Inside: l Body of Heorhii Gongadze finally buried – page 4 l Year of Manitoba’s Ukrainian Canadian heritage – page 6 l Special section: Ukrainian Debutante Balls – pages 9-13

ThePublished U by thekrainian Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal W non-profit associationeekly Vol. LXXXIV No. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 3, 2016 $2.00 Shokin dismissed Poroshenko exhorts the West as procurator general to continue sanctions on Russia by Zenon Zawada March 29, as reported by the Interfax- Ukraine news agency. “That’s why today’s KYIV – The Verkhovna Rada voted on events in the Rada, which we highly March 29 to dismiss the highly unpopular approve of, to dismiss the discredited pros- Procurator General Viktor Shokin after ecutor general are so important.” months of pressure from reformers and Mr. Shokin was the second procurator American diplomats, who were disappoint- general nominated by Mr. Poroshenko (and ed with his resistance to and alleged sabo- approved by the Rada) to leave amid scan- tage of anti-corruption efforts. dal and corruption accusations. His prede- Mr. Shokin was dismissed on the eve of cessor, Vitalii Yarema, accomplished next to Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s nothing in his seven months. March 30 working visit to Washington, Mr. Shokin lasted 13 months, also with where the State Department was reported to no major accomplishments to speak of, have been pressuring him for the removal for other than organizing the September 17, half a year. Top diplomats wasted no time in 2015, spectacle in Parliament in which expressing their relief to see Mr. Shokin go. video evidence was demonstrated allegedly European Union Ambassador to Ukraine showing Radical Party National Deputy Jan Tombinski, who was allegedly misrep- Ihor Mosiichuk demanding bribes for his resented by Mr. Shokin in a September inci- political services. Yaro Bihun dent, said the dismissal creates the oppor- A far graver incident involved Roman President Petro Poroshenko responds to questions about the situation in Ukraine tunity for a new start. His sentiments were Zavorotnyi, a suspect detained by prosecu- after his keynote address at this year’s “Ukraine in Washington” forum in the U.S. echoed by U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine tors and named a suspect in the Euro- Capitol’s Congressional Auditorium. Sitting next to him is Bill Clifford, president of Geoffrey Pyatt. Maidan murders for being assigned 408 the World Affairs Councils of America, moderator of the session. “It doesn’t matter how much help the automatic rifles and 90,000 bullets to dis- “direct armed aggression against my state.” international community provides to by Yaro Bihun tribute among the “titushky,” or hired Addressing a large forum at the Ukraine, how much funds and technical thugs. He was released early in the morn- WASHINGTON – Ukrainian President Congressional Auditorium in the U.S. support Ukraine receives. Ukraine stands ing on March 27. Petro Poroshenko called on the United Capitol on March 30 discussing Ukraine’s before the challenge of overcoming corrup- States and other Western powers to contin- tion,” Mr. Pyatt told a Kyiv conference on (Continued on page 4) ue their sanctions on Russia to help end its (Continued on page 7)

Yegor Soboliev: Corruption in law enforcement is catastrophic by Zenon Zawada threatening to throw a grenade if they weren’t allowed in. He spearheaded legislation that created the National He denied uttering the words and refused to apologize. Agency to Search, Recover and Administer Illegally Gained KYIV – The Samopomich (Self-Reliance) party has The elections were eventually approved by Parliament, Assets, also part of the package of laws required for the emerged as among the most popular in Ukraine, even owing to Mr. Soboliev’s fierce efforts, but the attempt to visa-free regime. ranking first in some polls. unseat the incumbent mayor, Yurii Vilkul, a member of the Born in Russia and having spent most of his youth there, And although its founder and head Andriy Sadovyi is local oligarchy, ultimately failed during the vote held on he arrived in Ukraine in 1995 and immediately become among Ukraine’s most popular politicians (having served March 27. involved in journalism. Mr. Soboliev is among the leading as Lviv mayor since 2006), a key reason for Samopomich’s Under his leadership that began in January 2015, the critics of not only the Putin regime, but also the Russian success has been the passionate pursuit of reforms by committee has filtered, approved and in some cases rewrit- worldview and political culture. Yegor Soboliev, the 39-year old deputy head of the party’s ten anti-corruption laws, including those needed to estab- The world’s governments should understand that their parliamentary faction. lish a visa-free regime with the European Union. problems will only begin if Ukraine is conquered by Russia, His occasional brawls in Parliament have drawn the he said in a March 15 interview with The Ukrainian Weekly television spotlight, but his biggest contribution to politics at his office in the Verkhovna Rada committees building on stems from his chairmanship of the Verkhovna Rada’s Sadova Street. Committee on Corruption Prevention and Counteraction, “All of Russian history is a story of wars of conquest. which has been at the lead in lustration efforts that are When Russia stops, it begins to experience ruin,” he said. being resisted by the political establishment entrenched Also participating in the interview and posing questions from the Yanukovych administration, with the president’s was Vasyl Troubich, a master’s degree student in interna- backing, he alleges. tional affairs at George Washington University. A native of For at least half a year, he’s led several drives to dismiss Manhattan, he is working on a group project on reformu- the highly unpopular Viktor Shokin as procurator general, lating Western policy towards Russia for the Carnegie collecting the necessary number of signatures to force the Endowment for International Peace. vote after the first list mysteriously disappeared. The Rada The interview is being published in two parts. finally ousted Mr. Shokin in a March 29 vote. Mr. Soboliev Zawada: Your faction left the coalition in mid-Febru- also led the signature drive to dismiss his allegedly corrupt ary after the unsuccessful vote to dismiss the prime predecessor, Vitalii Yarema. Zenon Zawada minister. Moreover, it occurred when it was critical to Ukrainian law enforcement is a catastrophe, says Yegor During a late December protest to hold new mayoral get the latest tranche from the International Monetary elections in Kryvyi Rih, Mr. Soboliev was widely criticized Soboliev, a Self-Reliance national deputy and chair of the parliamentary Committee on Corruption for storming the Parliament in the company of soldiers, Prevention and Counteraction. (Continued on page 7) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 3, 2016 No. 14

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Brussels terrorist attacks: an opportunity Parties fail to form new coalition avoid as that likely would boost support for populist parties that oppose Western- KYIV – Last-minute demands raised by backed austerity measures. The lack of a to promote Vladimir Putin’s agenda former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia stable coalition capable of pushing reforms Tymoshenko’s Batkivshchyna party In Yalta, in 1945, the “Big Three” carved through parliament already has derailed by Pavel Felgenhauer quashed hopes for a new governing coali- up Europe into distinct spheres of domi- talks for a new $1.7 billion loan from the Eurasia Daily Monitor tion in Ukraine on March 29. The party had nance, leaving Central European nations, International Monetary Fund. (RFE/RL, been reported on March 28 to be part of an Following the March 22 terrorist attacks which are now members of the European with reporting by Reuters, AFP, AP, Interfax imminent deal to form a new coalition and in Brussels, which killed over 30 people Union and NATO, under the Soviet thumb and TASS) and injured hundreds, Russian officials until the end of the Cold War and the col- end the political crisis that has delayed responded by calling for unity in opposing lapse of Communism in 1991. For those Western-backed reforms and loans. But Ms. Kremlin: Savchenko will serve sentence the Islamic State (IS). They proposed bury- nations and for many in the West, the “Yalta Tymoshenko, at a meeting of prospective ing the hatchet on all other issues to con- system” of world order is a slur word, but coalition members, raised new demands, MOSCOW – The Kremlin says Ukrainian centrate on fighting terrorism. not at all in the Kremlin today. Mr. Putin’s including scrapping a tax on pension pay- military pilot Nadiya Savchenko will serve The chair of the Duma’s Foreign proposed new “anti-Hitler coalition” could ments and rolling back energy price hikes. her 22-year prison sentence handed down Relations Committee, Alexei Pushkov, itself lead to a new Yalta: to a new world The price hikes were a key reform demand- by a Russian court, despite Kyiv’s pushing spoke about “NATO fighting a non-existent order based on the same principles of great ed by the International Monetary Fund as for a prisoner exchange. Kremlin spokes- Russian threat, while bombs are exploding powers deciding the plight of lesser nations part of Ukraine’s bailout program. man Dmitry Peskov said: “With Savchenko, under its nose in Brussels.” NATO head- without their consent or consultation. The Lawmakers emerged from the meeting say- the situation is as simple and understand- quarters are not too far from the Brussels Kremlin could even provide the same Yalta ing the hoped-for coalition was not formed able as possible. Savchenko is a convict... international airport, where two bombs premises in freshly annexed Crimea for a despite an announcement by Prime She will serve her sentence.” In excerpts went off in the check-in area. Duma depu- new get-together. The Islamic State’s dra- Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk’s party late on from a televised interview published on ties called for better cooperation between matic terrorist attacks in Europe and March 28 of an impending new alliance March 26, Mr. Peskov denied that any deci- Russia and the West on fighting terrorism: Russia’s apparent military success in Syria with Batkivshchyna and President Petro sion had been taken on Ms. Savchenko’s “We face a common enemy but are disunit- (see EDM, March 17) seem to provide a Poroshenko’s faction in the Parliament. Ms. release or exchange. Ukrainian President ed” (Kommersant, March 22). good background that may induce the West Tymoshenko “is demanding a stack of Petro Poroshenko has said Kyiv was ready According to Lt. Col. Alexi Filatov (ret.), to agree. political laws be voted on before joining the to swap her for Russian prisoners. Mr. the West must study Russian know-how of It is highly important for the Kremlin to coalition. Everyone has to go back to the Peskov said “so far, there are no such deci- over 20 years of fighting jihadists and prove, in practical terms, that the principle drawing board,” a source in the Poroshenko sions” by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Chechen separatists in the North Caucasus: of concert of great powers works and may Mr. Peskov acknowledged that U.S. “The international community and the help solve complicated international issues. Bloc told Reuters. Lawmakers in Mr. Secretary of State John Kerry and German United States helped us to win the second A bilateral concert of the U.S. and Russia – Yatsenyuk’s faction also said the three-par- Foreign Affairs Minister Frank-Walter Chechen war [in the 2000s] and ensure resembling the Cold War superpowers’ ty coalition had not been formalized, with order in the North Caucasus. Now they are dealings – is seen as especially good: it party head Maksym Burbak saying the deal Steinmeier had raised the Savchenko case in trouble, and we are ready to share our makes Moscow an equal to Washington won’t be finalized until next week. Mustafa on recent visits to Moscow. However, he vast practical experience. Only together we and creates tensions between the U.S. and Nayyem, a lawmaker from the Poroshenko downplayed their comments, saying “Kerry may prevail” (Aif.ru, March 23). Mr. Filatov its various international allies. Bloc, said “Tymoshenko invented new con- did not come to pressure Putin over is a security expert and a former special The visit last week to Moscow of U.S. ditions and that’s why everything has final- Savchenko.” (RFE/RL, based on reporting forces member of Alpha, the elite antiterror- Secretary of State John Kerry to hold talks ly failed.” Batkivshchyna is the smallest by AFP, TASS and Interfax) ist unit of the Federal Security Service (FSB). with his Russian counterpart, Sergey party in Parliament, but the support of its MFA concerned about Savchenko’s health Opposing voices also entered the discus- Lavrov, along with a late night meeting with 19 lawmakers would have been enough to sion. The flamboyant extreme nationalist Mr. Putin, is seen as significant. The official give the three-party coalition a majority OTTAWA – On March 25, Ukraine’s politician Vladimir Zhirinovsky, speaking in Kremlin-controlled media express hope of when added to the 216 lawmakers from Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed the Parliament, opposed the move by an emerging understanding between Messrs. Poroshenko’s and Yatsenyuk’s fac- “strong protest with regard to the continua- Duma Speaker Sergei Naryshkin to express Moscow and Washington, though “any real tions. Verkhovna Rada Chairman tion of the illegal detention by the Russian condolences to the Brussels victims with a breakthrough may happen only after a new Volodymyr Groisman, 38, an ally of Mr. moment of silence. In preparation for the authorities of illegally sentenced citizen of administration is in the White House next Poroshenko, was expected to be put for- Ukraine Nadiya Savchenko, which led to upcoming Duma elections next fall, Mr. year” (RIA Novosti, March 24). ward as a replacement prime minister by Zhirinovsky is using extreme anti-Western significant deterioration of her health and Moscow is ready to adapt its policies in the new coalition. But that move also has constitutes a danger to her life.” The minis- nationalistic rhetoric to ensure his Liberal- Syria and Ukraine to accommodate the U.S., been thrown into doubt or delayed along try also noted: “We are outraged by the Democratic Party (LDPR) receives enough but no compromises on principle are forth- with the new coalition. Lawmakers said the unfounded refusal of the Russian side to votes to stay in the legislature. According to coming. Russia expects the U.S. to rein in Mr. Zhirinovsky, Westerners have only longer the government fails to form a new allow qualified Ukrainian doctors to visit Turkey and the Syrian opposition to stay put coalition, the more likely the chaos will themselves to blame if they are attacked by as Mr. al-Assad and other Russian allies in Nadiya Savchenko, which indicates an terrorists. He added, “I do not know of any trigger snap parliamentary elections, Syria grow stronger and expand their terri- something President Poroshenko hopes to (Continued on page 14) instance when a foreign Parliament held a torial control. Russian special interests and moment of silence to commemorate military bases in Syria must be guaranteed. 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NEWS ANALYSIS U.S. diplomacy feeds Putin’s sense of self-righteousness by Pavel K. Baev while being less exposed to risk. However, Another major issue on the agenda, owned by Deputy Prime Minister Dmitri Eurasia Daily Monitor Russia’s remaining forces in Syria are now which Secretary of State Kerry declared was Rogozin inspired a massive hacker attack more vulnerable, and news about casual- discussed “constructively” without offering against the anti-corruption organization’s President Vladimir Putin may have every ties exacerbates the souring public mood evidence of anything concrete having been website (Rbc.ru, March 25). reason to be satisfied with the visit of U.S. (Meduza.io, March 25). achieved, was the Ukraine crisis (Novaya Mr. Putin prefers to distance himself Secretary of State John Kerry to Moscow Mr. Putin has had to demonstrate that Gazeta, March 26). A serious sticking point from these disagreeable problems, and he last week. Their meeting on March 24 last- Russia remains a major force in the interna- was the fate of Nadiya Savchenko, a defiant focused on the broad geopolitical picture at ed no less than four hours, and prior to it, tional struggle against the Islamic State: the Ukrainian soldier and politician who was a recent meeting with business leaders. But Mr. Kerry had a long and remarkably cheer- offensive by Bashar al-Assad’s forces sentenced by a Russian court to 22 years in he upset them by blatantly dismissing the ful face-to-face conversation with Foreign toward the symbolically important city of prison, without a shred of evidence demon- importance of the economy (Moscow Echo, Affairs Minister Sergey Lavrov. According to Palmyra is supposed to deliver the proof strating her alleged crime (Gazeta.ru, March March 25). He knows that only support for observant journalists, the Kerry-Lavrov positive (Newsru.com, March 26). The 23; Navalny.com, March 23). his foreign policy keeps his approval rat- meeting produced a cozy atmosphere for problem is that the preservation of the Mr. Putin would probably have been glad ings close to 70 percent, compared with the later talks in the Kremlin (Kommersant, Assad regime is a non-starter at the peace to bargain with the United States on the about 85 percent a year ago (Levada.ru, March 24). talks in Geneva, and the Western diplomat- price for releasing this hostage, but he is March 21). Mr. Lavrov was positively jubilant about ic visitors to the Kremlin had no appetite likely worried about the impression of Mr. Putin’s smug bearing at his meeting the fiasco of Western efforts to keep Russia for it either (Slon.ru, March 25). yielding to external pressure (Grani.ru, with Mr. Kerry is certain to add a few extra in international isolation (Moskovsky The context of the talks in Moscow was March 25). Mr. Kerry was unable to secure points to this approval because the Russian Komsomolets, March 25). Indeed, just seriously altered by the Islamic State’s ter- any promise from the Kremlin in this president can honestly confirm that he has hours before Mr. Kerry’s arrival, German rorist attacks in Brussels (March 22), seem- regard, nor could he advance beyond the not had to compromise his assertive stance Foreign Affairs Minister Frank-Walter ingly strengthening Mr. Putin’s hand in his usual reiteration of the importance of the one bit to revive Moscow’s dialogue with Steinmeier held talks with President Putin talks with Western officials (Nezavisimaya Minsk ceasefire agreements. The latter are Washington (Ezhednevny Zhurnal, March and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev; and Gazeta, March 25). Mr. Kerry conceded, mak- assessed by all parties to the conflict as 25). He plays on the U.S.’s unwillingness to on March 25, it was the turn of Italian ing a rather ambiguous point that “it is fair to non-implementable and are routinely vio- become entangled in the Middle Eastern Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni to come to say that we reached a better understanding lated by the spasms of heavy fighting in mess and on President Barack Obama’s Moscow (Kommersant, March 25). of the decisions that President Putin has war-ravaged Donbas (Slon.ru, March 25). irritation about “free riders” in Europe – The question remains, however, whether made of late,” which caught the attention of Russia shows no willingness to compro- and sees no change in this attitude. this friendly engagement and proto-coop- the Russian media (Kommersant, March 25). mise on its control over the occupied terri- Mr. Putin also plays on the divisions in eration encourages Mr. Putin to stay on his The curtailing of the bombing campaign tories in eastern Ukraine, despite the “black Europe caused by fiscal austerity and the best behavior – or whether the Russian against the moderate Syrian opposition was hole” in its budget, which, according to one refugee problem – and expects these divi- leader simply concludes that the West will perhaps indeed a smart tactical decision astute commentator, was no problem when sions to only grow deeper. He is a faithful come begging for his help and self-restraint given the desolation of Aleppo, but Russia’s the oil price was $100 per barrel, but has believer in the weakness of the “decadent no matter what? ability to contribute to the international now become a “luxury we [Russia] can ill West”; and every attempt at engaging him in Syria took up a major part of the agenda struggle against terrorism is far from clear afford” (Moscow Echo, March 25). a constructive conversation feeds his feeling in last week’s discussions. And Mr. Putin (Carnegie.ru, March 25). The Russian economy continues on a that the end of the Western world is nigh. had every reason to believe that his “sur- Russian politicians are eager to blame trajectory of slow decline, but it is accom- This self-delusion is in fact quite danger- prise” partial withdrawal of Russian forces the West’s culture of tolerance for the esca- panied by a sharp contraction of real ous because it diminishes his fear of reper- from the country (see Eurasia Daily lation of terrorist attacks in Europe, but in incomes, particularly painful for the lower- cussions to his actions, so Mr. Putin’s next Monitor, March 15, 17, 22) buoyed the Russia itself the threat of terrorism remains middle classes (Vedomosti, March 23). This proactive move might be even more reck- effect of the initial surprise intervention, so acute without any such culture; and Mr. accumulation of discontent makes every less. that his Western counterparts were at a Putin’s helplessness in controlling the vio- revelation of rampant corruption in the loss about what Russia might do next. The lent behavior of Chechnya’s despotic mas- bureaucratic elite a politically sensitive The article above is reprinted from problem is that Mr. Putin himself said little ter Ramzan Kadyrov reveals the dark side matter. Thus, the publication by Eurasia Daily Monitor with permission from about next steps – though clearly, he wishes of the “pacification” of the North Caucasus Transparency International of an article its publisher, the Jamestown Foundation, to remain a key player in the Syria talks, (Moscow Echo, March 25). revealing a luxury apartment in Moscow www.jamestown.org. Putin threatens to ‘hang’ someone ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL Kasich supports Ukraine if Crimea highway is not built “And by the way, I heard – I just heard briefly somebody was Kremlin critics say that much of the billions of dol- by Carl Schreck saying that we should just ignore Ukraine. Are you kidding me? lars being poured into the peninsula is being looted, RFE/RL The United States of America should be arming the Ukrainians and senior officials in Crimea’s Moscow-backed gov- who want to fight for freedom against Putin. We should be arm- For months the national support organization for ernment have been targeted in official corruption Vladimir Putin has been releasing cartoons showing ing them… with lethal defensive aid.” probes. Those were the words of Gov. John Kasich of Ohio, a candidate the Russian president executing allegedly corrupt Road construction has long been plagued by graft officials in elaborate fashion. for the Republican Party’s nomination for president, at the March and mismanagement in Russia, and Crimea appears 30 town hall meeting hosted by CNN in Milwaukee. He was react- Now Mr. Putin himself has invoked imagery of to be facing similar obstacles. capital punishment, threatening “to hang” the person ing to a statement made earlier during that event by Donald J. As The New York Times reported, Kremlin audi- Trump. responsible for reconstruction of a highway in tors said in June 2015 that two-thirds of the funds Mr. Trump had said: “The United States cannot afford to be the Crimea, the Ukrainian peninsula forcibly seized by that Russia had earmarked for road construction in policemen of the world anymore, folks. We have to rebuild our Russia in 2014, if the individual “fails to do the job.” the previous year was unaccounted for. own country. We have to stop with this stuff. You have as an Speaking on Tuzla Island on March 18, Mr. Putin In June of last year, Igor Astakhov, deputy head of example, Ukraine. You don’t have Germany talking about Ukraine. expressed surprise that local authorities are choos- Roavtodor, Russia’s federal roads service, also You don’t have many of the countries in NATO talking about – it’s ing contractors for the highway project connecting deployed an execution-related metaphor to express always us. We’re always the first one out.” Crimea’s capital, Symferopol, with the Kerch Strait. his dismay with the fact that only 110 kilometers of a Previously, at a March 2 appearance at the Ukrainian Cultural The general state plan to develop Crimea, after all, planned 198 kilometers of road had been repaired. Center in Warren, Mich., the candidate released a white paper detail- is being overseen by the Economic Development “It’s tough for me to imagine a situation in which ing “U.S. Policy Towards Ukraine under a Kasich Administration.” Ministry, while the project is under the supervision road builders on federal thoroughfares or in Russian Among other things, the release noted the following: of the Transportation Ministry. regions completed only 60 percent of a project: “Under President Kasich: “We need a concrete person, whom it would be Heads would fly immediately,” he told the govern- possible to hang if he fails to do the job,” the Russian ment daily Rossiiskaya Gazeta. president was quoted by the state-run TASS news Russia currently has a moratorium on the death of its“• Theneighbors. U.S. will not recognize Russia’s annexation of Crimea. agency as saying. penalty. “• We will condemn Russia’s imperialism and destabilization- Mr. Putin was visiting Crimea on March 18 to mark Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak told Mr. ed to defend itself. the second anniversary of the peninsula’s annexation, Putin on March 18 that the Kerch-Symferopol project “• We will provide Ukraine the lethal defensive weapons need- which triggered Western sanctions targeting Moscow had been hit with delays due to a “dishonest project cols: strict observance of the ceasefire by both sides; withdrawal and preceded a bloody war between Russia-backed designer,” TASS reported. of all“• Allforeign parties [Russian] should fulfillmilitary their units, obligations equipment of the and Minsk mercenar proto- separatists and Kyiv’s forces in eastern Ukraine. Moscow-installed Crimean leader Sergei ies; restore Ukrainian control over the border with Russia; agree- The reconstruction and widening of the Aksyonov, meanwhile, told the Russian president ment on procedures for elections in Donbass [sic] under Symferopol-­Kerch highway is part of a plan to build a Ukrainian law. …” bridge across the strait to connect Russia with Crimea. (Continued on page 15) 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 3, 2016 No. 14

Body of murdered journalist Heorhii Gongadze finally buried

by Anna Shamanska journalist Yevhen Hlibovytskyy. General Oleksiy Pukach received life in pris- tions... so society can finally see those who and Tetiana Yakubovych “Whoever contracted his murder must on after being convicted of strangling are guilty behind bars,” she said. Many sooner or later be convicted by law,” the Gongadze to death. Ukrainians refer to the pro-Western pro- RFE/RL statement read. “The rule of law is the path Yehor Checherynda, a journalist and for- tests that pushed Russia-friendly President The body of Ukrainian journalist Heorhii to establish justice in society. Freedom of mer colleague of Gongadze’s, said that Mr. Viktor Yanukovych from power in 2014 as Gongadze has been buried in Kyiv, nearly speech and democracy in Ukraine will be Kuchma had been Gongadze’s “enemy the Revolution of Dignity. 16 years after his killing, but family and the best memory of Heorhii.” number one.” Rostyslav Pavlenko, deputy head of friends say their fight for justice is not over. Friends of Gongadze emphasized in Much of the slain journalist’s investiga- President Petro Poroshenko’s administra- Gongadze, a dogged investigative report- interviews with RFE/RL’s Ukrainian tive work dealt with President Kuchma and tion, also said it is crucial to get to the bot- er who exposed high-level political corrup- Service that the investigation into his killing his inner circle. tom of the Gongadze killing. “A case like this tion, was kidnapped in September 2000. – which is widely believed to have been a “[Kuchma was] the enemy of the press, has no expiration date, and society must His headless body was found that contract murder – should continue until the enemy of all non-liberties in Ukraine. know the answers,” he said, adding that November in a forest outside the Ukrainian whoever was behind it is prosecuted and It’s a shame, I think, that now this person “the government will do everything it takes capital. punished. represents Ukraine in some international for it to happen.” After years in a morgue, his body was Leonid Kuchma, who was president organizations,” Mr. Checherynda said. Gongadze’s mother, Lesia Gongadze, buried on March 22 on the grounds of a from July 1994 to January 2005, came Many people present at the ceremony fought for answers until her death in Kyiv church. His widow, Myroslava, the under suspicion after the publication of a expressed hope that justice will prevail. November 2013. She did not believe that head of Voice of America’s Ukrainian tape on which a voice that sounded like his Viktoria Syumar, head of the Committee the body in the morgue was her son’s. Service, and two daughters, Solomia and spoke of the need to “deal with” Gongadze. on Freedom of Speech and Information Nana, flew in from Washington to attend Prosecutors charged Mr. Kuchma with Policy in Ukraine’s Parliament, said that Copyright 2016, RFE/RL Inc. Reprinted the ceremony. involvement in the case in 2011, but a court Ukraine would not change unless the coun- with the permission of Radio Free Europe/ Gongadze’s relatives “feel relieved that dropped the charges later that year. try finds out everything about his murder. Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, Heorhii’s body has been buried with the In 2008, three former police officers “I think it’s a matter of honor for young Washington DC 20036; www.rferl.org (see dignity every person deserves,” according were sentenced to lengthy prison terms politicians and those politicians who came http://www.rferl.org/content/body-of- to a statement from the family that was read after being convicted of involvement in the to power on the wave of the Revolution of ukraine-reporter-to-be-buried-march-22/ at the funeral by a friend of Gongadze’s, killing. In 2012, former top police official Dignity to conduct objective investiga- 27628195.html.

Shokin’s tenure involved his alleged sabo- Prosecutors in many oblasts signed a He is also endorsed by the lawyers of the Shokin dismissed... tage of the reformers’ attempts to arrest collective letter expressing their outrage families of the Heavenly Hundred. and prosecute the so-called “diamond over Mr. Sakvarelidze’s actions, followed by Yet Kyiv political insiders such as (Continued from page 1) prosecutors.” deputies of the Odesa Oblast Council, who Volodymyr Fesenko and news sources such “The person released was suspected in In that case, two deputy procurators demanded his dismissal. as pravda.com.ua claim Mr. Poroshenko is organizing murders with the help of so- general allegedly attempted to pressure Mr. Shokin duly satisfied that request leaning towards Yurii Stoliarchuk, a current called ‘titushky’ in those horrible days,” young prosecutorial investigators during with a March 29 decree firing Mr. deputy procurator general who is widely Yegor Soboliev, the deputy head of the the summer to drop their bribery charges Sakvarelidze, just hours before his own dis- identified as being part of Mr. Shokin’s Samopomich faction, said from the parlia- against two key officials they arrested on missal by Parliament, citing his rival’s inner circle. Needless to say, the Euro- mentary tribune. “This is a symbol, this is July 6: the former first deputy head of the “gross violations of prosecutorial ethics,” Optimists are opposed. the result, this is the conclusion of Viktor Procurator General’s Main Investigative among other offenses. “Stoliarchuk’s first mistake was to Shokin’s work as procurator general. He Administration, Volodymyr Shapakin, and Meeting with Mr. Sakvarelidze that day, declare his intention to question U.S. didn’t investigate any case of murder or former deputy prosecutor of the Kyiv Mr. Poroshenko said he will discuss with Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt, which violates terror during the Euro-Maidan. He didn’t Oblast, Oleksandr Korniyets. the new prosecutor general the possibility international conventions,” National investigate any corruption in high-ranking These two officials – known as the “dia- of him returning to his position, Mr. Deputy Serhiy Leshchenko of the Petro offices, before and after the Euro-Maidan. mond prosecutors” because 65 diamonds Sakvarelidze revealed in an interview with Poroshenko Bloc told Hromadske To be frank, he was appointed for that very were found in Mr. Korniyets’s possession the nv.ua news site. Also on the day of the Television. “Secondly, under his oversight is reason: to conceal corruption at the top during their arrest – were soon dismissed dismissal, one of Mr. Sakvarelidze’s prose- a criminal case against the Center for and the Euro-Maidan cases.” from their positions after public pressure. cutorial appointments in Odesa was arrest- Counteracting Corruption regarding his Mr. Shokin’s legacy also includes deceiv- They were detained and released on bail. ed for allegedly receiving a bribe of $5,000. alleged spending of American funds. ing the public, including Western diplo- Deputy Prosecutor General David The other reform-oriented deputy pros- Thirdly, he proposed that Horbatiuk be mats. Sakvarelidze vowed in December that they ecutor embroiled in the diamond prosecu- exiled to the Lviv Oblast. In other words, he Civic activists, including Mr. Soboliev, would eventually be prosecuted as the evi- tor battles was Vitalii Kasko, the Lviv-born took enough steps in one week to make his accused Mr. Shokin of misleading the presi- dence had been prepared, yet that has yet deputy prosecutor who was forbidden by candidacy impossible.” dent in September 2015 in telling him that to happen. He said the defendants were Mr. Shokin in mid-January to travel to Ukraine’s Procurator General’s Office is Washington as part of a delegation to dis- responsible for enforcing the law, prosecut- Mr. Tombinski didn’t oppose his four nomi- delaying their review of the materials. Mr. cuss anti-corruption measures. ing the criminal charges filed by police and nations of candidates for the commission Korniyets has also claimed to be ill. Singled out for praise by Mr. Pyatt in his punishing those convicted. It has been that was to appoint the lead prosecutor of The conflict over the diamond prosecu- Odesa speech, Mr. Kasko announced his notoriously corrupt ever since Ukraine the Anti-Corruption Bureau. tors raged for months, culminating in resignation on February 15 after consulting gained independence and is widely viewed Mr. Tombinski declared soon after the intense political battles in recent weeks with his Western advisors, after he and as the key source of the nation’s lawless- president revealed this claim that he did between the teams of Mr. Shokin and Mr. they determined he had no other option. ness and legal dysfunction. indeed cite complaints about how Mr. Sakvarelidze, one of several professionals “The last straw became the latest redis- Only rarely has anyone of influence been Shokin was forming the commission, invited from abroad (Georgia, in his case) tribution of the Procurator General’s prosecuted in the last 25 years. Among stressing that the public doesn’t trust the and given Ukrainian citizenship in order to Office’s work,” he told a press conference. those to evade punishment were the orga- procurator general’s candidates, who were conduct reforms to satisfy Western donors. “Shokin took away from me all the func- nizers of the Sknyliv 2001 air show disas- suspected of corruption. A protest was held He announced on March 24 that mem- tions and instruments to work on the cases ter that resulted in 77 deaths, the organiz- outside Mr. Shokin’s offices demanding that bers of his team of prosecutors, investiga- that our team began to work on, including ers of the Heorhii Gongadze kidnapping he stop lying. tors and IT specialists looking into the dia- the ‘diamond prosecutors.’ The Procurator that ended in his murder, the falsifiers of Within days of this scandal, Ambassador mond prosecutors were being dismissed, General’s Office is a dead body in whose the 2004 elections that prompted the Geoffrey Pyatt made his dissatisfaction one after the other. independence no one believes.” Orange Revolution and the organizers of with Mr. Shokin public for the first time, The dismissed prosecutors “worked The president’s second failure to the violence and murders throughout the launching the struggle to remove him. honestly and didn’t fear challenging cor- appoint a competent prosecutor general Euro-Maidan protest of 2013-2014. “Instead of supporting reforms in rupt officials on all levels, including those prompted national deputies to take to the Reported economic crimes costing the Ukraine and working towards rooting out close to the leadership of the Procurator parliamentary tribune on March 29 and government hundreds of billions of dollars corruption, the corrupt officials of the General’s Office,” Mr. Sakvarelidze told a propose various reforms to ensure its inde- throughout independence have also gone Procurator General’s Office are making March 27 press conference. “As a result, pendence, including a constitutional unpunished. things worse, openly and aggressively they paid the price by becoming the target amendment suggested by Ihor Lutsenko of The most notable prosecution was that undermining reforms,” he said in a speech of revenge by Shokin and his team.” the Batkivshchyna party and an open selec- of Viktor Lozinskyi, a local oligarch and for- to the Odesa Financial Forum on September The Ukrinform news agency confirmed tion process suggested by Leonid Yemets of mer national deputy who in 2009 mur- 25, 2015, that marked a milestone in the 17 dismissals, of prosecutors and others, the People’s Front party. dered a local villager in the Kirovohrad U.S. government’s worsening attitude citing anonymous sources. National Deputy Mustafa Nayyem of the Oblast for trespassing on his privately toward the post-Euro-Maidan government. Mr. Sakvarelidze went for the jugular in Poroshenko Bloc declared that the Euro- owned land. “They regularly interfere with the efforts his March 24 press conference, accusing Optimists group of 27 deputies has already He served four years’ and 36 days’ to investigate corrupt officials in the Mr. Shokin of having direct corrupt links endorsed Serhii Horbatiuk to be Mr. imprisonment before a judge ruled on Procurator General. They intimidate and with the diamond prosecutors. He joined a Shokin’s replacement. February 25 to release him based on the interfere with the efforts of those who protest that day outside the Procurator Mr. Horbatiuk has worked in the recently approved Savchenko law, which work honestly within the framework of ini- General’s Office, drawing accusations of Procurator General’s Office since 2004 and counts every day spent in a holding cell in tiatives to reform the Procurator General.” violating the law that forbids prosecutors is currently in charge of investigating the pre-trial detention as two days’ imprison- The biggest scandal marring Mr. from participating in political events. crimes committed during the Euro-Maidan. ment. No. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 3, 2016 5

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MUST READ The Ukrainian Weekly author and historian Anne Applebaum writes about three books: “The Gates of ‘The price we have paid is striking’ Europe:• In “The A History victory of of Ukraine” Ukraine” by(The Serhii New Plokhy; York Review “‘Tell Themof Books, We April Are Starving’:7), columnist, The As we write this week’s editorial, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is on a 1933 Soviet Diaries of Gareth Jones,” edited by Lubomyr Y. Luciuk, with an introduc- working visit to Washington. In the late evening on March 30, he delivered the key- tion by Ray Gamache; and “Gareth Jones: Eyewitness to the Holodomor” by Ray note address at a forum whose theme was “Ukraine’s Battle for Freedom Continues.” Gamache. In her eloquent narrative explaining the significance of these three works, And now he is among the more than 50 world leaders at the fourth Nuclear Security Ms. Applebaum tells readers about the events of 1917, when a historian, Mykhailo Summit taking place March 31-April 1. (A glaring absence, we should note, is Russia.) Hrushevsky, was elected chairman of Ukraine’s Central Rada, and of 1920, when the Also on March 31, President Poroshenko was scheduled to meet at a working lunch Bolsheviks took control of Ukraine. “The dream of Ukrainian independence disap- with Vice-President Joe Biden. (RFE/RL reported that “Poroshenko had sought a peared again for 70 years. As a consequence, Ukrainian historiography disappeared meeting with Obama, but apparently was unable to arrange one because of Obama’s too; the Kremlin feared its potentially disruptive power,” she writes. full schedule.”) Ukraine re-established its independence in 1991. “But even as Ukraine rapidly Mr. Poroshenko’s message in his forum address was clear. Sanctions against develops its own historical debate and its own national literature, it is still missing Russia must be continued; Russia’s actions in Ukraine must not go unpunished. “If from Western historiography, the Western literary canon, and even from Western the West lifts sanctions, the Kremlin’s wish will come true: Ukrainian blood will cost political consciousness: Ukraine’s right to exist as a nation at all is routinely ques- nothing. Killing Ukrainians will go without punishment,” he underscored. tioned in Western capitals,” Ms. Applebaum observes. And that is why the three Sanctions, he argued, “are the only line in the sand that the West drew after 2014. books reviewed are significant. It is the only line between good and evil drawn in the context of this war. And if there “The Ukrainian state that Hrushevsky fought to create now exists. But in order for is no line anymore – then what’s the difference between good and evil? Do we really it to survive, Plokhy argues, foreigners have to understand the history of Ukraine as want a world devoid of political boundaries? Do we want a world where one can well,” Ms. Applebaum notes. “Recent events in Ukraine inspired Plokhy to condense grab other nation’s land, kill thousands – and stay unpunished?” its complex, thousand-year history into a single, readable, English-language volume.” Bolstering Ukraine’s case against Russia, was an exclusive story headlined Noting that others have chosen “to dig into the country’s unfamiliar history and to “Putin’s shadow government for Donbass [sic] exposed” that appeared in the showcase people and subjects that could have an echo in the West,” Ms. Applebaum German newspaper Bild on March 29. Bild said it had obtained a document “con- goes on to write: “One of the most extraordinary of these stories, rediscovered and taining the true plans by Russia” for the occupied territory, noting: “The records of retold several times in recent years, is the tale of Gareth Jones, a Welsh journalist the ‘Inter-ministerial Commission for the Provision of Humanitarian Aid for the who was one of the very few foreign witnesses to the Ukrainian famine.” Jones, a Affected Areas in the Southeast of the Regions of Donetsk and Luhansk, from 23rd 27-year-old journalist, got permission to visit a tractor factory in Kharkiv. “He board- October 2015 reveal what observers have long feared: The Russian government is ed the train from Moscow and got off early. For three days he walked along the rail- steering all affairs of the ‘separatist areas’ in the east of Ukraine.” way line with no official minder or escort, passing through more than 20 villages and The newspaper reports that that this commission, or “de facto government of the collective farms and recording his thoughts, notes and impressions.” Jones was mur- Russian-occupied areas in eastern Ukraine,” was established in December 2014. dered in 1935, but his notebooks were found in 1980. “In ‘Tell Them We Are “Evidently, the Russian government has assumed control over all areas of state Starving’ both a transcription and an evocative facsimile of the notebooks are intro- responsibility for the Ukrainian regions – and this without Ukrainian involvement, duced by [Nigel] Colley and Ray Gamache, the author of ‘Gareth Jones: Eyewitness to not even the separatists! …Intelligence agency sources have confirmed to Bild that it the Holodomor.’ ” actually appears as though Moscow is completely controlling the Ukrainian region.” “Now that the existence of Ukraine is becoming more widely understood and The occupied Donbas appears “like a satellite state of Russia,” Bild says, citing accepted there will be more such stories, and more such reassessments. It’s not very experts’ interpretation of the situation. often that shifts in European politics throw up new possibilities for historians. But The story goes on to report that Moscow’s calls for implementation of the Minsk even if it achieves nothing else, the revolution in Ukraine has already made readers agreement are merely “a show for the West.” The truth: “Behind the curtains, a sepa- and writers of history think twice about what they think they know,” Ms. Applebaum rate plan for the controlled areas in the Donbas has been put into effect since the end concludes. of 2014 (only three months after signing the peace plan [in] Minsk). …this plan aims The full text of the article may be read at: http://www.nybooks.com/arti- to secure its long-term existence under complete Russian control.” cles/2016/04/07/the-victory-of-ukraine/. Bild concludes that “Russia is planning a permanent stabilization of the political, social and economic situation in the Donbas under its control. That will make the Donbas a puppet state of the Russian Federation, whose future is set to be decided exclusively in Moscow. This is confirmation of the failure of the Minsk Agreement, adherence to which by Russia is merely pretence.” Furthermore, Bild’s article points 2016 proclaimed Year of Manitoba’s out, the West’s demand that Ukraine should hold democratic elections in the areas not under its control “is taken to the absurd” by this revelation. “The political figures Ukrainian Canadian Cultural Heritage up for elections in such vote would not be the ones in charge for the development of the area. Those that hold on to power are located in Moscow.” WINNIPEG – To mark the 125th anniver- Chomiak for his leadership in facilitating the As President Poroshenko told the Washington Forum, almost 10,000 people have sary of Ukrainian immigration to Canada, announcement of the proclamation, along died, more than 2,700 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed by combined Russian- the Province of Manitoba proclaimed 2016 with representatives of all political parties militant forces and 1.75 million internally displaced persons have been forced to flee as the Year of Manitoba’s Ukrainian who – in the best traditions of Manitoba – from the Russian-controlled parts of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. “The price Canadian Cultural Heritage. made this proclamation a unifying gesture.” we have paid is striking,” he told his audience. At the March 10 session of the Manitoba The proclamation reads as follows. Lamentably, Ukraine is continuing to pay that price as it fights for its freedom, Legislative Assembly, Manitoba Premier Whereas 2016 marks the 125th year while the West looks for an easy way out, principles and justice be damned. Greg Selinger read a proclamation that had since the arrival of the first Ukrainians to the support of all parties represented in the Canada; and Assembly. Whereas Ukrainian Manitobans have Brian Pallister, Progressive Conservative greatly contributed to the province of Party leader, and Liberal Party Member of Manitoba, initially through agriculture, for- April Turning the pages back... the Legislative Assembly Jon Gerrard rose estry, railways and mining and, presently, in to lend support to the proclamation. most professional fields of the workplace; Six years ago, on April 6, 2010, pro-Kremlin political groups in The proclamation was made in the pres- and Crimea called on President Viktor Yanukovych to ban the ence of representatives of the Ukrainian Whereas Ukrainian-Manitobans assisted 6 Canadian Congress – Manitoba Provincial in the creation and the promotion of multi- Crimean Tatars’ autonomous bodies, including the Mejlis Council (UCC-MPC), including President (Parliament) and its Kurultai (Congress). Oleg Rodivilov, a mem- culturalism in Canada and in Manitoba; and 2010 Oksana Bondarchuk, Vice-President ber of the Crimean Parliament and leader of the Crimea’s Whereas Winnipeg was the first major Myroslava Pidhirnyj, Treasurer Lesia Russian bloc, told RFE/RL that he considered both Crimean urban center of Ukrainian Canadians, Szwaluk, and UCC-MPC 125th Anniversary Tatar bodies to be organized criminal groups, and called its actions unconstitutional. He where many of the earliest religious cultur- Committee Co-Chairs Joan Lewandowsky also recommended that the bodies should be banned to prevent terrorist attacks. al institutions were founded, including the and Dr. Roman Yereniuk. A distinguished Similar pro-Russia groups in Crimea, including the Russian Community of Crimea Canada-wide coordinating body known as special guest was the ambassador of Ukraine and the Tavria Union, had sent open letters to Mr. Yanukovych that urged him to ban the the Ukrainian Canadian Congress, estab- to Canada, Andriy Shevchenko, who was Mejlis and the Kurultai. lished 75 years ago; and accompanied by his spouse, Hanna The Crimean Tatars first established their own Mejlis and Kurultai in 1917, but they Whereas Winnipeg is the first city out- Homonai. were banned under Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin, who ordered the mass deportation of the side of Ukraine to dedicate a statue honour- “This proclamation is an important Crimean Tatars to Central Asia in May 1944. In 1991, following the collapse of the Soviet ing the bard and freedom fighter of Ukraine, beginning to the year-long celebrations Union, Crimean Tatars received official permission to return to Crimea and the Mejlis- Taras Shevchenko, built on the grounds of planned by UCC-MPC to mark the 125th Kurultai structure was revived. the Manitoba Legislative Assembly by the anniversary of Ukrainian immigration to Ali Khamzin, a member of the Crimean Tatar Mejlis, said the statements by Crimea’s Ukrainian Canadian Congress; and Canada,” said UCC-MPC President pro-Kremlin organizations were provocations, and he underscored that the Mejlis func- Whereas 2016 marks the 55th anniver- Bondarchuk. “It points out the contribution tioned within the framework of Ukrainian law. sary of the Ukrainian education program in that Ukrainian Canadians have made, and “They are trying to create a situation similar to the South Ossetian scenario in Georgia,” Manitoba, a program that was taught in the continue to make, to the vibrancy and suc- Mr. Khamzin said in April 2010. “The closure of the Mejlis will only lead to destabilization early decades until it was disallowed in cess of Manitoba. I am especially pleased in the region. It will not frighten the Crimean Tatars, just as the Soviet repression did not 1916 and was reinstated in 1961; and that Ambassador Shevchenko was present frighten them. The abolition of the Crimean Tatars’ self-governing system would mean Whereas higher education is deeply to participate in this significant event. As (Continued on page 18) well, I wish to thank Minister David (Continued on page 17) No. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 3, 2016 7

smokescreen for the same kind of corrup- The country is truly on the edge of col- the courts, law enforcement – and it’s need- Yegor Soboliev... tion that occurred under Yanukovych and lapse. I understand that it’s unpleasant for ed for these partisans to grow in strength [former Prime Minister Mykola] Azarov. many people to realize just how bad things and numbers. And then their activity will (Continued from page 1) You’re right that this is a difficult time, are. But if we know very well just how bad be more successful. So far, in many cases Fund. So why did you make this difficult but it seems to me that it’s difficult precise- things are, if we spent a year on proposing we are losing because that same procurator decision to leave the coalition, as a ly because too many words about the how to emerge from this bad situation with general and the absolute majority of judges result of which we have this crisis? “European choice” and “Ukrainian indepen- proposals, arguments and sometimes con- are covering for corruption with the presi- We were given a mandate by the people dence” cover up for preserving this Asian- flicts, regardless, we don’t have the right to dent’s permission and that of the parlia- to make everything different. How they style corruption and the sabotage of the deceive the public and say, “Everything is mentary majority. have wanted things to be throughout the very defense against it. good. Let’s preserve unity” and “Everything A very simple example. Under Euro-Maidan and the wars for indepen- I was the first advocate of our faction will be good some day.” Yanukovych, there was a High Economic and party saying a clear “No” to this. We’re Court Head [Viktor] Tatkov. He was a sym- dence. And it’s not working out. As to why, Zawada: But in order to gain the next supposed to give the people a chance to see bol of corruption as these courts reviewed there are several explanations. tranche … The first explanation is that there’s a great at least one [political] force that doesn’t cases involving business, which is the most resistance from the country’s leader, who is participate in this “deryban” (illicit divvying The loans of our Western partners are profitable corruption. We were able to dis- practically continuing the politics of [his pre- up of property). Then others can join us. not given in order to be stolen. They are miss him in accordance with the first lus- decessor, President Viktor] Yanukovych but Many months before the Maidan, I said that given to conduct the necessary changes in tration law on renewing trust in the judicial with new rhetoric. He’s keeping Yanuko­ in order for a decent government to this difficult time, in order to earn money system. But he remains a judge with great vych’s people in place. He’s the first violator emerge, a decent opposition had to emerge. on our own and to create the appropriate influence on the economic court. Now the of the lustration law. And we can’t change It seems to me there’s a historic task before level of wealth for the public and strength Higher Justice Council submitted a com- that. We can condemn it and expose it, but us now – what the Narodnyi Rukh didn’t for the national currency. We see that the plaint for his dismissal as a judge because we can’t change the president. accomplish to form a true, principled politics being conducted are not leading to he isn’t reviewing cases. He is so immersed in corruption that he doesn’t have time to The second problem is a problem of law European opposition. that. It’s leading to the latest economic cri- hold court hearings. It’s a unique case of a enforcement bodies and courts. They are all Zawada: But isn’t the fact that the dis- sis, the weakening of the national currency judge who doesn’t review cases at all. This practically as they were under Yanukovych. missal of Prime Minister Arseniy and even more loans. We’re practically decision isn’t being submitted to They don’t want to change, cover up cor- Yatsenyuk failed a sign that he has standing before the choice of having to Parliament, which is supposed to review ruption and often themselves are the main enough support in Parliament? Why do offer the alcoholic another drop of vodka or his dismissal, because [Parliament Chair source of corruption. We are making great this in February when the vote showed tell him, “Stop. You have big problems. You Volodymyr] Groisman and other partici- efforts as parliamentarians. We passed sev- there’s not enough opposition to him? need to seriously change your attitude pants in this process are waiting for Tatkov eral laws – open register of ownership, towards yourself and your life.” And it That support is mainly based on this to win his case against the Higher Justice accountability for deception in declarations, seems to me it would be honest to go down same corruption. There are no political, Council in another court and cancel the the need for completeness in declarations a different path. patriotic or logical reasons for this. The request for his dismissal. This is an exam- in order to reduce the number of corrupt absolute majority of the public believes this Zawada: We’ve seen strong statements ple of how the system works. They support officials in these prosecutorial offices and government should be dismissed because on corruption recently. [Justice Ministry each other and they block anti-corruption courts. But we are not successful because everyone feels it’s not successful. And the Lustration Department Head] Tetiana cases that are launched at the demand of this same president and his large faction are reason politicians are preserving it is cor- Kozachenko said yesterday that this gov- the public or as the result of scandals. And keeping Shokin in his post and are main- ruption. They together are gaining an ernment is practically Yanukovych II. A the results are very meager. taining control over corrupt courts with the advantage from these corrupt methods of week or so ago, [Specialized Anti- Regarding anti-corruption as a whole, it help of the Higher Justice Council, which is managing state enterprises and stealing Corruption Prosecution Head] Nazar consists of three components. The first is also led by a person allied with [Ukrainian from various state programs. We can’t say, Kholodnytskyi said the Procurator the availability of laws that enable strong President Petro] Poroshenko. “They are ready to keep this corruption General’s Office is not responding to his policies. Here everything is good. We What we’re left with is only a third mech- going, so let them because we don’t have inquiries. You just spoke about this a bit, passed all the necessary laws, without anism, which is the unsuccessful govern- enough votes.” If the president decides to but how would you describe the condi- exception. From the point of view of creat- ment. The government is not the main tar- keep Yatsenyuk and if the oligarchs decided tion of anti-corruption efforts today, per- ing anti-corruption legislation, we did our get of blame, but one of them in this situa- this, then we don’t have the right to have haps in the National Anti-Corruption homework five years ahead, maybe even tion. The prime minister doesn’t have either the same position. People didn’t give us a Bureau or the specialized prosecution? 10. Further, the will of society is needed for the will or the desire to rid the management mandate for this. They want a completely these laws to work, and they’re not just of large state enterprises of the corrupt rep- Regarding Ukraine’s anti-corruption opposite form of politics. nice declarations. Matters here are going in resentatives of oligarchs. Corruption is fight, it is similar to a fight of pro-Ukrainian the right direction. More people are saying thriving in the practice of using taxpayer Zawada: As a result, Poroshenko is in citizens on the occupied territories of the that bribes are bad, I won’t give them and money for various state programs. a very difficult position. He needs to Donbas. Truly, in the Procurator General’s won’t allow others to give them, though That’s why we said already in the fall form a new coalition somehow. And the Office, the courts and the Verkhovna Rada, such people are far from being an absolute that the people trusted us to introduce head of your party [Andriy Sadovyi] only certain individuals have emerged in majority in Ukraine. But their numbers are changes in Parliament and we should be declined to participate in forming a new law enforcement who don’t want to merely growing. Third is the presence of officials making that happen. If we form a new gov- coalition. As a result, the president talk about this but to truly implement anti- who will execute these laws, particularly ernment with a principled prime minister doesn’t have anywhere to go except to corruption policies. For the majority, this is law enforcement officials. Here we have a who will chase oligarchs from state enter- form a coalition with the so-called a means of covering up the same corrup- full catastrophe. Only a few partisans have prises, it will enable us to at least partly go Radicals. If that doesn’t happen, it’s an tion but by using the very same language appeared on this hostile territory, which down the path that had been hoped for by enormous threat to gaining the next used to fight corruption. We’re probably includes the police, the procurator general the people and brought about the Euro- tranche. Western investors are very con- the world champions in this respect. and Parliament. Maidan. If you don’t agree with us, then we cerned about this, as are politicians. Society needs to realize this, as well as our can’t be together. Then we’re a fig leaf that There is the feeling the country once Western partners. In essence, we have par- Next week: Yegor Soboliev on Western covers very shameful things, and we’re a again is on the edge of collapse. tisans [activists] in large governing bodies – support for Ukraine.

ing”: almost 10,000 people have died and that the lack of fear in the West was America, Jurkiw Family Fund and other Poroshenko exhorts... more than 2,700 Ukrainian soldiers were Russia’s “biggest humiliation” and it has organizations. killed by combined Russian-militant forces sought to compensate for it in Transnistria, The following morning, before joining in (Continued from page 1) – more than the number of American mili- Georgia, Ukraine and now in Syria. with the leaders of more than 50 countries at continuing battle for freedom, Mr. tary losses in Afghanistan over the past 15 “We should realize that the world will the Nuclear Security Summit, President Poroshenk­ o pointed out that, after Ukraine years. In addition, about 1.75 million peo- not be the same again,” he added, and to be Poroshenko visited the recently dedicated abandoned the world’s third largest nucle- ple have lost their homes in the Donetsk successful the West must first establish Ukrainian Holodomor Memorial in ar arsenal in 1994, it received security and Luhansk region and have been forced peace in Ukraine, where sanctions are now Washington, where he laid a floral wreath to assurances under the Budapest to move to elsewhere in Ukraine. the only “line in the sand” the West drew in honor its millions of victims. When the Memorandum guaranteeing its sovereignty, The Ukrainian president noted that the 2014. memorial was dedicated last November, he territorial integrity and independence. last time he visited Washington, in President Poroshenko’s keynote address participated in the event with a video-record- He asked: “But what has it turned [out] September 2014, he had the honor of in the Congressional Auditorium on Capitol ed address. His wife, Maryna Poroshenko, to be in reality?” addressing a joint session of the Congress Hill concluded this year’s “Ukraine in represented him at the ceremony. “Russia simply defied its assurances to and Senate. And he saw that as “a very Washington” conference held to discuss His three-day visit Nuclear Security Ukraine and committed a direct armed important symbol of support” for Ukraine. Ukraine’s continuing battle for freedom. Summit schedule also anticipated a meeting aggression against my state,” he said, refer- “I am grateful to the United States govern- The one-day conference sessions cov- with U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden, United ring to Moscow’s actions in Crimea and the ment for standing by Ukraine’s side over the ered such issues as “The human costs of the Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Donbas region of Ukraine, where last two years – the hardest two years in the war in Ukraine,” “Economic development in and the presidents of Poland and Argentina, “Ukrainian patriots are losing their lives history of my country,” he noted. rebuilding Ukraine” and “From Budapest to among other participating leaders. defending the same values that are dear to Mr. Poroshenko also expressed his grati- Minsk and beyond,” and presented the “U.S. A meeting with President Barack Obama America and Europe.” tude to the Ukrainian American communi- government perspective.” was not anticipated in his schedule. The “We are of one blood, one mind and one ty, which has been supporting Ukraine “so The annual conference was organized – last time President Poroshenko visited values. Democratic values,” the Ukrainian actively and in so many ways,” and to “to all in cooperation with the Embassy of Washington – in September 2014, when he president stressed. people of goodwill who stood with Ukraine Ukraine – by the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation addressed a joint session of Congress about Mr. Poroshenko said that his country has and extended their financial, in kind and and the World Affairs Council of America, Russia’s intervention in Ukraine – he had a “effectively stopped” the Russian offensive. moral support.” and co-hosted by the U.S.-Ukraine Business meeting with President Obama at the But, he added, “The price we paid is strik- Analyzing Russia’s motivations, he said Council, Ukrainian Congress Committee of White House. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 3, 2016 No. 14 No. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 3, 2016 9

Chervona Kalyna Cotillion Ball now in its 65th year

Wowk Photography Debutantes and their escorts (from left): Alexandra Melnyk Prybyla, Mathew Lucyshyn; Julia Anna Trojanowska, Aleksei Hulayev; Adrianna Kowblansky, Zachary Gudziak; Terenia Hankewycz, Mykyta Duvalko; Diana Blyznak, Max Chuma; Julia Hrynkiw, Zach Firko; Julianna Czernyk, Michael Seneczko; Zoryana Makarenko, Stepan Shkrobak; Caroline Anna Winicki, Julian Fedorciw; Khrystyna Khomyn, Luke Kujdych; Oresta Hewryk, Greg Lopatynsky; Natalia Julia Trojanowski, Alexander Zharovsky; Christina Gluch, Stephen Handzy.

by Xenia Ferencevych daughter of Hanya Dmyterko-Ratycz, a for his longtime participation in the This was the second year that the member of the Ukrainian Sich Riflemen and Vechornytsi, his gracious annual greetings Chervona Kalyna Cotillion Ball was orga- PEARL RIVER, N.Y. – On Saturday, one of the founders of the New York-based to the debutantes and his courageous repre- nized jointly by its long-time organizer, the January 30, here in the elegantly appointed Vechornytsi. Among the guests observing sentation of Ukraine at the U.N. On behalf of Plast fraternity Chervona Kalyna, and the main ballroom of the Hilton Pearl River the debut of her granddaughter Terenia the guests, Mr. Sochan wished the ambassa- Khmelnychenky Plast fraternity. The Hotel, more than 400 guests gathered for Hankewycz of Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., was Ivanna dor well in his diplomatic career, after which Organizing Committee chaired by Roman the annual Chervona Kalyna Cotillion Ball. Hankewycz, a debutante organizer and pre- all sang a chorus of “Mnohaya Lita.” Sawycky was glad to invest time and effort The atmosphere was happy and full of senter from 1972-1984. Her presence at The formal presentation of the debu- into planning such an important and mem- excitement for one of the most anticipated this year’s event delighted all those who tantes was followed by a banquet and zaba- orable event for the debutantes, their fami- debutante balls of the season. had the great pleasure of working with her va (dance) to music by the bands Fata lies and guests. The Chervona Kalyna Cotillion Ball or in the past. Morgana and Svitanok. While they provided The organizers cordially invite all to “Vechornytsi,” a tradition now in its 65th The escorts this year hailed from New wonderful music throughout the night, the attend next year’s Vechornytsi at the Hilton year, was established in New York City by York, Yonkers, Hartford, Philadelphia, bands’ skills shone toward the end of the Pearl River Hotel on Saturday, February 11, members of the Ukrainian Sich Riflemen Chicago, Detroit and Toronto. The ever- evening with a 35-minute-long “Kolomyika” 2017. (For information: www.kalynadeb. and military veterans who, upon emigrat- appealing debutante presentation and curt- that had young and old on the dance floor. org.) ing to the U.S., revived their society charity sey, group dance and waltz were choreo- balls of 1920s and 1930s Lviv. Today, one of graphed by Anya Bohachevsky Lonkevych. the main attractions of the Vechornytsi is Among the honored guests of the eve- the presentation of debutantes, a custom ning were the Rev. Dr. Ivan Kaszczak, who begun with an impromptu introduction of led those gathered in the arrangement of young ladies in 1959. “Otche Nash” (Our Father) sung by And so it was this year, nearly six decades Ukrainian Plast scouts, and Ukrainian later, that the Ukrainian American commu- Ambassador Yuriy Sergeyev, with his wife, nity welcomed into its society 13 debutantes Nataliya. As in years past, Ambassador from Hempstead, Yonkers and Manhattan, Sergeyev warmly greeted the debutantes N.Y., and Hartford, Conn. All of them serve as and their families. He has just completed an dedicated youth group leaders and parish eight-year term as the Permanent volunteers in their local communities, and Representative of Ukraine to the United distinguish themselves academically and Nations, where he patriotically served the athletically in their high schools. national interests of his country, especially It is worth noting that two of this year’s during the Revolution of Dignity. debutantes have strong familial ties to early The Chervona Kalyna Cotillion organizers of the ball. Julianna Chernyk of Organizing Committee’s chair emeritus, Bedford Corners, N.Y., is the great-grand- Ihor Sochan, thanked Ambassador Sergeyev The debutantes and escorts dance. Engineers’ Society sponsors Philadelphia debutante ball by Peter Hewka The ball was a great success despite the postponement. PHILADELPHIA – The 62nd annual ball There were three debutantes: Deanna with presentation of debutantes sponsored Collette Fedyk with escort Peter Kondrat, by the Ukrainian Engineers’ Society of Nina Victoria Fedyk with escort Alexander America, Philadelphia Chapter, took place on Dale and Kaitlyn Marie Flynn with escort Saturday, February 13, in the Grand Ballroom Orest Koznarskyy. This was the first time of the Hilton Philadelphia Hotel at Penn’s this ball had twins debuting. Landing, on the banks of the Delaware River. A highlight of the evening was a special The ball was initially scheduled for performance by renowned pianist Roman January 23, but had to be postponed due to Rudnytsky, who played four short works the severe blizzard that shut down the and received a standing ovation. Mr. northeastern U.S. Rudnytsky is the grandfather of debutante It was fortunate that all the details Miss Flynn. remained the same: the hotel and the The debutantes and escorts were excep- orchestra were available for the postponed tionally well prepared by Halia Wirstiuk date. A dispensation was received from the and Ania Bohachevsky Lonkevych, and they Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy, since the A. Fedyk performed their presentation beautifully. new date was after the beginning of Lent Debutantes and their escorts (from left): Nina Fedyk and Alex Dale, Kaitlyn Flynn Music was provided by the Svitanok according to the Gregorian calendar. and Orest Koznarskyy, and Deanna Fedyk and Peter Kondrat. band from New York. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 3, 2016 No. 14

Chicago’s American Ukrainian Youth Association presents 17 debutantes

Maksym Pokropiv Photography Debutantes of the American Ukrainian Youth Association Mykola Pavlushkov Branch in Chicago with their escorts.

by Kristin Chylak Chrystia Eckheart of the Dmytro their families with warmest wishes for the The American Ukrainian Youth Vitovskyj Branch and Adriana Popowycz of coming New Year. Congratulating the debu- Association, as the Mykola Pavlushkov CHICAGO – The American Ukrainian the Mykola Pavlushkov Branch, both long- tantes, he wished them success as they Branch is officially registered (though Youth Association Mykola Pavlushkov time counselors for the majority of the deb- embark on their path into adulthood. nationally the organization is known as the Branch in Chicago hosted its annual New utantes, also participated in the presenta- Special guest Alexandra Harhaj, first vice- Ukrainian American Youth Association), Year’s Ball, or “Malanka,” on January 16 at tion. The debutantes’ individual presenta- president of the national executive board of thanked its members for their commitment Drury Lane in Oak Brook, Ill. tions ended with each of them greeting the the Ukrainian American Youth Association, and hard work throughout the year. A spe- Guests arrived at 6 p.m. for cocktails and guests with a deep and graceful bow as extended a greeting to the guests and debu- cial thank-you went to parents for their hors d’oeuvres in the foyer of the Chicago their parents looked on with pride. tantes. cooperation and for bringing their children Ballroom. Friends and family gathered to Ms. Karawan continued the presentation After dinner, guests enjoyed the rest of to weekly meetings and activities; to bene- celebrate the New Year and greeted each by calling upon the fathers to lead their the evening by dancing to the sounds of factors for their enthusiastic support and other throughout the hour. Vasyl Ilchyshyn, daughters in a waltz, which was beautifully Rendezvous, a Chicago-based band. As mid- belief in the organization; and to spiritual master of ceremonies, opened the evening choreographed and ended with a sweet, night approached, New Year’s party favors fathers for their continued prayers and by welcoming and greeting the 650 plus loving kiss from the fathers. The mothers were passed around, and friends and guidance. guests present. were then each presented with a long- acquaintances embraced each other, wel- The 2016 American Ukrainian Youth The highlight of the evening was the pre- stemmed rose as a thank-you for all their coming the New Year. Before the evening Association debutantes were: Anastasiya sentation of 17 lovely debutantes from both love and support. ended, the guests participated in the tradi- Bakun, Maria Bandriwsky, Christina Bozio, the Chicago and Palatine branches of the The spotlight then turned to the debu- tional “Kolomyika.” Ivana Chychula, Olena Chychula, Solomiya youth association. The presentation was tantes and their escorts. They entertained Sincerest thanks and recognition were Furdas, Kalyna Haliw, Juliana Kurywczak, choreographed and lead by Adriana the guests with a wonderfully choreo- given to all those who helped make this love- Olha Lototska, Julia Minkevitch, Deanna Karawan, who also serves as co-choreogra- graphed traditional waltz full of elaborate ly evening possible, particularly the Malanka Olexyn, Natalie Sendun, Anastasiya Slyvka, pher for the Iskra Dance Ensemble of the formations, turns, dips and bows. Their ele- committee: Chairperson Kristin Chylak and Julia Sosnivka, Christina Wyshnytzky, Dmytro Vitovskyj branch. Each debutante gance, poise and beauty were appreciated members Nadya Dudycz DiBartolo, Kateryna Anastasiya Pentya and Nadiya Svyatylo. was introduced, receiving a traditional sash with extended applause from their family, Dyakiv, Kristina Hartigan, Ms. Karawan, All are invited to next year’s Malanka and congratulated by Taras Drozd, presi- friends and guests. Christina Ofisher, Olena Vasilik, Natalia and presentation of debutantes on January dent of the Mykola Pavlushkov Branch. Mr. Drozd greeted all of the guests and Vidmar and Deanna Wruskyj. 14, 2017.

Chicago hosts UMANA Illinois Charity Debutante Ball

by Maria Hrycelak tation and later attend the ball. The debutantes, on the arms of their CHICAGO – The Illinois Branch of the parents and family, opened the formal pro- Ukrainian Medical Association of North gram with a grand entrance into the ball- America (UMANA-Illinois) hosted its 55th room. Dr Arkadiush Byskosh, president of traditional annual Banquet and Charity Ball UMANA-Illinois, presented the three accom- with Presentation of Debutantes on January plished, beautiful and intelligent debutantes 23 at Chicago’s historic Palmer House in the to Chicago’s Ukrainian community. The deb- heart of the downtown “Loop” area. utantes bowed charmingly and gracefully as While the East Coast was caught in the they were introduced along with their midst of a paralyzing snowstorm, the proud parents and escorts. Midwest was spared nature’s wrath. Although several guests were unable to The debutantes were from the Illinois attend, luckily, out-of-town debutantes and area, as well as from New York state. The their escorts had arrived days earlier. young ladies and their escorts had begun Planning and preparation for this annual practicing their opening waltz months in event began months ago leading to a mem- advance. The resulting intricate and beautiful orable and successful event for all. Back in dance program under the choreography of November, the debutantes attended a Roxana Dykyj-Pylypczak with help from mother-daughter luncheon, where they Adriana Striltschuk-Karawan showcased began planning the details of their debut. their creativity and expertise. Ability and The stunning ballroom was decorated determination overcame any visible disabili- with lighted centerpieces that appeared to ty through the commitment of both the par- reach for the lofty ceiling. Guests and ents and the young men and women. friends greeted each other warmly Debutantes, in their flowing white gowns and throughout the cocktail hour. Although holding their pink bouquets, danced elegant- there were only three debutantes this year, ly and effortlessly to the sounds of Strauss close to 275 participants were seated in the waltzes, first with their fathers and then with stunningly ornate and elegantly decorated MVP Photography their escorts. ballroom. Over 200 of their friends and Debutantes and their escorts (from left): Anizia Babczenko, Severyn Kushmeliuk, family lined the balcony to view the presen- Anastazia Kohout, Danylo Duvalko, Adriana Buniak and Alexander Firko. (Continued on page 11) No. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 3, 2016 11

UAYA celebrates 52nd annual Debutante Ball

Yolana Christine Photography The debutantes and their escorts, organizing committee and head of the UAYA national executive, at the 52nd Annual UAYA Debutante Ball.

by Juliana Horbachevsky of the UAYA, respectively, and had the dis- escorted by Stephan Zaets; Halyna Sabadakh “Kolomyika,” as in years past, was one of tinct honor of presenting this year’s debu- (Brooklyn, N.Y.), escorted by Uriy Yosypiv; the highlights of the night. PARSIPPANY, N.J. – On February 6, the tantes and their chosen escorts. Alexandra Lila Tymikiw (Parsippany, N.J.), The debutante ball was a great evening Ukrainian American Youth Association As the guests attentively looked on, the escorted by George Oliarnyk, Jr.; Natalie for the debutantes and a wonderful cele- (UAYA) hosted its 52nd annual Debutante MCs introduced the debutantes, one by one. Teresa Shevchik (Briarcliff Manor, N.Y.), bration for the UAYA community and guests Ball at the Sheraton Hotel in Parsippany, N.J. Each girl, dressed in a long white gown and escorted by Taras Bodnar; Adriana Melanie in attendance. From the polished debu- This year, 15 young women, all dressed elbow-length gloves as is the custom, walked Szpynda (Amawalk, N.Y.), escorted by tantes and escorts and their supportive in white and accompanied by escorts, made gracefully through the ballroom to the center Zachary Vukosa; Emily Maria Szpynda families, to the dinner music provided by their ceremonial debut before a full ball- of the dance floor, greeting her parents and (Amawalk, N.Y.), escorted by Nicholas Andrij Stasiw, the night was elegant, joyful room of family, friends and members of the handing her mother a rose. After thanking Gaschler; and Olesya Shturypita (Newington, and memorable. UAYA community. her parents graciously, the debutante Conn.), escorted by Michael Szafran. The UAYA Debutante Ball continues to be The UAYA Debutante Ball, under the aus- received her bouquet and was met by her After the presentation, Miss Shturypita one of the highlights of the youth associa- pices of the national executive, is a long- escort. The couple circled the dance floor as read the oath that is delivered every year tion’s calendar and an event many Ukrainians standing tradition among UAYA members the emcees read out the debutante’s aca- by a selected debutante. Yuriy Mykytyn, in the Northeast look forward to annually as a of the Northeast. The event has its roots in demic accomplishments, activities and inter- president of the national executive of the time to celebrate the new generation of UAYA European court custom and was adopted in ests, highlighting in particular her involve- UAYA, then made his introductory remarks members and catch up with old friends. the mid-20th century by Ukrainian ment in the UAYA and the Ukrainian to the crowd. Speaking to the debutantes The event would not be possible without American diaspora organizations. American community. Each debutante then directly, Mr. Mykytyn congratulated them the generous support of the sponsors and This year’s crop of young women, who concluded by curtsying to the cheering on this milestone and encouraged their supporters, including the SUMA Federal came from New York, New Jersey and crowd, officially signifying her debut. continued participation in UAYA activities Credit Union in Yonkers, Ukrainian National Connecticut for the black-tie affair, joined a This year’s debutantes were: Tetiana and the Ukrainian American sphere. Federal Credit Union, Yonkers Dim-SUMA, group of almost 800 others who have pre- Winiarskyj (Old Saybrook, Conn.), escorted The last portion of the formal program and Self Reliance (New York) Federal Credit viously participated in this particular rite of by Andrew Hrubiy; Oksana Maria Voronchak featured a waltz performed by the debu- Union. The committee acknowledged the passage with the UAYA. Their formal pre- (Southington, Conn.), escorted by Andrew tantes and their escorts. Arranged by support of the various volunteers whose sentation capped off a lively evening that Andrach; Katherine Ann Wislocki (Valhalla, Hryhoriy Momot, the event’s longstanding efforts contributed to a wonderful evening, included a cocktail and hors d’oeuvres N.Y.), escorted by Greg Reda; Stephanie Mari choreographer, the girls and their partners in particular the UAYA executive board and hour, dinner and dancing. Humen (Kensington, Conn.), escorted by performed a beautiful dance. After lengthy all the debutantes, escorts and parents who After guests mingled at the cocktail hour, Stefan Klics; Deanna Maria Humennyj applause, the debutantes’ fathers took their helped orchestrate this event. Natalka Horbachevsky, chair of the debu- (Farmington, Conn.) escorted by Joseph daughters to dance, marking the end of the The UAYA Debutante Ball Committee for tante ball organizing committee, officially Symochko; Alexa Christina Zborowski formal presentation. 2016 was composed of Natalka Horbachev­ welcomed the guests to the formal portion (Southington, Conn.), escorted by Christian After a blessing led by Bishop Paul sky (chair), Larysa Blahy Tatarenko, Katia of the evening and introduced this year’s Andrach; Adrianna Maria Kobyleckyj Chomnycky, guests sat down for dinner; Kucyna, Olia Figol, Daria Horbachevsky, master and mistress of ceremonies, Yuriy (Washingtonville, N.Y.), escorted by Marko soon afterwards, the zabava began. Two tal- Myron Pryjmak and Olia Zahnijnyj. Symczyk and Ulana Blahy. Mr. Symczyk and Cohen; Kalyna Olena Leshchuk (East ented bands, New York’s Hrim and The UAYA invites all to save the date for Ms. Blahy are active members in the Hanover, N.J.), escorted by Andrij Kuzemczak; Montreal’s Zvook, kept the crowd dancing next year’s ball, which will take place on Irvington, N.J., and Yonkers, N.Y., branches Stephanie Alana Melnyk (Avon, Conn.); all night with non-stop music. The rousing February 25, 2017.

Medical Association of North America. the night away to the sounds of Chicago’s will allow the foundation to supply 5,000 Chicago hosts... Lida Buniak and Konstantin Babczenko, Klopit band. Later in the evening, the free Ukrainian language pillboxes to hospi- speaking on behalf of the proud parents, guests, debutantes and escorts all partici- tals and seniors in Ukraine, as well as in the (Continued from page 10) warmly addressed their daughters, wishing pated in the anticipated traditional folk U.S. and Canada. Only with the continued Dr. Byskosh welcomed the debutantes, the debutantes well in their future endeav- dance, the “Kolomyika.” The debutantes support of many generous donors could their parents, escorts and guests, who ors both in their Ukrainian and American were seen on the dance floor in their flow- projects like this be accomplished. came from all over the United States and community life. All three debutantes spoke ing white gowns performing beautifully The 2016 organizing committee includ- Canada for this charity ball. He thanked next, thanking their parents for their choreographed “Kolomyika” moves that ed many volunteers. Special thanks went to them for their continuing support and par- unwavering support and love, as well as lasted close to an hour. The debutantes and Drs. Arkadiush and Magda Byskosh, Dr. ticipation. The consul general of Ukraine, thanking the sponsors and guests for their their families celebrated well into the night Diana Iwanik, Marta Kozbur, Dr. Theresa Larysa Gerasko, also extended her warm contribution to the memorable evening. amidst fine music and friends. Kuritza and Larissa Matusiak. Their dedi- wishes to the new members of the Each debutante then presented her moth- Traditionally, debutante balls help raise cated efforts resulted in an imposing and Ukrainian community. Dr. Borys Buniak, ers with a rose in gratitude for her hard funds for charity. This year, the proceeds enjoyable event for all involved. president of the UMANA National Office, work and commitment. from this charitable ball will benefit the All are invited to join UMANA-Illinois in extended his greetings and thanks for the The more than 200 guests, both young UMANA Foundation’s Ukrainian Language two years (2018) at the next debutante support of the Foundation of the Ukrainian and old, arrived after dinner and danced Pillbox project. The success of the zabava ball. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 3, 2016 No. 14

Plast ball in New Jersey introduces 12 debutantes by Zezya Tershakovec-Zawadiwsky WHIPPANY, N.J. – On January 16, the Parents’ Association of the Newark, N.J., branch of Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization sponsored its annual Plast Debutante Ball at the Hanover Marriott in Whippany, N.J. The debutante ball is a tradi- tional event at which each debutante is for- mally presented to the community as a young lady. Anya Tershakovec-Tomko and Borislaw Bilash, who served as this year’s masters of ceremonies, formally opened the event by welcoming the debutantes, their families and guests. After being formally intro- duced, each debutante was welcomed by guests as she was escorted through the center of the ballroom. This year’s debutantes included young ladies from the Newark branch (which is now based in Whippany), as well as New Haven, Conn., Passaic, N.J., and Philadelphia: Anastasia Bilyk (escort Michael Lenyk), Arianna Centore (escort Mykyta Duvalko), Khrystyna Druzhynska (escort Alexander Zharovsky), Lidia Drybushar (escort Roman Onyshkevych), Bitcon Productions Juliana Hirniak (escort Ivan Wolansky), The 12 debutantes at the Newark Plast Ball 2016. Laryssa Horodysky (escort Stefan Krysa), Kalyna Leshchuk (escort Maksym Mahlay), The debutantes in their flowing white lected pledges and funds greatly needed for was made possible by members of the Andreya Pencak (escort Pavlo Stasiouk), gowns danced gracefully with their escorts Ukraine. organizing committee: Natalia Voronka- Nadiya Stakhyra (escort Alexander Mulyk), to a newly choreographed arrangement by After dinner, more guests arrived and Bilash and Ms. Tershakovec-Tomko (co- Laryssa Terleckyj (escort Danylo Duvalko), Natalia and Andrij Cybyk. Each debutante danced the night away to the music of chairs), Christina Gnoy-Stasiuk, Alexandra Lena Wanio (escort Mark Kucy), and also joined her father in a special waltz. Tempo and Hrim, including a great 30-min- Tershakovec-Zawadiwsky, Lida Deanna Zawadiwsky (escort Stephan Roma Hladky, a Newark Plast scout, set ute “Kolomyika.” Lukianenko-Moczula and Marta Sygida- Stasiuk). up a table outside of the hall where she col- The success of this memorable event Kowal. 49th Winter Ball of Detroit Engineers’ Society looks to the future

Larissa Popa Debutantes and their escorts (from left): Victoria Blaga escorted by Oleh Krysynskyi, Roksolana Sudyk escorted by Pavlo Stasiouk, Marta Zalivsky escorted by Zenon Lewyckyj, Veronica Tchernychouk escorted by Maksym Panchyshyn, Catherine Sawicky escorted by Andrew Dagenais, Helena Tomkiw escorted by Zenon Chovich, Lina Farion escorted by Danylo Sovgut, Larysa Nona escorted by Thomas Vaichekauskas, and Laryssa Kapitanec escorted by Yarko Petrusha.

by Zenon Lewyckyj The ceremony presented nine beautiful Danylo Sovgut, Roksolana Sudyk escorted over 470 debutantes – many of whom young ladies and their escorts to the com- by Pavlo Stasiouk, and Laryssa Kapitanec today are among its greatest organization- TROY, Mich. – At the 49th Winter Ball munity, which warmly accepted them with escorted by Yarko Petrusha. al, business and parish leaders – to and Presentation of Debutantes, organized open arms. Comprising the group were: Natalia Lewyckyj, president of the Ukrainian society in Detroit since 1959. by the Detroit chapter of the Ukrainian Veronica Tchernychouk escorted by Detroit chapter of the UESA, had the privi- The Winter Ball continues to be a valuable Engineers’ Society of America (UESA), the Maksym Panchyshyn, Victoria Blaga escort- lege of welcoming the guests and introduc- opportunity to bring the community Detroit-area Ukrainian community wel- ed by Oleh Krysynskyi, Marta Zalivsky ing the master of ceremonies for the eve- together and to show our youth that their comed its finest and most promising young escorted by Zenon Lewyckyj, Helena ning, Marko Lawrin. In her opening role within the Ukrainian community is members to the status of responsible, patri- Tomkiw escorted by Zenon Chovich, remarks, Ms. Lewyckyj shared the incredi- well-recognized and warmly welcomed. otic Ukrainian adulthood. The elegant event Catherine Sawicky escorted by Andrew ble historic role of the Detroit Winter Ball This celebrated event, nearly a year in was held on Saturday, January 30, in the Dagenais, Larysa Nona escorted by Thomas in the very fabric of the local Ukrainian Grand Ballroom of the Troy Marriott Hotel. Vaichekauskas, Lina Farion escorted by American community: it has welcomed (Continued on page 13) No. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 3, 2016 13

Dr. Zachar, Dr. Ksenia Kozak, Zenon 49th Winter Ball... Lewyckyj and Roxanne Smyk. As readers may have noticed, this writer (Continued from page 12) was among the escorts who had the honor the planning, had tremendous support of being asked to take part in this incredible from the local community and those who event, as well as someone who also worked traveled long distances just for the occa- behind the scenes on the event planning sion. Over 250 guests gathered at the Troy committee. Thus, I am able to wholeheart- Marriott for cocktails and hors d’oeuvres edly attest to the emotional power, served in the elegant foyer, followed by the Ukrainian patriotism and genuine camara- presentation of the debutantes and dinner derie that this incredible event evoked in all in the expansive Grand Ballroom. of us who participated. The presentation was conducted by the The event served as a culmination of our master of ceremonies, Marko Lawrin, who lives in the community as its young mem- formally introduced the debutantes to the bers, and opened the door for us to enter it community, sharing their highest academic as adults. Many of us had known each other achievements, remarkable artistic and ath- since we were in elementary school, or letic talents, and determined aspirations for younger. Between the local Detroit-area the future. Ukrainian parishes, institutions such as the Following the formal introductions, the Immaculate Conception Ukrainian Catholic evening’s festivities began with the debu- Schools and the Ukrainian School of tantes gracing the dance floor for the first Language and Culture (Ridna Shkola), and dance with their escorts. The elegant pre- youth organizations such as the Ukrainian sentation, beautifully choreographed by Dr. American Youth Association, Plast Christina Korduba Zachar, continued as the Ukrainian Scouting Organization and the debutantes proceeded to dance with their Ukrainian Democratic Youth Organization, fathers and present their mothers with Larissa Popa we had all grown up together in the inter- long-stemmed roses, an emotional expres- A circle of beauty: Detroit’s debutantes. twined community. sion of their sincere love and gratitude for Among us we have forged a tremendous- all that they had done for them. charged rendition of “Mnohaya Lita,” the guests were brought to their feet by the ly strong bond, united chiefly by our com- The formal presentation of the evening’s ceremonial acceptance of the debutantes lively music of the Ukrainian band Klopit mon identity as patriotic Ukrainians. We events concluded with a joyous toast to the into the community was completed. from Chicago. The evening was thoroughly are young, energetic and just beginning to debutantes, who were greeted with Mr. Lawrin then invited the Very Rev. enjoyed by all. The dance floor was crowd- realize the possibilities of what lies ahead, resounding applause. Mr. Lawrin addressed Varcilio Basil Salkovski, OSBM, who made a ed up to the very end, serving as the show- but we already have our sights set on the the debutantes with a congratulatory mes- special visit to Detroit just for this occasion, place for all sorts of dances and traditional future as well-educated professionals with sage that underscored how important it is to lead the prayer before dinner. His home Ukrainian dancing acrobatics during the virtually boundless aspirations. I know that the debutantes realize their boundless parish is the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin “Kolomyika.” many of us have a desire to go to Ukraine potential, assume leadership roles in the Mary in Palos Park, Ill., and he has recently The 2016 Debutante Winter Ball and work to usher in a new era: to advance Ukrainian community and always keep the been elected to the position of provincial Committee was co-chaired by Dianna medicine, industry, economics and educa- patriotic love for Ukraine alive in their superior in the Order of St. Basil the Great. Korduba Sawicky and Ms. Lewyckyj. tion in our ancestral homeland. It is a call- hearts. As the guests sang an emotionally The festivities continued after dinner, as Committee members included Mr. Lawrin, ing that many of us will be able to answer.

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Kyiv OKs Savchenko-Sentsov sanctions his vocal criticism of Russia’s 2014 annexa- last year in a part of eastern Ukraine held NEWSBRIEFS tion of the Ukrainian Black Sea peninsula of by Russia-backed separatists. The two men KYIV – Ukraine’s National Security and Crimea. (RFE/RL, with reporting by TASS) admitted they were Russian officers but (Continued from page 2) Defense Council has approved targeted Moscow said they had resigned from active sanctions against 54 individuals involved in Bild exposes Russian shadow government attempt of the Russian authorities to con- duty. Russia has repeatedly denied it is sup- the prosecutions of Ukrainian citizens plying the separatists with equipment or ceal her real health condition and deceive Nadiya Savchenko and Oleh Sentsov. OTTAWA – The German media outlet the international community about her so- Bild has published an exclusive report on recruits. Hearings in the trial of the two President Petro Poroshenko’s press secre- Russian soldiers were adjourned in early called satisfactory state of health. We reiter- tary posted the announcement on Twitter the Russian shadow government of the ate that under the existing prolongation of occupied territories of Donetsk and March when Mr. Hrabovsky did not show on March 25. The council posted a state- up in court. After Ukrainian pilot Nadiya the detention of illegally sentenced Nadiya ment saying that the list includes “individu- Luhansk oblasts, citing documents it has Savchenko, the Russian side bears full obtained. The report concludes: “The Savchenko was convicted by a Russian als responsible for abductions, illegal court this week, Ukrainian President Petro responsibility for her health and life. The records of the ‘Inter-ministerial detentions, torture, the falsification of evi- Poroshenko said he would be willing to Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine urges Commission for the Provision of dence, and the organization and pro- exchange the two Russian servicemen for Russia to immediately allow Ukrainian doc- Humanitarian Aid for the Affected Areas in nouncement of legally void sentences.” Ms. Savchenko. Mr. Matios told reporters that tors to visit Nadiya Savchenko and to Savchenko, a military pilot, was sentenced the Southeast of the Regions of Donetsk and Luhansk’ from October 23, 2015, Mr. Hrabovsky’s body was found after a release her without delay, as stipulated by on March 22 to 22 years in a Russian prison suspect told prosecutors about the murder the Minsk agreements, which the Russian after being convicted of involvement in the reveal what observers have long feared: The Russian government is steering all and the location of his grave. Another sus- Federation is a signatory to.” The Foreign deaths of two Russian journalists in eastern pect in the killing was detained later, he affairs of the ‘separatist areas’ in the east of Affairs Ministry also called “upon the entire Ukraine in 2014. She denies the charges said. The prosecutor did not give the Ukraine. ...Russia is planning a permanent international community to continue its and says she was abducted in Ukraine and motive for the killing or reveal the names of stabilization of the political, social and eco- pressure on the Russian Federation with the illegally brought to Russia. Filmmaker Mr. the suspects. But he said they were nomic situation in the Donbas under its aim of saving life of the illegally sentenced Sentsov, a native of Crimea, was arrested in Ukrainian citizens and one of them used a control. That will make the Donbas a pup- citizen of Ukraine Nadiya Savchenko and May 2014 on terrorism charges and later fake special service agent ID. Mr. Matios pet state of the Russian Federation, whose her return back to Ukraine.” (Ukrainian sentenced to 10 years in prison. He denies said that the suspects “had received a lot of future is set to be decided exclusively in Canadian Congress) the charges and says they are retaliation for money” for carrying out the killing and had Moscow. This is confirmation of the failure created alibis. The Russian Foreign of the Minsk agreement, adherence to Ministry on March 25 blamed Ukrainian which by Russia is merely pretence. authorities for failing to protect Mr. Furthermore, the West’s demand that Hrabovsky, who they said had become a Ukraine should enable democratic elec- victim of anti-Russian sentiment in Ukraine TO PLACE YOUR AD CALL Walter Honcharyk (973) 292-9800 x3040 tions in the areas not under its control is because of his role defending the Russian or e-mail [email protected] taken to the absurd by [this] revelation. The serviceman. “Despite all our warnings, Kyiv political figures up for elections in such authorities were still unable or unwilling to vote would not be the ones in charge for guarantee [Hrabovskiy’s] safety,” the minis- SERVICES PROFESSIONALS the development of the area. Those that try said. Amnesty International last raised hold on to power are located in Moscow.” an alarm about Mr. Hrabovsky’s disappear- The full report is available at http://www. ance, saying that he and the lawyer for the bild.de/politik/ausland/ukraine-konflikt/ other defendant had been under “sustained donbass-shadow-government-45102202. pressure from the Ukrainian authorities” bild.html. (Ukrainian Canadian Congress) because of their role in the trial. “The kill- Lawyer for Russian soldier found dead ing of a criminal defense lawyer is a hid- eous crime and the Ukrainian authorities KYIV – The body of a lawyer represent- must immediately take all steps necessary ing a Russian serviceman on trial in to begin to rectify this ultimate abuse of Ukraine was found buried on an aban- human rights and justice,” said Amnesty doned farm with signs of violent death, senior director Anna Neistat. (RFE/RL) Ukrainian authorities said on March 25. HELP WANTED Ukrainian chief military prosecutor Anatolii U.S. to increase rotation of combat units Matios said two men have been detained in WASHINGTON – A top U.S. military com- Family in Jupiter Florida (Palm Beach connection with Yuriy Hrabovsky’s murder, mander has announced more frequent rota- County – South East Florida) seeking a one of whom confessed and led police to tions of U.S. combat units to Eastern Europe Ukrainian and Russian speaking nanny the body. Mr. Matios said Hrabovsky was beginning early next year, citing an “aggres- to care for 2 children ages 5 and 3 in our drugged and kidnapped in Kyiv earlier this sive Russia” as the main reason for the home. Live in or out (room and board month, then taken to Odesa, where he was increase. The announcement on March 30 can be provided). Ideal candidate should last seen. He was later taken to the country- have a driver’s license, recommendations by Air Force Gen. Philip Breedlove, com- from previous employers and experience side nearly 150 kilometers south of the mander of U.S. military forces in Europe, working with children. We are looking for capital, where he was shot and killed. Mr. was the latest in a series of moves by the a long term nanny who will be a part of Run your advertisement here, Hrabovsky was representing Aleksandr Pentagon to bolster units and equipment on Aleksandrov, a serviceman captured along our family. in The Ukrainian Weekly’s Tel.: Katia - 917-805-0267 with another Russian, Yevgeny Yerofeyev, (Continued on page 15) Email: [email protected] CLASSIFIEDS section.

DISTRICT COMMITTEE OF UNA BRANCHES OF CONNECTICUT announces that its ANNUAL DISTRICT COMMITTEE MEETING will be held on Saturday, April 23, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. at St. Michael Ukrainian Catholic Church Hall 569 George St., New Haven, CT 06511 Obligated to attend the annual meeting as voting members are District Committee O cers, Convention Delegates and two delegates from the following Branches: Branch 12 - Homin Society -Hartford, CT Branch 59 Ukrainian Sitch Society - Bridgeport, CT Branch 67- Zaporoska Sitch Society - Ansonia, CT Branch 253- Ivan Franko Society - Ludlow, CT Branch 254- St.Peter & Paul Society - New Britain, CT Branch 277 - St.John the Baptist Society - Hartford, CT Branch 387- Lubow Society - Willimantic CT Branch 414 -Auhustyn Woloshyn Society- New Haven, CT All UNA members are welcome as guests at the meeting MEETING WILL BE ATTENDED BY: Gloria Horbaty - UNA Advisor Yuriy Symczyk- UNA Fraternal Coordinator DISTRICT COMMITTEE Myron Kolinsky, District Chairman No. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 3, 2016 15

November. Mr. Karjakin beat Italian- NEWSBRIEFS American Fabiano Caruana with the white pieces to clinch the candidates tournament (Continued from page 14) in the 14th round, becoming the first the continent, in an effort to reassure ner- Russian to mount a challenge for the world vous NATO allies. In a statement, Gen. championship since Vladimir Kramnik in Breedlove said an additional armored bri- 2008. Speaking to RFE/RL on March 29, Mr. gade would be begin rotating into Eastern Karjakin said he was proud to have won for Europe in February 2017, bringing the num- Russia, the country he has represented since ber of U.S. combat brigades that are con- 2009, having earlier competed for Ukraine. IN LOVING MEMORY OF stantly in the region to three. A brigade typi- Born in Crimea’s capital, Symferopol, in OUR DEAR FATHER cally has between 4,200 and 4,700 troops. 1990, Mr. Karjakin represented Ukraine The rotation “continues to demonstrate our until he was poached to play for Russia. In strong and balanced approach to reassuring July 2009, President Dmitry Medvedev PROF. IVAN LOBAY our NATO Allies and partners in the wake of made Karjakin a Russian citizen by decree. an aggressive Russia in Eastern Europe and Mr. Karjakin said that he decided to play for October 4, 1911 – March 3, 2016 elsewhere,” he said. Earlier this year, U.S. Russia in 2009 because he had been unable Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced a to get the sponsorship and coaching he Mechanical Engineer, University Professor quadrupling in U.S. spending – $3.4 billion – needed in Ukraine, while the Russian chess Ukrainian Patriot for more operations in Europe, under a plan federation offered him “an opportunity to called the European Reassurance Initiative. work with good trainers.” He added, “After Officials have said that this will include sta- that I moved to Moscow. That was 2009. tioning some heavy equipment like tanks, Since then, I have been in Moscow.” From his combat vehicles, and artillery pieces on a adopted home, Karjakin has been a staunch permanent basis in the region. NATO allies supporter of the Kremlin and Russian policy in Eastern Europe in particular have pushed in Ukraine – which has seen revolution over- hard for a bolstered military presence, in throw a Moscow-backed president, the response to Russia’s annexation of Ukraine’s forced annexation of the Crimean peninsula Crimean Peninsula and the conflict in east- by Russia, and a separatist conflict in the ern Ukraine. There are about 62,000 U.S. east that has claimed more than 9,100 lives. military troops permanently assigned to Following the Russian operation in Crimea Europe. (Mike Eckel of RFE/RL) in 2014, Mr. Karjakin posted a photograph of himself on Instagram wearing a T-shirt Latvia blocks Russian propaganda bearing an image of Russian President RIGA – Latvian authorities shut down Vladimir Putin and the caption: “We don’t Russia’s pro-Kremlin news site Sputnik on leave our guys behind.” He explained to March 29, calling it a “propaganda tool” and RFE/RL, “I ally myself entirely with Russia Born on October 4, 1911, in Hayi Kovtuny (Ternopil Oblast) in because Crimea, as we know, has trans- drawing an immediate rebuke from the family of Stephan and Klementyna (née Maret) Lobay. He had Moscow. Latvia’s local domain registry sus- ferred to Russia. I am actually extremely pended Sputnik’s right to hold the news happy about this because I always consid- three sisters and one brother. In 1943 in Prague, Czechoslovakia, he site Sputniknews.lv, which was established ered myself Russian. I speak Russian, think married his beloved Halyna, daughter of the Kuban Kozaks Petro only a few weeks ago to reach out to in Russian, so I’m entirely a Russian person, and Maria Makarenko. They had two daughters: Maria Ivanna and Latvia’s large Russian-speaking minority and entirely support Russia as a state.” Of Halyna Blahoslava. In 1947 the family emmigrated to Venezuela with articles in Russian and Latvian. “We Mr. Putin, Mr. Karjakin said: “I absolutely sup- don’t regard Sputnik as a credible media port him in everything he does.” The chess- and in 1961 resettled in the USA. master said he was saddened by the difficul- source but as something else: a propaganda He worked as a university professor and a mechanical engineer in tool,” Latvian Foreign Affairs Ministry ties former countrymen in Ukraine have spokesman Raimonds Jansons told AFP. endured, however. “There has never been a Ukraine, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Venezuela, Algeria and the USA. Russia’s Foreign Affairs Ministry called the revolution that led to a good life,” he said. He was a Professor at the College of Engineering at the University decision “blatant censorship” and insisted “Since the revolution, everything has gotten of New Haven for 15 years and taught post-graduate courses at “the Russian mass media adheres to the worse. I am very sorry to see all the misery Yale University. In 1993, at the age of 82, he was appointed official highest standards of professionalism and that has resulted. They really did support this ethics.” Riga “once again, with the tacit inac- revolution, but the people who didn’t sup- consultant at the Ministry of Education of Ukraine. tion of leading human rights organizations, port it became hostages in the sense that is ignoring its convention obligations to those who supported it used force to make it Besides his many professional achievements, he has inspired ensure media pluralism and freedom of happen.” (Tom Balmforth of RFE/RL) innumerable people by his deep love of God, his kindness and his speech as it continues to target Russian IRI poll focuses on corruption positive outlook on life. mass media in Latvia,” the Russian ministry said. Latvia has banned Russian media OTTAWA – A poll released by the Funeral services were held at St. Michael’s Ukrainian Catholic before, having shut down Russian state International Republican Institute (IRI) Church in New Haven, CT. Interment took place at the Orange television broadcasts for several months in “shows that corruption remains a serious Center Cemetery in Orange, CT, close to his home. 2014. The Russian Embassy in Latvia called problem across Ukraine.” In the poll, con- the move against Sputnik “groundless” and ducted in 24 of the country’s largest cities, We thank our extended family and friends for their prayers and said that Latvia had started “an information “an overwhelming majority of citizens rank condolences and kindly ask them to continue praying. war.” Latvia’s domain registry decided to corruption as a significant or serious prob- shut the site after receiving a letter of con- lem, including more than 70 percent of peo- cern from the Latvian Foreign Affairs ple in the nation’s capital, Kyiv ...While cor- May He rest in peace! Ministry, which drew attention to Sputnik’s ruption remains a problem overall, trust coverage of Ukraine and routine denial of and approval among Ukrainians of their the embattled nation’s territorial integrity. local mayors has increased since last year. In The ministry questioned whether the cov- half of the cities surveyed, more than 40 DEATH ANNOUNCEMENTS erage might constitute a breach of percent of respondents said they were satis- Death announcements should be sent to the Advertising Department by European Union sanctions on Russia, which fied with the October 2015 mayoral results e-mail to [email protected] or by fax to 973-644-9510. were imposed over Moscow’s annexation and in some places, like Kharkiv, Lviv and of Crimea in 2014. “We wrote pointing out Ternopil, well over 60 percent approve of Deadline: Tuesday noon before the newspaper’s date of issue. our opinion that the fact that the head of the mayor’s activities and reforms.” For further information call 973-292-9800, ext. 3040. Sputnik, Mr. [Dmitry] Kiselyov is on the According to the poll, one of the most popu- sanctions list of the European Union was lar reforms of the last year was replacing something that needed to be taken into patrol police in the cities of Kyiv, Kharkiv, judo sparring partner, after all, is construc- account” in deciding whether to register Lviv and Odesa. “This reform resulted in a Putin threatens... tion magnate Arkady Rotenberg, whose the site, Mr. Jansons told AFP. (RFE/RL, significant boost in citizen approval ratings companies secured $7.4 billion in contracts (Continued from page 3) with reporting by Reuters and AFP) of the police,” IRI stated. The poll was con- for the 2014 Winter Olympics in the ducted in all oblast capitals of Ukraine that the contractor had not been paid but is Russian resort town of Sochi. Russia’s patriotic chess star from Crimea (excluding Russian-occupied Symferopol seeking 280 million rubles ($4.1 million MOSCOW – There’s a new patriotic and Donetsk and Luhansk), as well as U.S.) in compensation via the courts. With reporting by Merkhat Sharipzhanov. Russian chess star on the block – and he’s Mariupol and Severodonetsk on January Mr. Aksyonov gave reassurances that, Copyright 2016, RFE/RL Inc. Reprinted from Crimea. Chess grandmaster Sergey 20-February 8. The poll was funded by going forward, the project would be led by with the permission of Radio Free Europe/ Karjakin, 26, won the FIDE World Chess Global Affairs Canada. The full results of the a new contractor “well-known in the coun- Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, Candidates Tournament in Moscow on poll are available at http://www.iri.org/ try” and built by “one of the leaders in this Washington DC 20036; www.rferl.org (see March 28, giving him the opportunity to sites/default/files/wysiwyg/municipal_ industry,” TASS reported. http://www.rferl.org/content/putin-threat- play Norway’s Magnus Carlsen for the title poll_2016_-_public_release.pdf. (Ukrainian Mr. Putin could likely help out in bring- ens-to-hang-someone-if-crimea-highway- of world chess champion in New York in Canadian Congress) ing in the new help. His friend and former not-built/27622034.html). 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 3, 2016 No. 14

COMMUNITY CHRONICLE Faithful in Whippany participate in traditional blessing of Easter baskets WHIPPANY, N.J. – Parishioners of St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church gathered on Holy Saturday, March 26, for the traditional blessing of Easter baskets. On this lovely sunny day, the blessing of Easter foods took place outside, on the grounds in front of the church, with faithful of all ages lining the circular driveway and extending onto the walk- ways. The Rev. Stepan Bilyk, pastor, wel- comed all and then introduced the young- est children of the parish, who performed a selection of “hahilky,” or ritual spring songs and dances. The children’s presen- tation was prepared under the direction of Kaya Nynka and Oksana Mulyk. Finally, Father Bilyk walked among all who had gathered, blessing their beautifully prepared baskets of foods – most importantly, the Easter breads known as “pasky” and “babky” – to be Roma Hadzewycz consumed on Easter Sunday. Faithful gather outside St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church for the blessing of Easter baskets.

Children of the parish perform “hahilky.” The Rev. Stepan Bilyk makes his way among the throng to bless Easter baskets. No. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 3, 2016 17

NOTES ON PEOPLE Ukrainian couple featured on Today show’s Valentine’s Day segment by Matthew Dubas ed a fancy dinner at Cipriani’s with tuxedos and ball gowns. The motto of the evening PARSIPPANY, N.J. – As part of the was “live, laugh, love.” “Today” show’s special series “A Little In one of the video outtake clips, Mr. Romance” and as part of Valentine’s Day, Uzdejczyk, 91, can be seen showing off his Walter and Maria Uzdejczyk of Yonkers, tap dancing skills. Mrs. Tomaszewsky N.Y., were among six couples invited to explained that he had been a Ukrainian share their “secrets” to being married for dance instructor for 25 years in Yonkers, more than 50 years while on the television N.Y. “The whole experience was wonderful,” program on February 11. she added, and the “Today” show provided Interviewed by Hoda Kotb, couples were car service to and from New York City. asked how they met, how they came to get In a second segment, the Today show married and how they remain in love for featured more than 20 couples who had more than half a century. been married more than 50 years to share In its “Sweetheart Party,” couples were their advice for couples. filmed for Hoda Kotb’s “Little Romance” The “Today” show explained that the music video featuring singer-songwriter idea for the video’s storyline came from Ingrid Michaelson. The Knot magazine yearly Golden Couples parties held in New assisted in funding the video. (Video can be York City. Couples were selected based on found at: https://www.youtube.com/ their love story and their dancing skills watch?v=uXX22XJyL50 and http://www. with “Today.” today.com/health/valentine-s-day-hoda- kotb-ingrid-michaelson-unveil-little- romance-t72951). Forty-one couples were included in the music video. “I wrote [“Little Romance”] a long time ago, and it’s about just a sweet kind of love between two people,” Ms. Michaelson told “Today” about her song. “It makes sense for this video because it’s the idea of a love that’s been around between two people for a long time. I think this video will instill hope in people that love can last,’’ Ms. Michaelson said. “I think it’s really inspirational to see people that have made it through.” Oksana Tomaszewsky, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Uzdejczyk and the one who sub- mitted her parents’ names as among the five couples selected, recalled her surprise when the “Today Show” telephoned her. The outing, hosted by Hoda Kotb, includ-

Walter and Maria Uzdejczyk dance as Igrid Michaelson performs during the filming of “Little Romance” for the “Today” show. 2016 proclaimed... (Continued from page 6) important to Ukrainian Manitobans, and the community has established three institu- tions at the University of Manitoba, includ- ing St. Andrew’s College in 1946, Ukrainian Studies in the Department of German and Slavic Studies in 1949 and the Center for Ukrainian Canadian Studies, 1981; and Whereas Ukrainian Manitobans have contributed to Manitoba’s rich cultural her- itage through the arts, including choral and instrumental music, folkloric and perform- ing dance, fine art, fibre art, literature, architecture, libraries, museums and archi- val collections, and cuisine. Now, therefore, be it known that I, Greg Selinger, premier of the Province of Manitoba, proclaim 2016 be designated as the Year of Manitoba’s Ukrainian Canadian Cultural Heritage in Manitoba, and do com- mend its thoughtful observance to all citi- zens of our province. 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 3, 2016 No. 14

Preview of events ПЛЕМ'Я ПЛАСТУНОК „ПЕРШІ СТЕЖІ“ (Continued from page 20) влаштовує will open at 6:30 p.m.; the event will start at 7 p.m. Admission (includes gallery access and reception): $15; members and seniors, $10; stu- „ДЕННИЙ ТАБІР ПТАШАТ ПРИ ПЛАСТІ“ dents, $5. The Ukrainian Museum is located at для дітей від 4 до 6 років, які володіють 222 East Sixth St.; telephone, 212-228-0110; (розуміють і розмовляють) українською мовою website, www.ukrainianmuseum.org. Sunday, April 24 • Дитині мусить виповнитися 4 роки до 31 серпня 2016 р. Винятків немає. NEW YORK: Join us at The Ukrainian Museum at 2 p.m. for the illustrated presentation of the • Дитина мусить мати всі приписані щеплення. book “Koly Lis Buv Nash Batko” (“When the • Дитина, яка склала Заяву Вступу до новацтва, не може брати участи в таборaх для Пташат. Forest was Our Father”), Maria Labunka’s mem- oirs, a vivid description of her days as a member Табір відбудеться на Союзівці у двох групах: of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists and Ukrainian Insurgent Army. Prof. Martha • від неділі, 19 червня, до суботи, 25 червня 2016 р. Bohachevsky Chomiak, a leading Ukrainian • від неділі, 26 червня, до суботи, 2 липня 2016 р. women’s history scholar, is the guest speaker. This event, presented in Ukrainian, is free and open to the public courtesy of the Labunka У справі кімнат просимо порозуміватися безпосередньо з Адміністрацією Союзівки: Family: Oles, Iya and Illya. The Ukrainian SOYUZIVKA, P. O. Box 529, 216 Foordmore Road, Kerhonkson, NY 12446 Museum is located at 222 East Sixth St.; tele- (845) 626-5641; www. Soyuzivka.com; Fax: 845-626-4638 phone, 212-228-0110; website, www.ukrainian- museum.org. • Tаборова оплата: $140.00 ($20.00 незворотні); оплата за два тижні 270.00 дол. • Зголошення і таборову оплату (чек, виписаний на Plast – Pershi Stezhi) надсилати до: PREVIEW OF Mrs. Oresta Fedyniak, 2626 W. Walton Ave., Chicago, IL 60622 EVENTS GUIDELINES Preview of Events is a service provided Tel.: 773 486-0394 (від 8:00 до 10:00 ранку) at minimal cost ($20 per listing) by The Ukrainian Weekly to the Ukrainian • Реченець зголошень: 16 травня 2016 р. • Після реченця зголошень не приймаємо. community. Items should be no more than 100 words long. • Лікарську посвідку НЕ пересилати з анкетою зголошення. Просимо передати при Preview items must be received no later реєстрації. than one week before the desired date of publication. Items will be published only once, unless otherwise indicated. Please КАРТА ЗГОЛОШЕННЯ НА ТАБІР ПТАШАТ-2016 include payment for each time the item is Ім’я і прізвище дитини ...... to appear and indicate date(s) of issue(s) по-українськи і по-англійськи in which the item is to be published. Information should be sent to: preview@ Дата народження ...... ukrweekly.com. Адреса ...... Телефон ...... E-mail ...... Turning... Просимо залучити посвідку дати народження дитини, яку вперше вписуєтe на табір (Continued from page 6) ☐ від 19 червня до 25 червня 2016 р. ☐ від 26 червня до 2 липня 2016 р. that Ukraine is creating a racist regime sim- ilar to the Communist system.” Розмір таборової сорочинки дитини: ☐ 6-8, ☐10-12, ☐14-16. The Crimean peninsula has been occu- ☐ Залучую чек на суму $...... ☐ Резервую кімнату на Союзівці pied by Russia since its forces invaded in late February 2014. Russia officially ...... annexed Crimea into the Russian Federation ім’я і прізвище матері (подати дівоче прізвище) on March 18, 2014. Since Russia’s annexa- tion of the peninsula, Kremlin-installed authorities in Crimea have continued to call Завваги ...... for the banning of these Crimean Tatar ...... bodies and have seized buildings that once ...... hosted the Mejlis...... Підпис батька або матері Source: “Pro-Russia groups want Crimean Tatar bodies disbanded,” RFE/RL, The Ukrainian Weekly, April 11, 2010. No. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 3, 2016 19

Through May 29 Art exhibit, “Chornobyl: 30 Years Later,” Ukrainian Institute April 9 Lecture by Margarita Balmaceda, “Coal, Power and Chicago of Modern Art, 773-227-5522 or www.uima-chicago.org New York Conflict in Post-Maidan Ukraine and its Pre-Maidan Roots,” Shevchenko Scientific Society, 212-254-5130 April 4 Presentation by Ian Bateson, “Ukrainian Identity Post-Maidan: New York Crimean Tatars, Russian Speakers and the LGBT Community,” April 9, 12 Pysanka workshop, Ukrainian Historical and Columbia University, [email protected] Somerset, NJ Educational Center of New Jersey, www.ukrhec.org

April 4 Presentation by Rory Finnin, “’A Bridge Between Us’: April 10 Performance, “Natalka Poltavka,” Maria Zankovetska Theater, Jenkintown, PA Ukrainian Educational and Cultural Center, 267-423-6712 Cambridge, MA Literature in the Ukrainian-Crimean Tatar Encounter,” Harvard University, http://huri.harvard.edu April 10 Ukrainian-Canadian Business and Professional Trade Show, Toronto The Old Mill, 647-383-8401 or [email protected] April 5 Ukrainian Night, Ottawa Senators vs Pittsburgh Penguins, Ottawa Canada Ukraine Foundation, http://capitaltickets.ca/promo April 10 Singing workshop with Shelley Thomas, Ukrainian or [email protected] New York Village Voices, Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization building, [email protected] April 7 Presentation by Valentyna Kharkhun, “Many-Faceted New York Memory: How Communism is Exhibited in Ukrainian April 10 Fashion Show, featuring designs by Lesya Blishch and Darka Museums,” Columbia University, 212-854-4697 Toronto Kardasz, Golden Lion 416-419-8278 or 416-233-9700

April 7 Performance, “Natalka Poltavka,” Maria Zankovetska Theater, April 11 Book presentation by Paulina Pospieszna, “Democracy Warren, MI Ukrainian Cultural Center, 773-220-9191 Cambridge, MA Assistance from the Third Wave,” Harvard University, http://huri.harvad.edu April 8 Reception marking the 75th anniversary of the April 12 Book presentation by Serhiy Zhadan, “Voroshylovhrad,” Toronto Ukrainian Canadian Congress, The Old Mill, New York Columbia University, 212-854-4697 416-323-4772 or [email protected] April 14 Book presentation by Serhii Plokhy, “The Gates of April 8 Petrykivka workshop with Nataliya Lyubytska, Ukrainian Stanford, CA Europe: The History of Ukraine,” Stanford University, Whippany, NJ National Association, to benefit the Arts, Culture and http://creees.stanford.edu or [email protected] Education Committee, Ukrainian American Cultural Center of New Jersey, 888-253-2833 (limited seating) April 14 Book presentation by Taras Kuzio, “Democratization, Cambridge, MA Corruption and the New Russian Imperialism,” Harvard April 8 Performance, “Natalka Poltavka,” Maria Zankovetska University, http://huri.harvard.edu Chicago Theater, Ss. Volodymyr and Olha Ukrainian Catholic Church, 773-489-9225 April 16 Vechirka dance, Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization, Whippany, NJ Ukrainian American Cultural Center of New Jersey, April 8-30 Art exhibit, “Spring Project” with artists Maryna www.uaccnj.org or www.plastnewark.org Chicago Danylovych, Anastasiya Kovalenko and Jarema Khrushch, Ukrainian National Museum, 312-421-8020 Entries in “Out and About” are listed free of charge. Priority is given to events advertised in The Ukrainian Weekly. However, we also welcome submissions April 9 Performance, “Natalka Poltavka,” Maria Zankovetska Theater, from all our readers. Items will be published at the discretion of the editors Parma, OH Pokrova Ukrainian Catholic Church, 216-240-4997 and as space allows. Please send e-mail to [email protected]. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 3, 2016 No. 14

PREVIEW OF EVENTS

Thursday April 7 many awards, including the BBC Ukraine NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Studies Book of the Decade award in 2014. The pre- Program at the Harriman Institute, sentation will take place at 6 p.m. in Pulitzer Columbia University, invites you to a talk by Hall, third floor lecture hall. (To reach Dr. Valentyna Kharkhun (George F. Kennan Pulitzer Hall, enter the main Columbia gates fellow at the Kennan Institute; Mykola Gogol at 116th Street and Broadway and walk State University, Nizhyn, Ukraine) titled down the set of steps to the right. Once at “Many-Facet Memory: How Communism is the bottom of the steps take the next right Exhibited in Ukrainian Museums.” Her talk and walk to the entrance of Pulitzer Hall, examines the role of Ukrainian museums in which is on the right.) The event is free and the formation of memory about commu- open to the public. For additional informa- nism, its chronology and typology. The talk tion call 212-854-4697. will take place at 4 p.m. in Room 1219, Friday, April 15 International Affairs Building, 420 W. 118th St. The event is free and open to the public. NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Museum is For additional information call 212-854- pleased to present an evening with 4697. Ukrainian poet and novelist Serhiy Zhadan and Yara Arts Group at 7:30 p.m. Mr. Saturday, April 9 Zhadan, an activist who was assaulted dur- NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific ing the 2014 Euro-Maidan protests in Society invites all to a lecture “Coal, Power Kharkiv, Ukraine, will read from his newest and Conflict in Post-Maidan Ukraine and its work, while Yara artists perform his poetry Pre-Maidan Roots,” by Dr. Margarita in English translations by Virlana Tkacz and Balmaceda, professor at the School of Wanda Phipps. The New Yorker has called Diplomacy and International Relations, Mr. Zhadan “Ukraine’s most famous coun- Seton Hall University. Dr. Balmaceda is a full terculture writer.” Admission (includes gal- member of the Shevchenko Scientific lery access and reception): $15; members Society and the society provided support for and seniors, $10; students, $5. The the recent publication of her book “The Ukrainian Museum is located at 222 East Politics of Energy Dependency: Ukraine, Sixth St.; telephone, 212-228-0110; website, Belarus and Lithuania Between Domestic www.ukrainianmuseum.org. Oligarchs and Russian Pressure” (University Tuesday, April 19 of Toronto Press, 2013). The lecture will take place at the society’s building, 63 NEW YORK: Don’t miss this talk about the Fourth Ave. (between Ninth and 10th Russian propaganda war and Ukraine, with streets) at 5 p.m. For additional information journalist and TV producer Peter call 212-254-5130. Pomeranzev, author of the critically acclaimed book “Nothing Is True and Tuesday April 12 Everything Is Possible: The Surreal Heart of NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Studies the New Russia,” and more recently, “The Program at the Harriman Institute, Propagandalands of East Ukraine.” Columbia University, invites you to a presen- According to Anne Applebaum, Peter tation by Ukrainian writer Serhiy Zhadan of Pomeranzev is “one of the most brilliant the English-language translation of his novel observers of Putin’s Russia.” Museum doors “Voroshylovhrad.” The 2010 novel, set in Mr. Visit our archive online: www.ukrweekly.com Zhadan’s native Luhansk Oblast, has won (Continued on page 18)

The Ukrainian National Association will sponsor a Petrykivka Workshop

by artist Natalia Lyubytska The “ Petrykivka” style of painting is a remarkable in support of the Arts, Culture and Education (ACE) Committee of the UACCNJ artistic phenomena of Ukrainian culture and a characteristic feature of Ukrainian decorative folk art. Friday, April 8, 2016, at 7pm Besides great popularity in Ukraine, Petrykivka gained At the Ukrainian American Cultural Center of NJ worldwide recognition in Menu 2013, as it was included in the Representative List First Course 60C N. Jefferson Rd. Whippany, NJ 07981 of the Intangible Cultural “Goi Cuon” pan-asian rolls with shrimp and pork Heritage of Humanity by with peanut dipping sauce Enjoy five courses of small plates tastefully paired with wine UNESCO. Second Course served during the workshop. Roasted vegetable terrine with a pesto sauce Donation: $30 towards the Arts, Cultural and Third Course Educational events at UACCNJ Shredded short rib on a polenta cake Pre-registration is required Fourth Course because seating is limited Poached salmon pinwheel with dill sauce To register please call the Ukrainian National Association Fifth course Tiramisu 888-538-2833