InsIde: • Independent media in Ukraine: its prospects – page 4. • Construction of Ukrainian Orthodox Museum begins – page 5. • Interview with writer Alexander Motyl – page 11. HEPublished byKRA the Ukrainian NationalIN AssociationIAN Inc., a fraternal non-profit associationEEKLY Vol. LXXVIIT UNo.6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY W 8, 2009 $1/$2 in Ukraine Communist back at the helm Security Service of Ukraine to release of Ukraine’s State Archives documents on Soviet-era repressions by Zenon Zawada by Zenon Zawada Kyiv Press Bureau Kyiv Press Bureau KYIV – Olha Ginzburg is back at the KYIV – By the end of the year, the helm of Ukraine’s archives. Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) will The Cabinet of Ministers voted on make publicly accessible all the govern- January 21 to reinstate the lifelong ment’s classified documents on Soviet-era Communist functionary and ideologue, repressions, a collection that encompasses who filed a complaint that she had been about 800,000 items that range from perse- unfairly dismissed in April 2008 as direc- cution campaigns in western Ukraine to files tor of the State Archives Committee of kept on rock music enthusiasts. Ukraine. A January 23 decree issued by President While the Cabinet of Ministers press Viktor Yushchenko ordered all government service cited a Kyiv district court ruling organs to disclose all the remaining Soviet as the basis for her reinstatement, it was repression-related documents issued obvious to political observers that Prime between 1917 and 1991 that were classified Minister Yulia Tymoshenko had struck a as secret or top secret. deal with the Communist Party of President Yushchenko issued the decree Ukraine to give back the archives’ reins just two days after Prime Minister Yulia Zenon Zawada in exchange for political favors. Tymoshenko led the Cabinet of Ministers in Zenon Zawada “We all know that here most court Olha Ginzburg, who has been reap- voting to approve the return of Communist Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) decisions related to personnel issues are pointed as director of Ukraine’s State Olha Ginzburg as chair of the State Archives Chair Valentyn Nalyvaichenko discuss- made to order, with a political or corrupt Archives. Committee of Ukraine. es the January 23 presidential decree component,” said Volodymyr Fesenko, However, SBU Acting Chair Valentyn declassifying all documents related to board chairman of the Penta Center for secret Soviet repressions. Applied Political Research, a consulting Nalyvaichenko didn’t draw a connection between the two events, stressing the decree UNA surpasses firm that serves various political clients. crimes against people’s freedoms and rights, “We can suspect a certain political is the latest step in a three-year campaign to and the criminal actions of government $10 million goal component here. From time to time, situ- make Ukraine’s archived Soviet documents organs, shouldn’t be and can’t be concealed ational alliances arise between the more accessible to Ukrainians and foreign- behind a classification of secrecy,” he said at ers alike. for annuities in 2008 (Continued on page 5) “The president’s position lies in that (Continued on page 12) PARSIPPANY, N.J. – The Ukrainian National Association Inc. reached a major milestone, surpassing its $10 mil- lion goal for annuity sales in 2008. Lviv’s Dzherelo Center serves disabled children “We are very proud of this achieve- by Oksana Zakydalsky ment and celebrate this historic accom- plishment, said Christine E. Kozak, UNA TORONTO – The Dzherelo national secretary. Rehabilitation Center and School in Lviv The steady growth of annuity sales, traces its beginnings to Nadiya (Hope), according to Ms. Kozak, was due to a an association of parents of children with greater sales efforts by the UNA Home cerebral palsy. In 1993 the Dzherelo Office sales staff, branch secretaries and Center was opened to provide rehabilita- independent sales agents. Another con- tion for children with physical and intel- tributing factor to the success of the lectual disabilities. 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Dzherelo Center John Hopkins universities. She worked as For 2009 the UNA’s goals are to sur- The Dzherelo Center building in Lviv. a lecturer in piano performance at Queens pass the $10 million mark once again, by University and took part in concert tours offering very competitive interest rates Today l’Arche unites 132 communities in volunteer in a l’Arche community in for new business and a Loyal throughout Canada, the United States and 35 countries. In a world that often sees Richmond Hill, near Toronto, after which Membership Program for its existing Europe. But, when she became acquaint- the mentally disabled as being outside she decided to devote herself totally to members whose annuities will mature. ed with the work of the organization society, the organization’s charter says: social work. 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For one year, Ms. Kushpeta lived as a (Continued on page 10) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2009 No. 6 ANALYSIS NEWSBRIEFS Moscow-Kyiv gas dispute Conference on NATO-Ukraine cooperation most, about the economic situation in the country and regarding the [state] budget KYIV – A conference on Euro-Atlantic [for 2009].” The Rada chairman announced could redraw Europe’s energy map and European security opened in the Ivan a break in the Parliament’s session to hold Kozhedub Kharkiv University of Air a meeting of the conciliatory council. by Bruce Pannier that runs directly to Europe interrupted by Forces of Ukraine on February 4. (Ukrinform) RFE/RL potentially quarrelsome post-Soviet neigh- Participating in two-day meetings were bors. experts at the George C. Marshall Writer Pavlo Zahrebelny dies There is no quick way for the European For Moscow, the best possible conse- European Center for Security Studies, the Union to penalize Russia and Ukraine for quence of the gas fiasco with Ukraine could Department for Euro-Atlantic Integration KYIV – President Viktor Yushchenko the gas dispute that led to a frosty two-week be a stepped-up commitment to its South of the General Staff of the Ukrainian expressed condolences on the death of cutoff in natural-gas supplies in January. So, Stream and Nord Stream pipeline projects. Armed Forces, teachers and cadets of the renowned Ukrainian writer Pavlo for the time being, the European Union con- South Stream is projected to run from university, officials of the U.S., German Zahrebelny, the presidential press-service tinues to receive one-quarter of its gas sup- Russia’s Black Sea coast to Italy via and Slovak embassies in Ukraine, repre- reported on February 3. “Pavlo Zahrebelny, plies from Russia – and four-fifths of that Bulgaria and Greece, crossing Ukraine’s sentatives of the NATO Information and the renowned Ukrainian writer, Hero of via pipelines in Ukraine – just as it did continental shelf but bypassing its soil. Documentation Center in Ukraine and oth- Ukraine, laureate of the State Prize of the before the feud began. Arguably greater hopes are invested in ers. A meeting of U.S. Ambassador to USSR, holder of the Shevchenko Prize, But the 27-member bloc has already sig- Nord Stream, which is designed to pipe gas Ukraine William Taylor and the head of national deputy of Ukraine of a great num- naled that it will neither forgive nor forget, directly from Russia to Germany via the the Kharkiv Regional State Administration, ber of convocations, has died at 84. His with EU officials exploring new energy Baltic Sea, and is already nearing comple- Arsen Avakov, was held on the premises outstanding works were the favorites of alternatives that circumvent Ukraine or tion. Combined, the South and Nord Stream of the university. The administration build- several generations,” Mr. Yushchenko said, Russia altogether. lines would have a capacity of under 90 bil- ing was picketed by activists of the adding that about 20 novels were written In that sense, said Federico Bordonaro, lion cubic meters (bcm) a year – far less Ukrainian Communist Party and the by Mr. Zahrebelny over 40 years of his lit- an energy-security analyst with the Italian- than the 280 bcm currently piped through Ukrainian Socialist Party carrying banners erary work. “His civic stand will always based group equilibre.net, both Moscow and Ukraine. with the slogan “NATO-Stop!” serve an example for the Ukrainians, while Kyiv lost something in the dispute.