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ThePublished U by thekrainian Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal W non-profit associationeekly Vol. LXXXIII No. 42 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2015 $2.00 U.S. offi cials criticize Ukraine’s Dutch report: MH17 downed prosecutors for failure of reforms by Russian-built Buk missile by Zenon Zawada interference, she said in the same testimony. [Unlike the U.S., where prosecutors are KYIV – High-ranking U.S. officials have employed by a particular court, Ukraine’s targeted the Procurator General’s Office of prosecutors are organized under a national Ukraine for criticism in recent weeks for government body, the Procurator General’s actively obstructing government reform efforts. Office, whose head is appointed by the Most recently, U.S. Assistant Secretary of president and approved by Parliament. State for European and Eurasian Affairs “Procurator” is a term for prosecutor.] Victoria Nuland called for an overhaul of Ms. Nuland also recommended that the the body, more than a year after Petro National Anti-Corruption Bureau’s special- Poroshenko assumed the presidency and ly designated anti-corruption prosecutor vowed to support reforms. He has since be appointed as soon as possible in order appointed two procurator generals who to start investigating crimes. The process of have strongly disappointed the public. approving this special prosecutor has been Most of the top officials of the Yanukovych marred by accusations of delays and accu- administration remain at large, while few of sations of corruption against Procurator their subordinates have been brought to General Viktor Shokin. trial, let alone convicted. Corrupt business- Ms. Nuland’s testimony came on the men and politicians remain active in Ukraine, heels of far sharper criticism of Ukraine’s even those widely suspected of supporting PGO offered by U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine the Russian-backed terrorists in Donbas. Geoffrey Pyatt when he addressed the Irina Somer/UNIAN “Like Ukraine’s police force, the Odesa Financial Forum on September 24. The reconstructed fuselage of MH17 as it appeared at the news conference held by the Prosecutor General’s Office (PGO) has to be He singled out the Procurator General’s Dutch Safety Board in Gilze-Rijen, Netherlands, to report the findings of its investi- gation into the downing of the Malaysia Airlines passenger plane. reinvented as an institution that serves the Office as the “one glaring problem that citizens of Ukraine, rather than ripping them threatens all of the good work that regional RFE/RL a 320-square-kilometer area that was off,” Ms. Nuland said in her October 8 testi- leaders here in Odesa, in Kharkiv, in Lviv mostly under the control of Russian-backed mony to the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations and elsewhere are doing to improve the Dutch investigators say that a Malaysia separatists at the time. Committee. “That means it must investigate business climate and build a new model of Airlines passenger plane that crashed in a The missile detonated less than a meter and successfully prosecute corruption and government that serves the people.” conflict zone in eastern Ukraine in July to the left of the aircraft’s cockpit, according asset recovery cases, including locking up “That problem threatens everything that 2014 was brought down by a Russian- to the report, killing the pilots instantly and dirty personnel in the PGO itself.” the [Verkhovna] Rada, the Cabinet, the made Buk surface-to-air missile. causing the aircraft to break apart. The newly created Inspector General’s National Reform Council and others are The report presented by the Dutch Board head Tjibbe Joustra stressed that Office, within the Procurator General’s Office, doing to push political and economic Safety Board on October 13 does not speci- investigators sought to answer the question will have to be able to work independently fy the exact location from which the missile and effectively, without political or judicial (Continued on page 14) that downed MH17 was fired, but identifies (Continued on page 14) UCC unveils logo for 125th anniversary BREAKING NEWS of Ukrainian immigration to Canada Ukraine wins non-permanent seat UCC on United Nations Security Council OTTAWA – The Ukrainian Canadian Congress on PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Ukraine on October “For the first time, we have an abso- September 22 unveiled the official logo for the cele- 15 won its bid for a non-permanent seat lutely unique, unimaginable situation... brations marking the 125th anniversary of that a permanent member of the U.N. Ukrainian immigration to Canada. The logo was on the United Nations Security Council. Security Council is an aggressor in designed by Ukrainian Canadian artist Oleh Lesiuk. Egypt, Japan, Senegal and Uruguay Ukraine, waging a hybrid war against The artist explained that the logo consists of were also elected to non-permanent Ukraine,” Mr. Klimkin said. three parts. The bottom part symbolizes four waves seats for 2016-2017. All five countries To win seats as non-permanent mem- of immigration to Canada. These are the waves of ran unopposed as representatives of bers of the Security Council, countries the ocean to be overcome, the waves of people that their respective regions. Their terms on brought new hopes and dreams to a new land. the 15-member Security Council begin needed to get approval from two-thirds In the central part of the logo, people are trans- on January 1, 2016. of the U.N.’s 193 member countries. formed into three flying cranes. These powerful, Ukraine had been expected to win the Ukraine received 177 votes in the U.N. intelligent and enduring birds, “zhuravli” in seat representing Eastern Europe, which General Assembly. Ukrainian, appear often in Ukrainian music and is currently held by Lithuania. Also being The other members of the Security folklore and are known in Canada as well. They are replaced are Chile, Jordan, Chad and Council for the coming term are: perma- a long-standing symbol of migrating from one’s Nigeria. nent members (with veto-power) own nest to travel to far lands, possibly never to Foreign Affairs Minister Pavlo Klimkin, Britain, China, France, Russia and the The newly United States; and non-permanent mem- return again. The group of cranes symbolizes the unveiled logo, who traveled to New York to campaign family as the foundation of society. Once settled in a for his country’s election, said Ukraine bers (whose terms continue through the designed by Oleh Lesiuk, end of 2016) Angola, Malaysia, New new land they strive to desired heights. for commemorations of the has a broader global agenda but that its 125th anniversary of Ukrainian tone with Russia will “definitely not be Zealand, Spain and Venezuela. (Continued on page 12) immigration to Canada. conciliatory.” Sources: The Associated Press, RFE/RL 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2015 No. 42

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In Ukraine’s east: Russian hybrid war U.S. reacts to MH17 report have recognized the potential danger. “No one at this time...was even aware” of the WASHINGTON – The United States on possibility that Russian-backed rebels had and Euro-hybrid democracy October 13 noted the “milestone” of the obtained highly sophisticated anti-aircraft report by Dutch investigators on last year’s missiles, Ukraine’s Foreign Affairs Minister vailed on Ukrainian President Petro by Vladimir Socor downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. The Pavlo Klimkin said, adding that Ukraine’s Poroshenko to accept those steps. Eurasia Daily Monitor following statement by National Security authorities assumed the rebels were using These include adopting a special elec- Council Spokesperson Ned Price was “purely conventional weapons.” Hennadiy PART I tion law, by agreement with the DPR-LPR, released by the White House, Office of the Zubko, head of Ukraine’s MH17 investiga- as a basis for elections in that territory – Press Secretary: “The release today by the Moscow has instructed the Donetsk and tion, said Ukraine followed established pro- different from Ukraine’s electoral legisla- Dutch Safety Board of its investigatory Luhansk “people’s republics” (DPR and cedures. “All the recommendations from the tion, and avowedly outside Ukraine’s report on the downing of Malaysia Airlines LPR) to postpone the local “elections” that [International Civil Aviation Organization] framework of constitutional guarantees; Flight 17 (MH17) over eastern Ukraine on were scheduled for October 18 and were carried out... Ukraine closed its air- completing the enactment of an amnesty July 17, 2014, is an important milestone in November 1 in that Russian-controlled ter- space below 9,750 meters,” he said. (RFE/ law, with immunity for DPR-LPR election the effort to hold accountable those ritory of Ukraine. Those elections would RL, based on reporting by the Associated candidates suspected of crimes; and com- responsible for the shoot-down of the air- Press and Reuters) have been staged separately from Ukraine’s pleting the enactment of the constitutional craft and the killing of those aboard. This own local elections, which are scheduled to status of the Donetsk-Luhansk territory independent investigation has been con- Russia wants new MH17 probe be held country-wide on October 25. ducted in accordance with international ahead of the local elections to be held there. MOSCOW – Russia has appealed to the Germany and France (negotiating with standards and recommended practices in a The items in this package are “frame- International Civil Aviation Organization to Russia over Ukraine in the “Normandy” for- professional manner by the Dutch Safety work” understandings. In other words, the open a new probe into last year’s downing mat) are expressing relief over the Board authorities, and serves as a basis for details remain subject to further negotia- of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Kremlin’s seemingly constructive move to further investigations to identify those tion in the Minsk Contact Group – made up Ukraine. Oleg Storchevoi, deputy chief of the postpone the DPR-LPR’s unilateral elec- responsible for the deaths of 298 innocent of representatives of Ukraine, Russia, the Russian Aviation Agency, made the com- tions (Deutsche Welle, Agence France men, women and children. The report also Organization for Security and Cooperation ment during a press conference in Moscow Presse, October 7). serves to remind us of this terrible tragedy in Europe (OSCE), as well as the DPR and on October 14. The Dutch Safety Board said Berlin and Paris were aghast at the pos- and the impact it continues to have on the LPR. Moreover, Mr. Poroshenko made in its final report released on October 13 sibility that the DPR-LPR would hold elec- clear in Paris that the passage of such legis- those left behind. We maintain our support tions that could not have been recognized that the jet was destroyed by a Russian- lation through the Ukrainian Parliament for the work being conducted by the coun- made surface-to-air missile. Two-thirds of as valid. Russia, Germany and France basi- cannot be guaranteed (Elysee.fr, tries of the Joint Investigation Team, and the victims in the crash were Dutch. The cally agree on a solution that legitimizes Bundeskanzlerin.de, Liga.net, October 3; reiterate that the United States will fully probe did not say who had fired the missile, the DPR-LPR as products of democratic Interfax, October 6). support all efforts to bring to justice those but it identified an area of 320 square kilo- elections, not of Russia’s military aggres- Holding and validating the DPR-LPR elec- responsible. Our assessment is unchanged meters from where it said the launch must sion; this leaves the territory formally with- tions can only be done with Kyiv’s formal – MH17 was shot down by a surface-to-air have taken place. At the time of the attack, in Ukraine but de facto under the Kremlin’s (and no matter how unwilling) consent. missile fired from separatist-controlled ter- that land was mostly under the control of control. Any unlawful, unilaterally held and This would preserve a legal facade of ritory in eastern Ukraine. The victims and the pro-Russia rebels. Mr. Storchevoi hinted therefore invalid elections would not only Ukraine’s territorial integrity while depriv- their loved ones remain in our thoughts that Russia believes that some of the evi- and prayers.” (White House) be useless to those three “Normandy” pow- ing it of actual sovereignty in that territory. dence has been faked. Meanwhile, speaking ers, but would block or derail the follow-up “Elections” behind that facade would then Kyiv on decision not to close airspace in Donetsk, rebel leader Aleksandr steps planned to “implement Minsk” in enable Moscow, Berlin and Paris to pressure Zakharchenko denied any involvement in quick sequence. Kyiv into recognizing the authorities of KYIV – Ukraine defended its decision not the crash. (RFE/RL, based on reporting by The DPR-LPR do not on their own those two “people’s republics” as legitimate- to close airspace in the east of the country TASS, Interfax and the Associated Press) decide whether to call elections or not. where a Malaysian airliner was shot down ly elected. And that would, in turn, exoner- Savchenko’s sister barred from testifying Moscow was behind the DPR-LPR’s bluff to ate Russia of its legal, political and economic last year, saying it was unaware that anti- derail the international negotiations responsibilities for its de facto occupation of aircraft weapons were being used in the KYIV – Russian authorities on October through their illegal elections. Blaming Kyiv Ukraine’s territory. Kyiv, therefore, is des- area. Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot 13 prevented the sister of Ukrainian pilot for its refusal to legalize those elections, perately trying to stall (or wiggle out of) this down over eastern Ukraine by a Russian- Nadiya Savchenko from testifying in her they threatened to stage the voting unilat- scheme in the Normandy format and the made Buk missile, the Dutch Safety Board defense in her controversial murder trial. erally. That was calculated to make Berlin Minsk Contact Group. concluded in a report released on October Ms. Savchenko’s sister Vira was meant to and Paris nervous and generate pressures “Fake elections” (as Ukraine refers to 13 on the July 2014 disaster that killed all appear this week as the main witness for 298 people on board. The Dutch report did from them on Kyiv to relent. It worked as that plan) in the two “people’s republics” the defense against charges of murdering not lay blame for the air disaster, but said intended, despite the obviousness of the must at least look free and fair. Those elec- two Russian reporters, which could bring a Ukraine should have closed the airspace bluff. Staging deal-breaking elections tions constitute the mechanism by which 20-year jail term for the Ukrainian service- over the conflict zone, and that the 61 air- would have contravened Moscow’s main DPR-LPR authorities would obtain a legal lines that had continued flying there should (Continued on page 12) goal at this stage – that of legitimizing the status and recognition, while Ukraine DPR-LPR. Moscow’s “threat” to shoot itself would retain sovereignty de jure but lose it (and its proxies) in the foot was not credi- de facto in this territory. 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FOR THE RECORD NEWS ANALYSIS Victoria Nuland’s testimony on Ukraine The road from Donbas to Damascus Following are excerpts of testimony by relief agencies; and the removal of all for- by Brian Whitmore So is Russia backing down on Ukraine as Victoria Nuland, assistant secretary, Bureau eign forces, weapons and landmines. … RFE/RL it pursues its Syrian adventure? Will of European and Eurasian Affairs, U.S. … we will judge Russia and the separatists President Petro Poroshenko’s pro-Western Department of State, before the Senate by their actions, not their words. We will When Ukraine and pro-Moscow separat- government in Kyiv now have some breath- Foreign Relations Committee on October 8. work with the EU to keep sanctions in place ists in Donbas agreed in early October to ing space? The full text of her testimony (as prepared) until the Minsk agreements are fully imple- withdraw armaments from the front lines, Ah, not quite. In fact, Vladimir Putin’s was provided by the State Department. mented. And of course, Crimea sanctions the news was greeted with a collective Syria campaign is actually making it more remain in place so long as the Kremlin impos- shrug in Russia. difficult for Ukraine to escape from Russia’s …This week we celebrate 25 years since es its will on that piece of Ukrainian land. Ditto last week when rebel leaders grip. Germany’s reunification – the first major Reforms update announced they were abandoning plans to In a recent column for Bloomberg View, step on our journey toward a Europe hold unsanctioned elections in the self-pro- political commentator Leonid Bershidsky whole, free, and at peace. Today that jour- While 7 percent of Ukrainian territory claimed Donetsk and Luhansk “people’s noted how at an October 2 summit in Paris, ney goes through Ukraine. Across Ukraine, remains under threat, the other 93 percent is republics.” French President François Hollande and citizens are standing up and sacrificing for fighting a different battle: to build a democra- Apparently Ukraine is suddenly just so German Chancellor Angela Merkel imposed the universal values that bind us as a trans- cy that is closer to its people; an economy 2014. Igor Strelkov and Novorossiya are a settlement on Poroshenko that is clearly atlantic community: for sovereignty, terri- where what you know matters more than out. Syria and Bashar al-Assad are in. in Russia’s interests. torial integrity, human rights, dignity, clean whom you know; and a society where law “The soap opera in Ukraine is over, at According to the agreement, which came and accountable government, and justice rules rather than corruption and greed. least for the current season. The heroic sep- after five hours of talks in Elysée Palace, for all. America helps Ukraine because that The electoral, judicial, financial, and anti- aratists, their evil fascist foes and the cyni- Ukraine must design a law on elections in country’s success is central to our own pro- corruption reforms already put forward by cal Western meddlers have been retired,” the rebel territories in consultation with found national interest in an ever more the government and enacted by the Rada veteran Kremlin-watcher Edward Lucas, Russia and the separatists. democratic, prosperous, stable Europe. are impressive in their scope and political author of the books “Deception” and “The Elections will be held 80 days after the Ukraine’s aspirations are ours. courage. New Cold War,” wrote in a recent article. legislation passes and, if they are deemed In the six months since I last appeared Here are just a few examples: “The new entertainment is a thrilling before this committee, Ukraine can be - and exotic epic set in Syria, with the Assad free and fair, then Ukraine will be given proud of the progress it has made: ted and trained police forces are now patrol- regime as the heroic defenders of civilized back control of its border. - ling• Withthe streets generous of U.S.Kyiv, support, Odesa, newly Lviv andvet values, Russian their valiant allies, and the Kyiv will also be required to grant an mented four-year, $17.5 billion economic Kharkiv, with another three provinces to be West as the defenders of jihadist barbar- amnesty to separatist leaders. support• Last programspring, the for IMF Ukraine, approved $6.7 an billion aug covered by year’s end. By the end of 2016, ians,” Mr. Lucas commented. Ukraine had opposed an amnesty and of which has already been disbursed. every Ukrainian oblast will have them. An editorial in Gazeta.ru noted that “in a insisted that elections could not be held in matter of days the military-media tech- the separatist territories until they were Rada has passed legislation to reform the Bureau is being stood up and will work niques that were used in the conflict with completely under Kyiv’s control. energy• The and government agriculture has sectors, proposed strengthen and the with• Aa new new special National anti-corruption Anti-Corruption prose- Ukraine were reformatted and have now But according to Mr. Bershidsky, the banks, shrink and modernize govern- cutor once the latter is appointed. been directed toward the Syrian campaign.” President Poroshenko “underestimated the ment bureaucracy, devolve more authority Kiosks collecting aid for Donbas at sub- determination of France and Germany to to the regions and create oversight struc- prosecutors are being hired, old ones are way stations have been repurposed for get the Ukrainian matter out of the way in tures to clean up corruption. tested• With and U.S., retrained, EU, and and U.K. all help, will newnow localsub- Syria; television talking heads who not long the most efficient manner possible.” mit to periodic performance evaluations to ago were opining about the “Russian It’s a determination that appears fueled, debt-relief deal with its creditors, opening root out corruption and malfeasance. World” have suddenly been transformed at least partially, by the Syria conflict and the• door Last month,for more Ukraine intensive reached support. a landmark - into experts on the Middle East; the gold the refugee crisis it has sparked in Europe. sion system to help reduce the system’s And Mr. Putin is now banking on exert- Ukraine is largely holding, the Minsk par- standard for patriotism among bloggers is $3.7• Ukrainebillion annual is closing deficit. loopholes in its pen ing political and economic influence on ties• haveThe Septembersigned and 1 begun ceasefire to implement in eastern zeal for Mr. al-Assad. Kyiv through the separatist areas of Donbas agreements to pull back their heavy weap- “Sometimes it appears that in their arti- efficiency, cut subsidies for state-owned gas cles, speeches and appeals, they have hasti- after they are reintegrated into Ukraine. ons, and some IDPs [internally displaced • It is working hard to increase energy producers and establish a market-oriented ly replaced Donetsk with Damascus,” the persons] are returning home. model. newspaper wrote. (Continued on page 8) While we welcome this progress, Ukraine - still has a long, hard road to travel. … ernment is rebuilding its financial sector, The Minsk agreements closing• And, insolvent with the banks help of and the strengthening IMF, the gov protection of depositors’ rights. The September 2014 and February These efforts and more are beginning to NATO deputies pass ‘Solidarity 2015 package of Minsk agreements bear fruit: remains the best hope for peace, weapons with Ukraine’ resolution withdrawal, political normalization, decen- week predict Ukraine’s economy will grow and separatist forces to lift all restric- tralization in Eastern Ukraine and the by •2 Thepercent latest in 2016.IMF forecasts released this UNIAN return of Ukrainian state sovereignty over tions on the ability of the OSCE Special STAVANGER, Norway – The NATO Monitoring Mission in Ukraine to access that part of its border. Yet in the eight 33.5 million tons of grain in 2014, and in months since the February signing of the 2015• Ukraine will increase exported agricultural a record-breaking exports by 6 Parliamentary Assembly on October 12 areas of eastern Ukraine, including areas implementing agreement, eastern Ukraine percent. passed Resolution No. 422 on Solidarity along the border with Russia, and report has seen almost constant violence all along with Ukraine, calling on the Allied gov- fully all relevant observations; to encour- the contact line, continued weapons ship- increased to $12.8 billion, up from a low of ernments and parliaments to redouble age and support direct talks between ments from Russia masquerading as $5.6• And,billion Ukraine’s in February. foreign reserves have efforts to help Ukraine at this critical Russian and Ukrainian representatives humanitarian aid, separatist filibustering juncture by increasing diplomatic, politi- with the participation of international and threats at the political negotiating What the U.S. is doing cal, financial, economic, material and mediators in order to find a peaceful table, and repeated Russian efforts to reliti- With Congress’ unwavering support, the expert assistance. solution to the conflict.” gate basic elements of Minsk. United States has committed to provide “The Assembly urges member govern- In addition, the Parliamentary On September 1, however, the guns over $548 million in assistance to Ukraine ments and parliaments of the North Assembly called on democratically elect- largely fell silent. And on October 2 , in Paris, since the start of this crisis, in addition to Atlantic Alliance to redouble efforts to ed Ukrainian politicians to continue to President [Vladimir[ Putin agreed to put a two $1 billion loan guarantees. With con- help Ukraine at this critical juncture by demonstrate the moderation and deter- stop to the separatists’ threat to hold anoth- tinued progress on economic reforms and increasing diplomatic, political, financial, mination necessary to build an inclusive er round of fake elections. Instead, he com- as conditions warrant, we will ask you to economic, material and expert assistance and tolerant society, and to establish the mitted to Presidents [Petro] Poroshenko work with us on a third loan guarantee of both bilaterally and through bodies such highest standards possible in matters of and [François] Hollande and Chancellor up to $1 billion. U.S. economic and technical as NATO, the European Union and the political, economic and judicial gover- [Angela] Merkel to withdraw heavy weap- advisors advise almost a dozen Ukrainian NATO Parliamentary Assembly,” the res- nance, and, in particular, to tackle reso- ons, allow full access to the OSCE all the way ministries and localities. Our $69 million in olution reads. lutely the problem of corruption. to the border, and to negotiate modalities humanitarian support helps 2.4 million dis- It also calls on the Allies to maintain The resolution was presented by the for real elections in Donbas under placed Ukrainians through international political, diplomatic and economic pres- Economics and Security Committee and Ukrainian law, safe conditions, and observa- relief organizations and local NGOs. sure on Russia until Moscow fully imple- adopted by the NATO’s body’s annual tion by OSCE’s ODIHR [Office for Because there can be no reform in ments its commitments under the Minsk plenary sitting, this year held in Democratic Institutions and Human Rights]. Ukraine without security, $266 million of agreements, convincingly demonstrates Stavanger, Norway, on October 12. … we will also keep pushing to complete our support has been in the security sector. that it is willing to abide by international NATO Parliamentary Assembly reso- other unfinished aspects of Minsk– the This includes sending: 130 HMMWVs, 150 law and ends the occupation of lutions are political statements and are return of all hostages, including Nadiya thermal and night vision devices, over 300 Ukrainian territories, including Crimea. not formally binding, but they are taken Savchenko, Oleh Sentsov, and those held in secure radios, five Explosive Ordnance The Parliamentary Assembly also into account by the NATO member Russia; full humanitarian access for U.N. urged the NATO nations “to press Russia states. agencies, Ukrainian NGOs and government (Continued on page 9) 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2015 No. 42 Lithuanian president’s meeting focuses on issue of women in conflict zones

UCCA NEW YORK – The president of the Republic of Lithuania, sion titled “Future of Eastern Europe: Empowerment of Women”Dalia Grybauskaitė, on Tuesday, hosted September an informal 29 high-level discus- As chair of the Council on Women World Leaders, and East Europe and representatives of several internation- alPresident organizations Grybauskaitė to discuss invited ways world to draw leaders the internationalfrom Central community‘s attention to the situation of women in coun- tries affected by armed conflicts, as well as help women sur- vivors of wars – especially in Georgia and Ukraine. Among those invited to attend was Ukrainian Congress Committee of America President Tamara Olexy and Ukrainian National Women’s League of America President UCCA Marianna Zajac. Participants of the discussion on women in conflict zones hold up “Free Savchenko” flyers. Invited to participate in the roundtable were: Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili; Croatian President Integration Natalia Gherman. Integration; and National Deputy Svitlana Zalishchuk, chair Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic; former U.S. Secretary of State A delegation from Ukraine, including Vira Savchenko, sis- of the Subcommittee on Euro-Atlantic Cooperation and Madeleine K. Albright; and Moldovan Deputy Prime ter of Ukrainian POW Nadiya Savchenko; National Deputy Euro-Integration of Committee on Foreign Affairs, also took Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Mariia Ionova, vice-chair of the Committee on European part in the discussion. Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sent a video message to the participants.

attendance and set the tone for the meeting by stating, “In warsPresident and armed Grybauskaitė conflicts, the warmly weakest welcomed section of societythose in – women and children – suffer the most... and we cannot close our eyes to these crimes.“ The discussion also highlighted the suffering in Ukraine and Georgia, where more than 1.6 million people – two- thirds of whom are women and children – have been forced to flee their homes. Speaking through translator Marta Kebalo (main repre- sentative to the U.N. Economic and Social Council of the World Federation of Ukrainian Women’s Organizations), Vira Savchenko read a letter written by her sister especially for the gathering. The former Ukrainian air force pilot, Iraq war veteran, member of Ukraine’s Parliament and delegate to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

Vira Savchenko is flanked by Tamara Olexy (left) and Martha Kebalo. President Dalia Grybauskaitė of Lithuania. (Continued on page 16) No. 42 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2015 5

Andrew Zwarych Having arrived early in the morning past security measures, Ukrainians could be found proudly Metropolitan Stefan Soroka participates in the opening mass of waving the country’s flag on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway during the Papal Mass on Sunday, the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia on September 22. September 27, in Philadelphia. Ukrainians among throngs greeting Pope Francis in Philadelphia

by Andrew Zwarych end of September 26-27, during which Pope Francis fin- On Sunday, September 27, Pope Francis celebrated ished his first visit to the United States, with stopovers mass on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway with close to PHILADELPHIA – From September 22 to the 25, in Washington, New York and the City of Brotherly Love. 800,000 faithful. Among the crowd, Ukrainians proudly Philadelphia was host to the eighth World Meeting of On Saturday, September 26, the pontiff celebrated displayed their heritage by wearing Ukrainian embroi- Families (WMOF). Families came from all over the world Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of Ss. Peter and Paul and dered shirts and waving the country’s flag. Members of to celebrate the weeklong international event arranged spoke at Independence National Historical Park. Prior Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization arrived in their by the Pontifical Council for the Family. Metropolitan to Pope Francis’s speech, Philadelphia’s own Yuliya scouting uniforms for Sunday’s event. Stefan Soroka and the Rev. Taras Lonchyna took part in Stupin began the day’s events with the American From the first blessing to the final procession, the the opening mass on September 22. national anthem and two songs about Ukrainian inde- WMOF in Philadelphia followed by the papal visit left a The finale for the meetings took place on the week- pendence. lasting impression among all participants.

Plast scouts Mark Shurt, Alex Firko and Zach Firko being interviewed by a news Waving both the Ukrainian and Vatican flags, parishioners and administrators at outlet about what it means to be Ukrainian and what this papal visit has meant to the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception could be found on them. the Benjamin Franklin Parkway during the Papal Mass on Sunday, September 27.

Parishioners from St. Michael the Archangel Church in Jenkintown, Pa., and the Ukrainian Catholic The Rev. Taras R. Lonchyna during the opening mass of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of Philadelphia, at the Papal Mass on Sunday, September 27, World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia on September 22. on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia. 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2015 No. 42

WINDOW ON EURASIA The Ukrainian Weekly The MH17 report: a step toward justice Moscow analyst says Putin views Obama The Dutch Safety Board has released its long-awaited report on the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. As a result, the world knows what happened, but not as being in ‘panicked retreat’ from the world who is directly responsible. A separate criminal investigation, scheduled to conclude by Paul Goble using military force characteristic of Western in 2016, is to determine culpability for the act, which killed all 298 people on board. leftists, while Putin considers [the use of The report concluded that a Russian-made surface-to-air missile, known as a Buk, Vladimir Putin views Barack Obama as such force] as the key element of world poli- brought down the passenger plane and that it was fired from somewhere within a being in “panicked retreat” because of the tics.” For him, respect is everything because 320-square-kilometer area – most of which was under the control of Russian- latter’s decision to extricate the U.S. from people “respect the strong, but beat the backed militants. Another finding was that airlines should have recognized the dan- wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and believes weak,” as he has said many times. ger of flying over a conflict zone. The Dutch board’s head, Tjibbe Joustra, noted that that it would be foolish not to exploit the Mr. von Eggert says that he is “certain Malaysia Airlines was not alone: 61 airlines were flying over eastern Ukraine at the possibilities that such a drawdown in that the decision of Obama to leave Iraq time, apparently believing that their planes were flying at high enough altitudes to American power present, according to and Afghanistan was viewed in the Kremlin avoid danger. Indeed, about 160 civilian planes flew over the area on the very day of Konstantin von Eggert. as a panicked flight from responsibility,” as the disaster. In the wake of the disaster, the International Civil Aviation Organization But in doing so, the Moscow analyst actions and an attitude that have created a set up a task force to examine the risks to civil aviation from conflict zones; its first says, Mr. Putin has opened the door to even power vacuum that it would be “strange” recommendation was to create a website where countries could share their infor- for Moscow not to try to exploit. mation on conflict zones on their territories. more problems for himself as the conflict Consequently, Mr. Putin has moved back The 279-page report was the result of 15 months of investigation. As reported by continues not only internationally but at into the Middle East in much the same way The Guardian, the Netherlands, Ukraine and Russia had all carried out their own home, where most Russians and especially simulations into the missile’s probable trajectory. Russia was the only one of the Russia’s predominantly Sunni Muslim com- the Soviet leadership did during the Cold seven countries involved in the report’s preparation that dissented from its central munity oppose his support of the Assad War, as a region of competition with the conclusions. All the while, Russia has suggested all sorts of incredible theories about regime (spektr.press/klyuchevoj-element- U.S. “in which Moscow has nothing particu- the crash – all suggesting, of course, that Ukraine was responsible for the downing, pochemu-putinu-tak-povezlo-s-obamoj/). lar to lose” unless and until Washington ranging from the notion that a Ukrainian fighter jet shot down MH17 to the sugges- In the short term, Mr. von Eggert argues, shows a new willingness to counter him. tion that a missile was launched from a Ukrainian-government controlled area. Mr. Putin has achieved five goals by his If Mr. Putin is able to get Mr. Obama to Earlier versions even floated the idea that the goal had been to shoot down a plane Syrian actions: agree to his terms in Syria – Russian support flying Vladimir Putin or that the CIA had downed a plane full of corpses. Sadly, the for the fight against ISIS in exchange for the Russian public knows only the Kremlin’s disinformation; a recent poll by the Levada with him because, as a result of Syria, the West’s acceptance of Assad’s remaining in Center found that 44 percent of Russians believe the plane was shot down by the U.S.• presidentFirst, he has “simply forced could Mr. Obama not refuse to meet dia- power – then, Mr. von Eggert says, “America Ukrainian military, 41 percent thought it was the work of the Ukrainian government, logue with Putin” given the stakes. will suffer yet another diplomatic defeat and 17 percent thought the U.S. was responsible, 3 percent believed it was the DNR sepa- [Putin] will be confirmed as a politician ratists’ doing and 2 percent thought it was the result of Russia helping the separat- reducing the importance of Ukraine for without whose participation no major inter- ists (multiple answers were allowed). Washington• Second, andMr. Putinthus makinghas succeeded it less the in national problem can be resolved.” The U.S. said the Dutch report’s release was a “an important milestone in the defining issue of the West’s relations with “More than that,” the Moscow commen- effort to hold accountable those responsible for the shoot-down of the aircraft and Moscow. tator says, “until the end of the Obama the killing of those aboard.” It praised the inquiry, saying, “This independent investi- - presidency, Moldova, Kazakhstan and gation has been conducted in accordance with international standards and recom- uous signal to the not very numerous allies Belarus will have reason to be nervous. For mended practices in a professional manner by the Dutch Safety Board authorities, of the• Third, Russian Mr. Putinregime: has ‘if “sent things an areunambig going in the Kremlin, such a development of and serves as a basis for further investigations to identify those responsible for the badly for you, we won’t throw you over,’ ” a events will be viewed as carte blanche for a deaths of 298 innocent men, women and children.” message by which the Kremlin leader new expansion in the post-Soviet space, Ukraine agreed with conclusions regarding the Buk, but Hennadiy Zubko, head of wants to contrast himself with the behavior and even possibly into the Baltic countries.” Ukraine’s MH17 investigation, said Ukraine was following established procedures: of the United States. But if Mr. Obama and the West do not “All the recommendations from the [International Civil Aviation Organization] were agree, then “the situation for official Moscow carried out... Ukraine closed its airspace below 9,750 meters.” Foreign Affairs war is giving [Russia] a chance to demon- could become quite unfavorable.” Russia is Minister Pavlo Klimkin said, “No one at this time...was even aware” of the possibility strate• Fourth, what “participation the latest Russian in the Syrian arms civilare “not the largest, most influential and richest that Russian-backed rebels had obtained highly sophisticated anti-aircraft missiles. capable of,” something useful not only to player in the Middle East scene,” and Mr. Predictably, Moscow continues to blame Kyiv, alleging that the missile could not influence others but to attract new orders Putin would have to face potentially serious have been fired from separatist-controlled area and that the missile fragments found for Russia’s arms exporters. problems both there and at home. were from an older Buk model no longer in service in the Russian military. Dutch “Terror inside Russia and against Prime Minister Mark Rutte called on Russia to cooperate in the investigation, but that entire world, and above all to the United objects linked with it abroad, the taking is hardly likely, as Russian had recently vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution on a States,• Fifth, that “Putin the principle has made of itthe clear sovereign to the prisoner and execution of Russian troops, probe of the shootdown and Russia’s Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister called the just- right of any regime to do what it finds the gradual broadening of a military pres- issued report “an obvious attempt to draw a biased conclusion and carry out political appropriate on its own territory is for him ence in Syria and the prospect of being orders.” It was also Russia and its proxies in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions that had inviolable.” dragged into a full-scale war on the ground compromised the crime scene, tampered with evidence, looted the site and denied Mr. Putin’s moves in this regard reflect a are only some of the undesirable but possi- investigators access, engaged in a cover-up, questioned the impartiality of the Dutch- fundamental difference between the West ble consequences,” Mr. von Eggert says. led investigation and said that establishing an international tribunal to deal with the and Russia. Western leaders get involved in At home, polls show that most Russians case would be “premature” and “counterproductive.” Need we say more? foreign affairs “by necessity.” Mr. Putin, in are not enthusiastic about any campaign in The truth of the matter is that Russia is a state sponsor of terrorism, including the contrast, sees foreign actions as “one of the Syria and “the overwhelming majority of terrorist act of shooting down a civilian aircraft. No one should forget that. As the main (if not the chief) component parts of Russian Muslims are Sunnis.” Consequently, criminal investigation into the downing of MH17 continues, our fervent hope is that his legitimacy in the eyes of his compatriots.” “the Kremlin’s struggle to save the Assad justice will be served. Moreover, Mr. von Eggert continues, regime, which is viewed namely as the “Obama and his entourage have the dislike of hangman of Syrian Sunnis, is hardly going to please them.” Paul Goble is a long-time specialist on And thus Mr. Putin might discover that ethnic and religious questions in Eurasia “leaving the Middle East without losing face Oct. Turning the pages back... who has served in various capacities in the … would be more difficult than doing so U.S. State Department, the Central from Ukraine,” Mr. von Eggert says, offering Last year, on October 24, 2014, Russian President Vladimir Intelligence Agency and the International in conclusion the following analogy that the Putin expressed confidence in his Ukraine strategy during the Broadcasting Bureau, as well as at the Voice Kremlin leader may ultimately have to face. 24 “The legitimization of a political regime Valdai Club discussion in Sochi. But the reality on the ground was of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio 2014 a different story. Liberty and the Carnegie Endowment for with the help of ‘small victorious wars’ Two days after the meeting in Sochi, Ukraine held its parlia- International Peace. Mr. Goble writes a blog recalls a bicycle race: it is impossible to mentary elections, voting in a solid pro-Europe majority for the called “Window on Eurasia” (http://windo- stop; one must keep pedaling. And thus risk first time since Ukraine’s independence. The vote also signaled the confidence in pro- woneurasia2.blogspot.com/). The article a major defeat. Vladimir Putin [by going Europe President Petro Poroshenko and the team of Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk. above is reprinted with permission. into Syria as he has] is risking just that.” As the ongoing political changes were evident from the vote results, even deeper changes were ongoing in Ukraine. Ukrainians no longer felt subordinate to Russia, there was a surge in civic nationalism, public initiatives and the volunteer movement. “Results of subsequent elections will fluctuate, but the transformation of consciousness now under Opinions in The Ukrainian Weekly way has made new substantial inroads with enduring effect,” noted Vladimir Socor of the Eurasia Daily Monitor. “Above and beyond electing this Parliament, Ukraine has distanced Opinions expressed by columnists, commentators itself conclusively from Mr. Putin’s grand design of a ‘Russian World.’ ” Mr. Socor added: “Mr. Putin’s policies toward Ukraine boomeranged against the and letter-writers are their own and do not necessarily Kremlin, as seen in the parliamentary election results. Russia’s multidimensional aggres- reflect the opinions of either The Weekly editorial staff sion accelerated these political changes in Ukraine.” or its publisher, the Ukrainian National Association. 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ON THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN TRAIL The things we do ... America must stand strong with Ukraine by Orysia Paszczak Tracz

by John Kasich capable of destroying Russian tanks, and he called for counter-battery weapons that Ukraine needs and deserves assistance can stop rocket or artillery strikes. from the United States and the European A majority of members of both cham- A step back into history Union in order to further its desire for bers of Congress, likewise, support sending stronger relations with the West, help it Ukraine lethal defensive weapons. A law effectively defend itself against forces that authorizing the president to send such would tear it apart, and send a strong sig- weapons passed with large bi-partisan nal to Russia that its re-emerging expan- majorities in December of 2014, but the sionism will not be tolerated. White House refuses to use that authority. Let me be clear, this means Ukraine More broadly, it is well past time that we should receive American help to obtain the begin rebuilding our nation’s defenses. We lethal defensive weapons it has requested need to start by rebuilding our Navy. Other so its armed forces can defend against the services have legitimate needs too, but tanks and other armored vehicles coming reinvigorating the Navy’s ability to project from Russia. power globally is critical to defending and This is not a new position for me. In the advancing American interests, including wake of Russia’s invasion of Crimea and ensuring the free flow of global commerce eastern Ukraine in early 2014, I have in the Black Sea and the South China Sea. repeatedly urged Washington to stand by Further, America and our allies must sub- Ukraine with lethal defensive weapons, stantially strengthen NATO by recommit- Protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Pokrova) Church in Rossdale, Manitoba. training and intelligence. ting to its fundamental mission of coopera- There are powerful, logical reasons that tion and joint action in securing the stabili- It was another perfect sunny sky-blue the Ukrainian Church in Manitoba. He over- America and the West must help Ukraine ty of the Western world. Manitoba early Sunday morning in late saw the construction of many Ukrainian defend itself. As the leading champions of These measures will take time, and they June. My husband, Myroslaw, and I decid- churches in the province. The parishioners freedom in the world, the United States and require the next president to reinvigorate ed to visit a parish outside of Winnipeg, a both raised funds and contributed their short drive north, in the area of Rossdale. our NATO allies cannot let Vladimir Putin our economy, but a first and immediate labor. There is a commemorative cross It is called “Parky” by Ukrainians, a near the church listing the founding mem- drag Ukraine into a Soviet-era repressive national security priority is thwarting Mr. Ukrainian version of “parks,” the old histor- bers (all male names). The bell tower sphere of control. To stand by and permit it Putin’s dangerous expansionism by send- ical regional name for the fields in the area stands nearby. A new church hall (on the would be unprincipled and cruel, and ing Ukraine the weapons for which left untilled by the earlier Scottish settlers. place where the old one from 1932 stood) undermine a quarter-century of progress President Petro Poroshenko asked over a For those who have not lived in is across the road, where parishioners for democracy and freedom in Eastern year ago in his moving speech to a joint ses- Manitoba or in the other two Canadian meet for coffee after services. Europe. Ukraine suffered terribly for sion of the U.S. Congress. Prairie Provinces (Saskatchewan and The cemetery (established in 1909) is decades at the hands of Russian dictators, As president, I will immediately put into Alberta), the ingrained Ukrainian-ness of down the road, near the site of the first including Joseph Stalin, and we cannot let action a plan to deliver – literally at the ear- western Canada could be unfamiliar. Not church. Some gravestones are from the ear- atrocities such as the famine and genocide liest possible moment – the lethal defensive for the folks here. In 2016, Ukrainians in liest dates of the Ukrainian settlement in they waged be set in motion once again. weapons Ukraine has requested and Canada will be celebrating the 125th anni- the area (1905), with the engraving on the Second, if we do not resist Mr. Putin now, Congress has authorized. I will ensure they versary of their settlement in Canada – and crosses even indicating the home village he will seek to take even more of Ukraine move rapidly through the pipeline without the settlement was in the prairies. After all back in Ukraine. Sadly, there are a number and undoubtedly begin thinking he can bureaucratic delays, I will ask President this time, Ukrainians are now the main- of children’s graves, showing the hardships move on the Baltic nations and Poland in Poroshenko to ensure that training on stream – not “new” immigrants. In of the early times in this new land. the same manner – with only words to them begins immediately, and I will ensure Manitoba, Ukrainians of all generations Most of the parishioners are descended resist him. Given Russia’s efforts to under- that Ukraine has the intelligence necessary make up 14.9 percent of the population. from the original pioneer families. They mine large parts of eastern Ukraine by to use them when and where necessary to All over Manitoba (and the other Prairie are very welcoming to any newcomer proxies and even direct intervention, a cau- deter and, if required, defeat further terri- Provinces), the sight of a small Ukrainian arriving for the liturgy. The services are in church in the distance of the expansive tious analysis should view these actions as torial incursions. English. fields is just a normal, comforting vision. a possible prelude to an attempt to “annex” Further, I will reinvigorate America’s Father Yaroslav Buduykevych, originally The original churches from over a century from Ukraine, is the parish priest. A for- territories in eastern Ukraine, as he claims public diplomacy efforts to counter the ago are small, built based on what the set- to have done with Crimea. In a worrisome Kremlin’s steady stream of misinformation mer pastor was the late Rev. Semen Izyk, a tlers could afford and of a size just right for remarkable priest, a survivor of Nazi con- development of recent weeks, emboldened about its activities in Ukraine and Crimea, the small communities. The larger church- centration camps and the author of an lawmakers in Moscow have begun to ques- and proudly proclaim the message of free- es were built after the community grew autobiography “Smikh Kriz’ Sliozy” tion the legitimacy of the independence of dom and our determination to stand by and became established. (Laughter through Tears). Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. friends like Ukraine in their time of trial. The first Protection of the Blessed Virgin The names of the parish founders sound While the compelling plight of refugees In the meantime, Congress should Mary (Pokrova) Church was built in the familiar – they could be from anywhere in fleeing the Middle East has taken the focus employ every tool at its disposal to compel nearby community of St. Andrew’s in 1914. Ukraine: Senko, Tesla, Skromeda, Duchak, off Russia’s attack on Ukraine, we must not the White House to use the wide authority Later, that church needed to expand, and in Karmazyn, Bas, Pozhernyk, Povoroznyk, forget for an instant that Mr. Putin’s it granted nearly a year ago to provide 1957 the head of the parish committee, Ivan Sinevych and others. Their descendants renewed expansionism represents a very Ukraine the weapons for which President Zelyk (who was also a reeve of the munici- are continuing their work. serious threat to the West. Four-star Army Poroshenko urgently asked. pality), donated land for the new church. It is comforting to know that, no matter Gen. Ray Odierno, just prior to his recent Ukraine cannot be put on the back burn- Father Roman Dobriansky assisted in the where we travel in the world, we will meet retirement as Army chief of staff, said that er. It is too important a nation, too strong planning. The church was built in 1958- fellow Ukrainians, and the separation of Russia is the “most dangerous” threat fac- an ally of the West, and the threat of Russia 1959, and the cornerstone was blessed by generations and time does not mean a ing the United States today thanks to its is too great to be ignored. American leader- Metropolitan Maxim Hermaniuk in 1960. thing. “sophisticated” operations in Ukraine. He ship in Ukraine’s defense is essential, and The church was built according to the said further that he is greatly concerned as president of the United States I will pro- design of Father P. Ruh, the Belgian Orysia Tracz may be contacted at Redemptorist who loved and worked for [email protected]. about the potential for Russia to violate the vide it. sovereignty of the Baltic states. Recently, I congratulated Ukraine on the In testimony before the U.S. Senate 24th anniversary of its independence and Armed Services Committee, Chairman of said that the United States has a moral obli- the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph F. gation to help protect it. As I said then, con- Dunford, our nation’s highest military offi- gratulations on your freedom, Ukraine – cer, also proclaimed that Russia poses the may there be a thousand more August greatest security threat to the United 23ths, and a thousand more after that. States. Answering questions from commit- Slava Ukraini! Heroyam slava! tee chairman Sen. John McCain, Gen. Dunford said he believes it is reasonable for John Kasich is the governor of Ohio and a the Pentagon to supply heavy weapons candidate for the Republican nomination for such as Javelin or TOW missiles that are president.

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NEWS AND VIEWS Massachusetts genocide bill includes Holodomor by Paul Thomas Rabchenuk BOSTON – A hearing was held in Boston on September 24 before the Joint Education Committee of the House and Senate of Massachusetts on a comprehensive bill requiring the study of at least eight specific genocides that occurred in the 20th century. Of importance to the Ukrainian community is that the bill specifically includes the study of the Holodomor in the school curriculum. After several attempts in prior years, the Greater Boston Holodomor Committee expanded its base of support by including seven other genocides in the bill. The bill attracted seven co-sponsors, legislators inter- ested in areas such as the Holocaust, Darfur and Armenia. Presenting testimony in behalf of the bill were this writ- er, an attorney who is chairman of the Greater Boston Area Committee to Commemorate the Holodomor, and Alexa Raniuk, whose grandmother, Anna Raniuk, witnessed what occurred and documented her observations. Ms. Raniuk, a college student, read her late grandmother’s testimony. Hania Kurniawska presented the history of the Holodomor and discussed why students should learn about it.

Maria Saxe read findings from the report of the U.S. Dwayne Walzer Commission on the Ukrainian famine and testified about Boston Holodomor activists gather at the State Capitol steps following the September 24 hearing before the Joint why the commission was formed. Mary Ann Hrinda dis- Education Committee of the House and Senate of Massachusetts. cussed public reaction during the group’s drive to collect signatures on supporting petitions. Maria Walzer present- Teachers. The group also sent study guides to 356 the full legislature for enactment. ed letters from Secretary of State John Kerry, leaders of the Massachusetts high school teachers. The inclusion of the Holodomor in House 473 will be a Ukrainian Christian Party and other notables. She also dis- The Boston Holodomor Committee is urging victory for the Ukrainian community nationally in that it cussed t he numerous presentations made to groups such Massachusetts residents to contact their state legislators to will set a model to be followed by other states. The bill as the New England Regional Council of Social Studies support sending the bill, which is known as House 473, to deserves strong support from all Ukrainians. Bundles for Ukraine: 25 years of aid by Joan Kerelejza expanded its mission. It began sending dren in orphanages and poor children in needy and so few to help. Just when we packages of aid tailored to individual fami- the villages. We sent to 51 locations from despair, however, we receive a letter from New Britain, Conn. – In 1990, Ukraine lies recommended by Ukrainian Orthodox eastern to western Ukraine. Orthodox one of the priests telling us of the children’s was still under Communist rule. Packages priests. Also sent were wheelchairs, crutch- priests oversaw the distribution. The mon- joy in receiving the gifts, often the only had to be wrapped in paper, tied with string es, walkers and even musical instruments. etary demands for this more narrow proj- “bought” toy they have ever had. and contain only new clothes. But a stal- The group participated in the Ukrainian ect were manageable. Our fellow Orthodox bolster our spirits wart group of five parishioners at St. Mary’s Orthodox League collection of medical sup- When the war in eastern Ukraine erupt- with their help. Ron Kichton, UOL president Ukrainian Orthodox Church in New Britain, plies. This expanded effort required a great ed, we realized that not only Ukrainian sol- of the parish in Youngstown, Ohio, drove to Conn., braved the obstacles and began deal of money for shipping – running over diers, but also their families and many refu- Connecticut to deliver 15 boxes of clothes sending packages of aid to one orphanage $14,000 a year. gees needed help. We began collecting for the refugees. Misty and Matt Duke of and one parish in Lviv. It was then that the Facing economic reality, the group decid- warm winter clothing and footwear for Memphis, sent clothes. Alexandra Bundles for Ukraine Project was born. ed to focus on St. Nicholas Day gifts of chil- adults and children. We began receiving let- Prychodczenko of Salem, Ohio, marshaled The Bundles for Ukraine group gradually dren’s clothes, toys and candy for the chil- ters from Orthodox priests in western the entire community to collect clothes and Ukrainian villages telling of the many refu- toys and has sent an average of 12 heavy gees and families whose sons and husbands boxes a year for the past five years in mem- were on the frontlines. Through one of our ory of her son, Michael. parishioners, we also had personal ties to Donations of items and money for ship- two refugee camps in Odesa that counted ping come from the generosity of parish 135 children. The parishioners and friends members, parish organizations and friends. responded. In September, we sent out 82 All money goes for shipping expenses. large packages of aid to the needy. Volunteers meet each Wednesday to sort We then returned to our mission of send- and pack items, and wrap and address ing St. Nicholas Day gifts. In October we sent boxes. out 42 large boxes of children’s clothes, toys These workers are Father Andrii and candy to the orphans and poor children Pokotylo, Oksana Pokotylo, Christopher in the villages. A wonderful cadre of Pokotylo, Christine, Stephanie and Anya Orthodox priests that we communicate with Melnyk, Jaroslawa Buczko, Stefan Melnyk, will distribute the gifts to the poor children Lester Sirick, John Nickleach, Irene Melnyk, in their villages and will deliver the gifts Maria Pekhnik, Julia Stepanczak and many personally to the orphans to make sure they others. This writer is chairperson for the receive them. This year our total shipping project. Dimitry Shafran translates all the costs were almost $6,000. requests and thank-you letters. Working for 25 years on such a humani- Those wishing to help with the project Christine M. Melnyk tarian project sometimes gets discouraging should e-mail [email protected] or joan- Volunteers of the Bundles for Ukraine Project in New Britain, Conn. with the realization that there are so many [email protected].

larly in the months following the February Gazeta wrote in an October 6 editorial. in Syria turns into a quagmire, this ace in The road... Minsk ceasefire, which was widely seen as “Assad’s removal is the goal of the West the hole would soon disappear. advantageous for Moscow. and the United States. Russia’s support for (Continued from page 3) But Syria is now giving Russia addition- this is optional if there are no Russian air- Copyright 2015, RFE/RL Inc. Reprinted “He can afford to wait,” Mr. Bershidsky al leverage. craft in Syrian skies. But when there are with the permission of Radio Free Europe/ wrote. “Moscow’s intervention in Syrian aircraft there, a compromise with Russia Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, The endgame in Ukraine will no doubt affairs means that Russia’s game against becomes an essential condition. And what Washington DC 20036; www.rferl.org (see have more twists of fortune and Mr. the West is acquiring a new dimension are the bargaining chips? Ukraine, http://www.rferl.org/content/the-road- Poroshenko has thus far proven to be and Russia’s leaders now have new trump Donbas, Crimea, the sanctions.” from-donbas-to-damascus/27297067. adept at playing a bad hand well – particu- cards in their hands,” Nezavisimaya Of course, if Mr. Putin’s little adventure html). No. 42 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2015 9 World Federation of Ukrainian Women’s Organizations meets in Stockholm STOCKHOLM – The World Federation of Ukrainian Women’s Organizations (WFUWO) held its 2015 annual general meeting in Stockholm, on September 3-5. Over 50 participants, including 20 official delegates from member organizations and guests from 12 countries, including Ukraine and Sweden, took part in reviewing the pre- vious year, discussing current issues, and planning the WFUWO’s way forward. The official opening of the meeting took place on the evening of September 3, in the Lidingo City Hall auditorium. WFUWO President Orysia Sushko welcomed all pres- ent, including the ambassador of Ukraine in Sweden, Ihor Sagach. Ambassador Sagach warmly welcomed WFUWO to Sweden, emphasizing the critical work of Ukrainian women around the world and their contri- bution to global peace. WFUWO President Orysia Sushko pre- Delegates and guests at the annual general meeting of the World Federation of Ukrainian Women’s Organizations (WFUWO). sented a figurine of Princess Olha to Ambassador Sagach as a symbol of deep zations around the world are directing most WFUWO in the context of the current of the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ms. appreciation for his support of WFUWO of their energies toward raising funds for the aggression in Ukraine: Opinions and pro- Sushko presented a letter on behalf of and recognition of his significant contribu- rehabilitation of soldiers wounded in the posals for strategic cooperation within Ukrainian women of the world, requesting tion to the development of positive rela- conflict in eastern Ukraine, support for fami- WFUWO,” stimulated much constructive the minister’s assistance and intervention tions between Ukraine and Sweden. The lies of those killed and wounded, the collec- discussion among participants. in securing the freedom of Ukrainian politi- evening ended with an enjoyable tribute tion and distribution of humanitarian aid The third and final day of the meeting cal prisoners Nadiya Savchenko, Oleh concert, “Rode Nash Krasnyi.” and protective equipment, as well as orga- included a roundtable on “Current issues of Sentsov, Oleksander Kolchenko and others On September 4, the WFUWO president nizing demonstrations and actively dissemi- concern to women’s organizations in the illegally imprisoned in Russia. Other critical reported the previous year’s activities. nating truthful information about Ukraine. diaspora and cooperation with Ukraine.” topics were also addressed, including gen- Subsequently, WFUWO delegates from each The following day, a detailed report was Concrete plans of action were established der equality in Ukraine. of the 12 countries represented shared presented outlining the WFUWO’s activi- for further development. During the course of the WFUWO meet- reports of their activities for the past year. ties at the United Nations in New York and Prior to the annual general meeting, a ing, a delegation visited the Embassy of As reported, Ukrainian women’s organi- Geneva. A panel discussion, titled, “Tasks of WFUWO delegation met with representatives Ukraine in Sweden. Ambassador Sagach explained the historical ties between Ukraine and Sweden, noting that Swedish media are not influenced by the pressure from Russian propaganda in their report- ing about Ukraine. The ambassador acknowledged the critical role of the Ukrainian community in Sweden. At the conclusion of the meeting, the delegates and participants expressed their gratitude to Ms. Orysia Sushko for her lead- ership. President Sushko expressed her gratitude to Zoriana Kiktso, president of the Association of Ukrainian Women in Scandinavia, and local members for their efforts in organizing the WFUWO 2015 annual general meeting in Stockholm. President Sushko presented Ms. Kiktso with a figurine of St. Olha, in recognition of her leadership. Established in 1948 in Philadelphia by 10 women’s organizations, the World Federation of Ukrainian Women’s Logo of the 2015 annual general meeting Organizations is now based in Toronto, and of the World Federation of Ukrainian WFUWO President Orysia Sushko presents a figurine of Princess Olha to Ambassador Women’s Organizations, which was held unites 29 organizations from 18 countries Ihor Sagach, Ukraine’s envoy to Sweden. in Stockholm. found on four continents.

ment reform in the gas sector, and unbun- mately 1,800 state-owned enterprises, and that Russia’s aggression and meddling can’t Victoria Nuland’s... dling of services along with the restructur- do more to recapitalize and repair its bank- crush Ukraine’s spirit, its will, or its econo- ing of Naftohaz by Ukraine’s deadline of ing system. Clean governance and business my before reforms take hold. (Continued from page 3) June 2016. practices that root out corruption are We must challenge the false narrative Disposal robots, and 20 counter-mortar essential to attracting more foreign invest- that nothing can or will change in Ukraine. radars. Prosecutor General’s Office (PGO) has to be ment and development opportunities. To fight disinformation not only in Ukraine Just last week, we notified Ukraine that reinvented• Like as Ukraine’s an institution police that force, serves thethe Ukrainians also need a justice system and Russia, but across Russian-speaking two more life-saving long-range counterfire citizens of Ukraine, rather than ripping that cannot be bought, one that will deliver communities in Europe, we are joining forc- radar batteries are on the way. And, in them off. That means it must investigate verdicts, uphold the rule of law and stop es with our partners in the EU to support November, we will complete a $19 million and successfully prosecute corruption and injustice, which was a key demand of the alternatives to state-sponsored, Russian train and equip program for Ukraine’s asset recovery cases – including locking up Maidan protests. Currently, only 5 percent programming. We are also training foreign National Guard and begin training dirty personnel in the PGO itself. of the Ukrainian population completely journalists and civil society actors in the art Ukrainian Ministry of Defense forces using trust the judiciary. Inspiring confidence will of fighting lies with the truth. $45 million in European Reassurance Office within Ukraine’s prosecution service require passing the constitutional amend- … America’s investment in Ukraine is Initiative funding. … must• The be newlyable to created work independentlyInspector General’s and ments to limit judges’ immunity, improve about far more than protecting the choice effectively, without political or judicial judicial ethics and standards, and rigorous- of a single European country. It’s about pro- What Ukraine still must do interference. ly investigate judicial misconduct and tecting the rules-based system across …As I said, much difficult work remains enforce disciplinary rules and dismissals. Europe and around the world. It’s about to clean up endemic corruption throughout NABU anti-corruption prosecutor ASAP in saying no to borders changed by force, to What the international community order• And, to start the governmentinvestigating must these appoint crimes. the big countries intimidating their neighbors government and society, at every level; to must do stabilize the economy; break the hold of Ukraine is well-situated to provide prod- or demanding a sphere of influence. corrupt state enterprises and oligarchs; ucts and services to Europe and Eurasia, While Ukraine works through these I thank this committee for its bipartisan and reform the justice system. but must improve the business climate by tough challenges, the United States, Europe support and commitment to the sovereign- Key steps toward these reforms include: dismantling thousands of duplicative func- and the international community must ty and territorial integrity of Ukraine and to tions and transparently privatizing approxi- keep faith with Ukraine and help ensure a Europe whole, free and at peace.

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by Oleh Wolowyna In the political arena, the highest level cessful blog on the World Affairs website, allows us to shed some light on this ques- achieved by an American of Ukrainian ori- but this is not the same as being published tion. We compare Ukrainians with the total Events at the Maidan, the subsequent gin (Ukrainian, for short) was by Dr. Myron in The New York Times or The Wall Street U.S. population using indicators like: educa- invasion and illegal annexation of Crimea, Kuropas, as the advisor on ethnic affairs to Journal. tion level, strategic occupations, percent and the unprovoked invasion of eastern President Gerald R. Ford, and this was A current project that coordinates and self-employed, poverty, household income, Ukraine by the Russian military had a pro- many years ago. There was also Dr. George publicizes on a daily basis news about home ownership and value of the home. found impact on both Ukraine and the Kistiakowsky, who played a key role in the Ukraine in the media and think tank Indicators are analyzed at the national level Ukrainian diaspora. One of the consequenc- development of the American atomic bomb papers, led by Wolodymyr Zaryckyj, is and for metropolitan areas with about es in Ukraine was the extraordinary and and served as chairman of President extremely useful. What sets it apart is its 2,000 or more Ukrainians. This provides an totally unexpected surge of a volunteer Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Science Advisory continuity, in contrast to many useful but objective, data-based picure of the socio- movement that mobilized a significant seg- Committee. However, there is no evidence sporadic or short-lived initiatives. However, economic status of Americans of Ukrainian ment of the population. The Ukrainian dias- of any active support of Ukrainian issues on most flagged articles are by journalists or vis-à-vis the total U.S. population, and their pora in the U.S., as well as in many other his part, other than stating that he was experts of non-Ukrainian origin, and the prevalence of occupations related to poli- countries, also rose to the challenge and Ukrainian. There have been other same goes for articles written by experts at tics and the media. All results are based on has been providing generous support to the Ukrainians in high government positions, think tanks in the U.S. and other countries. data for 2010. Ukrainian army and people. like Rear Admiral Dr. Boris Lushniak, depu- One can contrast this state of affairs with Level of education The current crisis presents an opportu- ty surgeon general of the U.S., who for a the achievements of other ethnic/racial nity for evaluating to what extent the time was acting surgeon general, but so far groups in the last 10 years or so. There has The following indicator is used to mea- Ukrainian community in the U.S. has the we have not had governors, congressmen, been an extraordinary increase in the num- sure level of education: percent of persons capability of influencing U.S. policy and the senators or Cabinet secretaries. ber of Americans of Hispanic and Asian ori- age 25 or over with a master’s degree or media. For example, the significant achieve- We also do not have top-level journalists, gin in high-level political positions, recog- higher. Ukrainians, for the purposes of this ment of having Congress approve meaning- producers or TV anchors who can influence nized experts in foreign policy and top- analysis, are persons who declared ful support for Ukraine’s defense efforts the coverage of events in Ukraine. Except ranked media professionals. Thus, one can “Ukrainian” as their single, first or second has not been implemented; so far the cur- for the occasional article by the president pose the question why is it that, despite ancestry (the American Community Survey rent administration has refused to act on it. or the prime minister of Ukraine, practical- their more than 100-year immigration his- (ACS) and the census allow respondents to On the media front, after a surge of report- ly all articles on the current situation in tory, Americans of Ukrainian origin have provide one or two ancestries). Data for ing during the Maidan and the initial stages Ukraine published in influential newspa- stayed away from politics and journalism? Ukrainians are averages of yearly ACS sur- of the invasions of Crimea and eastern pers and journals are written by Americans The database developed by the Center veys for 2009, 2010 and 2011 (centered in Ukraine, current events in Ukraine are rare- of non-Ukrainian origin. One exception is for Demographic and Socio-Economic 2010); data for the U.S. population are from ly mentioned in the mainstream media. Prof. Alexander Motyl with his very suc- Research of Ukrainians in the United States the ACS of 2010. According to this indicator, the level of education of Ukrainians in the U.S. is signifi- cantly higher than the level of the total U.S. population: 22 percent and 19 percent, respectively. Maps 1A and 1B present this indicator for all metropolitan areas (MAs) with 1,860 or more Ukrainians in 2010 (Northeastern states are shown in a sepa- rate map, due to the high concentration of Ukrainians in these states). In most MAs, Ukrainians have a higher percentage with graduate-level education than all households in the MA. In two MAs (Grand Rapids, Mich., and Tacoma, Wash.) the percentages are the same, 9 percent in both cases; and in only 11 out of the 78 MAs shown on the two maps, Ukrainians have a lower percentage than all households. Except in two MAs, the differences between all and Ukrainian households in these 11 MAs are relatively small. The two exceptions are Seattle, with a percentage for all house- holds almost three times that for Ukrainian % with Master’s or higher households, and Syracuse, N.Y., with the per- Ukrainians * 25 or more years centage for all households close to twice that for Ukrainian households. ** with 1,860 or more The percentage of Ukrainian households U.S. Ukrainians in 2010 with graduate-level education varies from a minimum of 6 percent in Asheville, N.C., to Map 1A – Percent with Master’s or Higher Education* for Ukrainians and Total U.S., by Metropolitan Area**, 2010 a maximum of 57 percent in Madison, Wis. In eight MAs the percentages are under 10, while in five MAs the percentages are 40 percent or higher. In many MAs the differ- % with Master’s or higher ence between Ukrainians and total U.S. population is substantial. In 11 MAs this Ukrainians indicator is three or more times higher for Ukrainians than for all households: U.S. Cincinnati, Dallas, Houston, Jacksonville, Fla., Madison, Wis., Miami, Nashville, Tenn., Richmond, Va., Salt Lake City, San Francisco, and Tucson, Ariz. Jacksonville is an extreme case, with 33 percent Ukrainians with mas- ter’s degrees or higher and only 8 percent for all households. Thus, the high level of educational achievement among Americans of Ukrainian origin provides an adequate number of potential candidates for success- ful careers in politics and the media. Occupation characteristics * 25 or more years Occupation characteristics are analyzed ** with 1,860 or more along two dimensions: a) general charac- Ukrainians in 2010 teristics of a successful group; b) specific occupations related to politics and the

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The situation... (Continued from page 10) media. Occupation data are for persons age 16 and older, currently employed in the civilian labor force and not living in group quarters. The data confirm the well-deserved repu- tation of Ukrainians as hard workers; their unemployment rate in 2010 is 7.5 percent, compared to the national rate of 9.6 percent. Another indicator of success is entrepre- neurship, measured here by the percentage of self-employed persons in the labor force, with 11.9 percent for Ukrainians and 9.8 percent for total U.S. Furthermore, among all self-employed persons, the percentage incorporated was 38.0 percent among Ukrainians and 33.6 percent in the total U.S. population. The following occupations were selected for analysis: a) chief executives/legislators, Median HH income (in thousands) announcers, news analysts/reporters and editors for the first area; b) lawyers/judg- Ukrainians es/judicial workers, athletes/coaches/ umpires, physicians and dentists for the U.S. * with 1,860 or more Ukrainians in 2010 second area. Some of these occupations are problematic for two reasons: a) it is impos- sible to disaggregate compound categories Map 2A – Median Annual Household Income for Ukrainians and Total U.S. by Metropolitan Area*, 2010 (in thousands) like chief executives and legislators, law- yers and judges, and athletes, coaches and umpires, as this is how these occupations are presented in the 2010 survey; b) some Median HH income (in thousands) categories, like editor or announcer, are too general and it is difficult to determine what Ukrainians proportions of these occupations apply to the mainstream media. Despite these limi- U.S. tations, analysis of these occupations pro- vides useful insights. In the case of legislators and judges, we have separate data for these occupations in the 2000 census that show no Ukrainian legislators and judges. Thus, for Ukrainians in 2010 the first occupation category con- tains only chief executives and the second category only lawyers and other judicial workers. (It is important to keep in mind that these are sample data with a certain level of sampling error. For example, there was at least one federal judge of Ukrainian origin in 2000, but he was not included in the sample used in the analysis.) The table shows the percentage of each occupation within the total labor force for * with 1,860 or more Ukrainians in 2010 Ukrainians and the total U.S. population. To refine the analysis, we also use a more restricted U.S. population, excluding minor- Map 2B – Median Annual Household Income for Ukrainians and Total U.S. by Metropolitan Area*, 2010 (in thousands) ities that tend to have a lower socio-eco- nomic status like Blacks, Native Indians and of Ukrainians in the mainstream media. comment. First, the relative numbers of Research of Ukrainian in the U.S. contains non-white Hispanics. Anecdotal evidence suggests that if there Ukrainian dentists and physicians is three detailed information on the income charac- Regarding media-related occupations, are any Ukrainians in the mainstream times for dentists and two times for physi- teristics of Ukrainians. We will discuss data the number of Ukrainian announcers is media, they do not seem to advertise their cians and layers, when compared to the on level of poverty, household income, per- extremely small, and Ukrainians have pro- Ukrainian origin. total U.S. labor force. cent home ownership and value of the portionally more news analysts, reporters We also saw that there seem to be no Second, data on the occupational category home. and editors than the two U.S. populations. legislators of Ukrainian origin, either at the athletes/coaches/umpires provides interest- The percentage of Ukrainians in the U.S. However, these occupational categories are federal or state level. Also, there have been ing insights into the occupational preferenc- that are below the poverty level is signifi- too broad and imprecise to allow us to no Ukrainians in federal Cabinet positions. es of Ukrainians in the US. First, we see that cantly lower compared to the total U.S. pop- make any conclusions about the presence Two other types of occupations deserve the 0.21 percent of the total U.S. population ulation: 9.8 percent and 15.3 percent, in this category drops to 0.04 percent when respectively. In 18 percent of the 78 metro- Percent in Selected Occupations we exclude minorities with lower socio-eco- politan areas with at least 1,860 Ukrainians for Total U.S., U.S. without Minorites and Ukrainians, 2010 nomic status, confirming the well-known in 2010, the percentage below poverty is 3 fact that minorities tend to be over-repre- percent or less. The level of poverty is relat- Percent in total labor force Number of sented in professional sports. Second, the ed to the proportion of Fourth Wave immi- Occupations* respective percentage for Ukrainians, 0.24 grants in the MA. In almost all MAs with 50 Total US US-minorities** Ukrainians Ukrainians percent, is higher than the percentage for the percent or more Fourth Wave immigrants, Chief execs, legislators 0.68% 0.85% 0.78% 4,504 total U.S. population. Thus, while Ukrainians the percent below poverty for Ukrainians is have higher levels of education than the total higher than for the total population. In two Lawyers, judges, 0.64% 0.78% 1.45% 8,394 other judicial workers U.S. population, their proportion of athletes of these MAs, Asheville, N.C., and is much higher than the proportion in the Greenville-Spartanburg, S.C., Ukrainians Announcers 0.04% 0.23% 0.01% 77 U.S. population without minorities. The actu- have extremely high levels of poverty, 42 Athletes, Coaches, Umpires 0.21% 0.04% 0.24% 1,400 al numbers of the selected occupations for percent and 46 percent, respectively. News Analysts, Reporters 0.05% 0.06% 0.13% 781 Ukrainians are also shown in the table. As a Ukrainians have a significantly higher side comment, of the 1,400 athletes, coaches median household income (half of the Editors 0.11% 0.13% 0.22% 1,263 and umpires, 194 were born in Ukraine, doc- households have income equal to or higher Dentists 0.10% 0.13% 0.30% 17,709 umenting the influx of athletes from Ukraine than the median) than the total U.S. popula- Physicians 0.52% 0.63% 1.10% 6,366 in recent years. tion: $59,200 and $52,100, respectively, in 2010. Although in the majority of MAs Income characteristics median yearly household income among * persons aged 16 yrs. or more, currently in the labor force and non- military The database developed by the Center ** excludes black, Native Indians and non- white Hispanics for Demographic and Socioeconomic (Continued on page 13) 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2015 No. 42

Ukraine in report on religious freedom 12 concerns only two carriers – Siberia’s Minister Anton Siluanov said October 9 NEWSBRIEFS UTair and the tiny Saratov Airlines – before meeting with Ukrainian Finance WASHINGTON – The U.S. State because Kyiv had earlier barred bigger Minister Natalie Jaresko. Mr. Siluanov said (Continued from page 2) Department says in its annual International Russian firms in reprisal for Moscow’s Russia will insist on full repayment in Religious Freedom Report for 2014 that woman. The case has been condemned as a March 2014 annexation of Crimea. December of a $3 billion Eurobond that such non-state groups imperiled religious miscarriage of justice by human rights Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Kyiv sold Moscow in late 2013 when for- liberties not only in the Middle East, Asia, groups. Vira Savchenko wrote on Facebook September 16 blacklisted Russia’s flag car- mer Ukrainian President Viktor and Sub-Saharan Africa, but also in areas of that Russian authorities told her at the bor- rier Aeroflot and three other state-held Yanukovych was still in power. “We have a eastern Ukraine controlled by Russian- der that she had been banned from enter- companies that offered regular flights to firm position, no compromises. One needs backed separatists. “The heart of this report Ukraine. The State Air Service in Kyiv said to meet, of course, talk, that is always cor- ing the country until 2020, by orders of the is that countries benefit when their citizens the Russian carriers are not allowed to land rect and beneficial,” Mr. Siluanov told Russian Federal Security Service. A spokes- fully enjoy the rights to which they are enti- man for the FSB in Moscow refused to com- in Ukraine but would still be permitted to reporters on the sidelines of an tled,” U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry told cross its airspace to other destination ment. The 34-year-old helicopter pilot has International Monetary Fund meeting in an October 14 briefing timed with the points. The only remaining options for air denied accusations that she helped direct Lima, Peru. After the meeting, which was release of the report. “This is not a hopeful travel between Russia and Ukraine are by an artillery strike that killed two Russian brokered by German Finance Minister theory. This is a proven reality,” he said. “No flying via the Baltic states or some other Wolfgang Schaeuble, Ms. Jaresko said she state television reporters in eastern nation can fulfill its potential if its people are country with relatively convenient access asked Russia to participate in Ukraine’s Ukraine in June 2014. Her lawyer Mark denied the right to practice, to hold, to modi- to Russia. (RFE/RL, based on reporting by debt restructuring with private creditors Feigin tweeted that “Nadiya Savchenko has fy, to openly profess their innermost beliefs.” Agence France-Presse, TASS and Interfax) now been deprived of her right to a In eastern Ukraine, Russian-backed rebels and said Russia can join any time until defense.” He vowed to appeal the FSB deci- that control parts of the Donetsk and Gazprom resumes gas supplies to Ukraine October 29. But Mr. Siluanov pointed out that the debt Kyiv owes Moscow is sover- sion. (RFE/R, based on reporting by Agence Luhansk regions “have kidnapped, beaten MOSCOW – Russian natural gas is again France-Presse, TASS and Interfax) and threatened Protestants, Catholics and flowing to Ukraine. Gazprom said gas ship- eign debt and must be treated differently than the commercial debts Ukraine is Prisoner disappears in Russian custody members of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church ments had restarted early on October 12 of the Kyiv Patriarchate, as well as partici- after the Russian gas giant received $234 restructuring. He said Russia would take OTTAWA – The Kharkiv Human Rights pated in anti-Semitic acts,” the report says. million in prepayments from Kyiv. Gazprom Ukraine to court if it defaults on the sover- Protection Group (KHPG) reported that The report also says religious minorities in had halted gas supplies to Ukraine earlier eign debt. Mr. Siluanov said Ukraine’s Gennady Afanasyev, who retracted his testi- Crimea “have been subjected to harassment, in the year after a breakdown on pricing repayment funds are already penciled in mony against Ukrainian filmmaker Oleh intimidation, detentions and beatings” since talks. A deal, however, was reached last for use by one of Russia’s sovereign wealth Sentsov, has gone missing in Russian custo- Russia’s 2014 forcible annexation of the month with the help of the European funds next year on infrastructure projects. dy. KHPG reported: “It is five weeks since Ukrainian peninsula, which was condemned Union, ensuring Ukraine will receive Russia needs the money, he said, “especially Crimean political prisoner Gennady by more than 100 countries in a vote at the Russian gas for six months through March in current conditions when the access of Afanasyev was moved from Rostov, appar- U.N. General Assembly. Members of the 2016. On October 9, Gazprom said that Russian companies to international finan- ently to a prison colony, and all efforts by his Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Ukraine had requested 2 billion cubic cial markets has been limited.” (RFE/RL, mother to find out his whereabouts have Patriarchate, the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic meters of gas for October. Past gas disputes based on reporting by Reuters and TASS) between Russia and Ukraine have led to been unsuccessful. There are very serious Church and Muslim Tatars have been the Putin on IMF and Ukraine’s debt grounds for concern, noted immediately primary targets of these abuses in Crimea cutoffs of supply. One standoff in 2009 caused serious disruptions in shipments to after Afanasyev appeared at the trial of since the Russian takeover, the report says. MOSCOW – President Vladimir Putin EU countries in the dead of winter. (RFE/ Ukrainian filmmaker Oleh Sentsov and civic The International Religious Freedom Report called on the International Monetary Fund is released annually by the State Department RL, based on reporting by Agence France- to lend an additional $3 billion to Ukraine activist Oleksandr Kolchenko and not only Presse, the Associated Press and Interfax) refused to testify, but retracted all previous in an effort to attract global attention to the so it can pay its debt to Russia. “It would testimony stating that it had been tortured problem of repression of religious freedom. Russia not compromising on debt seem simpler to proceed this way: provide (RFE/RL) Ukraine with these $3 billion so it can pay out of him. He then gave a detailed account MOSCOW – Moscow will not compro- of the torture he had been subjected to, the Kyiv bans all Russian airlines mise on Ukraine’s debt, Russian Finance (Continued on page 13) pressure immediately before and after his appearance in court on July 31. Olha KYIV – Ukraine’s government says it is Afanasyeva last heard from her son over a banning all Russian airlines from flying into into semi-independent units. month ago. He was in the Republic of Komi, Ukraine from October 25 in response to Turning... Ukraine retains control of the country’s and was awaiting a further move. Since Moscow’s decision in September to impose east and south, Mr. Socor explained, through then there has been no contact at all.” a similar ban on Ukrainian airlines. The (Continued from page 6) local coalitions of forces loyal to the (Ukrainian Canadian Congress) punitive measure announced on October Moscow’s attempt to carve “Russian- Ukrainian state, including former Party of speaking” territories out of Ukraine and to Regions nomenklatura, local business inter- bring them under Moscow’s direct control ests, high-profile oligarchs in several cases, meant also removing large numbers of non-compromised elements of the state Russia-oriented voters from Ukraine’s presi- security services and volunteer battalions of dential and parliamentary elections in various political tendencies, including the TO PLACE YOUR AD CALL Walter Honcharyk (973) 292-9800 x3040 Ukraine’s jurisdiction. Russia’s annexation of radical right. 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Ukrainians: Albany, N.Y., Fort Lauderdale, capital on October 8, said after the talks that The situation... Fla., Hartford, Conn., Ocean City, N.J., New NEWSBRIEFS the current ceasefire in Ukraine’s Luhansk York, Portland, Ore., Sacramento, Calif., and Donetsk regions give reasons for “cau- (Continued from page 11) (Continued from page 12) Scranton, Pa., and Seattle. In some cases, tious optimism” for full implementation of Ukrainians is higher than the median of all the relative differences between the medi- and that everyone is happy,” Mr. Putin said the conflict-regulation agreement reached households, in eight out of 78 MAs (10 per- ans is substantial. In five of these nine MAs, October 13. Russia has been blocking the in Minsk in February. Mr. Nazarbayev said cent) the medians are about equal, and in the relative difference in the median house IMF’s $17.5-billion rescue plan for Ukraine, his country supports the Minsk process, 23 percent of MAs the median for all house- value is 5 percent or less, 8 percent in restricting Kyiv’s ability to restructure bil- stressing that “there is no alternative” to a holds is higher than the median for Albany, 14 percent in Scranton, 19 percent lions of dollars in debt including the $3 bil- peaceful resolution of the crisis. Mr. Ukrainians (Maps 2A and 2B). The highest in Fort Lauderdale, and 21 percent in lion owed to Moscow. Moscow remains Nazarbayev added that Kazakhstan will 2010 yearly median household incomes Sacramento. Thus, in these five MAs the adamant that Kyiv should repay the debt by continue sending food to Ukraine’s east and among Ukrainians, $100,000 or more, are average house values of Ukrainians are sig- a December deadline. Ukraine issued the will financially support the regions hit by found in Stamford, Conn. ($159,000), nificantly lower than the values of all hous- debt under Russian-backed president the conflict through the International Red Cross. (RFE/RL’s Kazakh Service) Washington, D.C. ($103,000) and San Jose, es in the MA. Viktor Yanukovych before he was ousted in February 2014. Russia has said it will pur- Calif. ($100,000). The lowest values, In quite a few MAs, the median value of Juncker on better relations with Russia $36,000 or less, are found in Asheville, N.C. houses of Ukrainians is significantly higher sue court remedies and other measures if PASSAU, Germany – European ($27,000), Sarasota, Fla. ($35,000), than median values for all households. In Ukraine defaults. The IMF rescue funds are needed to keep Ukraine’s pro-Western gov- Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker Spokane, Wash. ($36,000) and Sacramento, seven MAs, median values for Ukrainians ernment afloat and cushion the economic has said Europe must improve its relation- Calif. ($36,000). Except for Sarasota, more are 25 percent or more higher than the blow from a pro-Russian separatist war in ship with Russia. Speaking in the southern than 50 percent of all Ukrainians in the median for all households: Atlanta, 25 per- the east. Mr. Putin warned the IMF against German town of Passau on October 8, Mr. other three MAs are Fourth Wave immi- cent, Sarasota, Fla., 28 percent; Los Angeles, bending the rules “for a country destroying Juncker said Russia should be treated grants. 34 percent; Charlotte, N.C., 36 percent; San the system” and noted that Moscow, as a “decently.” He added, “We must make The four MAs with the largest number of Francisco, 44 percent; Dallas, 49 percent; member of the IMF, was contributing to the efforts toward a practical relationship with Ukrainians – New York, Philadelphia, and Houston, 50 percent. fund’s aid to Ukraine. (RFE/RL, based on Russia. It is not sexy but that must be the Chicago, and Los Angeles – have mid-range As in the case of median household reporting by Agence France-Presse and case. We can’t go on like this. We can’t let median values: $73,000, $62,000, $59,000 income, the percentage of Fourth Wave Reuters) our relationship with Russia be dictated by and $61,000, respectively. The median for immigrants in an MA can have a depressing Washington.” Mr. Juncker also said Russia New York is probably affected by the rela- effect on the median home value of Poroshenko, Nazarbayev discuss ties must also “make huge advances,” adding tively high percentage of Fourth Wave Ukrainians. Of the eight MAs with 30 percent ASTANA – Ukrainian President Petro that its role in Ukraine was unacceptable. immigrants, 31 percent; the percentage of or more Fourth Wave immigrants, in five of Poroshenko and his Kazakh counterpart, The conflict in Ukraine has plunged Fourth Wave immigrants in the other three them the median house value is lower than Nursultan Nazarbayev, meeting on October Moscow’s ties with the West to lows unseen MAs is in the 20s. The largest differences in for all households. On the other hand, MAs 9 in Astana, discussed bilateral ties and the since the Cold War. Relations have taken a median income in MAs where Ukrainians like Albany and Scranton have low house situation in Ukraine’s east, where the mili- further turn for the worse after Russia have higher income than all households are values and only 2 percent to 3 percent tary conflict between Russia-backed sepa- launched a bombing campaign in Syria found in San Francisco ($97,000 and Fourth Wave immigrants; in Pittsburgh, with ratists and Ukrainian armed forces has left against opponents of President Bashar al- $73,000, or a $24,000 difference), only 1 percent Fourth Wave immigrants, more than 7,900 dead since April 2014. Mr. Assad. (RFE/RL, based on reporting by Washington ($103,000 and $86,000, or a median house values for Ukrainians and Poroshenko, who arrived in the Kazakh Reuters and Agence France-Presse) $17,000 difference), Baltimore ($82,000 the total population are practically equal. and 65,000, or a $17,000 difference) and Conclusions New York ($73,000 and $62,000, or a With deep sorrow we announce that $11,000 difference). Official U.S. Bureau of the Census data Thus, in the majority of MAs, Ukrainian show that, overall, persons of Ukrainian households have higher income than all origin in the U.S. have a higher socio-eco- Anna Krucylak households in the MA, and in some cases nomic status than the total U.S. population. passed away on September 16, 2015 in Philadelphia, Pa. the differences are quite large. However, in They have a higher percentage of persons almost one-fourth of the MAs, median with graduate-level education, a lower per- household income among Ukrainians is centage of unemployment, a higher per- She was the loving daughter of the late Dmytro and Maria Krucylak; lower than for all households. Although a centage of self-employed persons, a lower dear sister of the late Bohdan and Peter. large percentage of Fourth Wave immi- percentage of persons under the official poverty level, a higher median household Anna is survived by her niece Christina Krucylak and nephew Paul grants in an MA tend to reduce the median Krucylak. income, the relationship is not universal. income, a higher percentage of homeown- Extreme exceptions are Ann Arbor, Mich., ers; they also own houses with significantly Burial will be in St Mary Ukrainian Cemetery in Fox Chase, Pa higher median values compared to the Atlantic City, N.J. and Reading, Pa., where In lieu of “ owers, Memorial donations may be made to the Ukrainian Ukrainians have lower median income than house values for the whole country. A detailed analysis of metropolitan areas Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, 833 N. Franklin St. all households, while the percentage of Phila, Pa 19123. Fourth Wave immigrants is less than 5 per- with a significant number of Ukrainians cent. shows that these relationships hold in the Arrangements made by Kociubinsky Funeral Home, Norwood, Pa. The majority of wealthy Ukrainian great majority of these cities. households are concentrated in a few cities. There is no clear correlation of these Eternal memory. About half of all Ukrainian households with relationships with the proportion of Fourth an annual income of $200,000 or more live Wave immigrants in a metropolitan area; in six MAs: New York, with 19 percent, this applies to level of education, occupa- Washington, with 8 percent and Los tion indicators, household income, home Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, and San ownership and house value. In other В ДРУГУ БЕЗМЕЖНО БОЛЮЧУ РІЧНИЦЮ Francisco, with 5 percent to 6 percent of words, in most MAs the percentage of відходу у Божу вічність high-income households. Fourth Wave immigrants does not seem to (24 жовтня 2013 року) affect these indicators one way or another. Housing characteristics нашого найдорожчого і незабутнього The only clear exception is level of poverty. мужа, батька, брата, вуйка, зятя і шваґра Slightly more Ukrainians are homeown- The highest percentages of Ukrainians ers than the total U.S. population: 70 per- below the poverty level are found in MAs cent and 67 percent, respectively, and their with very high proportions of Fourth Wave св. п. median home value is significantly higher immigrants. than the median for all of the U.S.: $241,803 Our analysis leads to two conclusions: a) МИХАЙЛА ЛАШИНА and $179,900, respectively, in 2010. Among given their relatively higher socio-econom- the 50 MAs with 1,000 or more Ukrainian ic status, Ukrainians in the U.S. have the будуть відправлені households, the highest median house potential of achieving high-level political value is in San Francisco, with $768,700. and top media positions; b) the recent ПОМИНАЛЬНІ СЛУЖБИ БОЖІ B ЦЕРКВАX: This is followed by San Jose, Calif., with influx of immigrants from Ukraine, so • св. свщм. Йосафата в Трентоні, Н.Дж. $675,100, Los Angeles, Calif., with called Fourth Wave, has not affected this в суботу, 24 жовтня 2015 року status one way or another. The realization $610,000, San Diego, Calif., with $474,100, • в Україні і в Польщі Washington with $467,300 and New York of this potential poses challenges both at with $421,000. At the lower end we have the individual and organized community Просимо о молитви за вічний спокій Його душі. Utica, N.Y., with $86,500, Youngstown, Ohio, levels. ВІЧНА ЙОМУ ПАМ`ЯТЬ! with $107,800, Scranton, Pa., with Oleh Wolowyna is the director of the $116,300, Syracuse, N.Y., with $122,700, Center for Demographic and Socio- дружина ДАРІЯ Pittsburgh with $123,100 and Detroit with Economic Research of Ukrainians in the U.S. сини ТАРАС та АНДРІЙ $129,400. The maps in this article are from the “Atlas of сестра МАРІЯ ЯВОРНИЦЬКА In three MAs, median house values are Ukrainians in the U.S.” being prepared by the about equal for both Ukrainians and all center, with over 400 colored maps present- племінниця АННА КЛИМОВИЧ з родиною households. In nine MAs the median values ing demographic, socio-economic and cul- та ближча і дальша родина в Україні, Польщі і Америці are higher for all households than for tural indicators. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2015 No. 42

blame as to who downed the plane, some- picture is conclusive” and that the MH17 that a missile launched from Snizhne could Dutch report... thing beyond the scope of its authority was shot down by a surface-to-air missile not have hit the plane’s left-wing engine, under rules governing international flight from a Buk operated from rebel-held terri- which had been a presumed cause of the (Continued from page 1) crash investigations. tory in east Ukraine.” airplane’s crash. of why Malaysia Airlines was flying over a A separate Dutch-led criminal investiga- He also noted that Russia “has veered The head of Almaz-Antey also said conflict zone. He said the airline should tion is expected to publish its findings in wildly in its claims over who and what shot experiments by his company showed the have recognized the risks, but noted that several months’ time. down MH17,” noting that “initially the plane was struck by a missile from an older the carrier was not alone. Sixty-one airlines Washington on October 13 welcomed Russian Ministry of Defense made the claim model of the Buk anti-aircraft system, the were flying over eastern Ukraine at the the report as an “important milestone in that it was shot down by Ukrainian Su-25 9M38, which had long been withdrawn time, in the apparent belief that their air- the effort to hold accountable those respon- ground-attack aircraft.” from Russian military service. craft were flying at high enough altitudes to sible” for the disaster. Mr. De Larrinaga also said claims made Mr. Novikov said the upcoming Dutch avoid danger. “Nobody gave any thought” to “The United States will fully support all earlier on October 13 by Almaz-Antey – a report would mention I-beam shaped strik- the risk, Mr. Joustra said. efforts to bring to justice those responsi- Russian state-controlled firm that produces ing elements in the wreckage that would Mr. Joustra, speaking at a press confer- ble,” said U.S. National Security Council Buk missile systems – “should be discount- match a newer model of the Buk system, the ence at a military base in the southern spokesman Ned Price. “Our assessment is ed as disinformation and propaganda 9M38M1. That model is currently in use by Netherlands, said Kyiv should have closed unchanged – MH17 was shot down by a aimed at drawing attention away from the both Russian and Ukrainian armed forces. the air space over eastern Ukraine because surface-to-air missile fired from separatist- Dutch report.” “The only thing that we do not yet of the conflict with pro-Russian separatists. controlled territory in eastern Ukraine.” Just hours before the release of the understand is why fragments of 9M38M1 MH17 was on a routine flight from Malaysia’s government responded to the Dutch report, the head of Almaz-Antey, Yan are among the evidence,” he said. Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur when it report on October 13 by vowing to seek the Novikov sought to debunk some of the con- Mr. Novikov did not say who was to crashed in rebel-held eastern Ukraine dur- prosecution of what it called “trigger-happy clusions it said would be in the investiga- blame for downing the aircraft. ing heavy fighting between Ukrainian forc- criminals” who downed the civilian passen- tors’ report. However, both Moscow and Almaz-Antey es and pro-Russian separatists. All 298 peo- ger plane. Mr. Novikov told a press conference in claimed – after initial evidence of Buk mis- ple aboard died. Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said Moscow on October 13 that simulations sile fragments emerged – that the plane was Earlier on October 13, the Dutch Safety the report by Dutch investigators was “an conducted by his company concluded that likely brought down by a Buk missile fired Board reportedly told relatives of the pas- important building block” in the criminal both the location from which the missile by Ukrainian government forces. sengers that all those aboard the plane probe of the tragedy. was launched and the type of missile used In November, Russian state-controlled immediately lost consciousness when it He called on Russia to provide “complete differ from those determined by Dutch TV broadcast photographs that it said sug- was hit by a missile. cooperation” with the criminal probe being investigators. gested MH17 was shot down by a Ukrainian But the report itself suggested that some led by Dutch prosecutors. He did not reveal how he knew what fighter jet. passengers may have been conscious after But the Kremlin criticized the report and would be in the Dutch report, which had Those photos were later determined to the missile struck, noting that one victim investigation as “biased,” with Deputy not yet been released, or whether he had be forgeries by some Western experts who was found wearing an emergency oxygen Foreign Affairs Minister Sergei Ryabkov been given an advance copy of the findings. examined them. mask. saying that, despite Moscow’s efforts to Mr. Novikov said his company’s tests Ukrainian officials and several Western The Dutch Safety Board issued its final organize an MH17 probe, “there are obvi- showed that “if the Boeing 777 of the officials have said the missile that hit the report after a 15-month inquiry that ous attempts to carry out a political order.” Malaysia Airlines had been shot down with plane was brought into eastern Ukraine included painstakingly reassembling the Nick de Larrinaga, the Europe editor for the Buk missile-launching system then it from Russia and launched from rebel-held cockpit area of the plane from wreckage Jane’s Defense Weekly, rejected the was launched from Zaroshchenske settle- territory. collected at the crash site. The reconstruct- Kremlin’s reaction with analysis that goes a ment [in Ukraine’s Donetsk region].” ed nose of the plane, shown to the press, step beyond the Dutch report – identifying Pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine main- With reporting by Reuters, the Associated was riddled with shrapnel holes. the Buk missile as a 9M38M1, the newest tain that the Zaroshchenske settlement was Press, Agence France-Presse, TASS, and Interfax. “As a result of the warhead’s detonation, version of a Buk that is being used by controlled by Ukrainian armed forces. Copyright 2015, RFE/RL Inc. Reprinted thousands of small preformed metal Russia rather than older versions, which That location would contradict the with the permission of Radio Free Europe/ objects were ejected with tremendous Russia says it no longer uses. Dutch Safety Board’s report, which indicat- Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, force,” Mr. Joustra said. “Many of these The Dutch report did not draw a conclusion ed that the missile was launched near the Washington DC 20036; www.rferl.org (see objects were bow tie-shaped or cubic [and] about which type of Buk missile was used. settlement of Snizhne.​ http://www.rferl.org/content/dutch-investi- several hundreds of them hit the airplane.” Mr. De Larrinaga concluded after the But Mr. Novikov claimed that simula- gative-report-mh17-downing-due-out-octo- The Dutch Safety Board did not assign release of the Dutch report that the “overall tions conducted by his company showed ber-13/27303317.html).

These two officials – known as the “dia- said Mr. Pyatt. Though not directly referring fight against corruption in the judicial sys- U.S. officials... mond prosecutors” because 65 diamonds to the “diamond prosecutors,” he cited the tem must start at the top of the Prosecutor were found in Mr. Korniyets’ possession case of former Minister of Ecology and General’s Office.” (Continued from page 1) during their arrest – were soon dismissed Natural Resources Mykola Zlochevsky, who Both Dr. Aslund and Vitaly Portnikov, a reforms forward and make life better for after public pressure. They were detained served in the Yanukovych administration. prominent Ukrainian political commenta- Ukrainians, and it flies in the face of what and released on bail. Mr. Kasko said the evi- U.K. law enforcement authorities seized tor, said Ms. Nuland’s emphasis on the the Revolution of Dignity is trying to dence for the bribery charges will be sub- $23 million in illicit assets that Mr. Zlochevsky newly created Inspector General’s Office achieve,” Mr. Pyatt said. mitted in November. allegedly stole from the Ukrainian govern- and National Anti-Corruption Bureau won’t The Procurator General’s Office has failed Ambassador Pyatt cited David ment and they asked Ukrainian prosecutors be an effective strategy in reforming the to successfully fight internal corruption, he Sakvarelidze as another reformer. He is the to send documents supporting their seizure. Procurator General’s Office. said. Rather than supporting Ukraine’s former Georgian first deputy prosecutor These Ukrainian prosecutors instead sent Dr. Aslund said the emphasis needs to be reforms and working to root out corruption, general who clashed with Mr. Shokin – letters to Mr. Zlochevsky’s attorneys attest- on lustration, cutting the office’s personnel corrupt actors within the office are openly within months of being appointed his dep- ing that there was no criminal case against by as much as three-quarters and more and aggressively undermining reform. uty in mid-February – over the same scan- him, Mr. Pyatt said. than quadrupling the salaries of those “In defiance of Ukraine’s leaders, these dal involving the “diamond prosecutors.” “As a result, the money was freed by the remaining. Mr. Portnikov said the body’s bad actors regularly hinder efforts to inves- On September 16, Mr. Sakvarelidze U.K. court and shortly thereafter the money complete independence from the tigate and prosecute corrupt officials with- announced he would work simultaneously was moved to Cyprus,” he said. “The mis- Presidential Administration is critical. in the Prosecutor General’s Office,” Mr. as the head prosecutor of the Odesa Oblast, conduct by the officials who wrote those “In essence, Nuland’s statement is not Pyatt said. “They intimidate and obstruct where he is working alongside his fellow letters should be investigated and those even a signal, but it’s a warning of what the efforts of those working honestly on countryman, former Georgian President responsible for subverting the case by reforms Ukraine truly needs in order to reform initiatives within that same office. Mikheil Saakashvili, who is the head of the authorizing those letters should – at a mini- conquer corruption and ensure the coun- The United States stands behind those who Odesa Oblast State Administration. mum – be summarily terminated.” try’s economic rebirth,” he wrote in an challenge these bad actors.” Among his first promises was to dismiss Mr. Poroshenko, who is responsible for the October 9 column for the liga.net news site. Mr. Pyatt named one of those backed by all the deputies who served under his pre- functioning of the Prosecutor General’s Office, “It’s understood that there won’t be any the U.S. government as Vitaliy Kasko, a dep- decessor, in order to liquidate any corrup- was irritated by Mr. Pyatt’s comments, Ihor real changes until the prosecutor’s office uty procurator general and Lviv native who tion schemes. Kononenko, the deputy head of the becomes an independent instrument. And previously worked as a prosecutor before “We applaud the work of the newly estab- Poroshenko Bloc, told the RBK-Ukraine news it’s understood that Ukrainian politicians going into private practice in 2005. During the lished Inspector General’s Office in the agency in comments published on October 8. are hiding – and American diplomats don’t Euro-Maidan, he defended arrested activists. Procurator General’s Office, led by David Mr. Kononenko claimed that he called U.S. know or don’t want to know – the essence Mr. Kasko’s distinctions since being Sakvarelidze and Vitaliy Kasko,” the U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden to complain, who of what’s happening,” Dr. Aslund noted. hired in May 2014 include preparing the ambassador said, stressing that their cor- in turn agreed to recall Mr. Pyatt as U.S. The U.S. ambassador’s comments were lawsuit for the Hague tribunal on the illegal ruption investigations had delivered impor- ambassador in February. Yet Jonathan Lalley, spot on and long overdue, said Dr. Taras Kuzio, annexation of Crimea, as well as helping to tant arrests. a spokesman for the U.S. Embassy in a senior fellow at the Canadian Institute of expose corruption alleged against two “I encourage all of you to speak up in Ukraine, said in an October 8 statement that Ukrainian Studies at the University of Alberta. other deputy prosecutor generals, support of these brave investigators and the vice-president made no such comments. Yet the Procurator General’s Office can’t be Volodymyr Huzyr and Yurii Stoliarchuk. prosecutors. Give them the resources and Instead he said the U.S. position is “con- reformed, he said, because it’s “the biggest The two men allegedly attempted to support to successfully prosecute these and sistent with Ambassador Pyatt’s com- criminal organization in Ukraine.” pressure young prosecutorial investigators future cases,” said Mr. Pyatt, noting that the ments,” which was reiterated by Assistant “It’s inefficient at capturing criminals but in the summer to drop their bribery charg- U.S. signed a joint action plan with Mr. Secretary of State Nuland in her testimony very efficient at letting senior level officials es against two key officials they arrested on Sakvarelidze in early August to provide $2 to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. escape justice,” Dr. Kuzio commented. July 6: a former first deputy head of the million to support anti-corruption reform. “I agree with the approach taken by “Today the clock is ticking for Poroshenko Procurator General’s Main Investigative Not only did the Prosecutor General’s Pyatt and Nuland,” said Dr. Anders Aslund, because of his unwillingness to secure Administration, Volodymyr Shapakin, and a Office not support investigations into cor- a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council in prosecutions of the leaders of the former deputy prosecutor of the Kyiv ruption, but it undermined prosecutors Washington who has been involved in Yanukovych regime for murder and their Oblast, Oleksandr Korniyets. working on legitimate corruption cases, Ukrainian reforms for two decades. “The mafia-capture of the state.” No. 42 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2015 15 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2015 No. 42

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women have made a significant contribution to Presidentmanaging Grybauskaitė the consequences underscored of armed that conflict. In Ukraine, Georgia and other coun- tries, women help rebuild destroyed cities and communities, and take care of refuges and the wounded, she noted. Therefore, it is essential that women be provided with the opportunities to take an active role in restor- ing peace and resolving conflicts. According to U.N. estimates, between 1992 and 2011, women made up only 9 percent of peace negotiators around the world.

In Ukraine’s east... (Continued from page 2) be staged in the presence of Russian troops and security services, in the absence of the rule of law, and (conversely) amid regimen- tation of the authorities’ supporters. In Washington and in the OSCE, the adminis- tration of President Barack Obama seems unconcerned with such elections being planned, which are somewhat reminiscent of East-Central Europe in 1945-1948. In Donetsk and Luhansk, meanwhile, Russia’s hybrid war would find a corre- spondingly modern corollary, in the form of hybrid elections and a hybrid legality, themselves the expressions of Western dip- lomatic compromises with the Kremlin. The article above is reprinted from Eurasia Daily Monitor with permission from its publisher, the Jamestown Foundation, www.jamestown.org. No. 42 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2015 17

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An exhibit of student art on the Holodomor by Nadia Mokriy rera; Ms. Marika Szkambara, rep- TORONTO – At the conclusion resenting the National Holodomor of the 2014-2015 school year, a Education Committee of the UCC; gallery opening of student art on the and Kate, Matthew and Sofia, three Holodomor was held at the Ukrai- students from Ms. Guerrera’s class. nian National Federation of Canada The thoughtful and touching Hall in Toronto. It showcased art words expressed in the speeches from Nadia Guerrera’s “Canadian emphasized two main themes. The and World Issues” class at Michael first was the importance of social Power/St. Joseph’s Catholic Second- media for creating connections ary School. The students produced among people and producing social art in response to Andrea Chalupa’s change. Ms. Guerrera in her ad- book “Orwell and The Refugees: dress explained that through the use The Untold Story of Animal Farm.” of Twitter and Skype the class was The student art exhibit included able to connect with Ms. Chalupa. poetry, paintings, sculptures and By reading Ms. Chalupa’s book, dioramas, which were accompanied viewing her Digital Maidan blog and with a description and an explanation speaking with her, the students be- One of the student art works created as the result of a class on “Canadian of each artist’s intended meaning. gan to connect, analyze and respond and World Issues.” Over the course of the special to the current Ukraine-Russia con- evening on June 5, several speeches flict, the events of the Holodomor values. Ms. Chalupa encouraged that by getting involved, their voices were given to show gratitude to Ms. in Ukraine in 1932-1933, and the students to become master story- could influence global affairs. Chalupa, Ms. Guerrera and her experiences of Ukrainian refugees tellers, as “stories are powerful” Overall, as Ms. Guerrera pointed class. The evening was hosted by in the displaced persons camps as and shed light on the truth. She out, the students learned how to be Alexandra Stadnyk, and included described in Ms. Chalupa’s book. explained that George Orwell was a leaders “who care about something, remarks by Marta Baziuk, the ex- The second theme was the impor- storyteller who told the truth about and are willing to do something about ecutive director of the Holodomor tance of ensuring that truth prevails the Holodomor through his book it.” It is these leaders who will serve Research and Education Consortium as students become active citizens “Animal Farm” at a time when the as the voices of both past and present (HREC); Ms. Chalupa; Ms. Guer- and promote Canadian democratic Soviets denied it. Students were told events in Ukraine and Canada. UAYA kids enjoy scarecrows on Main Street

OLD WETHERSFIELD, Conn. – On Tuesday, October 6, members of the Ukrainian American Youth Association (UAYA) of Hartford, Conn., enjoyed tour- ing the scarecrow displays along Main Street in Old Wethersfield, Conn. Among the scarecrows were a couple dressed in Ukrainian folk costumes and one in a UAYA uniform. A fun time was had by all on a beautiful and warm autumn evening. – Iryna Bobriwnyk 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2015 No. 42

PREVIEW OF EVENTS Fall Weekend GetaWay Friday, October 23 Simferovska is a researcher, curator, guide, WHIPPANY, N.J.: The Arts, Culture and scholar-in-residence, specialist in history Education Committee of the Ukrainian and theory of art, Department of Modern American Cultural Center of New Jersey and European Art (19th-20th centuries), at Soyuzivka the Ukrainian Film Club at Columbia Woznitsky Lviv National Art Gallery. The lec- University present the New Jersey premiere ture will take place at the society’s building, of the film “Khaitarma” (also spelled 63 Fourth Ave. (between Ninth and 10th “Haytarma”) at 7 p.m. at the UACCNJ, 60 N. streets) at 2 p.m. For additional information, October 23-25, 2015 Jefferson Road, Whippany, NJ 07981. This call 212-254-5130. cinematic masterpiece received numerous Saturday, October 31 awards and caused an international scandal when the Consulate General of Russia did not NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Institute of allow Soviet-era pilots trained by the movie’s America invites the public for a presentation hero to attend the premiere in Ukraine in of the new fiction novel “The Price of 2013. The film is based on the true story of Freedom” by Tatiana Lysenko. Inspired by the Stalin regime’s forcible deportation of the true events, the book tells a thrilling story Hosted by the Ukrainian Friday nightNational – Welcome, Association warm up by the(UNA) about a female Ukrainian journalist in the fire in the Main House Lobby with hot cider Crimean Tatar people from the Crimean pen- insula to Central Asia, beginning on May 18, U.S. “The Price of Freedom” follows the life Saturday – Breakfast, shuttle bus to pick and purchase 1944. Akhtem Seitablaiev is the film’s direc- of Slava, who considers herself a true your own apples and pumpkins (bagged lunch included), tor and lead actor. Dr. Yuri Shevchuk of Ukrainian, but with views on the modern stop at Robibero Vineyards on the ride back to Soyuzivka Columbia University, a leading expert on the world that are not understood in the post- Return to dinner, featuring a special fall menu history of Ukrainian cinema, will introduce Communist society. She is suffocating in her home country and seeks to find a new home Enjoy board games and movies the film. The film is in Russian and Crimean Tatar with English subtitles. Suggested dona- where people live full lives rather than Sunday - Breakfast and guided hike to see the foliage tion: $15. For more information visit www. merely survive. Admission is free. The pre- uaccnj.org. sentation will take place at 3 p.m. at the UIA. Just planning to spend the day Weekend package rate For more information visit www.ukrainian- with us on Saturday? Saturday, October 24 for two nights: institute.org. Join us on the shuttle to the farm NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific Sunday, November 1 with bagged lunch for $20. $275 based Society invites all to a lecture “The Forbidden Please call to reserve your space on the is Legal! Western Modernism in Posters of ALEXANDRIA, Va.: The Washington Group bus or for dinner as space is limited. on double occupancy, Soviet Ukraine in the 1970-1980s,” by Vasyl Cultural Fund Music Series presents Vira Slywotzky, soprano, and George Shevtsov, including tax and gratuities Kosiv, Lviv National University. Mr. Kosiv is Fall-themed dinner an art historian and was a Fulbright scholar piano, in a program of “Solospivy, Chansons (with a complimentary glass at Columbia University in 2015-2016. The and Songs”: story-driven songs and solo of wine): $35 lecture will take place at the society’s build- piano music by Ukrainian, French and ing, 63 Fourth Ave. (between Ninth and 10th American composers – from Debussy to streets) at 5 p.m. For additional information, Barber, Stetsenko to Schwartz, Saint-Saens call 212-254-5130. to Sondheim. A reception to meet the artists will be held immediately following the per- Sunday, October 25 formance. The concert will be held at 3 p.m. RESERVE NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific at The Lyceum, 201 S. Washington St., your room at Soyuzivka Society invites all to a lecture “The City and Alexandria, VA 22314. Suggested donation TODAY! the Image: Lviv Portrait in the Context of $30; free admission for students; unre- Call 845-626-5641 Multi-Cultural Milieu of the Turn-of-the- served seating. For more information visit Century Galicia” by Anastasiia Simferovska www.twgculturalfund.org or e-mail twgcul- WWW.Soyuzivka.com (Woznitsky Lviv National Art Gallery). Ms. [email protected].