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02.12.2011
 The documentary Genocide Revealed was shown to the general public at the Glenwood Arts Theatre, in Overland Park on October 5. As the end credits rolled, complete silence filled the theatre. No one moved as disbelief at the tragic story so few knew anything about took hold. This was followed by a lengthy question and answer period with the film’s director. One audience member present, whose parents lived through the famine-genocide, thanked the filmmaker for making the documentary and bringing the story out. Film producer Yurij Luhovy and his documentary Genocide Revealed was invited to... |
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09.10.2011
A Ukrainian World Congress (UWC) delegation, lead by its President Eugene Czolij and accompanied by the leaders of the two largest Diaspora communities, Paul Grod, President Ukrainian Canadian Congress and Taras Dudko President Union of Ukrainians in Russia, today met with Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovych to discuss issues of importance to the 20 million Ukrainians living outside the borders of Ukraine. The issues addressed included: • Ukraine's integration into Euro-Atlantic structures including the on-going negotiations for Ukraine's entry into the European Union; • Democratic and human rights violations in Ukraine, including the unlawful imprisonment of ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and former Minister of the Interior Yuri Lutsenko; and • the establishment of programs to support Ukrainians living outside of Ukraine. More information about the meeting is available from the Ukrainian World Congress at... |
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09.10.2011
On June 01, 2011 the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine adopted the Decree No. 567 “On approval of Rules on the issuance of Ukrainian entry and transit visas” which will come into force on 10 September 2011. The main purpose of adoption of this decree is to harmonize the existing legislative base of Ukraine in the visa field in conformity with present requirements and EU legislation, EU Visa code, as well as to improve the efficiency of state bodies of Ukraine in the illegal migration combating. The Decree foresees also the following... |
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09.10.2011
On september 12 the NBC broadcast the Miss Universe 2011 contest from Sao Paulo, Brazil. Among the approximately sixty contestants was Olesia Stefanko from Ukraine. She has long brunette hair, was wearing a white gown and ended up in the second place in the contest. She won second place in the contest behind winner Miss Angola, who was crowned Miss Universe... |
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06.09.2011
Leaders from eight former Soviet states gathered Saturday to celebrate enduring cooperation over the two decades since their nations collectively gained independence, but mutual acrimony and recriminations cast a shadow over the event. The heads of state from the Commonwealth of Independent States, a loose association of ex-Soviet republics, ended the summit in the capital of Tajikistan by signing a declaration calling for peaceful conflict resolution among member states and the creation of a free trade zone. The summit took place against the backdrop of a simmering row over natural gas prices between Russia and Ukraine. The Armenian and Azerbaijani delegations also exchanged frosty remarks about their long-running dispute over the contested Nagorno-Karabakh region... |
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09.05.2011
At a recent briefing at the United Nations in New York the Assistant Secretary General for Human Rights addressed human rights issues, but limited his presentation to countries, albeit abusive, but with little clout at the UN. I voiced my concern with human rights abuse in traditional longstanding member states and the difficulty of raising this issue, in particular, when the abuser is the Russian Federation, not only a member state, but a permanent member of the UN Security Council with veto power. I pointed out that in at least two instances the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights simply failed to respond to letters and memoranda on human rights in the Russian Federation submitted by the Ukrainian World Congress. The Assistant Secretary encouraged me to continue monitoring and submitting evidence even when there appears to be no response or reaction. He pointed out that... |
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09.05.2011
An FBI report kept secret for 25 years said the Soviet Union "quite likely fabricated" evidence central to the prosecution of John Demjanjuk – a revelation that could help the defense as closing arguments resume Wednesday in the retired Ohio auto worker's Nazi war crimes trial in Germany. The newly declassified FBI field office report, obtained by The Associated Press, casts doubt on the authenticity of a Nazi ID card that is the key piece of evidence in allegations that Demjanjuk served as a guard at the Sobibor death camp in occupied Poland. Throughout three decades of U.S. hearings, an extradition, a death sentence followed by acquittal in Israel, a deportation and now a trial in Munich, the arguments have relied heavily on the photo ID from an SS training camp that indicates Demjanjuk was sent to Sobibor. Claims that the card and other evidence against Demjanjuk are Soviet forgeries have repeatedly... |
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12.04.2011
Working relations between the Australian Embassy in Vienna, which has responsibility for Ukraine and the Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organisations (AFUO), were enhanced today March 23, 2011 during a meeting held in Melbourne with the Ambassador His Excellency Michael Potts and AFUO Chairman Stefan Romaniw and Public Relations Director Marian Tkaczuk. The Ambassador provided details of his Post's current working relations with Ukraine and the Australian Government's interest in Ukraine. The Ambassador and members of the diplomatic staff have visited Ukraine and are planning further visits in the near future... |
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13.02.2011
Apparently confident that now it can do so without objections from the Yanukovich government in Kyiv, Moscow has disbanded the Federation of National Cultural Autonomy of Ukrainians of Russia and is setting the stage for closing the Ukrainian library in the Russian capital by continuing its seizures of “extremist” literature there. The Russian government, like its Soviet predecessor, has never been supportive of the more than five million ethnic Ukrainians living there, refusing to open any Ukrainian-language state schools even as it has complained about closure of some of the many Russian-language schools operating in Ukraine. But in recent weeks, Moscow has moved against even the few Ukrainian institutions... |
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13.02.2011
The persecution of human and democratic rights leader Boris Nemtsov continues in Putin’s Russia. On January 2, 2011, Boris Nemtsov, leader of the democratic opposition movement Solidarity and Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister from 1997-1998, was sentenced to a maximum 15 days imprisonment as allowed under Article 19.3 of the Administrative Offenses Code (“disobeying police”). He was arrested on December 31, 2010 and held until January 2, 2011 at Tverskoe police station in a 1.5 by 3 meter concrete cell, without a window, bed or mattress. On January 2, 2011, Moscow Judge Olga Borovkova forced Boris Nemtsov to stand for the duration of the four hour trial, disregarding thirteen defense eye-witnesses as well as refusing to allow a video of Nemtsov’s arrest as evidence. Liberal MP Borys Wrzesnewskyj (Etobicoke Centre), who... |
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