INTERNATIONAL PAGE EU AMBASSADOR TEIXEIRA PAGE IVAN MARCHUK: PAGE OPINION ON POLITICAL ON SCANDALOUS TRIALS A GREAT PAINTER INSPIRED PERSECUTION IN UKRAINE 10 AND THE ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT 16 BY HIS HOMELAND 42 № 9 (21) OCTOBER 2011 EUROPE MUST ACT NOW! www.ukrainianweek.com for free distribution featuring selected content from the economist |contents briefing focus PoLitics Europe Must The Collapse of Justice Damon Wilson Act Now! Lawyer Valentyna Telychenko on how Ukraine can The triangle talks about the cases against Yulia improve its image of Ukraine, Tymoshenko, Leonid Kuchma, Russia and the EU and Oleksiy Pukach who killed journalist Gongadze 4 6 10 David Kramer Steven Pifer Tango for Two and Freedom on official Kyiv Jose Manuel Pinto Teixeira House: We running out of on how the scandalous will continue room to maneuver trials in Ukraine can affect to tell the in the international Association Agreement truth arena prospects 12 14 16 neighbours economics Time to Shove Off Greek Consequences War and Myth The Soviet Union Ratification of the The real roots of was undermined by Association Agreement Ukraine’s energy stagnation and a sense of and FTA will depend dependence go back hopelessness. Is the same on whether political to the oligarchs thing happening again? repression stops 18 22 24 investigation society You’d Rather Be Dead Tour de Ukraine Who Is Scared While pharmaceutical Ukrainians switch of Ukrainian Hackers? groups fight for the to bicycles, pushing Ukrainian market, Ukraine’s supply local authorities to cybercriminals in of vital medicines is develop the country’s Western Europe running critically low infrastructure 28 30 32 Persona history cuLture & arts The Quantum of Wisdom No Unity, The Poems Vladyslav Olkhovsky, No Statehood of Passion Doctor of Physics and Discord among the A rhymed Mathematics and elite in the 14-15th appeal Master of Theology, centuries led to the for society on attitudes towards breakup to end its religion today of the Rus Kingdom indifference 34 36 40 NAVIGATOR the regions Success Against The Whisper Sublime and Earthly All Odds of the Carpathians Things Ukrainian artist Ivan Shypit waterfall: Miners, gunpowder Marchuk on the a pilgrimage and portraits: a site British Top 100 Living destination for specific installation Geniuses flower children and from Cai Guo-Qiang thrillseekers in Donetsk 42 44 47 The Ukrainian Week № 9 (21) October 2011 Mailing address: PO Box 2, Kyiv, 03067 Founder: ECEM Media Ukraine LLC Publisher: The Ukrainian Week LLC Publisher address: vul. 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Print run: 15,000 Serhiy Lytvynenko, Editor-in-Chief, The Ukrainian Week Sent to print on October 4, 2011 Natalia Romanec, Editor; Anna Korbut, Translator Free distribution № 9 (21) october 2011|the ukrainian week|3 briefing| 1 September 8 September 11 September The new school year starts For the first time, Vitaliy Klitschko wins against with scandals: parents Ukraine demands a fee Tomasz Adamek, Poland, protest against the closing from a Russian assault defending his WBC world cham- down of schools; students ship for crossing the pionship title lack textbooks Kerch Channel QUOTES BRONISLAW KOMOROWSKY Europe Must Act Now! warns Ukraine krainian authorities appear to have sian scenario where the Kremlin has the op- At a meeting with come to terms with Russia in energy portunity for a complete takeover of the Viktor Yanukovych, relations, which possibly include pipeline. For Ukraine, however, the former the Polish President is not much better than the latter, given the states that the trial Ueconomic concessions in return for against Ms. Tymosh- Russian political support. The Belarusian long-term relations between Gazprom and enko could become experience suggests that such an exchange some European gas companies. a barrier “on Kyiv’s leads to loss of sovereignty and succumbing The Ukrainian Week has suggested that path to European to Russian influence. However, this scenario the resolute declarations of Ukrainian offi- integration” might be averted if the EU acts promptly cials might be merely a cover up of the in- and resolutely. tent to solve the gas price problem in the It looks like the strained Ukrainian-Russian usual corrupt manner. Even at the height VIKTOR YANUKOVYCH relations, which some have already labeled a of the information war, Premier Azarov is ignored gas war, are over. Having met with Mr. Pu- spoke of the possible granting the Russians “The publishing house is the one tin and Mr. Medvedev, the Ukrainian gov- access to the entity established on the basis to deal with allegations ernment looks much more relaxed. Yet, even of the current Ukrgazvydobuvannia, Uk­­ against the author or rainian gas extraction company. It is likely his “literary slave”,” the tiny bits of information, leaked to ex- says the Association perts after the meeting, hint at a gas capitu- that the “formats” of the consortium sur- of Austrian Writers lation rather than war. Politicians are once rounding the gas transit system are also that refuses to sup- again discussing scenarios for the creation from this sphere. port Mr. Yanuk- of a consortium that will manage the Ukrai- The habit of Ukrainian officials to rely on ovych’s book nian gas transit system. Russia has appar- their own arguments alone and mistrust al- ently accepted the trilateral format of the ternative information has played a bad trick consortium rather than the bilateral Belaru- on them. It looks like Russian leaders have managed to play two scenarios. Firstly, they VIKTOR, THE GANGSTER used the “pressure and relax” scheme. Mos- a new character cow’s hard line has been driving Mr. Yanuk- in The Simpsons ovych & Co desperate. When the pressure A brutal bandit called suddenly weakened at an informal meeting Viktor is a new in Zavidovo, the official residence of the character in one of Russian President, Ukrainian authorities the episodes. Viktor felt emotionally inclined to reach a “com- does not know how promise.” Secondly, Ukrainian leaders seem to use the Internet and insults his wife scared. Gazprom launched yet another cam- paign to promote its South Stream project and signed a series of documents with Euro- pean companies shortly before the Ukraini- DENYS OLEYNIKOV an-Russian negotiations. This does not wants to move to Latvia mean that the prospect of building the pipe- The owner of ProstoPrint is hiding line bypassing Ukraine is inevitable. Yet from persecution by the government. He says many Ukrainian officials became concerned he is going to ask about “what to do” with the local gas transit for political asylum system. in Latvia. Mr. Ol- If these trends prevail, the Russian Federa- eynikov is currently tion will make a huge leap towards gaining in Croatia control over strategic sectors of the Ukrai- nian economy. Once it gets control of the pipeline and gas supply to Ukrainian enter- The month 4 September 1991 6 September 1891 11 September 2001 in history National blue and yellow Ivan Pylypiv and Vasyl Al-Qaida terrorists attack the flag rises over the Verkhovna Yelyniak from Nebyliv village, Twin Towers in the USA Rada of Ukraine Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, start Ukrainian migration to Canada 4|the ukrainian week|№ 9 (21) october 2011 |briefing 16 September 20 September 22 September 27 September 11 miners are res- Organized crime police MPs pass a law People in Donetsk cued from the col- block servers of the compa- banning the ad- protest “against lapsed Sukhodols- ny that produced T-shirts vertising of ciga- the anti-popular ka-Skhidna mine in with the print: “Thank You, rettes in virtually government” Luhansk Oblast the People of Donbas…” all mass media prises, Russia will be able to create an envi- lease Tymoshenko is still an option – how- NUMBERS ronment for their operation, whereby the ever she must “publicly admit to her mis- establishment of joint ventures, at which takes” and “compensate Naftogaz for its Gazprom earned more than Ukrainian assets will be handed over to Rus- losses” worth nearly USD 200mn. Europe, USD 7bn sia, will be inevitable. in turn, offered sticks and carrots. Mr. Yanu- in Q1’11 on gas supply to FSU After Mr. Putin officially announced his in- kovych was sitting next to an empty chair countries, i.e. 119% more as tent to become president of the Russian intended for Belarus's Mr. Lukashenka who compared to Q1’10 Federation, the pressure on Ukraine is only is boycotted by the EU leaders. Other than likely to grow. The former and the future this warning, Ukrainian leaders had some president of Russia does not tolerate senti- pleasant incentives to change their ap- Experts estimate budget losses ments: neighbouring countries must serve proach: the EU will provide EUR 1.9bn. to caused by anti-competitive actions of as a resource for his economic and geopoliti- fund the projects of the Eastern Partnership Livela oil importing company at cal ambitions. Meanwhile, Ukrainian au- until 2014. UAH 5bn thorities seem to have something else on Meanwhile, it has been planned that Ukraine The Antimonopoly Committee turns their minds. and Russia will be finalizing the Zavidovo a blind eye to the violator The temporary relief from Russia has al- agreements in October, which means that it ready had a palpable impact on Ukraine’s could be a critical month for turning Ukraine domestic politics. Apparently, Ukrainian away from Europe. Russia is in a rush to Ukraine can lose authorities have been feeling confident implement this scenario - it appears that in enough to insist on political repressions.