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1,025Th Anniversary of the Baptism of Kyivan Rus' Celebrated in Ukraine INSIDE: l Annual meeting of The Ukrainian Museum – page 9 l Kolomyika at Soyuzivka Heritage Center – page 11 l Our community: Rochester, Montreal, Parma – page 15 THEPublished U by theKRAINIAN Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal W non-profit associationEEKLY Vol. LXXXI No. 31 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 4, 2013 $1/$2 in Ukraine 1,025th anniversary of the baptism of Kyivan Rus’ celebrated in Ukraine Putin gains no ground in pushing unity with Russia by Zenon Zawada KYIV – Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Kyiv on July 27 to participate in the commemoration of the 1,025th anniversary of the baptism of Kyivan Rus’ and to celebrate Naval Fleet Day in the Crimean port of Sevastopol on July 28. At least that was the official reason for his trip. In between all the ceremonies, however, Mr. Putin took up the task of appealing to Ukrainians – both government officials and the public – to abandon the European Union (EU). He used economic arguments, as well as the standard lines offered up by Russians such as “friendship between Slavic brotherly nations.” “Today all of you are marching in the military parade in a single uniform, signifying strength and devotion to the principles of our ancestors, who lived together for centu- ries, worked and defended a common homeland, having made it mighty, great and undefeatable,” Mr. Putin said at the military ceremony in Sevastopol, as reported by the Interfax-Ukraine news service. “We have common roots, culture and religion. Such com- monality is particularly felt these days, when our countries are celebrating a holiday – the 1,025th anniversary of the Zenon Zawada baptism of Holy Rus’. Our blood and spiritual ties are Priests of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate walk past St. Sophia Cathedral in the July 28 pro- unbreakable.” cession to commemorate the 1,025th anniversary of the baptism of Kyivan Rus’. By all available indications, however, Mr. Putin’s appeals to common blood and spirit didn’t impress Ukrainian Perhaps the best evidence of Mr. Putin’s disappointment ments, which currently involves import duties on Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, who limited their working with the trip was the early Monday morning announce- sugar, glass and coal from the Russian side, and import visit on July 27, to just 15 minutes, as reported by the ment from the Russian government that it was banning all duties on all automobile imports on the Ukrainian side. Kommersant-Ukrayina newspaper. chocolate imports produced by Ukraine’s biggest confec- Messrs. Putin and Yanukovych were expected by some Segodnya, Ukraine’ largest daily newspaper, which is con- tionary producer, Roshen. observers to directly address these issues, as well as the trolled by the Party of Regions, dismissed such reports, stating Roshen’s founder and owner, billionaire Petro long-lasting conflict on natural gas prices and gas transit that Messrs. Putin and Yanukovych spent 40 minutes together Poroshenko, is among the biggest advocates of the Ukrainian issues. Yet no statement was made on any economic or in the Presidential Administration on Saturday, July 27, and government signing the EU Association Agreement at the trade matter, leading observers to believe that the two spent even more time talking about economic and defense Eastern Partnership summit in Vilnius on November 28-29. sides remained at an impasse. issues while flying from Kyiv to Sevastopol on Sunday, July 28, The chocolate ban is merely the latest foil in the latest and in between their various ceremonies there. trade battle between the Russian and the Ukrainian govern- (Continued on page 8) Yanukovych appoints close ally to chair Constitutional Court by Zenon Zawada against allegations of election fraud brought by the cam- of “inflicting bodily injury of a moderate degree,” for which paign of former President Viktor Yushchenko. he was imprisoned for two years. KYIV – President Viktor Yanukovych has taken the final Mr. Okhendovskyi has remained loyal to the Party of After his promotion in 2002, Mr. Ovcharenko issued a step towards ensuring control of the key governmental Regions ever since, being reappointed in 2006 to the CEC, statement in which he said the documents from Mr. organs necessary for maintaining power following the where he’s now head and has the ability to influence its Yanukovych’s convictions were not in the court’s archives. 2015 presidential elections, which are already expected to decisions and rulings in the 2015 vote. As for the reason, Mr. Ovcharenko cited “an absence of be extremely contentious and possibly violent. As for Mr. Ovcharenko, his loyalty to Mr. Yanukovych appropriate security of the premises” between 1989 and The Constitutional Court of Ukraine voted on July 18 to goes back even further. They crossed paths as early as 2000, implying that the documents were stolen. appoint as its head Viacheslav Ovcharenko, a native of 1983, when Mr. Ovcharenko worked as a lawyer for a In fact, the original documents from Mr. Yanukovych’s Yenakiyeve, the president’s hometown. Yenakiyeve coal mining firm where Mr. Yanukovych was the convictions have never been found. The only evidence of Political observers agreed that the court selected Mr. director of its transportation depot. his convictions – published by the Ukrayinska Pravda web- Ovcharenko at the president’s behest, just as the Central In October 2001, Mr. Ovcharenko was appointed judge site in January 2010 – was a December 1978 Donetsk Election Commission (CEC) had elected another close pres- at the Yenakiyeve City Court. By December 2002, he was Oblast court ruling overturning both convictions, for which idential ally, Mykhailo Okhendovskyi, as its head on July 6. the court’s chief justice and in charge of its archives. Mr. Yanukovych had allegedly lobbied with the help of a “These people proved their devotion to not just anyone, Not by coincidence, experts said, Mr. Ovcharenko’s pro- Soviet deputy, Georgy Beregovoy. but to Yanukovych personally,” said Petro Oleshchuk, a politi- motion came a month after Mr. Yanukovych was tapped as It’s this ruling that outlines Mr. Yanukovych’s two crimi- cal science lecturer at Shevchenko National University in prime minister by former President Leonid Kuchma. It’s nal convictions. Kyiv. “Okhendovskyi defended him in the turbulent days of the very timing of his promotion that political experts say is Within four years of becoming chief justice of the the winter of 2004, while Ovcharenko ‘lost’ the case materi- key to understanding their relationship. Yenakiyeve City Court and issuing his statement about the als of the president’s ‘complicated youth.’ These are his peo- Mr. Yanukovych has two criminal convictions. The first missing documents, Mr. Ovcharenko made an amazing ple. Only he could have given the command to appoint them.” occurred when he was 17 years old and found guilty of career leap in being appointed to the Constitutional Court of Indeed, Mr. Okhendovskyi was the lawyer representing “theft committed by violence or premeditatedly planned in the CEC during the 2004 presidential elections, defending it a group.” The second came when he was 19 and convicted (Continued on page 3) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 4, 2013 No. 31 ANALYSIS Moscow seen to be preparing IMF to more closely monitor Ukraine European Parliament’s monitoring mis- sion, Messrs. Kwasniewski and Cox, arrived WASHINGTON – The International on a three-day visit to Ukraine on July 29. new provocations in Crimea Monetary Fund (IMF) on July 30 announced During their visit, they are planning to that Ukraine must take part in post-pro- meet with former Prime Minister Yulia by Paul Goble have been shifted from the Russian gram monitoring because of the large debt Federation to Ukraine and now are recruit- Tymoshenko. A special monitoring mission Jamestown Foundation Blog the country owes to the organization. The led by the two men to monitor the consid- ing followers. They conclude that this sug- IMF said the enhanced monitoring was trig- In recent weeks, Moscow has stepped gests “the Kremlin is preparing major anti- eration of cases against Ms. Tymoshenko gered after Ukraine’s debt to the fund and former Internal Affairs Minister Yurii up its efforts to use ethnic minorities, Ukrainian provocations in Crimea.” In the reached some $8 billion at the end of June. Russian and non-Russian alike, in neigh- nature of things, the evidence is contradic- Lutsenko has worked in Ukraine since June The IMF froze a $15 billion stand-by credit 2012. It was established as part of the boring countries to put pressure on those tory: making such charges serves the inter- program with Ukraine in 2011 after Kyiv agreement reached in May 2012 between governments in a way that allows it maxi- ests of those who do so; consequently, refused to raise domestic gas prices. At that European Parliament President Martin mum deniability. Russia’s involvement with many will be inclined to dismiss this as time, Ukraine had already received two dis- Schulz and Ukrainian Prime Minister the Gagauz minority in Moldova is a classic nothing more than an unfortunate reflec- bursements from the IMF program, totaling Mykola Azarov. (Ukrinform) case (see Eurasia Daily Monitor, April 2; tion of the hothouse environment of $3.4 billion. The IMF usually reviews the turkist.org/2013/07/gagauz-pespublika. extremist groups. But the information these economies of each of its 188 members once “European” choice of Prince Volodymyr html). Now it appears that the Russian sources provide – including names, dates a year, but countries that receive aid pack- KYIV – The position of Russian President authorities are focusing their attention on and photographs – suggests that, under all ages may be subject to more frequent dis- Vladimir Putin concerning Ukraine’s Crimea, once again fishing in the troubled this smoke about a Moscow operation in cussions with the IMF to ensure they can European integration, which he announced waters of extreme Russian nationalism.
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