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New Europe Old Problems Public support for the I was fortunate enough to death penalty in Belarus witness part of the Orange has dropped from almost 80 Revolution; the people on There is a political edge per cent to 40 per cent. It is Maidan Nezalezhnosti in to Kharkhiv’s attachment to worth mentioning that “high Kyiv hoped that it would be the Soviet past. Many of the public support” for the death another Velvet Revolution people in the town are Rus- penalty is the argument the that would launch Ukraine No 3 (IV) / 2012 Price 19 PLN (w tym 5% VAT) 10 EURO 12 USD 7 GBP sian-speaking, not Ukrainian, government has been us- on a trajectory towards the ISSN: 2084-400X Orthodox, not Catholic, and ing to maintain capital pun- West. All of the Polish gov- quarterly they don’t have much truck ishment in the legal system ernments, both left and right, with the western Ukraini- for the last 15 years. There have consistently support- July-September ans who are keen to distance is no public support for this ed Ukraine’s path to Europe. themselves from the Krem- measure any longer, and an- The responsibility is split lin. Here, people seem to look nouncing a moratorium on between the horrible mess on the Soviet ways with re- the death penalty is per- in Ukraine itself, with the NEW OLD spect and affection, which is fectly within the capabili- Ukrainians being their own EUROPE PROBLEMS why they haven’t changed the ties of the government, but worst enemies, and an aw- john sweeney, grzegorz gromadzki, kelly hignett & yegor vasylyev street names that much and it still doesn’t happen. Why? ful lot of Western Europe- the statue of Lenin still haunts Katerina Barushka, Belaru- ans who say “yes” but mean the city. John Sweeney, BBC sian journalist. “no”. Timothy Garton Ash, Secret Prisons investigative journalist. British historian. I n t e r v i e w s on Polish TIMOTHY GARTON ASH TAD TAUBE Reflects On revitalising Acclaim for New Eastern Europe Soil on the history Jewish culture “[New Eastern Europe] includes reviews of new books from Eastern Europe, of which English- ADAM BODNAR -speaking readers would otherwise likely never have a chance to know … The magazine weaves a story together of common threads which are composed of a shared history, mutual experienc- & IRMINA PACHO of the present and heritage es and a vibrant culture.” Gerhard Gnauck, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, May 18th 2012. Books & Reviews: Andrey Zvyagintsev, Mariusz Wilk, David Stahel and Adam Daniel Rotfeld B e l a r u s B a k u Sheds its Skin What’s wojciech górecki Next? Lost in Language 3(IV) / 12 3(IV) p a w e ł k o w a l k a t e r i n a in Ukraine b a r u s h k a natalia sniadanko Gdansk_tancerka_165x235_ANG.pdf 1 11/21/11 4:47 PM Ordering online C has never M Y CM been easier. MY CY CMY You can now buy a one-year subscription K (as well as a single copy of a back issue) at our new online shop: www.East24.eu Cost for one-year subscription is 32 euros and includes shipping. Payment can be made by credit card or bank transfer. Dear Reader, As much as we all want to believe that in 2012 we are analysing a region which we have agreed to call “New Eastern Europe” we are also aware that there will be moments when reading this issue you may have a moment of déjà vu. In- deed, we have already had over two decades of system changes in many of the countries in Eastern Europe and yet some of our authors are telling us that, in the summer of 2012, “old habits die hard” and many of the things so com- monly seen in the past are to be found there today. BBC investigative journal- ist, John Sweeney, notes on his recent trip to Ukraine writing that in Kharkiv, “People seem to look on the Soviet ways with respect and affection.” Grzegorz Gromadzki, a Polish analyst, compares the Putin power structure in today’s Russia with previous regimes noting that, “Many of those who have been pro- testing, fear that the country is facing an era of standstill under Putin, which to some extent resembles the times of Leonid Brezhnev.” In addition, British researcher and writer, Kelly Hignett, provides a picture of the Cold War style diplomatic-espionage games that are taking place be- tween the United Kingdom and Russia even today. Yegor Vasylyev puts Viktor Yanukovych under the microscope with a detailed account of the origins of the Ukrainian president’s power and how he has rebuilt the system to serve him as its ultimate patron. Interestingly, Ukrainian poet and journalist, Natalia Sniad- anko, reveals the controversy of language in Ukraine and how the introduction of Russian as an official language has divided the country. Adam Bodnar and Irmina Pacho from the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights in Warsaw provide a new perspective on Poland’s participation with the American CIA in the imprisonment of terror suspects on Polish soil. As a country that is still dealing with its authoritarian past, Bodnar and Pacho warn that Po- land “should not forget about those painful experiences, which created a moral underpinning of the current constitutional structure.” Considering other angles of this vastly diverse region, however, British histo- rian, Timothy Garton Ash, tries to convince us “that we cannot talk about a new Iron Curtain. The lines are both more fluid and more complex.” They are revealed, at least partially, in the reports from Moscow and Baku which wrap up the is- sue, along with reviews of the latest books and films from or about the region. As always, we welcome you to join us in the dialogue and share your views online at www.neweasterneurope.eu, on Facebook or Twitter. The Editors 4 Contents Opinion and Analysis John Sweeney Ghosts of Famine . 7 Grzegorz Gromadzki Fear of a Usurper’s Stigma . 11 Kelly Hignett Spy Game Diplomacy . 18 Marcin Mączka The Propaganda Machine . 27 Jacek Borkowicz Pussy Riot and Cyber-Orthodoxy . 37 Katerina Barushka A Matter of Life and Death . 45 Paweł Kowal Time to Treat Lukashenko Seriously . 57 Yegor Vasylyev The Rise of Viktor Yanukovych . 63 Natalia Sniadanko Culture Caught in a Political Mess . 72 Adam Bodnar and Irmina Pacho CIA Prisons on Polish Soil – A new perspective . 78 Pavol Szalai Gorilla in the Mist . 84 Basil Kerski East of Berlin . 91 Interviews A conversation with Timothy Garton Ash A Historian of the Present . 99 A conversation with Tad Taube Building a Jewish Future . 104 Reports Małgorzata Nocuń We Won’t Disappear . 112 Wojciech Górecki Baku Shedding its Skin . 118 History Brian R. Banks A European from Drohobycz: Discoveries in the life of Bruno Schulz . 129 5 People, Ideas, Inspiration Mayhill Fowler What is Unusual about the Borderland? . 136 Ludwika Włodek The Woman who Foresaw the Collapse of the Soviet Union . 142 Sławomira Walczewska From A to Zadra . 149 Books and Reviews Ewa Maria Kaźmierczak Who Can Fathom Such a Crime? . 156 On the film directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev Elena Oleksandr Zinchenko Greatest Triumph or Mistake? . 159 On David Stahel’s Kiev 1941: Hitler’s Battle for Supremacy in the East Bartosz Cichocki A Wiseman’s Voice . 162 On Adam Daniel Rotfeld’s Myśli o Rosji… i nie tylko (Thoughts about Russia…and not only) and W cieniu. 12 rozmów z Marcinem Wojciechowskim (In the Shadow. 12 Conversations with Marcin Wojciechowski) Łukasz Wojtusik The Northern Path . 164 On Mariusz Wilk’s Lotem gęsi (Following the Path of Geese) Edyta Gawron Everything is almost Too True… . 166 On Baruch Milch’s Testament Jakub Halcewicz-Pleskaczewski Sharing Turowicz . 168 On Joanna Podsadecka’s Gen ryzyka w sobie miał… (He Had the Risk Gene…) Wojciech Wilczyk Photography is a Worthy Profession . 170 On exhibition Poland and Palestine: Two Lands and Two Skies EDITOR AND PUBLISHER The Jan Nowak-Jeziorański College of Eastern Europe pl. 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