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For Free Distribution A RECIPE OF POLITICAL PAGE EURO 2012: PAGE A GOURMET'S PAGE DEFEAT FROM THE GOVERNMENT'S GUIDE TO BEER YULIA TYMOSHENKO 10 CASH RUSH 24 IN UKRAINE 44 № 11 (23) DECEMBER 2011 WWW.UKRAINIANWEEK.COM FOR FREE DISTRIBUTION Featuring selected content from The Economist |CONTENTS BRIEFING FOCUS POLITICS The The Triumph of Yulia Government Subordination Tymoshenko: Breaks Bad: By voting for legitimization A detailed Erasing the of the regime’s polling history of Orange rules, the opposition laid defeat Revolution from the groundwork for its history 4 own demise 6 10 NEIGHBOURS The Chief and His Tribe: Yanukovych Won’t Stay Long: How the Donbas Boris Nemtsov talks about Yulia social background Tymoshenko’s case and the affects reshuffling of mistakes of Russian democrats government ranks 14 16 ECONOMICS INVESTIGATION Crisis of Vision: Till the Cows Come Window Dressing in Top government Home: Tough Kyiv: As it prepares officials political reality for Euro 2012, admit public could shatter the government administration Ukraine’s handsome wastes billions to is ineffective in economic deals build Potemkin Ukraine 19 within the CIS 20 villages 24 The Engorgers The Sky Over of Billions: Kharkiv: Kharkiv’s Soaring costs and headache still too few hotels with airport in Donetsk construction, opaque tenders 26 and corruption 27 SOCIETY The Mysteries of Lviv: Police vs Football How tons of cash Fans: allocated for its Why the police raid preparations for the football ultras championship are (mis)appropriated 28 29 HISTORY CULTURE & ARTS What the Young Have Andreas Kappeler While My Violin Gently to Say: Students from talks about the Weeps Central and Eastern concept of Europe Why Ukrainian Europe meet in Kyiv and ways to forge classical music is still European identity underground outside 32 34 the country 38 NAVIGATOR Perfect Harmony on Paper: In Pursuit of Beer: Artist Pavlo Makov Ukraine’s most popular decodes artistic images, folk rock band’s map of symbols and concepts breweries that produce unpasteurized beer 42 44 The Ukrainian Week № 11 (23) December 2011 Mailing address: PO Box 2, Kyiv, 03067 Founder: ECEM Media Ukraine LLC Publisher: The Ukrainian Week LLC Publisher address: vul. Mashynobudivna 37, Kyiv 03067 Ukraine First published in January 2010 E-mail: [email protected], Tel.: (044) 351-1300 State registration certificate 16412-4884P of March 13, 2010 www.ukrainianweek.com Bohdan Andriytsev, Director, ECEM Media Ukraine LLC Print: ТОV SKIMP, TOV ART STUDIYA DRUKU; vul. Boryspilska 15, Kyiv Roman Tsupryk, Chairman of the Editorial Board Ordering number: 851-11. Print run: 15,000 Serhiy Lytvynenko, Editor-in-Chief, The Ukrainian Week Sent to print on November 25, 2011 Natalia Romanec, Editor; Anna Korbut, Translator Free distribution № 11 (23) DECEMBER 2011|THE UKRAINIAN WEEK|3 BRIEFING| 2 November 3 November 14 November President fires the Yet another wave of protests Chornobyl liquidators and victims governors of Lviv stirs in Kyiv and several oblast take over the premises of the Pen- and Zaporizhzhia centers including clashes with sion Fund in Donetsk and go on police in front of parliament hunger strike QUOTES MYKOLA AZAROV makes teachers laugh The Premier states that teachers’ salaries were raised five The Government Breaks Bad times in 2011 at the recent congress of teachers, causing the audience to roar with laughter OLEKSANDR KLYMENKO heads the Tax Administration The 31-year old comes from Donetsk. He has been in the Tax Administration since 2005. In his career, Mr. Klymenko largely focused on inspecting un- earned income VIKTOR YANUKOVYCH is ready to take a break The President is ready to “take a break from European integration right now.” Optimis- tically, he says that similar breaks have happened before, too ANATOLIY HRYTSENKO in opposition to the range Revolution did not teach any- appealed to the court for a ban on any public opposition one anything. Not only does the Gov- events on that day. The appeal was far from His Civic Position party ernment turn a blind eye to people, being democratic, but technically legitimate. leaves the Committee but also demonstratively ignores the The court satisfies the demand, which it has of Resistance to Dic- O tatorship to protest public and the law. Some NGOs had planned the right to do under the letter of the law. The against the opposi- public events in Kyiv on 22 November to cel- police and State Guard Department thought tion’s voting in ebrate the seventh anniversary of the Orange that public events on the Day of Liberty, as favour of the Law Revolution. In accordance with the Constitu- the anniversary is commonly referred to, On Parliamentary tion, they had duly notified the Kyiv City would fuel clashes. Why would they, though? Elections State Administration in advance. The latter Moreover, the rallies at Maidan could get in The month 4 November 1861 6 November 1951 9 November 1976 in history The first train arrives in Lviv The first Ukrainian televi- Ukrainian NGO to support from Vienna, heralding the sion studio opens at 26 commitment to the Hel- beginning of the history of Khreshchatyk St., but sinki Accords is established the Ukrainian railway Ukrainian television quickly in Kyiv becomes marginalized 4|THE UKRAINIAN WEEK|№ 11 (23) DECEMBER 2011 |BRIEFING 15 November 17 November 22 November All Euro 2012 final- The Verkhovna Rada passes The Day of Freedom: the gov- ists are determined. the new Law On Parliamentary ernment uses all means pos- The group stage Elections.Most opposition mem- sible to hampers any events for draw is scheduled for bers support the government’s the celebration of the anniver- 2 December initiative sary of the Orange Revolution Party of Regions’ Oleh Kalashnikov turned NUMBERS up at Maidan in the afternoon with his gang, officially known as The Joint Military Union, The Government is going to spend and held a full-scale rally. Brave Berkut, the UAH 4.95mn The Government Breaks Bad troops and undercover officers suddenly suf- to examine how efficiently public fered a memory loss as to why there were funds were spent over 2008-2009 there in the first place: they just stood there when Yulia Tymoshenko was Premier and did not lift a finger to ensure that the court ruling was complied with. Quite on the contrary, they encircled Kalashnikov’s group The upgrade of public utilities in to protect it from the orange supporters. This Ukraine will cost travesty of justice arranged by the govern- ment on 22 November was painfully absurd. UAH 700bn, A crime makes sense in cases where millions estimates Anatoliy Blyzniuk, are at stake. But what was the point of Ka- the Minister of Regional Construction lashnikov’s rally and the government’s bla- tant neglect of law on the Day of Liberty? Would this add the 10% to the Party of Re- 60% gions’ popularity that it needs to win the up- of all public procurements in 2010 coming parliamentary election? Quite the and the first six months of 2011 opposite, all Kalashnikov did was to humili- bypass tenders, says Audit Chamber ate the government and especially the Party of Regions. This is showing a curious trend, though. The Verkhovna Rada passes a law The government does something equally allowing goods worth up to stupid and illegal on quite a regular basis. To this day, Mr. Tabacnhyk has not faced EUR 1,000 any punishment for his anti-Ukrainian to be brought into the country duty statements, nor has Mr. Mohyliov for his free anti-Tatar ones. On 9 May, just like on 22 November, provocateurs were delivered to the Honor Monument in Lviv with Victory As of 11 November, gas debt incurred by public heating companies flags despite the court’s ban on any public constitutes events on that day. The police protected the buses. On Independence Day, the police vi- UAH 3.98bn, olated the court’s decision by preventing reports SC Gas of Ukraine the public from marching across Volody- myrska Street in Kyiv. The government can be democratic or not. According to the Center It can be authoritarian or liberal. It can do for the Survey of Judges, only what it wants and make unpopular deci- the way of the cortege of Dalia Grybauskaitė, sions. There is just one thing it cannot do: 9.3% the Lithuanian President, during her visit to break the law. A government that does not of Ukrainian judges believe that the Kyiv on the same day. The authorities honor the law puts its own legitimacy in public trusts them brought in several hundred Berkut officers, question. Yanukovych&Co have offered the internal soldiers and, according to various public a dangerous game without rules. To- estimates, nearly 100 undercover plain- day, they can ignore the law, while tomor- 30% clothes police officers to Independence row, the law can become a superfluous for- of Ukrainians are afraid of the Square. This was also perfectly legitimate, mality for every citizen. police and 57% do not approve of after all, the police was enforcing the court its actions, shows a survey by the ruling. Surprisingly, though, the infamous Andriy Skumin Razumkov Center 15 November 1939 17 November 1994 22 November 1801 1 December 1991 The Ukrainian SSR Supreme The Verkhovna Vladimir Dal, Russian lexi- 92% of Ukrainians vote Council passes a law to Rada of Ukraine cographer, folklore expert, for independence in the annex Western Ukraine to cancels the Decla- Turkologist and writer, referendum the Ukrainian SSR at the ration of Crimean is born in Luhansk 3rd extraordinary session Sovereignty № 11 (23) DECEMBER 2011|THE UKRAINIAN WEEK|5 FOCUS|OPPOSITION The Triumph of Subordination By voting for legitimization of the regime’s polling rules, the opposition laid the groundwork for its own demise Authors: this means winning half of the Andriy Duda, parliamentary seats in by simple Rostyslav Pavlenko plurality vote for specific candi- dates, enabling loyal people to be n November 17, 2011, elected by means of administra- Ukraine’s Election of Na- tive and financial resources—a sit- tional Deputies law was uation analogous to the 2002 par- Opassed.
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