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The Ukrainian Weekly, 2020 INSIDE: l Ukraine becomes NATO Enhanced Opportunities Partner – page 3 l Churches reopening as pandemic restrictions are lifted – page 4 l Soyuzivka’s overnight camps cancelled for 2020 season – page 5 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXXXVIII No. 25 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 21, 2020 $2.00 Chicago’s Ukrainian Village gradually reopens Record number of new COVID-19 cases results as pandemic restrictions begin to be eased in extension of quarantine restrictions in Ukraine by Roman Tymotsko “Each of these leaders, within the frame- work of their responsibility, understanding KYIV – For the last week, Ukrainians the level of threat and the morbidity rate, found themselves in an uncertain state of takes concrete measures and has all the quarantine. On the one hand, the govern- tools to make decisions …to introduce ment plan of lifting restrictions continued in tougher measures,” explained Mr. Shmyhal. most regions, and life was returning to nor- He underlined that local authorities mal. On the other, the number of new should carefully pay attention to public COVID-19 cases spiked and set new records. transport issues. Queues to board buses In the last seven days, 4,853 people con- and small minibuses with a lot of people tracted the coronavirus in Ukraine, which is inside are high-risk places for possible the highest rate yet since the pandemic hit infection. The prime minister separately Ukraine. Consequently, on June 17, the addressed the minister of infrastructure Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine extended with a demand that he pay attention to the quarantine restrictions until July 31. what is being done in suburban trains to “The weakening of quarantine measures exercise control and ensure compliance was taken by many as the abolition of quar- with requirements for the number of peo- antine. Hence, it resulted in a worsening of ple in train cars, the wearing of face masks Mark Raczkiewicz the situation,” Prime Minister Denys and other measures required by the gov- A maximum of 50 people were allowed to attend two morning liturgies at Ss. Shmyhal said at the government’s meeting ernment. Volodymyr and Olha Ukrainian Catholic Church on June 14 as per city and state on June 17. “The coronavirus has not disap- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy report- guidelines. peared, and the threats posed by it to our ed that the number of tests for COVID-19 medical system and the Ukrainian economy had increased, and on average about by Mark Raczkiewycz economy and social routines of the coun- have not diminished. I understand that peo- 20,000 tests are carried out per day. The try’s third most populous city. ple are tired of quarantine in any variant, increase in the number of coronavirus CHICAGO – Tears began running down The usual second or mid-morning but there is currently no more effective way cases could be caused by the rise in the the faces of parishioners at the Saints Sunday service wasn’t held to allow for all to counter the spread of the virus. I urge number of tests administered; therefore, Volodymyr and Olha Ukrainian Catholic surfaces of the church to be disinfected and Ukrainians not to relax and to keep it real!” before deciding on more severe restrictive Church’s early morning liturgy on June 14. what would’ve been the third liturgy of the The head of government urged measures, it is necessary to understand the They hadn’t had the chance to pray as a day took place at the customary time, close Ukrainians to wear face masks, maintain reasons for the increase in the number of congregation for more than two months, to noon. social distancing and employ disinfection patients, he explained. including on Easter, and were limited to Two bottles of hand sanitizer stood on a measures, as only these measures “will help The president added: “All relevant attending services virtually amid a corona- (Continued on page 5) each of us to protect ourselves from this authorities should focus the public’s atten- virus pandemic that has disrupted the infection, at least until drugs and effective tion on the need to comply with the mask treatment protocols are invented.” regime and social distancing on the street. I Moreover, Mr. Shmyhal said that the govern- see that people walk around without NEWS ANALYSIS ment would consider the Health Ministry’s masks. Only the observance of security proposed updated approach to an adaptive measures will protect us from the threat of quarantine, which envisages the possibility getting sick and save our economy from Ukraine’s energy wars continue of reinforcing the quarantine in particular quarantine.” regions. “We need to carefully check shops, mar- by Bohdan Nahaylo tion of nuclear energy reduced in favor of a The prime minister said the government kets, public transport – places where greater temporary reliance on coal. is working closely with regional heads, city KYIV – While other significant develop- These maneuvers are having an impact heads and other local government officials. (Continued on page 11) ments have dominated the news in recent not only on industry and the domestic con- weeks, such as the responses to the COVID- sumer but also the already severely 19 pandemic, or the much-awaited release strained state budget. Given Moscow’s of new financial support for Ukraine by the direct interest in how Ukraine handles its International Monetary Fund, the enduring strategic policy aimed at consolidating sov- saga of competition among stakeholders ereignty and security in the energy sector, and profiteers within and around Ukraine’s there are other far-reaching implications. lucrative energy sector also merits atten- First, some background and information tion. on the key players. Naftogaz, as Ukraine’s Even a cursory overview of this complex main state company dealing with the trans- subject shows that extraordinary things portation, extraction and refinement of have been happening. natural gas and crude oil, was created in Since the spring, a struggle for influence 1998, towards the end of a decade in which and control in this vital area has intensified this entire area had become a magnet for among the oligarchic stakeholders, Ihor unscrupulous and corrupt businessmen Kolomoisky, Rinat Akhmetov and others, and politicians. This was the era, as the including perhaps interested parties in Kyiv Post put it recently, of “crony capital- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s political ism, rent-seeking, rigged privatizations and entourage. Government posts have been assassinations.” Cabinet of Ministers reshuffled. Imports of electricity from Denys Shmyhal at the Cabinet of Ministers meeting of June 17, when it was decided Russia have been renewed and the produc- (Continued on page 14) to extend coronavirus quarantine restrictions in Ukraine. 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 21, 2020 No. 25 ANALYSIS Ukraine and Hungary move to settle U.S. Embassy warns Ukraine on justice system EU extends Crimea sanctions by a year The U.S. Embassy in Kyiv has expressed The European Union has rolled over for differences over national minority legislation concerns about Ukraine’s justice system at another year sanctions imposed over a time when the State Bureau of Russia’s annexation of the Crimean stalemate either, as initial Hungarian objec- by Vladimir Socor Investigations (known by its Ukrainian Peninsula from Ukraine. EU member states Eurasia Daily Monitor tives remain unfulfilled. Meanwhile, Budapest interprets the political changes in acronym as DBR) and the Prosecutor “decided to renew the sanctions introduced PART I Ukraine as having brought to power a “less General’s Office are considering arresting in response to the illegal annexation of nationalistic” president and parliamentary former President Petro Poroshenko amid a Crimea and Sevastopol by the Russian Kyiv and Budapest have initiated an majority. Consequently, Budapest sees an spate of investigations involving him. In a Federation until June 23, 2021,” the effort to resolve their differences over the opportunity to secure certain entitlements statement posted on Facebook on June 18, European Council said in a statement on impact of Ukrainian language and educa- for the Hungarian national community on the Embassy wrote in a thinly veiled mes- June 18. The restrictive measures were tion laws on the Hungarian national minor- school education, language use and, possi- sage that didn’t mention Mr. Poroshenko by introduced in 2014 as a response to ity in Ukraine’s Zakarpattia Oblast (see bly, the legalization of dual citizenship in name that all “citizens in a democracy Russia’s forcible seizure of Crimea in March Eurasia Daily Monitor, June 3). Ukraine. The Hungarian government pro- deserve to be treated equally and fairly 2014 after Moscow sent in troops and Budapest’s position is based on a sui poses to attain these objectives by agree- under the law” and that “The justice system staged a referendum dismissed as illegal by generis conception of Hungarian national ment between Kyiv on one side and the should not be used for the purpose of set- at least 100 countries. The sanctions community entitlements in Carpathian Carpathian Hungarian representatives and include prohibitions targeting the imports Ukraine. Versions of that conception also tling political scores.” Ukraine’s Prosecutor Budapest on the other side. apply to Hungary’s kin communities in General’s Office and the DBR have said that of products originating in Crimea into the Both Kyiv and Budapest now seem to other neighboring countries. Budapest, Mr. Poroshenko was officially informed that EU, as well as infrastructural or financial envisage possibilities for normalizing rela- however, has exacerbated its controversy he is a suspect in one of more than 20 cases investments and tourism services on the tions on two tracks: Ukrainian accommoda- with Ukraine by injecting this problem into implicating his possible involvement, add- peninsula.
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