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INSIDE:• U.S. ambassadors receive honors from Ukraine — page 3.• More on Yulia Tymoshenko’s U.S. visit — pages 4-7.• Music in North America, contemporary art in Kyiv — centerfold.THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLYPublished by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit associationVol. LXXV No. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 11, 2007$1/$2 in UkraineForeign policy objectivesremain frozen in Ukraineby Zenon ZawadaKyiv Press BureauKYIV – Though the Ukrainian winterwas unusually mild, the country’s foreignpolicy remained largely frozen in recentmonths, characterized by ongoingRussian interference and Ukraine’s minimalprogress Westward.Russian soldiers on March 5 refused toallow Ukrainian government officials toenter the MARS-75 navigation station inthe Kherson Oblast in order to deliver acourt order that the soldiers withdraw, inadherence with Ukrainian law.Meanwhile, in Brussels, Europeanleaders continued to keep Kyiv at arm’slength, stressing the need for Ukraine tojoin the World Trade Organization, establisha free trade zone and engage in furtherreforms before serious prospectscould emerge.“We gave the understanding that theEuropean Union (EU) is in a stage ofdigesting its expansion,” said AngelaMerkel, the federal chancellor ofGermany and EU president.With a bipolar government that isunlikely to agree on a more aggressivecourse toward Euro-Atlantic integration,let alone on a foreign affairs minister toreplace Borys Tarasyuk, Ukraine remainsstuck under a fierce Russian boot.by Matthew DubasPARSIPPANY, N.J. — Representativesof the Ukrainian Canadian community –including Paul Grod of the UkrainianCanadian Congress, AndrewHladyshevsky of the Ukrainian CanadianFoundation of Taras Shevchenko and Dr.Lubomyr Luciuk of the UkrainianCanadian Civil Liberties Association –met on February 16 with Jason Kenney,secretary of state for multiculturalism andCanadian identity to discuss the status ofredress for Canada’s World War I internmentof persons deemed “enemy aliens.”Mr. Kenney said that the governmentknows it has a legal responsibilityto make right on a pledge to UkrainianCanadians who are continuing theirfight for recognition of the fact thatprevious generations were interned incamps between 1914 and 1920.Conservative MP Inky Mark’s BillC331 – Internment of Persons ofUkrainian Origin Recognition Act,which received royal assent inNovember 2005, is a major leveragepoint for the Ukrainian effort, due to theRussia’s Black Sea FleetThe MARS-75 radio-navigation stationis the latest in repeated refusals bythe Russian Federation to adhere toUkrainian court orders requiring that itsgovernment transfer Black Sea Fleetproperty to the Ukrainian government.Last year, the Sevastopol EconomicCourt ordered the Russian Federation totransfer control of 77 lighthouses andnavigational sites to Ukraine’s Ministryof Defense. Russia never compiled.At the MARS-75 station in Henichesk,Russian soldiers are violating the BlackSea Fleet arrangement with their presenceon Ukrainian territory 200 kilometersaway from their Sevastopol base,said Oleh Yatsenko, leader of the StudentBrotherhood (Studentske Bratstvo).Mr. Yatsenko has led a citizens’ monitoringcampaign of Black Sea Fleet sitesand bases on Ukrainian territory, and alsoleads the Student Brotherhood’s activeprotests and attempts to raise publicawareness of Black Sea Fleet violations.Escorted by law enforcement authoritiesand Student Brotherhood activists,State Executive Service officials onMarch 5 delivered an April 11, 2003,court order issued by the Kherson OblastEconomic Court ordering the soldiers’(Continued on page 10)Ukrainian Canadians pressgovernment on redress issuefact that the government has acknowledgedthat “persons of Ukrainian originwere interned in Canada during the firstworld war” and agreed to providerecognition of this event.In honoring this pledge and as acondition of the Agreement inPrinciple signed in Regina, Manitoba,in August 2005, the Conservative government’ssolution was to establish theAcknowledgement, Commemorationand Educational Fund program (ACE).Currently referred to as theCommunity Historical RecognitionProgram (CHRP), the program is athree- to four-year general fund of $25million managed by bureaucrats that isearmarked for approximately a dozenethnic groups, including Ukrainians,who were told they could apply forproject funding.Additionally, a National HistoricalRecognition Program (NHRP), whichis to be administered by civil servantswithin the Ministry of CanadianHeritage, distributes the funding of an(Continued on page 16)Tymoshenko tells U.S. that Ukraineis in “deep constitutional crisis”Opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko meets with Rep. Marcy Kaptur (left) andRep. Maurice Hinchey (center) on Capitol Hill on March 1. National DeputyHryhorii Nemyria, an advisor to Ms. Tymoshenko, is on the right.by Khristina LewSpecial to The Ukrainian WeeklyWASHINGTON – Ukraine’s charismaticopposition leader YuliaTymoshenko met with Vice-PresidentDick Cheney, National Security AdvisorStephen Hadley and Secretary of StateCondoleezza Rice during her four-dayvisit to the nation’s capital that mirroredan earlier visit by Ukrainian PrimeMinister Viktor Yanukovych lastDecember.Unlike Mr. Yanukovych’s officialworking visit on December 3-7, 2006,Ms. Tymoshenko’s February 28-March 3trip was a private one in which she openlydiscussed Ukraine’s constitutional crisisand called for new parliamentaryelections as a means to resolve it.“Ukraine is in deep constitutional crisis,”she told a standing-room only gatheringat the Center for Strategic andInternational Studies on February 28.“The president has said it. The primeminister has said it. We can no longerignore the fact that Ukraine is losing elementsof stability every day, and thestandoff between the two branches ofgovernment is ruining our well-being, theinvestment climate and Ukraine’s positionas a stable partner.”Ms. Tymoshenko said her country’sdemocratic forces have asked Ukraine’sConstitutional Court to rule on whethergrounds exist for the president to callnew parliamentary elections, and thatthey anticipate an answer by the end ofMarch.Ukrainians voted in parliamentaryelections, hailed by internationalobservers as the most free and fair inUkraine’s history, one year ago, onMarch 26, 2006. Members of Ukraine’sParliament, or national deputies, servefive-year terms.Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio), co-chairof the Congressional Ukrainian Caucus,said after her March 1 meeting with Ms.Tymoshenko, “if the Constitutional Courtand Ukraine’s leaders approve, then it’sprobably within reason” for Ukraine tohold new parliamentary elections.State Department spokesman SeanMcCormack on March 2 sidestepped areporter’s question about U.S. support fornew elections in Ukraine, saying, “I’mnot going to get too deeply into thedetails here. The secretary has met withMs. Tymoshenko several times before,and including in Ukraine. They talkedabout the domestic political situationwithin Ukraine. They talked aboutUkrainian energy needs and the varioussources that Ukraine might tap into fortheir energy needs. They talked a little bitabout the Millennium Challenge Corp.The [sic] Ukraine has qualified for considerationof Millennium ChallengeCorp. grants. They talked about regionalissues as well, regional international politics.That’s really about it.”Washington meetingsMs. Tymoshenko, President ViktorYushchenko’s prime minister until he dismissedher in September 2005, arrived inWashington three days after formally creatinga single opposition in Parliamentwith the president’s party, Our Ukraine.She was scheduled to visit New Yorkprior to arriving in Washington, butabruptly cancelled appearances at theCouncil on Foreign Relations and(Continued on page 4)Khristina Lew

2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 11, 2007No. 10ANALYSISUkrainian-Russian steel mergerhas top-level political ramificationsby Vladimir SocorEurasia Daily MonitorThe Industrial Union of the Donbas(IUD), Ukraine’s second-largest steel-makinggroup, is negotiating a merger with theRussian Metalloinvest group controlled byAlisher Usmanov, who also headsGazprom’s investment arm for assets otherthan gas, Gazprominvestholding. An IUD-Metalloinvest merger could generate farreachingpolitical and business repercussionsin Ukraine and beyond.On February 19 the sides signed anagreement on the mutual evaluation oftheir assets, preparatory to a merger(Financial Times, February 20). A mergerwould be followed by an initial publicoffering of the integrated holding onWestern capital markets. The stated ambitionis to match or overtake the output ofSeverstal, Russia’s largest steel producer.The IUD is a rival to Renat Akhmetov’sSystems Capital Management (SCM),which also is based in the Donetsk region,largely bankrolls the governing Party ofthe Regions, and holds sway on personnelappointments throughout the economicministries and agencies. However, SCMby no means fully dominates or representsthe Donetsk region’s interest groups andhas proceeded to pressure some of them.IUD owners Vitalii Haiduk and SerhiiTaruta – each with a stake of slightly under50 percent – formed a political alignmentwith the embattled President ViktorYushchenko during the second half of2006. Since then, Mr. Haiduk serves as secretaryof the National Security and DefenseCouncil; and Oleksander Chalyi – IUD’stop political adviser – serves as deputy headof the Presidential Secretariat. Meanwhile,Mr. Taruta oversees IUD’s daily operations.This alignment seeks to counterbalancethe close relationship between Mr.Akhmetov’s SCM and the government ofPrime Minister Viktor Yanukovych.However, a merger of IUD withUsmanov’s Metalloinvest, an ally ofRussian energy giant Gazprom, could leadto a reshuffle of top-level political andbusiness relationships in Ukraine.The Russian holding’s iron- and steelrelatedassets – grouped in the Gazmetallconcern – include the Ural Steel plant,the Lebedinsky and Mikhailovsky oreminingand ore-dressing plants, as well asa 50 percent stake in the Ormeto MachinePlant in co-ownership with Uralmash.Gazmetall produces 6 million tons of rawsteel annually.Mr. Usmanov and the Metalloinvest coownerVasily Anisimov are also said to bethe main shareholders of Moldova’sRibnita steel plant, situated in the RussiancontrolledTransdnistria region and said tobankroll the latter’s officially acknowledgedbudget. Ranked among the mostmodern steel plants in the former USSR,the Ribnita plant has passed through vari-ClarificationIn the story headlined “PinchukArtCentredevelops Ukraine’s exhibition at VeniceBiennale” (February 25), an incorrect titlewas given for Peter Doroshenko. Thoughhis title in Ukrainian is “komisar” of theUkrainian exhibition at the biennale, his titlein English is commissioner. That translationerror became evident only after The Weeklyreceived an official news release from theBALTIC Center for Contemporary Art inGateshead, England; Mr. Doroshenko isdirector of BALTIC.ous hands of Gazprom-connected Russiancompanies, from Itera to Metalloinvest, innotoriously opaque transactions. A certainAustro-Ukrainian Hares Group, namedafter Yushchenko’s Arab businessmanfriendYusuf Hares, acquired 90 percentownership of Ribnita in 2004, then sold anundetermined portion of that to the currentowners, some of them hidden under undecipherableacronyms (Moldpres, OlviaPress, January 29, 30).The IUD includes the Alchevsk cokeand steel plants and the Dniprodzerzhynsksteel plant in Ukraine, as well as theDunafer and Huta Czestochowa steelplants in Hungary and Poland, respectively.IUD produces 9 million tons of steelpipes and rolled goods annually.An IUD-Gazmetall merger would resultin a combined capitalization of some $15billion, reduce production costs and poolexisting steel output capacities of 15 to 20million tons annually. According to theUzbek-born Mr. Usmanov, the integratedholding would be a leader “on the wideexpanses of our former fatherland”(Interfax-Ukraine, February 20).Such declared ambitions notwithstanding,the merger scheme largely stems fromthe need to surmount certain handicaps oneither side. Gazmetall controls only smallproduction capacities for steel productssuch as pipes and rolled goods. Moreover,it does not own industrial assets onEuropean Union territory, which IUD doesin Poland and Hungary and would includethese in the integrated holding.For its part, IUD does not own ironore mines and dressing plants in Ukraineor anywhere, but would gain access tosuch resources through Gazmetall inRussia, thus offsetting a major handicapagainst IUD’s Ukrainian competitors.IUD’s major disadvantage in this regardstems from the manipulative privatization ofthe Ukrainian Ore Industry (Ukrrudprom) in2004 by then-President Leonid Kuchma andthe first government of Viktor Yanukovych.That privatization awarded the lion’s share –the Central and Southern iron ore-dressingplants – to Mr. Akhmetov’s SCM, alongwith a stake in the Southern plant to IhorKolomoiskyi’s Pryvat Group and with theInhulets ore-dressing plant to Russian businessmanVadim Novinsky’s Smart Group.At present, Gazmetall and Smart Groupseek to acquire stakes in the Kryvyi Rih oredressingplant, which is up for privatizationand in which SCM is also an interestedparty (Ukrayinska Pravda, February 18).Deprived of a domestic iron-ore base ofits own, IUD has had to resort to costly oreimports from overseas or to buy it from itspolitical and business rivals, which in turnhave resorted to overpricing. With SCMnow essentially in control of the government,IUD is reaching out to Russia foriron-ore supplies through Gazmetall. GivenUsmanov’s close relations with Gazprom, itseems likely that SCM also hopes for specialarrangements on gas supplies (as SCMis said to have obtained for itself in 2006).These realignments entail not only businessbut also political ramifications, reflectingthe political roles of major steel producersin Ukraine, with SCM and IUD backingthe government and the presidency, respectively,in their ongoing power struggle.Sources: Interfax-Ukraine, February 18,19, 20; Ukrayinska Pravda, February 18.The article above is reprinted fromEurasia Daily Monitor with permissionfrom its publisher, the JamestownFoundation, www.jamestown.org.Yushchenko hails opposition unityKYIV – President Viktor Yushchenkotold a press conference in Chernivtsi onMarch 6 that he “approves and appreciates”the unification of opposition forcesin the Verkhovna Rada. “I am happy to saythat a congress of the Our Ukraine Bloc,which is scheduled for March 31, will beheld to unify several bloc members and tocreate one party with one statute,” he said.The president said it would help “minimizeformal problems” which “impedepolitical progress.” He said the unificationof the pro-presidential bloc and ex-PrimeMinister Yulia Tymoshenko’s bloc “givesthe best answer on how to harmonizeUkrainian politics,” adding, “It has alwaysbeen a very difficult and ambitious challengeto consolidate Ukraine’s democraticmovement.” Mr. Yushchenko reiteratedthat the country’s leaders should hold talkson how to create an effective system ofchecks and balances, with the oppositionbeing one of the key participants of thisprocess. (Ukrinform)PM: no grounds for early electionsKYIV – Prime Minister ViktorYanukovych told representatives of theParliamentary Assembly of the Councilof Europe in Kyiv on March 5 that thecalls by some politicians for early parliamentaryand presidential elections inUkraine are “groundless,” Interfax-Ukraine reported. Last week, a lawmakerfrom the Party of the Regions headed byMr. Yanukovych announced that he plansto submit to the Verkhovna Rada a bill onholding early presidential and parliamentaryelections in the fall. (RFE/RLNewsline)Kyiv starts new talks with EUBRUSSELS – Ukraine and theEuropean Union launched negotiations inBrussels on March 5 on a new cooperationaccord to replace the current one,which expires in 2008, dpa and UNIANreported. “This is an important step tohave Ukraine come closer to us, and itwill send a signal of our wish to deepenrelations with Ukraine,” EU ExternalRelations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner said following a meeting withNEWSBRIEFSUkrainian Vice Minister of ForeignAffairs Andrii Veselovskyi. “I want toreiterate that this enhanced agreementwill be drafted within the framework ofEuropean Neighborhood Policy,” Ms.Ferrero-Waldner noted, adding that thenew agreement will not prejudge anypossible developments in relationsbetween Ukraine and the EU. She saidthe new cooperation agreement couldhelp lead to a deal on free trade betweenthe EU and Ukraine. But she added thattalks on this issue will begin only afterUkraine is accepted into the World TradeOrganization. (RFE/RL Newsline)Ukrainian president visits GeorgiaTBILISI, Georgia – Visiting Tbilisi onMarch 1, Ukrainian President ViktorYushchenko discussed with his Georgiancounterpart, Mikheil Saakashvili, bilateralrelations and cooperation, their respectivecountries’ bids for NATO membershipand regional cooperation, including withinthe GUAM group, Georgian media andkavkaz-uzel.ru reported. Speaking at asubsequent joint press conference, Mr.Yushchenko reiterated earlier offers byUkrainian leaders to contribute a contingentto an international peacekeepingforce to be deployed in Abkhazia underthe aegis of the United Nations. The twosides signed several bilateral agreements,including one facilitating the permanentresidence of citizens of one country in theother, and a second one facilitating theexport to Ukraine of Georgian wine andmineral water, Caucasus Press reported.(RFE/RL Newsline)President against early electionsTBILISI, Georgia – President ViktorYushchenko said in Tbilisi on March 1that he does not approve of the proposalto hold simultaneous early presidentialand parliamentary elections this comingfall, UNIAN reported. Mr. Yushchenkowas commenting on the initiative of alawmaker from the ruling Party of theRegions to submit a draft bill to thateffect. According to Mr. Yushchenko, thepotential early elections would reinstallthe same political forces in Parliament(Continued on page 14)THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY FOUNDED 1933An English-language newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc.,a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. 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No. 10THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 11, 2007 3Retribution behind calls for early electionsby Jan MaksymiukRFE/RLPRAGUE – Last week, a lawmakerfrom the ruling Party of the Regions submittedto the Verkhovna Rada a draft billon holding simultaneous early parliamentaryand presidential elections this comingfall.A week earlier two opposition parties,the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc and OurUkraine, signed a unity deal in whichthey pledged to seek early parliamentaryelections.Is Ukraine poised to plunge into awhirlwind of electioneering this year?“We see that the situation is gettingout of control, including the president’scontrol,” Party of the Regions lawmakerVasyl Kyseliov told journalists two daysbefore submitting his draft bill to the legislature.“Therefore I, as a national deputy, amworking out a draft bill, or a draft resolution,on simultaneous early presidentialand parliamentary elections in the fall,approximately on September 30.”The next presidential election inUkraine is due in 2009, the parliamentaryones in 2011.Ruling coalition’s responseMr. Kyseliov’s initiative seems to bethe ruling coalition’s “asymmetric”response to the opposition’s formalizedvow to seek early parliamentary elections.Will the Verkhovna Rada put the billon early parliamentary and presidentialelections on its agenda?Ivan Boykin, head of the SocialistParty’s parliamentary caucus, said hebelieves that if the political rivalrybetween Prime Minister ViktorYanukovych and President ViktorYushchenko continues, Mr. Kyseliov’sproposal may not only be put to a votebut also endorsed by the ruling coalition.“There is madness on the part of onepolitical force, and the other politicalforce has also begun to go mad andwants to propose this madness to all ofUkraine,” Mr. Boykin said. “But if thismadness goes on, if this affliction is notcured on Bankova Street [in thePresidential Secretariat] or in Parliament,if there is not enough sense to realize thatplaying with the idea of the dissolution ofParliament is hopeless, we will have tosupport this [bill].”Messrs. Yanukovych and Yushchenkohave recently locked horns over a billthat extends the powers of the Cabinetand the Parliament at the expense of thepresident.Mr. Yushchenko vetoed the bill, butthe ruling coalition of the Party of theRegions, the Socialist Party and theCommunist Party managed to overridehis veto with the help of the oppositionTymoshenko Bloc. Mr. Yushchenko subsequentlyappealed to the ConstitutionalCourt.In what seemed to be a political tit fortat, the ruling coalition rejected Mr.Yushchenko’s nominees for the posts offoreign affairs minister and head of theSecurity Service of Ukraine.Shaky legal groundUkrainian political analyst KostiantynBondarenko said he believes that earlyelections could be a way out of the currentpolitical standoff in Ukraine.“There are no legal grounds [for earlypolls], but there is a problem of confrontationand a problem of the dead endin which Ukraine has found itselfbecause of the institutional confrontationbetween the Cabinet of Ministers and thePresidential Secretariat,” Mr.Bondarenko said. “[Such elections]would not be the worst scenario.”Mr. Bondarenko is right in suggestingthat Mr. Kyseliov’s draft bill on holdingearly parliamentary and presidential pollsmakes no legal sense.Staging early parliamentary electionsis the exclusive constitutional prerogativeof the president, who calls for such pollsif the Verkhovna Rada fails to form amajority within 30 days after its first sittingor a new Cabinet within 60 day afterthe dismissal or resignation of the previousone; or if it fails to gather for a sittingwithin 30 days during an ongoingparliamentary session.Thus, in order to produce formalgrounds for early parliamentary elections,the ruling coalition would need toprohibit its lawmakers from conveningfor a month rather than pass a bill withno legal force.On the other hand, the oppositioncould create prerequisites for early parliamentarypolls by challenging the legalityof the Yanukovych Cabinet before theConstitutional Court.The current Verkhovna Rada convenedfor its first sitting in late May 2006. Theparliamentary majority supporting theYanukovych Cabinet was formed in earlyAugust 2006, thus apparently oversteppingthe time frame set by theConstitution by more than a month.Consequently, if the Constitutional Courtconfirmed that Mr. Yanukovych’sCabinet was formed beyond this timeframe, President Yushchenko could dissolvethe legislature and call for newelections.The fundamental lawThe Ukrainian Constitution stipulatesthat an early presidential ballot may beheld only after the incumbent presidenthas resigned or died, has been unable toperform his duties because of his health,or has been impeached by Parliament.Clearly, no such preconditions are presentin Ukraine.National deputies from the rulingcoalition seem to realize, too, that Mr.Kyseliov’s draft bill is more of a propagandamove than a real threat to Mr.Yushchenko’s presidency. LawmakerVolodymyr Zubanov from the Party ofthe Regions suggested that Mr.Yushchenko could resign as LeonidKravchuk, Ukraine’s first president, didin 1994 in order to defuse a political confrontation.“In 1994 when there was a parliamentaryand presidential crisis, Kravchukagreed to leave his post before the end ofhis term and hold an early election,” Mr.Zubanov said. “I think that today itwould be timely for Yushchenko to stepdown and hold early [parliamentary andpresidential] elections on September 30.”But President Yushchenko has nointention of following in PresidentKravchuk’s steps. Last week Mr.Yushchenko said the idea to hold an earlypresidential election is “provocation,blackmail and psychological pressure.”According to him, potential early parliamentaryelections would reinstall thesame political forces in Parliament thatare there now.This week, Prime MinisterYanukovych also went public and saidthat the calls for early parliamentary andpresidential elections are “groundless.”Mr. Yanukovych’s statement may imply awithdrawal of Mr. Kyseliov’s draft billfrom the legislative agenda.The Tymoshenko factorHowever, the topic of early parliamentaryelections is likely to remain on thepublic agenda in Ukraine. This is because(Continued on page 18)U.S. Ambassadors Miller and Herbstreceive Ukraine’s awards “For Merit”Ukraine’s Ambassador Oleh Shamshur (right) praises former U.S. Ambassadorsto Ukraine William Green Miller (second from right) and John Herbst during aceremony at which the two men received Ukrainian state orders “For Merit.”Looking on is U.S. Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns (left).Embassy of Ukraine in the United StatesWASHINGTON – Ukraine’s ambassadorto the United States, Oleh Shamshur,on February 22 presented the highUkrainian orders “For Merit” toAmbassadors William Green Miller andJohn Herbst. The awards recognized theirpersonal contributions to strengtheningrelations between Ukraine and the UnitedStates, as well as outstanding diplomaticperformance while they were representingthe United States as envoys to Ukraine.Undersecretary of State NicholasBurns and other State Department officialsattended the ceremony, which tookplace at the U.S. State Department.In his remarks at the ceremony, Dr.Shamshur pointed out the longstandingQuotable notesAndrew Bihuncommitment of Ambassador Miller toUkraine even after he officially ended hisambassadorial duties in Kyiv. He continuesto take an active part in further developmentof U.S.-Ukraine relations, servingas a co-chair of the Coalition for aSecure and Democratic Ukraine.The Ukrainian ambassador also highlypraised Ambassador Herbst, who representedthe U.S. in Ukraine at the time ofthe unprecedented historic events of theOrange Revolution.Ambassador Shamshur remarked thatUkraine today continues its course towardEuro-Atlantic integration, transformingitself into a modern European state andbuilding upon the mutual benefits of theUkraine-U.S. strategic partnership.[The proposed cuts and reductions in U.S. international broadcasting are] “agift to dictators and suppressors of press freedom.”“Whenever budget cuts become necessary to pay for new programs to countriesand regions where freedom of expression is suppressed, the BBG[Broadcasting Board of Governors] inevitably relies on cutting programs to audienceswhich are also deprived of free media but are less important for the foreignpolicy goals of the [Bush] administration.“This lack of consistency sends a terrible signal to defenders of freedom andcourageous journalists around the world.”– FreeMediaOnline.org, a San Francisco-based non-profit organization, asquoted by the BBC Monitoring Service, February 27, in an analysis by PeterFeuilherade headlined “Planned Cuts in Language Services Mar Voice ofAmerica’s 65th Anniversary.”“I think it’s laughable, tragic and absurd for the Voice of America not tobroadcast in English.“I mean, if Radio Moscow stopped broadcasting in Russian, people would beshocked. If Radio Beijing stopped broadcasting in Chinese – imagine RadioFrance not broadcasting in French."– Sanford Ungar, who headed Voice of America from 1999 to 2001, commentingon the proposed radical reduction of English-language broadcasts. Quotedin a February 27 analysis by Peter Feuilherade of the BBC Monitoring Service.“The march to democracy has taken a back step in Russia.”“Those that [Russian President Vladimir Putin] is listening to are extremelyconservative and very suspicious of the United States. [They] interpret thingsthrough a lens that portrays Russia as the downtrodden, or [that indicates] we’retrying to hold them back to the advantage of the United States.”– U.S. Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell speaking before aU.S. Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on February 27, as quoted byRFE/RL Newsline.

4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 11, 2007No. 10Tymoshenko honored by U.S. conservatives at Ronald Reagan Banquetby Yaro BihunSpecial to The Ukrainian WeeklyWASHINGTON — Yulia Tymoshenkohad a roaring reception near the end ofher Washington visit at a gathering ofAmerican political activists, whose conferencecoincided with her four-day stayhere.The Ukrainian opposition leader washonored on March 2 at the RonaldReagan Banquet of the ConservativePolitical Action Conference (CPAC), ameeting of Republican Party’s conservativebase activists, which this year alsoattracted the party’s presidential candidates.By coincidence, the banquet was inthe same huge hall at the OmniShoreham Hotel where President ViktorYushchenko had been honored by theUkrainian American community in April2005.“In recognition of her commitment tofreedom and democracy in Ukraine,”John Fund of the Wall Street Journal presentedher with a large, leather-boundportfolio containing three originalproclamations signed by PresidentReagan — two honoring Captive NationsWeek, and one commemorating the victimsof the Great Famine in Ukraine.When the ovation of the more than2,000 guests had died down, Ms.Tymoshenko thanked the hosts, sayingthat she was accepting the honor “as asign of your respect for my country,Ukraine, which I love with all my heart.”Citing President Reagan’s inspirationalcall in Berlin — “Mr. Gorbachev,tear down this wall!” — she said that iswhat the Orange Revolution did and iscontinuing to do.“Yet, as Ronald Reagan knew, libertydemands eternal vigilance,” she added,“so, once again, we are defying a governmentthat seeks to corrupt our democracyand curtail our independence.”Yulia Tymoshenko receives a standing ovation during the Ronald Reagan Banquet at the Conservative Political ActionConference in Washington.“We shall persist, and our democracyshall prevail,” she stressed, adding thather work will not end until Ukraine overcomesevery obstacle to become — againquoting President Reagan — the next“shining city on the hill.”Bringing on yet another standing ovation,she concluded with “God blessUkraine, and God bless the United Statesof America.”Being a gathering of the staunch conservativebase of the Republican Party, therewere moments during the banquet whichmay well have caused a visiting foreignnon-partisan politician some discomfort.As Ukrayinska Pravda correspondentTetiana Nykolaienko noted in her concludingreport, the American guests wereobviously enjoying the anti-HillaryClinton cartoon playing on the hall’slarge screens during dinner as well as thepartisan jokes and jabs by some of theYaro Bihunspeakers that, she said, “bordered on theobscene.”She also detected an added measure ofthe “grotesque” in the fact that the“Defender of the Constitution Award”was presented to a wounded Americansoldier by a person who some years agohad been tried for illegal arms trading.The presenter, radio talk show host Lt.Col. Oliver North, was involved in theIran-Contra affair in the 1980s.Tymoshenko tells...(Continued from page 1)Columbia University set for February 26.A press release attributed Ms.Tymoshenko’s absence to the flu.In Washington, Ms. Tymoshenko alsomet with Sen. Richard Lugar (R-Ind.),leader of the Senate Foreign RelationsCommittee; Rep. Kaptur, Rep. SanderLevin (D-Mich.) and Rep. MauriceHinchey (D-N.Y.), co-chairs of theCongressional Ukrainian Caucus; andMadeleine K. Albright, secretary of stateunder President Bill Clinton and chairmanof the National DemocraticInstitute. Ms. Tymoshenko traveled withNational Deputies Hryhorii Nemyria,Yevhen Korniychuk, Viktor Shvets andOleksander Feldman.She spoke at CSIS on the first day ofher visit and at the National Press Clubon March 2. There, as at all of her publicappearances, she spoke of the gainsmade in Ukraine after the OrangeRevolution that she helped lead inNovember 2004, the need to stem theconstitutional crisis with new parliamentaryelections, and Ukraine’s energy andeconomic security.Ms. Tymoshenko told the NationalPress Club that the Orange Revolutionbrought true political competition andKhristina LewYulia Tymoshenko arrives at Rayburn House Office Building on March 1 with(from left) National Deputies Hryhorii Nemyria, Yevhen Korniychuk, Viktor Shvetsand Oleksander Feldman.freedom of speech to Ukraine, and thatthe government of Prime MinisterYanukovych was not defendingUkraine’s national interests.The country’s constitutional crisis andthe power struggle between PresidentYushchenko and Prime MinisterSUPPORT THE WORKOF THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY.Send contributions to: The Ukrainian Weekly Press Fund,2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054Yanukovych stems, she said, from theconstitutional reform that was adoptedon January 1 of last year, and she reiteratedthat her bloc was the only politicalforce in Ukraine that opposed it.She discussed regional energy securityand Russia’s attempts to controlUkraine’s gas distribution network,telling an over-capacity audience at CSISthat “it’s not just about gas – it’s aboutviolating the political sovereignty ofUkraine.”She warned that the Yanukovych governmentwould bring Ukraine into theSingle Economic Space, a supra-governmentalagency that will dictate Ukraine’sfinancial, monetary and customs policy.Ukraine, she said, would have only an 11percent stake in the SES, while Russiawould control over 80 percent of theinstitution’s work.She defended her support of the lawon imperative mandate – which wouldpermit a political party or bloc to revokethe mandate of a deputy in a local councilif he or she were to switch party allegiance– by pointing out that Ukrainedoes not have a developed system ofpolitical parties and that the law, currentlyunder review by theConstitutional Court, would strengthenparty tradition.Her rhetoric was meant to counterwhat analysts have been referring to as“Ukraine fatigue.” Rep. Levin addressedthe issue squarely on March 1 after theirmeeting: “There was some reference towhether there was fatigue about Ukraine.I think the issue is not fatigue, but concern,”he said.Fatigue was wanting at a town hallstylemeeting between Ms. Tymoshenkoand the Ukrainian community on March1, where she was greeting with chants of“Yulia! Yulia!” That meeting, organizedby The Washington Group, the UkrainianCongress Committee of America, theUkrainian American CoordinatingCouncil and the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation,was attended by over 300. Earlier, Ms.Tymoshenko met with leaders ofUkrainian American organizations fromWashington, Philadelphia and New York.Ms. Tymoshenko also was honored forher work for democracy in Ukraine bythe Conservative Political ActionConference at a banquet held at theOmni Shoreham Hotel on March 2.

No. 10THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 11, 2007 5Ukrainian opposition leader meets with Ukrainian Americansby Yaro BihunSpecial to The Ukrainian WeeklyWASHINGTON – Unlike Prime Minister ViktorYanukovych, who would not meet with UkrainianAmericans during his visit here three months earlier,Yulia Tymoshenko devoted the evening of March 1 totwo such get-togethers – a small gathering with organizationalrepresentatives and a large meeting with thecommunity.The community meeting, held in one of the largercaucus rooms in the Rayburn House Office Building onCapitol Hill, attracted some 300 Ukrainian Americans.Most were from the Washington area, but the assemblyincluded small groups from Baltimore and Philadelphia,and individuals who came from as far as New York,Chicago and Los Angeles.The participants heard the Ukrainian oppositionleader give her analysis of political developments inUkraine and what corrective measures she thought wereneeded in the future. They also had a chance to expresstheir concerns and ask Ms. Tymoshenko questions duringthe discussion that followed.In her presentation, Ms. Tymoshenko underscoredmany of the same points she raised at other public venuesin Washington, in meetings with Bush aministrationofficials and members of Congress. The Yanukovychteam is intent on tightening its hold on the governmentand economy of Ukraine and bringing it into theRussian fold, she said.“The Yanukovych government, regardless of whatanybody says, is not working for Ukraine, for Ukraine’snational interest, is not working to maintain Ukraine’sindependence,” she said. That was particularly evidentin the way it is trying to hand over Ukraine’s energy andenergy transport sector to Russian control.Ms. Tymoshenko pointed out that these intentions arealso apparent in the Yanukovych government’s apparentindifference to Russia’s expressed intentions in Crimeaand in Vice Prime Minister Mykola Azarov’s push toget Ukraine into the Russia-dominated Single EconomicSpace, in which Ukraine’s voting share would be 11percent, compared to Russia’s 80 percent.The Yanukovych team’s plans must be checked, shesaid, initially with the help of the Constitutional Court,and its government hopefully would be dislodged frompower through early parliamentary elections.As a first step, she stressed, they must not be allowedto buy a 300-vote Constitutional majority in theVerkhovna Rada, which would give them unlimitedpower – to change the Constitution, the government andthe country, in general. And even though her party andthat of President Viktor Yushchenko are now in agreementonce again, she added that one could not guaranteethat their party members would not “trade in theirsouls, trade in the future of Ukraine for, as an example,$5 million. And a few have already done so.”To prevent the further buying away of deputies by theYanukovych team, she said, they have asked theYulia Tymoshenko, with fellow Verkhovna Rada deputies sitting beside her, discusses developments inUkraine with representatives of Ukrainian American organizations at the Rayburn House OfficeBuilding in Washington: (front row, from left) Orest Deychakiwsky, Adrian Pidlusky, Ihor Gawdiak,Nadia Komarnycky-McConnell; (second row) Ihor Kotlarchuk, Bohdan Futey. Discussion moderatorAndrew Bihun is on Ms. Tymoshenko’s right.Constitutional Court to rule that a deputycannot switch from one party list toanother and remain in the VerkhovnaRada. They expect a ruling within a fewweeks, she said. They have also askedthe court to affirm the president’s rightto disband the Verkhovna Rada and callearly elections. She said they hoped toget a ruling on that issue before the endof April.It will not be easy, but it must be done,she warned. “If this Yanukovych team, ifthis mafia remains in power until 2011,it’s hard to predict in what condition theopposition will find itself – who will befree, and who will find himself behindbars. It will he hard to say what decisionswill be made, and can they be countered.”If this happens, Ms. Tymoshenkosaid, it will have a negative affect on theother countries in the region, likeGeorgia and Moldova. But, in conclusion,she expressed her conviction in therighteousness and ultimate triumph ofYaro BihunKhristina LewOpposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko and National DeputyHryhorii Nemyria at a town-hall style meeting with the UkrainianAmerican community on March 1.Yaro BihunYulia Tymoshenko describes the political situation in Ukraine and her vision for its future in front of some300 people attending a community meeting at the Rayburn House Office Building organized by WashingtonbasedUkrainian American organizations.her alliance’s mission.“Ukraine will play its role and mission. Additionally,I am convinced – and no one will convince me otherwise– that Ukraine is and will be the spiritual center ofthis region, because no politicians will be able to lessen,hide or destroy the spirit that was born in Ukraine duringthe Orange Revolution. I am convinced that thespirit continues to live in the hearts of true Ukrainiansin Ukraine and abroad,” she said.To which the audience replied by chanting: “Nasbahato! Nas ne podolaty!” (We are many! We cannot bedefeated!)Among the issues raised in the discussion sessionthat followed was the fate of the “selo” (the village andfarmers) in the new economy, and of the Ukrainian languageand culture, in general. One questioner complainedabout the difficulties encountered by Ukrainianvoters residing abroad, and a Radio Liberty reporterquestioned the trustworthiness of some of the deputiesnow allied with Mr. Tymoshenko.The community meeting with Ms. Tymoshenko wasarranged by a committee of four organizations: theUkrainian American Coordinating Council, UkrainianCongress Committee of America, U.S.-UkraineFoundation and The Washington Group, an associationof Ukrainian American professionals.Earlier that evening, representatives of these andother Ukrainian American organizations had a separatediscussion session with the Ukrainian opposition leader.On the last day of her stay in Washington, March 3,just before flying home, Ms. Tymoshenko placed a bouquetof flowers at the Taras Shevchenko monument.

6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 11, 2007No. 10Back in Kyiv, Tymoshenko assesses her U.S. visit as a successby Zenon ZawadaKyiv Press BureauKYIV – Parliamentary opposition leaderYulia Tymoshenko told the Kyiv press corpson March 5 that her three-day U.S. trip wasa success, having received high-level supportfor legally attained pre-term parliamentaryelections, as well as her ongoing effortsto reform Ukraine’s energy sector.“Highly estimated were the unification ofdemocratic forces in Ukraine, the perceptionof all threats within Ukraine’s energy marketand also the rebuilding of a new authoritarianismin Ukraine,” Ms. Tymoshenko said ofher meetings, which included U.S. Vice-President Dick Cheney and U.S. Secretaryof State Condoleezza Rice.Specifically, she said top American officialsexpressed their understanding and supportfor her key energy positions, which arebased on the principles of transparency,competitiveness and diversification.Aside from her stated accomplishments,the three-day trip tried to reinforce the imageof Ms. Tymoshenko and her bloc asUkraine’s leading democratic alternative tothe Party of the Regions, which she has persistentlycast as a corrupt, authoritarian forcehostile to Western political values.The Party of the Regions has undergone asignificant image makeover since the 2004elections, and has since gained increasinglevels of respectability, acceptance and evensupport from certain Western leaders andbusinessmen.Amidst this change in perception, Ms.Tymoshenko has struggled to depict the scenarioas an ongoing struggle between forcesfor democracy, free markets and Westernvalues against those supporting authoritarianism,command market policies andEurasian values.“The Party of the Regions hasn’tchanged,” Ms. Tymoshenko told Kyivreporters. “It is a mafia which, in formingthe coalition government, practically createda national revolution and continues to do so.The sooner we’re able to stop this, the soonerUkrainians will be able to live a stable,predictable life.”The opposition leader said her visit wasvital in explaining the causes of and solutionsto Ukraine’s current political instability,as well as its closer relations with theEurasian sphere. She underscored that it wasimportant for the U.S. to understand recentdevelopments in Ukraine, so that it doesn’tcross Ukraine off its list of stable nationsripe for investment.The means to halt the rise of authoritarianismthat Ms. Tymoshenko agitated for ispre-term parliamentary elections.“Pre-term elections will finally return toParliament honestly elected political forcesthat will be able to change today’s situationand renew Ukraine’s path toward Euro-integration,towards honestly building the government’swork, and towards transparencyand consistency of reform that needs to takeplace in Ukraine,” she said.Ms. Tymoshenko’s best chance at forcingpre-term elections would involve finding150 deputies, or one-third of the VerkhovnaRada to resign and turn in their deputy mandates.While all 125 Tymoshenko Blocdeputies would be willing, it’s unclearhow many from the Our Ukraine blocwould agree, considering that many standto lose their parliamentary seats becausethe bloc isn’t likely to win as many votesin repeat elections.Furthermore, President ViktorYushchenko, who is honorary chair of theOur Ukraine bloc, has repeatedly indicatedthat he isn’t ready to take that drastic step.The U.S. government will support pretermelections as long as they’re executedwithin the bounds of Ukraine’s Constitutionand law, and based on legal principles, Ms.Tymoshenko said. “It will be exclusively alegal path, not public disturbances or callsfor a new revolution,” she said.Ms. Tymoshenko is leading an aggressivedrive for pre-term elections because she seesa danger of the Party of the Regions remainingin power until the next parliamentaryelections in four years, said Ivan Lozowy,president of the Kyiv-based Institute ofStatehood and Democracy, which isfinanced by Ukrainian business donations.“They will become much moreentrenched. In that case the elections will bemuch less fair than what we can get in thenear term,” he said. “Despite its lip serviceon democracy, the Party of the Regions reallyhas only one task: to increase through politicsand the media its own affluence, powerand control. Tymoshenko understands theycan’t be allowed another four years. It’s abig amoeba that swallows everything itcomes into contact with.”The opposition leader told U.S. officialsthe Tymoshenko and Our Ukraine blocs arejointly drafting a new edition of theUkrainian Constitution to put an end toattempts to revise it for what she describedas “totalitarian” ends.Ms. Tymoshenko also spent a significanttime discussing Ukraine’s energy situation,which is directly related to Europe’s energystability.Issues of concern that were discussedincluded usurpation of Ukraine’s natural gasmarket, RosUkrEnergo affiliates’ export ofelectricity, RosUkrEnergo’s control of energydistribution networks and RosUkrEnergoaffiliates’ encroachment upon natural gasand oil transit systems, she said.“All these developments demonstrate thatthe level of energy safety in Ukraine is in acritical state,” Ms. Tymoshenko said.RosUkrEnergo is a Swiss-registered companyin which the Russian natural gasmonopoly Gazprom holds a 50 percentstake, and Ukrainian businessmen DmytroFirtash and Ivan Fursin own the other half.The company derives enormous profitfrom serving as an intermediary betweenGazprom and Ukrainian natural gas distributorNaftohaz in providing natural gas toUkraine – a role that many experts, includingMs. Tymoshenko, insist is unnecessary.For many years, Ukrainian leaders,among them Mr. Yushchenko, refused toreveal who were the partners inRosUkrEnergo. They were finally outedby the Russian daily newspaper Izvestiain April 2006.Ms. Tymoshenko also met withMillennium Challenge Corp. officials,who announced in January that Ukrainemay qualify for a grant between $500million and several billion dollars todevelop a sustainable economic developmentproject on a national scale.Ms. Tymoshenko became the first leaderto publicly propose a project, suggesting themodernization and reconstruction of thenation’s heating system, as well as the extensionof hot water to the nation’s entire populationas a means of reducing natural gas useand increasing energy efficiency.She also suggested distributing funds toregional governments to address social problems.Ms. Tymoshenko announced a joint projectbetween the Tymoshenko Bloc and theU.S.-based RAND Corp. to conduct specializedresearch on the state of trade relationsbetween the U.S. and Ukraine. The RANDCorp. will also perform an evaluation of thenation’s investment climate, with politicalrecommendations for its improvement, shesaid.Ms. Tymoshenko said her U.S. visit,first in nearly a decade, finally put to restwhat she called political provocationsagainst her suggesting that U.S. lawenforcement authorities still had concernsregarding her formerly close businessties with Pavlo Lazarenko.The former prime minister was convictedin a U.S. federal court in August of moneylaundering, wire fraud and interstate transportof stolen property. He was sentenced tonine years in federal prison.In meeting with high-level officials, Ms.Tymoshenko also addressed the RussianFederation’s role in sending “colossal politicalmoney” into the Autonomous Republicof Crimea to support organizations thatthreaten Ukraine’s territorial integrity andcreate instability.Ms. Tymoshenko said she would soonmeet with Mr. Yushchenko to discuss hertrip’s results.When asked by reporters what gift shewanted from the Ukrainian president forthe March 8 national holiday, which isInternational Women’s Day, her interestswent beyond flowers and chocolates.“I expect consistency in uniting democraticforces and in conducting pre-termelections,” Ms. Tymoshenko said. “Ithink that would be the best present fromUkraine’s president for all of Ukraine’swomen.”THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, INC.BUFFALO DISTRICT– BRANCH 127, BRANCH 304 AND BRANCH 360 –invites all UNA members, their families and friends to join us.Where: St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church Hall308 Fillmore Ave., Buffalo, NY, 14206716-852-7566When: Sunday, March 18, 2007, at 1:00 pmCome see The UNA Archival Photographic ExhibitHear a Presentation on the UNAWin a Door PrizeMeet with UNA National Secretary Christine E. Kozakand UNA National Organizer Oksana TrytjakGuests and all interested persons are very welcome!

No. 10THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 11, 2007 7FOR THE RECORD: Yulia Tymoshenko interviewed by VOAFollowing is the English-language translationof an exclusive Voice of Americainterview with Yulia Tymoshenko. The interviewwas released on March 5.by Zoreslav BaydyukVoice of AmericaSpeaking here in Washington, youhave been emphasizing that the goal ofyour visit is to, primarily, present theopposition’s point of view on currentevents in Ukraine. So, what exactly didyou discuss with Vice-PresidentRichard Cheney, the influential Sen.Richard Lugar, and what topics didyou cover with Secretary of StateCondoleezza Rice?There were two main topics. The first onedealt with the political situation in Ukraineas well as our concerns that today, as neverpreviously during the past 15 years, thereexist dangers to Ukraine’s independence as acountry, as well as risks that we may foreverlose out on opportunities in the energy sectoras concerns the diversification of energysupplies not only into Ukraine, but also intoEuropean Union countries.Therefore, I laid out all the facts thattoday give cause for concern, because it isimportant for us that all democratic countriesworldwide that stood by Ukrainethroughout all the events of the [2004] presidentialelections, that supported and continueto support Ukraine in her efforts tostrengthen democracy – that they have attheir disposal information about events takingplace in Ukraine from multiple sources.We are concerned that power in Ukrainetoday is being monopolized by one politicalforce – the Yanukovych team that promotesits own reform strategy for Ukraine – onethat is diametrically opposed [to ours] –both in the area of domestic policy as wellas in foreign policy strategies. We are concernedthat today among Ukraine’s assetsthat are being [voluntarily] relinquished isher capability to develop her own closednuclear fuel cycle. We are concerned thatour uranium deposits have been handedover to some unknown joint company ofwhich Russian corporations are part. We arenot happy that today certain amounts of surpluselectricity that is being generated butnot consumed in Ukraine somehow end upin the hands of certain companies affiliatedwith RosUkrEnergo, and are exported notby Ukraine, but by these not very transparentcompanies, which are active also in theUkrainian gas sector.For us, all of these things are signs thatUkraine, first of all, is clearly sliding awayfrom [its goal of] European integration and,secondly, sliding in a direction that willcompound [existing] energy problems.In your speeches you have suggestedearly [parliamentary] elections as a wayout of the [current] political crisis. TheUnited States, generally speaking, is acountry that cherishes stability. Don’tyou think that your suggestion couldalienate the U.S. government, and particularlyU.S. businessmen and investorsthat have already grown tired of the constantinstability in Ukraine?If anyone would want to describe thecurrent political situation in Ukraine as stable,it certainly wouldn’t be me. I think thatparticularly the signs of a deep constitutionalcrisis that manifests itself in the confrontationbetween different branches of government– a rather radical confrontation, onemight add – a crisis, in which two branchesof government that have been popularlyelected profess two different strategic directionsfor Ukraine, then I would say that thiscan’t be characterized as stability.And the sooner we find a solution, anexit strategy for these intractable problems,the sooner Ukraine will have its stability.And Ukraine needs political stability asmuch as man needs fresh air. But [this stability]needs to be created. Today it isabsent. And we think that early elections area democratic procedure that has beenemployed already by almost all countries.Early elections are known as somethingforeseen by the constitutions of many countries,and I don’t see anything out of theordinary here – other than it being a vehiclethrough which stability can be achieved.During your visit to the Unites Statesyou have met with civic and politicalleaders. What are your expectations?First and foremost, [for them] to understandUkraine. Because there is plenty ofinformation that is currently being deliberatelydisseminated out of Ukraine. Thereare those who claim that there are wonderfulchanges occurring in Ukraine today –changes that lead, as you say, to stabilityand that bring results in terms of domesticand foreign policy.We, however, think that the situation is,in fact, quite different. And our primaryhope is for leading policy-makers to understand[this] and to formulate their policiesvis-à-vis our county accordingly.Secondly, we are hoping that decisionswill be made – decisions that are importantfor Ukraine today – for instance in theimplementation of the MillenniumChallenge program. This is a very powerfuland broad-based program conducted by thegovernment of the United States throughwhich grants are disbursed to countries forthe purpose of improving conditions withinthose countries. And we expect for Ukraineto be an active participant of this program,and rejoice that a small African country hasreceived 550 million [dollars] in grants, andthink that Ukraine can also become a participantin such projects and a recipient ofsuch financial assistance.I think we also hope that U.S. officialswill thoroughly analyze everything thattakes place in our region as pertains toenergy security. Because we think that thegrowing monopolization that we see thereis a challenge not only for Ukraine.Growing monopolies that provide energyresources to the European Union andpost-Soviet countries are a problem worthyof discussion at international forumsand diplomatic meetings, and, therefore,we focused our attention on it.So, does the situation that arose whenRussia cut off gas and oil supplies toUkraine and Belarus sending shockwavesthroughout Europe, does it presentan opportunity for Ukraine to forge newpartnerships for herself in Europe andacross the Atlantic?I’m currently working on consolidatingour partners in the United States and theEuropean Union with the intention of creatinga type of pool that would help formulateenergy policy in the region. And the projectsthat Ukraine is currently developinginvolve not only Ukraine. This and the issueof creating, together with European countries,a new transport corridor for naturalgas is being met with endorsement both inEurope and in the United States. Thispipeline would be capable of transportinggas from Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan andTurkmenistan to Europe through two seasand via Georgia and Ukraine.We are also very hopeful that we will beable to enlist European countries in a projectthat would create part of a closednuclear fuel cycle, which would provideUkraine with alternative nuclear fuel. Andwe think that Ukraine today would have alot to offer in a unified EU energy system.What would be needed are sizeable investmentsand a pooling of efforts on the part ofvarious countries.Ukraine, also, is capable of producingmore electricity than it needs for its internalconsumption.All of these are projects that are of interestnot only for Ukraine. I found that theyare being supported on the highest levels ofthe United States government.During your meetings you have calledon Americans to invest capital inUkraine. At the same time, during ameeting with the Ukrainian [American]community, you indicated that inUkraine – you cited Crimea as an example– there is a predominance of Russianinvestments. The average [person] mightask why U.S. investments should be consideredbetter than Russian investments.The fact of the matter is that sizeablefinancial injections, of which we heard fromMoscow Mayor [Yuri] Luzhkov, to the tuneof $3 billion in two years, with which theyplan to better the lives of Ukrainian citizensin Crimea, in our view, are nothing else thana huge political stunt aimed at gettingUkrainian citizens, Ukrainian citizens inCrimea, to look more favorably towardRussia, to look at Russia as a country that iscapable of offering some additional bliss.But all of this is undoubtedly intended tohave political consequences, which are thevery purpose of such investments.I would call upon investors – not onlyAmerican investors, but investorsthroughout the world – even though[many] large global corporations are concentratedand based in the United States, Iwould call on them not to waste time, butto initiate projects in Ukraine, because thecurrent government with all of its nonsensicalbehavior is only temporary and weperceive it only as such. Therefore, notime should be wasted. Ukraine needsinvestments as soon as possible.Speaking of the government andreturning to the subject of early electionsthat you are proposing – you have saidfeaturing30with certainty that the democratic or,let’s say, the “Orange” forces would prevail,if early election were held. What isyour conviction based on? Don’t youthink that the so-called “Orange” voter isdisaffected [with what has happened inUkraine]?My prognosis that the democratic forceswould again prevail during early parliamentaryelections is based on [my] familiaritywith the mood structure within Ukrainiansociety. Yes, Ukrainian voters hold a bit of agrudge against democratic parties, againstthe “Orange” forces, because many mistakeshave been made. But they will neveraccept a concept for the development oftheir country other than [the pursuit of] aEuropean perspective and far-reachingreforms of our internal order that would bebased on the rule of law, equal opportunityand government transparency.Therefore, it won’t matter in which configurationthe democratic forces will prevail– some democratic parties will get morevotes, others less and, maybe, some newones professing a similar development strategyfor Ukraine will appear – but what’smost important is that together they garner amajority of votes. Such is the mood inUkraine today.On the other hand, pro-Russian moodsand tendencies as well as a longing for there-establishment of the Soviet Union insome new form are shared today by nomore than 30 percent of people in Ukraine.In the event of a victory – where doyou see yourself?We have signed a coalition agreementwith the political forces aligned with thepresident – an agreement that is not intendedonly for the time-being. 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8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 11, 2007No. 10THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLYMarch101962Yulia takes WashingtonBy all accounts, Yulia Tymoshenko’s visit to the United States – her first as anational deputy of Ukraine and the leader of the opposition to boot – was a greatsuccess. She met with top officials of the Bush administration, including vice-President Dick Cheney, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and NationalSecurity Adviser Stephen Hadley; and members of Congress, including leadersof the Congressional Ukrainian Caucus. She spoke at the Center for Strategicand International Studies (where more than 100 people were turned away fromthe standing-room-only event) and at the National Press Club, and she met withinfluential news media.Ms. Tymoshenko was received in Washington, many observers noted, on thesame level as Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych back in December.Unlike Mr. Yanukovych, she welcomed meetings with the UkrainianAmerican community and its leaders. And she made a genuine attempt to heartheir concerns and answer their questions.Her principal message was both positive and negative, yet optimistic. Positive,because it underscored that the Orange Revolution lives on; negative, because shemade it clear to all her audiences that “Ukraine is in deep constitutional crisis.”“What happened in Ukraine at the time of the Orange Revolution is irreversible.And, even if the opposition becomes weak and the authorities gainpower, there is the Ukrainian nation, whose strength is simply colossal,” she saidat the outset of her remarks. She then continued to work toward her goal in comingto the United States: to explain to those who support Ukrainian democracywhat is going on in Ukraine. And she did so without mincing any words.“The Yanukovych government, regardless of what anybody says, is not workingfor Ukraine, for Ukraine’s national interest, is not working to maintain Ukraine’sindependence,” she stated. She cited the Yanukovych government’s willingness toturn over control of Ukraine’s energy and energy transport sectors to Russia, itspush to have Ukraine join the Single Economic Space (SES) and its general indifferenceto Russian meddling in Ukraine. She warned that the SES was not simply afree-trade zone, but a supranational structure to which member-states cede a significantportion of their sovereignty. Within the SES, she explained, Ukraine wouldhave an 11 percent share of voting power, while Russia would have 80 percent.She asked: “Can this possibly be the future for which we stood on Orangesquares (maidany)? Is this the future about which tens of generations dreamed,for which true patriots of Ukraine fought?”That is why the opposition is the opposition. Its goal, she told The WashingtonTimes, is to put Ukraine back on a course of “Euro-Atlantic integration and deeptransformative reforms,” adding that “the only instrument that we have today atour disposal is pre-term elections.” Continuing, she said “If this government is inpower until [the next elections in 2011], there would be nothing left of a democraticUkraine.”Ms. Tymoshenko even hit the right notes at the Ronald Reagan Banquet duringthe Conservative Political Action Conference, quoting the late president’swords: “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!” And she followed up with: “AsRonald Reagan knew, liberty demands eternal vigilance. So, once again, we aredefying a government that seeks to corrupt our democracy and curtail our independence.”She assured the audience of more than 2,000: “We shall persist, andour democracy shall prevail.”Perhaps the most important message Ms. Tymoshenko sent to the U.S. government– which seems to be suffering from “Ukraine fatigue” – is that theUnited States has to take the lead in speaking out for Ukraine. “A country aslarge and influential as your own has to lead this kind of work. Your countrydoes not have the right to be fatigued about Ukraine’s future.”And that is how, in three days, Yulia Tymoshenko took Washington.Turning the pages back...Forty-five years ago, The Ukrainian Weekly reported onthe scheduled release of the first volume of “Ukraine: AConcise Encyclopedia,” the first English-language encyclopediaabout Ukraine. This was a revised, translated and amendededition of the three-volume set published in Ukrainian in 1949.The project was initiated by Dr. Luke Myshuha, the former editor-in-chief ofSvoboda, the daily newspaper of the Ukrainian National Association, and Prof.Volodymyr Kubijovyc of the Shevchenko Scientific Society (NTSh). With the passingof Dr. Myshuha, Prof. Kubijovyc took the lead as editor-in-chief of the 1,185-pagereference work. Over 100 scholars and research specialists contributed to the referencebook’s entries on ethnography, language, history, literature, culture, geographypopulation and other general information.The release of Volume I of “Ukraine: A Concise Encyclopedia” marked the culminationof 10 years of work, which ran into the tens of thousands of dollars and wassubsidized by the UNA, in what was called “one of its greatest achievements.” Thework was described by the University of Toronto Press as “one of the major referencebooks of the 20th century.”The first printing released in 1962 was limited to 5,000 copies and was available inthe fall with an advance payment of $30 or $37.50 after the encyclopedia’s appearanceon the market. Nearly 10 years later, the UNA released the second volume of theencyclopedia prepared by NTSh, led by Prof. Kubijovyc.Source: “University of Toronto Press announces publication of Ukrainian encyclopedia;First volume of ‘Ukraine: A Concise Encyclopedia’ scheduled to appear thisfall” The Ukrainian Weekly, March 10, 1962.IN THE PRESSYulia Tymoshenko’s messageduring her visit to the U.S.“Coalescing in Ukraine,” editorial,The Washington Times, March 6:“… [Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor]Yanukovych has advanced closer ties toRussia, stalled talks of NATO integrationand ‘is trying to buy deputies like chickensin a bazaar,’ said Mrs. [Yulia]Tymoshenko last week at TheWashington Times. Mrs. Tymoshenkoand Mr. [Viktor] Yushchenko recentlysigned an agreement to form a unifiedopposition.“Mrs. Tymoshenko argued thatUkraine can either continue along thepath charted by Mr. Yanukovych forcloser relations with Russia – ‘as close aspossible’ – that would leave Ukraineagain a ‘vassal’ of Russia, or the presidentcan, under certain conditionsaccording to the Constitution, call pretermelections. ‘The goal of the opposition,’she said, is to put Ukraine back ona course of ‘Euro-Atlantic integrationand deep transformative reforms.’ And‘the only instrument that we have todayat our disposal is pre-term elections.’ …“… Even if pre-term elections areheld, there’s no guarantee that the turmoilthat followed the March 2006 parliamentaryelections won’t be repeated. …“The last time the Orange coalitioncame to power it was unable to staytogether long … Many of Ukraine’s post-Orange Revolution problems, includingintraparty fighting and corruption, couldbe understood as the kinks of a nascentdemocracy. Ukraine’s current slidetoward Russia is more serious, accordingto Mrs. Tymoshenko. While manyadvances – freedom of speech and of thepress, and true political opposition –remain, the country’s hard-won politicalprogress faces a very serious challenge.If the revived coalition can return topower, it will need to avoid the mistakesthat brought about its previous collapse ifit is to put Ukraine back on a path towardEuro-Atlantic integration.”“Tymoshenko seeks early elections,”by David R. Sands, The WashingtonTimes, March 2:“… [Yulia] Tymoshenko, a formerprime minister and key figure in the pro-Western Orange Revolution streetprotests of December 2004, saidUkraine’s sovereignty and hopes for betterrelations with the West are in jeopardyif the government of pro-MoscowPrime Minister Viktor Yanukovychserves out its full term to 2011.“ ‘If this government is in power untilthen, there would be nothing left of ademocratic Ukraine,’ she said, speakingthrough an interpreter with editors andreporters at The Washington Times. ‘Theterritory would still exist, but it wouldnot be Ukraine any longer.’Quotable notes“… On a high-profile U.S. visit thatincludes meetings with Vice-PresidentDick Cheney and Secretary of StateCondoleezza Rice, Mrs. Tymoshenkosaid the United States must speak out forUkraine despite a full foreign-policyplate that includes Iraq, Iran, Afghanistanand other pressing crises.“She noted there was ‘disillusionment’in Washington about backsliding inUkraine since her coalition was propelledto power in 2005 by a wave of streetprotests that became known as theOrange Revolution because of the orangeflags and banners carried by the protesters.“But, she said, ‘a country as large andinfluential as your own has to lead thiskind of work. Your country does not havethe right to be fatigued about Ukraine’sfuture.’ …“Mrs. Tymoshenko acknowledged thatshe had moved too quickly in her short,stormy first stint as prime minister. …She said Mr. Yushchenko also had underestimatedthe power of entrenched interestsopposed to the Orange Revolutionreforms. …“She compared Ukraine in 2005 to ascuba diver trying to surface too quicklyafter years in the stagnant politicaldepths.“If I have a chance to have the responsibilityin the future, unfortunately thereforms will have to come at a slowertempo, to make sure we do not get anothercase of the bends,’ she said.”“A signal from DC,” Kyiv Post,March 1:“As President Viktor Yushchenko andPrime Minister Viktor Yanukovych carryon with their cut-throat, and at timeschildish, wrestling match over authority,opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko iscreeping up behind them, garnering therespect and attention of ordinaryUkrainians and world powerbrokers. …“Her goal, of course, is to establishherself as Ukraine’s genuine andstrongest democratic leader. … TheUkrainian Joan of Arc is viewed as achallenger to the increasingly marginalizedYushchenko and pushy, possiblypro-Russian, Yanukovych in future presidentialelections.“The power tussle betweenYushchenko and Yanukovych has leftmany abroad confused as to which Viktoris in charge in Kyiv. It has also deprivedthe country of a fully functional foreignminister for several months. As a topBritish diplomat said in Kyiv this week,Ukraine’s Western partners are confusedby the entire mess.“What is also clear is thatTymoshenko, while populist in her fight(Continued on page 10)“My sense is some in America mistakenly believe the Orange Revolution isover, that democracy has won – and that liberty and justice have secured theirplace in our country’s history.“The Orange Revolution is not over. The movement that brought thousandsof Ukrainians together to overthrow the post-Soviet regime lives on. Muchprogress has been made to bring democracy to Ukraine, but much more remainsto be done.”– Yulia Tymoshenko, as quoted in Inform Newsletter, an international publicationof the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc, February 27.

No. 10THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 11, 2007 9ViewTrembitafrom theLoungeby Taras Szmagala Jr.The true enemy is apathyby Andrew SorokowskiGlobal Ukraine“Ping-ping.” A strange noise interruptedmy Saturday morning ritual of drinkingcoffee and reading newspapers.“Ping-ping.” Putting down the sports section,I looked around the kitchen. By thethird ping-ping, I identified the culprit:my Blackberry. (For those of you who arenot familiar with it, a Blackberry is anelectronic gadget that appeals to individualswho wish to think they’re importantenough to be reachable by e-mail, text orphone anywhere, at any time.)“Ping-ping.” I took the device out ofits holster and looked at the screen. Itwas my friend Petro from Ukraine, sendingme a text message: “Where have youbeen?” Ugh – all of that pinging for“where have you been.” I hit the replybutton: “Sorry – been busy.” Thirty secondslater, he replied: “Haven’t read anyarticles by you in a while.” He was right:“Not much to write about – no one wantsto discuss Ukrainian politics.Yanukovych is gaining power, and theopposition is divided. Apathy seems tobe the mood here,” I offered.This time, five minutes passed. Then,ping-ping: “Yeah, here too. The youth aredisillusioned. Politics isn’t cool anymore.Apathy, not Yanukovych, is the enemy.”Puzzled, my thumbs navigated the tinykeys: “What? What do you mean thatapathy, not Yanukovych, is the enemy? Idon’t get it.” This time, I waited eagerlyfor the ping-ping: “Yanukovych is temporary.But apathy – willingly giving upone’s right to choose in exchange for stabilityand calm – that is more permanent.And more harmful,” he wrote.By now, it would have been easier topick up the phone and have an actual conversation,but text messaging was neverreally about ease or logic. So, at the riskof developing carpal tunnel, I continuedthe exchange: “What’s wrong with stability?It worked well for Putin. There is noviable opposition in Russia, and theireconomy is growing more quickly thanUkraine’s. What’s so bad about calm?”This time, the ping-ping was almostimmediate: “Taras, sorry to cut this short,but I have to go. Remember who yourfavorite author is?” “Sure, Dostoyevsky,”I replied. One final ping from Petro:“Then recall ‘The Brothers Karamazov,’and reflect on Ivan’s story about thegrand inquisitor. Gotta run.”Whoa – going from the sports sectionto Dostoyevsky in 10 minutes wasenough to induce a headache. But it wasn’thard to figure out where Petro wasgoing with his comment. And he wasright on the money.The story of the grand inquisitor is reallya “story within a story” contained in“The Brothers Karamazov.” The SpanishInquisition is in full force, with hereticsbeing condemned and tortured, all in thename of doctrinal orthodoxy. In the midstof the confusion and fear, Jesus appears,walking calmly through the streets ofSeville. Although he does not announcehis identity, he is recognized by all. AndMAY WE HELP YOU?he is particularly recognized by the grandinquisitor, the cardinal of Seville.In the story, the grand inquisitor doesnot take kindly to Jesus in his midst. Infact, he takes Jesus into custody. Indeed,from the inquisitor’s point of view, Jesuswas a hindrance, not a help. How so?Because our fictional inquisitor was convincedthat Jesus erred by giving humanstoo much free will. Giving mankind freedom– true freedom – was a burden toogreat for most to bear, according to him.In one memorable passage, the inquisitorlectures Jesus thusly: “I tell you that manis tormented by no greater anxiety thanto find someone quickly to whom he canhand over that gift of freedom withwhich the ill-fated creature is born.”The inquisitor goes on to state his viewthat mankind would gladly trade freedomfor material prosperity and comfort: “Noscience will give them bread so long asthey remain free. In the end they will laytheir freedom at our feet, and say to us,‘Make us your slaves, but feed us.’ ”Importantly, the inquisitor does not feel heis doing anything improper or unethical –in fact, he is convinced that he is acting inthe best interests of his flock by relievingthem of the burden of free will and, inturn, feeding them and providing them thecertainty and stability that mankind craves.Of course, this story has many meaningson many, many levels. And perhapsthe least of these levels is political –Vladimir Putin is no inquisitor, and certainlyno public servant can be comparedto Jesus. But there’s a lesson in this storynonetheless. As The Economist magazinenoted this week, Russia’s presidentialelection next year promises to be a“coronation” – and we don’t even yetknow who Mr. Putin will choose to bethe next king. There will be little debate,little exchange of ideas. The death ofRussian civil society and political discoursehas gone largely unnoticed, overshadowedby the brisk pace of Russianeconomic growth, fueled by high pricesfor Russian oil and gas.Ukraine has taken the harder path. Butmany in Ukraine today question whetherit is the right path – they look across theborder to their Russian neighbors, andwonder whether they’d ultimately be betteroff trading in their personal freedomsfor short-term prosperity. And there surelyare Ukrainian politicians who wouldgladly facilitate that exchange.It’s this risk that makes it even morecritical that we continue our support ofdemocracy in Ukraine. Whatever disappointmentwe may have in the performanceof individual Ukrainian politiciansis of little consequence. We must not letthose disappointments stand in the wayof our support for a vibrant Ukrainiancivil society and robust political system.We must be firm in our faith that theinquisitor was wrong.Taras Szmagala Jr. may be reached atSzmagala@yahoo.com.To reach The Ukrainian Weekly call (973) 292-9800,and dial the appropriate extension (as listed below).Editorial – 3049, 3088; Production – 3063, 3069;Administration – 3041; Advertising – 3040; Subscriptions – 3042;Emigration has sometimes been comparedto an escape valve. For the greatempires, the exit of countless Irish, Poles,Jews, Ukrainians and others helped keepsocial pressure below the explosion pointof revolution. For the receiving countries,immigration provided the human energyfor industry or agriculture. For themigrants, it was a chance to escape povertyor persecution and make a new start.And to the growing Ruthenian-Ukrainian diaspora, the immigration of thepast century and a quarter has seemed likea conveyor belt, ever bringing fresh facesfrom the homeland. Diaspora organizations– to continue the industrial metaphor– have served as a cultural decompressionchamber between the heavy, intenseatmosphere of Eastern Europe and theheady freedom of the West.But what happens at the end of theconveyor? Historically, immigrants havebecome ordinary Americans. Our postwarThird Wave was exceptional in tryingto resist this law of history. As politicalexiles, they wanted to someday returnto their country, or at least preserve whatwas being destroyed there. With a freeUkraine, these issues are moot, and thelaw of assimilation comes back intoforce.What, then, will happen to the diasporaorganizations? They can certainly survive,under two conditions. First, theymust adapt, both to the changing characterof the emigration and to our changingAmerican society. This means they mustappeal, on the one hand, to Ukrainianswho have grown up in Soviet and post-Soviet conditions, and on the other, to theprogeny of the previous emigrations.Appealing to these markedly differentconstituencies is easier for some organizationsthan for others. Plast, for example,represents a pre-war Galician ethos thatmight not mean much to new immigrants– though its success in Ukraine suggestsit can evolve. The Ukrainian Catholic andOrthodox Churches claim the allegianceof most Ukrainians, whether natives orAmerican-born. But they have lost many,and their declining numbers suggest theyare losing more. From an array of religiouschoices, we cannot assume thatUkrainian Americans will always choosethe intellectually and morally demandingfaith of their ancestors. And do ourChurches speak convincingly to the newdiaspora of post-Soviet Ukrainians, manyof whom did not have the benefit of familyreligious traditions?If our diaspora organizations are to besomething more than halfway-houses toassimilation, they must offer somethinglasting and incomparable. Otherwise, astheir membership disappears in theAmerican melting-pot, they must rely ona steady stream of new immigrants. Thatis the second condition of their survival.But for today’s Ukraine, emigration isa massive, debilitating hemorrhage.Several million of the country’s mostskilled, educated and enterprising citizenshave left their homes in search ofwork. Many never return. Families breakup. The intelligentsia is decimated.We thus have the paradox that thehemorrhaging of the homeland is thelifeblood of the diaspora. So is the diasporajust a vampire, always thirsting forfresh immigrant blood? Isn’t there a wayfor us to remain ourselves, generationafter generation, without relying on newinfusions? After all, each of us has achoice.We may choose assimilation, likesome of my Polish American friends,who never learned much Polish butembraced the manners and mindset of theAmerican elite. They went to the rightschools, joined the right clubs and nowenjoy the genteel, sophisticated life ofupper-class America. There is nothingwrong with this. Such individuals canhave more influence on American opinionthan a legion of small-time activists.But if they lose their ethnic loyalty, inwhose interests will they exercise thatinfluence?Yet sometimes the path of assimilationleads to cultural revival. My high schoolChicano chum from East Los Angelesleft church and barrio for the rough andtumble of American business. Though henever knew much Spanish, he can nowhire a Mexican nanny to teach his childrenthe language of their forebears.Nevertheless, many of us chose toswim against the assimilationist stream.We cultivated a language no one hadheard of, which was dying out even in itsown country. We championed a hopelesslyquixotic political cause. We perpetuatedvillage customs that clashed incongruouslywith urban American life. Weclung to a church that seemed perverselyresistant to modernization. The resultswere often artificial, even bizarre. Iremember a wedding where the groom’sparty careened down the freeways of LosAngeles to carry out the ritual “kidnapping”of the bride. Once Ukraine becameindependent, some of us went even furtherby living, working, even marryingthere.But was this really so unrealistic?Today we live in a world where yourdoctor may be a turbaned Sikh, your dentista bindi-browed Brahmin, and yourlawyer an Orthodox Jew in a yarmulke.And you may all be living in Kansas.Ethno-religious identity is no longer anobstacle to upward mobility. As ChineseAmerican and Latino as well asUkrainian American writers and artistshave shown, the diaspora experience canproduce first-rate culture, not just kitsch.And geographic barriers have fallen.With the Internet, one can keep up withthe gossip in Uzhhorod, Uruguay or UttarPradesh. We can be loyal American citizenswhile participating in a culture rootedin a far-away land yet spread out overthe world. Assimilation is history.Some may think the Fourth Wave, asan economic immigration, will melt intoAmerican society like most of the first.Not necessarily. They are well-educated,nationally conscious, and in close touchwith their homeland. Nor are they lackingin patriotism. Last January 29 agroup of them gathered in the bonecrackingcold at the Shevchenko monumentin Washington in memory of theheroes of Kruty – an event the older diasporahad almost forgotten. Through e-mail, the commemoration was coordinatedwith others in Ukraine.You may remember the joke about thepatriot who wanted to buy a globe ofUkraine. Today Ukraine is global. Theseeds of the diaspora were sown far andwide. But we are the harvest.Andrew Sorokowski can be reached atsamboritanus@hotmail.com.

10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 11, 2007No. 10Foreign policy...Tymoshenko’s message...(Continued from page 1)withdrawal and the property’s transfer tothe Ukrainian Ministry of Transportationand Communication.They were greeted by activists fromthe Russian Bloc organization ofSevastopol, who stood defending theMARS-75 station when the officialsarrived.They removed a Ukrainian flag placedat the station’s gates by StudentBrotherhood activists and trampled it,Mr. Yatsenko alleged.Russian officials said they would notfollow the court order because the status ofBlack Sea Fleet sites still hasn’t beenresolved in negotiations of the Russian-Ukrainian Black Sea Fleet Subcommittee.“In any case, legal issues related to theoperation of the Black Sea Fleet’s hydrographicsites are supposed to be decidedat the negotiating table, which to this dayhave had positive tendencies, as recognizedby the Ukrainian side,” said IgorDygalo, spokesman for the Russian fleet.Though negotiations may be pleasant,the Ukrainians have a starkly differentview.In refusing to adhere to the courtorder, the Russian Federation is violatingits agreement on the Black Sea Fleet withthe Ukrainian government said AndriiDeschytsia, spokesman for the Ministryof Foreign Affairs.The ministry’s position is that all navigational-hydrographicsites are Ukrainianproperty, and the Russians should abideby decisions issued by Ukrainian judges.Relations with European UnionRelations with the European Unionhave been evolving more positively,though European leaders have lamentedthe lack of a clear foreign policy courseon the state level for the past threemonths.Since Mr. Tarasyuk’s dismissal onDecember 1, 2006, President Viktor(Continued from page 8)for electoral support, is ever more viewedas a reliable and capable leader. Whilemany once viewed her as extreme, moreare now laying hope on her aggressiveand successful tactics as a viable substituteto the void and disorder generated bythe Yushchenko-Yanukovych act. Thefact that Tymoshenko managed to brokermeetings with top U.S. officials at thesame level as diplomatic protocols grantedto Yanukovych testifies to her growingrecognition as a potential leader ofUkraine. …“While it’s hard to predict the outcome,perhaps the time has come to rollthe dice again by asking Ukrainians howthey feel about the current politicalchaos. Even if repeat elections produce asimilar breakdown between Orange andpro-Yanukovych voters, coalition negotiationscould produce a different configurationfor top leadership, one that is moreeffective than what we see today.”Share The Weekly with a colleague.Order a gift subscription by writing to: Subscription Department, The Ukrainian Weekly,2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. Cost: $55 (or $45 if your colleague is a UNA member).Yushchenko and Prime Minister ViktorYanukovych have grappled in a politicalbattle to appoint his successor, to theexpressed disappointment of Europeanleaders.“Certainly, the process of reformingdoes not seem easy for the Ukrainianpeople and nation,” said EuropeanCouncil President Frank-WalterSteinmeier during a February 6 visit toKyiv. “A certain tension exists in thereform process, which we were able tofeel during our visit.”It’s difficult to work on an agreementwith one foreign affairs minister, and continuediscussions with another, he added.On February 28, Mr. Yanukovych hadin an important meeting with Ms. Merkelin Berlin, the result of which was theEuropean Union’s expressed commitmentto establishing a free trade zonewith Ukraine.Ukraine’s eventual accession to theEuropean Neighborhood Policy is anotherprospective preliminary step toEuropean Union membership, she said ata press conference.But Ms. Merkel said she didn’t yet seeUkraine’s prospects for EU membership,stressing that Ukraine should focus oncreating a free trade zone as its next step.Intentionally or not, Mr. Yanukovychoverlooked Ms. Merkel’s reserved tonein his assessment of Ukraine’s relationswith the EU.“We obtained the signal that the EU’sdoors are open for Ukraine,” he told thepress conference. “And that will be laidout in the new agreement for the next 10years.”In fact, Mr. Yanukovych and the Partyof the Regions have maintained a careful,pragmatic policy of rejecting the NorthAtlantic Treaty Organization (NATO),largely unpopular with Ukrainians, andtrumpeting its efforts to integrate with theEU, which has public support.Germany’s lack of enthusiasm forUkraine’s EU aspirations drew criticismfrom Mr. Yushchenko in an interview hegave to Financial Times Deutschland inthe days leading up to Mr. Yanukovych’svisit. In his view, European politiciansaren’t doing enough to support Ukraine’sEU and NATO ambitions.More aid to UkraineIt’s possible the president’s criticismresonated with European Commissionleaders, who on March 8 announced adecision to almost double financial aid toexecute the “Ukraine-EU” action planand support reforms in Ukraine.More than $648 million is planned forthe next four years – the biggest investmentbeing Ukraine’s integration into theEuropean energy market.Also planned are development ofUkraine’s oil and natural gas transportsystems, as well as improving energyefficiency.At the March 6 conclusion of theirvisit, Parliamentary Assembly of theCouncil of Europe (PACE) observersHanna Severinsen and Renata Wohlwendsaid they were encouraged to seeUkraine’s two leaders agree on legislationto reform the judiciary and establishindependent courts.However, Ukraine’s constitutional crisisis troubling, Ms. Severinsen said.“The Constitution should be somethingthat makes the rules of the game, but itseems sometimes that the political forceshere politicize the constitutional issueand use it as a point of political discussion,”she said.The observers are preparing a reporton Ukraine for discussion by theParliamentary Assembly in October,which will make a decision on whether tocontinue its full-scale monitoring ofUkraine, or enter a post-monitoringphase.Sunday, March 25 – 2:00 pmWINDSOR, ONTARIOSt. Joseph’s Secondary School2425 Clover Street, Windsor(Off Tecumseh, between Lauzon and Banwell)Tickets and more information:Ukrainian Credit Union1069 Ottawa Street519.256.2955Saturday, March 31 – 7:00 pmSYRACUSE, NEW YORKFowler School Auditorium227 Magnolia Street, SyracuseTickets and more information:Ukrainian Federal Credit Union211 Tompkins Street, Syracuse315.471.4074Sunday, April 1 – 3:00 pmST CATHARINES, ONTARIOUkrainian Black Sea Hall455 Welland Avenue, St. CatharinesTickets and more information:Ukrainian St. Catharines Credit Union118 Niagara St, St. Catharines905.684.5062 or 905.687.1954Sunday, May 6 – 2:00 pmNEW YORK CITYThe Great Hall at Cooper Union7 East 7th Street at Third AvenueTickets and more information:Surma Book & Music Co.11 East 7th Street, New York City212.477.0729 or 917.559.8629

No. 10THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 11, 2007 11Pysanka’s enduring tradition on display at The Ukrainian Museumby Marta BaczynskyNEW YORK – The beautiful pysanky(Ukrainian Easter eggs), the quintessentialand the most widely recognizable representativesof Ukrainian folk culture, areonce again making an appearance at TheUkrainian Museum – a welcome reminderthat spring is just around the corner.“Pysanka: Vessel of Life” opened onMarch 3 and will be on view throughJuly 1. Lubow Wolynetz of the museum’sFolk Art Collection, curated theexhibition.The exhibition features the work ofpysanka artist Tania Osadca. Also includedin this show are pysanky and embroideredshirts from the museum’s ownmaterial, as well as large collections.Both have been invaluable in the studyand appreciation of Ukrainian folk art.The pysanky in this exhibition – the workof Ms. Osadca – are arranged in groupsdesigned to identify the people or institutionswho collected the originals and werethe sources in her research. Ms. Osadca hasdone this to credit both individuals and institutionswhose efforts pioneered the study ofthis fascinating art form, promoting itspreservation and popularization.For example, there are groups ofpysanky representing the PelahiiaBartosh Lytvynova Collection (collectedin 1876) and the Myron Korduba Study(dating from 1899). There are pysankythat mirror those in The Museum ofV. GritsikPysanky displaying the “goddess” motif from various regions of Ukraine. Fromthe Folk Art Collection of The Ukrainian Museum.Pysanky from the Hutsul region displaying the tree of life motif. From the FolkArt Collection of The Ukrainian Museum.extensive Folk Art Collection, displayingregional similarities in design and colorationin embroidery and pysanky ornamentation.Ms. Osadca is a master of the pysankacraft and an esteemed authority onUkrainian folk art. Ms. Osadca, who studiedart history at Kent State University,found a passion for pysanky very early inlife, having watched her grandmother andmother decorate the eggs.She became an expert pysanka artist,demonstrated the craft widely and devotedmany years to researching the history,symbolism and application of the ancientpysanky designs. Her work in this fieldallowed her to develop one of the mostimportant collections of pysanky outsideof Ukraine, which have been exhibitedthroughout the United States, Canadaand Ukraine.A most unique characteristic of Ms.Osadca’s pysanky collection is that inher work she has remained true to theoriginal. In each case she has producedfaithful reproductions of pysanky thatshe had found during her years ofresearch in various museums in Ukraine,in her travels throughout the country, aswell as in published sources. In her strictadherence to tradition, she has added herpart to the thread of continuity in hergeneration, so vital to the survival of theUkrainian cultural legacy.Interest in folk art in Ukraine wasborn in the early part of the 19th century,heralding a tremendous blossoming ofnational awareness. Scholars, researchersand collectors went into the country, visitingvillages, gathering songs, stories,traditions and customs, and collectingembroidered and woven textiles, examplesof intricate woodwork, metalworkand, of course, pysanky. The efforts ofthese students and collectors of folk artproduced comprehensive documentedEthnography and Applied Art in Lviv,whose collection dates back to 1868, aswell as those from the catalogue producedby Serhii Kuzhunskyj in 1899 andthose researched by Erast Biniashevskyi,whose drawings were first reproduced inhis book, published in 1968.The part of the exhibition that featurespysanky and embroidered shirts from themuseum’s Folk Art Collection isdescribed by curator Lubow Wolynetz:“The type of ornament and the colorscheme in the embroidery of a particularregion are very often similar to thedesign and color combination on thepysanky of that region.” With this premiseshe calls attention to the fact that thecultural tastes of regions or even individualvillages in Ukraine embodied theirartistic expressions with favored characteristicsunique to their area.Ms. Wolynetz explained further, “Theindividual motifs that are combined to createornamental designs are similar throughoutUkraine, but the great variety of designsstem, to a large degree, from regional tastesand preferences. Each region has its ownpreferred color combination, rhythmic harmonyand compositional style.”Many of the decorated eggs displayedin this part of the exhibition were createdby artist Sofika Zielyk at the request ofthe curator of the exhibition for the purposeof ornamentation comparison withthe embroidery. A native New Yorker, Ms.Zielyk was introduced to the craft by hermother. Today, a successful pysanka artist,Ms. Zielyk is also a teacher of the craft,has lectured on the topic, and exhibitedher work widely at numerous galleriesand museums. Her work is documented inthe book “The Art of the Pysanka” bySofika, published in 1993 in Ukraine.The Ukrainian tradition of writingpysanky reaches back to antiquity. Ms.Wolynetz elaborated on this subject: “Inattempting to understand the mystery oflife and somehow grasp its fundamentalimpulse, man created myths about it, aswell as cults and rituals surrounding theobjects that were deemed to contain or beimbedded with these powers of life. Thepysanka – Ukrainian Easter egg – is justsuch an object: a symbol of the greatestmystery experienced by man – the mysteryof life – suffused by nature with theessence of life and through man’s interventionwith magical powers of protection.”The advent of Christianity in Ukrainein 988 did not dispel the traditions andthe popularity of the pysanka mystiqueamong the people, since they weredeeply ingrained in their ages-old socialinfrastructure. Subsequently, the pysankaand the customs associated with it wereincorporated into the Christian religion.Many of the pagan celebrations, especiallythose associated with the arrival ofspring, were interpreted with newChristian meaning and paralleled theobservances of the Easter Holiday. Thus,the pysanka became a very visible andviable part of this most dramatic andimportant Christian celebration.The Ukrainian Museum has neverfailed in its 30 years of operations to fosterthe tradition of the pysanka eachspring for its constituents and the generalpublic. The museum’s Folk ArtCollection has hundreds of magnificentexamples of pysanky, representing variousregions of Ukraine, showing thediversity in design, color and execution.In appreciation of the continuity of thepysanka tradition among the Ukrainianimmigrant population in the UnitedStates and Canada, the museum hasnumerous times featured the work ofcontemporary pysanka artists, who faithfullyadhere to the time-honored principlesof this fascinating craft.The latest such exhibition was presentedin 2000 and featured the work of pysankyartists Jaroslava, Romana and NatalkaBachynsky from Montreal; Ms. Osadcafrom Troy, Ohio; Zenon Elyjiw ofRochester, N.Y.; Luba Perchyshyn fromMinneapolis; Ihor Slabitsky from RhodeIsland; Yaroslava Surmach Mills from WestNyack, N.Y.; and Ms. Zielyk of New York.In its newly built, elegant facility, TheUkrainian Museum honors and continuesthe venerable tradition of the Ukrainianpysanka. Once a practice enveloped inmystery, with rituals and symbolism thatheld deep and sacred significance for thepeople, the pysanka and its mystique havesurvived the turbulent passage of history.Shedding its religious relevance, creatinga pysanka has remained a beloved customto be treasured and delighted in.In conjunction with the “Pysanka:Vessel of Life” exhibition, the museumpresents the following programs:• Pysanky-Decorating Workshops:March 10, 11, 17, 18 and 25, 2-4 p.m.This is a hands-on workshop, allowingadults and children (over age 12) to learnthe art of making pysanky. Dyes, beeswax and stylus (a special writing instrument)are used to decorate the eggs withtraditional Ukrainian designs. The workshopwill be held on Saturday and Sunday.Fee for each session: adults, $15; seniorsand students over 16, $10; children 12-16,$5; museum members receive a 15 percentdiscount. Registration is required.• Demonstrations in the Making ofPysanky: Saturday, March 31, 1-5 p.m.Artists will create beautiful pysanky forthe viewing audience. Slavko Nowytski’saward-winning film “Pysanka” will beshown on a continuous basis. Pre-registrationis not required.Admission fee: adults, $10; studentsover 12 and seniors, $8; museum members,$6; free for children under 12. Thefee includes admission to all museumexhibitions.For further information contact: TheUkrainian Museum, 222 E. 6th St., NewYork, NY 10003; telephone, 212-228-0110; e-mail: info@ukrainianmuseum.org;web page, www.ukrainianmuseum.org.

12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 11, 2007No. 10CONCERT REVIEW: The Zuk piano duo at Montreal’s Pollack Hallby Thomas DavidsonThomas Davidson is faculty lecturer(piano, musicianship) musicianship areachair and keyboard proficiency coordinatorat the Schulich School of Music atMcGill University. He is also assistantprofessor at the School of Music ofQueen’s University.DETROIT – The all-male UkrainianBandurist Chorus (UBC), under ArtisticDirector and Conductor Oleh Mahlay,has announced its 2007 concert series“Bandura – The Soul of Ukraine.”The first phase of concerts begin inMarch and culminates in June. Concertswill take place in Windsor (March 25)and St. Catharines, Ontario (April 1);Syracuse, N.Y. (March 31); Pittsburgh,Pa. (to be announced); New York City(May 6)and Chicago (to be announced).In October, the Ukrainian BanduristChorus will embark on a 10-day tour ofthe eastern United States and Canada.“Bandura – The Soul of Ukraine” willtell a story about cultural identity, survivaland mystery through several centuries.Because its development closelyreflects the history of the Ukrainiannation, the bandura, a 60-stringed instrument,is more than a national musicalMONTREAL – On Monday, February12, Luba and Ireneus Zuk returned toPollack Hall, where a sizable and appreciativeaudience enjoyed a varied programthat included something for everyone.The Zuks have become well-knownfor their support of repertoire written bycolleagues and compatriots, and this concertwas no exception.“Sonic Shadows” by John Burge, acomposition professor at Queen’sUniversity, was written specially forthem. The second half of the concertbegan with a premiere performance of awork by Ukrainian composer HennadyLashenko titled “…and the sound of amysterious bell, and the rustling of leavesin the wind…” The Zuks uncovered bothof these works with the lucidity of a pairof sleuths.As Zuk fans have come to expect, thehigh level of artistry and technical displayheard in their playing was exemplary.However, the experience of a musicalevent in a way that could only be possiblebetween a brother and sister team waseven more impressive. If anyone needsjustification for live versus recordedmusic, this is it.The duo team anticipated everynuance and unexpected turn of phrase inunity and their control of harmony coveredthe entire range of the spectrum.This was best exemplified in their performanceof “Wasserklavier” by LucianoBerio, where the balance and voicingbetween pianos was exceptional.The concert opened with“Introduction and Rondo” by JohannNepomuk Hummel and closed with theFrancis Poulenc “Sonata,” two worksfrom the more standard repertoire fortwo pianos. An arrangement of “Fuga yMisterio” by Astor Piazzola was alsoheard, and the Zuks were able to conjureup an evocative atmosphere where onecould imagine accordion and saxophoneback-up.There were praises all round. The performersenjoyed armfuls of flowers and,in turn, listeners were treated to twoencores from the Zuk treasure chest, oneby Ihor Bilohrud, the other by the lateClermont Pepin. Ireneus Zuk dedicatedthe performance of the latter to the memoryof the composer.instrument: It is considered the voice ofUkraine. This inspiration has been aguiding force for the Ukrainian BanduristChorus since its inception in Kyiv in1918.This year also marks the 100thanniversary of Hryhory Kytasty’s birth.Maestro Kytasty (1907-1984), the longstandingconductor of the UBC, was adriving force in re-instilling Ukrainianchoral and bandura art in North America.Considered a legend in his own time, thiscomposer, conductor, performer andteacher was a role model and inspirationto young bandura players.For more information on the concertseries, readers may log on to www.bandura.orgor call UBC President AnatoliMurha, 734-658-6452. (Check commentsnewspapers for concert advertisementsand announcements).Luba and Ireneus Zuk during their concert at Pollack Hall in Montreal.New concert series to present “Bandura – The Soul of Ukraine”The Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus.* * *Founded in 1918, the UkrainianBandurist Chorus has a long and proudhistory of representing the bandura andUkrainian choral music on the internationalstage. Boasting a repertoire ofmore than 500 songs, this internationallycelebrated and award-winning ensemblehas captivated audiences in major concerthalls in the United States, Canada,Europe, Australia, and Ukraine sinceimmigrating to North America fromEurope in 1949.The chorus has performed for suchnoted personalities as former PresidentRichard Nixon, former President RonaldReagan, movie star Jack Palance andformer President of Ukraine LeonidKravchuk. Most recently, the UkrainianBandurist Chorus was featured at theinternationally renowned StratfordSummer Music Festival and presented“Bandura Christmas International” withMetropolitan Opera soloist PaulPlishka.As a tribute to its role in preservingand perpetuating the legacy of Ukrainianmusic, the chorus was selected byUkraine’s Cabinet of Ministers as therecipient of the Taras ShevchenkoUkrainian State Prize – the highestaward that can be bestowed for excellencein the arts.Stage adaptationgets good reviewsPARSIPPANY, N.J. — C. S. Lewis’s“The Great Divorce,” a story about a busride through heaven and hell, was recentlyadapted for stage by George Drance,artistic director of The Magis TheaterCompany, who also directed the production.Neil Genzlinger of The New YorkTimes called the performance “long ontheatrical skill and remarkably short onpreachiness.” Mr. Drance with a cast ofnine “bring the scenes to life” assumingmultiple roles.Mr. Drance, a Ukrainian Americanwho is artist-in-residence at FordhamUniversity at Lincoln Center and a memberof the Jesuits, has performed in over20 countries on five continents. Filmcredits include “The Light of Eons,”which won best short film at theWestchester Film Festival, and“Solidarity,” shown at the New YorkFilm Festival. Last year at the Biennalein Venice, Italy, he played Pantalone inCarlo Gozzi’s “Il Corvo.”The first run of the 90-minute performancewas shown at The SalvationArmy’s Theater 315, 315 W. 47th St., inNew York. A second run of the performanceis proposed with dates to be determined;for more information readers maycontact the theater company by e-mail,magistheatre@yahoo.com, or phone,212-592-0127, or log on to http://magistheatre.tripod.com.

No. 10by Larissa BabijSpecial to The Ukrainian WeeklyKYIV – Clashing guitar noises ricochetedoff the 18th century vaulted arches of theCenter for Contemporary Art (CCA) at theNational University of Kyiv Mohyla Academythe night of February 23.Young people in mismatched clothes andmod hairdos squeezed past one anotherbetween the chaotic performance and adjoiningexhibition halls.Large sheets painted with bright letters andstrings of lights approached college dormdécor. Somewhat resembling a frat party, thiswas indeed a celebration of fraternity – thekind that develops among young artists allpursuing a common goal: to survive in theslippery field of Ukrainian contemporary art.Initiated by the group REP – which inUkrainian stands for Radical ExperimentalSpace – the Communities Project is an exhibitionon view at the CCA through March 25.Since the CCA was established by GeorgeSoros in 1993, its progressive shows haveshaped the artistic education of today’s youngartists.Almost all currently active artists inUkraine claim affiliation with a specific artisticgroup, REP ’s Mykyta Kadan said at agallery press conference on February 22.THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 11, 2007 13Young artists showcase their works at Kyiv’s Center for Contemporary Artphotos, X-ray art and a large redalien bound by silver cord.On one wall, a collage of spraypaintedstencils depicts variousmembers of the group in a streetstylefamily portrait.In Kyiv last summer, the doorsto Totoro Garden were open toanyone with a work-in-progress,explained Anatolii Sloyko. Theimaginative gallery, featuring workby more than 60 artists, also hostedart shows, conceptual parties andperformances.Its current virtual existence isreflected by its CCA exhibitiontitle: “Transplantation.”SOSka is a gallery-squat in aramshackle apartment in Kharkiv.Artists Mykola Ridny, BellaLogachova, Hanna Kryventsevaand Olena Polyashchenko openedit in late 2005 after collaboratingon various projects.SOSka’s CCA show documentspolitically oriented performances,photo projects and gallery installations.The highlight is a large video projection of the artists’ satiricalmarch through Kharkiv subway cars dressed as beggarsbehind realistic masks of political leaders Viktor Yushchenko,PENOPLAST performs at the exhibition opening.Center for Contemporary ArtREP collective installation crowns the show with new symbolic language.Yulia Tymoshenko and Viktor Yanukovych.Psia Crew’s street art – which includes a series ofspray-painted alligator heads and pixilated skulls ofpainted glass tiles in industrial windows – is documentedin large black-and-white photos printed on bannerweightvinyl.The opposite wall is also hung with graffiti photos,these ironically narrating the urban wilderness ofBerlin. They are among the works presented byKarpatskyi Teatr – a collective of Ukrainian, Germanand Austrian creative professionals.Formed in 2005, the group has accommodations inthe Carpathian Mountains, Cologne and Berlin, forworking on projects, exhibiting, and staging performances,readings and film screenings, explained one of itsfounders, Ivan Bazak. The diversity of its members isreflected in the exhibited works.Another photo collage blurs the borders betweenGermany and Romania through a seamless conglomerationof images of urban congestion, technological graceand decay.Around the corner, a video project creates a comicjuxtaposition between a contemporary CarpathianUkrainian wedding – including a fashionable whitebridal gown and traditional folk musicians – and thetext of a 1914 Austro-Hungarian travel guide to theregion.The dense installation of Kherson’s contemporaryartists is varied yet aggressive, ranging from drawingsof physical mutilation on stained paper to vivid photosof a woman helplessly tied to a tree, from elegant black-(Continued on page 16)The exhibition, featuring seven groups of artists fromall over Ukraine, plus a few from Germany and Austria,attempts to identify a grand narrative uniting thesediverse practitioners: community.Unlike capitalist competition, this project resemblessocialist contests where participants push one another toexcel toward one common goal, Mr. Kadan said. Heconcluded, “This exhibition is about friendship.”The distinct identity of each artistic communitybecomes evident when walking through the gallery’s sixrooms.REP’s collective installation occupies the centralhall, its white wall dominated by a large, black, wingedhandshake.Below, a lexicon of symbols for the new patriotismreveals the above message as “soaring friendship.”Other commanding graphic compositions adorn thewalls like rebus puzzles to be deciphered.Since the 2004 Orange Revolution, the Kyiv-basedREP has staged group shows and interactive social projectsthat manipulate and study the language of politicaladdress.Currently, the REP consists of Zhanna Kadyrova,Lesia Khomenko, Mykyta Kadan, Lada Nakonechna,Volodymyr Kuznetsov and Kseniya Gnylytska.Projects by Totoro Garden – an ephemeral independentartistic institution that flowered in Kyiv in the summerof 2006 – inhabit an adjoining room.The mixed-media assortment includes low-tech cardboardviewing boxes, found-object sculptures, travelThe scene as young art lovers attended the exhibit opening at the Center for Contemporary Art.

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Meanwhile, YuliaTymoshenko, who was in the UnitedStates, said in an interview with TheWashington Times published on March 2that early parliamentary elections couldprevent Ukraine from sliding into autocracyand halt Russia’s growing influencein the country. “If this government is inpower until [2011], there would be nothingleft of a democratic Ukraine. The territorywould still exist, but it would not beUkraine any longer,” the newspaper quotedher as saying. (RFE/RL Newsline)Early presidential election proposedKYIV – Vasyl Kyseliov, deputy head ofthe parliamentary caucus of the rulingParty of the Regions, told journalists inKyiv on February 28 that he intends tosubmit to the Verkhovna Rada on March 2a draft bill on holding simultaneous earlypresidential and parliamentary electionsthis coming fall, Ukrainian media reported.“We see that the situation is getting outof control, including the president’s control,”Mr. Kyseliov said at a news conference.“Therefore I, as a national deputy,am working out a draft bill, or a draft resolution,on simultaneous early presidentialand parliamentary elections in the fall,approximately on September 30,” headded. Roman Zvarych, President ViktorYushchenko’s representative in theVerkhovna Rada, commented later thesame day that Mr. Yushchenko is not consideringearly parliamentary elections. Mr.Zvarych said there are currently no legalgrounds for holding such elections. Mr.Zvarych explained that early legislativeelections could be held if the ruling coalitionbroke up or the Constitutional Courtruled that the 2004 amendments to theConstitution were illegal. Under theUkrainian Constitution, early parliamentaryelections may be called only by thepresident. The Constitution also stipulatesthat an early presidential ballot may beheld only after the incumbent presidenthas resigned or died, has been unable toperform his duties because of his health,or has been impeached by Parliament.(RFE/RL Newsline)Yanukovych meets with MerkelBERLIN – Ukrainian Prime MinisterViktor Yanukovych met with GermanChancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin onFebruary 28, Ukrainian and internationalmedia reported. At a news conferencefollowing their talks, Ms. Merkel saidintegrating Ukraine is not on theEuropean Union’s agenda for themoment. Mr. Yanukovych said the talksfocused on drafting a new Ukraine-European Union cooperation agreementto replace the current one, which expiresin 2008. “Most importantly, we havereceived a signal that the doors of theEuropean Union are open for Ukraine.And this will be stated in the new agreement[on relations between Ukraine andthe EU] for the next 10 years,” Mr.Yanukovych added. (RFE/RL Newsline)OU, YTB may field one candidateKYIV – The president’s representativeto the Verkhovna Rada, Roman Zvarych,speaking on Channel 5 on March 1 saidthat during the next presidential electionsin 2009 Our Ukraine and the YuliaTymoshenko Bloc would nominate a singlecandidate. Mr. Zvarych also stated hissatisfaction with the current level of cooperationbetween OU and YTB. Accordingto Mr. Zvarych, there is no need to worryabout the presidents decreasing popularitybecause as a rule, “ratings change radicallycloser to the elections.” The rating ofthe incumbent president will grow beforethe elections, he said. Mr. Zvarych, whoheld the justice minister’s post in theYekhanurov government, stressed that anearly presidential election, which is proposedto be held simultaneously with earlyparliamentary elections by the Regionsparty, is possible only after the president’sauthorities are terminated. However,presently there are no grounds for that termination.He added that one could talkabout the expediency of holding early parliamentaryelections only after the revocationof the latest political reform by a rulingof the Constitutional Court of Ukraine.(Ukrinform)Moroz denies constitutional crisisKYIV – The co-rapporteur of the monitoringcommittee of the ParliamentaryAssembly of the Council of Europe(PACE), Hanne Severinsen, while on avisit to Ukraine described the situation inthe country as a “constitutional crisis.”She offered this opinion during a March 1meeting with Verkhovna Rada ChairmanOleksander Moroz. According to Ms.Severinsen, in October PACE will tacklewhether to continue or cease monitoringUkraine. The Rada chairman stated hisdisagreement about Ms. Severinsen’sassessment, stating that there “is no constitutionalcrisis in Ukraine.” He said theRada had created a special interim commissionto draft bills to bring relations inall spheres in compliance with theConstitution of Ukraine. Mr. Moroz statedhis hope that a roundtable, whoseholding is supported by the president, theVerkhovna Rada and the government, willremove “destructive factors” in relationsamong the political forces. “The final run,which we are heading for, is a Europeanmodel of government with increasedregional authority,” Mr. Moroz summedup. Mr. Moroz also disclosed that theRada has proposed that the president submithis own bill on the president ofUkraine, though a similar bill, drafted bythe government, has been already registeredin Parliament. (Ukrinform)If elections were held in February ...KYIV – If Ukrainian presidential electionswere held in February, 39.2 percentof respondents said they would vote forPrime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, asurvey of the Kyiv InternationalSociology Institute said. In second placewas Yulia Tymoshenko, leader of theeponymous bloc, with 28.1 percent of thevotes, while President Viktor Yushchenkowas in third place with 13.1 percent.Rounding out the top five wereCommunist Party leader PetroSymonenko (4.9 percent) and NataliaVitrenko of the Progressive SocialistParty (3.4 percent). Three more politicalfigures have more than 2 percent support:Verkhovna Rada Chairman OleksanderMoroz, ex-Chairman of the RadaVolodymyr Lytvyn and ex-Minister ofInternal Affairs Yurii Lutsenko. Sixtypercent of respondents said they wouldvote. The poll was conducted betweenFebruary 7 and 20; 1,996 adults werepolled in 110 population centers, includingCrimea. (Ukrinform)Kravchenko case is closedKYIV – The Procurator General’sOffice of Ukraine said on February 27 thatit has closed the criminal proceedings(Continued on page 15)

No. 10NEWSBRIEFS(Continued from page 14)instituted into the apparent suicide committedby former Minister of InternalAffairs Yurii Kravchenko. ProcuratorGeneral Oleksander Medvedko announcedthat all appropriate investigations and relevantexaminations in the case have beencarried out, resulting in the finding thatthere was no evidence of a crime committedin the case. Thus, investigators haveclosed the Kravchenko case. On March 4,2005, the ex-minister was found in hiscountry home with two gunshot wounds –one to his chin and the other to his temple.He was to visit the prosecutor’s office thatday as a witness summoned in the investigationof the Heorhii Gongadze murdercase. Mr. Kravchenko’s sudden death wassaid to be connected with the Gongadzekilling. The public, however, does notbelieve that Mr. Kravchenko committedsuicide, since there were two gunshots tohis head. (Ukrinform)Odesa mayor honored by IRIKYIV – The U.S.-based InternationalRepublican Institute (IRI) has conferredthe title “Hero of Democracy” uponOdesa Mayor Eduard Gurvits. The diplomawas presented to the nominee by IRIProgram Officer Brian Mefford. The IRIconfers the title upon public and politicalfigures beyond the borders of the UnitedStates. (Ukrinform)Armenian Consulate in DnipropetrovskKYIV – Armenia opened a Consulatein the Dnipropetrovsk region, ArmenianAmbassador to Ukraine ArmenKhachatrian said on March 5. TheConsulate will provide services for citizensof the Dnipropetrovsk, Poltava andZaporizhzhia regions. The consul ofArmenia in Dnipropetrovsk has beenappointed; he is Arsen Avetisian. TheDnipropetrovsk, Poltava andZaporizhzhia regions are home to about20,000 ethnic Armenians. (Ukrinform)18,500 women serve in militaryKYIV – There are more than 70,000women serving and working in theUkrainian military, and almost 18,500out of that number are military women,the Defense Ministry press servicereported on March 6. The vast majorityof military women, about 7,000, can beTHE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 11, 2007 15found in units and formations of the landforces; there are about 6,500 women inthe Ukraine’s air force. (Ukrinform)Mortality still exceeds birth rateKYIV – In 2006 Ukraine observed thenegative demographic trend of mortalityexceeding the birth rate. According to theJustice Ministry, in 2006 462,700 birthswere registered versus 758,100 deaths.Commenting on the figures, JusticeMinister Oleksander Lavrynovych calledthe situation “disturbing.” (Ukrinform)UAOC asks UOC-KP head to resignKYIV – The Hierarchal Sobor of theUkrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church(UAOC) has called on Patriarch Filaret(Denysenko), head of the UkrainianOrthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate(UOC-KP), to resign. The sobor released anappeal to bishops, clergy and faithful of theUOC-KP on March 2. In the appeal, thesobor accuses Patriarch Filaret of “desecratingthe idea of the autocephaly of theUkrainian Church.” The UAOC bishopscall the patriarch “the symbol of schism”and call on him “to voluntarily leave theposition of the head of the UOC-KP and, bydoing so, to expedite unification processesin Ukrainian Orthodoxy and the recognitionof the autocephaly of the Ukrainian Churchby the world’s national OrthodoxChurches.” According to the hierarchs ofthe UAOC, the canonical sanctions againstPatriarch Filaret have been recognized byall national Orthodox Churches and theUAOC cannot ignore the position of worldOrthodoxy. That is why a decision has beenmade to avoid eucharistic and prayerfulcommunion with Patriarch Filaret.(Religious Information Service of Ukraine)Ukraine, Hungary sign cooperation dealBUDAPEST – Ukrainian PrimeMinister Viktor Yanukovych and hisHungarian counterpart, Ferenc Gyurcsany,signed a bilateral cooperation accord for2007 in Budapest on March 6, Interfax-Ukraine reported. Mr. Yanukovych toldjournalists in Budapest that he offeredHungary the use of Ukrainian gas-storagefacilities. According to Mr. Yanukovych,Hungary receives 12 billion cubic metersof gas annually via Ukraine but consumesonly 8 billion cubic meters. Mr.Yanukovych also told journalists that thetwo countries are discussing plans to builda hydropower plant on the Tysa/TiszaRiver. (RFE/RL Newsline)У глибокому смутку повідомляємо рідних, друзів і знайомих,що в понеділок, 26 лютого 2007 р. відійшову вічність на 75 році життя наш найдорожчийУ, АО і ІОсв. п.д-р ЯОА ООнар. 15 грудня 1931 р. у ьвові.ідвідини і ААА відбудуться в четвер, 1-го березня 2007 р. від6-ої до 8-ої веч. в McCrery Funeral Home, 3924 Concord Pike, Wilmington, DE.ОООІ ІА відбудуться в п'ятницю, 2 березня 2007 р., огод. 12-ій дня в українській православній церкві свв. етра і авла,1406 Philadelphia Pike, Wilmington, DE.охорон в суботу, 3 березня 2007 р. о год. 12-ій дня на українськомуцвинтарі св. 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16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 11, 2007No. 10Ukrainian Canadians...(Continued from page 1)additional $10 million.According to Dr. Luciuk, theUkrainian group was offered the $2.5million by the Liberal government as aminimum and was told that it would likelyreceive an additional $10 million tobring about commemorative and educationalinitiatives it feels are necessary toinform the public about this period ofCanadian history. Recently, there hasbeen a squabble in the Parliamentbetween MPs Borys Wrzesnewskyj andJason Kenney regarding the exact figurespromised to the Ukrainian group.The Ukrainian delegation told Mr.Kenney that they refuse to apply to theCHRP fund for money they werealready promised. Dr. Luciuk, directorof research for the UCCLA, said thatUkrainians have repeatedly requestedan endowment within the community’sShevchenko Foundation, which wasestablished by an act of Parliament,preventing them from having to go“cap in hand” for each project. It ishoped that having the ShevchenkoFoundation involved will alleviate thegovernment’s concerns about possiblemisappropriation of allocated funds.More importantly, the Ukrainian communityfeels they are better able todetermine project priorities and todeliver services more effectively to thecommunity.According to Dr. Luciuk, a precedentwas set by the way in which the governmentdealt with Japanese Canadiansunder the government of Prime MinisterBrian Mulroney and Chinese Canadiansunder the government of Stephen Harper.He underscored that UkrainianCanadians are just looking for equalityfrom their government.At their meeting in February, thegroup agreed that Mr. Kenney wouldconsider their points and provide aresponse by the end of March, when thenext budget is to be approved.Time is of the utmost importance forthe Ukrainians, Dr. Luciuk explained, asMary Manko Haskett, 98, the last livingsurvivor of the internment operations isin failing health. In 1916 Ms. MankoHaskett was sent with her family to SpiritLake Camp near Amos, Quebec, whereBridges Ukraine ToursCultural, agricultural, agribusiness and custom tours.7 day all inclusive tours.$2880 includes airfare, meals, lodging, transportationand full-time interpreter/guide.For information and reservations please visitwww.bridgesukrainetours.com or call 970-361-5789.her younger sister, Nellie, died.Of the $45 million of the estimatedwealth of the internees, which was takenby the government during the operation,Ukrainians are requesting $12.5 millionin symbolic redress to be establishedwithin the Shevchenko Foundation, infull and final settlement of theUkrainian Canadian community’sclaims.The Ukrainian Canadian community,at its own expense, has erected commemorativeplaques at all but five of the 26internment camp sites. Dr. Luciuk saidthat community members would also liketo organize educational commemorationsfor schools, and possibly underwriteYoung artists...(Continued from page 13)and-white chrome photos of solitary figuresto a series of portraits of drab-huedSoviet heroes against backgrounds ofbrightly colored dots.The Kherson Museum ofContemporary Art in the apartment ofVyacheslav Mashnytskyi opened in 2004and became the first of its kind inUkraine. Kherson artists eschew mainstreamtrends and work outside the contextof globalization, said StanislavVoliazlovsky, whose artwork is part ofthe Kherson exhibition.The art performance ensemble PankPanic Electronic Super-Group-DreamPENOPLAST entertained visitors at theexhibition opening with music and themulti-lingual commotion of theatricalantics. Its motto: the “absurdization” ofmass consciousness.REP ’s activity as resident artists at theCCA in 2005 signaled “the beginning ofa certain re-orientation,” said boardchairman Yurii Onuch, who served asplays, dance performances, theater presentationsand books, but lack the necessaryfunding.“We came out [of the meeting] with asense that Mr. Kenney is anxious to beseen as a doer, not just a talker,” addedDr. Luciuk. “The next step is up to him.”Ukrainian Ambassador to Canada IhorOstash said, “We believe that a full andhonorable resolution to this tragicepisode in Canada’s history will be successfullyachieved and that publicacknowledgement of the responsibilityfor the wrongs done to the UkrainianCanadians will certainly prevent a massviolation of the human rights and civilliberties in the future.”CCA director between 1999 and 2005.This year REP set up headquarters(“Shtab”) at the gallery to encourage thedevelopment of Ukraine’s young artisticgeneration.Current director Yulia Vaganova welcomedthe more laboratory-orientedapproach the gallery is embracing. As aresult of meager funding through donationsand Ukrainian and foreign partnerships,she said the CCA is continuallyteetering between closing and enduring.The gallery has a contract to maintainits current space until 2009.Mr. Onuch noted that the arrival of thewell-publicized PinchukArtCentre inKyiv has allowed the CCA to play amore experimental role on the Ukrainiancontemporary art scene.The next two years may provide thebest opportunity for this young creativegeneration to develop their talents andearn recognition, he added.“We need to focus on the internal discourseamong you,” Mr. Onuch said,speaking to the participants of theCommunities Project gathered around theconference table.

No. 10EDMONTON, Alberta – While spendingthe past week in Edmonton, LubowWolynetz, curator of The UkrainianMuseum in New York, spent a lot of timevisiting the Edmonton area and speakingwith residents. With many smallerUkrainian museums in the area there wasa great demand on her time and advice.Invited to Edmonton by the KuleCenter for Ukrainian and CanadianFolklore, Ms. Wolynetz came to presenttwo public lectures for Edmontonians.Her first lecture at the Royal AlbertaMuseum was on the growth of TheUkrainian Museum in New York. Shespoke of its development from a crampedspace and community-run organization toits present, state-of-the-art facility, professionallyrun and widely supported.With displays that focus on folk culturefrom its collection of over 8,000 pieces,to presentations of fine art by renownedUkrainian artists such as AlexanderArchipenko and Jacques Hinzdovsky, themuseum is showing Ukrainian culture atits best, Ms. Wolynetz said.Throughout her lecture she emphasizedthe importance of professionalismin both the administration and design ofexhibits. “Presenting a display that bothold and young can take pride in is essentialto the success of the museum,” notedMs. Wolynetz. “The youth of today arevery sophisticated; they need to beexposed to their history in a progressiveway that allows them interaction andunderstanding.”Osinchuk to perform at West PointWEST POINT, N.Y. –Internationally renownedpianist Juliana Osinchukwill inaugurate the U.S.Military Academy’sDepartment of ForeignLanguages PerformingArts Series, with a pianoconcert featuring worksby Mozart, Chopin andGershwin. The concertwill take place inEisenhower Hall, WestPoint on Friday, March23, at 7 p.m.This performanceseries is part of the departmentof foreign languagesinitiative to bring backculture to the West Pointarea, and to expose U.S.Cadets to classical musicrepertoire as performedby internationally recognizedartists.Dr. Osinchuk, is one oftoday’s most versatile artists. She has beenperforming to great critical acclaim nationallyand internationally since age 11 whenshe made her surprise debut in CarnegieHall performing Beethoven’s Sonata,Op.10, No. 1, to rave reviews. Her “superiortechnique, disipline and talent” (LosAngelese Times) have dazzled audiencesand critics in many of the world’s greatconcert halls. Musical America selectedher as a “Young Artist to Watch.”As a much sought after chamberpianist, Dr. Osinchuk has collaboratedwith many great artists, includingRuggiero Ricci, Daniel Heifetz,Nathaniel Rosen, Leslie Parnas and LeeWilkins.Among Dr. Osinchuk’s teachers wereTHE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 11, 2007 17New York curator meets with colleagues and public in EdmontonNeed a back issue?As part of its programming TheUkrainian Museum hosts a wide numberof community educational sessions.People from all cultures come to themuseum to learn about Ukrainian cultureand to begin their individual, lifelongconnection with it.In her second talk at the University ofAlberta on Thursday, Ms. Wolynetzspoke about the importance ofUkrainians’ strong ties to their folk culture.“As a nationless and nameless groupof people for so many years, due to warsand occupations, it was essential that, tohold on to their ‘Ukrainian-ness,’ theyheld on to their traditions. These traditionshave allowed them to maintain theirethnic identity, an identity that is stillstrong today as you can easily see fromthe Edmonton community,” Ms.Wolynetz said.She also spoke of the importance offolk art in its demonstration of patriotism.In a time when Ukrainians were notallowed to express their ethnic pride verbally,they would use the traditional colorsof blue and yellow, and the Ukrainiannational emblem, the “Tryzub” (trident)in their embroidery of ritual items. Today,Ukrainians worldwide still proudly usethese symbols of “Ukrainian-ness.”Summing up her presentation, Ms.Wolynetz spoke of the importance of folkculture in general. “In order to understandthe direction we are heading wemust be able to see clearly where we as aPianist Juliana OsinchukNadia Boulanger, Rosina Lhevinne andNadia Reisenberg. She received her formaleducation from the Conservatoire deMusique in Paris and the JuilliardSchool, graduating with bachelor’s, master’sand doctor of musical arts degrees.Dr. Osinchuk is on the Steinway PianoRoster of International Artists and currentlyserves as artistic director of theAnchorage Festival of Music – SoireeSeries and Young Alaskan Artists AwardPrograms.Her concert at West Point is a formalgala concert. Admission is by invitationonly and free of charge. The public maycall in and inquire about invitations. Forinformaion call Dr. Rajaa Chouairi, 845-534-5489.If you’d like to obtain a back issue of The Ukrainian Weekly,send $2 per copy (first-class postage included) to:Administration, The Ukrainian Weekly, 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054.people are going. We learn from our past;we build on our history. To see far intothe future we must stand on the shouldersof something that is bigger than ourselves.Folk culture is the giant uponwhose shoulders we stand,” she underscored.Ms. Wolynetz had the opportunity tovisit Edmonton’s various Ukrainianmuseums and historical sites, as well asthe groups who run them. She was veryimpressed and said she is looking forwardto coming back in the near futurewith some of her associates from TheUkrainian Museum. “There are a lot oflessons that New York can learn fromEdmonton,” she said.“Edmonton is definitely on par withNew York, if not farther ahead,” shePhiladelphia and UCUYour Generosity at WorkPhiladelphia Friends of the Ukrainian Catholic Universitycordially invite you to an informativeProf. Jeffrey WillsVice Rector and Member of Board of TrusteesUkrainian Catholic UniversityLubow Wolynetz speaks in Edmonton.Benefit LuncheonSunday, March 25, 2007At2PMatUkrainian Educational and Cultural Center700 Cedar RoadJenkintown, PAFeatured Guest Speakers:commented. “Amazing resources, greatfacilities and a community that supportsit so strongly; Edmonton is trulyblessed.” She encouraged the Edmontongroups to work together to build somethingamazing. “Edmonton’s museumshave such great possibility for growthand development. Such a rich communitywith so much possibility. It is importantthat the groups here unite and build, anddo not allow ego to get in the way,” Ms.Wolynetz said.Reflecting on Ms. Wolynetz’s visit toEdmonton, Kule Center Director AndriyNahachewsky said, “She has been a greatresource for our community, and futurecollaboration with her and the New Yorkmuseum is not only a must, but also agreat pleasure.”Prof. Antoine ArjakovskyDirector, Institute of Ecumenical StudiesUkrainian Catholic UniversityTickets at $40 per person may be purchased at:Ukrainian Center, Byzantine Church Supplies at 833 N. Franklin StreetUkrainian Selfreliance Credit Union in Philadelphia, PA and Trenton, NJMB Financial Bank and from Committee Members of the Philadelphia Friends of UCUIf you have any questions, please call Ihor Shust at: 215-947-2795Ukrainian Catholic Education Foundation2247 W. Chicago Avenue Chicago, IL 60622

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No. 10THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 11, 2007 19Summer Work Travel Program announced for Ukraine’s university studentsWASHINGTON –The U.S.-UkraineFoundation has launched the 2007 SummerWork Travel Program, an exchange initiativethat can bring up to 800 university studentsfrom Ukraine to work and travel inthe U.S. during the summer months.Authority to sponsor students fromabroad emanates from the U.S. StateDepartment’s Exchange Visitor Program,derived from the Mutual Educational andCultural Exchange Act of 1961 (PublicLaw 87-256, as amended, 22 U.S.C.2451, et. seq., 1988), also known as theFulbright-Hays Act.The purpose of the act is to increasemutual understanding between the peopleof the United States and the people of othercountries through educational and culturalexchanges. Activities specified in the actare facilitated, in part, through the designationof public and private entities as sponsorsof the Exchange Visitor Program.The U.S. State Department’s SummerWork/Travel category allows foreign postsecondarystudents to enter the UnitedStates to work and travel for a maximum offour months during their summer vacations.The U.S.-Ukraine Foundation earned itsSummer Work/Travel sponsor designationin November 2006. Since then the foundationhas been busily setting up the 2007program. Readers can visit the foundation’scomprehensive Summer Work TravelProgram website at www.exchangeusa.orgfor more information.The U.S.-Ukraine Foundation’s (USUF)role is to ensure that students and employersmeet the criteria established by the U.S.Department of State, to pair students withpotential employers, and to provide administrativesupport throughout the program.Full-time, Ukrainian college studentsbetween the ages of 18 to 28 whose Englishproficiency is at the intermediate level areencouraged to apply. Summer Work Traveljobs include unskilled or entry-level positionssuch as amusement park ride operators,retail staff, cashiers, hotel desk clerks,lifeguards and parking attendants.“It should be noted that the SummerWork Travel Program is not only beneficialto students, but also provides a unique seasonalstaffing solution for U.S. employers.There is no charge for employers to participatein the program. Employers also benefitfinancially as students hired under this programare exempt from Social Security provisionsand the students do not needemployer-paid health coverage. We highlyencourage interested employers to contactthe foundation as soon as possible,” saidJohn A. Kun, vice-president of the USUF.“Youth involvement in U.S.-Ukrainecross-cultural activities is a strong interestof the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation. Today, wehave an opportunity to bring even moreAmerican and Ukrainian students togetherto gain greater knowledge and understandingof one another,” added Nadia K.McConnell, the foundation’s president.Other student-oriented activities of theU.S.-Ukraine Foundation are the YouthLeadership Program, the InternshipProgram, the Books for Libraries Project,and its three scholarship programs – theKovaluk, Maryniuk and Sutraruk funds.Employers and students interested inthe U.S.-Ukraine Foundation’s 2007Summer Work Travel Program shouldvisit www.exchageusa.org. They mayalso contact the U.S.-Ukraine Foundationby phone at 202-223-2228 or by email atcontact@exchangeusa.org.Yulia Tymoshenko...(Continued from page 7)Do you think a victory is realistic in anatmosphere in which power and moneygames are played?I’ll tell you even more than that. The“wheelers and dealers” of the Party of theRegions are constantly saying that they willnot allow for early elections to be held, thatthis time around they will not be as “soft” asthey were in 2004 during the OrangeRevolution, that they’ve been battle-hardenedand are ready to bring in the armedforces. But in reality they know that their“wheeling and dealing” will not stand thetest of time, and they are too cowardly toundertake such unconstitutional actions.And I am convinced that the [pro-]constitutionalforces will prevail in early elections.What is your general impression fromyour visit to the United States?First and foremost, I have a very positiveimpression, but I would like to set therecord straight about some rumors that arecirculating – that the democratic world isdisillusioned with Ukraine, and that someother questionable emotions are beingexpressed, but this is far from the truth.Ukraine is being viewed as a leading democraticcatalyst among post-Soviet countries,and Ukraine has not lost this special status.Ukraine is [also] being viewed as a veryimportant [partner] in the formulation of abalanced energy policy in the entire region.Ukraine is not [synonymous with] disillusionment.It is [synonymous with] hope.And this is the sentiment I heard along withexpressions of support for democratic forcesin Ukraine, as well as support for our aspirationsfor Euro-Atlantic integration.I have been wanting to ask you thisquestion for the past 10 years now. Whydo you bother with all this? Why struggleagainst this giant, seemingly invinciblemachine, why endure prison sentences,worries, loss of health?Every person throughout his or her lifetries to pursue some kind of ideal.Everybody sees different ideals. Somewant to make big money. Others want tomake a career in science hoping to makea unique discovery for mankind. My lifetimeideal is to see a Ukraine that is beautifuland a worthy member of theEuropean community, a country that canoffer the world unique beautiful standardsin the establishment of its socialorder.This is my personal dream, my drivingforce. And nobody can make me alter mycourse or take this goal away from me.This can’t be achieved through prisonsentences, repressions or any type ofextraordinary measures that one wouldchoose to take. Simply put, this is mypurpose in life. And I will pursue it.Besides, being familiar with the politicsin Ukraine, I ask myself: “Who can makethis happen, if not our team?”Have you never woken up in themorning thinking “what do I need allthese troubles for?”It happens. For about five minutesuntil I’m fully awake. And things get tome sometimes, because like anyone elseI, too, feel disillusioned at times. Andthen there are the insults... But I canendure all these things if there is a goalthat is much higher than engaging insome kind of personal vendettas. 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No. 10THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 11, 2007 21OUT AND ABOUTThrough September 30 Art exhibit, “Pysanka: Vessel of Life,”New York The Ukrainian Museum, 212-228-0110March 15-May 6Oshawa, ONMarch 15Buffalo, NYMarch 16Winnipeg, MBArt exhibit, “Vera Jacyk: Chysto, Chysto,Chysto,” Robert McLaughlin Gallery,905-576-3000Pysanka class by Judie Hawryluk, WestSeneca Community Education Center,716-674-5185Lecture by Orysia Tracz, “Songs Your MotherShould Never Have Taught You: EroticSymbolism in Ukrainian Folk Songs,”University of Manitoba, 204-474-9681March 22Winnipeg, MBMarch 22Athabasca, ABMarch 23TorontoTarnawecky Distinguished Lecture byMyrna Kostash, “How I lost my hyphen andfound my groove,” University of Manitoba,204-474-8905Concert, “Paris to Kyiv – Live Fragmenti,”Nancy Appleby Theater, 780-525-2161 or780-916-6871Lecture by Serhii Plokhii, “Remembering Yalta:The Politics of International History,”University of Toronto, 416-946-8113March 23Concert, “Paris to Kyiv – Live Fragmenti,”Bonnyville, AB Lyle Victor Albert Center, 780-526-3986March 16TorontoUkrainian modern art workshop, “Modernity,Identity, Tradition,” University of Toronto,416-946-8113March 24Burlington, ONConcert, “Songs of Ukraine,” featuring theCanadian Bandurist Capella, Music at St. Luke’s2007, 905-639-7643March 16New York“Literary Café at the Institute,” featuringreadings by Vasyl Makhno, Yuriy Tarnawskyand Alexander Motyl, Ukrainian Instituteof America, 212-288-8660March 17, 18, 25Pysanka workshop, The Ukrainian Museum,New York 212-228-0110March 24Edmonton, ABMarch 24New YorkConcert, “Paris to Kyiv – Live Fragmenti,”Maclab Theater, 780-424-2915 or780-916-6871Lecture by Mykola Kravets on aircraftdesigner Ihor Sikorsky, Shevchenko ScientificSociety, 212-254-5130March 17New YorkMarch 17PhiladelphiaMarch 18New YorkLecture by Andriy Legkyj, “Trends inContemporary Instrumental Chamber Musicin Ukraine, Names and Works,” ShevchenkoScientific Society, 212-254-5130Women’s Day, “Women Nurturing Women:A Celebration of Women’s Spirit,” ImmaculateConception Cathedral Hall, 215-627-0143Syzokryli Ukrainian Dance Ensemble performsat the European Folk Festival, FashionInstitute of Technology, 212-217-5800March 18Presentation by Norman Golb, “Khazars inChicago Ukraine,” University of Chicago, 773-883-9737March 19Cambridge, MAMarch 21WashingtonLecture by Roman Szporluk, “The TraditionalScheme of 19th Century Ukrainian Historyand the Problem or Rational Restructuringof the History of Eastern Europe,”Harvard University, 617-495-4053Lecture by Taras Kuzio, “Ukraine: PoliticalCrisis or Normal Politics?,” George WashingtonUniversity, 703-548-8534March 25WashingtonMarch 25Windsor, ONPresentation by Iryna Kowal, “Afternoon atthe Theater,” Embassy of Ukraine,202-349-2937 or 202-244-8836Concert, “Bandura – The Soul of Ukraine,”Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus, St. JosephSecondary School, 519-256-2955March 25Pysanka Workshop, Ukrainian Homestead,Lehighton, PA 215-235-3709 or 610-377-4621March 25Jenkintown, PAMarch 25New YorkBanquet fund-raiser, to benefit UkrainianCatholic University, Ukrainian EducationalCultural Center, 215-663-1166Yara Arts Group presents “Janyl,” La MaMaTheater, 212-475-7710 or www.lamama.orgEntries in “Out and About” are listed free of charge. Please send e-mail tostaff@ukrweekly.com. Items will be published at the discretion of theeditors and as space allows. Please note: items will be printed a maximumof two times each.March 22Buffalo, NYPysanka class by Judie Hawryluk, WestSeneca Community Education Center,716-674-5185(586)759-6563АІА УАУä‡ÚÍËíÂÎÂÙÓÌ¥˜Ì¥‰Ó ì͇ªÌË$10. 00Á‡ 100 ı‚ËÎËÌ·ÂÁÍÓ¯ÚÓ‚ÌÓ„ÓStandard FoodPackagesèÂÂÔËÒÛπÏÓ‚¥‰ÂÓ͇ÒÂÚË ÁÖ‚ÓÔÂÈÒ¸ÍÓª ̇ÄÏÂË͇ÌÒ¸ÍÛÒËÒÚÂÏÛ ¥ ̇‚Ô‡ÍË臘ÍË ‚ ͇ªÌËŇÎÚ¥ª, èÓθ˘Û,êÓÒ¥˛, Å¥ÎÓÛÒ¸,åÓΉӂÛ, óÂı¥˛¥ ëÎÓ‚‡Í¥˛Çßáà ß áÄèêéòÖççü‰Ó ìäêÄ∫çà

22 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 11, 2007No. 10SummerCampsTennis CAMPAges 10-18Intensive two weeks instruction andcompetitive play directed byGeorge Sawchak. Limited to 45participants.Weeks: June 24– July 6, 2007$540 UNA Members$590 Non UNA Members+ $130 Instructors Fee/per StudentEXPLORATION DAYCAMP Ages 7-10Six hours of fun-filled activities inthis day camp, which focuses onthe outdoors.Session 1: June 25– June 29, 2007Session 2: July 2– July 6, 2007$100/per week or $25/per dayPlast CAMP-TabirPtashatA Plast day camp held atSoyuzivka. Please contact Plastfor registration & Soyuzivka forroom bookings.Session 1: June 24– July 1, 2007Session 2: July 1– July 8, 2007Ukrainian heritageDAY CAMPAges 4-7Formerly known as ChemneyCamp, this day camp exposes kidsto their Ukrainian heritage throughdaily activities such as dance,song, crafts and games.Price includes tee-shirt and dailylunch.Session 1: July 15– July 20, 2007Session 2: July 22– July 27, 2007$150 Per Camper$190 if not an overnight guestA $75 deposit is requiredto register a child into camp(For Sitch camp- registerdirectly withSitch Sports School.For Plast camp– registerdirectly with Plast)For more information & forcamp applications call:(845) 626-5641orcheck out our website at:www.Soyuzivka.comAt Soyuzivka!DISCOVERY CAMPAges 8-15Calling all nature lovers for thissleepover camp filled with hiking,swimming, scuba, organizedsports, & bonfires .Week: July 15– July 21, 2007$400 UNA Members$450 Non UNA MembersSCUBA DIVING COURSEAges 12-adultsOne week course will completeacademic, confined water andopen water requirements for PADIopen water certification. Classesgiven by George Hanushevsky,scuba-diver instructor.Pre registration is required.Week 1 : July 15– July 21, 2007Week 2 : July 22– July 28, 2007$400 for Course$120 Deposit RequiredAll fees payable to GeorgeHanushevskyUkrainian “sitch”sports campAges 6-18This is the 38th Annual Ukrainian“SITCH” Sports Camp run by theUkrainian Sitch Sports School.This camp will focus on soccerand tennis & is perfect for anysports enthusiast. Registration forthis camp is done directly bycontacting Marika Bokalo at(908) 851-0617.Session 1: July 22– July 28, 2007Session 2: July 29– August 4,2007$350 Per Camper$150 for Day CampersTraditionalUkrainian folkDANCE CAMPAges 8-16Directed by Ania Bohachevsky-Lonkevych (daughter of RomaPryma Bohachevsky). Expertinstruction for beginning,intermediate and advanceddancers. The camps will end witha grand recital which is always asummer highlight!Session 1: July 22– August 4,2007Session 2: August 5– 18, 2007$610- UNA Members$660- Non UNA Members+$300 Instructors Fee /StudentUNA Estate Soyuzivka POBox 529 216 Foordmore Road Kerhonkson, NY 12446 (845) 626-5641www.Soyuzivka.com

No. 10THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 11, 2007 23UKELODEONFOR THE NEXT GENERATIONChildren to present “Enchanted Tunes” in Philadelphia areaPHILADELPHIA – On Sunday,March 18, two organizations that arestrongly tied to the educationaldevelopment of Ukrainian childrenare presenting “Enchanted Tunes,” aprogram for kids from age 2 to 102.These two organizations are thePhiladelphia Branch of theUkrainian Music Institute, and theSvitlychka Cooperative Nursery ofthe Ukrainian Gold Cross at theUkrainian Educational and CulturalCenter (UECC).The program will open with talenteddrummer/singer/song-writerGeorge Hrab, who will present afun lesson about music. The childrenwill have an opportunity tohear and play instruments.The first part of the program willpresent an abridged version of “LittleRed Riding Hood” by the Children’sChoir of UMI. The original compositionis by composer VasylBezkorovayniy. The growing orchestraof the Ukrainian Music Institute willpresent the Overture to the operetta.In the second part of the program,the Svitlychka School hasinvited the well-known singer OlyaFryz, who will be performing popularchildren’s songs from her CD“Scho Za Hamir.” This will be a funinteractive performance for thechildren.“Enchanted Tunes” starts at 2p.m., at the UECC.The cost of tickets is $10 peradult; children accompanied byadults are free.The Children’s Choir of the Ukrainian Music Institute.Advance tickets may be purchasedby calling the Svitlychkaoffice at 215-663-0381. Ticketsmay also be purchased on Mondayevenings at the UECC during thedance and choir rehearsals.Parma parish hostsspecial youth eventPARMA Ohio – The annual“Bring-a-Friend-to-ChurchSunday,” sponsored by theJunior Ukrainian OrthodoxLeague Chapter of St.Vladimir’s Cathedral, washeld here on February 18 atthe 8:30 a.m. divine liturgy.Although a heavy snowhad fallen in Parma throughoutthe night, the parishyouth braved the weather toattend the liturgy.The clergy welcomed thevisitors and gave a briefintroduction and explanationof the Orthodox faith and theUkrainian Orthodox Church.Each visitor was presentedwith a remembrance of thevisit and all participated in aspecial breakfast in theparish center following theliturgy.Clergy, Junior UOL members and visitors to St. Vladimir’s Ukrainian Orthodox Catheralin Parma, Ohio, during “Bring-a-Friend-to-Church Sunday.”To solve this month’s Mishanyna, find the words on the list below in theMishanyna grid. This month’s theme: ABC’s – Ukrainian cities andtowns starting with the letters A, B and C. See how many of these youcan find on your map of Ukraine.AlupkaAntratsytArtemivkaBaranivkaBerezhanyCherkasyChopChortkivMishanyna C I T Y A B A L A K L A V A LR A I Y N A H Z E R E B O O KI L L U T R A H N U T Y I R YM U K U W O B O R Y S L A V IE S Y V P R A T Y S A O R I VA H E R R K Y I V K A U T H SN T V A O L A T R O K V E I CD A O G N O P O H C V R M N HI L L K O Y M U R H I E I R YAlushtaApostoloveBalaklavaBaturynBoryslavChernihivChornomorkaOUR NEXT ISSUEUKELODEON is published on the second Sunday of every month. To make it into our nextissue, dated April 8, please send in your materials by March 30. Please drop us a line:UKELODEON, The Ukrainian Weekly, 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054; fax,973-644-9510. Call us at 973-292-9800; or send e-mail to staff@ukrweekly.com.We ask all contributors to please include a daytime phone number.S L O O D O R R Y E N R V E NI S T I N O R U I R A H K H AD I S R C A R T T K R E A C MC H O R T K I V S A A I O W AO H P M A K I V K S B M A M AC H A N T R A T S Y T S A R Y

24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 11, 2007No. 10Soyuzivka’s DatebookMarch 23-25, 2007Plast Sorority “ChornomorskiKhvyli” RadaApril 8, 2007Traditional Blessed Ukrainian EasterDay Brunch, doors open at11:30 a.m.April 13-15, 2007Ukrainian Language ImmersionWeekends offered at SUNYNew PaltzApril 20-22, 2007BUG (Brooklyn Ukrainian Group)Spring Cleaning/VolunteerWeekendApril 21, 2007Alpha Kappa Sorority Semi-FormalDinner BanquetWeddingApril 27-29, 2007Plast Sorority “Shostokryli” RadaApril 28, 2007TAP New York Beer Festival at HunterMountain - 10th Anniversary!Round-trip bus from Soyuzivka,special room rate $60/nightAlpha Phi Delta Fraternity Semi-Formal Dinner BanquetMay 4-6, 2007Ukrainian Language ImmersionWeekends offered at SUNYNew PaltzMay 13, 2007Mother’s Day LuncheonMay 19, 2007Tri Valley High School PromMay 25-27, 2007Memorial Day Weekend BBQ,Orchidia Patrons’ Reunion,Summer kick-off and zabavaJune 1-3, 2007Ukrainian Language ImmersionWeekends offered at SUNYNew PaltzJune 4-8, 2007Stamford Clergy Days -Spring SeminarJune 9, 2007WeddingJune 10-15, 2007UNA Seniors WeekJune 17, 2007Father’s Day Luncheon and ProgramJune 21-24, 2007UMANA ConventionJune 24-July 6, 2007Tennis CampJune 24-July 1, 2007Plast Camp - Tabir Ptashat,Session #1June 25-29, 2007Exploration Day Camp Session #1,ages 7-10To book a room or event call: (845) 626-5641, ext. 140216 Foordmore Road P.O. Box 529Kerhonkson, NY 12446E-mail: Soyuzivka@aol.comWebsite: www.Soyuzivka.comEaster Greetings 2007Holiday Issue Publication DateContinue your tradition.Send best wishes to your family and friends,colleagues and clients on the occasion of Easterwith a greeting in The Ukrainian Weekly.Advertising DeadlineApril 1 March 201/16 page – $35; 1/8 page – $50;1/4 page – $100; 1/2 page – $200; full page – $400All advertising correspondence, reservations and payments should be directedto Mrs. Maria Oscislawski, advertising manager, tel. 973-292-9800, ext. 3040,or e-mail: adsukrpubl@att.netKindly make checks payable to The Ukrainian Weekly.Please send payment to:The Ukrainian Weekly, Advertising DepartmentP.O. Box 280, 2200 Route 10, Parsippany, NJ 07054Friday, March 16PREVIEW OF EVENTSNEW YORK: The Ukrainian Institute ofAmerica is pleased to announce a LiteraryCafé, featuring readings by Vasyl Makhno,Yuriy Tarnawsky and Alexander Motyl. Dr.Makhno will read in Ukrainian from “ConeyIsland,” a tragicomic play about Ukrainianemigrants in Brooklyn. Mr. Tarnawsky willread in Ukrainian and English from his collectionsof poetry and prose. Dr. Motyl willread in English from his novels “WhiskeyPriest” and “Who Shot Andrei Warhol.” TheUIA is located at 2 E. 79th St. The eventbegins at 7 p.m. Admission: general public,$10; students, $5. Beverages and appetizerswill be served during the café. RSVP by calling212-288-8660 or e-mailingprograms@ukrainianinstitute.org.Sunday, March 18CHICAGO: The Ukrainian Business andProfessional Group of Chicago invitesmembers and the community to a presentationby Dr. Norman Golb on “Khazars inUkraine.” Dr. Golb, professor of Hebrewstudies at the University of Chicago, willdiscuss recent findings on Khazars, anomadic tribe that established a powerfulkingdom that extended as far as Kyiv andlasted until the early 11th century. Dr. Golbis author of numerous books and articleson Jewish history, including the book“Khazarian Hebrew Documents of theTenth Century,” co-authored with the lateProf. Omeljan Pritsak of Harvard. The lecturewill be held at 3 p.m. at the OrientalInstitute Museum at the University ofChicago (Breasted Hall), 1155 E. 58th St.,preceded by optional independent tours ofthe galleries at 1 p.m., and a film aboutPersepolis at 2 p.m. An optional group dinnerfor $20, including wine, will follow thepresentation. For dinner reservations andadditional information, call 773-883-9737.Admission is free, with a suggested $5donation to the museum.Monday, March 19CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: The HarvardUkrainian Research Institute will host a lectureby Roman Szporluk, Mykhailo S.Hrushevsky Research Professor ofUkrainian History, Harvard University. Hislecture, “The Traditional Scheme of 19th-Century Ukrainian History and the Problemof Rational Restructuring of the History ofEastern Europe,” will be held at 4-6 p.m. inRoom S-050 (Concourse level) of the SouthBuilding of the Center for Government andInternational Studies (CGIS), located at1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA02138.For more information contact HURIat 617-495-4053 or huri@fas.harvard.edu.Sunday, March 25WASHINGTON: The Washington GroupCultural Fund, under the patronage of theEmbassy of Ukraine, invites the public to an“Afternoon at the Theater” during whichIryna Kowal, a Ukrainian American playwright,will speak about her work and willpresent dramatic readings from her plays bylocal actors in Ukrainian and English. Thepresentation will take place at 3 p.m. at theEmbassy of Ukraine, 3350 M St. NW.Suggested donation: $20. Seating is limited.RSVP to ibezverkha@ukremb.com or 202-349-2937; for more information call 202-244-8836.JENKINTOWN, Pa.: A presentation andluncheon spotlighting the UkrainianCatholic University will be held at 2 p.m.at the Ukrainian Educational and CulturalCenter, 700 Cedar Road, Jenkintown, PA19046. Tickets to the event cost $40;donations are also welcome. All proceedsfrom the luncheon will support theUkrainian Catholic University. To purchasetickets send a check to: PhiladelphiaFriends of the Ukrainian CatholicUniversity, P. O. Box 19, HuntingdonValley, PA 19006; for more informationcall 215-947-2795. All friends and supportersof the Ukrainian CatholicUniversity and the Ukrainian CatholicEducation Foundation, as well as all interestedpersons, are invited to attend.Organizations are also most welcome.Through Sunday, March 25NEW YORK: Yara Arts Group has created“Janyl,” an original theater piece based on aKyrgyz epic about a woman warrior, with theSakhna Theater of Bishkek, and will presentthe show at La MaMa Theater in New York.“Janyl” is directed by Virlana Tkacz,designed by Watoku Ueno, with movementby Shigeko Suga, photography by MargaretMorton, video by Andrea Odezynska andtranslation by Ms. Tkacz, Roza Mukashevaand Wanda Phipps. “Janyl” features a cast ofYara and Sakhna artists, as well as Kyrgyzepic singing and music. Show times: March9-11, Friday-Saturday, 8 p.m., Sunday at 3p.m. and 8 p.m.; March 15-18 and 22-25,Thursday-Saturday, 9 p.m., and Sunday at 3p.m. and 8 p.m. Venue: La MaMa Theater,74a E. Fourth St. (at Second Avenue). Ticketsat $15 may be purchased at the box office,212-475-7710 or www.lamama.org.Saturday, March 31HORSHAM, PA.: The UkrainianAmerican Sport Center Tryzub, CountyLine and Lower State roads, (Philadelphiaarea), invites you to a wine tasting, seminarand dinner. Learn a sommelier’s secrets offood and wine paring; enjoy the company ofgood friends. The seminar and wine tastingwill be presented by Old Wines LLC ofPhiladelphia. (For information and a demovideo see www.MarnieOld.com.) Doorsopen at 7 p.m.; the seminar and wine tastingwill commence at 7:30 p.m., and will be followedby a bountiful buffet banquet, elegantsweets, coffee and tea. The seminar, dinnerand wine are all included in the price: $35 inadvance; $40 at the door. Reservations andadvance ticket purchases are highly recommended,as seating will be limited. CallNika Chajkowsky, 215-860-8384, or NataliaLuciw, 215-362-5331. Information is alsoavailable at www.tryzub.org.SAVE THE DATENEW YORK: The Ukrainian Institute ofAmerica presents “Casino Royale, AnEvening in Montenegro,” on Saturday,April 21. More info to come.PREVIEW OF EVENTS GUIDELINES:Preview of Events is a listing of Ukrainian community events open to the public. It isa service provided at minimal cost ($20 per submission) by The Ukrainian Weekly to theUkrainian community.To have an event listed in Preview of Events please send information, in English, writtenin Preview format, i.e., in a brief paragraph that includes the date, place, type ofevent, sponsor, admission, full names of persons and/or organizations involved, and aphone number to be published for readers who may require additional information.Items should be no more than 100 words long. 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