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ThePublished U by thekrainian Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal W non-profit associationeekly Vol. LXXXIII No. 33 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 16, 2015 $2.00 World Congress of Crimean Tatars held in Turkey Russian-backed attacks escalate Ukrainian representatives attend as widened sanctions take effect second world assembly by Zenon Zawada “If this group engages in an offensive, then that will be a direct threat to our sol- KYIV – The war being waged by the diers, and we have the right to use all Russian Federation against the Ukrainian means available, including heavy artillery,” state reached a new phase on August 10 Valentyn Fedychev, the director of the when Russian-backed terrorists intensified department of social and humanitarian pol- their attacks on towns in the Donetsk region icy of the Defense Ministry, said on a politi- where Ukrainian military forces are based. cal talk show on TV on August 11. That same day, the latest round of He was referring specifically to the expanded economic sanctions imposed by August 11 attack on Starohnativka, a town the U.S. government against private individ- in the Donetsk region on the separation line. uals and companies, both Russian and On the evening of August 13, Ukraine’s Joint Ukrainian, went into effect. Political players Chiefs of Staff confirmed that the Ukrainian and experts didn’t draw a link between the military returned artillery fire. two events. The ministry issued the warning to the The widespread view was that the Organization for Security and Cooperation Russians remain interested in fueling the in Europe and the Ceasefire Monitoring and war as part of a strategy to inflict as much Coordination Center, Mr. Fedychev said. The damage on Ukraine as possible, and on all center consists of both Ukrainian and possible fronts. Russia and Ukraine Russian military officers. exchanged their own economic sanctions in Since the warning, attacks on Ukrainian Piotr Hlebowicz the days following the U.S. measures. positions only continued to escalate. In the Foreign Affairs Minister Pavlo Klimkin delivers a message from Ukraine to the “Some 7,000 killed, over a million people 24 hours before noon of August 13, World Congress of Crimean Tatars. displaced on the very doorstep of Europe… Russian-backed terrorists shot at Ukrainian This must not be allowed to be [called] a positions 153 times, causing two deaths by Andrij Dobriansky One of the invited guests who addressed frozen conflict,” said British Defense and 10 injuries among soldiers, reported the congress was this writer, Andrij UCCA Secretary Michael Fallon during an August Oleksandr Turchynov, the secretary of Dobriansky, executive board member of the 11 visit to Kyiv. “It seems to me pretty red Ukraine’s National Security and Defense ANKARA – Over the weekend of August Ukrainian Congress Committee of America hot, given many of your own troops have Council. “Such intensity of gunfire practical- 1-2, with their indigenous homeland under (UCCA), the nation’s largest representation been killed since the signing of the peace ly corresponds to active military fighting,” occupation, the second World Congress of of Americans of Ukrainian descent. As the agreement.” he said, as reported by his press service. sole representative of Ukrainian diaspora The intensified violence drew the stan- The same evening, Ukraine’s Joint Chiefs – was forced to gather outside Crimea, in organizations to attend, I was afforded dard round of condemnations from the of Staff announced that the Russian-backed Turkey,Crimean the Tatars country – Dünya with Qırım the largest Tatar KongresiCrimean every opportunity to meet with Crimean West. The Ukrainian government issued an terrorists were positioning themselves for Tatar diaspora population. The congress Tatars from around the world, many of advance warning that it would respond an offensive. took place in the Turkish capital of Ankara. whom were both fluent speakers of the accordingly and detour from the ceasefire “Our agents have reported that armored When the first World Congress of Ukrainian language and students of that is stipulated by the Minsk accords – vehicles and infantry are being reposi- Crimean Tatars convened in Symferopol, Ukrainian history and culture. With UCCA and which only the Ukrainian side has con- Crimea, in May 2009, more than 800 dele- representatives having attended several sistently upheld. (Continued on page 8) gates from 12 countries and 160 NGOs community events with the Crimean Tatars attended that historic homecoming. This in New York and Washington, as well as world congress attracted 184 Tatar groups having arranged meetings for Crimean from 12 countries, representing some 200 Tatar leaders with U.S. officials and the Ukraine reports intense battles near Mariupol Crimean Tatar organizations. The total of press, the partnership with the UCCA was a 410 registered delegates, 80 invited guests natural choice. RFE/RL majority of the road is now under the and 110 additional attendees, while small- In addressing the delegates and presidi- control of government forces. er in number than the first congress, defied um, Mr. Dobriansky once again “called on KYIV – Ukraine has reported intense The OSCE has reported increased organizers’ expectations, as Russia had our president and our leaders in the U.S. battles with pro-Russian separatists near ceasefire violations in areas east and mobilized all of its best efforts – from House and Senate to put aside political dif- the government-held coastal city of north of Mariupol. threatening Crimean Tatars living in occu- ferences and stand together with all the Mariupol on the Sea of Azov. In recent days Ukraine and pro-Russian pied Crimea, to setting up a rival Crimean people of Ukraine, to further military coop- A military spokesman in Kyiv said on forces have traded accusations of attempt- Tatar body it could control, to applying dip- eration with Ukraine and enact sectoral August 12 that clashes north of the stra- ing to break a ceasefire deal that was lomatic pressure on the Turkish govern- sanctions against Russia.” He further added, tegic city of Mariupol had killed one sol- agreed upon in Minsk six months ago. ment – all to prevent the World Congress of “To our Crimean Tatar brethren, we wish dier and injured three. On August 10, the Ukrainian military Crimean Tatars from meeting at all. you great success in achieving your con- The pro-Russian militants said a civil- reported the heaviest shelling by pro- According to congress organizers, gress’s resolutions, firm in our belief that ian had died in a different part of the area. Russian separatists since the Minsk truce Crimean Tatar organizations from Ukraine, through our combined efforts we will see A resident in a village located halfway was signed in February. Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Canada, Lithuania, the congress return to the Crimean Tatars’ between Donetsk and Mariupol told AFP Mariupol sits along a key route linking Poland, Russia, Romania, Turkey, France indigenous homeland in the future.” exchanges of heavy mortar and rocket parts of eastern Ukraine controlled by and other European countries were repre- Throughout his stay in Turkey, Mr. fire began on August 10 and had not the rebels and Crimea, which was sented, with over 200 attending from Dobriansky continued to work closely with stopped since. annexed by Russia in March 2014. Ukraine. Notably, Uzbekistan, with a Ayla Bakkalli, U.S. representative of the The latest battles are focused on a Crimean Tatar population of approximately Crimean Tatar representative assembly highway that connects Mariupol with the Based on reporting by Agence France- 200,000, did not send any delegates to this separatists’ de facto capital, Donetsk. The Presse and Reuters. second congress. (Continued on page 4) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 16, 2015 No. 33

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Ukraine subpoenas Yanukovych the spirit and the letter of the Minsk agree- Pravyi Sektor challenges ments,” the EU’s External Action Service KYIV – Ukraine subpoenaed fugitive for- said in a statement. Also on August 11, the Kyiv in western Ukraine mer President Viktor Yanukovych to testify Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry said the sit- in a corruption investigation. Ukraine’s uation on the front line had deteriorated in by Oleg Varfolomeyev President Petro Poroshenko traveled to state-run newspaper Uriadovyi Kurier recent days and urged Kyiv to end its “irre- Eurasia Daily Monitor Zakarpattia in the wake of the incident to (Government Courier) carried the text of sponsible actions” in eastern Ukraine. On replace the local governor, Vasyl Hubal, the subpoena on August 6. The subpoena August 10, the Ukrainian military reported Three people were killed and at least 13 with his strongman Hennadii Moskal, who stated that Mr. Yanukovych was required to the heaviest shelling by pro-Russian sepa- wounded in the western Ukrainian town of until this appointment governed Luhansk, appear at the Procurator General’s Office in ratists since the Minsk truce was signed in Mukacheve on July 11, as members of the the oblast worst affected by the war with Kyiv on August 11 for questioning related February. The fragile Minsk ceasefire is nationalist paramilitary group Pravyi Russia. The local heads of law enforcement to an investigation into crimes committed marred by daily violations. More than 6,400 Sektor (Right Sector) attacked local police agencies were reshuffled. A furious Mr. under Article 191 of the Criminal Code. people have been killed in the military con- near a local sports club with machine guns Poroshenko accused two local “clans,” Article 191, Paragraph 5, of the code relates flict between Ukrainian armed forces and and grenades. Pravyi Sektor claimed they which he did not name, of involvement in to the “misappropriation of property” and pro-Russia rebels in parts of Ukraine’s east- wanted to prevent smuggling but were smuggling. He noted that the events in embezzlement of funds through the use of ern regions of Luhansk and Donetsk since then attacked by police. However, Pravyi Mukacheve, “discrediting real patriots,” a public office to commit large-scale fraud. April 2014. (RFE/RL, based on reporting by Sektor themselves are suspected of smug- were suspiciously synchronized with an Ukrainian Procurator General Viktor Reuters) gling and racketeering in the Zakarpattia increase in tensions along the line of con- Shokin said on July 28 that the process of Olbast and Mukacheve in particular. The tact in eastern Ukraine (ICTV, July 13). trying Mr. Yanukovych in absentia has OSCE vehicles destroyed in Donetsk incident prompted Kyiv to reshuffle the The United States’ ambassador to begun. Mr. Yanukovych fled Ukraine in late local government and open several crimi- Ukraine, Geoffrey Pyatt, who visited February 2014 amid violent pro-European DONETSK – Four armored vehicles nal cases. Yet, Pravyi Sektor has openly Zakarpattia to meet with the newly nomi- mass protests. (RFE/RL, based on report- belonging to the Special Monitoring Mission challenged Kyiv, undermining government nated Mr. Moskal, said that the use of force ing by Uriadovyi Kurier and UNIAN) (SMM) of the Organization for Security and authority (Liga.net, Channel 5, July 11-22; should be the prerogative of the govern- Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) were Gazeta.ua, July 14). ment only (UNIAN, July 21). Yanukovych ‘will not show up’ destroyed during the night in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk. The mission post- After the shooting, about a dozen Pravyi In response, Pravyi Sektor reacted by KYIV – Ukraine’s fugitive ex-President ed on Twitter on August 9 that the vehicles Sektor militants left Mukacheve, easily organizing anti-government rallies across Viktor Yanukovych will not show up at the were “destroyed overnight in [an] apparent repelling feeble attempts by police to stop Ukraine and even setting up self-styled Procurator General’s Office in Kyiv for arson attack” at the mission’s residence in them, and dispersed in the Carpathian checkpoints on highways to prevent the questioning, his lawyer Vitaliy Serdyuk told Donetsk. An SMM press release later in the Mountains. Two of them surrendered, but army and police from sending reinforce- Hromadske.tv on August 7. He said Mr. day said the fire started around 2:30 a.m. the search for the rest has brought no ments to Zakarpattia. Mr. Yarosh demanded Yanukovych will not attend the questioning local time. Three vehicles were totally results. Meanwhile, Pravyi Sektor leaders in Internal Affairs Minister Arsen Avakov’s due to “fears for his life and health safety.” destroyed, one was heavily damaged, and Kyiv claimed that their fighters in resignation and claimed that Mr. Mr. Serdyuk added, however, that his client three others were partially damaged. No Mukacheve only wanted to prevent smug- Poroshenko was not fit to remain president is ready to answer any questions regarding one was injured. Speaking to Reuters, SMM gling operations by the “clan” of a local peo- (Interfax-Ukraine, July 17). Furthermore, the case via video. Mr. Yanukovych fled deputy head Alexander Hug called the inci- ple’s deputy, Mykhailo Lanyo, while “cor- addressing several hundred supporters at a Ukraine in late February 2014 amid violent dent an example of “intimidation aimed at rupt” police interfered on his behalf. Pravyi rally in Kyiv, on July 21, Mr. Yarosh called pro-European mass protests and is cur- stopping the OSCE from reporting what is Sektor threatened that its fighters could for a referendum of no-confidence in the rently residing in Russia, though his exact going on in the area.” Russian media quoted move to Kyiv. However, Pravyi Sektor itself government and for the cancelation of the whereabouts are unknown. He was Donetsk separatist leader Denis Pushilin as has been accused of involvement in smug- February Minsk agreements on settlement accused in absentia of ordering gunfire at saying the incident was “an outrage” and gling and racketeering, while Mr. Lanyo in eastern Ukraine (Apostrophe.com.ua, pro-European protesters, corruption and claimed that the powerful local Baloha fam- July 22). The United States and the embezzlement. (RFE/RL, based on report- pledging to do everything he could to find ily, which is represented in the Ukrainian European Union have been insisting on the ing by Hromadske.tv and UNIAN) those responsible. “We are absolutely not Parliament by at least four national depu- implementation of the agreements, while interested in the mission ending its opera- ties, used Pravyi Sektor in Zakarpattia as Russia has been constantly accusing EU: Attacks violate Minsk deal tion [in Donetsk],” Mr. Pushilin said. The their private militia (Liga.net, July 23; Ukraine of dragging its feet on the imple- SMM on August 7 reported a “significant BRUSSELS – The European Union said on Pravda.com.ua, July 12). mentation. Once again, Pravyi Sektor has increase” in cease-fire violations at and August 11 that increasing attacks in govern- Saddled with a poorly equipped con- played, inadvertently or not, into Moscow’s around the Donetsk airport. The same day, ment-held areas in eastern Ukraine violate scription-based army, Kyiv early in the war hands. about 300 people protested outside the February’s ceasefire deal agreed upon in last year was constrained to use volunteer Zakarpattia’s smuggling problem is SMM office in Donetsk, criticizing the Minsk. “The renewed escalation of the con- battalions – some with a far-right or even endemic. Statistically quite poor and divid- “silence and blindness” of the monitors and flict... as a result of attacks on several gov- xenophobic reputation – in repelling ed from the rest of Ukraine by a mountain painting a sidewalk and street with red ernment-controlled areas today and in the Russian aggression in eastern Ukraine. Of range, Zakarpattia is located in the back- night of August 10 on Starohnativka violates late, Kyiv has been trying to integrate these yard of Ukraine’s four comparatively afflu- (Continued on page 12) battalions into the regular army, with mixed ent EU members, Poland, Slovakia, success. The government has had particular Hungary and Romania. Cigarette smuggling trouble in the case of Pravyi Sektor, whose has been helping ordinary residents of members insist on taking orders only from Zakarpattia to survive and local powerful The Ukrainian Weekly FOUNDED 1933 their leader, Dmytro Yarosh, who was elect- men to enrich themselves for decades. As ed to Parliament last fall. long as cigarettes continue to be cheaper in An English-language newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., Mr. Yarosh and Pravyi Sektor have been Ukraine than across the border, a campaign a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. 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NEWS ANALYSIS Western diplomacy unable to see beyond Minsk II in Ukraine

by Vladimir Socor ferences in their views about the Minsk Ukraine’s Constitution and elections with Kyiv legitimizes local elections in Donetsk- Eurasia Daily Monitor agreements as regards the conditions for Russia is a contradiction in terms. Luhansk and enshrines their status in holding local elections and constitutional In all existing formats (Normandy quar- Ukraine’s Constitution (the political clauses Diplomacy by the United States and reform in Ukraine.” He and Mr. Lavrov tet, Minsk Contact Group, Karasin-Nuland of Minsk II). Apparently the United States, Western Europe has recently intensified agreed to create Russian and U.S. working channel or the proposed Kerry-Lavrov Germany and the European Union have no pressure on Ukraine to legitimize the groups for “in-depth discussions,” initially upgrade) the diplomatic process concen- clear idea themselves about what’s next. Russian-controlled Donetsk and Luhansk by Moscow-Washington videoconferences, trates on enshrining the DPR-LPR in Vaguely and non-committally, some “people’s republics” (see Eurasia Daily about “advancing the negotiations to Ukraine’s Constitution and providing a Western officials sometimes suggest that Monitor, July 31). Meanwhile, Moscow has defuse the ‘crisis in Ukraine’ ” (Ukrinform, legal cover for local elections in that Ukraine’s political compliance with Minsk almost fallen silent on this issue at the offi- Ukrayinska Pravda, August 7). Russian-occupied territory (see EDM, II could lead to Russia’s compliance with cial level. Until the end of June, President According to Mr. Lavrov, there have been August 3, 4, 6). Western diplomacy labors the military clauses of that armistice. The Vladimir Putin and Foreign Affairs Minister four meetings between Mr. Karasin and Ms. under self-generated pressures to imple- two-fold hope and wish is: a) evacuation of Sergei Lavrov were relentlessly asking Nuland thus far, as well as a number of tele- ment those political clauses of the Minsk II Russian military forces from what is legally Ukraine to enshrine the status of Donetsk- phone conversations between Ukraine’s territory; and b) restora- Luhansk in Ukraine’s Constitution and vali- them. Mr. Lavrov will continue tion of Ukraine’s sovereignty over a date the upcoming elections in that discussions with Mr. Kerry and Ukraine is being asked to sacri- 400-kilometer sector of Ukraine’s Russian-controlled territory. At present, through their respective work- fice the integrity of its elections border with Russia. however, Moscow is allowing Western ing groups about “the special and its constitutional processes Those goals, however, are illuso- diplomacy to cajole Kyiv into compliance. status for the Donbas region ry under the terms of Minsk II. That Russia recognizes that it could never, on and the local elections in the for no tangible gain in terms of armistice allows no scope for trad- its own, persuade Ukraine to legitimize and proclaimed republics” sovereignty or security. ing off Ukrainian compliance with legalize the DPR and LPR. Only the main (Interfax, August 7). the political clauses in return for Western players, first and foremost Mr. Kerry has repeatedly Russian compliance with the mili- Washington, might possibly move Kyiv to sought a bilateral compromise with Moscow armistice by December 2015, the Kremlin’s tary clauses. Moscow has incurred no such do so. The Kremlin openly recognized this over “the Ukraine crisis.” He fell repeatedly arbitrary deadline. obligation in this document, which it wrote reality when it activated the Grigory into Mr. Lavrov’s traps (April 2014 in Publicly at least, not one Western policy- itself. All the obligations fall on Ukraine Karasin-Victoria Nuland diplomatic chan- Geneva; May 2015 in Sochi). If the latest maker or diplomat has attempted to con- under the letter of this “diktat.” nel at the deputy ministerial level (see Kerry-Lavrov idea materializes, it would nect the “implementation of Minsk II” with Meanwhile, the Kremlin denies with EDM, July 20, 24). upgrade and institutionalize what is now the some basic Western strategy or policy utmost finality the fact of its military pres- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry held Karasin-Nuland channel. This evolving bilat- framework regarding Ukraine (or Europe’s ence in Ukraine’s east. Russia is already re- talks with Mr. Lavrov in Qatar on August 3 eral format would advance bilateral negotia- East writ large). Instead, implementing flagging its military presence under DPR- and in Kuala Lumpur (on the sidelines of tions about Ukraine in Ukraine’s absence. Minsk II has seemingly become a Western LPR colors. And restoration of Ukrainian the meeting of the Association of Southeast Moreover, it would allow Russia’s autocracy diplomatic goal per se, irrespective of mer- sovereignty on the border is explicitly con- Asian Nations – ASEAN) on August 5, to pass judgment on Ukraine’s constitutional its, subordinated to a calendar deadline, ditional on an agreement between Kyiv and regarding the Middle East and Ukraine. reform and the local elections that might and tacitly linked to the West’s future rela- Donetsk-Luhansk under the terms of Minsk Such “package” discussions are inherently qualify Donetsk-Luhansk for legal status. tions with Russia. II. This means no Ukrainian sovereign con- disadvantageous and potentially risky to For the administration of President Neither Washington nor Berlin or trol, but some form of shared control, and Ukraine. Secretary Kerry told the press that Barack Obama to promote democracy in Brussels are clearly telling Kyiv how they he and Minister Lavrov discussed the “dif- Ukraine and, at the same time, to discuss expect the situation to develop if, or when, (Continued on page 18) Four from Ukraine Ex-PM Azarov, in Moscow, proclaims “Salvation Committee” for Ukraine sought in $100 million RFE/RL an adoption of a new Constitution.” President Poroshenko or his government, but Mr. Azarov’s announcement is likely to U.S. insider-trading case MOSCOW – Former Ukrainian Prime ‘Folks, your time is up’ be seen widely in Ukraine as a Russian- RFE/RL Minister Mykola Azarov has announced the He also said that peaceful protests in backed effort to take power. formation of a “Ukraine Salvation Ukraine were a “sign of their no confidence Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov NEW YORK – An alliance of U.S.-based Committee,” calling for “total regime change” in the regime. Through such actions people swiftly insisted this is not the case, saying stock traders and computer hackers in through early elections and vowing to must tell the existing regime: ‘Folks, your that the Russian government “has nothing Ukraine made as much as $100 million “restore order in our home.” time is up; get out of there on your own.’ ” to do with this initiative.” in illegal profits from stealing market- Mr. Azarov, who was former President Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko was Mr. Yanukovych’s loss of power was part moving corporate information, U.S. Viktor Yanukovych’s prime minister until elected to a five-year term in May 2014, three of a chain of events that has severely dam- authorities have charged. he was toppled by Euro-Maidan protests in months after Mr. Yanukovych fled following aged Russia’s relations with Ukraine and The U.S. Department of Justice February 2014 and fled to Russia, spoke on mounting pressure from protesters incensed the West. Russia annexed Crimea from charged nine people, including four August 3 at a news conference in Moscow by his decision to spurn a landmark trade Ukraine in March 2014, after sending in from Ukraine, with conspiracy and secu- and an interview on the state-run channel and political deal with the European Union troops and staging a secession referendum, rities fraud on August 11 in a major Rossia-24. and draw closer to Russia instead. and Kyiv’s forces are battling Russian- insider-trading case that is the first to “The Salvation Committee believes it is Mr. Azarov named Volodymyr Oliynyk, a backed separatists in a war that has killed involve hacked inside information. impossible to restore accord in Ukraine former lawmaker from Mr. Yanukovych’s more than 6,400 people in eastern Ukraine All were arrested in the United without changing the country’s political defunct Party of Regions, as the chairman since April 2014. States except the persons from leadership,” Mr. Azarov said. He called the of the newly established committee, and Mr. Oliynyk, who also attended the press Ukraine, who are being sought on pro-European protests that drove Mr. said that Mr. Oliynyk would be its choice for conference in Moscow, said that Ukraine international arrest warrants. Yanukovych out a “coup,” echoing the president. must be a neutral country – a demand that A parallel civil case from the U.S. Kremlin’s term. Mr. Azarov, 67, served as prime minister Russia, which does not want its big, mostly Securities and Exchange Commission It was the first formal proclamation by under Mr. Yanukovych from 2010 to 2014. Slavic, Orthodox Christian neighbor to join listed 32 defendants and said the allies of Yanukovych of an effort to regain Both he and Mr. Yanukovych are wanted by NATO or the European Union, has made scheme yielded over $100 million in power from the country’s pro-Western Ukrainian authorities for crimes, among repeatedly. unlawful profits. leaders – though Azarov said that the oust- others, related to embezzlement and abuse “We insist that nobody has a right to The conspiracy was engineered by a ed president and other senior members of of power. An international warrant for Mr. interfere into our internal affairs, not pair of hackers in Ukraine who suc- his circle would not be involved. Azarov’s arrest has been issued by Interpol. America, not Europe, not Russia. We are cessfully penetrated the computer sys- tems of Marketwired, PR Newswire “The Salvation Committee is being creat- In April, the Security Service of Ukraine capable of making decisions ourselves,” Mr. and Business Wire, which distribute ed outside Ukraine, unfortunately, but I am named Messrs. Azarov and Oliynyk among Oliynyk said. sure that we will return,” Mr. Azarov told former officials who allegedly financially press releases for major corporations the news conference. He said the commit- supported “acts to destabilize the situation With reporting by RFE/RL’s Ukrainian to the media, prosecutors said. tee would be ready to take “full responsibil- in Ukraine.” Service, Interfax, TASS and UNIAN. They hacked some 150,000 releases ity for the situation in Ukraine in future.” Hinting at an undercover presence in Copyright 2015, RFE/RL Inc. Reprinted between February 2010 and this year “Our main task is total regime change – a Ukraine, Mr. Azarov said that he could not with the permission of Radio Free Europe/ to cull sensitive inside information renewal of the authorities,” he said in the name all members of the newly established Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, such as earnings announcements which can affect the value of individual subsequent interview. “What is the mecha- group because some of them are in Ukraine Washington DC 20036; www.rferl.org (see stocks and move markets. The hackers nism of this total renewal? There is only and it would be dangerous to disclose their http://www.rferl.org/content/ukraine-ex- one way: early elections of the president names. pm-azarov-forms-salvation-commit- (Continued on page 5) and all other branches of government, and There was no immediate reaction from tee/27167032.html). 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 16, 2015 No. 33

World Congress... (Continued from page 1) known as the Mejlis. Ms. Bakkalli has long been instrumental in accelerating collabo- ration between the Crimean Tatar and Ukrainian American communities, and she received the backing of the congress by being selected to its presidium and re-elect- ed to another term as U.S. representative. The congress began with Friday arrivals in Ankara. It was a mix of longtime friends reuniting and an opportunity to exchange news on who had made it out of Crimea. One of the first attendees greeting Mr. Dobriansky at the hotel was Sinaver Kadyrov, a Crimean Tatar activist who refused to accept Russian citizenship, and as a result became Piotr Hlebowicz the first official Crimean Tatar deported Andrij Dobriansky, representing the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, The president of the World Congress of during the Russian occupation. addresses the World Congress of Crimean Tatars. Crimean Tatars, Refat Chubarov. The next morning, the ballroom of the Bilkent Hotel and Convention Center was the people of Crimea, is to end the occupa- motherland of the Crimean Tatar people.” land. Russian officials in Crimea made clear teeming with international press as attend- tion of our homeland.” Mr. Poroshenko’s statement was one of the to the entire Crimean Tatar population ees raucously applauded the entrance of Minister Klimkin followed that state- most powerful of the session, eliciting a remaining on the peninsula that anybody Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Minister Pavlo ment by declaring that the so-called annex- standing ovation and cries of “Slava who left to attend the World Congress Klimkin; the leader of the Tatar National ation of Crimea in March 2014 “is tempo- Ukrayini! Slava Krymu!” would likely not be allowed to return or Movement and the chairman of Assembly rary – because it is illegal.” In a prepared In perhaps the most moving address to could be prosecuted for “extremism” if they of Crimean Tatar People, Mustafa statement read by Mr. Klimkin, Ukraine’s the congress, Nariman Dzhelyal and Ilmi sign on to any declaration that Crimea is not Dzhemilev; the head of the Crimean Tatar President Petro Poroshenko affirmed that Umerov of the Crimean Tatar Mejlis, along legitimately part of the Russian Federation. Mejlis, Refat Chubarov; Deputy Speaker of “Ukraine will never in any circumstances with Zair Smedlyaev, the first deputy head “Russian authorities are putting pres- the Turkish Parliament Naci Bostanci, and accept the violation of the rights of the of the Mejlis – and highest-ranking remain- sure on us and we are not being allowed to Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Crimean Tatar people to live freely on their ing Tatar leader in Crimea since Russia leave Crimea, but we do not want to remain Kurtulmus. own land.” Ukraine, together with its inter- banned Messrs. Chubarov and Dzhemilev cut off from the World Congress and have As the delegates remained standing, the national partners, “will devote all its efforts from returning to Crimea – addressed the therefore taped this address,” Mr. strains of “Ant Etkenmen,” the Crimean to restore legality on the peninsula and the congress in a pre-recorded video message. Smedlyaev concluded. Tatar national anthem began, followed by return of Ukrainian power to Crimea.” They had been prevented from leaving The World Congress of Crimean Tatars boisterous renditions of both the Ukrainian The president’s statement to the con- Crimea. was originally formed to enhance coopera- and Turkish national anthems. gress closed with a mention of the road As attendees listened in stunned silence, tion among existing Crimean Tatar non- After an opening prayer, Chairman map being prepared by government and the Tatar leaders explained that Russia’s governmental organizations (NGOs) scat- Chubarov began the protocol of addresses Crimean Tatar officials, which would confer policy of armed intimidation has resulted tered across Europe and Russia, Central by stating that, “The first condition in order the status of national-territorial autonomy in Crimean Tatars fearing for the safety of Asia and North America as a direct result of to achieve world peace, and peace among within the Ukrainian state to the “historical their families and loved ones in their native Joseph Stalin’s mass deportation of Crimean Tatars on May 18, 1944 – an event now referred to as the Sürgün. Given the current military occupation of Crimea, this second world congress pro- claimed as its goal the development of a strategy of resistance for the worldwide Crimean Tatar diaspora. As the newly re- elected president of the World Congress of Crimean Tatars, Mr. Chubarov remarked, “Tsarist Russia and the USSR are guilty of the fact that at present a large number of Crimean Tatars are living not in the Motherland” but are instead dispersed throughout the world. “Despite repressions by Russia, the Crimean Tatars will never accept its policy and are struggling against it,” Mr. Chubarov underscored. The indigenous Crimean Tatar people will never want to be part of the Russian Federation. Russia today is the Veteran leader of the Crimean Tatars Russia of the USSR and the Russian Empire, Mustafa Dzhemilev speaks during a con- Meeting during the congress (from left) are: Piotr Hlebowicz, Alim Aliyev, Andrij and both have no place in a free and inde- gress session. Dobriansky and Ayla Bakkalli, U.S. representative of the Crimean Tatar Mejlis. pendent Ukraine.

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by Lidia M. Wasylyn of $2,500 and blessed in November of that year. EDMONTON, Alberta – Two Ukrainian St. Josaphat’s became a bastion of community institutions in Edmonton are Ukrainian community life in Alberta. As the the beneficiaries of a Canadian government community grew, so did parish life. program that supports projects which Through the dedicated and visionary work rehabilitate existing community facilities of priests, sisters, missionaries and count- across the country. The funds allocated to less volunteers, numerous initiatives and the Ukrainian Youth Unity Complex and St. projects came to life. These included Josaphat Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral total schools, women’s organizations, a newspa- over $350,000. per and choirs, to name only a few. The Canada 150 Community Nevertheless, the parish and community Infrastructure Program is part of Canada endured the tragedy of the War Measures 150 Celebrates, Canada’s celebration of its Act of 1914, whereby Ukrainians were sub- 150th anniversary. This program invests in jected to internment, their property confis- community infrastructure to celebrate cated and newspapers in foreign languages Canada’s heritage, create jobs and improve could not be published. Soon after, in 1918, the quality of life for all Canadians. the outbreak of Spanish Influenza wreaked In a special presentation made on July 26 havoc on all Canadians. at the Ukrainian Youth Unity Complex These difficulties did not deter the faith- (UYUC), Minister of State for ful from their commitment to their Church Multiculturalism Tim Uppal, member of At the presentation of Canadian government funding for two community projects in and community. They rejoiced at the visits Parliament for Sherwood Park, announced Edmonton (from left) are: Noelle Misko, Father Stanislav Bjeli, the Rev. Jim by Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky in that the UYUC will benefit from the Canada Nakonechny, Member of Parliament Peter Goldring, Minister Tim Uppal, Ivan 1910 and 1921 and at the arrival of Bishop 150 Community Infrastructure Program in Fedyna and Larissa Podilsky. Nykyta Budka in 1913. The parish contin- the amount $300,100 and St. Josaphat ued to grow rapidly. By 1938 it was evident Cathedral will receive $50,000. The amounts cial support and will use the funds to the Edmonton chapters of the Ukrainian the community had outgrown its church, were presented under the theme ”Giving update their facilities. In the case of St. Youth Association, the League of Ukrainian and by 1941 a new, larger church was built back to Canada: shaping the future, leaving a Josaphat Cathedral, the money will also Canadians, the League of Ukrainian on at its current location. The church lasting legacy and giving a gift to Canada.” serve to protect a significant architectural Canadian Women, the Verkhovyna became a cathedral in 1948 and was On hand to accept these generous gifts and religious treasure in Edmonton that Ukrainian Song and Dance Ensemble, the declared a registered historic site in 1984 to the community were Ivan Fedyna, presi- reflects over 100 years of Ukrainian immi- Dunai Dancers, the Verkhovyna School of by the government of Alberta (www.stjo- dent of the board of directors of the gration to Canada. Dance and the Marko Boyeslav Senior’s saphat.ab.ca). Ukrainian Youth Unity Complex, and For nearly 50 years, the Ukrainian Youth Association. Today, the St. Josaphat community faces Larissa Podilsky, board member. Speaking Unity Complex has been a mainstay of The Domivka is a beehive of activity on the daunting task of renovating and main- on behalf of St. Josaphat Cathedral was the Ukrainian community life in Edmonton. most days, with various recreational and taining its magnificent cathedral. Work has Rev. Jim Nakonechny, deacon. Also in atten- Simply referred to as the “Sumivska instructional activities for youth, dance class- already begun and will take several years to dance were Father Stanislav Bjeli, associate Domivka,” it was built and continues to oper- es, choir and dance rehearsals, community complete. Fund-raising is under way, and priest; and Noelle Misko and Mike ate as a mostly volunteer-run organization. functions and cultural events. The facilities many generous donations will be required Sorochuk, parish council representatives. A In 1967 the founders of the Domivka envi- have been booked for fund-raisers, commu- to complete the work that is essential to special welcome was extended to Member sioned a place for the Ukrainian community nity concerts, private functions, and munici- protect this religious and architectural gem of Parliament for Edmonton East Peter to gather, a venue for concerts, social and pal and legislative public events. For 2014, in the heart of Edmonton. Funding from the Goldring, a long-time supporter and friend family events, a place to provide positive the UYUC boasts a 90 percent utilization Canada 150 Community Infrastructure of Edmonton’s Ukrainian community. educational and social activities for children rate, having served close to 16,000 guests. Program will be put to good use. These funds that support rehabilitation and youth, a home for cultural development, St. Josaphat Ukrainian Catholic Parish The financial assistance provided to the projects for existing community facilities and a place that encourages members, vol- was born out of the necessity to serve the Ukrainian Youth Unity Complex and St. across Canada come at a very important unteers and guests to give back to the com- spiritual needs of Ukrainian settlers who Josaphat Cathedral will help ensure that time for both the Ukrainian Youth Unity munity. This vision has been realized, and so had started to come to the Canadian prai- these entities can continue to serve the Complex and St. Josaphat Cathedral. much more has been achieved. ries in the late 1880s. The need for their needs of the community and provide a last- Although well-maintained, the UYUC is The Domivka opened its doors in 1973 own church and ministry was acutely felt. ing legacy for future generations of approaching its 50th anniversary, while St. as a multi-use complex, offering an audito- The first official Ukrainian liturgy in Canadians. Josaphat Cathedral is approaching the 75th rium with stage facilities and a banquet Edmonton was celebrated on November 9, anniversary of the current structure, kitchen facility. There are meeting rooms, a 1902, in a borrowed church, St. Joachim’s, Lidia M. Wasylyn is a board member of though the parish has been in existence youth wing with a full-sized gym, a library, administered by the French Oblates. By the League of Ukrainian Canadian Women since approximately 1904. Both entities are a gathering area and six classrooms. It is 1904, the first Ukrainian Catholic Church of and secretary of the St. Josaphat Cathedral extremely worthy recipients of this finan- home to numerous organizations, including St. Josaphat was built for the princely sum Parish Council.

Odesa, Ukraine; and Leonid Momotok and Alexander Quotable notes Four from Ukraine... Garkusha of the U.S. state of Georgia. A separate New Jersey indictment charged Ivan “…In his State of the Union speech, President Barack (Continued from page 3) Turchynov and Oleksandr Ieremenko, the two alleged hack- Obama bragged that his administration led the interna- then sold the stolen data to the traders, at times being ers in Ukraine; Pavel Dubovoy, a trader from Ukraine; and tional effort to isolate Russia for its invasion of Ukraine. compensated with a flat fee and other times with a per- Arkadiy Dubovoy and his son Igor Dubovoy, traders from More recently, however, Ukraine has largely disappeared centage of profits from trades, the SEC said. Georgia. from the U.S.-Russian agenda. A strong earnings report or other positive news can Arkadiy and Igor Dubovoy appeared in Atlanta federal …President Obama told New York Times columnist cause a company’s stock to rise, while disappointing court and will appear there again August 13. The most Thomas Friedman last month that ‘Russia was a help’ on the news can make it fall. The conspirators typically used the serious charges in the indictment – wire fraud and secu- Iran nuclear deal. ‘I was not sure given the strong differences advance information to buy stock options, which are rities fraud – carry sentences of up to 20 years in prison. we are having with Russia right now around Ukraine, essentially a bet on the direction a stock will move, and The SEC’s civil lawsuit charged 17 people and 15 cor- whether this would sustain itself. Putin and the Russian gov- then reaped profits after the information was released porations in an international trading network that ernment compartmentalized on this in a way that surprised publicly. spanned from New York to Cyprus, France, Malta, and me, and we would have not achieved this agreement had it “This case illustrates how cybercriminals and those Russia. It is seeking civil penalties and has already not been for Russia’s willingness to stick with us and the who commit securities fraud are evolving and becoming obtained court-ordered asset freezes. other P5-Plus members in insisting on a strong deal.’ … more sophisticated,” U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman said. The scheme involved trades on such companies as “U.S. sanctions against Russia over its aggression toward FBI Assistant Director-in-Charge Diego Rodriguez Acme Packet, Align Technology, Caterpillar, Dealertrack Ukraine remain in place, but the Obama administration’s iso- called the well-organized scam “a traditional securities Technologies, Dendreon, Edwards Lifesciences, Hewlett- lation of the Putin regime has ended. With Russian violations fraud scheme with a twist.” Packard, Home Depot and Panera Bread. of the February ceasefire on the rise and Ukrainian casualties SEC Chairman Mary Jo White said the case “is unprec- The hackers operated by stealing newswire employ- mounting, Ukrainians fear they are being sacrificed in the edented in terms of the scope of the hacking at issue, the ees’ login identities and introducing malware into their pursuit of broader U.S.-Russian cooperation. By pretending number of traders involved, the number of securities computer systems. to play a constructive role in the Middle East, Mr. Putin shifts unlawfully traded, and the amount of profits generated.” One indictment quotes online chats in which Mr. attention away from the havoc he is wreaking in Ukraine. Prosecutors said the hackers in Ukraine selected press Ieremenko told Mr. Turchynov on March 25, 2012, that he The question is how long it will take U.S. officials to see this.” releases using “shopping lists” provided by the traders, had “bruted” the log-in credentials of 15 Business Wire – David J. Kramer, senior director for human rights and then created a “video tutorial” to help traders see the sto- employees. He told an unidentified recipient in Russian democracy at the McCain Institute in Washington, writing in len releases. on October 10, 2012: “I’m hacking prnewswire.com.” The Wall Street Journal blog “Washington Wire” on August An indictment in Brooklyn charged four traders: 12 (see http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2015/08/12/is-rus- Vitaly Korchevsky, a former hedge-fund manager from With reporting by Reuters, the Associated Press and sias-outreach-on-syria-a-bid-to-distract-from-ukraine/). Pennsylvania; Vladislav Khalupsky of Brooklyn and Agence France-Presse. 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 16, 2015 No. 33

WINDOW ON EURASIA The Ukrainian Weekly Telling the story of the Holodomor Putin’s latest escalation in Ukraine Less than two weeks ago, the 10,000-pound, 6-foot-high-by-35-foot-long “Field of Wheat” bas-relief that is the main component of the Holodomor Memorial in has three goals, commentators say Washington was hoisted into place on a triangular plot of land near Union Station, a short walk from the U.S. Capitol building. Finally, we could all see – thanks to by Paul Goble Maidan.” That is “Putin’s dream, and this, Yaro Bihun’s photos in our August 9 issue – that this long-awaited, and long-over- unfortunately,” Mr. Fesenko argues, “also due, project was becoming reality. There are no guarantees that Vladimir could be one of the reasons” behind the lat- Much more work remains to be done at the site, located where Massachusetts Putin’s current escalation of military actions est attacks. Avenue, North Capital Street and F Street meet, before the memorial’s official dedi- in Ukraine will not lead to a full-scale war, Mr. Putin’s new aggression may have cation on November 7. But our community is already excited about this upcoming although that is unlikely, Ukrainian analysts more limited military-political goals, such historic event, judging by reaction to Mr. Bihun’s news report, countless posts and say. Instead, two of them argue that the as expelling Ukrainian forces from cities in shares on Facebook, and phone calls to our offices seeking more information. (For Kremlin leader has three more limited goals the Donbas, for example, Mr. Fesenko says, details about the upcoming dedication ceremony and related events, we direct and that if Kyiv is to defend itself, it must and Ukrainians must do what they can to readers to the new website www.ukrainegenocide.com that was unveiled just this recognize exactly what these are. block Russian forces in this regard as well. week by the U.S. Committee for Ukrainian Holodomor-Genocide Awareness 1932- In an August 12 commentary on Kyiv’s But Kyiv must focus its attention and its 1933. More information on the November schedule of events will be posted there Novoye Vremya portal, Vladimir Fesenko, resources on opposing Putin’s two main as it becomes available.) head of the Penta Center for Political goals. The memorial is the work of architect Larysa Kurylas, who won a design com- Research, says that “the most probable sce- Igor Guz, deputy chairman of the petition for the Washington memorial to victims of the Holodomor back in 2011. nario is a local escalation of the conflict, Verkhovna Rada’s Foreign Relations Her “Field of Wheat” design was hailed as elegant, respectful, aesthetically pleas- something like a new Debaltseve” to force Committee, adds a third possible goal. Also ing, not overly symbolic and one that could successfully speak to the general pub- Kyiv to make concessions and to spark a writing on August 12, he suggests that Mr. lic. As described on The Kurylas Studio website, the bronze bas-relief sculpture new anti-Maidan Maidan (nv.ua/opinion/ Putin has launched his new wave of aggres- depicts “a monumentally scaled field of wheat which transitions from high positive fesenko/gotova-li-rossija-k-bolshoj- sion now to destabilize the Ukrainian econ- to deep negative relief. The negative treatment of the wheat, with the gradual vojne-63654.html). omy and block the country’s integration emergence of the Ukrainian term ‘Holodomor’ [followed by the years of the geno- Given that the Minsk negotiating process with the European Union and expanded cide, 1932-1933], underscores the deliberate nature of the Famine – secretly engi- has run into a dead end, he continues, cooperation with NATO (charter97.org/ru/ neered in Ukraine by the Soviet government, mainly through the confiscation of Russia wants to get it moving, of course, “in news/2015/8/12/164235/). grain.” The text panel’s message, like the artwork itself, is simple, direct: “Famine- its own interests.” That, Mr. Fesenko says, is By sometimes cutting back military Genocide in Ukraine. In memory of the millions of innocent victims of a man-made “a classic tactic of hybrid war and a forced actions and sometimes increasing them as famine in Ukraine engineered and implemented by Stalin’s totalitarian regime.” movement toward peace on its conditions.” now, Mr. Putin keeps Ukraine off balance (The text appears also in Ukrainian.) That is exactly what Mr. Putin did in and undermines support for it in the West It’s been a long road for the Holodomor Memorial – which, it was hoped, would Georgia in 2008, and he is doing it again. because governments there think there is a be unveiled in 2013 on the occasion of the genocide’s 80th anniversary. The House Ukraine lacks the ability at present to chance that if they are cooperative, Mr. of Representatives passed a bill in 2005 authorizing a memorial to victims of the fight a big war and the West is frightened Putin will reduce his aggression once again Famine-Genocide of 1932-1933 on federal land in the District of Columbia, the by that possibility, Mr. Fesenko says. But and there will be “progress.” Senate did so in 2006, and President George W. Bush signed it into law on October Russia “now is not ready for either a full- But more immediately, the Russian pres- 13, 2006. In 2008, the site for the memorial was approved and subsequently scale war with Ukraine or even more for a ident’s off-again-on-again approach keeps blessed by Ukrainian Catholic and Ukrainian Orthodox hierarchs and clergy. In major confrontation with the West.” But Ukraine from taking the steps to improve 2009, the government of Ukraine earmarked 5 million hrv (about $625,000 U.S. at frightening both with that possibility is “a its economy and thus be in a position to the time) for the monument’s construction, and the Ministry of Culture and beloved tactic of Putin.” integrate with the European Union. What Tourism announced an international design competition. The five finalists were But in this case, the Kremlin leader has a Kyiv must do, Mr. Guz says, is simultaneous- selected from among 52 submissions in December 2009, but the winner was not second goal: to inflict on Ukrainian forces a ly build up its military capacity and reform announced until 2011. The final design plans were approved by the U.S. defeat sufficiently serious to “provoke in its economy. That is not easy, Kyiv has a Commission of Fine Arts and the National Capital Planning Commission in 2012. A Ukraine a political crisis” and spark “a third long way to go, but it has no other choice. construction permit was issued in 2013, and the groundbreaking took place on December 4 of that year. With the installation of the principal portion of the memorial, we are well on our way to its completion. But still we must remain vigilant, as there are those who deny that the Holodomor happened. The Russian government’s Sputnik International news agen- Kyiv must work to isolate Moscow cy was quick to react to the “Field of Wheat’s” installation. “Playing into the hands of Ukrainian nationalists, a monument to the so-called Ukrainian ‘Holodomor,’ one [of] the 20th century’s most famous myths and vitriolic pieces of anti-Soviet propagan- rather than negotiate, says expert da, has been erected in the U.S. capital,” Sputnik reported. “Unsurprisingly, Washington supports the myth as a part of its recent Cold War-style anti-Russian by Paul Goble tively than Ukraine by “imposing its will campaign,” Sputnik commented. We needn’t go on – you get the picture… and taking the initiative both on the battle- The foregoing is yet another attestation that this memorial to the millions killed Up to now, Ukraine has made “a serious field and at the negotiating table.” Ukraine in Stalin’s Holodomor is crucial and that it is indeed a significant component of our error” by trying to negotiate with Russia in contrast “has held fast to a disastrous ongoing endeavors to share the truth about our nation’s genocide. about the Donbas, Bohdan Yeremenko says. strategy responding with diplomacy to What it should be doing is devoting all its armed aggression and reducing the oppor- efforts to isolating Russia internationally. tunities of its own armed forces,” Mr. That will have far more impact on Yeremenko notes. Moscow’s behavior than any talks Ukraine “One can conduct talks with anyone, but Turning the pages back... might have with it. one must understand why one is doing so. August Mr. Yeremenko, a former Ukrainian dip- So far, it is difficult to believe that Ukraine lomat and a frequent commentator on for- correctly understands the role of diploma- Seven years ago, on August 24, 2008, journalist Askold cy in this war,” he says. In any conflict dur- Krushelnycky reported the mixed moods among the crowds cel- eign policy, argues that, at a time when ing its “’hot’ phase, the role of diplomacy is 24 ebrating Ukraine’s independence day as tanks, armored person- Russia is increasing its military activity in secondary, designed to support defense.” nel carriers and jets were on display in Kyiv. Ukraine, Kyiv cannot win by seeking talks, 2008 But “Ukraine has tried to stop the attack President Viktor Yushchenko’s strident support of Georgia however much some other countries may of hostile forces with diplomacy,” Mr. during the Russian invasion of that year included his travel to the see that as its salvation (apostrophe.com. Georgian capital, Tbilisi, and the tightening of restrictions on the Russian Black Sea Fleet’s ua/article/politics/2015-08-11/pobedit- Yeremenko says. “This is a path to defeat. movements from Crimea. Moscow was further enraged by Ukraine’s offer to Georgia of rossiyu-i-prekratit-voynu-kakuyu-oshibku- Therefore, what matters are not the for- integration with its early-warning missile system. nujno-ispravit-ukraine/2084). mats of talks but a correct definition of the A poll conducted by Dzerkalo Tyzhnia that weekend showed that 47 percent of Up to now, Russia has acted more effec- role and basic tasks of diplomacy at each Ukrainians believed a conflict between Russia and Ukraine was possible. stage of the conflict.” From his perspective, In Sevastopol, Crimea, Russian ships returning from the war with Georgia were greeted Ukraine doesn’t appear to have done that. Paul Goble is a long-time specialist on “We first must seize the initiative on the with both Russians praising the ships and Ukrainian protesters calling them aggressors. ethnic and religious questions in Eurasia Oleh Fomushkin, a former colonel in the Soviet Army and now a Ukrainian community battlefield,” he argues. “Another possibility is who has served in various capacities in the to wait for the exhaustion of Russian activist, said: U.S. State Department, the Central “Moscow and its intelligence services have been active here for 17 years, while the resources for the conduct of war.” Until one Intelligence Agency and the International Ukrainian authorities slept or were too timid to act. For me, the continued presence of the of these things happens, “diplomatic efforts Broadcasting Bureau, as well as at the Voice Russian fleet is an act of aggression. They have demonstrated that aggression in Georgia, ought to be concentrated not on talks with of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio and they will not hesitate to use violence here to get possession of Crimea.” Russia but on the creation for it of an uncom- Liberty and the Carnegie Endowment for “…There are thousands of Russian troops already stationed in Sevastopol and effective- fortable foreign policy environment and the ly Crimea is occupied,” an unidentified Western military source stated. Some of the ships International Peace. Mr. Goble writes a blog resolution of practical issues of securing the returning to Sevastopol’s Russian base needed repairs after Georgian shore batteries dam- called “Window on Eurasia” (http://windo- defense capacity of the country.” woneurasia2.blogspot.com/). The article (Continued on page 8) above is reprinted with permission. (Continued on page 17) No. 33 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 16, 2015 7

FOR THE RECORD UCCA mourns death of Robert Conquest The following statement was released by Ukraine’s Famine Genocide of 1932-1933. the Ukrainian Congress Committee of Sadly, Dr. Conquest passed away only a America on August 7. day before the long-awaited sculpture dedi- cated to the victims of the Holodomor – the The Ukrainian Congress Committee of Ukrainian Holodomor Memorial – was Climate change and revolutions America (UCCA) deeply mourns the loss of installed in Washington, D.C. We believe he acclaimed historian, academic and author would have been proud to see this monu- There has been a series of articles in the some research, I came across an interesting Robert Conquest, who passed away on ment dedicated to the millions of victims foreign policy journals recently that have book by a noted historian, Geoffrey Parker Monday, August 3, 2015, at the age of 98. As for whom he spoke so valiantly. tied the Arab spring and the rise of ISIS to (2013), linking climate change in the 17th an outstanding scholar, he is credited by The UCCA is grateful to Dr. Conquest for global warming. President Barack Obama century to the numerous revolutions, many as being the first to expose the true his many years of research and study, but and Secretary of State John Kerry have offi- uprisings and wars that plagued that cen- horrors of Soviet communism, particularly most particularly for serving as a harbinger cially stated, many times, that climate tury in Europe and Asia, including Bohdan under the totalitarian regime of Joseph of truth for the millions of innocent victims change is the major national security threat Khmelnytsky’s uprising against the Poles in Stalin. He is also celebrated, particularly by of the Holodomor, when few other non- facing the world and the U.S. Obviously, 1648. Ukrainians around the world, as a pioneer Ukrainians would dare to speak the facts. that puts the distant threat of climate It is an accepted fact – based on tree ring of truth for his seminal work “The Harvest Dr. Conquest – we thank you and we honor change above those of Iran’s nuclear ambi- data of the past 4,000-5,000 years, along of Sorrow; Soviet Collectivization and the you for your enormous contribution to his- tions, China’s hegemony in southeast Asia with countless ice cores and sediment Terror-Famine,” a groundbreaking study tory and to justice. May the Lord grant you or Vladimir Putin’s territorial ambitions. cores from numerous lakes around the that documents one of the darkest chapters eternal rest. How about a global financial collapse trig- globe, and 5,000 years of Nile River records in Ukraine’s history – the Holodomor – Vichnaya pamiat! gered by the unsustainably high sovereign – that climate has changed dramatically in debts of many nations, including the U.S.? the past. The data have clearly shown long IN THE PRESS In a recent Department of Defense sequences of warm and cold cycles, dry (DoD) response (July 2015) to a and wet, as well as volcanic eruptions. Congressional inquiry about climate- There have been numerous multi-decadal induced national security threats, DoD periods of floods and droughts that are cor- Th e West applies pressure on Kyiv asserted that climate change is a security related with the rise and fall of civilizations, risk because it degrades living conditions, and the migration of pastoral, nomadic “Putting Ukraine in an untenable “…U.S. officials have been leaning on the human security and the ability of govern- tribes from Asia to Europe. That’s why we position,” editorial, The Washington democratically elected and pro-Western ments to meet the basic needs of their pop- are known as Indo-Europeans. Post, August 8: administration of Petro Poroshenko to adopt ulations. Communities and states that are Eight thousand years ago the Sahara “Nearly six months after Russia agreed to constitutional changes and authorize elec- already fragile and have limited resources desert was green. Four thousand years ago an immediate ceasefire in eastern Ukraine, tions that would legitimize the authorities are significantly more vulnerable to disrup- there were major climatic changes that its forces continue to shell and rocket Russia installed in eastern Ukraine and grant tion and far less likely to respond effective- caused many nomadic civilizations to move Ukrainian positions on a daily basis. …it has the areas they occupy a special legal status. … ly and be resilient to new challenges. This over great distances from Central Asia to built military bases and deployed 9,000 “…the German and French governments might have been true in the Middle Ages, Europe. A drought lasting between 1020 troops inside Ukraine and stationed another have enlisted the help of the Obama admin- but not today. and 1100 A.D. occurred in the midst of the 50,000 just outside the border, according to istration in seeking unilateral Ukrainian That got me thinking about the condi- population collapse, which marked the end Ukrainian and NATO officials. … compliance with Minsk 2’s onerous politi- tions under which global warming (or cool- of the Mayan civilization. The decline of “How are Western governments cal terms, which if fully implemented ing, as happened during the 17th century), Chaco Canyon Pueblo Indians coincided responding to this aggression? Last month would implant a Russian-controlled entity can become a national security threat. with a prolonged drought between 1130 the Obama administration slightly tight- inside Ukraine’s political system. Certainly, during the 9th and 10th centu- and 1180. The Khmer civilization centered ened existing sanctions on Russia, and the “…The Obama administration… ought to ries, when the world was about 2 degrees in Angkor Wat, Cambodia, fell during a Pentagon announced that training of be doing more to bolster Ukraine’s defens- Ukrainian special forces would be extended es, so that Russia will be deterred from the Celsius warmer, the Vikings burst out of multi-decadal period of minimal monsoons to regular army units. Mostly, however, the offensive it is threatening – and it should their defrosted fjords and posed a major in the 13-15th centuries. United States has joined with France and tell European allies that the political solu- existential threat to European and Slavic The ancient nomadic civilizations of Germany in applying heavy political pres- tion they are trying to force is unworkable settlements, as they pillaged and slaugh- Cimmerians, Scythians, Alans, Sarmatians, sure – on the government of Ukraine. as well as wrong.” tered their way to Constantinople, creating etc. all migrated across the Pontic steppes the feudal systems that became the basis of Ukraine in search of food and fodder for for modern nation-states. Neither the their herds due to changing climatic condi- LETTER TO THE EDITOR Siveryiany, Duliby nor Derevliany, the early tions in their home territories. They invad- Slavic tribes of the Dnipro River basin, ed the territories of existing tribes and civi- After the coaching session, the partici- were thinking that climate change caused lizations, for whom climate change became pants formed into small groups and dis- this plague of Varangians. a direct national security threat. Re: the importance persed to meetings with selected members Clearly, for Holland, Bangladesh and It is well-documented that beginning of Congress. Kudos to Michael Sawkiw for many of the low-lying Pacific atoll nations, early in the 17th century the climate of Ukrainian Day setting up these meetings. I joined a group sea-level rise poses an existential threat. became noticeably cooler, with shorter Dear Editor: from New Jersey who went to see Sen. But one-third of Holland has been below growing seasons, severe winters, inter- The importance of the UCCA’s Ukrainian Robert Menendez, a big supporter of sea level for centuries, so for the Dutch, spersed with a highly variable climatic Day advocacy event, reported in The Ukraine. Tamara Gallo Olexy, president of global warming is a direct national security regime of droughts and floods. This was Ukrainian Weekly of August 2, cannot be the Ukrainian Congress Committee of threat, which they seem to be handling also a century of numerous revolutions, overstated. Such actions are an effective America, summarized our concerns, and quite well. Schiphol airport, near famine, diseases and plagues, and lengthy way to press the case for more robust U.S.- the senator was clearly sympathetic to our Amsterdam, is one of the busiest airports religious wars. The century became known Ukraine relations, including economic and cause. Mark Romaniv noted that the in Europe. It is 12 feet below sea level, and to climatologists as the “Little Ice Age,” security assistance. administration, in the person of National is able to handle 55 million passengers which coincided roughly with a century of I participated in this event, which began Security Advisor Susan Rice, had been each year without much of a problem. minimal sunspot activity, termed the with an excellent briefing session attended holding up the issuance of export licenses In 1846, the Army Corps of Engineers “Maunder Minimum.” It’s still not clear by about 30 individuals. Most of those for equipment that Ukraine had been built a huge Fort Jefferson, 70 miles west of what the causal relationship is between attending were younger people, many from promised and needs urgently. the Florida Keys in the Dry Tortugas, to sunspot activity and climate change. Ukraine, who came to get instructions on Sen. Menendez said that he would gladly monitor the entrance to the Gulf of Mexico. An inscription was found in the Old how to talk to congressmen and senators help, but regrettably Ms. Rice is deliberate- Since then, the sea level has risen two and a Sambir Cathedral, dated 1648, which said ly kept isolated from many members of on issues relevant to Ukraine. half feet (well before global warming), and “there was great hunger throughout the Congress. She answers only to President I was struck, however, by the absence of the fort has withstood countless hurricanes Christian world.” Similar expressions were Barack Obama, whose interest in support- middle-aged and older Ukrainian profession- and severe erosion during its 170-year found throughout Europe, Asia and the ing Ukraine, despite overwhelming biparti- als living in the Washington metropolitan existence. Today, it is a National Park and a New World during that century: “Among all area, a diaspora that numbers in the thou- san support in Congress, has always been and continues to be lukewarm at best. prime tourist attraction. Meanwhile, the the past occurrences of disaster and rebel- sands. Their presence would have strength- U.S. Navy is fretting about a potential three- lion, there had never been anything worse ened the ranks of the young, for some of Jaroslaw Martyniuk foot sea-level rise in Norfolk about 100 than this” (1641, Yizhou, China). “The whom English was a second language. Washington years from now. times are so miserable that never in the Recently, I gave a series of lectures at the memory of man has the like famine and National Defense University and Naval War mortality happened” (1631, East India Opinions in The Ukrainian Weekly College on the subject of national security Company, Surat, India). Opinions expressed by columnists, commentators and letter-writers are and climate change, outlining ideas on We should all recall Thomas Hobbes’ their own and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of either The Weekly what roles DoD should be playing in adapt- celebrated description of the impacts of editorial staff or its publisher, the Ukrainian National Association. ing to climate change, in response to execu- tive orders by President Obama. In doing (Continued on page 16) 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 16, 2015 No. 33 Sitch Sports School at Soyuzivka Heritage Center trains young athletes

by Omelan Twardowsky KERHONKSON, N.Y. – The 46th annual Chornomorska Sitch Sports School, hosted at the Soyuzivka Heritage Center, concluded its two-week camp on August 1 with a tra- ditional luncheon. The camp attracted 54 boys and girls for the first week and 47 campers for the second session. The great weather during the two weeks helped ensure the camp’s success, as did the work of the camp directorate, instruc- tors and supervisors, who contributed to the campers’ record-setting achievements that surpass the work of the past decades. Three years ago, the camp integrated an hour-long singing instruction as a part of its daily schedule. It is difficult to keep the campers interested, however, many of the English-speaking campers enthusiastically Campers and instructors during the second week of the Chornomorska Sitch Sports School at Soyuzivka. learned and performed songs at weekly bon- fires and concerts that marked the end of Oksana Telepko (during the first week) and some, this is the only opportunity for them included: Omelan Twardowsky, president each camp session that were attended by the Inessa Dekajlo (during the second week), to learn the Ukrainian language. of Chornomorska Sitch; Katya Kucyna, many parents. Singing instruction was by both professional artists from Ukraine. For Soccer instructors included coach Rob camp director; Yarko Twardowsky, admin- Howell, assisted by Zachary Bakun (a mem- istrator; Taissa Bokalo, girls’ supervisor; Mr. ber of the Sitch men’s team); volleyball Kozak, boys’ supervisor; and Armen instruction was by Ivanka Grynyk, with Skulsky (from Kyiv), assistant and camp assistant instruction by Eric Kuzmirek; ten- photographer. nis instruction in the first week was by Dr. At the conclusion of each camp session, Oleh Slupchynsky, who was joined by instructors awarded medals and recogni- Andrew Cymbal, and during the second tion of special achievements. The names of week, Andrew Kyzyk, Daniel Kyzyk and recipients will be listed in the Our Sport Katrusia Slupchynsky; swimming was led journal, which is published annually by by Paul Kozak, one of the most medal-win- Chornomorska Sitch. ning swimmers for Sitch. The Sports School was also made possi- Thanks to the work of the camp instruc- ble with the cooperation and support of tors, the playing level of campers was ele- Self Reliance Ukrainian Federal Credit vated in their chosen sports. During an Union branches in Whippany and Newark, exhibition soccer match with an American N.J., as well as the Self Reliance New York club, the Sports School camp tied 3-3 in the Ukrainian Federal Credit Union and the youth division and the older players won SelfReliance Ukrainian American Credit The Sports School’s camp directorate in front of the monument to Ukrainian poetess 11-4. Union in Clifton, N.J. Lesia Ukryinka. The Sports School camp directorate – Translated by Matthew Dubas.

come foreigner in my own country.” The European Union backed Mr. Turning... During Ukraine’s Independence Day cel- Russian-backed... Klimkin’s view, and its Foreign Policy ebrations in Kyiv, President Yushchenko Service on August 11 issued a statement (Continued from page 6) (Continued from page 1) said: “We must speed up our work to confirming that the escalated attacks, par- achieve membership in the European sys- aged several Russian vessels, while others tioned and those preparations being made ticularly on August 10 and 11 near tem of security and raise the defense capa- ships remained in Russia due to the new indicate they’re preparing not for defense, Starohnativka, violate the spirit and letter restrictions. “…The Russians are just looking bilities of the country. Only these steps will of the Minsk accords. guarantee our security and the integrity of but offensive activity,” said Vladislav for an excuse to stir up the locals in Crimea – In his condemnation of the attacks, Mr. our borders.” Seleznev, the head of the press service of and restrictions on their Sevastopol opera- the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Klimkin also mentioned that trilateral tions may just be the reason.” The NATO summit in April stalled on the Starting on August 10, Ukrainian posi- negotiations to launch the Ukraine- “Moscow has laid the foundations for question of membership for Ukraine and tions in at least nine towns near the separa- European Union Deep and Comprehensive occupation of Crimea with years of careful Georgia, and Germany and France were reluctant to give a clear signal that the two tion line were targeted with heavy artillery, Trade Area are scheduled for September 7 propaganda,” said Vasyl Ovcharuk, a in Brussels, involving the foreign affairs Ukrainian Crimean political activist. “…The countries would be accepted. Some ana- Grad rapid rocket fire, as well as mortar ministers of Ukraine, the European Union level of hatred against anything Ukrainian lysts said the lack of decision by NATO had and rifle fire. and Russia. here is astonishing. The names and emboldened Russia to strike against Those most attacked were Starohnativka, addresses of people like myself have been Georgia. a town with a pre-war population of about However, the implementation of the free listed on Russian Internet sites with an Source: “Could Crimea be the next flash- 2,000; Chermalyk, a Donetsk region town of trade area, scheduled for January 1, is not a invitation of kill us. Many people have been point for conflict with Russia?” by Askold about 2,000 pre-war residents; and the dis- condition of the Minsk accords and Mr. attacked in the street for merely speaking Krushelnycky (RFE/RL), The Ukrainian trict of Shyrokyne, an Azov Sea town of Klimkin didn’t say the attacks were aimed Ukrainian. …I’m made to feel like an unwel- Weekly, August 31, 2008. about 1,400 where demilitarization efforts at disrupting them. have been attempted for four months by On the economic front, among the tar- GUIDELINES diplomats to no avail. gets of the expanded U.S. economic sanc- The August 11 assault on Starohnativka tions were Serhiy Kurchenko, an insider of FOR SUBMITTING MATERIALS TO THE WEEkLY was an attempt to conquer the town using the Yanukovych administration who served In order to facilitate preparation of The Ukrainian Weekly, we ask that the guidelines listed intensive tank and Grad rocket fire, report- as a proxy owner of accumulated assets; below be followed. ed the Financial Times that day, citing the Oleksandr Yanukovych, the president’s • E-mail submissions are preferred. 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Petrusia Sawchak Katya Bis At the USCAK-East Championships (from left): Molly Bis, Matthew Bach, Pavlo Best Campers with staff. Holding trophies (from left) are Danylo Karkhut, Stefan Busko, Nastya Dudaryk, George Sawchak, Tusia Kopach, Ari Louer, Ksenia Sorobay, Yana Skorobogatova and Elli Klim. Lewyckyj and Elli Klim. Soyuzivka Tennis Camp attracts loyal participants by Petrusia Sawchak KERHONKSON, N.Y. – For the past 49 years the Soyuzivka Tennis Camp has been held here in the beautiful mountains of upstate New York. This year it was held from June 21 to July 2 with campers ranging in age from 10 to 16 who stayed at Camp Lviv. In recent years, the camp has grown to include day campers as well, youngsters age 8 to 11. There are several interesting things about the campers: more than half return for many seasons; a few have parents who attended years ago; and they represent different waves of immigrations, including two boys visiting from Ukraine this summer. What is more wonderful is that they all get together to bond and become friends while learning to play tennis. This is what is so special about the Soyuzivka Heritage Center. Some may wonder: What is the secret of this successful Participants of the 2015 Tennis Camp. camp that builds camaraderie and loyalty? The answer is simple: a dedicated caring staff that loves Soyuzivka, expe- of tennis: various strokes, correct serves, game strategy and camp for their cooperation and presented the campers rience and knowledge in organizing and teaching tennis, etiquette. Each day began with exercises on the courts made with their certificates. The tournament results were and lots of off-court activities. enjoyable with the addition of lively music. All the instruc- announced, and trophies were awarded to the winners in The director of the 2015 camp was George (Yurko) tors rotated with all the campers, who were divided into five groups. Sawchak, a United States Tennis Association (USTA) instruc- groups according to ability in each particular skill being tor, player, organizer of tennis tournaments (for both taught that session. During the second week, the campers won first place, Mark Blyznak from New York took second, Ukrainian and American events) and present tournament applied what they had learned during tournament play. and• StefanIn the SorobayBoys’ A fromGroup, New Pavlo York Busko took third from place. New Jersey director and senior team captain for USTA Middle States. Off-court activities included swimming in Soyuzivka’s He was assisted by Leda Kopach, an accomplished play- pool, and playing volleyball or soccer. Campers also had Jersey won first place, Will Radan from Pennsylvania took er and winner of many tennis tournaments throughout her time to cheer the U.S.A. during the World Cup and watch second, • In andthe Boys’Zen Kochanowsky B Group, Adrian from Domaradsky New Jersey tookfrom third. New career, as well as her husband, Don Kopach, also past some popular movies on rainy days. In the evenings, the champion and winner of USCAK’s tennis tournaments. campers prepared skits for the feigned bonfire (not the won first place, Ariadna Louer from Pennsylvania took sec- The counselors, selected for their abilities and personal- real thing due to inclement weather). ond,• Inand the Tusia Girls’ Kopach A Group, from NastyaPennsylvania Dudaryk took from third. Florida ities, were Victoria Voronovich, Andrij Cymbal, Molly Bis They also dressed up for their teenage zabava/dance and Mary Hankewycz. held in Veselka Hall. Another special treat for them was won first place, and second place went to both Olivia Another important member of the staff for 15 years was attending Hutsul Night (at Mr. Paslawsky’s invitation), a Bereza• In thefrom Girls’ New B Jersey Group, and Ksenia Elli Klim Lewyckyj from Indiana, from Indiana while Olya Czerkas, the dorm supervisor who likes to be referred Soyuzivka tradition. Many campers wore their Ukrainian Juliette Louer from Pennsylvania took third. This group to as “Dorm Mom.” She helped the campers feel at home embroidered shirts and enjoyed Ukrainian-style food to was highly contested with only two points between each. and included in all off-court activities. Completing the staff celebrate their heritage. After the dinner, the campers was this writer, Petrusia Sawchak, who served as coordina- showed off their dancing skills, having practiced the polka Klymovskyy and his brother Taras, took first and second tor and administrator. Mmes. Czerkas and Sawchak are taught to them by Mrs. Czerkas the day before. At the end place,• In respectively. the Mixed Group, two boys from Lviv, Marko public school teachers by profession, so parents can be of each day the campers formed a circle and sang “Nich The coveted Best Campers awards, selected by the sure that the children were well supervised. Vzhe Ide” (“Night is Falling”), reinforcing the new friend- entire staff, went to Stefan Sorobay from New York, Danylo Special thanks were offered to General Manager Nestor ships they made at camp before going to sleep. Karkhut from New Jersey, Yana Skorobogatova from New Paslawsky, Office Administrator Sonia Semanyszyn and During the USCAK-East Championships held at York and Elli Klim from Indiana. Assistant Manager Stefko Drabyk for their courteous ser- Soyuzivka on June 27-28, campers had the opportunity to The counselors presented some “funny awards” to the vice, support and friendly assistance whenever needed by participate – and many of them won. campers and staff. After all the presentations were done, the the Tennis Camp. This year’s newcomer, Laryssa Liteplo, At the end of camp, a gala banquet was held in the Main campers continued their festivities with a dance in the hall. RN, served as the camp nurse who took care of campers’ House dining room with hors d’oeuvres and Shirley The next day the campers met on the tennis courts for nicks and bruises. Soyuzivka’s Chef Andrey Sonevytsky Temples served in the lobby. The campers wore their party some formal farewells and, after some hugs and kisses, all always prepared delicious and nutritious food that he attire and were given the royal treatment. Many parents vowed to continue playing tennis and to return again next knew would be enjoyed by the campers. attended as well. year. Many of these young tennis players keep in touch all The first week of camp was devoted to learning the basics Mr. Sawchak thanked everyone associated with the year, with e-mails and Facebook keeping friendships alive.

Tennis Camp Staff Members (from left): Olya Czerkas, Mary Hankewycz, Molly Bis, Victoria Voronovich, Andrij Cymbal, Petrusia Sawchak, Yurko Sawchak, Don Petrusia Sawchak Kopach and Laryssa Liteplo. At Hutsul Night. Campers show off their Ukrainian blouses. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 16, 2015 No. 33 No. 33 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 16, 2015 11

Christina Santore U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs A view of some of the pysanky on display. The exhibit encompassed over 300 chicken, 25 goose and 10 ostrich eggs Victoria Nuland visits the exhibit. transformed into pysanky. Ukrainian American pysanka artist exhibits her works in Kyiv KYIV – Sofika Zielyk of New York City, who is known for her authentic, meticulously researched pysanky represent- ing various regions of Ukraine, was invited recently to exhibit her works at the newly built America House, a com- ponent of the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv. Ms. Zielyk is currently living in Ukraine, having been awarded a Fulbright grant for her research about the influ- ence of folk art on the work of eastern Ukrainian artists of the early 20th century. While on a break in New York City from her Fulbright work in Ukraine, Ms. Zielyk said: “I packed up my chicken, goose and ostrich eggs (including the pysanka birds) and sent them to America House. Everything came in one piece!” The exhibit opened on June 24 with Christi Anne Hofland, the director of America House, opening the exhib- it and Public Affairs Officer Conrad Turner delivering open- ing remarks. The pysanka artist also addressed the gathering, noting that it is truly a pleasure to exhibit her work in the capital of Ukraine. But it is also significant that these pysanky are Sofika Zielyk at the entrance to her exhibit in Kyiv. displayed on American soil, she added. “Immigrants coming to the U.S., including my grandpar- Ms. Zielyk holds a degree in art history from New York and Library in Stamford, Conn., the Embassy of Ukraine in ents and parents, brought with them the tradition of University. She started making pysanky and ceramics when Washington and the Pysanka Museum in Kolomyia, ‘pysankarstvo’ for safekeeping and kept it alive. It flour- she was 6, having learned the basics of these traditional Ukraine. ished here, while there was a decline of this tradition in Ukrainian art forms from her mother. In 1992 Ms. Zielyk became the first American of most of Ukraine,” the native New Yorker told The Ukrainian She has lectured and exhibited her work widely, most Ukrainian descent to exhibit her work in her ancestral Weekly. notably at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the American homeland, at the Taras Shevchenko museums in Kaniv and In Kyiv, she said she described her exhibit at America Museum of Natural History, and the Museum of Arts and Kyiv. She has been accepted as a full-fledged member of the House as coming full circle and noted at it was an honor to Design (formerly the American Craft Museum) in New prestigious Association of Folk Artists of Ukraine. “unite” the two countries by bringing the pysanka tradition York. Her pysanky are in the permanent collections of The Ms. Zielyk’s works may be seen on her website, Sofika. from its haven in the U.S. back to its birthplace in Ukraine. Ukrainian Museum in New York, the Ukrainian Museum com.

U.S. filmmaker set to film “Julia Blue” in Ukraine, seeks sponsors

by Matthew Dubas “Julia Blue” with her own production company KinoRox that the project would be filmed in Ukrainian, English and (www.kinorox.com). She also has used her contacts in the Russian, representing the linguistic reality on the ground. It PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Filmmaker Roxy Toporowych has film industry, her work with the Sundance Film Festival, as has been amazing, she said, that artists are coming togeth- announced an Indiegogo fund-raiser for her project – “a well as the filmmakers for the 2014 award-winning (Grand er to make this film. She has coordinated her efforts with Ukrainian Ethno-Indie Love Story” – titled “Julia Blue.” The Jury Prize) documentary “Russian Woodpecker.” Dmytro Iaroshenko of Dakh Center of Contemporary Arts lead character, Julia, refuses to speak in Russian. Ms. Toporowych provides a synopsis of “Julia Blue”: in Kyiv. The fund-raising campaign – with a goal of $45,000 – “A feisty hard-working 22-year-old student, Julia is con- “Ukraine’s war with Russia is an information war,” Ms. concludes at the end of August. In 18 days, the campaign fronted with the harsh realities of life in contemporary, Toporowych explained. Thus far she has 62 donors on the has raised 15 percent of the goal at just under $7,000. war-torn Ukraine. Relentless with her studies, she wins a Idiegogo page; she noted a need for a social media cam- As Ms. Toporowych, a Parma, Ohio, native explained, “I coveted scholarship to a university abroad. As Julia secretly paign director. left New York City in September 2014 on a Fulbright schol- prepares for a new world outside of Kyiv, she meets a The film is set to begin filming in September, and Ms. arship. It was a challenging move, but I chose to battle my young, edgy, soldier from Donetsk, known as English. Toporowych is currently in Ukraine for pre-production. nerves and culture shock and push forward. I started really Together, Julia and English navigate through contemporary Sashko Roshchyn is the cinematographer. listening, meeting and speaking with people from all over Kyiv: a world of babushkas, volunteers, soldiers, hipsters, “This is a pioneering film endeavor,” Ms. Toporowych said, Ukraine, including volunteer soldiers touched by the nationalists and VIPs. Ultimately, they choose to break “and independent film is a foreign concept in Ukraine that is Madian revolution and the current war with Russia. away from the city, escaping to the Carpathian Mountains, steadily growing based on volunteers.” KinoRox has been Cabbies, soldiers, farmers and hipsters – everyone had a where a new set of realities determine each of their fates. A making Ukrainian and “Slavic-centric” films since 2004, story to tell.” character-driven drama, ‘Julia Blue’ will dive into the and this is the company’s first independent film venture. But Ms. Toporowych’s latest film project is not a docu- psyche of a determined 20-something and a damaged war Readers can donate in amounts as little as $5, and mentary, she notes. “I decided to compile these stories and hero. The story’s authenticity is highlighted by the richly receive thank-you gifts based on the donation amount, this research into a feature length script. I also decided I detailed and captivating world of its unique location.” online at the Indiegogo page, https://www.indiegogo.com/ wanted to tell that story in a way that would reach people In a post-Maidan Ukraine, Ms. Toporowych traveled to projects/julia-blue-a-ukrainian-ethno-indie-love-story. across borders, speaking to them emotionally. One year Poltava to see for herself where humanitarian aid supplies Readers can also stay updated on the film’s progress on the later, ‘Julia Blue’ was born.” are sent on the ground to the ATO zone. film’s Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/ Ms. Toporowych, is writer, director and producer for In speaking with The Weekly, Ms. Toporowych explained JuliaBlueUkraine. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 16, 2015 No. 33

Possible evidence of Russian missiles with putting on trial those identified as the Opposition party office attacked NEWSBRIEFS culprits. The final conclusions of the inves- AMSTERDAM – Dutch prosecutors say tigators are expected to be released in KHARKIV – At least 50 young men, many (Continued from page 2) they have found possible parts of a October. (RFE/RL, based on reporting by in balaclavas, attacked the former office of Russian-made Buk missile system at the Reuters, the Associated Press, Agence the Party of Regions in Ukraine’s eastern paint. The monitoring mission is charged city of Kharkiv on August 3. The office is site in eastern Ukraine where Malaysia France-Presse, Deutsche Presse-Agentur, with overseeing the implementation of the currently used by National Deputy Airlines Flight 17 was brought down in TASS and Interfax) February Minsk agreements that estab- 2014, killing all 298 people on board. A Mykhailo Dobkin, who represents the lished a ceasefire in the conflict between statement from the Netherlands’ national Kremlin discusses worsening violence Opposition Bloc in the Verkhovna Rada. the Ukrainian government and Russia- prosecutor’s office, which is involved in a The attackers destroyed a minibus parked MOSCOW – The Kremlin press service backed rebels in the eastern part of the joint international investigation into the near the office and smashed the building’s country. Meanwhile, both sides accused the says Russian President Vladimir Putin has windows with stones. They claimed to rep- MH17 tragedy, said the parts “are of partic- held an “operative meeting” on August 12 other on August 9 of shelling around the ular interest to the criminal investigation as resent the Ukrainian right-wing nationalist rebel-held town of Horlivka, northeast of with the members of the Russian Security group Right Sector and an organization they can possibly provide more informa- Council about escalating violence in east- Donetsk. Separatists said one civilian had called Public Guard. The attackers said they tion about who was involved in the crash.” ern Ukraine. The Kremlin said the focus of been killed by Ukrainian artillery fire on gathered at the site to protest against the The possible physical evidence of a missile the meeting was on attacks on pro-Russian the town, while the Ukrainian military said Opposition Bloc’s participation in local was in the possession of the Dutch Safety separatists as well as residents of eastern elections in October and attacked the build- rebels were shelling the positions of gov- Board. MH17 crashed over territory held Ukraine, implying that the attacks were ing after Mr. Dobkin’s people started shoot- ernment troops nearby. One Ukrainian sol- by pro-Russian separatists in eastern being carried out by Ukrainian government ing at them with firearms, wounding one dier was killed, while 10 servicemen, a Ukraine in July 2014, killing all 298 people forces. The Kremlin statement came a day activist. Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest civilian woman and two children were aboard. Leaked details of the Dutch-led after the European Union accused pro-Rus- city, is only about 20 kilometers from the wounded in the past 24 hours, a Ukrainian probe suggest the plane was shot down by sian separatists of increasing their attacks Russian border. (RFE/RL, based on report- military spokesman said. He said separatist a Russian-supplied surface-to-air missile on government-held areas of eastern ing by UNIAN, Pravda.ua, and Interfax) civilian areas west of Donetsk city had been fired from separatist-controlled territory. Ukraine, saying the separatists were violat- shelled constantly by rebels in the past day The Kremlin blames Ukrainian government ing a ceasefire deal reached in Minsk in Polish American Congress honors Kaptur and reported an increase in fighting in forces for downing the plane. But Russia February. Russia’s Foreign Affairs Ministry WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Marcy parts of Luhansk region, northeast of last month vetoed a United Nations on August 11 also complained that the situ- Kaptur (D-Ohio) on July 22 received the Donetsk. (RFE/RL, with reporting by Security Council resolution that would have ation on the front line has deteriorated in Polish American Congress Medal of Reuters, TASS and Interfax) created an international tribunal tasked recent days and urged Kyiv to end what Freedom, the organization’s highest recogni- Moscow said were “irresponsible actions.” tion, for her work on behalf of Poland and (RFE/RL, based on reporting by Reuters, the Polish American community in the U.S. the Associated Press, Agence France- This year marks the group’s 70th anniversa- Presse, Interfax, and TASS) ry. “Poland is a true and loyal friend to the United States,” said Rep. Kaptur. “Her sol- Nemtsova to share prize with Ukraine TO PLACE YOUR AD CALL Walter Honcharyk (973) 292-9800 x3040 diers have been at our side in Iraq and or e-mail [email protected] WARSAW – Zhanna Nemtsova, the Afghanistan, and have died there for us. And daughter of Russian opposition leader our histories are intertwined: we might not Boris Nemtsov, who was shot to death in even have a country if Poland’s generals, SERVICES PROFESSIONALS February 2015, has announced that she would donate 700,000 euros, part of the had not stood at our side during the sum she received as a winner of Poland’s AmericanTadeusz Kościuszko Revolution. and I am Casimir honored Pulaski, and Lech Walesa Solidarity Prize, to charity humbled to receive this important award projects in Ukraine, according to Polskie from the Polish American Congress today Radio’s Russian service. “Part of the prize in and will continue working to strengthen our the amount of 700,000 euros will be fun- relationship with our great friends and neled into charity projects in the Eastern allies, the people of Poland.” Rep. Kaptur is a Partnership countries. This is stipulated in co-sponsor of the JOLT Act (H.R. 1401), the conditions of the prize. All these charity which would grant Poland access to the Department of Homeland Security’s Visa projects will be financed in Ukraine, which Waiver Program. Poland is a top 50 U.S. trad- is suffering from the stark war. The support ing partner. Seventy-four percent of Poles will be given to the families of the Heavenly view the U.S. favorably, a 1 percent increase Hundred Heroes [the people killed during over 2014. (Office of Rep. Marcy Kaptur) Euro-Maidan protest events in Ukraine in the fall and winter of 2013–2014]. In addi- NED designated “undesirable” in Russia tion, it will be spent on repairs to schools and procurements of equipment in the WASHINGTON – The United States on Ukrainian regions that are hosting internal- July 28 said it is “deeply troubled by ly displaced persons [from the annexed Russia’s formal designation of the National Crimea and occupied Donbas in eastern Endowment for Democracy (NED) as a so- Ukraine]. A Crimean Tatar TV channel in called ‘undesirable’ organization. In a state- exile, which is now broadcasting from Kyiv, ment to the press, Mark C. Toner, deputy will also be given support. This is a strong- spokesman for the U.S. State Department, OPPORTUNITIES noted: “This designation only heightens our hold of the freedom of speech and [the sup- concern that the so-called ‘undesirables’ plier of] objective news about the situation law will further restrict the work of civil in the peninsula,” Ms. Nemtsova said in society in Russia. This action is a further Earn extra income! Warsaw on August 4 prior to the awarding example of the Russian government’s The Ukrainian Weekly is looking ceremony. She also said that she planned to growing crackdown on independent voices for advertising sales agents. “give grants to the Belarus-based portal For additional information contact and another intentional step to isolate the Charter97 [charter97.org] whose editor-in- Russian people from the world.” He added, Walter Honcharyk, Advertising Manager, chief is Nata Radina.” The Lech Walesa PERSONAL The Ukrainian Weekly, 973-292-9800, ext 3040. “We continue to be concerned about Solidarity Prize is an annual Polish award increasing restrictions on independent for promotion and protection of democracy media, civil society, members of minority and civil liberties. It was established in groups and the political opposition. Single Ukrainian male looking 2014 by Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs for a Single Ukrainian lady to WANT IMPACT? Russians, like people everywhere, deserve an open marketplace of ideas, transparent correspond, date and perhaps Run your advertisement here, the first global distinction for democracy marry! Please e-mail me: and accountable governance, equal treat- in The Ukrainian Weekly’s andRadosław freedom Sikorski. awarded The bySolidarity a country Prize that is ment under the law, and the ability to exer- [email protected] made its systemic transformation in a my name is Vasyl CLASSIFIEDS section. cise their rights without fear of retribution. peaceful way. In total, the prize value is 1 We urge the government of Russia to million euros: the amount of 250,000 euros uphold its international obligations and is the cash prize for the prize-winner; commitments to respect the freedoms of HELP WANTED 50,000 euros are earmarked for financing expression, peaceful assembly, and associa- the prizewinner’s participation in the tion, and the rule of law.” (U.S. Department Plumbing company seeking junior mechanics, award ceremony and a study visit to Poland of State) for the prizewinner or a group of persons helpers and mechanics. selected by him/her; 700,000 euros are Russian officer charged with terrorism Work authorization required. allocated to finance development coopera- KYIV – The Security Service of Ukraine Plumbing shop in Maspeth, Queens. tion projects chosen by the prizewinner. (known by its Ukrainian acronym as SBU) Ms. Nemtsova said that the 250,000 euros identified a Russian army major who was CALL 718.326.9090 allocated to her would be channeled into the Boris Nemtsov Foundation. (UNIAN) (Continued on page 13) No. 33 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 16, 2015 13

had signed a decree the previous week Food outlets feed ATO troops whether he was drafted or is a volunteer sol- NEWSBRIEFS ordering the destruction of all food that dier,” said Ms. Burdun. Any food outlet can violates the Kremlin’s food embargo. The KYIV – The nationwide campaign Feed a become a campaign participant. “A service- (Continued from page 12) order has provoked an outburst of public Warrior has been initiated by the civic orga- man is to present any document proving his nization Anti-Terrorist Operation Veterans’ detained with a cargo of military explosives ire at a time when Russia’s economic crisis ATO participation in order to get a free meal has pushed millions into poverty and made Union. According to organizers, Ukrainian or drink. It may be a reference from his com- in eastern Ukraine on July 26 and said he troops are being demobilized, taking leaves has been charged with terrorism. SBU chief it harder for them to afford basic food. manding officer, a certificate of leave or When asked how Mr. Putin feels about the of short duration and returning with injuries treatment, or any other document,” she Vasyl Hrytsak told reporters on July 29 that to undergo further treatment on non-com- Vladimir Starkov, 37, from Russia’s Kirov ethical issue of food destruction, his explained, adding that if a serviceman has no spokesman Dmitry Peskov told a reporter batant territory. Mariya Burdun, campaign documents or certificates to prove his ATO region, admitted immediately that he was a organizer and board member of the NGO soldier in the Russian armed forces after he from the state-run Interfax news agency, participation, he can get free meals through “Don’t exaggerate this issue.” Mr. Peskov Svat, held a presentation of the Feed a a card provided by Svat. “This card contains was stopped in a truck at a checkpoint 22 Warrior campaign at Ukraine Crisis Media kilometers outside the separatist-held city said the food being destroyed is “pure con- no identifying information of the service- Center on August 10. Ms. Burdun said that of Donetsk. Ukraine is likely to use the case traband.” (RFE/RL, based on reporting by man. Nevertheless, it contains a code identi- ex-servicemen face numerous issues, such as to bolster its charges that Russia is continu- Reuters, the Associated Press and Agence fying all the information on the cardholder: how to get home, where to find funds for the ing its involvement in the 15-month-long France-Presse) regiment, period of stay in the ATO zone, trip and, above all, where to eat and at conflict and undermining a peace agree- military ranks, etc.,” said Ms. Burdun. Over Russia to add to food import ban list whose expense. “It was exactly this problem ment worked out in Minsk, Belarus, in 20 food outlets from Kyiv, Zhytomyr and February. While supporting the separatists’ MOSCOW – Russia said on August 11 that gave birth to the Feed a Warrior cam- Chervonohrad currently participate in the cause, the Kremlin denies that its forces are that it is planning to add new countries to paign. Any serviceman can now get free campaign, but the program aims to expand engaged in the conflict in Ukraine’s east. its Western food import ban list. Russian meals at special food outlets. His military to Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Dnipropetrovsk and When Ukraine captured two Russian sol- Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich rank is not important, and it doesn’t matter Kharkiv. (Ukraine Crisis Media Center) diers in May, Russia said the two men had said the decision will be made soon. He did quit their special forces unit to go to not name the countries that will be added Ukraine of their own volition. But that does to the list, which already covers the United not appear to be the case this time. In a States, Canada, Australia and the European Stefan Dowbusz video released by the SBU, Maj. Starkov Union. The Interfax news agency said seven 11/12/1928 - 7/21/15 said that, after arriving for service in countries will be added to the list. Russia Born in Dvernik, Ukraine Russia’s Rostov region, he was ordered to has banned most Western food imports in go to Ukraine as a military adviser to the retaliation against U.S. and EU sanctions Eternal memory for Stefan Dowbusz, who passed away on over Moscow’s interference in Ukraine. rebels. “They [the commanders] place you July 21st, 2015. Funeral service was on August 1st at the Nativity of the Russian officials on August 6 used a steam- before an accomplished fact that you will Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catholic Church in Los Angeles. Interment serve in” the self-proclaimed peoples’ roller to crush tons of cheese, fruit, and was held the same day at Forest Lawn cemetery in Glendale. CA. republics of Donetsk or Luhansk, the vegetables that had been smuggled into the Russian officer said. SBU officials say Maj. country. (RFE/RL, based on reporting by He is preceded in death by his wife Irene Dowbusz with whom he is Starkov and another man in the truck who Reuters and TASS) now reunited. said he was a separatist fighter lost their Ukrainians among U.N. personnel killed He is survived by his son Victor Dowbusz, daughter Martha Stephanie way and drove towards the checkpoint Dowbusz, and grandchildren Natalia Mancini, Odin Mancini, and manned by Ukrainian forces where they UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations were detained. An SBU official told Reuters Anastasza Dowbusz. Stefan was a soldier in the UPA during the years says two U.N. contractors from Ukraine 1945-47. He is a hero to his home country Ukraine. He is a veteran of the that Maj. Starkov has been accused of ter- were among 12 people killed when sus- rorism. (RFE/RL, with reporting by Reuters pected Islamic militants seized a hotel used Korean War and also worked for LAPD for 32 years. He is greatly missed and Agence France-Presse) by the staff of the U.N. peacekeeping mis- by family and friends. sion in Mali. Also killed were a South Kyiv bans pro-Kremlin performers May his memory be eternal! African pilot, a Nepalese man, and a Malian KYIV – Ukraine on August 8 named 13 driver who all were contracted by the U.N. pro-Russian actors and singers whose work mission – as well as at least three militants would be banned from television and radio and several Malian soldiers. Security forces У глибокому смутку ділимося сумною broadcasts and from cinemas – including in the West African country stormed the вісткою, що 12 липня 2015 року з волі Byblos Hotel in the town of Sevare early on France’s Gerard Depardieu. The blacklist Всевишнього відійшов у Божу вічність issued by Ukraine’s Ministry of Culture August 8 – freeing other U.N. contractors наш найдорожчий і незабутній described the 13 as “a threat to national and hostages who were trapped inside dur- security” for condoning Russian President ing a siege that lasted nearly 24 hours. The Чоловік, Тато, Дідусь та Брат Vladimir Putin’s annexation of Crimea and four freed U.N. contactors included a his support for pro-Russian separatists in Russian, a Ukrainian, and two from South св. п. eastern Ukraine. Ministry spokeswoman Africa. Malian officials say the Russian man Daryna Glushchenko said the airwaves ban had hidden inside the hotel from the mili- д-р Богдан Худьо and the withdrawal of permits for the tants during the entire siege and provided (хірург) screening of their films will go into effect in useful information to security forces. the near future. Mr. Depardieu, a Russian Ukraine’s Foreign Affairs Ministry said a народжений 8 жовтня 1933 року citizen since 2013, angered Kyiv’s pro- total of four Ukrainian citizens had been в с. Вільшаниці, повіт Лісько, Україна. Western leadership by striking up a close taken hostage at the hotel and at least one friendship with Mr. Putin and denying the was killed. Mali’s government said seven Парастас відбувся в четвер, 16 липня 2015 року, в похоронному existence of an independent Ukraine. Last suspects also were arrested in connection заведенні Литвин і Литвин, Юніон, Н. Дж. month, Kyiv banned Mr. Depardieu from with the militant attack, which was entering Ukraine for five years. Others on launched in the early morning hours of Похоронні відправи відбулися в п’ятницю, 17 липня, в Українській August 7. (RFE/RL, based on reporting by католицькій церкві св. Івана Хрестителя в Нюарку, Н. Дж., а опісля на the blacklist include the Russian singer and цвинтарі Gate of Heaven, Іст-Гановер, Н. Дж. lawmaker Iosif Kobzon, who is targeted by Reuters, the Associated Press and Agence European sanctions, and the Soviet-era film France-Presse) Горем прибиті: star Mikhail Boyarsky. (RFE/RL, based on дружина - Богданна reporting by Agence France-Presse) Zakarpattia fights smuggling доньки - Міряся Михальчак з чоловіком Борисом та дітьми Софійкою і Микольцем Russia destroys smuggled Western food UZHHOROD – Zakarpattia Oblast State Administration Chair Hennadiy Moskal - Рома Пранпат з чоловіком Ройом MOSCOW – Russian officials have used a said on August 11 that contraband flows on та дітьми Лукіянчиком і Михайлинкою steamroller to crush tons of cheese, fruit, the Ukraine-Poland, Ukraine-Slovakia and сестра - Ірена Худьо з сином Марком and vegetables – defying public outrage to Ukraine-Hungary borders “were stopped брат - Мирон з дружиною Евою та дітьми Мартою begin a controversial effort to destroy completely.” Mr. Moskal reported that a і Юстинкою joint meeting among representatives of сестрінки - Оля Мрочек з чоловіком Володимиром Western food that has been smuggled into та сином Миколаєм the crisis-hit country. Russian television on Ukraine, Hungary, Poland, Romania and - Анна Олховік August 6 showed officials dumping almost Slovakia had been held to efficiently com- та дальша родина в Україні, Польщі та Канаді. 9 tons of cheese on a patch of wasteland bat the illegal circulation of goods. and crushing it with a steamroller in the According to Mr. Moskal, during the course Для вшанування пам’яті Покійного, пожертви можна складати на Belgorod region bordering Ukraine. of the meeting, the Ukrainian side under- допомогу пораненим українським воякам та на закуплення медич- Authorities said the cheese had arrived lined a common responsibility and need for ного обладнання для військових лікарень: from Ukraine in unmarked boxes, but was combining efforts in combating smuggling. St. John’s Charitable Fund most likely produced in the European For greater control over the commodities St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church Union. Russia in 2014 imposed an embargo transported across the border, 700 border 719 Sanford Ave., Newark, NJ 07106 on Western food imports in retaliation for guards have been sent to the Zakarpattia Western sanctions that were imposed over region said the first deputy head of the Просимо ласкаво о молитви за спокій душі Покійного. Russia’s illegal annexation of Ukraine and State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, its support for pro-Russian separatists in Vasyl Servatyuk. (Ukraine Crisis Media Вічна Йому пам’ять! eastern Ukraine. President Vladimir Putin Center) 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 16, 2015 No. 33

COMMUNITY CHRONICLE Boston observes annual day UUARC ships three containers honoring Ukraine’s heroes of humanitarian aid to Ukraine UUARC PHILADELPHIA – Due to the compas- sion and generosity of its members, in April and May, the United Ukrainian American Relief Committee (UUARC) packed and sent to Ukraine three 40-foot containers of humanitarian aid. The UUARC expressed thanks to the Rev. Roman Mirchuk and parishioners of St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church in Whippany, N.J., for organizing and collecting items for the container that was sent in April. Dr. Roksolana Vaskul-Leshchuk and Michael Koziupa directed this project. The container was received by the direc- tor of the UUARC in Kyiv, Vera Prinko, and its contents were distributed to families of deceased and wounded soldiers and refu- gees from the combat zone in Ukraine. The container included: new thermal under- United Ukrainian American Relief wear, gloves, blankets, medical emergency Committee President Larissa Kyj (left) and blankets, medical supplies, clothing for UUARC Kyiv Branch Director Vira Prinko women, men and children, toys, towels and are seen with an ambulance delivered to Maria Fedynyshyn Saxe bedding. Its total weight was 22,016 Ukraine. Participants of Boston’s “Sviato Heroyiv.” pounds, and its value was $40,044. border units. It weighed 12,173 pounds and A second container was sent on April 27 was valued at $86,477. The container includ- by Peter T. Woloschuk featured various Ukrainian heroes who had given their lives for Ukraine. and its contents were distributed to Ukraine’s ed two used ambulances that were in excel- BOSTON – Ukrainians of Boston marked Anna Nosal followed with a brief bio- lent condition and fully equipped, plus 146 the annual “Sviato Heroyiv,” a remem- graphical sketch of Metropolitan packs of new medical equipment and cloth- brance of all those who gave their lives for Sheptytsky and Sophiyka Seneyko recited ing. It also included Quick Clot, eye wash Ukraine’s freedom, on Sunday, June 14, the poem about him titled “Nash Ukrainsky stations, heating pads, medical blankets, adult diapers and mattresses. with a solemn requiem liturgy followed by Moysey” (Our Ukrainian Moses). Brig. Gen. On May 2, the UUARC sent medical assis- a panakhyda and a wreath-laying ceremo- Leonid Kondratiuk then spoke about the tance to the main Military Clinical Hospital ny at Christ the King Ukrainian Catholic battle of Makivka where Ukrainian Sich in Kyiv. The container, which weighed Riflemen defeated Russian imperial troops, Church; a formal program in the parish 12,943.339 pounds and had a total value of center; and a picnic/barbecue in the parish marking the first time that organized $133,088, included medical equipment, kitchen that spilled onto the extensive par- Ukrainian troops had faced the Russians therapy simulators, therapeutic devices, ish grounds. since the 17th century. A small UAYA cho- exercise equipment, stationary bicycles, Although organization of the event was rus then sang “Hey na Hori, na Makivtsi” examination and treatment tables, electric spearheaded by the Boston branch of the (On Mount Makivtsi). gurneys and wheel chairs. Also in the con- Ukrainian American Youth Association Olya Baryski talked about the red poppy tainer were shower chairs, chairs with arm (UAYA), a number of other Boston-area as a symbol of the sacrifices of World War support for drawing blood, a Stryker endos- Ukrainian America organizations took part II, and Anna Nosal followed with remarks copy electronic center, storage cabinets, file in the ceremonies, including Christ the King about the death of UPA Supreme cabinets, medical gloves, medical consum- Ukrainian Catholic Church, St. Andrew Commander Shukhevych. Lyubov Gentyk ables, thermal blankets and men’s clothing. Ukrainian Orthodox Church, local branches and Stephania Zarytska represented UCCA Volunteers pack exercise/rehabilitation All three containers were cleared, of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of Boston and sang two songs. Markian equipment into a container sent to received by their addressees and distributed America, the Ukrainian American Veterans Kolinsky wound up the segment by dis- Ukraine. in accordance with the prearranged plan. and Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization, cussing the October 1990 student strike in as well as the Sunflower of Peace Kyiv that eventually brought down the gov- Foundation, which raises funds for medical ernment. kits for Ukrainian troops at the front in They were followed by Kateryna eastern Ukraine. Malakhova from the Sunflower of Peace Plast sorority promotes physical fitness The program drew some 70 participants Foundation; the Very Rev. Roman Tarnavsky, and was conducted under the verse of the pastor of St. Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox Ukrainian poet Vasyl Symonenko, who was Church; the Very Rev. Dr. Yaroslav Nalysnyk, killed at age 29 by the Soviets in 1963 for pastor of Christ the King Ukrainian Catholic his patriotic writing, “My people exist! My Church; Orest Hrabovych, president of the people will always exist!” It also noted the Boston branch of Plast; and Vsevolod Petriv, 150th anniversary of the birth of UCCA Boston president. Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky; the 100th Olya Baryski then gave a short resume anniversary of the World War I battle at emphasizing that Sviato Heroyiv is for all Mount Makivka; the 70th anniversary of times honoring all who gave their lives for the victory over Nazism; the 65th anniver- the idea of a Ukrainian state; for those who sary of the death of Gen. Roman are paying the price today; and for those Shukhevych, the supreme commander of who will give their all in the future, guaran- the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA); and teeing the survival and continued existence the 25th anniversary of the student hunger of Ukraine. strike of 1990. The celebration was concluded with UAYA President Nicholas Zozula acted as everyone standing and singing “Sto Biytsiv: master of ceremonies. He opened the pro- Pisnia dlia Ukrainskoyi Armiyi” (100 gram by asking everyone to stand and sing Fighters: A Song for the Ukrainian Army). the Ukrainian national anthem and then The song is set to the music of the Vietnam called everyone’s attention to a slide show, era “Ballad of the Green Berets” by U.S. prepared by Maria Fedynyshyn Saxe, that Army Special Forces Sgt. Barry Sadler. Andrij Zwarych EAST CHATHAM, N.Y. – Members of Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization’s Want to keep up to date on developments in Ukraine? Spartanky sorority and friends conducted the Physical Fitness Badge tests on July 11 here at the Vovcha Tropa Plast camp. Over 100 teens, boy and girl scouts, competed in The Ukrainian Weekly swimming, track and exercise events in order to complete their scouting requirements on Facebook to read the latest! for physical fitness. This is the 14th year that Spartanky have organized this service. 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by Roksana Korchynsky Scholarship, awarded to a student with exemplary academic standing pursuing PITTSBURGH – The Ukrainian engineering, was awarded to Nicholas Spak Technological Society (UTS) of Pittsburgh of Pittsburgh. presented its 2015 Scholarship Awards to The Chester and Olga Manasterski 13 undergraduate and graduate students Memorial Scholarship, underwritten by from Western Pennsylvania and Ohio in sons Myron and Gregory Manasterski, was ceremonies at Posvar Hall on the University awarded to Victoria Cycak of Moon of Pittsburgh campus on Sunday, August 2. Township, Pa. Students, family members, UTS mem- The Dr. Michael Kutsenkow Memorial bers, and guests were welcomed by UTS Scholarships, underwritten by Rose Executive Board President Dr. Roksana Kutsenkow, were awarded to Allison Cross Korchynsky, who provided an overview of of Pittsburgh; Katarzyna Goebel of the UTS – now in its 46th year – and its Sewickley, Pa.; Stephanie Russick of Ford activities. In her opening remarks, she City, Pa.; and Christina Pierko of Niles, Ohio. thanked the many donors who have gener- The Michael and Anna Komichak ously offered their financial support to the Memorial Scholarship, underwritten by Mr. Scholarship program, which has helped stu- and Mrs. Michael Komichak and Mr. and dents pursue higher education in a variety Mrs. Raymond Komichak was awarded to of fields. Gregory J. Markiw of Pittsburgh. Dr. Korchynsky noted that the society is The Ukrainian Cultural Trust Choir of an organization of Ukrainian professionals Roksana Korchynsky Western Pennsylvania Scholarship, under- and businesspersons interested in cultivat- Some of the recipients of Ukrainian Technological Society scholarships: (front row, from written by The Ukrainian Cultural Trust ing Ukrainian culture and social awareness, left) Juliana Leis, Katarzyna Goebel, Stephanie Russick, Amanda Bellock, (back row) Choir of Western Pennsylvania, was award- and strengthening the Ukrainian community Gregory J. Markiw, Juliana Kochis, Maria Kalymon, Allison Cross and Nicholas Spak. ed to Mikaela Kapeluck of Carnegie, Pa. through active participation and leadership. Ukrainian Technological Society In addition to the scholarship program, Dr. holds a Ph.D. in theory and history of litera- educating themselves, volunteering, com- Scholarships were awarded to Amanda Korchynsky spoke of the society’s annual ture and a master’s degree in library sci- municating for a greater purpose and try- Bellock of Ebensburg, Pa., and Maria tradition of selecting and recognizing a ences and has taught extensively in ing new things. Kalymon of Carnegie, Pa. Ukrainian of the Year. Awardees are selected Ukraine. In her presentation, titled “A New Dr. Korchynsky then awarded the 13 Refreshments and a social hour followed for outstanding scientific or scholarly contri- Age of Cooperation and the Ukrainian scholarships totaling $8,500. This marked the program in the Posvar Hall Galleria. butions, humanitarian contributions, or for Community,” Dr. Lassowsky discussed how the 43rd year of the UTS Scholarship To learn more about the UTS, its outstanding efforts in the advancement or technology, open access initiatives and Program, with 425 separate awards made Scholarship Program, and other activities, perpetuation of Ukrainian culture. This past social media were instrumental in this new totaling $195,700 to 273 different students. visit their web site at www.utspgh.org, or year’s recipient was Dorothy Waslo, who age of cooperation, one example being the The UTS gave an additional $500 to “friend” UTS on Facebook at “Ukrainian was recognized for her efforts to promote popular TED (Technology, Entertainment, Smoloskyp Inc. to fund scholarships for stu- Technological Society (UTS) of Pittsburgh.” and maintain the tradition of Ukrainian Design) Talks reflecting a desire for infor- dents in Ukraine. Donations toward the 2016 Scholarship sacred and choral music through the found- mation sharing and global cooperation. The Lesia Ukrainka Memorial Program are being accepted. Donations are ing and leadership of the Ukrainian Cultural She cited the roles of Facebook and Scholarships, awarded to the highest tax-deductible, as provided by law, as the Trust Choir of Western Pennsylvania since Twitter in the huge mobilization effort by ranked high school senior and the two UTS has Internal Revenue Code 501(c)(3) 1990. Mrs. Waslo was on hand at the cere- protesters on the Maidan in late 2013 and highest ranked college students, were designation. Donations or inquiries may be mony to see the Ukrainian Cultural Trust observed how Ukrainian communities in made possible through a donation by the sent to the UTS at P.O. Box 4277, Pittsburgh, Choir of Western Pennsylvania Scholarship the diaspora have been able to coordinate Maria Hulai Lion Foundation of Brooklyn. PA 15203. Donations can also be made awarded for the first time. their activities through the use of social They were awarded to Juliana Leis of securely via PayPal by visiting the UTS The featured speaker for the scholar- media. Dr. Lassowsky encouraged the Bethel Park, Pa., and Juliana Kochis and website and clicking on the “Support” page. ships award ceremony was Dr. Hanna scholarship recipients to immerse them- Michael Kochis of Coraopolis, Pa. Readers can contact the UTS by e-mail at Chumachenko Lassowsky. Dr. Lassowsky selves in this new age of cooperation by The Michael Korchynsky Memorial [email protected]. Ukrainian American Club awards scholarships by Atanas T. Kobryn previous scholarship recipients were read by individual members of the committee. NORTH PORT, Fla. – The Ukrainian The most important segment of the American Club of Southwest Florida award- gathering, the presentation of this year’s ed its ninth annual scholarship this year to scholarship award followed. Prof. Lisnyczyj a graduating high school student in Port introduced Port Charlotte High School Charlotte, Fla. Eight scholarship winners graduating senior Valerie Segebre and her between 2007 and 2014 were awarded parents, and presented her with a $1,000 scholarships of $1,000 each after submit- scholarship and a certificate. After reading ting winning essays covering themes relat- her winning essay, Valerie spoke briefly, ed to Ukraine. expressing her appreciation for the award. This year’s scholarship awards luncheon Valerie was the first award recipient sponsored by the Ukrainian American Club from Port Charlotte High School. All previ- of Southwest Florida, headed by President ous recipients, including students of Daria Tomashosky of North Port, was held Ukrainian descent, had been graduating at the prestigious Heron Creek Golf and seniors of North Port High School. Country Club in North Port. The Ukrainian American Club, which After welcoming members and guests, sponsors various communitywide activi- introducing several important guests and ties showcasing Ukrainian culture and his- conducting a brief business meeting, Ms. tory, invites graduating seniors of local Tomashosky asked the Very Rev. Ivan high schools to write an essay with a Fatenko, pastor of Southwest Florida’s Ukrainian theme thus encouraging them Ukrainian Orthodox faithful and the to study relevant material before writing Ukrainian American Club’s chaplain, to Prof. Victor Lisnyczyj (left) with scholarship recipient Valerie Segebre and her parents. their essays. This broadens their knowl- deliver the invocation. She then turned the edge and, scholarship organizers hope, meeting over to Prof. Victor Lisnyczyj of After guests enjoyed a delicious buffet Lidia Bilous, Christyna Bodnar-Sheldon, will enable them to speak out on behalf of North Port, chairman of the club’s luncheon, Prof. Lisnyczyj introduced all the Ihor W. Hron, Dr. Katherine Steciuk and the Ukrainian cause in their professional Scholarship Committee. members of the Scholarship Committee: Eugene Tomashosky. Letters from several lives.

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aggressive estate managers who taxed their Climate change... subjects mercilessly during years-long fam- Ukrainian Sports Federation of U.S.A. and Canada ine and pestilence. This was, perhaps, one (Continued from page 7) (USCAK) of the first of many man-made famines suf- continuous wars and natural disasters dur- fered by Ukrainians, exacerbated by disas- Labor Day Swimming Competition ing that period; in his 1651 book trous climatic conditions. “Leviathan,” he famously stated that there Khmelnytsky was caught in the middle is “…continual fear and danger of violent of this Polish oppression, as his estates death; and life of man, solitary, poor, nasty; were taken and sons murdered. He fled to brutish and short.” Voltaire, in 1740, in one the stronghold of unregistered Kozaks in of his “Essays” noted that “three things 1647, a year that saw torrential rains dur- exercise a constant influence over the ing the harvest season, followed by drought minds of men: climate, government and and locusts the following year. In 1648 the Saturday, September 5, 2015 religion.” The same factors hold true today, Tatar Khan of Crimea joined Khmelnytsky Warm up 9:00 AM and contributed directly to Khmelnytsky’s because his people were starving, as their uprising against the Poles. harvest had failed in 1647. A few weeks Meet Begins 10:00 AM Sharp It’s somewhat of a chicken-and-egg later, in May 1648, several thousand Kozaks problem, though – climate and/or oppres- joined Khmelnytsky – and he moved MEET ENTRY FORM sive, despotic regimes. Let’s just say there towards Kyiv, where they ambushed a was a fatal synergy developed between nat- Polish army. The rest is history. Name: ural and human factors in Ukraine during It’s a lot harder to make the case today the period leading up to Khmelnytsky’s that climate change can cause fragile states Address: uprising, which contributed to a catastro- to collapse and become failed states. That’s Telephone: phe that played out over the next two gen- because there are many international insti- Organization Swimmer Represents: ______erations. tutions spending hundreds of billions of We can extrapolate backwards in time dollars each year on countless humanitari- AGE GROUP and see how climate-induced famines and an missions and construction of water- 10 & Under: 11-12: 13-14: 15 & Over: diseases, propagated through a populace based infrastructure to withstand climate that was already in a weakened state, could variability. Today, are the people of North Male: Female: be the cause of social upheavals and politi- Korea starving because of climate change cal unrest. In 1620-1621, all of Europe expe- or their oppressive political system? One EVENTS (Indicate event numbers using Key Code from table below) rienced an unusually cold winter. Most of only has to compare the economic and the major rivers froze over and, most spec- political evolution of North and South Individual Events (may choose up to three (3)): tacularly, the Bosporus, so that people could Korea to answer that question. 1: 2: 3: walk over from Europe to Asia. There were The reason we are familiar with the few 12 known volcanic eruptions in the Pacific ancient civilizations that flourished and left Relay Event (may choose up to one): during the period 1638-1644. The volcanic behind a record of cultural development dust in the atmosphere was enough to fur- was because Egypt, Mesopotamia and ther depress average summertime tempera- China were able to effectively manage a REGISTRATION DEADLINE – AUGUST 28, 2015 tures at least another 1-20 C. part of the climate cycle through the devel- NO POOLSIDE REGISTRATION Climatic reconstructions show cooler opment of irrigation systems and flood and drier conditions in Ukraine during the control. These were the ancient “hydraulic Registration Fee: $25.00 1640s, with a severe drought in 1639- civilizations” that survived the repeated Please mail application & fee to Taissa Bokalo at: 1642, and a drought and plague of locusts cycle of floods and droughts throughout the 136 Broad Street, Hightstown, NJ 08520 in 1645-1646, with early frosts and poor millennia. California is a contemporary harvests in 1647-1648. The Poles called hydraulic civilization that exports half of its Questions? Call Taissa Bokalo, tel.: 609-286-8699 this period “Potop” (Deluge) and “Ruina,” as $50 billion per year agricultural produc- email: [email protected] the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth tion. California’s agricultural sector alone is Christine Peters, tel.: 732-690-6877 (Rzeczpopolita) and most of Europe faced larger than the GDP of 120 countries. email: [email protected] the “Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse” – Iraq has an even more sophisticated pestilence, famine, war and death. hydraulic system than California, devel- LIST OF EVENTS Of course, many of the underlying prob- oped over several millennia of trial and lems were created by the Polish Sejm. One error. Ukraine has an old and degraded, but BOYS INDIVIDUAL GIRLS of the important destabilizing events was largely functioning, system that can readily EVENT # AGE AGE EVENT # that the Polish Crown granted huge estates be adapted to future climate variability. to a few great nobles, so that by 1640 one- There’s no reason why Ukraine could not 1 13 / 14 100m IM 13 / 14 2 tenth of the landholders controlled two- have as robust an agricultural economy as 3 15 & OVER 100m IM 15 & OVER 4 thirds of the population. To maximize the California’s – they just need to begin to yield of their estates, they appointed very start making smarter decisions. 5 10 & UNDER 25m Free 10 & UNDER 6 7 11 – 12 25m Free 11 – 12 8 9 13 – 14 50m Free 13 – 14 10 11 15 & OVER 50m Free 15 & OVER 12 13 10 & UNDER 50m Free 10 & UNDER 14 15 11 – 12 50m Free 11 – 12 16 17 13 – 14 50m Back 13 – 14 18 19 15 & OVER 50m Back 15 & OVER 20 21 10 & UNDER 25m Back 10 & UNDER 22 23 11 – 12 25m Back 11 – 12 24 25 13 – 14 50m Breast 13 – 14 26 27 15 & OVER 50m Breast 15 & OVER 28 29 10 & UNDER 25m Breast 10 & UNDER 30 31 11 – 12 25m Breast 11 – 12 32 33 13 – 14 100m Free 13 – 14 34 35 15 & OVER 100m Free 15 & OVER 36 37 10 & UNDER 25m Fly 10 & UNDER 38 39 11 – 12 25m Fly 11 – 12 40 41 13 – 14 50m Fly 13 – 14 42 43 15 & OVER 50m Fly 15 & OVER 44 RELAYS 45 10 & UNDER 4x25m Free 10 & UNDER 46 47 11 – 12 4x25m Free 11 – 12 48 49 13 – 14 4x50m Free 13 – 14 50 51 15 & OVER 4x50m Medley 15 & OVER 52 No. 33 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 16, 2015 17

NOTES ON PEOPLE Have Ukrainian flag, will travel Student wins award for audio documentary

Marianna Hawryluk Dianna Hawryluk accepts the Silver Radio Winner award (first place) for best stu- dent documentary. NEW YORK – Dianna Hawryluk of her mother, Marianna Hawryluk; Fredonia Cottekill, N.Y., took home first place in the Radio Systems alumni Bryan VanGelder, International New York Festivals audio studio and production manager and audio documentary category for her production engineer at CBS Interactive; Katie Fuchs, titled, “Let Music Live! A Journey Through senior account executive of the Lippin SUNY Fredonia Choral Department.” Group; and FSU faculty member Laura FOREST HILLS, N.Y. – George, Anisa and Maksym Mycak of Forest Hills, N.Y., dis- An audio/video major in the Johnson. They were joined at the table by a play the Ukrainian flag and their latest issue of The Ukrainian Weekly during a June 20 Communication Department at Fredonia group of radio/audio producers from the “flightseeing” landing atop the Ruth Glacier, one of several glaciers on Alaska’s Denali State University of New York, Miss BBC in London and WNYC FM. (Mount McKinley), the highest peak in North America. Inspired by the displays of the Hawryluk was honored for her excellent The New York Festivals recognizes Ukrainian flag by groups and individuals worldwide in support of the Euro-Maidan, the storytelling and production skills as a Silver excellence in the international fields of Mycaks have packed a Ukrainian flag for their travels since 2014. The landing site, Radio Winner at the New York Festivals advertising, TV and film, radio program- called the Don Sheldon Amphitheater of the Ruth Gorge, is considered by some to be International Radio Competition in New ming, financial advertising, health care and the most scenic spot in Denali National Park and Preserve, a vast territory encompass- York City. marketing advertising. ing more than seven million acres of interior Alaska. Previously, she won first place in the Within the category of student docu- Student Specialty Program (Audio) catego- mentaries, Miss Hawryluk was competing ry at the Broadcast Education Association’s against students from Great Britain, China, Festival of Media Arts in Las Vegas. The South Korea, Australia, Germany and many Young water polo player jumps in Communicator International Awards also other countries. During the course of the honored her production with the Award of evening’s award presentations, Miss PRINCETON, N.J. – Ukrainian American Distinction. Hawryluk watched in awe as professional water polo player Raisa Ihnat, age 13 ½, Inspired by a rich Ukrainian musical producers from CBS, BBC and other radio participated in this year’s U.S.A. Water Polo heritage and her admiration for the producers from over 20 countries accepted Junior Olympics held in California’s Orange Fredonia State University’s Choral their awards for a host of categories. County on July 30-August 2. She was hon- Department, Miss Hawryluk utilized her During her acceptance speech, Miss ored to be chosen to play on a team that audio production skills and musical ability Hawryluk thanked her instructors and consists mainly of athletes age 16-18. to tell a brilliant story about a team of mentor, Mr. Stasiw. As her music instructor Miss Ihnat was one of the youngest devoted choral conductors and their stu- at a Ukrainian American Youth Association members of her team, Princeton Tigers dents. She sought to shine a spotlight on Camp in 2009, Mr. Stasiw said he immedi- Aquatics Water Polo, which played in the the excellence of the Fredonia State ately recognized her brilliance as a musi- Girls’ 18U (age 18 and under) Classic University Choral Department and the cian with a strong ear and perfect pitch. Tournament. The team, coached on this major works presented by the choral Her talent extends well into the world of trip by Derek Ellingson of Princeton department. As a student at Fredonia, Miss producing and storytelling, and her early University, won three games and moved up Hawryluk performed in Beethoven’s Ninth recognition by the international radio com- to the semifinals. Tigers Aquatics put up a Symphony, the Lord Nelson Mass by munity is a testament to her uniqueness, valiant fight and tied the semi-final game Haydn, and the Chichester Psalms by he added. Leonard Bernstein. She said she believes Miss Hawryluk has worked throughout 7-7, but the game went into a dramatic these performances offer significant expe- her high school years at the Soyuzivka shootout and the Tigers lost to West Side rience for Fredonia students by presenting Heritage Center and is expected to gradu- Aquatics of Santa Monica, Calif. complete performances of major choral ate from SUNY Fredonia in 2017. She is a Water polo is considered a “boutique works. member of Ukrainian National Association sport” on the East Coast, where the num- Miss Hawryluk’s mentor, choral conduc- Branch 88. ber of clubs that sponsor teams is small. tor Andrij Stasiw, attended the New The sport is most popular in California, Festivals Award Ceremony at the (Portions of this article were previously where athletes play year-round in outdoor Manhattan Penthouse on Fifth Avenue with published in a SUNY Fredonia press release.) pools. Players from California dominate the sport. Miss Ihnat commented: “I learned so Andrea Odezynska “Notes on people” is a feature geared toward reporting on the achievements of members much from playing against older, more Water polo player Raisa Ihnat. of the Ukrainian community and the Ukrainian National Association. All submissions experienced players. It was also difficult to should be concise due to space limitations and must include the person’s UNA branch play all of the games in outdoor pools. East organization hosts a variety of national number (if applicable). Items will be published as soon as possible after their receipt. Coast players are not used to the challenge championships including Junior Olympics, of playing in hot temperatures and full sun. Masters Nationals, the U.S. Open of Water “It is difficult to make predictions rela- The entire experience made me stronger.” Polo and other competitions. Kyiv must work... tive to the length of the conflict because She added, “I love this sport. It’s a passion The U.S.A. Water Polo Women’s National this depends not so much on Ukraine as on of mine.” Team won the FINA World Championship (Continued from page 6) the actions of the US, the EU countries and Miss Ihnat, who has played water polo on August 7 with a 5-4 win over The Mr. Yeremenko continues: “the weak- Russia itself. Now, Ukraine by its own since third grade, is the daughter of Peter Netherlands. It was a record fourth world ness of Russia diplomacy is its lack of allies actions is not able to secure the rapid reso- Ihnat and Andrea Odezynska. championship win for the United States. and of clear strategic goals.” Therefore, he lution of end of the conflict,” Mr. Yeremenko Founded in 1978, U.S.A. Water Polo is FINA, or Fédération Internationale de insists, “although this is not only as a result writes. But Kyiv’s diplomatic approach so the National Governing Body for water Natation, is the International Swimming of those problems, Russia is condemned to far is only giving aid and comfort to the polo in the United States of America. The Federation. defeat.” enemy. 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 16, 2015 No. 33 Sukhishvili Georgian National Ballet to present 70th anniversary performance NEW YORK – International Concerts presents the world-famous Sukhishvili Georgian National Ballet in its jubilee 70th anniversary gala performance on Sunday, October 4, at 5:30 p.m. at Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center Hall. It also presents the company at the Kennedy Center, Eisenhower Theater, on October 1 and 2 at 7:30 p.m. Fifty extraordinary, richly costumed dancers, accompa- nied by live musicians, will perform an exciting program, featuring the most sensational pieces in the company’s repertoire. Sukhishili has performed for 50 million people in 88 countries on five continents. It was a headline attraction with New York City Ballet for the George Balanchine Centennial. It has appeared at the Metropolitan Opera,

Christian Miles Stomsvik Sukhishvili Georgian National Ballet, 2015. Avery Fisher Hall, Madison Square Garden, Albert Hall, the who appeared with the inaugural launch of the celebration Rome Coliseum and La Scala, where it was enthusiastically this summer include the famous ballet stars Nina welcomed with rousing ovation and a record-setting num- Ananiashvili, Ilse and Andris Liepa, Irma Nioradze and ber of curtain calls. Dennis Kuznetsov. Sukhishvili was honored with a Gold Medal from Queen The company has received universal accolades from the Elizabeth and received the “Best Show Of The Year Award” public and the press. The New York Times called the danc- for its limited Broadway run. ers “downright terrific,” The Washington Post exclaimed Sukhishvili Georgian National Ballet was founded by they are “First, foremost, and magnificent.” Iliko Sukhishvili and Nino Ramishvili in 1945, the year that Ticket prices ranges from $40 to $225. Readers of The marked the end of World War II. The company’s surging Ukrainian Weekly are eligible for a special reduced price by expression of emotion and tradition reflects the adventure using the code “GNB70 Diana.” For ticket information go to of the Georgian spirit and is an emotion-packed evening Avery Fisher Hall Lincoln Center Box Office, 65th Street that brings to the world the story of Georgia, its great tragic and Broadway; call Center Charge at 212-721-6500; or log history, artistry, humor, tradition, temperament and will. on to www.lincolncenter.org. For group sales and further Ilia Sukhishvili, the dance company’s current choreog- Special guest artists will appear to honor this monu- information, contact International Concerts at in o@ rapher. mental company’s legacy and global success. Guest artists intlconcerts.org or visit www.intlconcerts.org. f

parts of the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts, Western... which are widely exposed to Russian pro- paganda and infiltration (Ukrinform, July (Continued from page 3) 31, August 2, 8; UNIAN, August 7). only after a constitutional deal with In the Russian-controlled territory, it is Donetsk-Luhansk. the DPR-LPR leaders who are organizing Western powers might hypothetically these elections. Those leaders are negotiat- compel Russia to withdraw its troops from ing in the Minsk Contact Group about the Ukraine through a more stringent applica- modalities of elections, and are fully con- tion of economic sanctions. Such a process trolling the process locally. Those “presi- would have to take place outside the frame- dents” and “parliaments” are not up for re- work of the Minsk II armistice – in effect, to election. Only the district-, town- and vil- override the Minsk terms. The mood in the lage-level councils and mayors are to be West, however, does not indicate full elected. And not one Western official is in a resolve on economic sanctions. position to tell Ukraine that the DPR-LPR, According to some Western diplomats with their armies and security services, (most recently Ms. Nuland in Kyiv), if only would be dismantled, if and when elections Ukraine “fulfills its obligations” under are staged in that territory and validated Minsk II, i.e., it compromises on the internationally. Quite the contrary, the DPR- Constitution and local elections, then the LPR and Moscow would, in that case, wield West (mainly, the U.S.) could more effec- a stronger hand in the negotiations with tively call on Russia to withdraw the troops Kyiv. and allow Ukraine to regain control of the In sum, Ukraine is being asked to sacri- border. These are talking points that guar- fice the integrity of its elections and its con- antee nothing, since no such reciprocity stitutional processes for no tangible gain in exists under the Minsk terms. If anything, terms of sovereignty or security. No such Donetsk-Luhansk would gain a stronger deal is available. President Petro bargaining position, once endowed with a Poroshenko understood this conclusively constitutional status. Even after a constitu- when promulgating the law on elections. tional compromise, Ukraine would end up This precludes Ukraine’s consent to the in a position similar to that of Georgia or staging of local elections in the DPR-LPR Moldova, calling in vain for Russia to (see EDM, August 6). remove its military presence. Ukraine will have to, however, brace for Western diplomats’ latest hope and wish more insistent demands to comply with is that “legitimate representatives” of Minsk II unilaterally, while the diplomatic Donetsk-Luhansk might be elected in clock ticks toward December’s artificial October, with whom Ukraine would then deadline. Western diplomacy is itself cap- negotiate that territory’s constitutional sta- tive to Minsk II and seems unable to look tus. No one, however, is seriously suggesting beyond it. that such representatives would replace the DPR-LPR leaders after the local elections The article above is reprinted from there. The Ukrainian authorities are, instead, Eurasia Daily Monitor with permission from seriously concerned that pro-Russia candi- its publisher, the Jamestown Foundation, dates might be elected even in the liberated www.jamestown.org. No. 33 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 16, 2015 19

August 21-22 Ukrainian festival “Chervona Ruta,” Ukrainian August 22 Ukrainian Independence Day banquet, Zabava Catering Littleton, CO Cultural Center Chervona Ruta, Clement Park, Independence, NJ and Banquet Hall, 908-979-8998 or www.zabavanj.com http://chervonaruta.org or 720-209-0337 August 22-23 First USCAK Soccer Challenge Cup, Ukrainian Sports August 21 Benefit concert, featuring vocalist Bria Blessing, First Horsham, PA Federation of the U.S.A. and Canada, Ukrainian Washington Congregational United Church of Christ, American Sports Center Tryzub, 215-450-4068 www.unitedhelpukraine.org August 23 Ukrainian Independence Day picnic, Ukrainian August 22 Ukrainian Day in the Park, Ukrainian Canadian Congress – Somerset, NJ Orthodox Church of the U.S.A., St. Andrew Memorial Saskatoon, SK Saskatoon branch, Victoria Park, Church, www.uocofusa.org http://ucc-saskatoon.org/events.php August 23 Ukrainian Folk Festival, Ukrainian American Sports August 22 Ukrainian Day Festival, Ukrainian American Cultural Horsham, PA Center Tryzub, www.tryzub.org Portland, OR Association of Oregon and Southwest Washington, Lents Park, http://uacanw.org August 23 Friends Ukrainian Festival, Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Edmonton, AB Village, www.ukrainianvillage.ca August 22 Ukrainian Independence Day festival, Ukrainian Toronto Canadian Congress – Toronto branch, Centennial Park, August 23 Ukrainian Independence Day celebration, Ukrainians of www.ucctoronto.ca Littleton, CO Colorado, Clements Park (shelters 4, 5, 6), www.ukrainiansofcolorado.com August 22 Fund-raising concert, featuring violinist Marta Jewett, NY Krechkovsky, violist Randolph Kelly, cellist Natalia August 23 Celebration of Ukraine’s Independence, St. Sophia Khoma and pianist Volodymyr Vynnytsky, Grazhda The Colony, TX Church, Ukrainian Americans of South Texas, www.uast.org Music and Art Center, www.grazhdamusicandart.org August 23 Vyshyvanka Run, from Columbus Circle to Central Park August 22 Ukrainian Independence Day celebration, Ukrainian New York entrance at 59th Street, [email protected] Syracuse, NY National Home, [email protected] or 315-478-9272 August 23 Ukrainian Independence Day Fest and Parade, Holy August 22 Ukrainian Independence Day Parade, St. Josaphat Silver Spring, MD Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church, 301-717-2537 Parma, OH Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral to Ukrainian Heritage Park, 240-743-7250 or [email protected] August 23 Flag-raising ceremony marking the 24th anniversary of Union, NJ Ukraine’s independence, Ukrainian Congress Committee August 22 Ukrainian Independence Day celebration, Ukrainian of America – Newark/Irvington branch, Union Ottawa Canadian Professionals and Businesspersons Township Municipal Building, 908-377-7997 or Association (Ottawa), Royal Oak Pub, [email protected] [email protected] Entries in “Out and About” are listed free of charge. Priority is given to events August 22 Benefit concert, featuring vocalist Bria Blessing, advertised in The Ukrainian Weekly. However, we also welcome submissions Sacramento, CA Bethany Slavic Missionary Church, from all our readers. Items will be published at the discretion of the editors www.unitedhelpukraine.org and as space allows. Please send e-mail to [email protected]. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 16, 2015 No. 33

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