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SECURITY&DEFENSE Exit Reformers Ukraine defense More of Ukraine’s top reformers have quit government, complaining that reform leader President ’s administration is obstructing corruption fight ‘could write book on how to sabotage change’

BY RAHIM RAHEMTULLA [email protected]

Andriy Zagorodnyuk does not have a military background, yet he has been leading the reform office at Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense since March 2015. Zagorodnyuk, 39, is an entrepre- neur at heart. Given the success of his company, Discovery Drilling Equipment, in the oilfield services industry, his post at the ministry may seem even more unlikely. “I could have had an investor or entrepreneur visa to any coun-

more Zagorodnyuk on page 16

On ‘dividing line’ between Ukraine, annexed Crimea quit as Odesa Oblast governor on Nov. 7, while his allies - National Police Chief Khatia Dekanoidze and Odesa Oblast Customs Chief Yulia Marushevska (R) followed suit a week later. Saakashvili and Marushevska said their reform efforts were blocked by President Petro Poroshenko, while Dekanoidze complained about political interference and a lack of authority to make changes. (Volodymyr Petrov, Kostyantyn BY KYIV POST Chernichkin) CHONHAR, Ukraine – Lieutenant Colonel Oleksandr Martinyuk, head BY OLEG SUKHOV other Ukrainian leaders and the reforms is to get elected in opposi- Post. “Those who left wanted to of the Berdyansk border guard [email protected] lack of political will to combat cor- tion to Poroshenko and potentially carry out deeper reforms that would division, corrects sternly when he’s ruption and instill rule of law. come to power. change society but never got polit- told that the Ukrainian checkpoint The exodus of top reformers from Poroshenko and his spokespeo- Saakashvili on Nov. 11 announced ical support. Their exit made this at Chonhar, in southern Kherson government, which began last year, ple, Sviatoslav Tsegolko and Andriy plans to create a new political force, clearer, and now reformist forces Oblast, looks increasingly like an is continuing. Zhigulin, have consistently refused push for early parliamentary elec- will have to win elections in order international border crossing. While ex-Georgian President to comment on the accusations. tions and replace the current politi- to implement reforms.” “It’s a temporary control point, and Mikheil Saakashvili stepped down Ivan Vinnyk, a lawmaker from the cal establishment. At least 22 top reformers quit it really differs from an international as governor of Odesa Oblast on Poroshenko Bloc, the largest in par- “I think the authorities have government jobs earlier this year. border point,” Martinyuk said. Nov. 7, his allies -- National Police liament, denied the accusations of never wanted real reforms - those The most recent ones include Later in our interview, he stum- Chief Khatia Dekanoidze and sabotage on Nov. 14, attributing the that would imply deoligarchization, National Television Company CEO bled over what word to use for the Odesa Oblast Customs Chief Yulia recent resignations to Saakashvili’s changing society’s economic struc- Zurab Alasania, Odesa Oblast bridge travellers cross between his Marushevska -- quit a week later. desire to enter Ukrainian politics. ture, getting rid of state proper- Police Chief Giorgi Lortkipanidze, control point and the opposite point. On the way out, they complain Saakashvili is among those ty and total liberalization,” Sasha First Deputy Interior Minister “The dividing line,” interposed of sabotage of their efforts by who quit who argue that the only Borovik, who quit as a deputy of Major Nelya Dotsenko from the bor- President Petro Poroshenko and remaining way for them to continue Saakashvili in May, told the Kyiv more Reformers on page 18 more Chonhar on page 11

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за домовленістю. Матерiали, надрукованi в BY CHRISTOPHER J. MILLER газетi “Kyiv Post” є власнiстю видавництва, AND NATALIE SEDLETSKA захищенi мiжнародним та українським законодавством i не можуть бути вiдтворенi © Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty у будь(якiй формi без письмового дозволу Along the picturesque shores of Видавця. Думки, висловленi у дописах не Estepona in southern Spain’s Costa завжди збiгаються з поглядами видавця, del Sol lie some of Europe’s most який не бере на себе вiдповiдальнiсть за elegant resorts and luxury estates, наслiдки публiкацiй. whose owners and residents include Hollywood actors, superstar athletes, Засновник ТОВ “Паблік-Медіа” and some of the continent’s political Головний редактор Брайан Боннер elite. Відповідальний за випуск But the list of property owners Люк Шеньє also includes the head of state, along Адреса видавця та засновника with several key allies, of one of співпадають: Україна, м. Київ, 01004, postcommunist Europe’s most belea- guered and corruption-riddled states, вул. Пушкінська, 31А, 6-й поверх. a Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Реєстрацiйне свiдоцтво investigation has learned. Кв № 15261(3833ПР від 19.06.09. The Spanish properties of Ukrainian Передплатний індекс ДП Преса 40528 President Petro Poroshenko; Ihor Надруковано ТОВ «Новий друк», Kononenko, a deputy head of the president’s Bloc of Petro Poroshenko 02660, Київ, вулиця Магнітогорська, 1, party and onetime business partner; тел.: 559-9147 and Oleh Hladkovskyy, a deputy Замовлення № 13-8040 secretary of the Ukrainian National A screenshot of drone footage of the coastal villa in Spain alleged by investigative journalists to belong to З приводу розміщення реклами Security and Defense Council, had Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko. (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty) звертайтесь: +380 44 591-77-88 previously been kept secret. Each of those three men owns a Відповідальність за зміст реклами lavish Mediterranean-style villa on or dering them invisible from public “If the villa is not used for the com- несе замовник. near the coast – and in Kononenko’s view. pany’s commercial activity, it should case, a second plot of land, too. Intransparency and corruption have been declared,” Kalenyuk said. Mailing address: But none of the properties is have been persistent problems Responding to Schemes’ request Kyiv Post, 31A Pushkinska, Suite 600, 6th floor enumerated in those public officials’ in Ukraine, contributing to polit- for comment, Poroshenko’s office Kyiv, Ukraine, 01004 publicly searchable asset declarations ical stagnation that followed the said: “The enterprises in which Petro Advertising that came due on October 30 as part 2004 and the Poroshenko is the ultimate beneficia- tel. +380 44 591-7788 of a new, International Monetary EuroMaida Revolution a decade ry have overseas property such as fax +380 44 591-3345 [email protected] Fund – backed push to boost trans- later that unseated a president. factories, shops, warehouses, admin- Editorial staff parency and root out graft, accord- Western officials and international istrative buildings, and houses. All tel. +380 44 591-3344 ing to an investigative program of financial institutions insist such crim- this is in the form of legal entities fax +380 44 591-3345 [email protected] RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service, Skhemy inality is still a problem and threat- specified in his declaration in accor- Subscriptions&Distribution (Schemes), that aired on Nov. 10. ens billions in assistance that have dance with the Law ‘On Prevention tel. +380 44 591-3344 Instead, the declarations of helped keep the country afloat since of Corruption.’” fax +380 44 591-3345 Poroshenko, a confectionery mogul Russian troops invaded and seized Ukraine’s new asset-declaration [email protected] before his rise to the presidency Crimea from Ukraine in early 2014. law has been hailed by Western Employment Advertising tel. +380 44 591-3344 of war-torn Ukraine in mid-2014, governments as a major step in com- fax +380 44 591-3345 and Kononenko and Hladkovskyy Spanish getaways bating corruption. [email protected] include companies that in turn own Documents obtained by Schemes But Kalenyuk and other activists Daria Kalenyuk, executive director the Spanish homes -- effectively ren- show Poroshenko’s Spanish- complain the legislation is imper- of the Anti-Corruption Action registered Feruvita S.L. – listed in Center in Kyiv. (Volodymyr Petrov) fect. For instance, she said, “vague” the president’s declaration – bought language in the law has allowed offi- a 23-year-old villa in Estepona in the driving away in a white Porsche. The cials to get away with not declaring summer of 2008, when he headed the site also published images of what assets owned by companies that they Council of Ukraine’s National Bank. was believed at the time to be the control. In the financial statements, the value president’s Spanish villa. But Ruslan Radetskyy, the deputy of the two-story, 1,254-square-meter head of the National Agency for villa and grounds, complete with ‘Vague’ language? the Prevention of Corruption, told swimming pool, is estimated at 4 While it is not illegal to control Schemes that the language in the law million euros ($4.3 million). assets through companies so long was specific enough. “[The declar- The gated, white-columned vil- as they are used for purposes relat- ant] must specify all property that las belonging to Kononenko and ed to the business, anticorruption belongs to him, through a company Hladkovskyy were discovered by campaigners argue that failing to or as an individual,” he said. Schemes journalists within short disclose such properties makes a Yehor Sobolyev, co-author of the driving distances of Poroshenko’s mockery of the duty to report and declaration law and head of par- property. Kononenko also owns a raises questions about how they liament’s anticorruption committee, second parcel of land on the coast- were obtained. agreed. line where a house was demolished Daria Kalenyuk, executive direc- “In my opinion, there is evidence in 2012, apparently to make way for tor of the Kyiv-based Anticorruption of breach of the law ‘On Preventing a new one. Action Center, told RFE/RL that Corruption’ by the president of Neighbors confirmed seeing an independent investigation Ukraine, who did not declare the Poroshenko in the neighborhood. should be conducted by Ukraine’s villa in Spain in his electronic dec- Poroshenko “comes two days here National Agency for the Prevention laration,” he told Schemes. “The and leaves,” one man, whose gar- of Corruption to determine wheth- explanation from representatives of dener also does landscaping for the er Poroshenko, Kononenko, or the presidential administration that Poroshenko estate, told a Schemes Hladkovskyy violated Ukrainian law the owner of the villa is not the journalist. “He rests a day or two. Not by not declaring the villas directly in president, but a company that he Contact Interdean: for a week or month, no, no.” their declarations. controlled, is incorrect.”  T: +38 (044) 576 7370 In March, Poroshenko was pho- +38 (044) 384 2773 tographed by the Ukrainian news Editor’s Note: The investigation is based on the reporting of RFE/RL’s Schemes E: [email protected] site Ukrayinska Pravda making a investigative unit and the First Ukraine channel in Kyiv. The Kyiv Post is reprint- purchase at a Spanish pharmacy and ing with permission. www.kyivpost.com November 18, 2016 National 3 Kremlin influence rises in Europe

BY OKSANA GRYTSENKO Republika Srpska, a de facto inde- Russian Norway Estonia countries and territories AND OLEG SUKHOV influence in Sweden Russian with pro-Russian leaders pendent Serb enclave in Bosnia and Brexit, or high Russian influence [email protected] Europe June 23, Federation Herzegovina, is also backed by the AND [email protected] 2016 Lithuania not pro-Russian territory Kremlin. United Denmark Other pro-Russian leaders in Russian President is Ireland Kingdom Belarus Europe include Czech President Russian-occupied having a lucky streak. Nethterlands Miklos Zeman, who has effective- Referendum Donald Trump, who has flirt- on association ly recognized ’s annexation deal with Ukraine, Ukraine Russian-occupied ed with the Kremlin and hinted Czech. of Crimea, and Hungarian Prime April 6, 2016 Transnistria Russian-occupied he might accept its annexation of Rep. Slovakia Abkhazia Minister Viktor Orban. Crimea, won the Nov. 8 presidential Moldova Russia also has influence in Azerbaijan Hungary election in the . Several State elections, the Orthodox Christian countries France Switz. Romania days later, pro-Russian politicians March 2016 Slovenia Gagauzia Russian-annexed Armenia of Cyprus, an offshore haven for CroatiaBosnia Serbia Crimea were elected presidents of Moldova & Her. Iran Russian businesses, and Greece, and Bulgaria on Nov. 13. Bulgaria whose Prime Minister Alexis Tripras Montenegro Kosovo Portugal It is not clear if Moldova and Macedonia Bashar al-Assad favors closer ties with the Kremlin. Bulgaria, which are parliamentary regime Another tool of influence is the Spain Albania democracies, will drift towards the Failed coup d’etat, Soviet Jewish diaspora in Israel. Its Greece Syria Kremlin, given the limited presi- October 2016 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dential powers in both countries Respublika Cyprus met with Russian President Vladimir and their dependency on Western Srpska Putin four times in 2016 only. Morocco Algeria Tunesia By Ira Movchan, Kyiv Post support. But the election results show that pro-Russian sentiment in Since the spring of 2016, a string of referendums, elections and other political events favorable to Russia have Coming elections European countries is strong. occurred in Europe. In the face of a revanchist Russia, many European states have seen pro-Russian political The upcoming elections in Europe A party vacillating between parties, from both the left and right spectrums, gain influence. may also increase Russia’s clout. Russia and the West also defeat- In Austria, pro-Russian politi- ed a staunchly pro-Western one Bulgarian journalist Krassimir nationalist government, which came Serbia and Montenegro are anoth- cian Norbert Hofer of the far-right in Georgia in October. And in the Yankov attributed Radev’s win to to power in 2015, has made some er area of interest for , as Freedom Party is among the lead- , a majority support- the people’s disappointment with anti-Kremlin moves but at the same both are Orthodox countries with ers of the polls and has a chance ed leaving the European Union at a corruption scandals associated with time taken an anti-Ukrainian stance historical ties to Russia. to become president in the Dec. 4 referendum held in June - a move the pro-EU government. Yankov also in what some see as a policy encour- In October, the Montenegrin election. welcomed by Moscow. doubts that Radev, a former NATO aged by the Kremlin. authorities said that two Russian In France, Marine le Pen from the Another event favorable to Russia fighter pilot, will pursue an openly Specifically, in July the Polish nationalists were behind an alleged pro-Kremlin National Front is likely was the Dutch referendum that pro-Russian policy. parliament declared the 1943-1944 plot to overthrow the national gov- to win the first round of the April 23, rejected a political and trade asso- “He’s not against membership of killing of Poles by the Ukrainian ernment and arrested pro-Kremlin 2017 presidential vote but may lose ciation deal with Ukraine with 61 NATO and the EU, but he insists Insurgent Army in Volyn to be geno- Serbian citizens who had previous- in the second round, according to percent of the vote in April. on improving dialogue with Russia,” cide, while ignoring the similar kill- ly fought against Ukraine in the Masterfully using its oil reve- Yankov said. ing of by Poles. Donbas. more Russia on page 17 nues and propaganda machine, the Yankov added the Bulgarian soci- Kremlin is spreading its influence ety was equally divided between in Europe and hoping for its sup- pro-Russian and pro-Western porters to come to power in Austria, moods. Russia is still seen by many in Germany and France. this county as the liberator from the The Kremlin’s expansion may Ottoman Empire, and the pro-Rus- weaken the West’s support for sian Orthodox church is influential. Ukraine in its war with Russia and The Kremlin is also boosting its hurt Ukraine’s drive to integrate with clout in Georgia. The ruling Georgian the European Union. Dream Party won 77 percent of the seats in the Oct. 30 parliamentary ‘Russian’ victories election – a constitutional majori- Moldovan Socialist Party leader Igor ty, while the pro-Russian Patriotic Dodon defeated pro-Western candi- Alliance got 4 percent of the seats. date Maia Sandu in the Nov. 13 pres- The Georgian Dream has com- idential vote. He pledged to make bined pro-Western rhetoric with a his first presidential visit to Russia promise of better relations with the and gave his first interview after the Kremlin. The Georgian Dream gov- victory to Russia 24, a Kremlin pro- ernment has stepped up economic paganda channel. cooperation with Russia, while the Dodon has called Crimea, a Kremlin’s media presence in the Ukrainian peninsula that Russia country has soared. annexed in 2014, “de facto Russian” and promised to give broad autono- Others under influence my to the Kremlin-backed breakaway Other countries in Europe are also republic of Transnistria, Moldova’s subject to Russian influence. equivalent of Ukraine’s Donbas Slovakia now has a partially breakaway “republics.” pro-Russian cabinet and an open- Sergiy Gerasymchuk, a Moldova ly Kremlin-friendly prime minister, expert at Ukraine’s Strategic and Robert Fico, according to Olexia Security Studies Group, thinks Besarab, a Slovakia-based expert that Moldovans backed a pro-Rus- at the Strategy XXI think-tank. She sian candidate in protest against added that Russian businesses were the pro-Western government’s very active in the country. corruption. The pro-Russian sentiment is Gerasymchuk added that Dodon fueled by nostalgia for the Soviet would have to change his anti-West- Union. ern rhetoric, since Moldova is heav- “In the Soviet period, the defense ily dependent on Western aid. The sector was well-developed in country, however, is also dependent Slovakia, people were making good on the Kremlin, with Russian gas money there,” Besarab said. giant Gazprom controlling Moldova’s Russia is also sponsoring pro-Rus- gas pipeline network. sian non-governmental organizations In Bulgaria, the Nov. 13 presidential in Slovakia, Besarab said. election was won by Rumen Radev, The British think tank Chatham who is known for his pro-Moscow House estimated in 2015 that the and anti-immigrant rhetoric. In the Russian-funded non-governmen- wake of Radev’s election, the coun- tal organization sector in Europe is try’s pro-European Prime Minister worth $100 million a year. Boyko Borisov resigned. Meanwhile, Poland’s incumbent 4 Opinion November 18, 2016 www.kyivpost.com

NEWS ITEM: An investigation by Radio Editorials Free Europe/Radio Liberty uncovered that President Petro Poroshenko owns Can we push a luxurious seaside villa in the south back the visa- Trump angst of Spain, which he uses for vacations. free thing again? He owns it through a company, and I want to enjoy Ukraine has more to fear than most nations in a Donald Trump presi- failed to mention the villa in his EU alone dency. He cheered on Russia’s invasion of Crimea, a blatant violation of declaration of assets. Poroshenko is international law that he may recognize as a legitimate takeover. He has notorious for promising Ukrainians made clear his admiration for Russian dictator Vladimir Putin. The Kremlin a visa-free travel regime with the threw its weight behind Trump, likely responsible for the well-timed leaks European Union, but pushing the date for its start further and further back. of embarrassing emails involving the Democratic National Committee and top aides of losing Democratic Party challenger Hillary Clinton. Some hope that pragmatism will win out. But nobody knows for sure because Trump has no track record in public office and a shifting ideology on many issues. He seems only interested in himself. Such greed and nar- cissism could unleash the worst spate of financial corruption in modern American history. Trump and his family look very corruptible -- just the kind of political leaders that Putin loves. He’s spent the last 16 years cor- rupting Ukraine’s political leaders in a bid to weaken the nation. But all may not be as grim as it seems today. Clinton won a majority of the popular vote, calling into question yet again America’s Electoral College system. Putin is unpopular in America, with good reason. And, with strong bipartisan majorities, the Republican-controlled U.S. Congress has staked out even tougher stances against Putin than outgoing U.S. Just President Barack Obama. preparing We cheer on the likes of re-elected U.S. Senator John McCain, the for my Republican from Arizona, who warned Trump this week: “We should normal day in place as much faith in such statements as any other made by a former parliament KGB agent who has plunged his country into tyranny, murdered his polit- ical opponents, invaded his neighbors, threatened America’s allies, and NEWS ITEM: Opposition Bloc’s attempted to undermine America’s elections.” lawmaker Yuriy Boyko hit the Amen. Radical Party’s during an argument at the meeting of the

parliament faction leaders on Nov. 14. It’s not the first time Lyashko has Same show been beaten up by his opponents: He had at least five previous encounters As the third anniversary of the beginning of the Revolution of this kind. approaches on Nov. 21, the Ukrainian public has more proof of how far the country’s leaders have diverged from the ideals of the revolution that drove a corrupt president, , from power on Feb. 22, 2014. President Petro Poroshenko is the leading embodiment of this diver- gence. From the revolutionary people’s leader who mixed with the crowds and climbed a bulldozer to give a speech, Poroshenko went on to become yet another untrusted ruler who is divorced from the people he Yes, but governs, and from the rule of law. Aren’t His detachment was highlighted when Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty if I lose, Lottery I’ll demand journalists found and filmed Poroshenko’s multimillion-dollar coastal villa your chances to the Rada to in southern Spain that he uses for a weekend getaway. compensate it The villa is absent from Poroshenko’s asset declaration. The law isn’t win tiny? clear on the criteria for declaring property owned through businesses, NEWS ITEM: The and the president chose not to vex Ukrainians, who on average live on voted on Nov. 15 to compensate $2,400 per year, by parading his luxurious property before their poor eyes. the money losses of people who The villa might have been forgiven if it wasn’t topping a pile of other invested in the unsafe funds, failures of Poroshenko, including - and we never get tired of listing it - no attracted by the interest rates that were much higher than those rule of law, continuing top-level corruption, doing business in Russia in offered by bank deposits. Money lost times of war, refusing to sell his business -- including the factory in Russia when such funds go bankrupt will -- after gaining the presidency and his failure to go after oligarchs and be protected in the same way as corrupt top officials. normal bank deposits. To keep Ukrainians’ impatience from pouring over the edge, the presi- dent-controlled Prosecutor General’s Office gives them a bit of bread and circuses in the form of occasional prosecutions of top names. The latest one in the arena is Vadim Novinsky, a controversial pro-Rus- sian oligarch and lawmaker profiled in the Kyiv Post’s “Oligarch Watch” series on Nov. 11. Novinsky has been under investigation, but not for corruption or shady privatization deals, as one might expect with an oligarch involved. Instead, Novinsky is accused of tampering with the church’s business. He was allegedly scheming to replace the head of Ukrainian Orthodox It’s your turn, Church in 2013. my dear The parliament refused to lift Novinsky’s immunity from prosecution NEWS ITEM: U.S. President-elect Donald on the demand of Prosecutor General Yuri Lutsenko on Nov. 16, saying Trump and Russian President Vladimir that it would need evidence of Novinsky’s guilt to do so. Lutsenko was Putin agreed in a Nov. furious. The show made headlines, offering the public a simulacrum of 14 phone call that the relations between rule of law. 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Reformer of the week Anti-reformer of the week Khatia Dekanoidze Vadym Troyan VOX Khatia Dekanoidze, a Georgian-born reformer, Vadym Troyan, a deputy head of the populi resigned as head of the National Police on Nov. 14. National Police, was appointed acting WITH NICHOLAS WALLER Dekanoidze, a former head of Georgia’s Police head of Ukraine’s police on Nov. 14 Academy, has overseen Ukraine’s efforts to oust and has been tapped to become its corrupt officers since she took over as head of the official chief. How will President National Police in November 2015. Troyan, a staunch loyalist of Donald Trump She said on Nov. 14 that the ministry had failed Interior Minister , has change relations to root out corruption, and that she had had to been accused of undermining former with Ukraine? deal with political interference and had not had head of the National Police Khatia enough authority to bring about radical change. Dekanoidze’s independence, which is Edilberto Ilya Kyva, a controversial aide to Interior Minister stipulated by Ukraine’s police law, and Segura, Arsen Avakov, lashed out at Dekanoidze recently blocking her reform efforts. However, Bleyzer Foundation and has reportedly been tapped to be a deputy of Dekanoidze’s successor, Vadym Interior Ministry spokesman Artem Shevchenko has dismissed the chairman Troyan. Kyva, an ex-head of the National Police’s drug enforcement unit, has in accusations made against Troyan as “nonsense.” “There is a very the past triggered controversy by posting a Bible quote calling for the execution Troyan, who is reportedly in charge of all surveillance at the short window of homosexuals. He has also been accused of insulting veterans of the war with National Police, has been accused of conducting surveillance over of opportunity Russia. journalist Pavlo Sheremet, who was killed in a car bomb explosion for Ukraine to Avakov is accused of derailing Dekanoidze’s efforts to reform the police and in central Kyiv on July 20. The National Police denies the accusation demonstrate faces several corruption investigations. He denies all accusations of corruption. that Troyan was involved in such surveillance. that it is a country that is worth Pavlo Kashchuk, an ex-member of a police vetting commission, said on Nov. Lawmaker Sergii Leshchenko and Ukrainska Pravda’s chief editor supporting. (The government must) 14 that the old system of policing, which Dekanoidze had hoped to sweep away, Sevgil Musayeva-Borovik said in July they had seen police officers take immediate, strong, decisive is now returning. conducting surveillance of them and Sheremet. Troyan took an steps towards fighting corruption.” “It has become clear that the hyped-up reform is just words and imitation – a unexpected vacation and was not seen in public for several weeks smokescreen that the Interior Ministry’s leadership used to ‘buy off’ Western after Sheremet’s murder. David partners and (Ukrainian) society in order to restore and even strengthen the old Troyan used to be a member of the far-right Patriot of Ukraine Sweere, corrupt system,” Kashchuk said. “Their task is to fill their pockets and terrorize group and the affiliated Azov unit. Some members of the unit have agribusiness “I think pru- society… In the regions we see a complete comeback of the old guard.” admitted to being neo-Nazis. dence should – Oleg Sukhov – Oleg Sukhov be at the To nominate someone as reformer or anti-reformer of the week, write to [email protected] forefront… there has to be accountability from both sides. I have confidence that the Trump administration won’t forget about Ukraine. That isn’t going to happen. They want to be re-elect- Trump will be major ed, as well. They’re politicians, he’s now a politician…he’ll listen to prudence and he’ll certainly want to listen to business.” disaster for Ukraine Michael Getto, deputy director of Wooden Horse Strategies “My concern ASKOLD is that it looks KRUSHELNYCKY like there’s absolutely no expertise on this American voters who elected Donald Trump as part of the world in Trump’s admin- the country's next president may have inadver- istration. I don’t view any of the tently signed a death warrant for tens of thousands comments that Trump made during of Ukrainians as Russia's Vladimir Putin could the campaign as venal; they’re just ignorant. That could be catastroph- very likely interpret it as a green light to invade ic for Ukraine. I’m hoping that there Ukraine. are people near him and within the That is the fear of many in Ukraine who were Republican national security estab- shocked to hear candidate Trump's praise for lishment who can educate him Putin in debates and campaign speeches. about this part of the world.” He suggested that Moscow's annexation of Crimea might be justified and in one TV interview Reno said:"I don't like what's happening with Ukraine. Domenico, But that's really a problem that affects Europe a chairman of lot more than it affects us.” Democrats For part of the campaign period, Trump used Abroad Ukraine as his chief adviser Paul Manafort, notorious in “I think we’re Ukraine as the person who mapped out Viktor entering into a Yanukovych's strategy to capture the presidency very dark peri- A woman walks past a mural on a restaurant wall depicting then- U.S. presidential candidate in 2010. od of time for Donald Trump, now the president-elect, and Russian President Vladimir Putin kissing each other. both Ukraine Manafort, an American PR maestro who had The photograph of the murla was taken on May 13 in the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius. (AFP) and the U.S. Trump’s conversation a reputation of selling his services to whoever with (Vladimir) Putin immediately would pay, however odious they were, groomed US authorities after Ukrainian sources earlier Since the election he said the pro-Russian side after the election sends a signal Yanukovych to make him more palatable to the this year revealed information purportedly show- had violated the ceasefire much more “brazenly” to Russia that he’s willing to do gullible among Ukraine's electorate. He also ing he had received millions of dollars in fees with a fourfold increase in attacks in Donbas, the a deal...I worry we are headed worked on whitewashing Yanukovych's criminal from Yanukovych that had not been declared to eastern Ukrainian territory seized by pro-Moscow towards a period of appeasement.” and corrupt history for the outside world so that American tax authorities. separatists supported by regular Russian forces. Western leaders would tolerate him even if they There were murmurings that while Manafort He fears Putin might exploit the confusion to “go Daniel had contempt for the former Ukrainian despot. was working for Yanukovych, and then earlier this for a full-fledged invasion of Ukraine.” Sweere, year for Trump, he had links to Russians thought A Ukrainian military intelligence source said CEO of Kyiv- Firtash ties to work directly or indirectly for the Kremlin. that there had been a “considerable” buildup of Atlantic Ukraine Manafort worked for other unsavory Ukrainian After Trump becomes president he may use Russian-provided armor, rockets and artillery in “Ukraine has characters, including oligarch Dmytro Firtash, his influence to ensure Manafort is not prose- the Donbas region and Russian military facilities an oppor- who was for years the biggest player in Ukraine's cuted. That presents the ominous possibility that near the borders with Ukraine in the weeks prior tunity to try and convince gas industry – a byword for corruption. He was Manafort may return to a position of influence to the election and the number of artillery and Trump to stop widely regarded as working with – or for -- Putin within Trump's administration which would allow small arms attacks against Ukrainian forces had in Kyiv during to sell Russian and Central Asian gas provided to him to wreak revenge on Ukraine. spiked in the days following the election. his first trip to Europe. Ukraine has him cheaply and then sold to Ukraine at vastly to demonstrate that it is serious increased prices. Most believe Putin and his aco- Pro-Russians celebrate Putin bides time about fighting its corrupt, oligarch lytes were the main financial beneficiaries of the A Ukrainian army colonel, who did not want to be Some savvy commentators on Ukraine and Russia system... There is bipartisan sup- schemes which gathered billions of dollars in prof- named, said that Putin and pro-Russian forces in like The Economist editor Ed Lucas and author port for Ukraine in the U.S. con- its. Firtash is currently fighting an FBI extradition occupied Ukraine have been buoyed by Trump's Anne Applebaum had suggested before the elections gress.” warrant to the US on corruption charges. victory and may see it as permission to increase Manafort is also under investigation by the aggression against Ukraine. more Krushelnycky on page 15 6 Business Focus November 18, 2016 www.kyivpost.com Ukraine’s Energy Challenges Special news coverage ahead Nov. 25 To advertise, email: [email protected], or call 591-7788 on the following topics in Business Focus: Industrial Parks in Ukraine In partnership with KNESS Corruption still endangers Ukraine state energy firms

BY JOSH KOVENSKY “No progress,” said Gennadiy [email protected] Radchenko, an executive vice presi- dent at Ukrnafta. Foreigners and corruption-fighting The lack of agreement on how to Ukrainian politicians have scruti- solve the company’s debt problem nized the nation’s oil and gas sector appears to be a symptom of a larger more than any other since the 2014 battle between Kolomoisky and the EuroMaidan Revolution that forced government, with Ukrnafta as an fugitive President Viktor Yanukovych expensive pawn. from power. “If the current situation contin- It has a big history as a money tree ues, Ukrnafta will go bankrupt,” said for corrupt politicians, with energy Gennadiy Kobal, an analyst at Expro. players getting rich at the expense of Kobal added that even the most Ukraine’s people and state budget. profitable parts of the company - its Over the past six months, despite oil wells - would lose most of their tough talk from President Petro value after a bankruptcy - since it Poroshenko’s administration, pros- would be too expensive to restore pects for a more productive and them to working order or connect politically independent Ukrainian them to a new system. energy sector have worsened. The company anticipates a 15 The knot of interests that collide percent drop in production this year. over the country’s oil and gas sector has left the country’s biggest oil pro- Ukrgazvydobuvannya ducer endlessly bleeding money and Ukrgazvydobuvannya, the country’s the country’s gas producer hobbled state-owned gas extractor, has set by corruption schemes. forth an ambitious plan to make Meanwhile, Naftogaz - the coun- Ukraine natural gas independent by try’s main state-owned oil and gas 2020. firm - is fighting to keep its own Workers at Ukraine’s largest state-owned gas producer Ukrgazdobuvannya work at a company site in “We need to drill more wells,” said progress from rolling back, while Kharkov Oblast on Aug. 11. The company is attempting to extract enough gas to make Ukraine self-sufficient. Opimakh, the gas producer associa- critics remain skeptical that it will let (Ukrafoto) tion executive director. go of its monopoly on the country’s Opimakh has proposed that the gas system. Europe, giving Ukraine $300 million the People’s Front. “They have a major desire not tax rate on gas extraction on future in a revolving loan to survive each The fuel and energy commit- to lose their monopoly status,” exploration be lowered to 12 per- Naftogaz winter. tee member said that Naftogaz is Ryabchyn said. cent. He argues that this would Foreign lenders have focused But the main focus has been on not a “black hole anymore” in the allow foreign investors to partner much of their energy on remaking making the company profitable via Ukrainian budget, thanks also to Ukrnafta with UGV on production sharing Naftogaz, Ukraine’s state-owned oil management reforms. Eventually, increased tariffs on home gas usage. Ukrnafta, the country’s oil producer, agreements for the country’s eastern and gas company. Naftogaz would have its monopoly But others argue that Naftogaz’s has been stagnating over the past gas fields. Bled dry by graft and rotted by on Ukraine’s oil and gas market management is not really commit- six months as it struggles under The company lacks the massive mismanagement, Naftogaz has long broken and become one of many ted to breaking up the company’s the weight of a Hr 12 billion ($458 debt of Ukrnafta. It can afford to been a hulking monopoly that sucks competing firms, with its gas storage monopoly on Ukrainian oil and gas, million) debt to the country’s tax spend money on modernizing equip- money out of the state budget -- and transmission divisions spun off but is rather only interested in mak- authorities. The debt increases as ment and drilling new wells. up to 7 percent of the nation’s into separate companies. ing it a more efficient business. State Fiscal Services chief Roman The initiative is govern- gross domestic product as recently Foreign creditors scored a signifi- “They are good CEOs and doing Nasirov fines the firm for not paying ment-backed. According to Katser- as three years ago. Now it is close to cant victory in July when parliament everything they can to develop the up. Buchkowska, the production-sharing break-even. passed a bill that set in motion a company, but they are not states- The company is majority owned agreements could cause problems Since the 2014 EuroMaidan process by which the country’s gas men,” said Oleksiy Ryabchyn, a by Naftogaz, but has been de facto for UGV. Revolution, the European Bank for pipelines and gas storage centers member of parliament with the small controlled by its minority sharehold- “There are difficulties with some” Reconstruction and Development will be spun off into separate firms, Batkivshchyna Party faction. He is er, Ihor Kolomoisky. of these agreements, she said, point- has agreed to loan Naftogaz money according to parliament member on the energy committee. Kolomoisky filed an arbitration ing out that UGV lost 380 million to buy natural gas from Western Nataliya Katser-Buchkowska from One main task is to turn Naftogaz’s suit in Stockholm claiming an addi- cubic meters of gas under similar gas pipeline transportation system tional $4.6 billion in debt against sharing arrangements. into a different company. the company, which produces 68 The company continues to be 3W Power Ukraine is an official enterprise “It would be more understandable percent of Ukraine’s oil. susceptible to corruption. Former of AEG Power Solutions and clear if these functions were An oil pumping tax rate of 45 per- member of parliament Oleksandr separated, not only by law, but in cent is slowly bleeding the company Onyschenko is accusted by the real life,” said Roman Opimakh, exec- dry, leaving it unable to invest in any General Prosecutor’s Office to have We installed over 750 MW utive director of the Gas Producers new drilling or modernization. embezzled Hr 1.6 billion ($61.5 of solar stations Association of Ukraine. New management arrived at million) from the company from in Ukraine But the process has been halted the company last year with a debt between January 2014 and July of due to a $28.3 billion arbitration restructuring plan that would allow this year. Onyschenko fled Ukraine lawsuit filed by Gazprom against the company to climb its way out in July, and denies the charges. Naftogaz in Stockholm, Sweden. of the tax service debt and invest Extensive bureaucracy may also Until the litigation is settled, the money in modernization. But two sink plans to use the company to company will be unable to break shareholder meetings to approve the make Ukraine gas independent. It itself apart. plan have not managed to go for- currently takes years to secure a +38 044 594 55 83/84 www.aegps.com.ua Ryabchyn suggested that this plays ward, leaving the company bleeding license to drill a new gas well. to the company’s advantage. money without a way to recover. “It’s insane,” said Opimakh.  Abilities are here: Why it is worth investing in solar?

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Moreover, article 9(2) of the Law states that the Regulator shall the fourth reactor began on Nov. 14. (Courtesy by EBRD) approve the licensing terms and conditions for business activities on the natural gas market related to transmission, distribution and storage of natural gas, provision of LNG installation services and natural gas supply, in consultation with the Energy Community Secretariat. However, since no new licensing terms and conditions have ""+--/,3"!0,#/Ѹ 20&+"00"+1&1&"0%3" ""+-/"3"+1"!#/,*т 1, "/устц1, , 1&+)& "+0"01,02--)6+12/)$0ѷ ,/!&+$)6Ѹ1%&0 ,+ޗ& 1Ѹ4%& %"5&0100),+$ As new arch goes over as one year now, prevents independent suppliers from participating in tenders held 6 011"Ҍ,4+"! "+1"/-/&0"0 +! &+01&121&,+0Ѹ 0 02 % 011"Ҍ,4+"! "+1&1&"0 /".2&/" the suppliers to hold a license in accordance with the Law when preparing for public Chornobyl on Nov. 29, tenders. 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Ivankiv District, detained a group cases of corruption. potential and ambition of solar power projects in Ukraine. After Russia’s occupation of of illegal fishermen in a boat on The head of the Chornobyl plant, Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula, the Prypyat River, with about 200 Ihor Hramotkin, refused to comment "Attractive" ActiveSolar lost its biggest solar kilograms of freshly caught fish on on this story and the Chornobyl So, what is so particularly attractive in solar projects in Ukraine? plants there, and the Chinese cor- board. The fishermen had no per- plant press service could not be Actually, there is a number of points to consider here: poration CNBM became the biggest mits and had violated the radiation reached for comment. Q "+"ޖ &)#""!Ҍ&+1/&ȄѸ4%& %&00-" &)1/&Ȅ#,/1%"-2/ %0",#")" 1/& &16 player on Ukraine’s renewable ener- zone’s safety rules, read the message. Artemenko said almost all the generated from renewable energy sources being guaranteed and subsidised gy market. 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1/""1, %610( )6 ѷѹۖфщсххффшшссш хсҌ(" "+&/)5ѹۖфщсххффшшссщ 6&3схсцсѸ Contaminated trucks which took part in the rescue operation after nuclear disaster are parked at “Rossoha” dump in Chernobyl’s zone in February 2006. (AFP) [email protected] www.everlegal.ua 10 Business Focus November 18, 2016 www.kyivpost.com How Ukraine can tap its gas production potential

upstream data must be made acces- sible to all investors. The goal should be the creation of transparent, equal investment conditions for small pri- vate investors -- a market with no TOM REED special deals for anyone. Small and medium sized companies – innova- tive, flexible and with an appetite If Ukraine is to attain its goal of ener- for risk - were the reason for the gy independence by 2020 it will need production surge in North America. to raise its current gas production The supermajors made no net from 20 billion cubic meters per year production contribution to America’s to 28-30 billion cubic meters annually shale revolution, and it would be illog- over the next four years. Meanwhile, ical to expect anything different in Ukraine’s total gas production has Ukraine. Smaller independent com- remained flat in 2015 and 2016 – and panies are what Ukraine needs most indeed over the entire past quarter to develop its plentiful, but often tech- century. Something clearly has to nologically challenging remaining gas change quickly. potential. Many active companies will Despite the current situation, not also create a competitive market for only is gas independence achiev- oil field services and bring down costs. able, Ukraine has the potential to JKX Oil & Gas was Ukraine’s first produce more gas than it will need foreign investor in the gas sector and thus become a new gas supplier starting in 1994, and remains an to Europe in the foreseeable future. active participant in the fight for ener- The experience of North America gy independence for Ukraine. Our over the past decade is particularly recently updated field development instructive. Since 2005 annual gas plans focus on the Rudenkivske field production in the United States grew Employees work on a gas drilling rig, in the biggest Ukrainian gas extraction site, near Poltava, eastern in Poltava. With technically recover- by 250 billion cubic meters (a 50 Ukraine, on June 27, 2014. (AFP) able reserves of 600 billion cubic feet percent increase) after decades of (17 billion cubic meters), it could pro- stagnation. tional gas reserves are estimated North America has to offer. energy investors and operators. With duce 1 billion cubic meters annually by the government to be close to a competitive tax rate, international by 2020 – a significant potential con- Technological revolution 1 trillion cubic meters. Ukraine’s Reduce tax investors become active participants tribution to Ukraine’s strategic goal. There has been a veritable revolu- reserves life (reserves to production But this will mean grabbing the in further reform of investment con- But Rudenkivske is also a reflec- tion in the technology and know-how ratio) is thus approaching 50 years, attention of foreign investors who ditions. Without a competitive tax tion of the challenge for Ukraine: of oil and gas extraction in North compared to 11 for the United States specialize in applying cutting edge rate, investors remain on the side- full field development will require America, a revolution now spread- and 15 for the European Union. technology in hydrocarbon produc- lines, uninterested and inactive in the drilling of 135 wells and a total ing throughout the world. Over the Meanwhile, drilling efficiency in tion. That, in turn, means moving further energy reforms. investment of $660 million over the past 10 years, well drilling and com- Ukraine is still significantly lagging, quickly to improve Ukraine’s invest- next 5-7 years. To attract such invest- pletions efficiency of the Bakken, as it continues to use outdated tech- ment conditions. The priority is a Other reforms needed ment, Ukraine needs action, not Eagleford, Permian, as well as other nology and Soviet-era field devel- reduction of the currently uncom- And further reforms are needed. words, to create the necessary invest- tight oil plays has increased on aver- opment practices. There is clearly a petitive production tax rates. The The next step is to reduce entry ment conditions. JKX will bring the age by 15 times and, in some cases, great deal of scope to rapidly increase proposal of the Association of Gas barriers to new investors by chang- capital and technology to start our by as much as 33 times. Thus while gas output provided Ukraine can Producers of Ukraine to reduce the ing how gas production is regulated. own gas revolution, but Ukraine also productivity has increased sharply, more than double its current annu- current marginal tax rate on gas Permitting must be simplified and needs to do its part. unit costs have plummeted. al investment in gas production of production from 29 percent to 12 streamlined, field development rules Tom Reed is CEO of JKX Oil & Gas, Ukraine’s significant resource $600-$700 million and make use percent for new investments would need to be updated to reflect mod- one of the oldest private oil and gas potential is undeniable. Its conven- of the best technological solutions put Ukraine on the map for global ern technology and practices and producers in Ukraine.  State faces off with miners over subsidies to dying coal industry

BY BERMET TALANT and oblasts. of Ukraine . The union demands that [email protected] The coal industry in Ukraine has state support be increased to Hr 4.6 always been heavily subsidized by billion ($184 million). Ukraine’s coal industry has been the government. For instance, in Furthermore, according to the dying for years. Now, as the govern- 2013 it received nearly Hr 13 billion state program for reforms in coal ment slashes subsidies and moves to ($520,000). But after Russia’s war, industry until 2020, the government close unprofitable mines, miners are the subsidies dropped sharply. intends to lay off 20 percent of the taking a stand and demanding more In addition, as a stipulation of mine’s workforce, or nearly 10,000 state support. the International Monetary Fund’s people. It plans to continue support- In Soviet times, the Donbas was loan program in 2015, Ukraine ing only a third of the state-owned a center for coal mining and met- pledged to reduce subsidies to state- mines and either privatize or close allurgy. However, the industry has owned enterprises, including those the rest. Next year, almost a half of been in steep decline due to cor- in the coal industry. The Ministry of the state funds allocated to the coal ruption, economic crisis, inefficien- Finance has earmarked Hr 1.8 billion industry - Hr 800 million ($32 mil- cy and, most recently, Russia’s war ($72 million) for coal mining in 2017. lion) - will be spent on closing down against eastern Ukraine. Today, the But this money won’t even unprofitable mines. Ukrainian government operates cover salaries to miners, let alone “The government suggests reduc- 35 mines, most in and Volyn the maintenance of mines, said Coal miners hold a banner with the message “Pay back the debts” oblasts, along with several other Mykhailo Volynets, the head of the during a demonstration near the Cabinet of Ministers in Kyiv on April 22, mines in Ukraine-controlled parts of Independent Trade Union of Miners more Coal on page 20 2015. (Volodymyr Petrov) www.kyivpost.com November 18, 2016 National 11 Border checkpoints start to look permanent near Crimea

Chonhar from page 1 Olga, 59, on her way to visit her par- Ukrainian border control staff the watch ents in Crimea, already knew. der guard press service. tower at Chonhar administrative border in “I have my own smallholding and The Chonhar checkpoint, on one Kherson Oblast on Nov. 16. (Courtesy) now I can’t even take them a chick- of three roads threading through en,” she said. Olga makes the tedious, sea inlets and acres of reeds, is on unpredictable trip from her home the linguistic and geopolitical line of near Zaporizhya once a month; in division between southern Ukraine summer, when passengers can num- and Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula, ber up to 6,000 a day, she has to currently occupied by Russia. wait much longer in queues. Chonhar is a small town of 1,400 I asked if her parents had thought people 763 kilometers south of Kyiv. of moving to mainland Ukraine after As far as Ukraine is concerned, annexation. “Oh no,” she said. “They passengers who queue to show their get a good pension there. Here passports, open bags and car boots they’ll have just a small pension, and for customs inspection and, if they they don’t want that.” are not Ukrainian citizens, get a Olga, like most people there with stamp in their passports, are crossing relatives in Crimea, refused to give an administrative line. her last name or say where exactly On the other side of the bridge, the her parents lived, “in case it causes words “temporarily occupied” elicit problems.” a snort of amused contempt from Although the buffer area seemed Russian security service officers. calm this week, Russian authorities in Here, all signs indicate an interna- Crimea recently arrested three men tional border crossing, and the only in Crimea, claiming they were spies official mainland is Russia. for Ukrainian armed forces; three In the more than two years similar arrests took place last sum- since Russia annexed Crimea from mer after Russia alleged an “armed Ukraine, the Chonhar crossing check- on our side or our technical equip- district. Her son and his family live grown duck, cheese and sour cream terrorist incursion” into Crimea from point has developed from concrete ment doesn’t work,” he said. “When in Yalta on the south Crimean coast, for her grandchildren. But she was the Ukrainian mainland. blocks, temporary tents and shacks, they get to our checkpoint we have and have not been to see her since stopped at customs; since Ukraine Meanwhile, a year ago, Ukrainian and chaos. But the cognitive con- to do a lot of explaining that in fact the border was imposed, she said. imposed an official blockade in late fusion remains. Passengers refer to everything is fine.” Zholud was lugging bags of home- 2015 such products are restricted, as more Chonhar on page 14 2014’s annexation as “a revolution,” On the other side, the Russian bor- “events,” or just “everything.” For der point is far larger. Instead of the those queuing with their passports cafes and chemists, there are numer- and bags, this is a border with all ous small offices for interviews and the concomitant extra time, expense “special checks” of suspicious pas- and stress. sengers – which included myself. I Trains connecting Crimea and the didn’t apply for permission to write Ukrainian mainland stopped running about the Russian border control in late 2014. Cars with new Crimean point, so didn’t feel I could ask about number plates are not allowed back Martinyuk’s claim of disinformation, into Crimea from the Ukrainian side. although during the 90 minutes I Passengers must cross the bridge, the was detained there I had plenty of “dividing line,” on foot. time to. The Ukrainian border guard ser- At the Ukrainian checkpoint, vice has increased personnel, built all those queuing to go to Crimea a covered walkway for pedestrians, who agreed to speak said they were and put up a shelter housing a making regular trips to relatives or chemist’s and small food kiosks to friends. They lamented the changes make the wait more bearable. There that meant they had to take three or is a 24-hour hotline and an online four different forms of transport – webcam showing checkpoint queues. paying each time – and stand in the These additions were introduced to cold, instead of riding a single bus or combat disinformation from the train smoothly to their destination. other side, according to Martinyuk. “What can you do, it doesn’t “The occupying forces inform peo- depend on us,” said Lyubov Zholud, a ple in Crimea that there’s no power pensioner from nearby Novotroitsky

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Editor’s Note: The Kyiv Post will honor 30 leaders under the age of 30 years old on the evening of Nov. 29 following the 5th annual Tiger Conference in the Hilton Kyiv Hotel. Besides the age requirement of 29 and under, the Kyiv Post also sought people who live primarily in Kyiv from many walks of life. The following is a profile of an outstanding young Ukrainian who didn’t make the final cut because of residency outside Ukraine. Nonetheless, her contributions are noteworthy.

BY NATALIYA TRACH can be highly effective and even [email protected] popular. In 2011, Kudinenko, now 28, set up Tabletochki to help treatment Olga Kudinenko was an easy choice of Ukrainian children with cancer. for the top 30 leaders in Ukraine Since then the foundation has sent under the age of 30. But, alas, 23 children with cancer abroad for the Kyiv Post treatment. gave prefer- It has also ence to those provided Ukrainians with medi- who are liv- cine 1,650 ing in the boys and nation. She relocated to Moscow girls. for personal reasons several months “I agree with the opinion that we ago, but still runs Tabletochki, or are engaged in charity primarily for Pills. us, and secondly for the sake of the There were others in her category, needy. As Dalai Lama said ‘one has also, who missed the final cut of the to be kinder when it’s possible. And top 30 Ukrainians under 30 years of it’s always possible’,” Kudinenko says. age because their primary residence Nowadays, when it comes to help- is not in Ukraine.aiine. ingiing chchildren,hilddren, hhahardlyrddlly aanyny ootherthher ccharityhharii Among those are Katja organization in UUkrainekraine can cocom-m Football TV channel presenters Alla Bubliy, Svyatoslav Hrynchuk and Vitaliy Pletskan visit children with cancer Khaniukova, 26, a ballerina now pete withwith Kudinenko’sKudinenko in the oncological hematology department of the Kyiv regional oncologic dispensary on May 19. The event with the Englishglish NationaNationall BaBallet;llet; Tabletochki.Tabletochki. was organized by Tabletochki, which raises money to help treatment of children with cancer. (Lika Kurennaya) Yaroslav Azhniuk,hniuk, the foundefounderr OverOver thethe last fifiveiv and CEO of PPetCube;etCube; and VlVladad years,years, underunder Kudi-Kudd government’s public procurement The idea to start Tabletochki came married and now lives in Moscow, Teslenko, ana entrepeneur, nenko’s leadership,leadershi list. after her vacation to Spain in 2011. where her husband works at an among otherss we consideredconsidered.. TabletochkiTabletochki man-maa Tabletochki regularly organizes Acquaintances asked her to buy med- informational technolgy company. They coulduld be grouped aged to collect HHr blood donor actions, buys reagents icine for Okhmadyt’s department of The couple is raising a baby daugh- together as thee 30+ Ukrainians 53.553.5 million in for blood tests, makes repairs and hematology of National Specialized ter, Vera. under 30 yearsarrs old, all deserv- donations.donations. EveryEvee buys equipment for hospitals. It also Children Hospital. Kudinenko Because of the lack of direct flights ing of accoladesaades for helhelpingping month 220000 chchil-h provides psychological support for began asking her friends who trav- between Kyiv and Moscow and due their nation. drendren witwithh cacan-a sick children and eled abroad to to a desire to spend more time The internationalrrnational cercer receivereceivv their parents. buy medicine with family, Kudinenko streamlined charity foundationuundation medicinem e dicin Kudinenko unavailable in operations at her foundation in a Tabletochki is a from theth says that she Ukraine. way that would require her minimal case study in hhowow a foun-founn uses the message In 2014, to involvement. charity in UUkrainekraine dationdatio “it’s easy to help” spend more time “In the nearest future the fund worthworth HrH in her fundrais- with Tabletochki, will conduct a study on the needs of 1.3 million.millioo ing pitch and Kudinenko quit children with cancer in Ukraine and Olga Kudinenko’s The founda-found prefers to raise money than commu- her job as PR manager for the Victor will launch an experience exchange Tabletochki organization has tiontion aalsolso hhas nicate with sick children. Pinchuk Foundation, a private chari- program for doctors,” Kudinenko collected Hr 65 other projects.projecc She’s gained notice as well. Since ty foundation based in Kyiv founded says adding that she plans to launch million to help It buysbuys medi-med 2014, Kudinenko has made the list by the Ukrainian billionaire. That her new business linked with the children with cancer. cinecine thatthat is notn of 100 most influential women of year also brought big changes in development of kindness among includedincluded iinn ththeh Ukraine in various media rankings. Kudinenko’s personal life. She got children.  ‘Concerned patriots’ staff Crimean border

Chonhar from page 11 to travelers and “keep civil order,” When I asked the Asker volun- Martinyuk explained. teers if they still cooperated with nationalists and Crimean Tatar activ- Asker’s most valuable contribu- Ukrainian nationalists like Right ists who oppose the annexation of tion, he said, was countering disin- Sector, who publicly supported the their homeland cut off electricity sup- formation from the other side about illegal blockade but just as publicly plies to Crimea and imposed an ille- problems crossing into the Ukrainian left when it was legalized, one ges- gal goods blockade at Chonhar and mainland. tured to a side road where a Right the two other crossing points, search- “They’re from Crimea, but they’re Sector flag fluttered from a bus shel- ing and detaining travellers without a here and can see what is going on, so ter. “They’re still here, but not with warrant and confiscating goods. they explain to their fellow Crimeans us,” she said. “They’re doing their The goods blockade is now legal, that it’s not really (a problem),” he own thing.” and official signs list what cannot be said. For Asker volunteers from Crimea, transported - including meat, dairy, The volunteers also provide advice and for border guards like Nelya flour-based products and anything to Crimeans coming to the mainland Dotsenko who served in Crimea intended for sale. to receive or renew Ukrainian pass- before 2014, work here on the ‘divid- Crimean Tatar activists (from ports, or get Ukrainian birth certifi- ing line’ is personal duty. “There Crimea’s ethnic minority) have cates for children born post-annex- are no nationalists here; there are formed a legal civilian group Asker, ation. Crimeans cannot travel with concerned patriots,” said Martinyuk. subordinate to the border guards, Russian passports issued in Crimea, “Crimea is Ukraine, and we are with three volunteers on daily duty as most countries still consider them for a united Ukraine and a united People wait on a covered walkway to cross the border into Russian- at Chonhar to provide assistance Ukrainian citizens. people.”  occupied Crimea at the Chonhar checkpoint on Nov. 16. (Courtesy) www.kyivpost.com November 18, 2016 Opinion 15 Krushelnycky: Ukraine must fight corruption

Krushelnycky from page 5 that Putin might strike at Ukraine soon after Election Day if Democrat presi- dential candidate Hilary Clinton, open- ly hostile to the Kremlin, had won. Now that Trump is presi- dent-in-waiting the military intelli- gence officer said Putin can afford to bide his time. Although acknowledg- ing that Putin could strike suddenly at Ukraine, the intelligence officer believed a Russian attack next spring was likelier. A former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine, John Herbst, said that although Trump had made some “rather naive” statements during the campaign period it still remained for him to unveil his policy on Putin or Ukraine. Much, he said, would depend on Trumps advisers who he called a mixed group. General Michael Flynn “It seems that General Michael Flynn is kind of soft [on Russia] and U.S. Vice President Joe Biden tries to avoid saying anything about (L) speaks with Ukraininan Kremlin policy,” said Herbst. “But President Petro Poroshenko we know that Vice President- elect before their meeting on March 31 in Washington, Michael Pence has said some very D.C. Poroshenko was in important things about the dangers Washington to attend the of Putin's policies and we know that Nuclear Security Summit. other advisers around Trump have (AFP) said similar things on these subjects.” Flynn, who has praised Putin, has been paid to give speeches in Moscow downscaling sanctions could tempt Moscow-backed forces. Therefore, 's corruption. agreements” governing a cease-fire and has appeared on Russian TV Putin to ramp up operations against Poroshenko's feeble anti-corruption There have been some serious and political arrangements in the to air his Moscow-friendly views, is Ukraine. efforts stir raw emotions among reforms in Ukraine concerning conflict zone. thought a favorite to be Trump's Ukrainians and his popularity ratings finance and the frequently phony or nationals security adviser – a posi- Strong Congress have tumbled. corrupt banking sector. Escalation of war? tion which would give him pivotal However, he said sanctions are large- Kuzio points out that some 15 The energy industries, former- He said Russian regular troops and importance on deciding whether the ly the remit of Congress – not percent of the country's electorate ly Ukraine's most corrupt sector, Moscow-trained rebels, support- new administration will support or the President – and so far both are now veterans of the Donbas con- has been transformed. There have ed by huge quantities of Russian ditch Ukraine. Herbst and others Republican and Democrat members flict. During visits to the war front, been painful hikes in domestic utility heavy military equipment remain on interviewed for this article said that of both houses of Congress have soldiers frequently spoke to him of prices demanded by the IMF and Ukrainian territory poised to intensi- Flynn potentially represents a far big- mostly been staunch supporters of their anger at Poroshenko warning other international lenders. Recently fy the conflict. ger threat to Ukraine than Manafort. Ukraine. they would not tolerate rampant offi- publicly-accessible Internet “e-dec- The ambassador warned that if Many Ukrainians and foreign cial corruption indefinitely. Many of larations”, where all politicians and US and EU sanctions were scaled Will sanctions stay? friends of Ukraine say Ukrainian them have vowed that if there are no senior bureaucrats must declare their down that would send a dangerously Herbst said that a key Trump deci- President Petro Poroshenko's daw- dramatic results they could turn their wealth and assets, have been intro- “erroneous message to the world sion will be whether to continue dling for more than two years on guns on a government perceived as duced after months of eviscerating and would unleash violence by this sanctions against Russia, which have reforms to combat rampant official nurturing corruption. political wrangling. nuclear power [Russia] not only in impacted on Moscow's economy and corruption have made Ukraine more Kuzio said that Kyiv's failure to Ukraine”. He said international secu- also seen many of Putin's closest vulnerable to Russian aggression. deliver on its anti-corruption promis- Poroshenko must lead rity would be severely undermined cronies banned from traveling to the es, has led to “Ukraine fatigue” among Herbst said that although Poroshenko and the repercussions would affect U.S. and other Western countries. Corruption remains high Ukraine's American supporters – deserved some credit he believes Europe, the Middle East and, eventu- That, he said, will be influenced by Current U.S, Vice President Joe Biden, politicians, diplomats, government “the real impetus for reforms has ally, the U.S. and, like the Ukrainian whether European leaders, particu- consistently a strident Ukrainian officials – who need ammunition to been coming from lower levels.” government, he would watch careful- larly Germany's Chancellor Angela supporter, pleaded fruitlessly with persuade President Trump to contin- He said Trump will be well- ly for clues to Trump's Ukraine policy Merkel, remain firm in maintaining President Petro Poroshenko for more ue sanctions against the Kremlin, let informed by his own advisers and as he fills senior positions in his cabi- EU sanctions. than a year to prosecute and jail at alone provide the lethal weapons the government officials about Ukraine's net before inauguration day - Jan. 20. Taras Kuzio, senior research fellow least one corrupt oligarch or senior Ukrainian military needs to resist a progress – or lack of it on these and The Ukrainian government and at Alberta University and Ukraine official. Biden's frustration is shared new Russian invasion. other reforms and advised: “It would military will minutely analyze every expert. does not believe Russia has by millions of Ukrainians who are be good for Ukraine domestically statement emanating from President- the resources to launch major mili- angry that people who they regard Loss of Saakashvili and for Ukraine's domestic positions elect Trump's coterie to understand tary operations in Syria and Ukraine as corrupt or outright criminals strut Poroshenko suffered a big blow to if the president were clearly seen as what he intends for their country. simultaneously and will wait to see to around with impunity or are tipped his corruption-fighting credentials in leading the charge on reforms.” They hope that as he is briefed on how Trump's campaign statements off and flee the country if Ukraine's November with the resignation of Although it was no secret that the situation “reality will dawn on about improving relations with prosecutor general might actually former Georgian President Mikheil Poroshenko, like most Ukrainians, him” and his apparently pro-Putin Russia actually play out, particularly move against them. Saakashvili as governor of Ukraine’s had hoped for a Hillary Clinton vic- passion will be quelled. concerning the sanctions regime. He The fight to dismantle systemic Odesa Oblast. Poroshenko appointed tory, he nevertheless sent pro-forma “But if not,” said the Ukrainian col- said: “By unleashing military conflict official corruption was a key demand him to the post in 2015 in a high-pro- congratulations to Trump. onel, “Then indeed American voters in Ukraine, Putin may derail a poten- of those taking part in the revolution file demonstration that Saakashvili, Ukraine's Ambassador to America could have unwittingly signed the death tial ending of the sanctions regime.” that in 2014 overthrew Ukraine's who had fiercely and successfully Valeriy Chaly warned that if the warrants of thousands of Ukrainians Kuzio said that if America dropped former, pro-Putin president, Viktor battled corruption in his own coun- U.S. softened diplomatic pressure on who will have to defend their country if sanctions that would encourage Yanukovych. Yanukovych's security try would spearhead the fight in Moscow that could send a danger- Putin launches an all-out assault.” those EU countries lukewarm on forces gunned down more than 100 the notoriously corrupt Ukrainian ous message to the Kremlin which Askold Krushelnycky, a former Kyiv sanctions to abandon them, effective- protesters and since then thousands region. But Saakashvili resigned might encourage “acute” military Post chief editor. is the author of “Orange ly a Western recognition of Russia's of Ukrainians have died defending his post accusing Poroshenko of escalations in Donbas and to ignore Revolution: A Personal Journey annexation of Crimea. He said their country against Russian and shielding the “clans responsible for Russia's obligations under the”Minsk Through Ukrainian History.”  16 National November 18, 2016 www.kyivpost.com : Defense reforms gain speed, despite obstructions in way

Zagorodnyuk from page 1 I didn’t know it would get me here for this long and that my involve- try I wanted,” he told the Kyiv Post ment would be so serious.” in a Nov. 10 interview. “I had all the options for a U.S. green card Timemem fforor cchangehhange or British citizenship. It wasn’t a Ukraine’skraine’s military is currently in problem.” thee middle ooff a major eeffortffort But Zagorodnyuk, who was born to modernize in line with and raised in Kyiv, did not take any NATOATO stastandards.ndards. of those options. He holds only a TThThee rrealizationealization ooff tthehe Ukrainian passport. In the spring of needeed for deep reformreformss 2014, when Russia launched its war camemme a llittleittle ovoverer ttwo-wo- in eastern Ukraine, he came to the and-a-halfdd-a-half yearsyears agoago aid of his country. Initially, he sent whenhen Kremlin-backed clothes and food to servicemen at fightershters took over parts the front. His company would go of tthehe LLuhanskuhansk on to produce armour for military andd DonetsDonetskk vehicles and heaters for soldiers’ oblasts.lasts. AtAt barracks. thataat time, tthehe “We were the largest charitable Ukrainiankrainian provider of heaters in the warzone. armymmy was We heated, probably, 10,000 peo- under-n d e r- ple,” Zagorodnyuk said. “But that was equipped,uuipped, all just filling in some gaps. It didn’t under-n d er- make much sense from a long-term fund-u nd- perspective.” ed andand The entrepreneur’s chance to under-n der- make a more lasting contribution manned.anned. soon came. At the beginning of 2015 ItI suf- UkrainianUkraini soldiers train according to NATO standards at the National Guard Center in LvivLviv OOblastbll on Feb. 17. Ukraine’s military has made great strides since Russia launched he was approached by volunteers ferede red itsits warwar aagainst Ukraine in 2014. But much work remains in reforming the defense sector working at the Ministry of Defense. a dev-dev- toto meemeett NNATO standards by 2020, the nation’s stated goal. (UNIAN) They suggested he join them, and astatings tati ng help try to reform the armed forces. losssss ooff mmoreore “I had good experience in the thanaan 300 city ofof IlovaiskIlo ing Ukrainian soldiers. The debacle It was drafted by Ukrainian offi- commercial sector managing change menen at tthehe in August 2014, led to the first peace agreement in cials with significant input from from Soviet standards to internation- when RussiRussiana sol- Minsk, Belarus, an agreement that experts from the U.S., Britain and al standards. And so basically I was, Andriy ddiersiers camcamee aacross was soon supplanted by a second other NATO countries. Such inter- like, okay, maybe my change man- Zagorodnyuk. ththee borderborder and one in February 2015, after battlefield national collaboration on a piece of agement experience would help. But (Courtesy) amambushedbushed retreat-re losses in and the Donetsk national legislation was unprecedent- airport. ed in Ukrainian history and it did What saved the country from com- not always progress smoothly. But plete collapse, says Zagorodnyuk, in spite of all the hardship, it was a Ukraine relies on advice from was the incredible effort made by process well worth going through volunteers, both in battalions on the because now everyone involved with frontline and in the rear. the armed forces is working toward Defense Reform Advisory Board “It’s officially recognized by NATO common goals, says Zagorodnyuk. and the government that volunteers “It was quite a painful process,” he BY RAHIM RAHEMUTULLA led international coalition forces in Parker left the British Army in 2013 built a life-support alternative logis- told the Kyiv Post. “It was rewritten [email protected] the Middle East, Africa and Central having served in Iraq, Afghanistan tical system in 2014, which basically several times, it went back and forth. Asia. and Sierra Leone during a 40-year was one of the reasons why Ukraine But now we all have an understand- The Defense Reform Advisory career in the armed forces. survived,” he said. “It’s was amazing ing of where we should go. Before, Board is comprised of four military Major and completely unexpected for the there were millions of other options experts drawn from NATO member General Jill enemy. All their calculations about and many people refused to do any- states. Jonas Sinclair, our capabilities were neutralized.They thing because they were saying, ‘if we Andriy Zagorodnyuk, the head Andriš- Canada: A couldn’t predict the volunteering. That don’t know where we’re going, why reform at Ukraine’s Ministry of kevicius, senior fel- was partly what saved the country. But should we bother?” Defence, told the Kyiv Post that Lithuania: low at the then it was absolutely clear that the If all goes to plan, Ukraine should the board will be working with the Currently a University army needs to be ready for reform. So reach NATO standards by 2020. But highest levels of the Ukrainian gov- member of of Ottawa the whole understanding of the need whether that target will be reached is ernment and have “direct access” the academ- in the for reform is coming from the fact that very much a matter for debate. to President Petro Poroshenko, ic staff at Graduate we almost lost our country.” As Deputy Defense Minister Ihor Chief of the General Staff Viktor the Institute School of But even after the horror of , Dolhov told the Kyiv Post in a recent Muzhenko and Defense Minister of Military Public and change did not come quickly. interview, the country’s “to-do list” . Science at General Jonas Žemaitis Zagorodnyuk told the Kyiv Post stretches to some 600 points. The board’s remit is to advise Military Academy of Lithuania, International Affairs, Sinclair pre- the defense minister in office during The scope of work to be done in Ukraine on modernising its armed Andriškevicius served from 1993- viously served as Assistant Deputy those events, , was each area varies but, according to forces as it seeks to reach NATO 1999 as Lithuania’s first defense Minister at Canada’s Department of resistant to new ideas and that the Zagorodnyuk, “very often we are standards by 2020. Its members chief after the country gained inde- National Defense. man who took over from him and talking about the complete reinven- are: pendence from the . Owing to their status as high level who remains in the post today, tion of the process.” He points to military experts, the board mem- Stepan Poltarak, is “probably a better battlefield first aid as one example General General bers’ opinions will have “a serious minister than any other we’ve had.” of how Ukraine’s failure to adhere to (retd.) (retd.) impact,” according to Zagorodnyuk. It was under Poltarak, in September universally-recognized practices as John Philip Sir Nick He told the Kyiv Post he is hope- 2015, that the Ministry of Defense having real consequences. Abizaid, Parker, ful the Defense Reform Advisory officially announced the launch of “On the frontline you have to be United United Board will give its support to initia- the reform office with Zagorodnyuk able to give a soldier first aid within States: Now Kingdom: tives put forward by his office. at the helm. 10 minutes and within one hour of the head A senior The establishment of the board an injury he should be able to get of strategic associate comes following last May’s appoint- Where to go from here? professional medical help. On the consulting fellow at ment of Anders Fogh-Rasmussen, Ukraine’s plan to upgrade its armed battlefield 90 percent of people die firm JPA defense and former NATO Secretary General forces is outlined in a 25-page docu- within one hour of being wounded Partners, security and former Danish prime minister, ment, known as the Strategic Defense and most of them die within the first Abizaid left the U.S. military in think tank as a non-staff adviser to Poroshenko. Bulletin, which was signed into law 10 minutes if they don’t get help. 2007 after 34 years of service. He The Royal United Services Institute, by President Petro Poroshenko last summer. more Zagorodnyuk on page 17 www.kyivpost.com November 18, 2016 National 17 Bureaucratic ‘backfire’ seeks to halt reform in Ukraine’s defense sector

Zagorodnyuk from page 16 fire from the system. Bureaucratic, probably corrupt. It was coming You need paramedics, battalion aid from inside the system...you can only stations and field hospitals. That’s guess. We’re not an investigative what helps to save the lives of a huge authority, we can’t do investigations number of people. In Ukraine, none to find out what’s going on. Very of that has been in place.” rarely someone tells you to your face In fact, Ukraine has already made that he wants to keep things the old improvements. In the past 18 months, way. Usually people come up with its standing army has grown from a million different excuses. I could 150,000 soldiers to 250,000 and write a book on how to sabotage defense spending in 2016 is up to $4 change, how to stop change from billion, targeted at 5 percent of gross happening.” national product. In spite of such setbacks, the However, Russia, with three times 39-year-old is still optimistic.He says the population and 10 times the he genuinely believes that at the GDP, dwarfs Ukraine’s effort. It has highest levels of politics the will for 800,000 active military personnel change exists. and spent around $65 billion on its He contrasts his view of Ukraine armed forces in 2015. now with how he felt after the 2014 While Ukraine’s numbers may Orange Revolution, which blocked Moldova’s president-elect Igor Dodon, a Socialist Party leader who favors closer ties with Russia rather than seem small, Zagorodnyuk says the a rigged election in favor of Viktor the European Union, speaks at a press conference in Chisinau on Nov. 13. (AFP) progress should be assessed relative Yanukovych and ended with the to the state of Ukraine’s defenses prior democratic election of Viktor to the start of the war in the Donbas. Yushchenko. “The army of Ukraine did not plan In the years which followed those to be in a war. Our doctrine didn’t demonstrations, he says life only include that we had enemies. No one became more difficult and he and planned for a war on our territory. many of his friends were “extreme- Europe map looks The infrastructure wasn’t ready for ly disappointed in Ukraine as a that at all.” country.” The reforms office chief also But as they contemplated seeking believes the relatively depleted state a future in another part of the world, Russia-friendlier of the military prior to 2014 was the Euromaidan Revolution erupted the result of a deliberate plan car- in the winter of 2013 in the Ukrainian ried out during the time of former capital, providing a new source of Russia from page 3 democracies. There were somewhat to say that “in this context, the President Viktor Yanukovych. inspiration. similar fears in East-Central Europe Kremlin’s destabilization tactics “This should be understood clear- “My first reaction to Maidan was recent polls. in the 1990s when former commu- have been more subtle and focused ly. The Ukrainian army, in the last a huge sense of surprise that there Meanwhile, the Kremlin-friendly nists returned to power,” German on: first, building political alliances five years specifically, was on pur- is actually a huge amount of people far-right Alternative for Germany political analyst Andreas Umland with ideologically friendly political pose destroyed and its capabilities who are unsatisfied and they are not is hoping to succeed in the coun- told the Kyiv Post. “Russia is becom- groups and individuals, and second, were decreased so that it would be talking about leaving they are talking try’s 2017 parliamentary election ing economically and politically establishing pro-Russian organiza- completely redundant...I don’t have about changing the country. And following its strong showing in state weaker. It can offer less and less to tions in civil society, which help to documentary proof but it is a com- they are going to do this themselves.” elections last March. these countries.” legitimate and diffuse the regime’s monly-held opinion because it was The Atlantic Council, a U.S. think- point of view.” done with such persistence and such Back to the future Destabilization tactics tank, said in a November report that Gerasymchuk expects more planning.” Zagorodnyuk told the Kyiv Post he Some analysts say the recent vic- “in Western countries, the Russian pro-Russian politicians to come to Zagorodnyuk says the reason why expects to see ‘massive improve- tories of pro-Russian politicians government cannot rely on a large power in Europe. such a situation was able to take ments’ in implementing reforms in shouldn’t be overestimated because and highly concentrated Russian- “Russian propaganda, funded root is because Ukraine has suffered the next few months. That comes they were caused by corruption speaking minority as its target of with oil money, and the Kremlin’s over the years from a lack of civilian in contrast to the situation at the scandals rather than Russian influence and lacks the same histor- efforts to base its foreign policy on control over the military. reforms office earlier this year, when propaganda. ical or cultural links.” expansionism, are doing their job,” Such oversight is a key part of disillusionment was running high “Such swings are normal, in However, the report goes on he said.  the NATO philosophy. Developing a and a number of staff members quit system of civilian, democratic control over the lack of progress. over the armed forces is now a major “Two months ago, I don’t know if I part of the work of the reforms office. would even have been talking,” said “The civilian population didn’t Zagorodnyuk, “because we decided notice that the army had sudden- to step away from public commu- ly lost its capabilities,” Zagorodnyuk nication because we couldn’t say told the Kyiv Post. “So we need to anything good.” rebuild it. One of our long-term If there is cause for hope, it comes goals is to design how we are going partially in the form of the Defense to build up that civilian control. Reform Advisory Board. That’s very, very important. In the Established earlier this month long-term that is the most important and comprised of high level mil- thing.” itary experts drawn from all over the world, it will offer consulting Still fighting for better and advice to Ukraine on how the Zagorodnyuk is hopeful Ukraine’s country should modernize its armed armed forces are on the cusp of mak- forces. Zagorodnyuk says the board’s ing a decisive break with the past. But support for reforms is likely to be he admits his office still faces regular invaluable when it comes to convinc- attempts to derail, delay or other- ing the Ministry of Defense of the wise block its reforms. Such was the need for change. case with a number of pilot projects Ultimately, the goal remains the launched in 2015 which sought to attainment of NATO standards by tackle issues across procurement, IT, 2020. logistics and medicine. Does Zagorodnyuk intend to stay “What happened, unfortunately, at the reform office until then? was that most of the projects this “We’ll see,” he says. “Let’s put it year were stopped. That’s amazing this way: so far, we’re all working to hear, I know. We opened up so on achieving closer goals. And one many different pilot areas. Most of those goals is to understand how of them were already at some we’re going to get to 2020. We’re stage of realization and working,” obviously working on this. We take he said. it and we move with it. That’s it. “This year, we had a huge back- There’s no other option.”  18 National November 18, 2016 www.kyivpost.com More public servants leave, complaining of obstructions

Reformers from page 1 Justice Minister Gia Getsadze and efforts to oust corrupt police officers Gizo Uglava, a deputy head of the and recruit new staff in transparent Ekaterina Zguladze-Glucksmann National Anti-Corruption Bureau, as competitions. and Saakashvili’s deputies, Borovik well as Finance Minister Oleksandr Dekanoidze was less outspoken and Maria Gaidar. Danylyuk and Deputy Economy in her resignation speech than other Some reformist officials still Minister Max Nefyodov. reformers and did not criticize remain in the government, although Poroshenko and Interior Minister their clout is diminishing due to the Aborted reform Arsen Avakov. exodus of other reformers Dekanoidze, who became Ukraine’s She listed her achievements but These include two Georgian- first politically independent head of added that the ministry had “failed born Saakashvili allies - Deputy the police last year, has overseen to root out corruption” and that she

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Resigned in November Security Service 2015, resignation Health Minister of Ukraine Deputy approved on April 14, Oleksandr Dismissed on April 14 Head Viktor Ex-Odesa Oblast Governor Mikheil Saakashvili announces plans to create 2016, faces a criminal Kvitashvili Trepak a new political force at a news briefing on Nov. 11. (Volodymyr Petrov) case had not had enough authority to as her reluctance to participate in Deputy bring radical change. the government’s alleged plans to Prosecutor Resigned on Feb. 16, Governor Dismissed on April 29 Dekanoidze also said that one crack down on upcoming protests in General faces criminal cases Georgy Tuka of the problems she had faced the run-up to the third anniversary Vitaly Kasko was political interference with the of the EuroMaidan Revolution on police and spoke out against the Nov. 21. Vitaly Head of the plans to replace her with her dep- Another reformer, Marushevska, Opanasenko, National Police’s Suspended on March uty Vadym Troyan, a loyalist of said on Nov. 14 that Poroshenko, the prosecutor security depart- 24, fired on April 14, Resigned on April 30 Avakov. But he became the acting Prime Minister in charge of the ment faces a criminal case chief of the National Police after her and State Fiscal Service Chief Roman “diamond prose- Grigory resignation. Nasirov had blocked her efforts to cutors’ case Grigalashvili Olga Khudetska, a journalist who make customs clearance in Odesa Deputy used to be a member of a police more transparent and graft-free. Prosecutor Odesa Oblast vetting commission, told the Kyiv “We have exhausted all tools for Fired on March 29, Resigned on May 4, General Deputy Governor Post that Dekanoidze “appeared carrying out reforms, and that’s why faces criminal cases faces a criminal case Davit Sasha Borovik to be the only source of reform I’m resigning,” Marushevska said at a Sakvarelidze attempts. Avakov and his team were news briefing. satisfied with the unreformed police. Nasirov, who has clashed with Dekanoidze was a factor that restrict- Marushevska and threatened to fire Sakvarelidze’s Odesa Oblast ed (Avakov), though insufficiently.” her, previously denied accusations advisor in charge Resigned on March 29 Deputy Governor Resigned on May 10 of reform, Even when Dekanoidze headed of sabotage, while Groysman’s press Maria Gaidar Maryna Tsapok the police, Avakov had always kept office declined to comment. real control over the police, and Saakashvili, who is allied with both she was prevented from genuinely Marushevska and Dekanoidze, has First Deputy reforming it and ousting corrupt recently stepped up his criticism of Verkhovna Rada Interior Minister Expelled from parlia- officials, Daria Kaleniuk, executive Poroshenko, accusing him of block- member Yegor Ekaterina Resigned on May 11 ment on March 29 director of the Anti-Corruption ing reform and his associates of Firsov Zguladze- Action Center, told Radio Liberty corruption. Glucksmann on Nov. 14. “Just as with (ex-Georgian The resignation of Dekanoidze President Eduard) Shevardnadze, in November and another I’ve been severely disappointed with National Television Finance Minister Georgian-born reformer, Zguladze- Mr. Poroshenko’s apparent inabil- Dismissed on April 14 Company CEO Resigned on Nov. 1 Natalie Jaresko Glucksmann, in May came as Avakov ity to see that the status quo is Zurab Alasania was accused of derailing the vetting unsustainable,” he wrote in a Nov. of the police by protecting controver- 16 op-ed for the New York Times. sial officials accused of corruption “Ukraine needs real change, not Odesa Oblast and ousting civil society represen- an imitation of it. Today, many Economy Minister Police Chief tatives from the vetting process. He of the reform initiatives we began Aivaras Dismissed on April 14 Resigned on Nov. 7 Giorgi denies the accusations. have come to a halt. Just this week, Abromavicius Lortkipanidze Ironically, a job equivalent to Ms. Marushevska resigned from her Zguladze’s – that of a deputy interior post.” minister – recently went to Anastasia Saakashvili also wrote on Facebook Infrastructure Deyeva, a 24-year old Avakov aide on Nov. 16 that Poroshenko had Odesa Oblast Minister Dismissed on April 14 Governor Mikheil Resigned on Nov. 7 with no apparent reformist creden- instructed his top allies and lawmak- Andriy Saakashvili tials and an ex-assistant to lawmakers ers Ihor Kononenko and Oleksandr Pivovarsky of ex-President Viktor Yanukovych’s Hranovsky to strip him of Ukrainian Party of Regions. citizenship through a court. “Dekanoidze likely quit because “The reversal of reforms started Agriculture Odesa Oblast she realized her facade role and in Ukraine several months ago,” Minister Customs Dismissed on April 14 Resigned on Nov. 14 no longer wanted to play it,” Viktor Saakashvili, whose country was Oleksiy Chief Yulia Trepak, a reformer who stepped ranked as the world’s top reformer Pavlenko Marushevska down as a deputy head of the by the World Bank under his pres- Security Service of Ukraine last year, idency, told Channel 112 on Nov. wrote on Facebook on Nov. 15. “… 14. “President Poroshenko has Education National Police With Troyan appointed as acting made a final decision to choose Minister Dismissed on April 14 Chief Khatia resigned on Nov. 14 head of the National Police, the min- the path of enriching his own clan. Serhiy Kvit Dekanoidze ister received absolute control over After the Cabinet was replaced the police.” (in April), he started horsetrading Some observers, including with corrupt clans in parliament. Ukraine has lost some of its most accomplished and promising reformers in recent months. Some remained ex-Batkyvshyna party lawmaker As a result, there is no place silent about their reasons for quitting, others were forced out while still more complained about corruption. Andriy Senchenko, also attributed for (reformers) in this corrupt Source: Kyiv Post research Dekanoidze’s move to what they see swamp.”  When planning a night out, make sure to check our events calendar at www.kyivpost.com/cal- endar.

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Book Best places to go Revieww WITH NATALIYA TRACH [email protected] These books for steak dinners for children help in winter There’s no better way to spend a long winter evening with the kids than with a good book. The Kyiv Post has picked out some of the best Ukrainian children’s books that were translated into English. ‘The Brave Little Airplane’ This book by Nataliya Vovk, one of Ukraine’s best mod- ern writ- ers of children’s books, tells an inspiring story about a little airplane that bigger planes make fun of. But one day the little airplane manages to save an injured little boy far away in the mountains, and the other planes’ attitude to him changes. The story reminds of “The Ugly Duckling” by Hans Christian Andersen. But the Ukrainian story shows that respect can be earned through good deeds. The little airplane resembles a little kid who no one takes seriously, although he A waiter serves a New York steak at Kyiv restaurant Zdoroviy Gluzd Meateria on Nov. 17. The Kyiv Post rounds up eight favorite places for meat has good intentions and a desire lovers to dine in the capital, including BEEF meat & wine, Format New York, Tarantino Grill & Wine Bar, Pache, Miastoria, Oxota na Ovets and Sam’s to help others. The book offers Steak House. (Anastasia Vlasova) bright pictures and an optimistic message. BY MARIA ROMANENKO by expats. It’s also one of the most a separate bar area. Little wonder it call it “Kyiv’s New York,” although Where to get it: Ababagalamaga [email protected] expensive. Classic orders are ribeye regularly receives top awards. the atmosphere inside is very calm, books store, www.abababooks. (starting at Hr 990) or New York BEEF meat & wine. 11 Shota Rustaveli with light colors dominating the inte- com.ua, tel. 095-777-0672, Hr For those who love meat, there is steak (from Hr 1,200). On the sec- St. Mon-Sun 9 a.m. – 12 a.m., www. rior design. Format New York also 125 probably nothing better than a good ond floor there is an Argentine grill. beef.kiev.ua, tel. +38-044-384-2804 offers classic Ukrainian dishes such steak on a cold wintery day. But A wide selection of fish and sea- as borsch (Hr 75) and varenyky with ‘Lisa where’s the beef? The Kyiv Post food is also available. The interior, Format New York cherries (Hr 65). And Her tracked down some of the spots designed by U.S. architect Alberto Format New York, located in the Format New York. 30/10 Bohdana Dreams’ serving the juiciest and tastiest meat Foyo, is modern and minimalis- heart of Kyiv, just behind the Khmelnytskoho St. Mon-Thu 8 a.m. “Lisa in the capital. tic with extensive seating areas National Opera, is a multi-cuisine – 10 p.m., Fri 8 a.m. – 11 p.m., Sat 11 And Her and large panoramic windows for restaurant with a wide selection of a.m. – 11 p.m., Sun 11 a.m. – 10 p.m., Dreams” BEEF meat & wine watching the world go by. The meat dishes at reasonable prices, www.fny.com.ua, +38-044-278-6265 might be BEEF meat & wine is considered place is perfect for big or small such as ribeye steak (Hr 230) and the best one of the top meat places in gatherings, or for watching football beef tenderloin in oyster sauce (Hr book Kyiv and is regularly frequented games. BEEF meat & wine also has 350). Its customers affectionately more Steak on page 21 around to introduce a child to the RESTAURANT FOR SALE! world’s finest works of art. At Want to advertise in Lifestyle? IN THE CENTRE OF KYIV the beginning of the book its main heroine Lisa is very disap- ASSETS: pointed because her classmate • Property with lease (150 has refused to paint her portrait square meters, seating for 45 guests) at a painting lesson at school. • Unique atmosphere Lisa falls asleep and experienc- • New branded kitchen equip- es breathtaking adventures in OGPVƒVVKPICPFWVGPUKNU her dream – by means of the The restaurant currently generates wings invented by Leonardo Da monthly net income of $3.000 - $5.000 Vinci. She visits the studios of Price $50.000 ( to be discussed) the famous artists of the past, CONTACT Please call (+38) 044 591-7788 or mail [email protected] (067)313-33-44, (063)599-94-00 more Books on page 20 20 Lifestyle/Business November 18, 2016 www.kyivpost.com Ukraine’s coal output drops as nation looks elsewhere

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ing the sector by closing down mines and leaving thousands of miners jobless, instead of trying to develop the infrastructure. We don’t see any future for the coal industry in Ukraine,” Volynets told the Kyiv Post. In contrast, the Ministry of Energy and the Coal Industry is convinced that the reforms will be Visitors take a look at novelties and popular books for kids at a children’s book fair in Kyiv on Aug. 25. (Volodymyr Petrov) good for one of the most corrupt parts of the energy sector. Roman Nitsovych, a program manager at Dixi Group, a Kyiv- based think tank that focuses on research and consulting in the Mykhailo Volynets, head of energy sphere, said that he under- Independent Trade Union of stands why the government wants Miners of Ukraine. Book Review: Ukrainian to get out of the coal business, and leave it to private investors. price of coal in the Amsterdam- “In a competitive business envi- Rotterdam-Antwerp ports, and ronment it is economically unviable adds to it the cost of shipping the fairytales, kids’ books to continue subsidizing state-owned coal to Ukraine. At the moment, mines,” said Nitsovych. “How the one ton of imported coal costs government carries out the restruc- around Hr 2,300-2,400 ($92-96), turing is another question,” he said, while domestically extracted coal find English readers adding that the premises of closed sells for around Hr 1,390 ($56) mines could be used by other per ton. industries. “We pay for gas and electricity With the gloomy prospect of at international market prices, so Books from page 19 The book has vivid colorful illus- Where to get it: Yakaboo.ua shop, redundancy hanging over them, why can’t Ukrainian coal cost as trations and, of course, a happy www.yakaboo.ua, tel. 044-225-0505 miners at state-owned mines have much as imported coal?” asked including Sandro Botticelli, Kazimir ending. Kateryna Yushchenko, wife been fighting to be paid three miners’ union leader Volynets. Malevich, Vincent van Gogh and Ukraine’s former President Viktor months’ worth of pay owed to “Our government even buys coal others, and each of them draws Yushchenko, translated the book into them by the government. On Nov. from an aggressor country, Russia, Lisa’s portrait. English. 7, 50 workers from the No. 10 for $90.” The book has wonderful illustra- “Honey for Mommy” is for children Novovolynska mine in Volyn Oblast Nitsovych said that the Rotterdam tions by modern Ukrainian artist between three and six years old. went on hunger strike, demanding Plus formula allows power stations Eugenia Gapchinska, whose paint- Where to get it: Ye book store, www. not only unpaid salaries, but also to make a profit, but not coal ings are found in numerous private book-ye.com.ua, tel. 044-228-0566, funding to finish construction work producers, since the prices of coal collections. Hr 194 at the mine. About 10 days before are set by the Energy Ministry. Where to get it: Ababagalamaga the start of the hunger strike, 300 This being so, the main benefi- store, www.abababooks.com.ua, tel. people from the same mine blocked ciary has been DTEK, the largest 095-777-0672, Hr 150 the Yahodyn checkpoint on the bor- private power generating company der with Poland. in Ukraine, owned by the oligarch “We have been fed promises,” . DTEK controls 70 complained one of the miners, percent of Ukraine’s power genera- Oleksandr Herasymchuk, who spent tion capacities. the last 10 years working in the In addition, the use of the for- Novovolynska mine and has been mula obscures the important dif- waiting to be paid since September. ference between brown coal and “We went to Kyiv twice to meet anthracite coal. They are not inter- with Verkhovna Rada (lawmakers) changeable and should be priced and the Ministry of Energy - to no separately. The latter is imported ‘Fairy Tales 3: Oh’ avail.” from the occupied territories of A third edition in a series of fairy tale Amid the growing discontent, Ukraine, but is formally document- books, this 40-page book tells one of Minister of Energy and the Coal ed as being Russian coal, according Ukraine’s most famous fairy tales, Industry Ihor Nasalyk visited state- to the trade unions. “Oh.” The tale is about a creature owned mines in Donetsk and The controversial formula has named Oh - a strict and demanding Luhansk oblasts on Nov. 15-16. He come under fire from members of ‘Honey for Mommy’ old man who rules his forest king- stated that all salary debts would be the Ukrainian parliament and the This charming fairy tale about a dom. Oh hires a lazy boy to work at paid off by January. expert community. In September, little bunny looking for honey for his his house. After the boy serves him a former member of the National sick mom has only 50 pages, but its for three years, the forest ruler does Price dispute Commission for Energy, Housing touching story will stay with read- National fairy tales not want him to leave and uses tricks Since the government is deter- and Utilities Services Regulation, ers for a long time. Authored and This half-educational and half-enter- to make him stay as his servant. But mined to cut subsidies to the coal Andriy Gerus, filed a lawsuit to illustrated by Ivan Malkovych and taining book includes three famous everything ends well for the boy – he industry, the miners believe that a declare the formula illegal. Sofia Us, the book’s theme is caring Ukrainian fairy tales – “The Mitten,” manages to outwit Oh and turns into fairer price policy in line with world According to Ministry for Energy relationships between parents and “The Bully Goat,” and “The Fox and a mature and hard-working young prices could positively affect the and Coal Industry statistics, this children. the Rolling Pin” – all masterfully man. situation and save the mines. year Ukraine has already imported The mother of a little bunny gets translated in English. The book is bilingual. It can be In March the National 12.1 million tons of coal at a total cold, so he decides to go out into The English vocabulary of the used both to acquaint English- Commission for Energy, Housing cost $1.2 billion. Most of it came the city (which looks very much book is quite simple and is suit- speaking children with Ukrainian and Utilities Services Regulation from Russia, the United States, like the western Ukrainian city of able for children who are non-native language, and to help Ukrainian kids introduced the Rotterdam Plus for- , Poland and South Africa. Lviv) to buy a jar of honey to make speakers of English between nine improve their English. mula to set the wholesale market At the same time, state-owned a honey tea – a good medicine for and 12 years old. In addition to the Where to get it: Bukva book store, price for coal, which led to the coal mines decreased production sore throat. But the city is big and stories, it has exercises to train one’s www.bukva.ua, tel. 044-359-0369, increase in electricity tariffs in May. by 13.8 percent in 2016, to only the bunny is small, and he gets lost. grammar and vocabulary. Hr 60  The formula takes as a basis the 774,000 tons of coal.  www.kyivpost.com November 18, 2016 Lifestyle 21 Meat lovers, rejoice! Here are some top Kyiv venues

Steak from page 19 wood. The lampshades are adorned had the chance to travel much out- shop prior to purchasing. Consultants Oxota na Ovets. 10B with quotes from the works of writer side Ukraine. The meateria has an are available to help customers with Vozdvyzhenska st. Mon-Sun 10 a.m. Tarantino Grill & Wine Mikhail Bulgakov. Most of the dish- urban-style interior design, featuring, their meat choice, along with the – 10 p.m., www.borysov.com.ua, tel. This two-floored restaurant, which es at Pache are cooked in a Josper unusually, a bright blue statue of an sauces, spices and wine to go with +38-067-406-4156 serves American and Ukrainian cui- charcoal grill oven, which lets the Elk in the middle of one of the din- it. Prices are reasonably moderate, sine, is located in Kyiv’s historic meat retain its natural flavor. The ing rooms. Steak prices range from with chuck steak costing Hr 190 per Sam’s Steak House Podil district. Every dish comes with place uses Ukrainian farmed meat Hr 190 for a chuck steak, to Hr 650 kilogram and marble Ribeye costing Sam’s Steak House was the first a wine recommendation, and the and meat from organic steers. Prices for a Big Cowboy Jack steak. Hr 370 per kilogram. Unfortunately, steakhouse to open its doors in Kyiv wine selection includes several vin- range from Hr 268 per 100 grams Zdoroviy Gluzd Meateria. 68/21 due to the absence of dining tables, (in 1996) and is still highly praised. tage wines. On the first floor of the of New York steak to Hr 98 per 100 Saksahanskoho St. Mon-Sun 11 a.m. the place is not really suitable for big In 2015 it underwent a renovation restaurant, there is a brazier in the grams of Ukrainian Ribeye. Every – 11 p.m., www.facebook.com/pg/zdor- companies. and now boasts a modern gray and middle of the dining area where main course is served with a side ovyi.gluzd, tel. +38-098-665-1944 Miastoria. 22 Anny Akhmatovoyi beige interior design that radiates customers can watch American of either grilled vegetables or steak St. Mon-Sun 10 a.m. – 10 p.m., coziness, with its book collections, and Australian Angus beef being sauce. www.myastoriya.com.ua, tel. photographs, cushions and brick grilled. Moreover, every Wednesday Pache. 3 Kostiolna St. Mon-Fri 9 Miastoria +38-067-538-0505 walls – a perfect setting for retro-lov- to Saturday Tarantino Grill & Wine a.m. – 11 p.m., Sat-Sun 11 a.m. – 11 The name Miastoria combines two ers. Customers can watch their food Bar has a live music program. Its sig- p.m., www.pache.com.ua, tel. +38- words: “miaso” (meat in Ukrainian) Oxota na Ovets being cooked in the open kitchen nature dishes, like grilled pork with 044-279-0211, +38-067-187-4949 and “store” – and that’s just what it Located in Kyiv’s upscale or even have a go at cooking too - cherries (Hr 255) or local T-bone is - a conceptual meat, mince and Vozdvyzhenka area next to Podil, under the supervision of the chefs. with spinach (Hr 655) are well worth Zdoroviy Gluzd Meateria lard shop with the added bonus that Oxota na Ovets offers quite an This November the restaurant cele- trying. The name of this place translates customers can cook and eat their impressive selection of meats. The brates British culture by dedicating Tarantino Grill & Wine Bar. 35 from the Ukrainian for “common purchases at the bar, for no extra restaurant has an open kitchen the month to the country’s cuisine, Sahaidachnoho St. Mon-Thu, Sun sense.” Zdoroviy Gluzd offers a small charge. The selection of meats is very with a Japanese Robata charcoal with special dishes such as Beef 12 p.m. – 12 a.m., Fri-Sat 12 p.m. (34 items on the menu) but select extensive and comes from Ukrainian grill (the only one of its kind in Wellington, served with fried pota- – 2 a.m., www.tarantino.ua, tel. range of dishes from cuisines around meat producers, with fresh deliv- Ukraine) where marble beef and toes, mushrooms and wine sauce (Hr +38-044-222-9853 the world to appeal to all taste buds, eries every day. The place stands fresh fish are cooked. Noteworthy 255). Classics like T-bone (Hr 135- such as a Portuguese Francesinha out from other butcher shops by its dishes include a Rack of lamb (Hr 165) and Chateaubriand (Hr 235) are Pache (meat sandwich) with a creamy sauce cleanliness and lack of a meat smell. 596) or a Cowboy steak (Hr 549). also popular. This sophisticated restaurant, locat- based on oxtail broth (Hr 110). This There is also a Himalayan salt room The place positions itself as an Sam’s Steak House. 37 Zhylianska ed just up the hill from Maidan place is a find for the pickiest gour- with a specific air temperature and Asian steakhouse, and so has lots St. Mon-Fri 10 a.m. – 11 p.m., Sat-Sun Nezalezhnosti, has a mellow interior mets, and is favored by homesick low humidity for preserving meat. oriental dishes too, including sushi, 11 a.m. – 11 p.m. www.karta.ua, tel. design combining different shades of foreigners and locals who haven’t yet Every product can be tried in the sashimi and soups. +38-044-287-2000 

Jazz concert Monday Dec. 12, 7 p.m.

(Ukrafoto) Divas The Autumn Jazz Marathon concert will feature various NIVKI HALL genres of live jazz in Kyiv music performed 84 Prospekt Pobedi by Ukraine’s most famous jazz Kyiv Nov. 19 musicians, among whom are winners of national and international competitions. Autumn Jazz Marathon. Nov. 19. 6 p.m. Zhovtnevy Palace (1 Heroiv Nebesnoi Sotni Alley) Hr 60 – 200

Nov. 25 (Courtesy)

Spend the evening where Glamour Conjures a Musi- this concert will be an emotional journey through cal Nostalgia With Surprises forty years of great tunes by these and other Divas. Madonna, Sam Brown, Toni Braxton, Mariah Carey, In addition, you will be pampered by non-stop drinks, Whitney Houston, Céline Dion, Lara Fabian, Diana food and other surprises. Ross, Sara Brightman, Barbara Streisand are fa- The concert is part of the 3rd St. Nicholas Charity mous for their iconic and memorable theme tunes. Night organised by Kamaliya Foundation in partner- Each one is a musical gem fi lled with seduction, soft- ship with Kyiv Lions Club for the benefi t of needy ness, and sentiment. Ukrainian Children and supported by KyivPost, ISTIL Frankenstein: Miller (British Hosted by DJ Pasha and performed by Ukraine’s Group, PS Media & YUNA Music Awards. Theater Live) very own Diva, Kamaliya, with other young talents,

This Royal National Theater play tells the famous story by Mary Shelley of Doctor Viktor Frankenstein who makes a creature from different parts of human corpses hoping to advance humanity. The Creature is lonely, ugly, but as innocent as child. He hopes for trust and love, but encounters only cruelty and hatred. In desperation, the Creature vows to fi nd his creator and take vengeance on the doctor. Frankenstein: Miller Frankenstein (British Theater Live). Nov. 25. For invitations, donations and sponsorship please contact: 7 p.m. Kyiv Cinema (19 Velyka Vasylkivska St.) Hr 175 [email protected] or phone 0503330701 22 Entertainment Guide November 18, 2016 www.kyivpost.com

Nov. 14 – 28 Nov. 26 Maidan photo exhibition

(Exit festival) This photo exhibition by Ukrainian photographers Ihor Babiy, Ivan Lysiuk and Serhiy Anyskov is dedicated to the third anniversary of the EuroMaidan Revolution. It features the portraits of EuroMaidan participants and illustrates the most dramatic events of the revolution. “Maidan. Fortress of Spirit” photo exhibition. Nov. 14 – 28. 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Kyiv Fortress (24A Hospitalna St.) Free

DubFX music concert

The Australian musician and world famous street performer DubFX is to ) perform his best hits on the stage of Kyiv’s Bingo club. DubFX is famous for his complex hip hop, reggae and drum and bass music, which he creates using live looping effects pedals and his own voice.

DubFX concert. Nov. 26. 7 p.m. Bingo club (112 Peremohy Ave.) Ivan Lysiuk ( Hr 700

Nov. 28 – Dec. 4 Wine Nov. 19 – 20 Vsi Svoi week

(Courtesy) Market The arrival of winter promises to be full of Visitors to the Vis Svoi Ukrainian goods cheer, as nearly 30 of Kyiv’s market will fi nd everything they might restaurants are taking part need for the home on sale here – a in wine week – a special range of furniture, textiles, interior event by restaurants to décor, and hand-made ceramics, from give local gourmets the more than 100 Ukraine’s best brand- opportunity to enjoy good name producers. wine and tasty snacks for Vsi Svoi Market. Nov. 19 – 20. only Hr 300. 10 a.m. – 8 p.m. Vsi Svoi (12 Wine week. Nov. 28 – Dec. 4 except evenings on Dec. 2 – 3. For more Desyatynna St.) Free information visit https://www.facebook.com/RESTOweek/?fref=ts

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