The Ukrainian Weekly 1992

УкШ by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association! rainianWeekl Y Vol. LX ШNo. 29 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 19, 1992 50 cents Kravchuk fires reform-minded minister Ukraine's Olympic Committee JERSEY CITY, N.J. - In a stunning dissension within the Cabinet, marked reversal of last week's events, President by Mr. Lanovoy's and Defense Minister expects winning performances Leonid Kravchuk announced on Satur Konstantyn Morozov's decision not to by Marta Kolomayets flags of an independent Ukraine. day, July 11, that he had fired the join the Cabinet's walkout on July 3. Kiev Press Bureau Representing this nation of 52 million minister of the economy and second Reuters correspondent Alexander will be 81 athletes - 16.10 percent of deputy minister, Volodymyr Lanovoy. Tkachenko quoted the outgoing min KIEV — Ukraine expects to capture the Unified Team of the Common It was a move that was immediately ister's counter to the president's cri Olympic medals in track and field, wealth of Independent States. (Russia's perceived in the West as one that ticism: "New Ukraine supports radical gymnastics and rowing, said Ukrainian contribution is approximately 60 per "jeopardizes the country's economic economic reforms. If President Krav National Olympic Committee Chair cent of the 497 CIS team members.) reform program and may undermine chuk also supports them, it is illogical man Valeriy Borzov, 1972 Olympic gold Marching behind the blue-and- Western financial support," The Wall that he should fire me," Mr. Lanovoy medal winner, once considered the yellow flag will be the proud young Street Journal wrote on July 13. said. "I think it just means that he fastest man in the world, during a press men and women in "neutral" uniforms Despite calls from the opposition for doesn't seek these reforms." conference introducing Olympic hope made in Yugoslavia. They will wear the resignation or sacking of various fuls headed for Barcelona. Ukrainian flag patches as well as Cabinet ministers over the past months, Mr. Lanovoy was replaced by Va- Mr. Borzov, Ukraine's minister of patches depicting wreaths of flowers, the Mr, Lanovoy's dismissal is the first such lentyn Symonenko, a member of the sports and youth affairs, told journa symbol of this year's Ukrainian team. action taken by the president. It appears Parliament's Committee on Foreign lists on Tuesday afternoon, July 14, that Eighteen of Ukraine's athletes will be to have been motivated by considera Affairs and head of the Odessa City the Ukrainian athletes also have a competing for the gold in track and field tions of partisan politics, because the Council. Mr. Symonenko is an engineer chance at placing in such events events; among them is world champion statements issued by Mr. Kravchuk, by training. The Reuters report quoted as rhythmic gymnastics, canoeing/ka pole vaulter Serhiy Bubka, who will quoted in the WSJ and Reuters reports, an Odessa journalist, who described the yaking and equestrian sports. attempt to break his own record of concerned Mr. Lanovoy's position in new minister as "progressive nomenkla And, for the first time in their 100- 6.12m. the New Ukraine group of politicians and tura." Mr. Symonenko was also given year history, the Summer Games will A Russian born in eastern Ukraine, businessmen, and alleged "duplicity" (Continued on page 16) parade the blue-and-yellow national (Continued on page 12) and "criticism of the government." The ouster of Mr. Lanovoy came only days after he made his dramatic CCRF sponsors Ukrainian doctors to U.S. decision on July 8 to remain at his post by Roman Woronowycz after initially suggesting that he might dymyr Hordynsky, executive vice- English so that they can understand and resign. It also comes after a week of president of the CCRF and director of learn." Nonetheless, he said many JERSEY CITY, N.J. - Ukrainian the project. "Our concern is to develop doctors have expressed an interest in children victimized by the Chornobyl training teams that would work with joining the program. tragedy still face uncertain futures and other doctors in other hospitals to teach And so have many American hospi Lanovoy's dismissal will continue to spend more time in modern techniques." tals. The University of Medicine and hospitals than in school. But Western Since August 1991, 10 doctors have Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ), seen as regressive technology and expertise slowly per passed through the program. Two more Pittsburgh University Medical Center, meating the nation's medical system is arrived in the U.S. the first part of June, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and by Marta Kolomayets improving their plight. said Alex Kuzma, CCRF project's Boston Children's Hospital are among Kiev Press Bureau Doctors from Ukraine are now in the coordinator. the medical institutions that await the KIEV — By removing Volodymyr United States studying the latest treat Dr. Hordynsky said, "The project is Ukrainian physicians, Mr. Kuzma said. Lanovoy from his posts as deputy ments and diagnostic techniques to help moving along somewhat slowly because He added that other hospitals, such as prime minister and minister of the the Chornobyl children. And in U- we must teach the doctors sufficient (Continued on page 4) economy, Leonid Kravchuk shatter kraine modern medical equipment ed the illusions of democratic leaders arriving from the West increases the who believed the president was chances many more children will sur committed to introducing market vive. reforms in Ukraine. Some sources estimates that nearly Mr. Kravchuk also named Valen- 60,000 children have been contami tyn Symonenko, presidential repre nated to some degree by the 1986 sentative for Odessa Oblast and explosion at the Chornobyl nuclear former mayor of that port city, as first facility just northwest of Kiev and deputy prime minister for Ukraine, require medical attention. second in command to Prime Min The Children of Chornobyl Relief ister Vitold Fokin. (Konstantyn Fund (CCRF), which, in 1990, opened Masyk also is a first deputy prime the Lviv Regional Specialized Children's minister in the Ukrainian govern Hospital for Chornobyl Problems ment.) specifically for the treatment of children During an interview on Ukrainian harmed by Chornobyl's radiation, now television on Saturday evening, July has begun a program that brings doc 11, Mr. Kravchuk spoke very criti tors from the Lviv hospital to the cally of the 40-year-old Mr. Lanovoy. United States and exposes them to the "This is political nonsense. How can latest treatment and diagnostic tech he be both a leader of the opposition niques developed here. The doctors learn and serve as a member of the govern the latest advances in areas such as ment?" questioned Mr. Kravchuk. pediatric open heart surgery and hema- "I was a disadvantage in the system tology (specializing in leukemia). that controls the economy here," "The goal is to involve approximately observed Mr. Lanovoy. "And my 30 doctors with diverse specializations ouster is just consistent with the for up to one year of intensive study in Roman Woronowycz (Continued on page 2) various American hospitals that have Dr. Oksana Hlynska analyzes blood at,a New Jersey hospital where she is studying donated their facilities," said Dr. Volo new techniques to help children victimized by Chornobyl 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 19, 1992 No. 29 Ukrainian government," noted Ms. NEWS ANALYSIS: Ukraine moves Lanovoy's dismissal... Bull. (Continued from page 1) "My ouster is just one of many toward the rule of law things happening in this country to president's policies." Mr. Lanovoy slow down reform." There has been a said the president is not convinced by Bphdan Nahaylo conservative party leadership — was turn-around on privatization, the that market reform alone will lead government is trying to choke ex RFE/RL Research Institute still in the grasp of Volodymyr Ukraine out of its economic crisis. Shcherbytsky's regime, which was porters with high taxes, and they PART I Greta Bull, director of the Kiev would like to keep trade centralized," continuing to use heavy-handed me office of Harvard University's Pro he explained. Because Ukraine's history has been thods to prevent the formation of a ject on Economic Reform in U- But Mr. Kravchuk contends that marked by the absence of any lasting Ukrainian popular front similar to kraine, agrees with this assessment. independent statehood and by the those in the Baltic republics. Ukrainian Mr. Lanovoy was all talk and no "Lanovoy's departure is a sign that the action, in a battle that is characte division of ethnically Ukrainian lands activists, for their part, were reduced to government is not prepared to under among foreign conquerors and more protesting violations of human rights rized by verbal attacks on all persons take radical economic reforms. It's a involved. powerful neighbors, a distinctly Ukrai and the lack of "democratization" and signal that Kravchuk and the old nian legal tradition, in the strict sense of "restructuring." The few legal experts "I will continue to represent an Communists will undertake nomenk alternative," said Mr. Lanovoy, the word, has been unable to develop. who openly sympathized with the latura-type reforms. I only hope that Whatever remained of the legal tradi burgeoning national democratic move considered a serious contender for Kravchuk is shrewd enough to know the post of prime minister by the tions of Kievan Rus\ the Ukrainian ment were preoccupied with develop that he cannot build market commu Kozak (or Hetman) State and the short ing and defending the concept of re opposition group New Ukraine nism. It has to be one or the other — (Nova Ukraina), headed by Volo lived Ukrainian National Republic was publican sovereignty vis-a-vis the cen 5 market or communist reform," she dymyr Filenko.

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