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by Mark Raczkiewycz Special to The Ukrainian Weekly KYIV – When former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko arrived from prison at the Pechersky District Court on a chilly October 11 morning, more than an hour before the verdict in her abuse of trial case was supposed to be read, she harbored an unaffected premonition of her eventual conviction. “You know very well that the sentence is not being pro­ nounced by Judge Kireyev but by President Viktor Yanukovych,” she told journalists before the reading of the judgment. “Whatever the sentence pronounced, my strug­ gle will continue. This sentence, written by Yanukovych, will not change anything in my life or in my struggle.” As some 2,000 of her supporters and scores of riot police and crowds of anti-Tymoshenko supporters stood outside the courtroom of the capital’s main thoroughfare, the Khreschatyk, it took Judge Rodion Kireyev more than four hours to read out a guilty verdict as beads of sweat slid down the sides of his face. He essentially repeated what prosecutors had alleged: that the opposition leader had exceeded her authority as prime minister when bro­ kering a 2009 gas deal with Russia that saw gas supplies resume to Europe in the dead of winter. Ms. Tymoshenko remained seated, as she has since the trial began on June 24 during the reading flanked by her daughter and husband. Since August 5 she has been remanded in custody at the Lukianivsky detention facility. Volodymyr Musyak The judge’s sentence mirrored what prosecutors had Police keep protesters away from the driveway along the entrance to the Pechersky District Court where former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko was sentenced to prison on October 11. The police corridors grew as the day’s (Continued on page 8) protest grew more raucous.

Patriarch Sviatoslav emphasizes Ukrainian Church’s worldwide role Visits Chicago Eparchy for golden jubilee events

by Maria Kulczycky CHICAGO – On his first pastoral visit to the United States as patriarch, His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk), head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church worldwide, embarked upon a five- day whirlwind tour of Chicago filled with services, celebra­ tions, meetings and visits. He charmed and challenged his flock, calling on them to sustain their unique religious tradi­ tions and thanking them for worshiping with him. Patriarch Sviatoslav came to Chicago for the golden jubilee celebration of St. Nicholas Eparchy, a community of 48 par­ ishes and missions spanning a 17-state territory. To warm and welcoming audiences, he emphasized his role in serving and leading a widely dispersed flock. The Church in Ukraine numbers some 5 million faithful, with several million more strewn over six continents. On his arrival on September 23, by special arrangement, Bishop Richard Seminack welcomed the patriarch inside his airplane and escorted him to the waiting area, where a dele­ gation of clergy and faithful had assembled for an official greeting. Bishop Richard had been planning the jubilee cele­ bration for more than two years, working with a committee Photograph by Stanley Patriarch Sviatoslav is welcomed to Immaculate Conception Parish in Palatine, Ill. (Continued on page 13) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2011 No. 42

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Eastern Partnership summit: Yanukovych points to imperfect law October 11. The European Parliament lead­ er said, “the context and conditions of this KYIV – President Viktor Yanukovych, at verdict raise concerns about its politically EU gives Ukraine red card a joint news conference with his Slovenian motivated nature and about a selective counterpart, Danilo Turk, in Kyiv on application of the rule of law in Ukraine. I the prospect of Ukraine’s accession to the by Taras Kuzio October 1, admitted that the Yulia have serious doubts about the fairness, EU be reflected in this agreement” Eurasia Daily Monitor Tymoshenko verdict is “surely, a deplorable independence and transparency of this (Interfax, September 30). October 7 case,” which “prevents Ukraine’s European trial. The law applied against Ms. The EU considered that the Yanukovych integration.” The president said that he not Tymoshenko dates back to the Soviet times The September 29-30 Eastern administration understood concerns about only understands the reasons for concern and envisages criminal prosecution for Partnership summit in Warsaw was anoth­ political repression and the Tymoshenko in Europe in connection with the case of political decisions. This is a rare practice in er typically empty European Union diplo­ case. Mr. Tusk told a press conference at the ex-prime minister, but also why it has democratic countries. Ukraine is a great matic soirée. The administration of the end of the summit: “We have expressed happened. The reason: the imperfection of nation that deserves better.” He added that President Viktor Yanukovych has ignored ourselves very clearly to the authorities of Ukrainian laws. He noted that Ukraine still he hopes the Criminal Code will be amend­ Western criticism of political repression Ukraine that the whole EU, and each of us has a Code of Criminal Procedure dating to ed soon, as currently discussed in the and the EU has put all its eggs into the separately, believe the bad treatment of the 1962. “Given that it is in force, police, jus­ Verkhovna Rada. “Article 365, which has Ukraine basket to show success in the democratic opposition and the violation of tice authorities, the judiciary are obliged to been used against Ms. Tymoshenko, is of Eastern Partnership, while Belarus pulled democratic standards ... may overshadow fulfill it, as are the citizens of Ukraine,” he out. particular concern,” Mr. Buzek noted. Mr. the final stage of the negotiations” emphasized. Mr. Yanukovych stressed that EU leaders said the summit was “very Buzek said, “strengthening the rule of law (Reuters, September 30). the existing Code of Criminal Procedure successful” and “paves the way in many and a credible fight against corruption are The Yanukovych administration would needs to be changed and he explained that areas of our cooperation.” Polish Prime essential not only for the conclusion of the agree to pardon Ms. Tymoshenko after she the new wording has been already devel­ Minister Donald Tusk remained confident Association Agreement by the end of the was convicted because a criminal record oped and sent for examination to the that an Association Agreement with year and the deepening of European would prevent her from participating in Venice Commission. In general, President Ukraine would be completed this year and Union-Ukraine relations, but also for the the 2012 and 2015 elections. The ultimate Yanukovych said that Ukraine “has a lot of that talks on similar agreements with consolidation of democracy in Ukraine. I irony is that Mr. Yanukovych himself has problems with the modernization and har­ Georgia and Moldova would be launched urge Ukraine to uphold the principles and two criminal codes from the Soviet era. monization of Ukrainian legislation with (Interfax-Ukraine, September 29). common values that define our relation­ The EU has promoted the face-saving European standards.” Referring to the new Meanwhile, in Ukraine, the prosecutor ship and that form the core of the Eastern formula for Mr. Yanukovych of a change in Code of Criminal Procedure, the president demanded a seven-year sentence for Yulia partnership.” (Ukrinform) the Criminal Code by removing Article 365 assured that the bill “will be considered in Tymoshenko at her trial, which resumed under which Ms. Tymoshenko is charged. the Ukrainian Parliament and will be MFA on Tymoshenko and the EU only two days before the summit. Although Article 365 was first introduced adopted. “I’m sure that as soon as we do Of the six Eastern Partnership members, in the 1962 Criminal Code when Nikita this difficult job, Ukraine will receive mod­ KYIV – The trial of former Prime it is Georgia and Moldova – not Ukraine – Khrushchev was the Soviet leader, the cur­ ern European standards in law, freedom of Minister Yulia Tymoshenko should not who are the best reformers. Belarus has rent criminal code does not date from that speech, and we will be implementing it.” In have any negative impact on the conclusion begun releasing political prisoners, while year but from 2001 (Ukrayinska Pravda, the current situation, the court’s decision of an Association Agreement between Ukraine still continues to seek to imprison September 17). on Ms. Tymoshenko is legal, but not final, Ukraine and the European Union, the them. Over 120 Ukrainians have suffered Nevertheless, the impression is growing since an appeals court decision lies ahead. Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Ministry said in a political repression since 2010 or are still in the West that Mr. Yanukovych is utilizing “Certainly, what it decides, and under what statement on October 11. The release imprisoned. Unsurprisingly, Belarusian Soviet-era legislation against his oppo­ law it makes that decision, will make a big noted: “Ukraine is interested in the success President Alyaksandr Lukashenka said “So nents, as EU Ambassador to Ukraine Jose difference,” the president added. of a united Europe and is ready to under­ far it [Eastern Partnership] is blabber. Let Manuel Teixeira told students at the (Ukrinform) take corresponding obligations given that them [at the EU] not feel sore about me” National University of Kyiv Mohyla the EU assumes proportionate obligations (Interfax-Ukraine, September 30). Academy (Ukrayinska Pravda, September Buzek expects verdict to be reconsidered towards Ukraine. There is no internal pro­ The Orwellian-style summit could be cess or event that could undermine this 28). KYIV – European Parliament President seen from the Ukrainian side. Mr. reciprocity since we speak of the strategic As the Economist observed, Mr. Jerzy Buzek said he hopes the sentence of Yanukovych continues to insist that the perspective of Ukraine-EU relations. The Yanukovych might espouse European rhet­ former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia executive cannot interfere in the judicial Yulia Tymoshenko case is no exception and oric, “But his behavior is distinctly post- Tymoshenko will be reconsidered in the process, a surreal claim believed by nobody should not have any negative impact on the Soviet” (The Economist, September 24). appeals process. “I deeply regret the in Ukraine or abroad. An anonymous EU conclusion of the Association Agreement, Alexander Rahr, the Moscow-leaning Ukrainian court’s decision to sentence for­ official told Kommersant-Ukraina a process Ms. Tymoshenko has publicly director of the Russia and Eurasia program mer Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko to (September 12): “They should not think at the German Council on Foreign seven years in prison,” he emphasized on (Continued on page 15) that we believe the fairy tale that says Relations, warned that, if Ms. Tymoshenko Yanukovych does not influence the courts. is charged, EU-Ukraine relations would We are not so stupid.” Nevertheless, Mr. resemble those between the EU and Yanukovych said at the summit: “I would Belarus. 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Sens. McCain and Lieberman cite White House “deeply disappointed” “alarming new low” in Ukraine by Tymoshenko’s conviction, sentencing WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. John “For that reason, it is about far more The following statement was The United States strongly supports McCain (R-Ariz.) and Joe Lieberman than the fate of one Ukrainian leader. It released by the White House, Office of the Ukrainian peoples’ goal of becom­ (I-Conn.) on October 11 reacted to the goes directly to the question of whether the Press Secretary, on October 11 in ing a democratic and prosperous verdict in the Tymoshenko trial. the Ukrainian government respects basic reaction to the verdict in the trial of European state, and remains dedicat- Their statement noted: human rights and its international com­ Yulia Tymoshenko. ed to strengthening bilateral coopera- “With the sentencing today of former mitments, and whether Ukrainian citizens The United States is deeply disap- tion based on shared values and Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko to receive equal treatment under the law. pointed with the conviction and sen- shared interests. Ukraine, however, seven years in prison, the Ukrainian gov­ “It is now more important than ever tencing of former Prime Minister of cannot reach this goal without redou- ernment under President Viktor for the United States and our European Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko through a bled efforts to protect and advance Yanukovych has reached an alarming allies to work together to make clear to politically motivated prosecution. The democracy and the rule of law for all new low in the deterioration of democra­ the Ukrainian government that the bene­ charges against Mrs. Tymoshenko and its citizens. For these reasons, the cy and rule of law. Today’s verdict was fits of Euro-Atlantic integration will not the conduct of her trial, as well as the United States urges the release of Mrs. the product of a politically motivated be available to Ukraine so long as it vio­ prosecution of other opposition lead- Tymoshenko and the other political trial that did not meet international stan­ lates the values of freedom political plu­ ers and members of the preceding leaders and former government offi­ dards, aimed at silencing a member of ralism, and the rule of law that lie at the government, have raised serious con- cials, and believes that they should the opposition. heart of the Euro-Atlantic community.” cerns about the government of have an unrestricted ability to partici­ Ukraine’s commitment to democracy pate fully in political life, including and rule of law. next year’s parliamentary elections. Verdict is “major disappointment to all friends of Ukraine,” says Lugar Helsinki Commission: Conviction of Tymoshenko WASHINGTON – The ranking member of “Today ’s verdict against former a serious setback for Ukrainian democracy the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Committee, Sen. Dick Lugar (R- Ind.), on Tymoshenko is a major disappointment to WASHINGTON – The U.S. Helsinki Ukraine’s European aspirations, which October 11 reacted to the verdict against all friends of Ukraine. It is likely to further Commission leadership on October 11 offer the best assurance of Ukraine’s former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia distance Ukraine from its stated ambition expressed dismay and alarm over the selec- future as an independent, democratic Tymoshenko by expressing disappoint- to join the community of European democ­ tive and politically motivated prosecution and flourishing state. Unfortunately, the ment and underscoring that the Euro- racies. The Euro-Atlantic community and conviction of Yulia Tymoshenko, who Tymoshenko conviction only jeopardizes Atlantic community must speak as one should speak in unity that this proceeding was sentenced to seven years in prison these efforts.” against this latest setback to democracy in has been incompatible with our values,” for executive decisions she made in 2009 According to U.S. State Department Ukraine. Sen. Lugar said. when she was prime minister. and various NGO reports, the state of “The politically motivated conviction democracy and human rights in Ukraine of Ms. Tymoshenko starkly illustrates the has deteriorated since Viktor undoing of democracy in Ukraine,” stated Yanukovych was elected president in NEWS ANALYSIS Chairman Rep. Christopher H. Smith February 2010. Worrisome trends (R-N.J.). “Right after the Orange include consolidation of power in the Revolution Ukraine was a beacon for hope presidency; weakening of checks and for other post-Soviet states; now this bea- balances; backpedaling on freedoms of Putin’s Eurasian manifesto charts con is almost extinguished. The prosecu- expression and assembly; various forms tion and verdict in the Tymoshenko case of pressure on media and civil society Russia’s return to great power status call into grave question Ukraine’s com- groups (including the recent closure of mitment to OSCE human rights, democ- three opposition television channels in by Vladimir Socor be read as balance-holder for a Europe racy and rule of law standards. Her con- Kharkiv); and seriously flawed local elec­ that Mr. Putin declines to dignify as Eurasia Daily Monitor viction bans her from office for the next tions. Endemic corruption continues “dynamic.” three years, which raises serious doubts unabated, with weak rule of law and lack Russia’s prime minister and president- Russia would go on to initiate the for­ about whether Ukraine’s 2012 elections of an independent judiciary. in-waiting, Vladimir Putin, has published mation of a free trade zone, eventually can meet OSCE standards for democratic Of immediate concern are selective a lengthy manifesto on integrating the an “economic community from the elections, and calls into serious question prosecutions of high-ranking members of “post-Soviet space” economically around Atlantic to the [Russian] Pacific,” aiming Ukraine’s suitability to assume the chair- the previous government. On October 11, Russia (“New Integration Project for to encompass the Russian-led Eurasian manship of the OSCE in 2013.” Ms. Tymoshenko received a sentence of Eurasia: The Future Is Being Born Today,” Union and the European Union. This “This is a serious blow to democracy seven years on charges of exceeding her Izvestiya, October 4). could evolve toward “even more in Ukraine,” declared Co-Chairman authority as prime minister by agreeing The publication’s immediate context is advanced forms of integration, such as Benjamin L. Cardin, (D-Md.). “The highly to a 2009 gas deal with Russia that prose- electoral, but the implementation is single industrial, technology and energy selective prosecutions of ranking mem- cutors say harmed Ukraine’s economy. already under way, and the thinking policies.” This space would be economi­ bers of the previous government, most Both the European Union and U.S. behind it is deeply rooted. The Kremlin cally coordinated but politically “poly­ notably today’s politically motivated con- (including the Helsinki Commission) have regards such integration as a resource- centric.” Mr. Putin’s construction (if viction of former Prime Minister Yulia repeatedly criticized the trial as contra- multiplier for Russia, the basis for turn- achieved) would elevate Russia to a spe­ Tymoshenko, fly in the face of Ukraine’s vening European values, in effect crimi­ ing Russia into one of the centers of cial position by the default of others, as often-asserted aspirations and efforts to nalizing a political decision, which has power in a world of continental-scale Russia alone would still operate as a integrate into the European Union. The harmed Kyiv’s efforts at closer integration blocs. fully sovereign single actor in this con- Helsinki Commission and United States with the EU, specifically Ukraine-EU free Mr. Putin’s integration project takes struction. have strongly and consistently supported trade and association agreements. the form of concentric circles of Russian Such pooling of resources would, in dominance and influence in Eurasia and turn, enable Russia to act as “one of the beyond. As the driving force in the Single poles of the contemporary world,” Economic Space from 2012 onward. according to Mr. Putin. “This partnership Russia proposes to advance from that system of the Eurasian Union with the OSCE chairperson expresses integration core to a Eurasian Economic European Union can create real pre- Union, ultimately covering most of the requisites for changing the geopolitical concern about Tymoshenko verdict post-Soviet space as an “integrated and geo-economic configuration on the region.” Such a bloc would operate from entire [Europe-Eurasia] continent, with VILNIUS – The OSCE chairperson-in­ with the highest standards to restore the “joint positions on the issues facing our clearly positive consequences on the office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister trust of the Ukrainian people and the region,” with Russia “coordinating” these global level.” Mr. Putin’s “positive global” joint positions. consequences imply a process of de- at the conviction on October 11 of former said on October 11. At the center of a Eurasian Economic aligning Europe from the United States. UkrainianAudronius Ažubalis, Prime expressed Minister concern Yulia international“Ukraine needs community,” to show Mr. the Ažubalis utmost Union, Russia would gain a status co- This message is consistent with Tymoshenko and urged full transparency transparency in the conduct of its judicial equal with that of the European Union Moscow’s appeals to Western Europeans during the appeals process. processes. While countries have a duty to (Mr. Putin speaks of European Union- (via Germany and France) to join with “I have followed this case closely and uphold the rule of law, they must do so in Eurasian Union parity status, but which Russia in an economically integrated previously urged the Ukrainian authori­ a way that avoids the selective applica­ he really means is European Union- “Greater Europe” or “Europe-Eurasia.” ties to ensure that the defendant’s rights tion of justice,” he added. Russia parity). Russia would then “func- The Kremlin was promoting this concept to a fair trial were fully respected. It is Ukraine is preparing to take over the tion as a nexus between Europe and a now vital that the appeals process be chairmanship of the Organization for dynamic Asia,” whereby “nexus” must (Continued on page 14) conducted openly and fairly and in line Security and Cooperation in Europe in 2013. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2011 No. 42

Ukrainian diaSpOra rEaCTiOn TO TyMOSHEnkO VErdiCT Ukrainian World Congress Ukrainian Congress Committee of America

On October 11, the Ukrainian World Tymoshenko for her political decisions. The Ukrainian Congress Committee of biased, not meeting international stan­ Congress released the statement below. “With the exception of Ukraine’s current America released the statement below on dards and selective in persecution of leadership, most observers, experts and October 11. opposition leaders and former govern­ The Ukrainian World Congress denounc­ leaders, including the Ukrainian World ment officials. Thus, today’s guilty ver­ es today’s decision by the Pechersky Congress, have criticized the prosecution of The Ukrainian Congress Committee of dict not only demonstrates the ongoing District Court in Kyiv convicting Ukraine’s opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko as America, the representative organization anti-democratic and authoritarian ten­ opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko fol­ politically motivated. The Ukrainian World of the over 1 million Americans of dencies of the regime, but also severely lowing a trial that did not comply with Congress will continue to monitor closely Ukrainian descent, is outraged and threatens the country’s European aspira­ international standards of fairness, trans­ as Ms. Tymoshenko’s conviction moves into strongly condemns the Pechersky tions, specifically the expected ratifica­ parency and impartiality. the appeals process, and ultimately up to Court’s sentencing of Yulia Tymoshenko. tion of an Association Agreement with Ukrainian authorities relied on archaic the European Court of Human Rights,” stat­ The October 11 guilty verdict, which the European Union. Soviet-type legislation to prosecute former ed Ukrainian World Congress president sentences the former prime minister to President Viktor Yanukovych’s use of U k r a i n i a n P r i m e M i n i s t e r Yu l i a Eugene Czolij. seven years in prison, and bans her from criminal law to serve his own political holding office for three years, displays ends must not be tolerated. The UCCA the selective and political motivations of calls upon the government of the United the current regime and leaves no doubt States to take appropriate measures to Ukrainian Canadian Congress that the court’s decision was dictated by support democracy and human rights in the government to remove one of the top Ukraine. We urge the United States gov­ The Ukrainian Canadian Congress on President Yanukovych that these types of opposition leaders from taking part in ernment to restrict visas and freeze October 11 issued the following statement. actions will lead to serious consequences upcoming elections. assets of the current anti-democratic including jeopardizing the negotiation of From the start, the UCCA, along with regime and to hold congressional hear­ The Ukrainian Canadian Congress calls a Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement. the international community, deemed ings on sanctions and future foreign on the government of Canada to formally We ask that Canada continue to play a the various court proceedings to be assistance to the government of Ukraine. and publicly express its concern and dis­ principal role in protecting human rights may as to the process and verdict in this in Ukraine, building upon the leadership case. Canada must urge Ukrainian authori­ that Prime Minister [Stephen] Harper ties to ensure a fair, transparent and impar­ initiated during his visit to Ukraine in Ukrainian National Association tial process in any appeal in the case of Ms. October 2010. Canada should do all with­ Tymoshenko and in the other trials related in its power to help Ukraine reverse its The Ukrainian National Association on allow them to run in next year’s parliamen­ to members of the former government. disturbing decline in democratic practic­ October 12 released the statement below. tary elections. Kyiv must thus demonstrate The right of appeal should not be com­ es and human rights that, if unchecked, to the world that Ukraine is not going back promised by imposing limitations on the threatens a return to authoritarianism. We find it deplorable that the authoritar­ to the days of the Soviet Union but is mov­ defendants’ ability to stand in future elec­ A timely and forceful public statement ian regime of President Viktor Yanukovych ing in the direction of integration with tions in Ukraine, including the parliamen­ expressing Canada’s unequivocal disap­ uses the legal system to selectively prose­ Europe politically and economically. tary elections scheduled for next year. proval to President Yanukovych and his cute and jail opposition political leaders. On behalf of the Executive Committee Canada must send a clear message to government is essential. We urge Ukraine to release former and 35,000 UNA members, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, and all Stefan Kaczaraj other unjustly jailed political leaders, and President Ukrainian American Bar Association

Following is the statement issued on NAK Naftohaz to conclude an agreement Canada Ukraine Foundation October 11 by the Ukrainian American Bar with Russia for the supply of natural gas, Association. an agreement which now is claimed to be The following statement was received nating a key leader of the political opposi­ The Ukrainian American Bar financially disadvantageous for Ukraine. from the Canada Ukraine Foundation on tion to the current government in power Association (UABA) since its inception The agreement was executed openly and October 11. on spurious charges. has consistently advanced the rule of law, publicly debated at the time, and no fraud The trial process demonstrated a clear and condemned its infringements with­ or collusion was ever alleged even during The Canada Ukraine Foundation lack of fairness and transparency, as noted out regard to who has abridged the prin­ the Tymoshenko trial. The former prime expresses its unequivocal disappointment and witnessed by the Helsinki Monitoring ciple or where. As such, the UABA strenu­ minister’s actions, therefore, constituted a and strongest protest to the Ukrainian gov­ Group and others, including personally the ously condemns the sentencing of Yulia political act involving another sovereign ernment against the conviction and sen­ chair of CUF. The defense was continuous- Tymoshenko to seven years in prison by state. If the former prime minister tencing to seven years’ imprisonment on ly hampered in its abilities to prepare the Ukrainian court on October 11, 2011. exceeded her authority, the Ukrainian October 11 of Yulia Tymoshenko, former properly, to present key evidence and to The prosecution alleged the former judicial system or Verkhovna Rada of prime minister of Ukraine. We believe that raise valid objections to the conduct of the prime minister had abused her authority the prosecution and conviction were a trial. This has also been clearly confirmed in causing the state-run energy company (Continued on page 17) gross miscarriage of justice aimed at elimi- by numerous legal and judicial observers from many European and other Western countries who have attended the proceed­ ings. The Ukrainian Weekly Press Fund: September This miscarriage of justice is true not Amount Name City $15.00 Roman Drozd Broadview Hts, OH only with respect to this specific prosecu­ $100.00 Yaroslaw and Karen Morristown, NJ Ihor Mirchuk Willow Grove, PA tion, but also to those of some 50 other Ann Chelak $10.00 Valery Bardash Pittston, ME members of the former Tymoshenko gov­ Roman Osadca Newton, NJ Askold Haywas Oceanside, CA ernment. Despite numerous statements by $50.00 Boris Lushniak Rockville, MD Ksenia R. and Volodya Warren, MI President Yanukovych and his government John Riszko Orchard Park, NY Horobchenko that they are committed to ensuring Jerema Wolosenko Brookline, MA Andrew Kazewych Williamston, MI Ukraine’s adherence to European and U.N. $45.00 Halyna Polatajko-Kozub Bethel Park, PA Joseph Liszczynskyj Utica, NY standards of justice and human rights, $40.00 Walter Motyka North Port, FL Lida Pakula Dearborn, MI these events and this mock trial indicate $30.00 Taras Kolomeychuk Neebing, ON $5.00 Henry Bolosky Kingston, PA otherwise. $25.00 Sophie and Stephen Pawleys Island, SC Tymish Hankewycz Dobbs Ferry, NY We strongly suppport the position taken Chmil Erin Niedzwiecki Jamesburg, NJ by the U.S. in a press statement made today, Bohdan and Maria Howell, NJ Andrij Pryshlak West Seneca, NY and we urge the Ukrainian government to Harhaj take immediate steps to rectify this egre­ Mark Mycio Old Bethpage, NY TOTAL: $775.00 gious wrong. We would also encourage the George P. and Maria Annandale, NJ Canadian government and the European Walchuk Sincere thanks to all contributors to The Ukrainian Union to convey their displeasure to the $20.00 Tom and Xenia Boone Indian Head, MD Weekly Press Fund. Ukrainian government and to make it clear Michael Makar Shoreham, NY that Ukraine’s future integration into the Yaroslaw Paslawsky North Brunswick, NJ The Ukrainian Weekly Press Fund is the only fund European and global community of free Christina Saldana Hackettstown, NJ dedicated exclusively to supporting the work of this nations is incompatible and will therefore Anna Tiutiunnyk Henderson, NV publication. not occur with its conduct as demonstrated in this trial and this conviction. No. 42 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2011 5

Dozia Krislaty, president of UNWLA Branch 8.

The ribbon-cutting by UNWLA Branch 8, which was responsible for raising funds for the statue’s restoration: (from left) Marta Hrushkewycz, Marianna Zayac, Maria Kvit-Flynn, Prof. Maria Hovanec, Dr. Maria Strus, Dozia Krislaty (president of The blessing of the statue by Bishop John Bura and area clergy. Branch 8), Luba Lys and Ivanna Leshniowsky. Restored Lesia Ukrainka monument rededicated in Cleveland Cultural Gardens

by Marusia Kvit-Flynn allocate park land devoted to the cultural of Ohio, spoke about the Ukrainian Identity. icons of all its nationality groups. Bishop John Bura, from the Ukrainian CLEVELAND – This city’s Ukrainian com­ The Work Projects Administration Catholic eparchy of St. Josaphat, together munity came together on Sunday, August (WPA) built much of the existing historical with priests from parishes in the eparchy, 28, to honor Ukraine’s beloved poetess, landscape and the federal government con­ presided over the blessing of the newly Lesia Ukrainka, at the Cleveland Cultural tributed heavily to the construction of both restored Lesia Ukrainka statue. The ribbon- Gardens, where her regal bronze statue the Cultural Gardens and Rockefeller Park. cutting ceremony was led by the members stood magnificently glowing in the sun. Over 60 commemorative sculptural pieces of UNWLA Branch 8 during which The 15-foot-tall statue is the work of were originally placed in the Gardens. Of Ukrainka’s poem, “Rondo,” was recited by renowned sculptor Mychajlo Cheresniovsky, these, the more famous include the monu­ Christina Skabyk. That poem is also and this year marked the 50th anniversary mental bronze of Goethe and Schiller and inscribed on the base of the statue. since its original dedication at the gardens. the statues of Volodymyr the Great, Ivan Marianna Zajac, president of the The monument was in dire need of res­ Franko and Taras Shevchenko by interna­ UNWLA, spoke about the origins of the stat­ toration and Branch 8 of the Ukrainian tionally renowned Ukrainian cubist sculp­ ue of Lesia Ukrainka, and a presentation on National Women’s League of America tor Alexander Archipenko. Ukrainka’s significance in Ukrainian litera­ under the leadership of its president, Dozia The Ukrainian Garden became part of ture was given by history professor Mary Krislaty, took on the task of raising funds the Cultural Gardens on June 1, 1940, and Hovanec, a member of UNWLA Branch 8. for the purpose of restoring the Lesia was developed principally by the United Finally, Ukrainka’s famed poem, “Contra Ukrainka monument to its former glory. Ukrainian Organizations of Cleveland with Spem Spero,” was recited by Ms. Skabyk. On May 7 the Cleveland UNWLA branch the aid of federal and city grants. In 1961 In closing remarks, Rep. Dennis Kucinich held a fund-raising banquet attended by the Ukrainian National Women’s League of (D-Ohio), himself a Clevelander, praised the U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) 300 supporters that featured a cultural America (UNWLA) commissioned sculptor Ukrainian community for its contribution addresses the gathering. evening with performances by famed ban­ Mychajlo Cheresniovky to sculpt the to Cleveland’s rich history. He also said that durist Julian Kytasty and Metropolitan famous poet and writer Lesia Ukrainka to Ukrainka’s statue bears strong resemblance Opera singer Stefan Szkafarowsky. be added to the Gardens. Her statue stands to the Statue of Freedom, also a female, who The Cleveland Cultural Gardens are in at the very center of the Garden. stands atop our nation’s Capital. Rockefeller Park in Cleveland, on a 254­ The restored statue of Lesia Ukrainka After the rededication ceremony, acre ravine in a park-like setting. In cele­ was rededicated on Sunday, August 28, Cleveland’s Ukrainian Kashtan dancers bration of Cleveland’s first centennial, John during the 64th annual One World Day performed, followed by the Zorya women’s D. Rockefeller in 1896 donated the land for Celebration at the Cleveland Cultural song ensemble. The Murphy Irish dancers the park to the city. Gardens. One World Day is organized by also made a guest appearance. The Cultural Gardens were the brain­ the Cleveland Cultural Gardens Federation Frank Jackson, mayor of Cleveland, child of Leo Weidental, a journalist and and each year a different garden is picked kicked off the One World Day celebration Shakespeare enthusiast who conceived the as the site of the celebration. This year the by initiating the traditional Parade of Flags idea during the commemoration of Ukrainian Garden was chosen to coincide in which all nationalities participated. U.S. Cleveland’s Shakespeare Garden in 1916. with the rededication ceremony. District Judge Christopher A. Boyko presid­ However, Weidentahl soon realized that the The master of ceremonies for the event ed over the naturalization ceremony in garden did not present the entire picture of was Dick Russ, anchor for Chanel 3 WKYC­ which 20 immigrants from various coun­ the varied cultural background of TV. The people were welcomed by Paul tries were sworn in as new citizens of the Cleveland’s citizentry. He advocated Burik, president of the Cleveland Cultural United States. The celebration ended with expanding the gardens, and in 1927 he suc­ Gardens Federation. Ihor Diaczun, presi­ the singing of the American anthem and cessfully promoted the notion that the city dent of the United Ukrainian Organizations “America, the Beautiful.” Mayor Frank Jackson of Cleveland. 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2011 No. 42

NEWS AND VIEWS The Ukrainian Weekly Sentencing Yulia The Tymoshenko verdict: Hardly anyone in the West, it seems, believes the case against former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, a leader of the opposition in Ukraine, was justified or Yanukovych’s Rubicon fair. And few believe the case wasn’t politically motivated, an example of selectively by Askold S. Lozynskyj possible avenues by engaging the regime in a applied “justice.” Thus, the guilty verdict rendered by the Pechersky District Court dialogue while criticizing its activities. Others on October 11 came as no surprise. And the sentence – seven years in prison, along The conviction and sentencing of Yulia have been more critical, organizing demon- with a prohibition against holding public office and payment of $190 million in Tymoshenko represents Viktor strations, yet continuing to engage represen­ damages – was to be expected in a country where President Viktor Yanukovych and Yanukovych’s Rubicon. Despite both strong tatives of the regime in worthwhile pro- his cronies call all the shots. admonishment and gentle prodding from Ukrainian exercises, jointly sponsoring We should note that Mr. Yanukovych had disingenuously stated on several occa­ the international community, President Independence Day activities, inviting repre- sions that he cannot meddle in Ukraine’s courts. Of course, scarcely anyone believed Yanukovych arrogantly flaunted his power sentatives to meaningful events. Still others that either, as the Tymoshenko case, from start to finish, appears to have been and did the wrong thing. have taken the position of a total boycott of directed by the authoritarian Yanukovych regime. The judge who rendered the verdict and this criminal regime. Because the diaspora is As David Kramer, president of Freedom House, put it: “This verdict is the culmi­ passed sentence was merely an agent, and pluralistic, all approaches are considered nation of a brazen political persecution that lacked any credibility in the eyes of the primitive at that. There was no “prima facie” acceptable and more or less effective. But international community.” criminality on Ms. Tymoshenko’s part. The Coming after months of warnings from the European Union and other Western now, engagement seems futile. criminal complaint itself was defective in that Full pressure on President Yanukovych institutions, the verdict handed down in this high-profile case threatens both the regard, so the judge took it upon himself to Association Agreement and the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement seems to me the most effective option, since prove abuse of power by then Prime Minister that is the only language a thug understands. that Ukraine was expected to finalize with the European Union. Our September 25 Tymoshenko which resulted in financial dam- editorial, “Yanukovych gets the message (maybe),” noted that Mr. Yanukovych had This approach has to include addressing all age to the Ukrainian state from the 2009 gas aspects of the political spectrum, including gotten an earful of disapproving messages from world leaders concerned about the accord between Ukraine and Russia. course his administration had embarked upon, including the highly questionable but not limited to withholding ratification of The financial facts belie the verdict. The association with the European Union, recon- prosecution of Ms. Tymoshenko. Apparently he did not get the message. true the price of gas increased, but the quota Vitali Klitschko, the leader of the UDAR (Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for sidering Ukraine’s chairmanship of the decreased dramatically and the corrupt mid- Organization for Security and Cooperation in Reform) party, who is currently on a visit to the U.S., stated: “The Tymoshenko ver­ dleman was cut off. Ukraine lessened its dict is nothing less than political hari-kari by Ukrainian authorities. … it demon­ Europe (OSCE) in 2013 and so on. dependency on Russian gas, substantially Additionally, Mr. Yanukovych’s represen­ strates that the Ukrainian authorities decided not to pay attention to the voice of the lowering the mandatory purchase quota and opposition and the statements of international institutions.” He added, tatives have to be compelled to take sides. thus decreased its gas expense. This financial “International isolation of Ukraine can become a reality.” Government personnel and even diplomats benefit was reported by Ernst & Young. The The EU’s foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, said the EU is “deeply disappoint­ need to search their consciences. Honorary judge ignored the expert conclusion and dis- ed with the verdict,” noting, “The way the Ukrainian authorities will generally consuls of Ukraine should be the first to ingenuously attributed the lesser expenses respect universal values and rule of law, and specifically how they will handle these condemn the Tymoshenko verdict. to energy conservation. cases, risks having profound implications for the EU-Ukraine bilateral relationship, Ministers, legislators, ambassadors, consuls In any event, the facts of the criminal case including for the conclusion of the Association Agreement, our political dialogue general, consuls, and first, second and third and our cooperation more broadly.” were irrelevant to the verdict. This was a secretaries should do likewise. Otherwise To be sure, President Yanukovych’s words after the verdict provided some reason political exercise by Mr. Yanukovych to rid they should be shunned. for hope. He noted that he supports changes to the Soviet-era Criminal Code under himself of political opposition. But now that Pressure should not be limited to with- which Ms. Tymoshenko was sentenced and underscored that the case was not yet Mr. Yanukovych has revealed his hand entire- holding contact with the Ukrainian diaspora over as the verdict will be appealed. “Certainly, what it [the appeals court] decides, ly there should be consequences. After refus- community. Non-Ukrainian political leaders and under what law it makes that decision, will make a big difference,” he explained. ing to heed the international community, Mr. from both executive and legislative branches, But then came this news on October 13: The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) is Yanukovych must be deemed a pariah. business leaders and investors should be investigating Ms. Tymoshenko regarding accusations that she attempted to embez­ The Ukrainian diaspora can and should urged to shun those who stand in support of zle $405.5 million in government funds when she tried to transfer the debts of play a prominent role in this regard, utilizing Mr. Yanukovych or are deemed to be doing United Energy Systems of Ukraine (UESU), which she headed in the 1990s, to the many and varied approaches. Anti- so by their silence. Naturally, principles will state budget. The opposition leader’s top aide Oleksander Turchynov said the new Yanukovych demonstrations, and letters to often give way to opportunism. Nevertheless, charges are “absurd” and told the Associated Press that the latest case was aimed international institutions as well as govern- the effort must continue. only at ensuring that Ms. Tymoshenko was locked away in prison and unable to ments have been going on for some time. It is important to note that, in anticipation oppose the current regime in upcoming elections. Some diaspora members are exhausting all of the verdict, Mr. Yanukovych and his agents The Tymoshenko case – and other politically convenient cases against the oppo­ have performed a great deal of preparatory sition in Ukraine – is yet another step backwards for Ukraine and a grave setback to Askold S. Lozynskyj is an attorney based work. The local elections of last year in its democratic development. It brings Ukraine closer to the status of Belarus, whose in New York City. He is a former president of Ukraine enabled him to form a network of president (often called “Europe’s last dictator”) tolerates no opposition, a country the Ukrainian World Congress and Ukrainian against which international sanctions have been instituted. Is this the status the Congress Commettee of America. (Continued on page 14) Yanukovych administration seeks? There is no doubt in our minds that the response to the Yanukovych regime’s actions must carry serious consequences. new criminal probe against Tymoshenko Interfax-Ukraine in 1995. In 1996, she was elected to the Verkhovna Rada. Oct. Turning the pages back... KYIV – Ukraine’s ex-prime minister Yulia It was reported that on June 15, parlia- Tymoshenko is facing new criminal charg­ mentary Provisional Investigative es of trying to transfer debts of United Commission Chair Inna Bohoslovska (Party One year ago, on October 24, 2010, the European Union ratch­ Energy Systems, which she headed in the of Regions) said that ex-Prime Minister 24 eted up the pressure on Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych 1990s, to the Ukrainian budget. Tymoshenko was dependent on Russia in 2010 to reverse what appeared to be an intensifying crackdown “The Main Investigative Directorate of the signing the gas contracts in 2009, because against independent media and opposition ahead of local elec­ Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has “Tymoshenko’s private companies, which tions scheduled for October 31. launched a criminal case against Ukrainian were owned by her and her family, still Commissioner Stefan Fuele – standing in for the EU’s high citizens Tymoshenko and [Pavlo] have outstanding debts to the Russian representative for foreign policy, Catherine Ashton – delivered a blunt warning in a speech Lazarenko. In particular, Ms. Tymoshenko is Defense Ministry of over $405 million.” before the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, on October 20. According to the accused of conspiring, while being the presi- The Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers con- commissioner, the EU was “concerned” with the recent deterioration of fundamental free­ dent and actual owner of the United Energy firmed that a letter was registered from the doms in Ukraine while reminding the Ukrainian government that these values “cannot be Systems of Ukraine, with former Prime Russian Defense Ministry, asking that the compromised.” “The pace and depth of our rapprochement with Ukraine will be deter­ Minister Lazarenko to misuse Ukrainian debt of United Energy Systems of Ukraine mined by full respect for these values,” he added. public funds in massive quantities by laying be repaid. This information was later con­ Mr. Fuele balanced these concerns with praise for the economic progress made by Kyiv, $405.5 million in liabilities of the UESU pri- firmed also by Deputy Procurator General such as the adoption of a new public procurement law, gas-sector reforms and a standby- vate corporation on the Ukrainian Cabinet Renat Kuzmin, who said that Ms. loan agreement with the International Monetary Fund. of Ministers,” the head of the Main Following the commissioner’s remarks, several EU foreign policy specialists added their Tymoshenko owes more than $405 million Investigative Directorate, Ivan Derevianko, own perspectives. Representing the European People’s Party (EPP), the largest faction in the to Russian companies and the Russian said at a briefing in Kyiv on October 13. European Parliament, Michael Gahler, a German Christian Democrat, blasted Kyiv’s recent Defense Ministry. Ms. Tymoshenko was charged with record, citing clampdowns on the Ukrainian media by the country’s secret service, as well as On October 12, Ukrainian Prime Minister attempted misappropriation of public attempts to silence the opposition before the upcoming local elections. “Such developments Mykola Azarov said the Cabinet is currently assets in massive quantities. A preliminary must not be crowded out by positive news regarding the economy. …The pursuit of econom­ awaiting conclusions from lawyers and law investigation in the criminal case is still ic prosperity through authoritarian rule is a Chinese – not European – [approach].” enforcement authorities regarding the under way. recovery of the UESU debt from Ukraine in (Continued on page 10) Ms. Tymoshenko became head of UESU favor of the Russian Defense Ministry. No. 42 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2011 7 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR PERSPECTIVES In the last century, the Communists Not the Ukraine and the Nazis tried to do just that – they wanted to impose their ideology on by Andrew Fedynsky we’d hoped for other nations by brutal force and then spread it throughout the world. It took Dear Editor: World War II to stop the Nazis. Even though we won that war, we did not As most in the diaspora, I worked for eradicate these ideologies. Although we 1920’s Renaissance Ukraine Ukraine’s independence. In my youth I have succeeded in keeping America safe Recently, my wife and I saw Woody classics by Shakespeare, Hugo and Schiller, belonged to the Ukrainian American for the past 10 years, thanks to the hard Allen’s “Midnight in Paris” about a new dramas by George Kaiser and Upton Youth Association, Plast and ODUM, work of many, the menace will always be Hollywood screenwriter visiting Paris with Sinclair, and crowd-pleasers by Gilbert & recited poetry and sang on stages at there. his vapid fiancée and her wealthy, conserva­ Sullivan. Lysenko and Shevchenko concerts. I later Mr. Bihun laments the innocent citi­ tive parents. With doubts about his career Painter Mykhailo Boichuk, a pre-war resi­ danced with Vasile Avramenko at the old zens in Iraq and Afghanistan who were and pending marriage, the hero is magically dent of Paris during the birth of modern art, Metropolitan Opera House and Carnegie killed by our forces. Let us lament the transported to 1920s Paris, an era he idoliz­ inspired a school of artists who created in a Hall, played soccer for the Ukrainian millions of innocents who were killed es for its vibrancy and creativity. And, sure style known as Boichukism, blending the Sports Club and marched with protesters last century by the Soviets and the Nazis enough, the hero meets cultural icons Ernest new “modern” style with traditional on Fifth Avenue and before the United – calculated executions, not “collateral Hemingway, Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, Cole Ukrainian forms. Nations demanding freedom for Ukraine. damage.” Our military goes to great Porter, Pablo Picasso, James Joyce and oth­ Self-consciously innovative, Ukrainians I sang with most Ukrainian church lengths to avoid these losses, sometimes ers. also adopted the new media that were just and secular choirs in New York, helped coming into existence. The Radio- at a great cost to their safety. This month Watching the movie, I imagined build several churches, including St. Telegraphic Agency of Ukraine had direct Marine Cpl. Dakota Meyer received a Ukrainian artists Alexis Gritchenko, Severyn Andrew’s in Bound Brook. I promoted Borachok, Mykola Krychevsky, Alexander contact with world capitals, its listeners Medal of Honor for saving the lives of Ukraine in schools, the military (U.S. Archipenko, etc., partying in the background. receiving information in their own language many American and Afghan soldiers. Marine Corps) and the business world. The Roaring Twenties – “the Jazz Age” – from correspondents who often “scooped” They were ambushed by 60 jihadists For 15 years, I helped organize and par­ was a release from the discipline and auster­ Moscow. when they answered a request to help ticipated in Ukrainian festivals in Dallas ity of the Great War of 1914-1918, when In the movies, Olexander Dovzhenko and villagers repair a mosque. Women and and San Antonio, Texas. societies mobilized for total conflict: 70 mil­ his co-workers transformed the new art children were supplying the jihadists My wife and I have been writing on lion men were conscripted into the military, form, inventing camera and editing tech­ with ammunition. Ukrainian themes for over 10 years and while hundreds of millions worked to sup­ niques that earned him the reputation as “Deliberate” massacres and torture of recently published a novel on Ukrainian ply them with food, clothing and munitions. “the first poet of the cinema.” regular citizens were and are common immigrants in America. Now, in my 70s, By war’s end, nearly 10 million had been Traditional art forms also burgeoned. among repressive, dictatorial regimes as I’m deeply saddened and disappointed killed: one in seven. A comparable number Composers like Borys Liatoshynsky offered well as the Taliban. Because of the rules by the direction in which President of women were left without life partners. new symphonic works, and there were of engagement under this administra­ Viktor Yanukovych’s administration is In the wake of the war, revolutions broke orchestras to perform them. Bandura, tion, America can very likely lose this leading the country. It is not the Ukraine out throughout Europe, toppling four dance, choir and other artistic ensembles war and attacks will resume on our soil. we in the diaspora spent our lives pro­ empires and bringing a dozen new coun­ were formed on a national level and in every There is no doubt that the terrorists will moting and building. tries into existence. With peace, there also city and town. force their ideology on us and many came the urge to apply new technologies, to As for literature, 1920s authors and poets Eugene Melnitchenko more innocent Americans will perish experiment, to let loose. 1920s Ukraine was truly found their voice, led by writer Mykola Owings, Md. than the thousands on 9/11. part of that phenomenon. Khvyliovy. He gave the movement direction. As far as the gratuitous comparison In 1914, Ukraine as a country did not Pointing out that Ukraine had been stifled of our foreign policies to the American exist; Ukrainians were subjects of either the by centuries of Russian oppression – an medical system by stating that we only Kaiser in Vienna or the tsar. In August of that obvious insight, but revolutionary and dan­ Re: Reflections treat disease once the tragedy has year, millions were mobilized in a matter of gerous in 1925 – he crafted a national-cul­ occurred, I would like to alert Mr. Bihun days and were fighting less than a month ture policy summarized by three slogans: on 9/11 anniversary that preventive medicine is practiced later. My father told us about a cousin, “Away from Moscow,” “Face Toward Europe” here very successfully, e.g., mammo­ famous in the family for waking his bride the and “Bring on the Proletariat.” By that he Dear Editor, grams, pap smears, colonoscopies, etc. morning after their wedding by strewing meant “Ukrainianize” the urban masses. As Yaro Bihun reflected on the “Why?” – all covered by insurance. Not widely her with flowers. He died in the first days of Thousands of artists followed his direction; of the September 11 attacks (September commented on is the amazing progress combat, killed perhaps by a fellow Ukrainian millions more were consumers. 18), simultaneously inferred that unjust of American dentistry – fluoridation wearing the uniform of the tsar’s army. For most of the world, the 1920s ended has almost eradicated dental decay and with the Great Depression; in Ukraine it was American foreign policies were the Many asked: Why are our young people periodontal care has made dentures a mass executions, suicide or a lonely death in cause. shooting at each other for no good reason? rarity. The answer, of course, was the absence of an Siberia. Kurbas, Boichuk and thousands of Actually, the reason we were attacked I think the victims, the responders, the independent Ukraine. their colleagues from the creative and intel­ is quite simple. The radical Islamists are military, the intelligence community and Once the war and the three-year struggle lectual class were arrested, nearly all of quite open about it. They do not care that everyone that was affected by the for political control that followed was finally them shot or worked to death in the gulag. we sent military aid for the Muslim world September 11 attack deserved a more over in 1921, Ukrainians ended up with a Creativity was their crime. Ever since then, to Kuwait, Sudan and Kosovo. Their main patriotic and accurate reflection. nominal state of their own: the Ukrainian the phrase “Ukrainian Renaissance” has goal is to rid the world of Christians and Soviet Socialist republic with its capital in been modified by the word “executed.” As Jews and impose their ideology as well as Lydia Kossak Kernitsky, D.M.D. Kharkiv. The “country” had no army, curren­ for the Famine-Genocide (Holodomor), that their system of justice on us. Colts Neck, N.J. cy or sovereignty, but Ukrainians took their destroyed Ukraine’s rural sector, altering its status as a Soviet Republic seriously. The demographics and natural expression, set­ Ministry of Education launched an aggres­ ting the nation back for generations. The next three months of the Polish sive “Ukrainianization” policy to undo centu­ Today, a lot of energy is devoted to study­ Eastern Partnership... presidency of the European Council will ries of illiteracy, cultural suppression and ing and deploring the crimes of the 1930s – prove critical. The EU may continue to opti­ understandably so. Yet given that, shouldn’t (Continued from page 2) Russification. It was a time of prosperity, mistically insist that negotiations will be made possible by Lenin’s New Economic we also be celebrating the 1920s, arguably NGO, raised concerns that Mr. Boiko had completed for the Association Agreement, Policy (NEP), otherwise known as capital­ the most creative decade ever for Ukrainian returned as minister of energy and coal in of which the Deep Comprehensive Free ism. Freed from the constraints and ruthless culture? That’s what the young people at Smoloskyp in Kyiv think. And so, in the government of Prime Minister Mykola Trade Agreement is a component, while requisitions of “war communism,” indepen­ September, the publishing house held a Azarov (http://www.globalwitness.org/ demanding the rehabilitation of political dent farmers (later slandered as “kurkuls”) prisoners. Kyiv will continue to demand an symposium with the usual lectures and library/global-witness-concerned-choice­ produced bumper crops of grain that were EU membership “signal,” while being shipped to markets in Liverpool, Bordeaux seminars, but in a stark departure from the new-ukraine-energy-minister). unsure how to extract itself from a train and beyond. A burgeoning middle class traditional, they ended the evening with a The stumbling block for the Yanukovych wreck of its own making. added value to this bounty, raising the over­ party. People were encouraged to dress in administration remains the EU demand In reality, neither side understands the all standard of living and forming the basis the style of the ‘20s: artist, NEP-man, prole­ (also made to Belarus) that individuals political culture of the other. Yet, the issue for a cultural “Renaissance.” tarian, farmer, party activist or what have- convicted of political crimes must be per­ is simple, as the well-known Serhiy Ukraine’s urban centers in the ‘20s were you. mitted to fully participate in elections after Leshchenko pointed out: “The main prob­ vibrant. The cultural life in Kyiv, Kharkiv, The young folks at Smoloskyp see the they are released. Arseniy Yatsenyuk has lem that is holding back the Association Odesa was as thrilling as that of Paris, New 1920s Ukrainian Renaissance as a grand called on the opposition to boycott the Agreement is the Tymoshenko affair” York and Berlin. Les Kurbas’s Berezil period and aim to use it as a model for 21st 2012 elections if Ms. Tymoshenko and (Ukrayinska Pravda, October 2). Theater Group, for example, employed hun­ century Ukraine. Great idea! How about a other opposition leaders are not permitted dreds of actors, directors, writers, transla­ movie titled “Midnight in Kharkiv?” Just an to participate. But, the Party of Regions and The article above is reprinted from tors, set designers, stage hands, teachers, idea… Mr. Yanukovych fear the participation of Eurasia Daily Monitor with permission from etc. who offered not only a rich repertory of Ms. Tymoshenko in the elections (UNIAN, its publisher, the Jamestown Foundation, original plays about Ukraine’s culture and Andrew Fedynsky’s e-mail address is October 1). www.jamestown.org. politics, but also Ukrainian productions of [email protected]. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2011 No. 42

Tymoshenko found guilty... (Continued from page 1) recommended: seven years in jail, a three- year ban on holding public office, and pay­ ment of $190 million in damages to the state-run Naftohaz Ukrainy and to cover court expenses. The judge also ordered her to perform three years of public service work in prison. “The year 1937 has returned to Ukraine with this verdict and all the repression of citizens,” she said referring to the Great Purge under Joseph Stalin. She then shouted out in defiance before being removed by police: “As for me, be sure that I will not stop my fight even for a minute. I will always be with you as long as it is necessary.” The verdict means Ms. Tymoshenko will be kept from running for public office dur­ Volodymyr Musyak ing next year’s parliamentary election and A police wagon with Yulia Tymoshenko inside leaves the courthouse after she was convicted and sentenced to seven years in prison. the 2015 presidential election. It also envenomed Ukraine’s relations High-level European officials have called “The EU is deeply disappointed with the “The way the Ukrainian authorities will with the EU, namely prospects for the Deep for Ukraine to demonstrate consistent verdict of the Pechersky District Court in generally respect universal values and rule and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement respect for the rule of law and adherence to Ukraine in the case of Ms. Yulia of law, and specifically how they will han­ as part of a larger treaty both sides have democratic principles as a prerequisite for Tymoshenko, ” said the EU’s foreign policy dle these cases, risks having profound been aggressively hammering out. closer integration with the 27-nation bloc. chief, Catherine Ashton, in a statement. implication for the EU-Ukraine bilateral relationship, including for the conclusion of the Association Agreement, our political dialogue and our cooperation more broad­ ly,” she stated. Ukraine’s Foreign Affairs Ministry reiter­ ® ated the country’s intent to continue inte­ grating with Europe and its readiness to undertake “corresponding obligations” in the process. “We also underscore that there can be no Are internal process or event that can undermine this reciprocity… the Yulia Tymoshenko case is no exception and should not have any neg­ ative impact on the conclusion of the Association Agreement,” the Foreign Affairs BANK Ministry said in a statement. The Danish Helsinki Committee for Human Rights, which had been closely monitoring the Tymoshenko trial, said the case wasn’t the outcome of a functioning FEES rule of law system respecting basic human rights and principles. In its October 10 report on the trial, the group said it was unlikely that the judge in doing this the case was selected randomly, it cited the absence of the presumption of innocence and noted that the judiciary doesn’t func­ tion impartially. It furthermore questioned the “abuse of power” charge under which to you? Ms. Tymoshenko was found guilty, citing its origin in the old Soviet Penal Code “where having an office and the authority of power had a completely different meaning from today.” The report also observed that Ms. Tymoshenko’s defense team didn’t “have fair working conditions as required by the European Convention on Human Rights” of which Ukraine is a signatory. Other international organizations, includ­ ing Freedom House, Amnesty International and the U.S. Helsinki Commission quickly denounced the verdict. Dare to Compare! “This verdict is the culmination of a bra­ zen political persecution that lacked any credibility in the eyes of the international Fee-free Checking with fee-free Debit! community,” said David Kramer, president of Freedom House. And the U.S. government was as quick to urge Ms. Tymoshenko’s immediate release from prison. “The charges against Mrs. Tymoshenko and the conduct of her trial, as well as the prosecution of other opposition leaders and members of the preceding govern­ ment, have raised serious concerns about the government of Ukraine’s commitment

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Volodymyr Musyak Police clash with supporters of Yulia Tymoshenko during the October 11 protests at Police run down Kyiv’s main boulevard, the Khreschatyk, to contain protests that erupt- the Pechersky District Court, where the former prime minister was sentenced. ed after former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko was sentenced to seven years in prison.

foes since 2004 when Ms. Tymoshenko Russia called the verdict unfair but reaf­ international rules, international stan­ Tymoshenko found guilty... used her gift for public speaking as a leader firmed that the outcome of the trial won’t dards,” he added. of the 2004 Orange Revolution to thwart have any bearing on lowering the price that Meanwhile, Ms. Tymoshenko’s legal (Continued from page 8) his first bid for the presidency. Ukraine pays it for gas. team is preparing to appeal the verdict. had nothing to do with it, lamented the She went on to hold the post of prime “Seven years is a special kind of figure. According to law, they have 15 days to nation’s archaic criminal and justice system. minister twice under former President In itself a good figure. Though, to be honest, appeal through the Pechersky District Court. “It is certainly a regretful case, which Viktor Yushchenko, who gave evidence I can’t quite understand why she got those After receiving the appeal, Judge Kireyev will today is thwarting Ukraine’s European against her at her trial. seven years,” Russian Prime Minister submit the materials to prosecutors for a integration. It raises concerns in the The 2010 presidential election runoff Vladimir Putin said on October 11 while on response, after which he’ll have seven days European Union and I want to say we are between Mr. Yanukovych and Ms. Tymoshenko a state visit to China. to deliver the case to the appeals court, well aware of why this is so,” President was a particularly bitter affair, and she He said the 2009 Russian-Ukrainian nat­ which will announce a court date. Yanukovych told journalists on October 12. refused to recognize his victory for weeks. ural gas agreements – which Ukraine has Many political experts have posited that Ms. Tymoshenko’s supporters say She finally stepped down as prime minis­ been desperately trying to renegotiate – President Yanukovych could find a way out of President Yanukovych wants to sideline ter, but has continued to heap scorn on were absolutely legal. “The main point is the controversy surrounding Ms. Tymoshenko’s her before next year’s parliamentary elec­ President Yanukovych’s leadership and on that those commercial contracts fully con­ case by having a quick appeals court ruling tion. She and Mr. Yanukovych have been the wealthy industrialists who support him. form to Russian and Ukrainian laws and to that would absolve her of any guilt.

Opposition politician Arseniy Yatsenyuk attends the protests on October 11 at the A supporter of Yulia Tymoshenko raises the three-finger tryzub sign during the pro- courthouse where former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko was sentenced to prison. tests at the Pechersky District Court.

Police trample a tent on October 11 near the courthouse where former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko was sentenced. Police clash with supporters of Yulia Tymoshenko near Pechersky District Court. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2011 No. 42

Tymoshenko conviction puts Ukraine at crossroads with Russia, Europe by James Brooke put in jeopardy if the case went forward, saying the EU has expanded too far, too of violating. Violators would no longer and [it] ended in a sentence for Yulia fast, the trial of Ms. Tymoshenko is now a serve time in jail and would no longer be Voice of America Tymoshenko,” said Yevgeny Kiselyov, who lightning rod for opponents of further barred from running for political office. MOSCOW – Protesters jostled with runs a political talk show in Kyiv. eastward expansion. Shortly after the verdict was announced riot police on the main street of Ukraine’s Sweden’s Prime Minister Carl Bildt At the same time, Russia is offering President Yanukovych unexpectedly broke capital as news came that Yulia warned recently, as the trial ground through membership in a Kremlin-dominated his long silence on the Tymoshenko case. Tymoshenko had been sentenced to pris­ its third month, that “political show trials Customs Union and deep discounts on gas Talking to journalists on October 11, he on and to repay $190 million lost in a gas have no place in our Europe.” On October prices, with no lectures on democracy. lamented that it was “a regrettable case, deal with Russia. 11, after the court decision, Catherine With President Yanukovych scheduled which today is thwarting Ukraine’s But Ms. Tymoshenko, with her trade­ Ashton, the EU’s top foreign affairs official, to meet with EU officials in Brussels in 10 European integration.” mark blond peasant braid, also has sup­ said from Brussels that the EU is “deeply days, analysts say fast political footwork He went on to stress that his govern­ porters in Brussels, the seat of the European disappointed” with the verdict. will be needed to preserve Ukraine’s ment is working to update Ukraine’s Union. Last week, with Ms. Tymoshenko The verdict comes as Ukraine, the European option. Criminal Code. But his supporters will have already in jail for two months, European largest nation to emerge from the Soviet Viktor Chumak, director of the to move fast. The next session of officials warned Ukraine’s government Union after Russia, stands poised Ukrainian Public Policy Institute in Kyiv, Parliament is October 18, and the president that her conviction would threaten a free between Russia and Europe. says now that President Yanukovych has is expected in Brussels on October 20. trade pact with the European Union. After four years of negotiations, seen his main political rival humiliated by a Mr. Kiselyov, the political analyst, says “The European Union has warned Ukraine hopes to sign a free trade agree­ court trial and conviction, his supporters in the government’s control of the parlia­ [Viktor] Yanukovych, the Ukrainian presi­ ment with the EU in December. This is to Ukraine’s Parliament will quickly pass a ment makes that timetable possible. dent, that his attempts to finalize a free be a first step toward Ukraine eventually law to change the penalties under the “They can always vote the same day and trade agreement with the bloc would be joining the EU. But with many Europeans abuse-of-power statute she was convicted the president can sign the respective leg­ islation on the next day or on the same day,” noted Mr. Kiselyov. Some European officials have said Ukraine’s leader will not be welcome in Brussels if Ms. Tymoshenko is still in jail when he visits. Ms. Tymoshenko believes that the European card is her best one to play. Before the verdict, she announced plans to appeal her conviction to the European Court of Human Rights. As soon as the ver­ dict was announced, a parliamentary sup­ porter flatly announced that Ukraine’s trade pact with Europe is now dead. Meanwhile, in Moscow, some analysts say the verdict closes Ukraine’s door to Europe and opens its door to Russia. But Russia’s Foreign Ministry was more cautious on October 11. Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich denounced what he called “an obvious anti-Russian underlying message to this whole story.” The Kremlin fears Ukraine’s president will try to use the court case to break the gas agreement. In Kyiv, Victor Chumak of the Ukrainian Public Policy Institute said Russian officials were right to be cau­ tious. Faced with the choice between Russia and Europe, he estimated that the odds are 60-40 in favor of Ukraine suc­ cessfully taking the European road. The coming weeks may decide the East-West tug of war over Ukraine – per­ haps the biggest prize from the old Soviet Union.

Turning the pages... (Continued from page 6) Speaking for the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats, Romanian social­ ist Adrian Severin countered by focusing on the importance of maintaining “political sta­ bility” because “a new government was elected through free and fair elections recog­ nized by all of us.” He believed “that today is the time to leave this government [alone] to deliver – and not to prejudge from the first minutes of its mandate its achievements or non-achievements.” The two sides offered competing draft resolutions in the European Parliament reflecting their divergent views. The EPP expressed concern that various democratic freedoms and rights “have come under threat in recent months,” while the social­ ists in their text “welcome[d] efforts to establish political stability” while hoping “the Ukrainian authorities together with all political forces in the country [would] ensure free and fair conduct of the local elections.” Source: “EU serves warning to Ukraine,” by Ahto Lobjakas (RFE/RL), The Ukrainian Weekly, October 24, 2010. No. 42 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2011 11

George Mycyk Ukrainian Genocide Famine Foundation U.S.A. President Nicholas Mischenko and Children from St. Joseph’s theater group, Dyvo, light candles to commemorate those Consul General Kostiantyn Kudryk of Ukraine place a wreath at the Chicagoland killed in the Holodomor. monument to the Victims of the Ukrainian Genocide of 1932-1933. Chicago Ukrainians remember the Holodomor

Holodomor survivors Alex Howanski, Mykola Bazarnyj, Olga Basarab, Eugene Rudenko, Luba Maleshyk, Halyna Terkun, Maria Sushchenko, Anna Trehubchuk and A view of the service held at St. Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Bloomingdale, Ill. Mychailo Sushchenko.

by Dan Kugler have a duty,” he said, “to unite and tell the world about the After Mr. Plachotnuik’s speech, St. Joseph’s theatre crimes the Moscow regime enacted against the Ukrainian group Dyvo, directed by Vasyl Mytnychuk, performed a BLOOMINGDALE, Ill. – Nearly 400 people came to St. nation. We must remember not only once a year but every­ piece in memory of the Holodomor’s victims. The first por­ Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate on day.” tion of the performance featured children lighting candles September 18 to remember the 10 million Ukrainians who After the service, a wreath was placed outside the in front of a traditional Ukrainian loaf of bread and reciting were killed in the Holodomor in 1932-1933. church at the Holodomor Memorial Monument – the only poetry written by young students in Ukraine about the The Holodomor Remembrance Day Event was orga­ one of its kind in Illinois – as people moved from the Holodomor. nized by The Ukrainian Genocide Famine Foundation church into the hall. At the end of the children’s performance, Leonida (UGFF), which was founded in 2002 to disseminate infor­ Due to weather concerns, the rest of the program began Mytnychuk came forward to recite a poem written by Lina mation about the crimes committed by Joseph Stalin and indoors with a speech by Mr. Mischenko thanking all those Kostenko with imploring questions about the empty villag­ the Soviet Union in 1932-1933. The non-demoninational assembled for their moral and financial support of the es and the memory of those killed. event switches to different Chicagoland Ukrainian church­ UGFF and its work to educate the world about the As guests ate their simple meal consisting of a herring, es every year and is organized by UGUFF USA President Holodomor. Mr. Mischenko discussed the current state of bread, potato and honey, they watched part of a film called Mykola Mischenko with the help of foundation members Holodomor awareness, including Ukraine President Viktor “The Soviet Story,” that described the steps taken by the Tamara Kuzyk-Storrie, Mykola Kocherha and others. Yanukovych’s appearance before the European Union Soviet government to kill Ukrainian peasants by starvation. The event began as 16-year-old Alexander Konowal reversing previous policy and declaring that the At the end of the program, pictures were taken of the slowly walked into the crowded church carrying a wooden Holodomor was not genocide. nine Holodomor survivors in attendance. cross with a strand of wheat and a blue-and-yellow ribbon Mr. Mischenko then discussed the work of Robert “It is hard to relive this,” said survivor Luba Maleshyk, tied to it. As Kuzyk-Storrie narrated to the several hundred Conquest and James Mace, and that of Ukrainian scholars “But I had to be here. I lived through this.” Chicagoland Ukrainians in attendance, Mr. Konowal was after Ukraine declared independence in 1991. Their well- Video of the event can be found at www.youtube.com/ somberly followed by representatives of Plast Ukrainian researched findings, he said, are ignored by those who ukrainianmedia or at www.vidia.us. Scouting Organization, the Ukrainian American Youth declare that as few as 2.2 million died in the Holodomor. Association, the Ukrainian Democratic Youth Association, These low numbers, Mr. Mischenko pointed out, are con­ Svoboda, Ukrainian American Veterans and other trary to the private words of Stalin and Walter Duranty Ukrainian organizations. Many in the procession wore tra­ that declare the number close to 10 million. ditional clothing as they carried wreaths with black ban­ After discussing the problems Holodomor awareness ners marked “10,000,000.” Each banner represented the faces, Mr. Mischenko said that the foundation will “contin­ over 60 Ukrainian organizations that gave support to the ue its work to spread the truth about the Holodomor.” event. The next speaker was Ukraine’s consul general in As these community members stood at the front of the Chicago, Kostiantyn Kudryk, who called the genocide one church, the Very Rev. Victor Poliarny led a panakhyda of the greatest tragedies to face the Ukrainian people. He (requiem service) joined by nine other priests, including was followed by Maksym Plachotniuk, president of the those representing local Ukrainian parishes St. George and Federation of Ukrainian Student Organizations in America St. Mary the Protectress Orthodox Churches and St. Joseph, (known by its Ukrainian acronym as SUSTA), who began by Ukrainian Catholic Church. discussing the work of his grandfather, author Andriy The Rev. Poliarny thanked those assembled for honor­ Gudyma, who wrote about the Holodomor. Mr. Plachotniuk ing the memory of those killed in 1932-1933. He told the also discussed the importance of the figure of 10 million, congregation that “we do not have the right” to forget the not 3 million, as the more accurate number for those killed Holodomor, stressing the importance of passing the infor­ in the Holodomor, pointing out that even Soviet documents mation about this genocide on to the next generation. “We point to much higher numbers. 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Photograph by Stanley The Saturday morning Jubilee Youth Conference attracted 150 Ukrainian studies students from all around Chicago. Patriarch Sviatoslav... (Continued from page 1) of clergy and laity to realize his vision for marking this mile- stone for a large faith community. The decision of the new patriarch to participate promised to make the celebration particularly historical. Patriarch Sviatoslav’s first public encounter came on Friday morning, September 23, when students from St. Nicholas Cathedral School arrived in procession to escort him to St. Nicholas Cathedral for a special student and faculty lit­ urgy. The patriarch spoke to the students in English, Ukrainian and Spanish, demonstrating his message of the diversity found within their faith. Following the liturgy, students welcomed the patriarch to their school with the traditional bread and salt. They sang, recited poetry and engaged in a lively question-and-answer session. The students were curious about many subjects: What is the patriarch’s favorite food? How long did he study Photograph by Stanley for the priesthood? Why did he learn Spanish? Parish Council members welcome Patriarch Sviatoslav The patriarch spent much of the day fielding more ques­ to Ss. Volodymyr and Olha Parish. tions in a marathon of interviews with Ukrainian- and English-language correspondents for radio, print and Internet outlets. In the evening, Patriarch Sviatoslav attended an exhibit of the history of the eparchy hosted by the Ukrainian National Museum. The exhibit contains many reli­ gious publications and documents, as well as the personal artifacts of Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky, who visited St. Nicholas Parish in 1910 and 1922. On the second day of his Chicago stay, Patriarch Sviatoslav and Bishop Richard came for breakfast to the official resi­ dence of Cardinal Francis George, who heads the Chicago Archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church.

The next stop was a youth conference held in the Photograph by Stanley Petro Koutun/Selfreliance UAFCU Ukrainian Cultural Center of the Ukrainian Village section of Patriarch Sviatoslav blesses the grotto at St. Joseph the Patriarch Sviatoslav with CEO Bohdan Watral at Chicago titled “The Unique Contributions of the Eastern Betrothed Parish. Selfreliance Ukrainian American Federal Credit Union. Church to the World’s Transformation”. Conducted by Father James Bankston, pastor of St. John the Baptizer Parish in San Diego, the conference was attended by more than 150 stu­ dents from four schools of Ukrainian studies in the Chicago area, both Catholic and Orthodox, joined by their teachers and school directors. Addressing them in four languages, the patriarch conduct­ ed a dialogue with the students and playfully offered them his panagia. While the students gingerly passed around the large gold bishop’s medal, he explained to the group the impor­ tance of letting young people tangibly experience the priest­ hood or monastic life so they can imagine it as a life direction. Occasional rain showers clouded the skies as Patriarch Sviatoslav approached Ss. Volodymyr and Olha Church next to the Ukrainian Cultural Center. As he stood at the open doors, the bright sun broke through. He looked up, smiled and point­ ed, then entered to one more welcome. Young men and women in traditional Ukrainian costumes hoisting swords and banners, uniformed members of Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization and the Ukrainian American Youth Association carrying their flags, clergy and community lead­ ers were all assembled to greet him. Together, they celebrated the Akathist to the Protection of the Blessed Mother. Ss. Volodymyr and Olha Parish was the next-to­ last stop of the icon of the Protection of the Mother of God over St. Nicholas Eparchy, an icon specially commissioned by Bishop Richard and sent on an 18-month pilgrimage around the Midwest and West of the U.S. It was venerated in every parish of the eparchy, a symbol of the unity of the far-flung parishes. Petro Koutun/Selfreliance UAFCU Its journey closed the circle of faith the parishes represent as Celebrating the pontifical liturgy (from left) are: Bishop Paul Chomnycky, eparch of Stamford, Conn.; Bishop Richard (Seminack), St. Nicholas Eparchy; Patriarch Sviatoslav (Shevchuk) of Ukraine; Cardinal Francis George, (Continued on page 16) archbishop of Chicago; and Bishop Emeritus Innocent Lotocky OSBM of Chicago. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2011 No. 42

Yanukovych has exhausted every possible January 1, 2012), potentially to add other Tymoshenko verdict... chance at rehabilitation and eliminated any Putin’s Eurasian... formerly Soviet-ruled states. Of these, doubt about his intentions. Even those insist­ Ukraine constitutes Russia’s prime tar­ (Continued from page 6) (Continued from page 3) ing on dialogue will have to take stock of get. lackeys throughout the country. Recently, the their own efficacy. in Western Europe as a geopolitical proj­ Mr. Putin’s text never mentions convocation of the diaspora at the fifth World It is no longer enough to talk of changing ect well before the economic crisis had Ukraine but alludes to it (and apparently Forum of Ukrainians was a partially success­ President Yanukovych’s policies, dismissing hit. Europe’s crisis lent this concept the Moldova): “Some explain their unwilling­ ful implementation by Mr. Yanukovych to Minister of Education Dmytro Tabachnyk or veneer of a long-term solution to ness to participate in advanced integra­ influence and control the diaspora, i.e. the recognizing that the Holodomor was a geno­ Western Europe’s own problems. When tion processes in the post-Soviet space World Forum passed a resolution demand­ cide of the Ukrainian people. The simple addressing Western European audiences by claiming that this contradicts their ing the immediate release of Ms. solution is that Mr. Yanukovych must be with this offer, however, Russia spoke on European choice. I regard this as men­ Tymoshenko, Yurii Lutsenko and other unseated, impeached, forced to resign or its own behalf, barely alluding to a dacity.” opposition leaders. Yet Mr. Yanukovych’s compelled to call a new presidential election Russian-led Eurasian bloc as a collective The Single Economic Space promises agents at the forum, Pavlo Movchan, who imminently. partner to the EU, and never emphasiz­ free movement of goods, services, capital chaired the resolutions commission, and, The methods must in all respects remain ing such a bloc. and labor, as well as unified legislation on yes, Mykhailo Ratushny, the current head of democratic, including civil disobedience, a Mr. Putin’s October 4 manifesto sud­ “internal” trade, competition policy, the Ukrainian World Coordinating Council, renewed Ukrainian revolution with the sup­ denly shifts the emphasis markedly in transportation tariffs on energy and unabashedly managed to delete the refer­ port of the global community. There is no this regard. With ex-Soviet Eurasia now goods, and general access to state pro­ ence and then published the sanitized ver­ other way. Ukrainians have some experience his target audience, Mr. Putin describes a curement orders and contracts (implying sion of the resolution on the UWCC website. in fighting commissars, who more often than Russian-led Eurasian Union as a collec­ access to Russia’s state procurement So, the task is difficult, but at least the not were simply thugs. This “president” is no tive participant in Russia-Europe integra­ business as bait for smaller member- goal should be much clearer now that Mr. more than that. tion processes. Russia, however, posi­ states). The Single Economic Space would then evolve into a full-fledged tions itself clearly at the center of initia­ Eurasian Economic Union. This has exist­ tives and of planning in this regard. ed as EurAsEc since 2001, largely as a This implies, first, that Russia would symbol, but has established a crucial wish to deal with the EU from the posi­ precedent in Moscow’s favor. Decisions tion of a post-Soviet Eurasian bloc leader, are made through weighted voting, pro­ TO pLaCE yOUr ad CaLL Maria OSCiSLaWSki (973) 292 -9800 x3040 maximizing its own negotiating leverage. portionate to each state’s economic or e -mail [email protected] Second, that Russia would want these power; not through equal voting, let states to deal with Europe through this alone consensus. bloc – i.e., via Moscow – instead of deal­ SErViCES prOFESSiOnaLS Moscow describes the Customs Union ing with Europe directly in their national (operational), Single Economic Space capacities. And, thirdly, it tries to imply (soon operational) and the Eurasian that these states could more effectively СТЕФАН ВЕЛЬГАШ Economic Union (to be operationalized Професійний продавець access European technologies and mar­ via the Single Economic Space) as забезпечення УНС kets (including energy markets) through “supranational amalgamations [obie­ a Eurasian Union. 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disapprove of the decision of the Pechersky director of the Razumkov Center, told Tymoshenko [case] is built into a large NEWSBRIEFS District Court of Kyiv to sentence ex-Prime LIGABusinessInform. “The revival of Ms. geopolitical game, both of the East and Minister Yulia Tymoshenko to seven years Tymoshenko as the highest level politician, the West. There will be an unprecedented (Continued from page 2) of imprisonment . According to the only one who can challenge Mr. effort and pressure from the Russian side supported recently on numerous occa­ Kommersant-Ukraine, the secretary of the Yanukovych,” took place at Kyiv’s Pechersky to denounce this sentence, or to appeal it sions.” The ministry also pointed out that, Synod of UOC-KP, Bishop Yevstratii (Zoria) District Court, he commented. “Yulia somehow. The same pressure will be “In accordance with the legislation of commented: “as a citizen, I do not agree Tymoshenko has demonstrated that she is exercised from the West,” Mr. Vydrin Ukraine, the convicted person and her with the sentence and, as a minister, I the No. 1 political fighter in Ukraine. This emphasized. According to the political happened thanks to the incumbent presi­ attorneys have the right to appeal against believe that there is some sense even in analyst, for various reasons, neither that sentence, which we will understand dent.” The expert added that he believes the court’s decision and defend their legal Russia nor the Western countries can be later.” He added, “As a citizen, I am disap­ the assessment of the gas contract with positions. The Ukrainian government, satisfied with the current verdict. pointed by the sentence. I believe that this Russia was to be given by the Ukrainian within its constitutional powers, will do “Everything is just beginning, because unwise decision of the court will harm the electorate. “Voters in the elections were to everything possible to provide the trans­ very big players are involved in this situa­ position of Ukraine in the international evaluate the former prime minister’s parency of this process.” At the same time, tion. There are big players both in the community, namely, relations with Russia actions,” Mr. Chalyi said, adding that the the ministry stressed, “The executive West and in the East to use their best and Europe, have a negative influence on auhtorities did not allow this. “The authori­ branch does not and will not interfere in efforts in the geopolitical, technological the political future of Ukraine and heat the ties applied selective justice to the political this process. The case is in the hands of area, so that everything is changed. I situation inside the country.” UAOC press process. Of course, this case is politically Ukraine’s judiciary. The Parliament of think that they will win,” the expert said. secretary Protopriest Yevhen Zapletniuk‚ motivated,” he said. (Ukrinform) Ukraine can also play its role by amending A similar position is also held by inde­ noted, “As a citizen, I do not agree with the pendent expert and representative of the the Criminal Code of Ukraine and other Boiko on damages to be paid by Yulia appropriate pieces of legislation with a president of Ukraine for energy security view toward decriminalizing violations opinion, it is a very high price of the mis­ KYIV – If, pursuant to the court ruling in (2007-2010) Bohdan Sokolovsky. He sentence of Мs. Tymoshenko and, in my Yulia Tymoshenko was charged with. takes of Yulia Volodymyrivna. I never liked the case of former Prime Minister Yulia noted that the effects of this verdict can Relevant amendments have already been Yulia Tymoshenko but now I can see that Tymoshenko, Naftohaz Ukrainy receives be unpredictable not only in gas talks submitted to the Verkhovna Rada and are the justice has been partial and unjust with 1.516 billion hrv, these funds will be used with Russia, but also in negotiations with pending consideration by members of respect to her. Such a policy can lead only to pay for consumed gas, Minister of the European Union concerning Parliament.” The statement also said: to the return of totalitarianism,” he said. Energy and Coal Industry Yurii Boiko told Ukraine’s Association Agreement and “Ukrainian authorities are ready to cooper­ (Religious Information Service of Ukraine) the press on October 12. “We will imple­ free trade pact. “I view this verdict nega­ ment the decision of the court, and if the ate with their foreign partners to reform UN leader expects impartial proceedings tively, and I think that a very wrong prec­ and strengthen our judiciary but have no funds come to Naftohaz, they will pay for edent is created,” the expert underscored. right to defy fundamental principles of law KYIV – Vannina Maestracci, associate the supply of gas,” he said. In addition to a And, if in the eyes of the Europeans Ms. and assume functions of the court. It is spokesperson for United Nations sentence of seven years in prison Ms. Tymoshenko’s sentence confirms the obvious that neither Ukrainian nor foreign Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon at a press Tymoshenko has to pay back damages of absence of judicial independence in officials have the right to put pressure on briefing on October 12 commented on his 1.5 billion hrv (some $200 million) she had Ukraine, for the Russians it means “that the judiciary. It is also true that no court reaction to the trial of former Ukrainian caused to the country. (Ukrinform) the contracts for gas, signed in 2009, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. Mrs. case can be used as an instrument of pres­ MFA: Verdict hurts investment image were drawn up not quite right... So I think sure in the course of negotiations on the Maestracci noted the concerns voiced that in this context Ukraine may feel dis­ Association Agreement.” (Ukrinform) widely regarding the judicial proceedings KYIV – The conviction of Yulia comfort in negotiations with Russia. They involving the former Ukrainian prime min­ Tymoshenko contributes to the negative will accept it, I do think, negatively,” Mr. EU deeply disappointed with verdict ister and other officials. She added that the investment image of Ukraine, Ihor Sokolovsky said. (Ukrinform) KYIV – The European Union is deeply secretary-general expects the judicial pro­ Nikolayenko, the director of the Department Our Ukraine points to authoritarianism disappointed with the verdict in the case of ceedings, currently still ongoing, to be con­ of Foreign Economic Cooperation of the ducted in a fair and impartial manner and Foreign Affairs Ministry, said at a meeting of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, KYIV – With the verdict on Yulia to follow due process. (Ukrinform) the ministry’s press club on October 12. “Of which has confirmed that justice in Ukraine Tymoshenko, the imperious regime led course, yesterday’s event [the sentencing of is being applied selectively in politically Analyst predicts no prison term by Viktor Yanukovych has chosen author­ Ms. Tymoshenko] had a somewhat negative motivated prosecutions, reads an October itarianism, reads a statement issued by reaction. A lot of statements are made today, 11 declaration by High Representative of KYIV – Vadym Karasev, the director of the opposition Our Ukraine party on the Institute of Global Strategies, believes but it’s just an emotional component,” Mr. the European Union for Foreign Affairs and October 11. “Our Ukraine considers the that Yulia Tymoshenko, who on October 11 Nikolayenko noted, when asked about the Security Policy Catherine Ashton. “The EU unjust verdict for one of Ukraine’s leading was sentenced to seven years in prison, impact of the seven-year prison term for Ms. is deeply disappointed with the verdict of politicians an act of political repression. … will not serve her sentence. “From a politi­ Tymoshenko. He noted that Ukraine has the Pechersky District Court in Ukraine in This is an attack on Ukrainian democracy cal point of view there will be seven years, achieved a certain financial and economic the case of Ms. Yulia Tymoshenko. The ver­ and each of us,” the party emphasized. dict comes after a trial which did not but in terms of staying behind bars – it stability, and foreign investors know this. The trial was unfair and unprofessional, respect the international standards as won’t be seven years, since for Ukrainian (Ukrinform) and “selective justice” leaves no doubt regards fair, transparent and independent authorities, who had ventured into this Front for Change: boycott elections that the court’s decision was dictated by legal process which I repeatedly called for case involving Yulia Tymoshenko, given the the authorities in order to “remove from in my previous statements,” Ms. Ashton reaction of foreign partners, it is important KYIV – The Front for Change party led the political arena one of the strongest emphasized. She said she believes that “this to condemn Ms. Tymoshenko, but to not by Arseniy Yatsenyuk has called on all unfortunately confirms that justice is being send her to prison,” the political scientist opposition forces to jointly fight for the rivals of the current regime,” according to applied selectively in politically motivated said at a news conference on October 12. abolition of the verdict on ex-Prime Our Ukraine. (Ukrinform) prosecutions of the leaders of the opposi­ He said he believes the case of the convict­ Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and boycott Court bans opposition rallies tion and members of the former govern­ ed leader of the Batkivschyna Party is now parliamentary elections in 2012 if the ment. It is especially disappointing for a impossible to complete. “There are doubts Batkivschyna leader, sentenced to seven KYIV – The Kyiv District Administrative country that currently holds the chairman­ about the signing of agreements on free years in prison, is not permitted to run. Court has banned massive events in the ship of the Committee of Ministers of the trade and association between Ukraine and The Front for Change explained its central part of the city on October 11-12, Council of Europe.” The EU urged Ukrainian the EU, but the Ukrainian power elite needs appeal for a boycott of the upcoming par­ the Kyiv city party organization of the authorities to ensure a fair, transparent and it, particularly the business elite, the oli­ liamentary election campaign by saying Batkivschyna Party said in a statement impartial process in any appeal in the case garchs, who are looking for new markets in that “there are no democratic elections on October 11. The court made the ruling of Ms. Tymoshenko and in the other trials Europe,” Mr. Karasev emphasized. In his without the opposition.” Mr. Yatsenyuk’s on a suit filed by the Kyiv City State of members of the former government. view, the authorities want above all to fix in party intends to challenge the ruling of Administration. The court order restricts Furthermore, the EU feels the right of the consciousness of Ukrainians and the the Pechersky District Court in all courts peaceful gatherings of the opposition appeal should not be compromised by European elite that Ms. Tymoshenko broke in Ukraine and go to the European Court Kyiv city organization of the imposing limitations on the defendants’ the law, having mixed personal political of Human Rights. “We will go through all Batkivschyna party, the Kyiv regional ability to stand in future elections in interest with national and state interests. courts in Ukraine, we will achieve justice branch of the Batkivschyna party, the All- Ukraine, including the parliamentary elec­ “But if the parliamentary majority decrimi­ in the European Court,” the statement Ukrainian Youth Public Organization tions scheduled for next year. Ms. Ashton nalizes Article 365 of the Criminal Code, posted on the party’s website says. Batkivschyna Moloda, the Ukrainian added the EU “will reflect on its policies Ms. Tymoshenko will only be condemned, (Ukrinform) Social-Democratic Party and all other towards Ukraine. The way the Ukrainian but not imprisoned,” the analyst said. On Expert: Russia, West will pressure Ukraine entities that will conduct activities in the authorities will generally respect universal September 27 President Viktor city center. “The court set the restrictions values and the rule of law, and specifically Yanukovych tabled in the Verkhovna Rada KYIV – Ukrainian political analyst on peaceful assembly, citing the fact that how they will handle these cases, risks hav­ a bill on responsibility for economic viola­ Dmytro Vydrin, now a freelance adviser massive actions are envisaged with the ing profound implications for the tions. It is envisaged that this will decrimi­ to the president of Ukraine, and in 2006­ participation of representatives of vari­ EU-Ukraine bilateral relationship, including nalize Article 365 of the Criminal Code, on 2007 a member of the Verkhovna Rada ous political orientations that can lead to for the conclusion of the Association the basis of which Ms. Tymoshenko was from the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc, said he conflicts,” noted Yurii Odarchenko, the Agreement, our political dialogue and our convicted. (Ukrinform) believes that Russia and Western coun­ chairman of the Kyiv city organization of cooperation more broadly.” (Ukrinform) Expert: Tymoshenko is No. 1 fighter tries will put pressure on Ukraine to the Batkivschyna party. However, accord­ Churches condemn Yulia’s sentence appeal or reverse the conviction in the ing to the national deputy, the opposition KYIV – President Viktor Yanukovych has case of ex-Prime Minister Yulia will stage protests despite the ban. made of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. “The peculiarity of this case (Ukrinform) – Kyiv Patriarchate and the Ukrainian Tymoshenko the No. 1 political fighter in lies in the fact that it is not only a legal AutocephalousКYIV – The UkrainianOrthodox OrthodoxChurch said Church they Ukraine, Valerii Chalyi, deputy general matter, but also geopolitical. [The] (Continued on page 18) 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2011 No. 42

community.” reviewing line in front of the chancery, events, Patriarch Sviatoslav visited several Patriarch Sviatoslav... The patriarch recounted the history of the watching the long procession of parishes, St. Chicago-area parishes and community orga­ eparchy and its many dynamic and visionary Nicholas Cathedral School students, repre­ nizations. He came to St. Joseph the (Continued from page 13) leaders and their work on national and inter­ sentatives of Plast and the UAYA, hierarchs of Betrothed Parish in the northwest section of a family coming together as the Body of national platforms. several rites and clergy. the city to bless the grotto where a mosaic Christ. Bishop Richard stirred the audience with The patriarch and his retinue joined the icon of the Hoshiv Mother of God had been The service continued as a procession was his depiction of the eparchy as the hub of a procession and walked to the cathedral. They damaged by a recent tornado. formed to bring the icon to its permanent wheel, and enjoined the faithful not to stay on were greeted with bread and salt in the vesti­ He also traveled to one of the more distant home, St. Nicholas Cathedral. Chicago police the outside, on the rim, but to engage in the bule by St. Nicholas Cathedral clergy and par­ Chicago-area parishes, Immaculate had cordoned off the streets for the crowd, Church at its heart, the hub, which is repre­ ish leaders. The sanctuary was packed, with Conception, in Palatine, Ill, to bless the cor­ led by the icon carried by the rector of St. sented by the eparchy. the overflow filling the church hall. nerstones for a planned new church building. Nicholas Cathedral, the Very Rev. Bohdan The Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus, com­ The service was enriched by the presence In Chicago’s Ukrainian Village, he met with Nalysnyk, and the pastor of Ss. Volodymyr posed of 45 musicians from the U.S. and of 17 hierarchs around the altar, 34 priests in representatives of several community institu­ and Olha, the Rev. Oleh Kryvokulsky. The Canada, started the program with a concert the front pews, the Ukrainian Bandurist tions. His first stop was Selfreliance assemblage moved solemnly to the cathedral. that included an excerpt from “Konotop,” Chorus in the balcony leading the responses, Ukrainian American Federal Credit Union, The akathist was completed, the patriarch composed by their founder, Hryhoriy Kytasty, and an estimated 1,800 faithful filling every where he was welcomed by its board and blessed the icon and the faithful walked up to and included their signature “Tiutiunnyk.” sitting and standing space. The liturgy, sung representatives of its foundation. the tetrapod to venerate it. The audience was reluctant to let the ban­ by the patriarch in a warm tenor voice in Subsequently, he met with the board of the A gala jubilee banquet concluded the day. durists leave the stage. Ukrainian and English, unfolded in all its maj­ Heritage Foundation of First Security Federal In attendance were more than 550 represen­ Bishop Richard presented Patriarch esty and power. Savings Bank. Also, he stopped at the tatives of parishes across the midwestern Sviatoslav with an icon of the Mother of God, Cardinal George, the first homilist, con­ Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art to view its and western states, hierarchs and clergy, and returning to the theme of the devotion to the gratulated the eparchy on its distinguished collection and visited the headquarters of the community leaders and organizations. Mother of God initiated by the eparchy’s first history and spoke about its warm relation­ Ukrainian Catholic Education Foundation. Patriarch Sviatoslav was greeted with long, bishop, Jaroslav Gabro. The icon given to ship with the Archdiocese of Chicago. He On his last day in Chicago, which coincid­ warm and enthusiastic applause as he Patriarch Sviatoslav was written by a convert cited a moment from his visit to Ukraine in ed with the Feast of the Elevation of the True entered. to the Ukrainian Catholic Church, who pre­ 2005, when he met the widow of a martyred Cross according to the Julian calendar, “Without exaggerating, we can state that sented her work to the primate. priest who had been named blessed during Patriarch Sviatoslav came with Bishop this jubilee represents a unique example of The central event of the jubilee celebra­ the visit of Pope John Paul II to Ukraine in Richard and Bishop Severyn Jakymyshyn, God’s blessings – the power of the Holy Spirit tion was the Pontifical Liturgy of 2001. bishop emeritus of the eparchy New by which God builds and expands his Church, Thanksgiving celebrated at St. Nicholas Patriarch Sviatoslav, in his homily, noted Westminster, British Columbia, Ss. extending his kingdom among us,” he Cathedral on Sunday afternoon, September the large number of parishes represented at Volodymyr and Olha Parish to celebrate the remarked. 25. For months, parishes had been finalizing the liturgy and the many individuals who had divine liturgy. His conviction, he noted, is that the very their plans for coming to Chicago. A light mist traveled long distances and made sacrifices In late afternoon, the patriarch made his existence of this eparchy, as an important that had filled the air all morning cleared to demonstrate their loyalty. He observed way to the airport for the trip back home. He part of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church, gradually and bright sunshine lit the street as that the eparchy is central to the life of the left a flock filled with impressions of the its founding, activity, and also this jubilee are the procession moved out. A total of 33 par­ faithful, that it unites them and helps them many people, young and old, who had come great gifts of God. “Celebrating this jubilee ishes had sent representatives, each repre­ develop spiritually, that it binds them to their to meet him, who demonstrated their affec­ means, first of all, thanking God for his sented by a blue banner emblazoned with faith, traditions and the customs of the tion and great admiration, who applauded immeasurable gift, trying just a little to the parish name. Ukrainian Catholic Church. He particularly and cheered enthusiastically. He had wit­ understand and be open to the mystery of Patriarch Sviatoslav Metropolitan Stefan pointed to the large number of young par­ nessed their faith and loyalty and their devo­ God’s work, which the Savior conducts for Soroka of the Archeparchy of Philadelphia ents present with small children. tion to the traditions of the Church he had His Church and for Ukraine through this and head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in Following the liturgy, the hierarchs, clergy recently been chosen to shepherd. He had eparchy, for everyone in unison to accept the the U.S., Cardinal George, Bishop Richard, and their families met for an informal dinner also seen an eparchy personifying his vision great responsibility and great task to which Bishop Emeritus Basil Losten and Bishop in St. Nicholas Cathedral School’s auditorium. of a living, critical component of his far-dis­ God has called us, by giving us this eparchial John Bura of the Parma Eparchy formed a In addition to the jubilee celebration persed Church. No. 42 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2011 17

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Ukraine could have, and can still, act to evident that damaging geopolitical conse­ WE APPEAL TO YOU TO DESIGNATE YOUR void and repudiate the agreement. quences will now be felt by the Ukrainian However, ultra vires acts, untainted by nation as a whole – rather than by the COMBINED FEDERAL CAMPAIGN (CFC) fraud, cannot be sustained as being crimi- perpetrators of this gross and unjust ver­ nal under any interpretation or view of dict and sentence. CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE the rule of law in any democratic society. Ukraine has endured a very difficult It is, therefore, with deep regret that and tortured road over centuries in gain- UKRAINIAN NATIONAL WOMEN’S LEAGUE the UABA must recognize the conviction ing its national independence and has OF AMERICA, INC. ! and sentencing of Yulia Tymoshenko as made significant steps in the past 20 politically motivated and a gross violation years in cultivating a democratic society. of fundamental principles of justice. The Tymoshenko trial is a very tragic step Unless this miscarriage of justice is backwards and a serious setback in the promptly reversed, the Ukrainian judicial democratic evolution of the nation. It is CFC #10325 system will stand convicted as an arm of hoped that the anticipated appellate a totalitarian state, and Ukraine could be review process within the Ukrainian legal precluded from furthering its integration system will swiftly rectify this tragic mis­ into the European community. carriage of justice and curtail the geopo- The mission of the CFC is to promote and Founded in 1925, the UNWLA is an From the very beginning of this ordeal, litical damage that will be suffered by support philanthropy through a program that all-volunteer organization uniting is employee focused, cost-efficient, and women of Ukrainian descent and the UABA (as well as the vast majority of Ukraine. It should be remembered that effective in providing all federal employees championing Ukraine’s cultural heritage democratic institutions and governments the Tymoshenko trial and sentencing is the opportunity to improve the quality of life. and providing humanitarian aid to the from around the world) publicly and pri- no longer about her but about the future Pledges can be made during the campaign elderly, infirm, and the disadvantaged vately warned that the Tymoshenko trial prospects of Ukraine as a democratic season (September 1st to December 15th). children in Ukraine and its diaspora. and predictable verdict would result in society that respects the rule of law – a catastrophic consequences for Ukraine as just and fair society that the Ukrainian a nation. Regrettably, these dire warnings people deserve. RECENT AND PLANNED PROJECTS: were stubbornly and myopically ignored – Officers and Board of Governors of the  PARTNERSHIP WITH DOCTORS COLLABORATING TO HELP CHILDREN & SHRINERS’ by the Ukrainian prosecutors. It is self- Ukrainian American Bar Association HOSPITAL TO UPGRADE PEDIATRIC BURN CARE IN WESTERN UKRAINE,  PROPOSED GENDER/WOMEN’S STUDIES LECTURESHIP AT UKRAINIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY IN LVIV, Due to a technical error, the advertisement of the Ukrainian National  SUPPORT OF TEN NURSING HOMES IN UKRAINE, Federal Credit Union that appeared in the September 11, 2011, issue of  ORPHANS’ AND GRANDMOTHERS’ FUND, The Ukrainian Weekly contained symbols appearing as 0.00 in the place  PUBLICATION OF WOMEN’S BILINGUAL MAGAZINE “OUR LIFE,” where the interest rate of 2.25% should have been indicated. The Ukrainian  SPONSORSHIP OF CULTURAL EVENTS THROUGHOUT U.S.A. DIASPORA COMMUNITIES, ETC. National Federal Credit Union was not responsible for this error. We apolo- gize to the readers and clients of the Ukrainian National Federal Credit FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE SEE OUR WEBSITE --WWW.UNWLA.ORG Union for any misunderstanding and/or confusion that the advertisement might have caused. TO ALL PAST DONORS, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT ! Administration of The Ukrainian Weekly Your contributions are making a difference in the lives of many ! 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2011 No. 42

of gas contracts in 2009, the vicious circle also affect Ukraine, according to com­ portion of withdrawals from the budget NEWSBRIEFS of immunity with respect to senior offi­ ments made at a meeting of the Cabinet of so that there is a greater financial cials has been broken,” the lawmaker Ministers on October 12. “If France and resource for economic development. Our (Continued from page 15) emphasized. At the same time, Ms. Germany agreed on the reform of the euro main chance to confront the crisis is to PRU likes verdict on Tymoshenko Bohoslovska noted that the sentence zone, will it affect Ukraine, for which it is a avoid a budget imbalance. This is the handed down to Ms. Tymoshenko cannot third of exports? Surely, it will, and now responsibility of each member of the gov­ KYIV – The ruling Party of Regions of halt the real process of Ukraine’s integra­ we can predict the following: if [industri­ ernment,” the prime minister said. Ukraine (PRU) is satisfied with the deci­ tion into Europe. “Both society and al] inflation in the U.K. has reached an Speaking about cooperation between sion of the Pechersky District Court of Ukraine have firmly decided on a unprecedented 6.4 percent and the cen­ Ukraine and the International Monetary Kyiv to sentence former Prime Minister European choice. Moreover, Ukraine has tral bank of the United Kingdom begins to Fund (IMF), Mr. Azarov said that the only Yulia Tymoshenko, leader of the opposi­ already begun the process of European justify the need for significant issue of the bargaining issue remaining is the IMF’s tion party Batkivschyna, to seven years in integration and the verdict on the former pound, will it be reflected on the interna­ requirement to increase the tariffs for gas jail. The guilty verdict on Ms. Tymoshenko prime minister, guilty of signing enslaving tional financial markets? Surely it will.” and heat for households due to the steady will be a good example for all leaders, pre­ gas contracts, would only confirm this Mr. Azarov said. This is “bad news,” Mr. rise in the price of gas. “But the govern­ vious, present and future, said the Party of choice and complete the post-Soviet era,” Azarov noted, and President Viktor ment has its own calculations. Our posi­ Regions National Deputy Inna Ms. Bohoslovska concluded. (Ukrinform) Yanukovych instructed the government to tion is that we need to find other equaliz­ Bohoslovska, head of an interim investiga­ Azarov: Global processes affect Ukraine ensure financial stability in Ukraine. “We ers and not to lay the load of very high gas tive commission on gas agreements. “As a have to keep the budget deficit for next prices on people. I am sure that in this result of judicial consideration of the cir­ KYIV – Prime Minister Mykola Azarov year at no more than 2.5 percent of GDP. matter we will find the right decision,” the cumstances surrounding the conclusion predicts that global crisis processes may However, we will significantly reduce the prime minister assured. (Ukrinform)

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having won Cups in Tampa Bay (2004) and that I’m going to get the opportunity to be a Pittsburgh (2009). He peaked as a perform­ part of it all.” new faces in new places er in the 2004 Stanley Cup playoffs, estab­ Though only signing a one-year deal, He’ s a Kyiv native who’ s had two stints agreement that will keep him in Calgary.” lishing a post-season career high with 12 Hordichuk is convinced the chance to show­ in Carolina sandwiched around a year in The Kyiv native played in 65 games with goals (second in the league) and three game case his talent in a key rebuilding time for Russia’s KHL, before parlaying an early Calgary last season after coming over in a winners (also second in the NHL) among the franchise will help him establish a more season trade to Calgary into a well- trade from Carolina on November 17, his 14 points in 22 playoff contests. He permanent role in the City of Champions. deserved two-year contract extension, 2010. He totaled 11 goals (tied for 12th scored both Lightning goals in the Cup- “It will be the same role I’ve always had,” based on tremendous point production best in the NHL for defensemen), 24 clinching 2-1 victory over Calgary in Game 7 he said. “That’s being a physical, in-your­ from the blueline. assists for 35 points with 32 penalty min­ of the Finals on June 7, 2004. He proved it face guy that’s willing to drop the gloves Another Ukrainian immigrant, who will­ utes and was a team high +14 during the was no fluke with his clutch performance in with anybody, anywhere, anytime. I think ingly took a cut in pay and accepted a dras­ 2010-2011 season. the 2009 playoffs when he established a that’s why I’ve been in the league and have tically new role to rejoin his ex-coach in A former first-round pick by Chicago in career-high with seven playoff assists, once had success. Nothing’s going to change. I’ve hockey’s most famous arena, performed so 2002, Babchuk has played 250 career NHL again notching 14 points in 24 playoff just got more stars to protect on this team well he was invited back to continue some games with 34 goals, 62 assists, 96 points games with the Cup-winning Penguins. and it’s something that I’m going to enjoy unfinished business. and 102 PIM’s. He signed a two-year deal The 6-1, 200-pound left-winger has doing. Being back in Canada and playing A journeyman enforcer with way too worth $2,500,000 per season. skated in 743 career games with the there is something I wanted.” many jerseys in his collection was most STELMACH SAYS: What a way to take Rangers, Penguins, Lightning, Islanders The big rivalry between Edmonton and pleasantly surprised to receive a free-agent advantage of a unique opportunity in and Flyers. He has registered 160 goals and Vancouver out west will likely turn another contract from a historic Canadian franchise Calgary after underachieving again in 173 assists for 333 points with 444 penalty page. Hordichuk is very familiar with attempting to rebuild its traditional win­ Carolina. Babchuk certainly deserved the minutes and a plus-24 rating. In 88 post­ Vancouver, having played two seasons with ning ways. extension with the Flames – now he cannot season contests he has recorded 20 goals the Canucks, scoring a scant seven points Still one more Kyiv-born forward who afford to let his production slide with the and 13 assists for 33 points with 58 penal­ while amassing a whopping 251 penalty grew his career in Toronto, then hopped security of a two-year deal. ty minutes. minutes in 179 games. Most of those min­ around to Pittsburgh and Los Angeles, STELMACH SAYS: Congratulations for utes were accumulated by dropping the where he disappointed with diminishing kEy rolE playEr FEdotEnko making the team as an invitee to training gloves, something for which Hordichuk has offensive totals, managed to get another stays with RangErs camp, then building on it to become a real gained a reputation as one of the league’s opportunity with the Carolina Hurricanes. After being invited to training camp as a leader in the room and on the ice. best. Finally there is the tale of a grizzled vet­ non-roster player one year ago, Ruslan Fedotenko has a strong rapport with coach The 30-year-old enforcer had the eran of the defense wars returning to Fedotenko made the Rangers’ final cut, Tortorella going back to their Cup-winner in exact message Oilers fans wanted to hear. Dallas as a mentor of a young, up-and-com­ earning a spot on the team. The Ukrainian Tampa Bay. This is one Ukrainian who truly “It’s going to be fun,” he said. ing blueline corps – coupled with news of a proceeded to have a remarkable first sea­ makes a difference! “Hopefully Vancouver’s going out and recently retired veteran Ukrainian defense- son in New York, playing an important role getting a tough guy right now, because I’ll man easing his way into gainful employ­ as part of coach John Tortorella’s “tough to oilErs add toughnEss definitely be going after some of their ment as a new assistant coach with the play against” identity. In 2011-2012, with hordiChuk key players. It’s payback time.” Minnesota Wild. Fedotenko will be asked to help carry that General Manager Steve Tambellini said STELMACH SAYS: Hordichuk must Who are the above five players plus mentality forward as the Blueshirts aim to his club would not be terribly active at the have a great reputation in the league to rookie coach? Here we go. improve as an Eastern Conference playoff onset of the NHL’s free agency period. This keep getting offers for the specific on-ice contender. proved not to be the case when Edmonton role he performs. It’s very interesting BaBChuk rEd-hot FlamE On July 1, Rangers President and signed tough-guy Ben Eager to a three-year Edmonton would want him as a protec­ on Calgary dEFEnsE General Manager Glen Sather announced contract. Before the ink was dry, a second tor of some valuable young talent. “Anton Babchuk is a sound positional the club agreed to terms with the Kyiv announcement came to introduce the player on the back line and perhaps one of native on a new contract. Fedotenko, 32, Oilers’ signing of free-agent winger Darcy hurriCanEs sign our most adept defensemen at pinching skated in 66 games with New York in 2010­ Hordichuk to a one-year, $825,000 deal. In ponikaroVsky down the wall to keep the play alive in the 2011, scoring 10 goals and 15 assists for 25 a very short time, the Oilers’ team tough­ President and General Manager Jim offensive zone,” said Flames General points with 25 penalty minutes. He was ness had been altered in a big way. Rutherford of the Carolina Hurricanes Manager Jay Feaster in an official team fourth on the team with a plus-9 rating and Hordichuk, who played in Florida last announced on July 1 the team agreed to press release. “Anton makes a good first fifth with 150 hits. season, was excited about the move to terms with left wing Alexei Ponikarovsky pass, his shot is a big weapon for us on the His team posted a 9-0-1 record when he Edmonton. on a one-year contract worth $1.5 million. power play, and he contributes to our tallied a goal, and was 17-2-3 when he reg­ “I told my agent early on that I’d be a “Alexei is a big forward and a very offense without sacrificing his defensive istered a point. The 10-year NHL veteran good fit in Edmonton with the young nucle­ good skater who brings 10 years of NHL responsibilities. He is a good teammate and skated in his 700th NHL game last us of kids that they have there,” said experience to the Hurricanes,” said a team-first guy. Even more exciting is our November 24 at Tampa Bay. In playoff com­ Hordichuk in an Edmonton oilers.com Rutherford in an official team press belief that Anton’s offensive output will petition, Fedotenko tied for the team lead interview with Ryan Dittrick. “I thought it release. “He plays a strong two-way game continue to grow under Brent’s [coach in assists (two), was third in scoring (two would be a good opportunity to be in that and has shown that he can put up good Sutter] system. Our plan had been to have points) and second in hits (23) while dress­ organization and see the direction they’re offensive numbers.” him return this season, and we are very ing in five playoff games. going in. A lot of people want to come to pleased that we were able to come to an He is a two-time Stanley Cup champion, this organization, including me. I’m happy (Continued on page 21)

Three Ukrainian hockey players perish in plane crash

by Ihor N. Stelmach Three Ukrainian hockey players were “For him, it took a lot of courage to come member of the Russian national team in among those lost: San Jose Sharks prospect here as a young player and basically speak the IIHF World Championship U-18 and As widely reported by international Daniil Sobchenko, 2005 Ottawa draftee no English,” McLellan said, “but he fit in U-20 levels, winning a silver medal in news media, a chartered jet carrying the Vitaly Anikeyenko and veteran goaltender really well.” 2007. Anikeyenko was drafted 70th overall KHL’s Lokomotiv professional hockey team Alexander Vyukin. Language skills may have been a barrier, by the Ottawa Senators in the 2005 draft. crashed on take-off near the city of Sobchenko was a 20-year-old forward but Sobchenko’s hockey skills were evi­ Vyukin, a 38-year-old back-up goalie, Yaroslavl on September 7, killing 44 peo­ selected in the sixth round of the 2011 dent during the development camp. Sharks began his pro career with the Ukrainian ple. Seven crew members and 37 mem­ NHL Entry Draft who was in San Jose last forward Tommy Wingels was Sobchenko’s club Sokil Kyiv, then proceeded to play 19 bers of the team and coaching staff per­ July for the team’s development camp hotel roommate during camp and he pro seasons in Russia with five different ished on the Yak-42 airplane heading to where he impressed the team’s coaches vouched for the Ukrainian’s language chal­ clubs. He represented Ukraine in the 1999 Belarus for the first regular season game of and management staff. lenge. IIHF World Championship and in two the 2011-2012 hockey year. The jet failed “He had energy about him,” Sharks “He tried and that’s what was impor­ C-Pool World Championships. He was a to gain adequate height and reportedly coach Todd McLellan said in an interview tant,” Wingels said in his interview with Ukrainian born in Sverdlovsk (now struck a radio mast. with The Mercury News. “We really liked The Mercury News’ David Pollak. “At times Yekaterinburg), Russia, who moved to The list of passengers on board this him as a player. We had actually hoped he it was tough for him to understand some of Ukraine as a junior to play hockey in tragic flight included former NHL players would commit to playing in Worcester the coaching points, but talent-wise, he Kharkiv and Kyiv. Pavol Demitra, Ruslan Salei, Josef Vasicek (AHL) this year.” was one of the best. He skated well, he The bodies of Vitaly Anikeyenko and and Karel Rachunek. Ex-NHL defenseman For the Sharks organization, could shoot the puck.” Daniil Sobchenko were repatriated follow­ and long-time assistant Brad McCrimmon Sobchenko’s death put a human face on Anikeyenko spent his entire profession­ ing the crash for burial in Ukraine. The hoped to prove he was worthy of an NHL the tragedy, especially since they were in al hockey career with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, funeral was held on September 10 at head coaching job by taking on the duties the process of building a relationship with except for a brief spell on loan to Matallurg Sovskom cemetery in Kyiv. Alexander of Yaroslavl’s bench boss this year. their future prospect. Novokuznetsk in 2007-2008. He was a Vyukin was buried in Omsk, Russia. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2011 No. 42

Swimmers at the 42nd annual Sitch Sports School. Campers who took part in soccer training.

Young athletes hone skills at 42nd Chornomorska Sitch Sports School

by Matthew Dubas and Omelan Twardowsky PARSIPPANY, N.J. – The 42nd annual Sports School, run by the Ukrainian Athletic Educational Association Chornomorska Sitch, was held July 24 through August 6 at Soyuzivka in Kerhonkson, N.Y. The Soyuzivka Heritage Center, located in the picturesque Shawangunk mountain range of the Catskill region, became a sport­ ing oasis for the campers. The fresh air, sparkling water and sunny days allowed more than 100 campers to not only rest, but to strength­ en their health, improve their techniques in a variety of sports and to get to know other kids their own age. Camp life revolved around the development of the body and soul, as well as a Ukrainian milieu. The sports program of the camp included instruction in soccer, volleyball, tennis, swimming, and track and field events. In keeping with tradition, every day the camp began with the raising of the Ukrainian and U.S. flags, the singing of the Ukrainian national anthem, followed by the recitation of the campers’ oath: to learn and honestly compete for the good and glory of Ukrainian sports in the diaspora. Participants of the first week of the 2011 camp.

Daily calisthenics helped the campers to stretch and prepare their muscles for the intensive training sessions of the day. As usual, the variety of sports programs offered at the camp allowed each camper to select two sports disciplines – one morning session and one afternoon session. Each day also included free time for swim­ ming in the pool, which was a great relief during the hottest time of the summer. Thanks to the work of the sports directors, instructors and coun­ selors, a healthy sporting spirit began to emerge among the camp­ ers. The campers approached their daily lessons with enthusiasm and the cheerful atmosphere fostered good sportsmanship and friendship. Even during summer rain storms, the campers did not show signs of boredom, as they readily trained in the passing summer showers. Campers kept themselves busy in their free time, playing chess and table tennis, learning Ukrainian songs and poems, and just hanging out with each other. Evening dances and bonfires were held for the campers, which will no doubt form lifelong memories for them. Campers toasted marshmallows and sang songs late into the night, until the campfire was just a collection of glowing embers. It was at this point that the Campers on the tennis courts after a lesson. campers crossed arms and formed a circle around the fire to sing the goodnight song, “Nich Vzhe Ide.” Then the campers went to rest for the following day’s activities. This year the camp was attended by participants from Ukraine – Olha Kopyciak, Armen Skulski and Danylo Holovko – who made friends with Ukrainian American peers. The camp’s closing banquet was held at Soyuzivka’s dining hall in the Main House. In attendance were Ukrainian National Association Treasurer Roma Lisovich and Ihor Laszok of Selfreliance Ukrainian American Federal Credit Union. Following an opening prayer, Omelan Twardowsky, camp director, thanked Marika Bokalo, secre­ tary; Christine Peters, medical support; Yaroslava Danyshchuk, instructor in a variety of programs; and all of the trainers and instructors for their work during the camp. During the banquet, parents and guests were treated to a pro­ gram of Ukrainian songs and poems by the campers. Together they sang “Choven Khytayetsia” (The Boat Rocks) and “Iz Syrom Pyrohy” (Varenyky with Cheese). A song called “Mamyn Valse” (Mother’s Waltz) was nostalgic for all mothers, and was followed by the song “Kozatskoho Rodu, Nema Perevodu” (The Kozak Heritage, Without Defeat). The banquet concluded with the singing of the Ukrainian national anthem. Chornomorska Sitch invites all interested young athletes to enroll Volleyball players at the Sitch camp. in the 2012 Sports School. No. 42 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2011 21

games with the Texas Stars (18 points) Pro hockey update during their inaugural season. Teachers Mr. Orlando Pagan and wife Larisa offer children’s Ukrainian dance lessons Lukowich helped Dallas win the every Tuesday at the St. Nicholas Ukrainian School hall in Passaic, NJ. For over ten (Continued from page 19) years they have been instrumental in the success of the Roma Pryma Bohachevsky Stanley Cup in 1999, playing in eight Schools in Manhattan, Queens, Long Island, and the accomplished summer dance That is, except for last season, when playoff games, and won a second Cup in camps held at the Soyuzivka Ukrainian Heritage Center in upstate NY. injuries and a major lack of production 2004 with Tampa Bay. He is a veteran of 658 NHL games and has career scoring Trained under the tutelage of renowned choreographer/instruc- left the Ukrainian sitting in the press box tor Roma Pryma Bohachevsky, Larisa and Orlando Pagan bring for quite a few games. His signing was a statistics of 23G-90A-113PTS-369PIM their experience of Ballet and Ukrainian Folk dance to Passaic to over 13 seasons. He will mentor pros­ continue the vision Roma Pryma had of spreading the art and direct reaction to Carolina’s loss of veter­ beauty of Ukrainian Folk Dance to a new generation of students. an left-winger Eric Cole, who went on to pects in the AHL and be available as an The Children can look forward to weekly classes filled with fun, greener pastures with Montreal. emergency call-up to Dallas when need­ exercise, and great training. At the end of the year, children will also participate in performances at various festivals. Ponikarovsky managed only five goals ed. and 10 assists in 61 games with the Los STELMACH SAYS: This is a very Angeles Kings in 2010-2011. He played respectful move by Stars’ management to only an average of 12:35 minutes per allow Lukowich to finish his career with game, yet somehow managed a seventh- his “home” organization. Do not discount best on the Kings plus-1 rating. the effect he will have on the young The 31-year-old power forward (6-4, Dallas defensemen coming up in the sys­ 230 pounds) has scored 121 goals and tem. 160 assists for 281 points with a plus-51 in 554 career NHL regular season games, sydor namEd wild most of which were with the Toronto assistant CoaCh Maple Leafs. The Minnesota Wild decided to bring STELMACH SAYS: Ponikarovsky is Darryl Sydor along for the ride from very fortunate to have received a free- Houston. New head coach Mike Yeo’s agent offer after his last two disappoint­ assistant last year with the Aeros was ing seasons. If Eric Cole had re-signed hired to replace assistant Dave Barr, who Class schedules are: For more information please with the Canes, Ponikarovsky might be was dismissed with ex-head coach Todd Tuesdays 5:00 PM- 6:00 PM - Older group, contact Orlando Pagan at: knocking on some team’s door asking for Richards. 6:00 PM- 7:00 PM - Younger group 917-495-0020, or [email protected]. an invitation to training camp. Following the 2009-2010 season, Sydor, 39, retired after 18 seasons in the onE morE yEar NHL, playing for Los Angeles, Dallas, For lukowiCh Columbus, Tampa Bay, Pittsburgh and St. In a surprise signing, the Dallas Stars Louis. The well-respected defender won announced the club had re-signed defen­ Stanley Cups with the Stars and seman Brad Lukowich to a one-year, two- Lightning. Yeo actually coached him for a way contract for the 2011-2012 year. bit in Pittsburgh – Aeros players raved Lukowich, 34, skated in 67 games last about his coaching skills last season dur­ season for the Texas Stars (AHL), tallying ing Houston’s run all the way to the four goals, 23 assists and 59 penalty min­ Calder Cup Finals. utes. He saw action in five games with The hiring of Sydor gives the Wild two parent Dallas, accruing a +2 rating. In ex-defensemen as assistant coaches, the 2009-2010, the 6-1, 200-pounder played other being Rick Wilson. Wilson was in 13 games with Vancouver and 29 retained from the old coaching staff. NEW Car Loans as low as % APR* up2 to 5. yrs.75 financing

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448 22 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2011 No. 42 Christmas with the Kyiv Chamber Choir TORONTO – The internationally renowned, award-winning Kyiv Chamber Choir and conductor Mykola Hobdych will return to North America to perform some of the most beloved Ukrainian Christmas music during its 20th anniver­ sary tour. The choir’s concerts will take place in outstanding musical venues in New York, Washington, Philadelphia, Hartford, Conn., and Rochester, N.Y., as well as in Toronto, Ottawa, St. Catharines and Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario – from November 24 to December 4. The skill and passion with which the choir performs classic, sacred works of Ukrainian master composers – and the entertaining way they present favorite Ukrainian Christmas carols – are unlike anything else in the world of music. The Kyiv Chamber Choir, founded in 1991, has not performed in the United Music-review Conductor Mykola Hobdych with the Kyiv Chamber Choir.

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October 19 Presentation by Svitlana Pyrkalo, “A Torba of Cool: October 22 Fund-raiser dance, Svitanok Ukrainian Dance Society, New York Ukrainian Slang Today,” Columbia University, Ottawa Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Orthodox 212-854-4697 or [email protected] Hall, 613-831-5822 or [email protected]

October 19-20 Roundtable, “Ukraine’s Quest for Mature Nation Statehood October 22 Presentation, “Invitation to a Wedding: Components of a Washington – Compelling Bilateral Ties, Poland-Ukraine and Turkey- New York Traditional Ukrainian Wedding – Past and Present,” The Ukraine,” Center for U.S.-Ukrainian Relations, Russell Ukrainian Museum, 212-228-0110 Senate Office Building, www.usukrainerelations.org October 22 Seminar, “Estate Planning,” Ukrainian Educational and October 20 Film presentation and a tribute to Marina Vroda, director of Jenkintown, PA Cultural Center, 215-782-1075 or [email protected] Cambridge, MA “Cross-Country Run,” Harvard University, 617-495-4053 October 22 Concert, “After the Wedding: Ballads of Marital Mayhem,” October 20-22 Seminar weekend, “The Seventh Annual Danyliw Seminar New York The Ukrainian Museum, 212-228-0110 Ottawa on Contemporary Ukraine,” University of Ottawa, [email protected] or 613-562-5800 ext 3692 October 22 Dance, “Vyshyvani Vechornytsi,” Ukrainian National Hartford, CT Home, 860-839-3199 or 860-833-0093 October 21 Film screening, “Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors,” The New York Ukrainian Museum, 212-228-0110 October 22 Fall dance, featuring music by “Tyt I Tam” and Millenia, Edmonton Ukrainian Youth Complex, 780-983-3134 or 780-289-0205 October 21 Film presentation, “Forbidden Paradzhanov Meets Cambridge, MA Illienko,” Harvard University, 617-495-4053 October 22 Concert celebration, “Ukrainian Culture Celebration (20th San Francisco anniversary of Ukraine’s independence): What I Love About October 21-22 Film screening, “The Whistleblower” by Larysa Kondracki, Ukraine,” Ukrainian American Coordinating Council of Ottawa Mayfair Theater, www.thewhistleblower-movie.com Northern California, Koret Auditorium, 650-794-1005 or www.sfpl,org/calendar/events October 22 Fall festival and talent show, United Ukrainian Orthodox Somerset, NJ Sisterhoods of the U.S.A., Ukrainian Cultural Center, October 23 Banquet, Ukrainian National Museum, 732-356-0090 Chicago 312-421-8020 October 23 Benefit Banquet, St. George Schools, 212-674-1615 October 22 Concert by Bandura Downtown, “After the Wedding: New York New York Ballads of Marital Mayhem,” The Ukrainian Museum, 212-228-0110 or [email protected] October 23 Concert featuring pianist Elena Ulyanova, Emmanuel Lutheran Pottstown, PA Church, 610-323-4312 or [email protected] October 22 Cabaret Night, benefit for the Ukrainian American Youth Yonkers, NY Association resort in Ellenville, N.Y., Ukrainian Youth Center, [email protected] Entries in “Out and About” are listed free of charge. Priority is given to events advertised in The Ukrainian Weekly. However, we also welcome submissions October 22 Dance, “The Roaring 20s,” Kashtan Dance Ensemble, St. from all our readers. Items will be published at the discretion of the editors Parma, OH Andrew Ukrainian Catholic Church, 440-506-9411 and as space allows. Please send e-mail to [email protected]. 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2011 No. 42

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Wednesday, October 19 applies to the interpretation of the Koran. A discussion of W. Chicago Ave., and will feature new work by Alexis Buryk, NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Studies Program at Columbia Sharia law will follow. The meeting takes place at the Palatine Roman Skaskiw and Virlana Tkacz. The featured reader this University invites you to “A Torba of Cool: Ukrainian Slang Library, 700 N. North Court , Palatine, IL 60067 at 2 p.m. There year is Askold Melnychuk. The reading, conducted in English, Today” a presentation on language, literature and journalism is no charge for this event. For more information contact the will be followed by a wine and cheese reception, during which in today’s Ukraine by writer and journalist Svitlana Pyrkalo. post commander Col. Roman G. Golash (ret.), romangolash@ the audience will have the opportunity to meet the writers. For Ms. Pyrkalo is a London-based Ukrainian writer and journalist. sbcglobal.net or 847-910-3532. more information visit www.uima-chicago.org or contact orga- nizers Sonya Arko and Anna Golash at [email protected]. She works for the BBC Ukrainian Service and presents the Saturday, November 5 Friday interactive evening program in Ukrainian from London. Sunday, November 6 She is also the administrator of the BBC Ukrainian annual book PRESTO, Pa.: The Ukrainian Technological Society (UTS) of prize. In 1998 she compiled and published “The First Pittsburgh will present its Ukrainian of the Year Award for ALEXANDRIA, Va.: The Washington Group Cultural Fund Dictionary of Ukrainian Slang.” In 1999 her first short novel, 2011 to Anatoli W. Murha, president of the Ukrainian Sunday Music Series is pleased to welcome back to “Green Margarita,” was awarded second place in a Smoloskyp Bandurist Chorus, for his dedication in perpetuating Ukrainian Washington award-winning pianist Anna Shelest in a program publishers’ contest for young writers. The event, which is free culture and heritage through his leadership and passion in of works by Liszt, Wagner, Schumann and Mussorgsky. A gifted and open to the public, will take place at 7 p.m. in the maintaining the tradition of the bandura. The UTS’s 42nd young pianist, Ms. Shelest has been hailed by critics as “a key- Harriman Atrium, 12th floor, International Affairs Building, annual dinner-dance begins at 6:30 p.m. at The Club at board lioness” and the “female reincarnation of Liszt.” She is 420 W. 118th St. For more information contact Dr. Mark Nevillewood, Presto, Pa. The Ukrainian community is invited to the recipient of numerous awards in international competi- Andryczyk, 212-854-4697 or [email protected]. join the UTS in honoring Mr. Murha. Contact Nickolas C. Kotow, tions, and has performed throughout the world both as a solo­ 412-835-8714, to receive an invitation, or to make reserva- ist and a chamber musician. Recent engagements include Saturday, October 22 tions before October 28. Tickets are $70 per person. Dress is debuts at Alice Tully Hall and Carnegie Hall in New York City, NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific Society (NTSh-A) black tie. and the Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage. The concert will invites all to a lecture by Dr. Lev Chirovsky titled “Can Anything be held at 3 p.m. at The Lyceum, 201 South Washington St. Really Go With the Wind?” Dr. Chirovsky is a physicist at CHICAGO: The Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art (UIMA) and Suggested donation: $20; free for students. 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