidniak and Ivan Since 1997, she has competed in W80, W85 12th-round knockout with five seconds to Ryobovalon won second and third places, and W90 age categories and has been setting Athletics spare. Other highlights included Klitschko, respectively, in the 50-meter pistol event. Canadian and World records in the process. • Viktor Shapoval won the bronze medal 33, shaking up the 27-year-old Chambers Oeksandr Petriv won second place in the She has collected five bronze, 12 silver and with a 2.28-meter high jump at the 17th with several right hand shots in the second 10-meter air pistol event. Kateryna Demkina 600 gold medals in hammer throw, shot put, Europa Shopping Center international high round. More than 51,000 fans crammed won the gold medal in women’s 50-mter javelin, discus, long jump, high jump, triple jump tournament in Banska Bystrica, Dusseldorf’s soccer stadium to watch the pistol with 779.6 points. Ukraine finished in jump and 100-meter, 200-meter and Slovakia, on March 4. bout. Chambers was Klitschko’s former fourth place. 400-meter races. sparring partner, but the 16-kilogram weight • Andriy Makarchev won the gold medal difference favored Klitschko. President • At the European Championships in • Oleksandr Kondrashov, a native of in the long jump with 8.04 meters at the Viktor Yanukovych congratulated Klitschko Meraker, Norway, on March 6-14, Serhiy Lviv, Ukraine, was selected to be an Russian Winter International Association of on his victory, wishing him happiness, Kudriya won second place in the 10-meter Olympic torchbearer by the Canadian Athletic Federations (IAAF) Permit Indoor health, inspiration and inexhaustible energy. air pistol event. Vladislav Prisanishnikov Olympic Committee from among 1 mil- Meetings in Moscow on February 7. Viktor It is unclear who Klitschko’s next opponent won second place in the 10-meter running lion applicants. A Ph.D. student in social Kuzentsov holds the current IAAF record will be, but he indicated that he wants to target event. Ukraine’s junior men’s team of work and instructor at the University of for long jump with 8.05 meters. fight Alexander Povetkin, the mandatory Denys Kushnirov, Kyrylo Soyko and Yuriy Manitoba, Kondrashov expressed grati- IBF challenger. Popruzhny won the gold medal in the tude to Canada and the University of (Continued on page 22) 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 4, 2010 No. 14

touch with reality. For example, when the positive way. of Regions what he saw as the biggest chal- question that politicians and the press are Former head... How would you assess the coordina- lenge facing the new president, in terms of focusing on is “Do we receive this symbol (Continued from page 3) tion between the various ministries and building institutions. His immediate at the next summit or ministerial meeting?” matters with the executive level: department departments in terms of coordinating response was that Ukraine needs an effec- – as opposed to “What would this decision heads, deputy ministers, even ministers. But activities? tive crisis management system, able to coor- they were disconnected from the political mean?” dinate responses quickly. process and from each other. Let me give an example. In December Coordination has always been a difficult 2005, former Defense Minister Grystenko issue. It’s a challenge in any country, and Shouldn’t the NSDC lead that crisis This is one of the things that Vice Prime management? Minister [for Euro-Integration Hryhoriy] called me in and said, “The decision about Ukraine has the legacy of a Soviet system, Nemyria has tried to address. He refers to it MAP is a political decision. It will be taken in which every issue went all the way to the If one looks at the constitutional roles of as the gap between the administrative and by other people, but I want you to work with top of one ministry before it went over to various institutions – and the NSDC’s role is my staff and tell me what it would mean for the political. I think in the last few years, another. Of course, in Soviet times you had defined by the Constitution – then there is a my Defense Ministry. What would the sub- there have been some good efforts to try to the [Communist] Party, which served as the clear role for it. And there is considerable stance of MAP be?” We worked very hard do that. His work to establish a Coordination hidden grease which moved things around, room to use its potential more effectively. with the Defense Ministry staff for two Bureau for European and Euro-Atlantic and that doesn’t exist now. months and helped them do the necessary How does Yanukovych becoming pres- Integration at the Cabinet of Ministers was a So improving horizontal coordination analysis. ident affect things? Is fright or pessimism very positive step. should be a priority. Not just at the level of In March 2006 they put a plan on the warranted? I’m very positive about Ukraine, and my ministers and deputy ministers, but also minister’s desk that said: “If we get MAP, pushing it down to the level of department People feel very strongly about their can- experience here was very good. Many of the this is what we should do.” A lot of things civil servants that I worked with really want- heads and civil servants. That is important didates here, as they do in many countries. they were already doing, but there were so that the state apparatus as a whole can The new president faces a number of diffi- ed reform and understood that NATO has some new areas. His answer was, “What’s practical tools to offer. Ukrainian civil soci- respond to political direction with coordinat- cult challenges: economic issues, foreign keeping us from doing those things now?” ed proposals, and also so that there is conti- relations, repaying debt, rebuilding armed ety is fully engaged in developing its vision The answer was, “Nothing.” He said, “Well, nuity in the interagency process even when forces that have been devastated by the bud- of the country’s future. Five years ago, if a then let’s do it.” government changes. get crisis. The question on dealing with think-tank developed a proposal, it was con- I’ve had the pleasure of working with Ukraine has made some progress in the challenges is not “Who?”, but “How?” If sidered as an aggressive act by many people many Ukrainian officials who have tried past few years – I already mentioned the Yanukovych as president is able to deliver in the state apparatus. Now people are hun- hard to deliver on the substance of policy, gry; they want the ideas. That’s very posi- despite the problems at the level of political Coordination Bureau at the Cabinet of on that, and do it in a way which helps build tive. elites. At the senior level, I would particular- Ministers. But real challenges remain, not the Ukrainian state and sovereignty and its The business community has made tre- ly highlight former defense minister – and least the revitalization of the NSDC as a tool future as a democracy, then that will be the mendous steps in modernizing and moving parliamentary National Security and for coordinating national security policy and answer to the question. I certainly hope he towards international business methods. The Defense Committee chairman – Grystenko actions. I recently asked a friend in the Party and his team are up to it. real challenge is for the political elite and and Vice Prime Minister Nemyria as the two political processes to also modernize, so that people who stand out most, together with they can meet the expectations of these other their teams, as trying hard to deliver on the that stumbling blocks remained, includ- groups and develop the potential that their substance of reform. Turning the pages... ing the need to cajole businesses out of good work is creating. the shadow economy, where today they Former Foreign Affairs Minister Borys (Continued from page 6) When you say “political process,” that The passage of the pivotal legislation feel more comfortable, and to repay wage Tarasyuk has an image as a very pro- and pension arrears. The ultimate goal of is a very vague term. You mean the way was stressed by then Minister of the NATO politician. the reforms, he said, was to fight poverty these elites interact with one another? Economy Sergey Tigipko, who often stat- I’m a good friend of Borys Ivanovych, and create a middle class in Ukraine. The way they interact with one another, and he is very pro-NATO. As the chairman ed that should the program fail to pass in the way that political issues are discussed, of the [Parliamentary] Committee for Parliament, the government would resign. Source: “Verkhovna Rada overwhelm- the way that policy decisions are made. If European Integration, he has been very pro- Economically, Ukraine was in a good ingly passes government’s economic political discussion is divided from the sub- active in taking on Euro-Atlantic issues and starting point to implement the necessary revival program,” by Roman Woronowycz, stance of policy, then political processes lose acting as a force to help move reforms in a reforms, but, Mr. Yushchenko explained, The Ukrainian Weekly, 2000. No. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 4, 2010 21

who had earlier headed Chornomor opposition parties jointly pursue at the Naftohaz... Naftohaz (offshore oil and gas activities) Will Tymoshenko... moment is the dismissal of the Education (Continued from page 2) under Mr. Boiko as minister. Dismissed by (Continued from page 2) Minister, Dmytro Tabachnyk. He does not Ukrtranshaz, the operator of Ukraine’s the Tymoshenko government in 2009, Mr. it clear that he would not join the opposition share the official views on history and lan- vast system of transit pipelines and storage Prysiazhniuk was appointed as the deputy camp forged by Ms. Tymoshenko. He said guage issues and he has fiercely opposed sites, will be headed by Serhii Vinokurov head of the Security Service of Ukraine he would organize his own shadow cabinet. Mr. Yushchenko’s policy of forging a mon- under the new government. Ukrtranshaz is a (SBU) by then-president Yushchenko. In the According to Mr. Yatsenyuk, there is no ocultural and monolingual nation state. Mr. fully owned subsidiary of Naftohaz Ukrainy; Chernivtsi Oblast, Mr. Firtash has managed place for a unified opposition in a multi- Tabachnyk is reportedly backed by but it will almost certainly be separated from to have his local confidant, Mykhaylo party system. Mr. Yatsenyuk said that by Moscow. This, and the fact that several Naftohaz, whether in the process of Western- Papiyev, appointed as governor. Mr. Firtash proclaiming a unified opposition, Ms. prominent figures in Mr. Yanukovych’s team, including Mr. Yanukovych’s humani- recommended reform or by transfer to a is not a native of Chernivtsi region, but Tymoshenko wanted to secure the right to tarian aide, Hanna Herman, and Deputy Gazprom-dominated consortium. Mr. made his business debut in that region, and appoint her people to chair several parlia- Prime Minister, Borys Kolesnykov, openly Vinokurov was chief adviser to Mr. Boiko retains a special relationship with it mentary committees, which are on the dislike him, makes Mr. Tabachnyk an easy when the latter headed Naftohaz. He was (Ukraiynska Pravda, March 19). opposition’s quota (Kommersant-Ukraine, target for the nationally-minded opposition. recently identified as a board member of Global Witness, the London-based NGO March 17). NUNS’ formal leader, Mykola However, the BYT joined the anti-Tabach- specializing in anti-corruption investiga- Martynenko, also said that his caucus would Ostchem Holding, controlled by Mr. Firtash nyk campaign only after it was launched by tions, has issued a statement of concern in not participate in Sobolev’s opposition gov- (Interfax-Ukraine, March 22). nationalist grassroots not directly linked to response to such appointments. Familiar Yurii Borysov is the newly appointed ernment. NUNS would not become BYT’s the BYT, which has further undermined with Ukrainian energy issues since its 2006 head of Ukrhazvydobuvannia, the gas junior partner, he said (Interfax-Ukraine, Ms. Tymoshenko’s credentials to unite the investigative report on RosUkrEnergo, extraction and processing subsidiary fully March 19). opposition. owned by Naftohaz. Mr. Borysov has been Global Witness warns against a reversal of Mr. Yushchenko, who did a lot to spoil Mr. Kyrylenko submitted to Parliament a identified as director-general of Mr. Firtash’s reforms in the Ukrainian energy sector and Ms. Tymoshenko’s election campaign, will draft no-confidence motion against Mr. Ostchem Holding and as a board member of calls on the Yanukovych administration to not help Ms. Tymoshenko in her current Tabachnyk as early as March 12, the day Mr. Firtash’s Group DF (UNIAN, March show that Ukraine can be an open and reli- endeavors. He and his ally, Vyacheslav after Mr. Tabachnyk’s appointment. A num- 22; Kommersant, March 23). able partner to the European Union Kyrylenko, one of the leaders of NUNS, ber of nationalist student groups organized Reflecting Mr. Boiko’s and Mr. Firtash’s (Financial Times, March 13). will probably form their own opposition rallies against Tabachnyk across Ukraine on political clout in the Party of Regions, each camp. Ihor Popov, a former deputy head of March 14-15, and the western Ivano- has successfully pushed through the appoint- The article above is reprinted from Mr. Yushchenko’s office, suggested that the Frankivsk regional council demanded Mr. ment of a protégé as oblast governor. The Eurasia Daily Monitor with permission from opposition would not be unified, because it Tabachnyk’s dismissal on March 15 new governor of the Kyiv Oblast is Mr. its publisher, the Jamestown Foundation, consists of “parties and personalities that (Ukrainska Pravda, UNIAN, March 12-15). Boiko’s confidant Anatolii Prysiazhniuk, www.jamestown.org. have been in a state of war between each The BYT caucus publicly joined the cam- other for years” (www.for-ua, March 17). paign only on March 16, calling for Mr. As the underdog throughout the presidential Tabachnyk’s dismissal and claiming that he Conference (with schools as far south as campaign, Ms. Tymoshenko could have was appointed as a minister at the Kremlin’s Ukrainian skiers... Duke in North Carolina). There are 12 started to build bridges with future opposi- request (www.tymoshenko.ua, March 16). (Continued from page 11) conferences nationwide. tion partners long before her expected Mr. Tabachnyk dismissed the campaign boarders can go on to compete with ath- Mr. Kobziar explains: “So, this is a defeat. But this did not happen. There was against him as a “witch hunt” and said he letes of the U.S. Olympic and World Cup national organization for college racing that no plan B, because Ms. Tymoshenko would not resign (Interfax-Ukraine, March can lead to competing against the best ath- thought only about a victory, her right-hand teams. 17). If Mr. Tabachnyk could be ousted it letes on U.S.A. Olympic and World Cup man, Oleksander Turchynov, revealed in an would be a small, but real victory for a new The three conferences competing in teams.” He adds that he is “passionate about interview with Zerkalo Nedeli on March unified opposition. the Mid-Atlantic Regionals are: the New ski racing” and wants to provide “a venue 20. The lack of strategic planning several Jersey Conference (which actually for college kids to continue to grow with months ago now slows the consolidation of The article above is reprinted from encompasses schools in four states), the the sport.” the opposition. Eurasia Daily Monitor with permission Allegheny Conference (mostly For information readers may log on to A common goal might make consolida- from its publisher, the Jamestown Pennsylvania) and the Southeastern www.uscsa.com. tion easier. Apparently, the only goal that Foundation, www.jamestown.org. 22 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 4, 2010 No. 14 Yara Arts Group to present “Scythian Stones” in NYC

NEW YORK – Famed Ukrainian singer duction to combine artists from Ukraine Nina Matvienko, her daughter Tonia and and Kyrgyzstan. The piece will feature artists from Kyrgyzstan will appear in a singers Nina Matvienko (who has been new theater piece created by Virlana Tkacz. regarded as the “voice of Ukraine” and has Yara Arts Group will summon ancient epics appeared in Yara’s “Waterfall/Reflections” and rituals from Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan in 1995); her daughter Tonia Matvienko, for “Scythian Stones,” an original, experi- Kenzhegul Satybaldieva (who played the mental World Music Theatre piece with title role in Yara’s “Janyl” in 2007) and choreography, which will be presented by Ainura Kachkynbek kyzy (who created the La MaMa from April 16 to May 2. part of Bektoro, the Spirit Girl in Yara’s “Scythian Stones” constructs parallel “Er Toshtuk” last year). journeys for two young women, from vil- Nurbek Serkebaev from Kyrgyzstan will lage life and nomadic tradition into the perform on ancient instruments, including city. Their separate journeys become epic the kyl-kiyak (a small, bowed, unfretted descents into the “Great Below” – the fiddle with two strings and a plaintive tone), modern global desert where songs, skills the chopo cho’or (a pottery ocarina), the and languages vanish, leaving behind only temir o komuz (a metal jaw’s harp) and the mute markers like the Scythian stones jygach ooz komuz (a wooden jaw’s harp found today throughout the grasslands of with one string, unique to Kyrgyz music, Ukraine and Central Asia. which sounds like throat singing). The production, staged by Ms. Tkacz and The Greek Chorus in the Great Below Tom Brazil Watoku Ueno, will feature Ukrainian and will be portrayed by The Debutante Hour, Nina Matvienko will appear in Yara Arts Group’s “Scythian Stones.” Kyrgyz traditional music, as well as modern a New York girl group with musical roots music, design and movement. Interweaving in American country, blues and the occa- performances in Ukrainian, Kyrgyz and sional Carpathian Mountain stomp. Ukraine defeated Cameroon (12-5) and English, “Scythian Stones” remains com- Yara artists working on the piece Sportsline... Jordan (3-1), and lost to the host team pletely accessible to American audiences. include: Cecilia Arana, Eleanor Lipat and (Continued from page 19) (Libya) in the final match (4-7). Yara Arts Group has made multiple trips Meredith Wright. The production is Skiing Hockey to both Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan to create designed by Mr. Ueno, who received the interdisciplinary dramatic pieces based on Edith Lutyens and Norman Bel Geddes Ukrainian skiers won 15 medals at the Liza Ryabkina, a junior forward with the regional epics. This piece will be devel- Foundation Award for his work on Yara’s first World Winter Masters Games, held in Harvard women’s hockey team, was among oped in Kyiv on March 5-27, after which production of “Er Toshtuk” last year. Bled, Slovenia, on January 26-31. Ukraine six athletes from across the country to be the company will return to New York and Movement is by Katja Kolcio, who teach- was represented by 33 athletes and collected featured in the February 22 issue of Sports rehearse here with Yara artists. es at Wesleyan University and previously six gold, six silver and three bronze meals. Illustraded’s “Faces in the Crowd.” “Scythian Stones” incorporates tradi- worked with Yara Arts Group on its pro- The competition, which included events Ryabkina, a native of Kharkiv, Ukraine, is a tional songs from Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan duction of “Howling.” such as cross-country skiing, biathlon, nominee for this season’s Patty Kazmaier into the structure of an ancient Sumerian “Scythian Stones” was made possible Alpine skiing, ski jumping and hockey, drew Memorial Award, given to the nation’s top epic about the Descent of Inanna (perhaps in part by the Self-Reliance Federal Credit 499 skiers from 26 countries. collegiate women’s hockey player. Ryabkina the oldest piece of literature on Earth, dat- Union, public funds from the U.S. ranks second on her team with 11 goals, and ing from 2000 BCE, about a goddess who Embassy in Kyiv, the New York City Biathlon is third on points with 17 this year. She is goes to the Great Below). Department of Culture, the New York also ranked eighth in the nation with four • Vita Semerenko won the silver medal in Ms. Tkacz explained, “Epics are usually State Council on the Arts and the numer- game-winning goals to her credit. On the women’s 12.5-kilometer mass-start male stories about growing up, but not this ous friends of Yara Arts Group, a resident February 9 she was named the Beanpot biathlon at the International Biathlon Union one. We wanted to do an epic story about company of La MaMa Experimental tournament’s Most Valuable Player for scor- a woman, and examine how quickly so Theater in New York. World Cup in Holmenkollen, Norway, on ing five goals, including the 1-0 victory over many cultures are disappearing today. The La MaMa E.T.C. (First Floor Theater) March 18-21. Northeastern and three goals (all in the third piece imagines an alternative ending, link- is located at 74A E. Fourth St. For infor- period) for the 5-0 victory over Boston ing the past with a future in which poetry mation readers may call the box office, • Oleh Berezhnoy won the silver medal College in the opening round of the tourna- would carry the familial into the cosmos.” 212-475-7710, or log on to www.lamama. in the 20-kilometer individual race at the ment. “Scythian Stones” is Yara’s first pro- org. International Biathlon Union Open European Championships (U26) in Otepaa, Sports miscellany Estonia, on February 28 through March 7. Ukraine’s Ministry of Family, Youth and years, and know the Association for the Andriy Vozniak won the junior men’s Sports granted national status on February Victor Tsaran... Blind in Cambodia (ABC), a truly inspi- 15-kilometer race. Ukraine’s women’s team 10 to the Baseball and Softball Federation, rational NGO with educational program- won silver in the 4 x 6-kilometer event. and the Gymnastics Federation. The minis- (Continued from page 10) ming links to Philadelphia’s Overbrook try’s collegium also recognized Spas close- accessibility/index.html and the Associated Futsal School for the Blind and the Nippon combat fighting, miniature golf, aqua-bike, Press at http://news.yahoo.com/s/ Foundation in Japan. Ukraine’s men’s team won second place and compound bow shooting. ap/20091215/ap_on_bi_ge/us_web_acces- at the 2nd Sultat Shaab Cup 2010 held in sibility_3. In addition, Victor has been assisting blind students in Ukraine. Together with Sebha, Libya, on March 2-6. Along the way, – complied by Matthew Dubas Some of Victor’s music is also on the Internet on YouTube, including his songs his former schoolmate Orest Stadnyk, that I like very much “Clouds” and “The Victor founded a computer center for the Fog.” The latter has lyrics by Karo (who blind in Lviv affiliated with both the writes all of his English-language lyrics), School for the Blind and Lviv University. and is one of the seven tracks on his new- Some time earlier, he had worked with est album, “Vanilla Fields.” Lviv-based computer programmer I heard him perform that album recent- Yaroslav Kozak to develop a Ukrainian- ly at the bar of the Ukrainian League of speaking screen reader. Philadelphia, when he returned to the city No one can tell, of course, what would to accompany his wife to an anthropology have happened had Victor not had a conference. It is a cool, soothing jazz that chance to come to the United States, but I we heard, with comforting lyrics and suspect that this smart and enterprising relaxing rhythms. The album can be young man would have found success in downloaded off iTunes and at CD Baby Ukraine too, certainly in music if not in (www.cdbaby.com/cd/VictorTsaran). It computer technology. But come to the will soon be on Amazon as well. The his- U.S. he did, and he was met everywhere toric bar at the Ukrainian League, mean- with kindness and generosity and open while, has undergone a cultural resur- doors. The Ukrainian American commu- gence and has become a popular venue nity should be proud of Victor, as I know for scheduled music, art and poetry read- it is, but also proud of itself for its role as ings by young Ukrainians and Ukrainian enabler in this man’s life. Victor’s is an Americans. inspiring story to be sure, but so is the Victor and Karo have been giving back help that we gave Victor. to those in need. After finishing at Temple The moral of that story is that we they both travelled to Asia, where they should continue to invest in young worked among the blind in Vietnam, Ukrainians in need, not just because it is Thailand and Cambodia, teaching com- our duty before God to help others, but puter skills to people who would never also because God finds ways to magnify otherwise have had a chance. Our lives those investments and make them pay almost intersected in Phnom Penh, where dividends more widely than we ever I have also been working for several imagined. No. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 4, 2010 23 OUT AND ABOUT

Through April 25 Exhibit, “Ukrainian Universe,” featuring works by University, 617-495-4053 Chicago Volodymyr Podlevsky and Svitlana Moiseyevna, Ukrainian National Museum, 312-421-8020 April 20 Literary evening with Taras Prokhasko, “FM New York Galicia,”Columbia University, 212-854-4697 April 7 Concert, “The Bayan Player,” Kyiv Ukrainian Dance Carnegie, PA Ensemble, Andrew Carnegie Music Hall, April 23-25 Pysanka Workshop, St. Basil College, 203-356-0770 www.kyivdance.net or 412-589-5559 Stamford, CT or 203-324-4578

April 8 Lecture by Adriana Helbig, “Brains, Means, Lyrical April 24 Volleyball tournament, Ukrainian American Youth Stanford, CA Ammunition: Hip-Hop as Empowerment Among Yonkers, NY Association, Yonkers High School, 914-844-3606 African Students in Kharkiv, Ukraine,” or [email protected] Stanford University, 650-723-3562 April 24 Exhibit, “Ukraine-Sweden: At the Crossroads of April 11 Church dinner, “Sviachene,” St. Nicholas Ukrainian through October 31 History (17th through 18th Centuries),” The Passaic, NJ Catholic Church, 973-779-0249 New York Ukrainian Museum, 212-228-0110

April 12 Lecture by Mark von Hagen, Harvard University, April 25 125th anniversary of Transfiguration of Our Lord Cambridge, MA 617-495-4053 Shamokin, PA Ukrainian Catholic Church, pontifical divine liturgy followed by dinner, 570-648-9898 April 12 Lecture by David Marples, “Causes and Toronto Consequences of Holodomor: Famines in Ukraine in April 25 Lecture by Hanna Kapustian, “Building Stages in 1932-1933,” University of Toronto, New York the Construction of Ukrainian Statehood,” [email protected] Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences, 212-222-1866 April 14 Lecture by Anna Fournier, “Ukraine: From Winnipeg ‘Borderland’ to ‘Heart of Europe,’” Pony Corral, April 26 Seminar by Patricia Kennedy Grimsted, “World War 240-474-7374 or 240-453-4041 Cambridge, MA II and Cultural Heritage in Ukraine: Questions Remain?” Harvard University, 617-495-4053 April 17 Spring Flea Market, St. Michael Ukrainian Catholic Baltimore, MD Church, 410-870-1720 April 30 Ukrainian Sacred Music and Choral Workshop, St. South Bound Brook, NJ Sophia Theological Seminary, 610-882-2488 April 17 Fund-raiser, “Casino Royale,” St. Nicholas Ukrainian Passaic, NJ Catholic School, 973-471-0303 May 1 Workshop, “Baking Traditional Wedding Breads,” New York The Ukrainian Museum, 212-228-0110 or April 17 Embroidery workshop, The Ukrainian Museum, [email protected] through June 12 212-228-0110 or [email protected] New York Entries in “Out and About” are listed free of charge. Priority is given to events April 19 Seminar by Rostyslav Melnykov, “The Godfather of advertised in The Ukrainian Weekly. However, we also welcome submissions Cambridge, MA the Red Renaissance: Serhiy Pylypenko and from all our readers. Items will be published at the discretion of the editors Ukrainian Literature in the 1920s,” Harvard and as space allows. Please send e-mail to [email protected]. 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 4, 2010 No. 14

PREVIEW OF EVENTS Saturday, April 10 mentary underscores the need for vigilance on the home front and elaborates on the goals NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific of the jihadists. The presentation will be held Society invites all to a roundtable on the sub- A Ukrainian Summer at the Palatine Public Library, 700 N. North ject “Ukraine after the 2010 Presidential Appears May 2, 2010, in The Ukrainian Weekly Court, at 2-4 p.m. The event is free and open Election: Results and Perspectives.” to the public. For additional information call Participants: Adrian Karatnycky, Valeriy Col. Roman Golash (ret.) at 847-910-3532. Kuchinsky and Dr. Alexander Motyl. The Learn about your heritage in Ukraine or North America ... program will take place at the society’s build- Sunday, April 25 ing, 63 Fourth Ave. (between Ninth and 10th FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.: The Enjoy Ukrainian camp experiences near and far... streets), at 5 p.m. For additional information Ukrainian Dancers of Miami Inc., celebrating Or just relax and enjoy the activities call 212-254-5130. their 60th anniversary, present a whirlwind Friday, April 16 afternoon of Ukrainian folk dance, song and at the Soyuzivka Heritage Center... art, in their 18th annual “A Ukrainian WHIPPANY, N.J.: The Morris County Montage” concert, featuring the Ukrainian Branch of the Ukrainian Congress Committee Dancers of Miami and Trio Maksymowich. What are you planning for your Ukrainian summer? of America and the Arts, Culture and The concert begins at 2 p.m. in the Amaturo Read our special section for information from those Education Committee of the Ukrainian Theater at the Broward Center for the American Cultural Center of New Jersey Performing Arts, 201 SW Fifth Ave. in the know on the things to do and the places to go! invite the public to view the award-winning Admission is $20. Tickets re available at the documentary film “Bereza Kartuzka” by pro- Broward Center Box Office. To charge tick- ducer/director Yurij Luhovy at 7 p.m. at the d v e r t i s i n g e a d l i n e p r i l ets by phone call 954-462-0222; to charge A D : A 15 UACCNJ, 60 N. Jefferson Road, Whippany, online log on to www.browardcenter.org. d i t o r i a l e a d l i n e p r i l NJ 07981. There will be simultaneous show- E D : A 20 ings in Ukrainian and in English in separate Saturday, May 1 rooms. Tickets at the door: $15; students, NEW YORK: “Between Ethnocentrism and We i n v i t e r e a d e r s a n d c o m m u n i t y o r g a n i z a t i o n s $10; children, $5. For information call the Assimilation: Eastern Churches in North t o s u b m i t a r t i c l e s , p l u s p h o t o s , UACCNJ, 973-585-7175. America,” a roundtable discussion with the o n u p c o m i n g s u m m e r c a m p s c o u r s e s Saturday, April 17 Rev. Prof. Petro Galadza, the Rev. Dr. Ivan , , Kaszczak and Dr. Lubomyr Hajda, will take w o r k s h o p s a n d o t h e r e v e n t s . CHICAGO: The Chicago Business and place at 2 p.m. at The Ukrainian Museum. Professional Group invites members and The Ukrainian and English presentation will Se n d e d i t o r i a l c o p y t o : the community to a presentation by Dr. be followed by a general discussion. Th e Uk r a i n i a n We e k l y Andrea M. Matwyshyn titled “Your Moderator: Andrew Sorokowski. The 2200 Ro u t e 10, P.O. Bo x 280, Personal Data: The Online Risk.” Dr. Ukrainian Museum is located at 222 E. Sixth Matwyshyn, an assistant professor of legal St. The event is sponsored by the Ukrainian Pa r s i p p a n y , NJ 07054 studies and business ethics at the Wharton Patriarchal Society. Admission is free; dona- o r e-m a i l i t t o : [email protected] School at the University of Pennsylvania, tions are welcome. For further information will examine how we directly and indi- call 203-261-4530 or e-mail to hayda.art@ Fo r Ad v e r t i s i n g Ra t e s & In f o r m a t i o n : rectly share information about ourselves snet.net or [email protected]. Ca l l 973-292-9800 (Ex t . 3040) o r e-m a i l : [email protected] online through sites such as Facebook, the potential harm it poses and the legal Sunday, May 2 recourse consumers have when their infor- CHICAGO: The Ukrainian American mation is being mishandled. An interna- Veterans 1st Lt. Ivan Shandor Post 35 in tionally recognized expert in the fields of Palatine, Ill., invites all veterans, youth technology regulation and information groups and members of the community to Th e Uk r a i n i a n We e k l y security and privacy law, Prof. Matwyshyn a presentation in Ukrainian by Prof. Peter has been cited in The New York Times, Potichnyj on his experiences as the young- Forbes and CNN, and has presented at est member of the Ukrainian Insurgent Oxford, Cambridge, Stanford, MIT and Army (UPA) and later a member of the Singapore Management universities. The United States Marine Corps that included presentation will be held at the Ukrainian duty in Korea. Prof. Potichnyj obtained his Institute of Modern Art, 2320 W. Chicago doctorate in political science from Being Ukrainian means: Ave. at 7 p.m., followed by a book-signing Columbia University, where he studied on and wine and cheese reception. Admission: the G.I. Bill; he taught at McMaster $10 for members, $15 for non-members. University in Hamilton, Ontario, for over o Two Easters in springtime, sometimes together. Saturday, April 24 30 years. He recently published his autobi- ography, “My Journey,” which will be o “Zlet” and “Sviato Vesny” in May. PALATINE, Ill.: The Ukrainian American available for purchase, and he continues to o Soyuzivka’s Ukrainian Cultural Festival in July. Veterans 1st Lt. Ivan Shandor Post 35 and work on the UPA “Litopys” (Chronicle). ACT for America invite veterans and mem- The presentation and discussion will be o “Uke Week” at Wildwood in August. bers of the community to a viewing of a doc- held at the Ukrainian Cultural Center of umentary “The Third Jihad.” This is radical Ss. Volodymyr and Olha Ukrainian o Back to Ukrainian school in September. Islam’s vision for America. Dr. Zuhdi Jasser, Catholic Church located at Oakley and a Muslim American and former physician to Chicago avenues starting at noon. 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