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YUSHCHENKO RALLIES HELD IN UKRAINE
Outside of the huge ongoing rally in Kyiv
80,000 Rally in Lviv; 50,000 Rally in Ivano-Frankivsk; 30,000
Rally in Kharkiv; 15,000 Demonstrate in Lutsk; Uzhhorod Rally
Brings 15,000; 10,000 Rally in Vinnytsia; Poltava Rally Brings In
10,000; 7,000 Demonstrate in Rivne.
EDITORIAL: THE WASHINGTON POST
At the same time, President Bush needs to accept that U.S. hopes of
cooperation with Russia, in the Middle East or elsewhere, cannot be
insulated from Mr. Putin's anti-democratic imperialism in Eastern Europe.
The West must take a clear stand against that policy, before it is too
late to prevent a redivision of the continent. [article one]
"THE ACTION UKRAINE REPORT" Year 04, Number 231
The Action Ukraine Coalition (AUC), Washington, D.C.
Ukrainian Federation of America (UFA), Huntingdon Valley, PA
morganw@patriot.net, ArtUkraine.com@starpower.net (ARTUIS)
Washington, D.C., Kyiv, Ukraine, THURSDAY, November 25, 2004
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"Major International News Headlines and Articles"
1. "UKRAINE'S CRISIS"
EDITORIAL: The Washington Post
Washington, D.C., Thursday, November 25, 2004; Page A42
2. CANADA'S OFFICIAL STATEMENT ON UKRAINE'S ELECTIONS
Government of Canada cannot accept announced election results
Ottawa, Canada, Wed, November 24, 2004
3. RUSSIAN DUMA ISSUES STATEMENT ON UKRAINE
Russia Journal, Moscow, Russia, Wed, Nov. 24, 2004
4. DEPUTY ECONOMY MINISTER HAIDUK RESIGNS IN
PROTEST AGAINST FALSIFICATIONS ON PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
Ukrainian News Agency, Kyiv, Ukraine, November 25, 2004 (15:51)
5. 80,000 YUSHCHENKO SUPPORTERS PROTESTING IN LVIV
AGAINST CEC'S DECISION TO DECLARE YANUKOVYCH AS
WINNER OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Ukrainian News Agency, Kyiv, Ukraine, November 25, 2004 (17:29)
6. 50,000 HOLD YUSHCHENKO RALLY IN IVANO-FRANKIVSK
Ukrainian News Agency, Kyiv, Ukraine, November 25, 2004 (16:14)
7. 30,000 HOLDING PRO-YUSHCHENKO RALLY IN KHARKIV,
2,000 HOLDING PRO-YANUKOVYCH RALLY
Ukrainian News Agency, Kyiv, Ukraine, November 25, 2004 (18:11)
8. 15,000 HOLDING YUSHCHENKO DEMONSTRATION IN LUTSK
Ukrainian News Agency, Kyiv, Ukraine, November 25, 2004 (14:33)
9. 15,000 RALLY IN UZHHOROD TO SUPPORT YUSHCHENKO
Ukrainian News Agency, Kyiv, Ukraine, November 25, 2004 (16:10)
10. 10,000 SUPPORTERS HOLDING PRO-YUSHCHENKO
DEMONISTRATION IN VINNYTSIA
Ukrainian News Agency, Kyiv, Ukraine, November 25, 2004 (15:16)
11. 10,000 HOLD YUSHCHENKO DEMONSTRATION IN POLTAVA
Ukrainian News Agency, Kyiv, Ukraine, November 25, 2004 (16:44)
12. 7,000 PICKET RIVNE REGIONAL COUNCIL DEMANDING
TO RECOGNIZE YUSHCHENKO AS PRESIDENT
Ukrainian News Agency, Kyiv, Ukraine, November 25, 2004 (17:25)
13. KYIV'S SVIATOSHYNSKYI DISTRICT COUNCIL RECOGNIZE
YUSHCHENKO AS PRESIDENT
Ukrainian News Agency, Kyiv, Ukraine, November 25, 2004 (17:38)
14. 29 TOWN COUNCILS OF LVIV REGION DECLARE VIKTOR
YUSHCHENKO PRESIDENT
Ukrainian News Agency, Kyiv, Ukraine, November 25, 2004 (17:34)
15. "UKRAINE'S ELECTIONS: THE FORCES IN PLAY"
By James Sherr, Conflict Studies Research Centre
Defence Academy of the United Kingdom [1]
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Washington, D.C., Thursday, November 25, 2004
16. "UKRAINE II: EU HYPOCRISY MUST END"
Alexander J. Motyl, International Herald Tribune (IHT)
New York, NY, Friday, November 26, 2004
17. DETROIT UKRAINIANS JOIN CAUSE FOR YUSHCHENKO
By Mary Owen, Free Press Staff Writer
Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Michigan, Thur, November 25, 2004
18. "UKRAINE'S CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS"
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: The Action Ukraine Report
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1. "UKRAINE'S CRISIS"
EDITORIAL: The Washington Post
Washington, D.C., Thursday, November 25, 2004; Page A42
FACED WITH extraordinary demonstrations by hundreds of thousands
of citizens demanding democracy, Ukraine's corrupt and thuggish
government wavered this week, hinting that it might be willing to negotiate
about the outcome of the presidential election that took place Sunday.
Yet yesterday its official electoral commission ratified the fraudulent
result that brought those crowds into the streets of the capital: It
declared that Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych had won despite
abundant evidence to the contrary. Secretary of State Colin L. Powell
rightly responded that the United States "cannot accept this result as
legitimate" and "stands with the people of Ukraine and their effort to
ensure their democratic choice." In the coming days the United States
and its European allies must follow up on those words by demanding
that the Ukrainian authorities -- and their backers in Moscow -- listen
to, rather than repress, the majority that now seeks to prevent their
country from becoming an authoritarian state.
Some have described the crisis in Ukraine as a contest for influence
between Russia and the West, with the West backing opposition leader
Viktor Yushchenko in the same measure that Russian President Vladimir
Putin has supported the official candidate. That is a gross distortion. For
the Ukrainians who have spent four freezing nights in the streets of Kiev,
the fight is not about geopolitical orientation -- most favor close
relations with Moscow -- but about whether theirs will be a free country,
with an independent press and courts and leaders who are chosen by
genuine democratic vote. Mr. Putin, who has channeled hundreds of
millions of dollars into the prime minister's campaign, is backing the
imposition of an authoritarian system along the lines of the one he is
creating in Russia --with a propagandistic regime, controlled media,
official persecution of dissent, business executives who take orders
from the state, and elections that are neither free nor fair.
By protesting the fraud in Ukraine, the United States and European
Union are seeking not to recruit a new Western client but to defend
the democracy and independence that most Ukrainians want. If they
succeed, they will not create an East-West divide but will prevent Mr.
Putin from doing so. His actions, in Ukraine and elsewhere, point
toward the establishment of a new bloc of non-democratic countries
controlled by the Kremlin that would sharply contrast with the
neighboring European Union.
The Bush administration has been admirably frank and forceful this
week in denouncing the fraud in Ukraine and in making clear to
Ukrainians that it is on their side. In the coming days it must drive home
the message to Mr. Yanukovych that he will be a pariah in Washington
-- notwithstanding his cynical offer to extend the deployment of Ukrainian
troops in Iraq -- if he accepts his illegitimate mandate, and that he and
all of his governmental and business allies will be held personally
responsible for any violence against the opposition. At the same time,
President Bush needs to accept that U.S. hopes of cooperation with
Russia, in the Middle East or elsewhere, cannot be insulated from Mr.
Putin's anti-democratic imperialism in Eastern Europe. The West must
take a clear stand against that policy, before it is too late to prevent a
redivision of the continent. -30- [Action Ukraine Monitoring Service]
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2. CANADA'S OFFICIAL STATEMENT ON UKRAINE'S ELECTIONS
Government of Canada cannot accept announced election results
Ottawa, Canada, Wed, November 24, 2004
Considering the allegations of serious and significant electoral fraud from
International and Canadian election observers, The Government of Canada
cannot accept the announced results by the Central Election Commission
reflect the true democratic will of the Ukrainian people.
Canada rejects the announced final results. The Government of Canada
calls for a full, open and transparent review of the election process .
Canada will have no choice but to examine its relations with Ukraine if
the authorities fail to provide election results that reflect the democratic
will of the people.
Eric Lamoureux, Conseiller politique / Policy Advisor
Cabinet du Ministre des Affaires étrangères
Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs
Ottawa, Canada K1A OG2, Téléphone: +1.613.995.1851
Télécopieur: +1.613.996.8968
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CANADA REJECTS UKRAINIAN ELECTION RESULT
CALLS FOR INVESTIGATION
Stephen Thorne, Canadian Press, Wed, November 24, 2004
OTTAWA (CP) - Canada has rejected the results of Ukraine's bitterly
disputed presidential election, joining the United States and other
countries in refusing to recognize the declared winner.
Deputy Prime Minister Anne McLellan told the House of Commons on
Wednesday that the federal government does not recognize the victory
of Kremlin-backed Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych.
"Considering the allegations of serious and significant electoral
fraud from international and Canadian election observers, the
government of Canada cannot accept that the announced results by
the central election commission reflect the true, democratic will of the
Ukrainian people," said McLellan. "Canada rejects the announced
final results.
"The government of Canada calls for a full, open, transparent review
of the election process and Canada will have no choice but to examine
its relations with Ukraine if the authorities fail to provide election
results that reflect the democratic will of the people of that country."
The Commons agreed to a motion from Borys Wrzesnewsky, Liberal
MP from Etobicoke Centre, for an emergency debate on Ukraine on
Wednesday evening.
The announcement that Yanukovych won the presidential runoff balloting
sharpened a crisis sparked by the opposition candidate Viktor
Yushchenko's allegations that the vote was rigged.
It raised fears of violence in the streets of Kyiv, where tens of
thousands of Yushchenko supporters gathered for three straight days
demanding the results be overturned.
In Washington, Secretary of State Colin Powell said the United States
cannot accept the results of the election. Powell warned "there will be
consequences" for the U.S. relationship with Ukraine as a result of the
developments in the former Soviet bloc nation.
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso also warned
that "there will be consequences if there is not a serious, objective
review" of the results.
Dan McTeague, parliamentary secretary to the Foreign Affairs minister,
said Canada's ambassador to Ukraine, Andrew Robinson, had a list of
fraud-related concerns. Canada was the first country to officially
recognize Ukraine after it split from the former Soviet Union in 1991.
Before her announcement in the Commons, McLellan said the Ukraine
question dominated the Liberal government's weekly caucus meeting.
She said many MPs were "deeply concerned" about the situation.
She called on officials to act quickly in investigating the process.
"If, in fact, we conclude that that investigation is not carried out
in a fair, transparent and timely fashion we, like other nations, will
have to assess all our options in relation to our future and ongoing
relationship with Ukraine," she said. She said there is growing
evidence of "election irregularities that must be investigated and
must be dealt with."
The election commission said Yanukovych got 49.46 per cent of
Sunday's vote, against Yushchenko's 46.61 per cent.
Western election observers, including former Canadian cabinet minister
David Collenette, said the vote was seriously flawed and did not meet
democratic standards. Exit polls indicated a victory for Yushchenko,
a pro-western reformer.
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3. RUSSIAN DUMA ISSUES STATEMENT ON UKRAINE
Russia Journal, Moscow, Russia, Wed, Nov. 24, 2004
MOSCOW - The State Duma of the Russian Federation called on
Ukraine to solve its political problems in accordance with the Ukrainian
Constitution and election laws.
In their statement, State Duma deputies expressed deep concern about
the unlawful actions of Ukraine's radical opposition forces, which
could lead to tragic consequences for the Ukrainian people. "Only the
Central Election Commission of Ukraine, in accordance with Ukrainian
laws, has the right to announce election results, and any pressure on
the Central Election Commission should be ruled out," the statement says.
Though competition was tough, the election took place, State Duma
deputies said, and Russia was very much concerned with the results.
The members of the State Duma respected the will of the Ukrainian
people, expressed through voting, and hoped that the situation would
stabilize in Ukraine, and the country's authorities, political and
public figures, together with the Ukrainian people, would themselves
settle the crisis, without being dictated by outside forces, the
statement said.
"Any actions aimed at seizing power are seen as crime in any country
of the world," the State Duma stressed in its statement.
The Russian parliamentarians appealed to their Ukrainian colleagues to
show political wisdom and responsibility and make everything possible
to solve the crisis. The State Duma also expressed readiness to
further develop friendship and ties between Russia and Ukraine.
The statement was passed by a vote of 423 to 0, with 6 abstentions.
Meanwhile, the Central Election Commission of Ukraine is going to
announce the final results of Sunday's presidential election at 17:00
Moscow time on Wednesday. According to unofficial reports, Viktor
Yanukovich gathered 49.52 percent of the vote, and Viktor Yushchenko
had 46.66 percent, Echo of Moscow radio reported. -30-
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4. DEPUTY ECONOMY MINISTER HAIDUK RESIGNS IN
PROTEST AGAINST FALSIFICATIONS ON PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
Ukrainian News Agency, Kyiv, Ukraine, November 25, 2004 (15:51)
KYIV - Deputy Minister for Economy and European Integration Oleh
Haiduk has resigned in protest against falsifications on presidential
elections. He said this at Channel 5.
As Ukrainian News earlier reported, President Leonid Kuchma has appointed
Oleh Haiduk deputy Ministry of Economy and European Integration on April 21.
39-year old Haiduk was the board chairman of the largest telecommunications
company Ukrtelecom since July 2001 till April 2003. -30-
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5. 80,000 YUSHCHENKO SUPPORTERS PROTESTING IN LVIV
AGAINST CEC'S DECISION TO DECLARE YANUKOVYCH AS
WINNER OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Ukrainian News Agency, Kyiv, Ukraine, November 25, 2004 (17:29)
KYIV - About 80,000 supporters of the Our Ukraine coalition's leader Viktor
Yuschenko are protesting near the Lviv Opera Theater against the decision of
the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) to declare Prime Minister Viktor
Yanukovych as the winner of this year's Ukrainian presidential elections.
Petro Oliinyk, the head of Yuschenko's Lviv regional campaign headquarters,
addressed the demonstrators. Oliinyk called on residents of the Lviv region
to implement only Yuschenko's orders.
Oliinyk said that the entire world refuses to recognize Yanukovych as the
president-elect of Ukraine and called on Lviv residents to come together in
peace.
Representatives of the Lviv vodka plant, the Lviv automobile and instrument
plant, the Lviv regional division of the Ukrtelecom, telecommunications
company, the Lvivhaz company, the Iskra factory, the Lvivkholod plant, and
other enterprises are participating in the demonstration.
About 20,000 demonstrators came to the Opera Theater from the building
housing the Lviv regional police department. Speakers are calling on all the
demonstrators in Lviv to gather near the Opera Theater.
About 10,000 people are also demonstrating near the Lviv regional division
of the State Tax Administration while about 10,000 are demonstrating near
the Lviv University.
Earlier, about 60,000 demonstrated near the Lviv Opera Theater, 20,000 near
the Lviv regional police department, 10,000 near the Lviv regional division
of the State Tax Administration, and 10,000 near the Lviv national
university.
About 10,000 people are also picketing the Russian consulate in Lviv to
demand withdrawal of Russian special police units from Ukrainian territory.
They are chanting, "Yuschenko!" "Shame on the CEC!" and "Yuschenko,
Our President!"
As Ukrainian News earlier reported, the press service of Yuschenko
circulated a statement in which Yuschenko's campaign manager Oleksandr
Zinchenko said that military subunits of the Russian Special Forces Vityaz
have been deployed in Kyiv and that they number about 1,000 men.
According to the statement, they were redeployed in Ukraine before
November 21 and remain in the capital city.
The Security Service of Ukraine has said that it is investigating the claim
about the deployment of Russian Special Forces in Ukraine. Meanwhile,
Russia's Ambassador to Ukraine Viktor Chernomyrdin has denied the
claim. -30- [The Action Ukraine Report Monitoring Service]
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6. 50,000 HOLD PRO-YUSHCHENKO RALLY IN IVANO-FRANKIVSK
Ukrainian News Agency, Kyiv, Ukraine, November 25, 2004 (16:14)
KYIV - About 50,000 supporters of the Our Ukraine coalition leader
Viktor Yuschenko are rallying to support him in Ivano-Frankivsk near
the building of the Ivano-Frankivsk regional state administration.
Meeting started at 11:00. Students of universities, institutes, colleges,
vocational schools are also participating in the rally. Senior school
students of some secondary schools of the city also joined the
rally.
Rally participants are holding up national flags of Ukraine, paraphernalia
of the Our Ukraine coalition, slogans "Students for Yuschenko,"
"Yuschenko Is Our President," "Yes to Honest Journalists!"
They chant "Shame to CEC!", "Yuschenko! Yuschenko!", "We Are
Together, We Are Many, and They Won't Overpower Us!".
Mitre Holder of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Symkailo read
out a prayer to all saints of Ukraine. He called on the bodies of power,
enterprises, and institutions to declare Yuschenko president.
Representatives of the local intelligentsia, including chairperson of the
regional Prosvita society Stepan Voloshivskyi, poet Olha Slonivska, deputy
head of Ukrainian history department of the Prykarpattia National Stefanyk
University Mykola Kohutiak, assistant professor of the Lviv National Ivan
Franko University Stepan Kuzyk addressed rally participants.
Speakers asked participants of the meeting to order, self-control, good
organization, and they asked to support compatriots rioting in Kyiv.
Representatives of local organizations of political parties announced about
creation of the local regional National Salvation Committee.
Organizers are informing about those enterprises and labour collectives of
the region, which are collecting money and warm clothes for participants of
the meeting in Kyiv.
Organizers of the rally operatively inform meeting participants about events
in Kyiv and in Ukraine. Flag of the Our Ukraine coalition has been hoisted
next to the Ukrainian national flag above the building of the regional state
administration. -30- [The Action Ukraine Report Monitoring Service]
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7. 30,000 HOLDING PRO-YUSHCHENKO RALLY IN KHARKIV,
2,000 HOLDING PRO-YANUKOVYCH RALLY
Ukrainian News Agency, Kyiv, Ukraine, November 25, 2004 (18:11)
KYIV - About 30,000 supporters of the Our Ukraine coalition's leader
Viktor Yuschenko and about 2,000 supporters of Prime Minister Viktor
Yanukovych are simultaneously holding rallies in support of their leaders
on Kharkiv's Freedom Square.
The police have erected two barriers made of mobile metal fences
between the two sets of demonstrators. A large number of police officers
are maintaining order.
The pro-Yuschenko demonstrators are holding placards reading, "Kharkiv
for Yuschenko!" and "Kharkiv to Revoke the Mandates of Deputies who
are Betrayers!"
The demonstrators, whose number is constantly increasing, are holding the
flags of Yuschenko's campaign headquarters, orange ribbons, Ukrainian
flags, the flags of the Batkivschyna party, and the flags of the Green Party
and the Socialist Party.
Henrikh Altunian, a prominent Kharkiv human rights activist and former
parliamentary deputy, addressed the pro-Yuschenko demonstrators.
He announced the creation of a National Salvation Committee in Kharkiv.
He called on people to come onto the square at 14:00 on November 26
and said that Ukrainian boxer Volodymyr Klychko is expected to address
a rally in Kharkiv on Friday.
The number of tents in the tent city that was erected in downtown Kharkiv
on November 23 has increased to 10. Students from Kharkiv-based higher
education institutions remain in the tents 24 hours per day.
The police are not obstructing the pro-Yuschenko demonstrators.
Speakers on a stage erected on the square also expressing support for
Yanukovych and condemning the actions of Yuschenko supporters.
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8. 15,000 HOLDING PRO-YUSHCHENKO DEMONSTRATION IN LUTSK
Ukrainian News Agency, Kyiv, Ukraine, November 25, 2004 (14:33)
KYIV - Over 15,000 supporters of the Our Ukraine coalition's leader Viktor
Yuschenko are holding a demonstration near the Volyn regional administration
building in Lutsk.
The demonstrators are demanding the resignation of the region's leadership.
The demonstrators are holding flags bearing the signs of Yuschenko's
election campaign headquarters and chanting, " Shame!" "Resign!" and
"Cowards!"
Parliamentary Deputy Volodymyr Bondar and a group of regional council
deputies went into the office of the Volyn region's First Deputy Governor
Volodymyr Panchyshyn inside the regional administration building to start
negotiations about the resignation of the region's leadership.
The parliamentary deputy demanded that Panchyshyn sign a resignation letter
or recognize Yuschenko as the elected president of Ukraine. "You,
Volodymyr Panchyshyn, have a chance to go in a dignified manner,"
Bondar said. Panchyshyn refused to resign.
"I accept the decision of the Central Electoral Commission and the entire
Ukrainian people. Therefore, I will not resign," Panchyshyn said. After
20 minutes of negotiations, Panchyshyn agreed to come out to announce
this to the demonstrators. After standing five minutes in front of the
demonstrators without saying anything, Panchyshyn went back into the
building. The demonstrators chanted "Coward!" and "Resign!" as
Panchyshyn went back into the building. -30-
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9. 15,000 RALLY IN UZHHOROD TO SUPPORT YUSHCHENKO
Ukrainian News Agency, Kyiv, Ukraine, November 25, 2004 (16:10)
KYIV - Some 15,000 supporters of Viktor Yuschenko, the leader of
the Our Ukraine Coalition, have gathered on Postal Square in Uzhhorod
outside the mayor's office and called on the local authorities to pass a
vote of no confidence in the Central Election Commission and to declare
Yuschenko the President.
The rally started at 10:00 in the morning and was over at around 1:30 pm.
The demonstrators chanted the name of their candidate. They held signs
saying "Uzhhorod is for Yuschenko!" "Send the Prisoner to Jail" and
"Yuschenko is the People's President."
They have been addressed by parliamentary deputy Serhii Ratushniak and the
head of the candidate's city headquarters Yevhen Yasynskyi, who called on
Uzhhorod residents to join the strike.
After that, the demonstrators marched to the building of the regional
administration located on People's Square and repeated their demands there.
Ratushniak announced that a regional meeting of supporters from all parts of
Zakarpattia region would take place in Uzhhorod on Friday. An orange flag
was waving on the flagpole above the regional administration. -30-
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10. 10,000 SUPPORTERS HOLDING PRO-YUSHCHENKO
DEMONSTRATION IN VINNYTSIA
Ukrainian News Agency, Kyiv, Ukraine, November 25, 2004 (15:16)
KYIV - Over 10,000 supporters of the Our Ukraine coalition's leader Viktor
Yuschenko are holding a demonstration on a square near the Vinnytsia
municipal administration building.
The demonstrators are holding orange flags bearing the signs of Yuschenko's
election campaign headquarters and chanting, "Yuschenko!" "Shame on the
CEC!" and "No to a Government of Bandits!"
A mobile screen installed on the square is broadcasting the programs of the
Channel 5 television station. A 20-meter banner reading "Vinnytsia Greets
Viktor Yuschenko" is hung on the building.
Parliamentary Deputy Volodymyr Skomarovskyi and regional council deputy
Ivan Bondarchuk, who is also the leader of the Vinnytsia regional chapter of
the Socialist Party, addressed the demonstrators.
They called on the demonstrators to support the nationwide political strike.
Two army kitchens are installed near the building to provide hot drinks and
food to the demonstrators. -30- [Action Ukraine Monitoring Service]
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11. 10,000 HOLD YUSHCHENKO DEMONSTRATION IN POLTAVA
Ukrainian News Agency, Kyiv, Ukraine, November 25, 2004 (16:44)
KYIV - About 10,000 supporters of Our Ukraine coalition's leader
Viktor Yuschenko are holding a demonstration near the regional
administration building in Poltava.
The demonstration started at 8:30 am with a column of 1,000 students
of the Poltava Pedagogical University and the Agrarian Academy marching
to the regional administration.
The demonstrators are holding orange flags bearing Yuschenko's election
campaign symbol and slogans "Poltava Region for Yuschenko," "Kukoba
Betrayed!" "We Demand True Information," and "Yuschenko Is Our
President."
They demand an adoption of decision declaring Yuschenko the President.
The Poltava regional council held the 15th extraordinary session on
Thursday. Parliamentary deputies Mykola Kulchynskyi from Our Ukraine
and Mykola Karnaukh from the SPU addressed the demonstrators. -30-
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12. 7,000 PICKET REVNE REGIONAL COUNCIL DEMANDING
TO RECOGNIZE YUSHCHENKO AS PRESIDENT
Ukrainian News Agency, Kyiv, Ukraine, November 25, 2004 (17:25)
KYIV - Some 7,000 supporters of Our Ukraine Coalition leader Viktor
Yuschenko are picketing the building of the Rivne regional council,
demanding to recognize Yuschenko as the President. They are chanting
the name of their elect.
The council has drafted three decisions: to pass a vote of no confidence in
the Central Election Commission; to recall its 11 members who signed for the
victory of Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych; and, to ask the Supreme Court
to consider all complaints against electoral violations.
There are 60 deputies in the Rivne regional council, 14 of them are from the
Our Ukraine faction. Most of them represent the executive authorities. -30-
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13. KYIV'S SVIATOSHYNSKYI DISTRICT COUNCIL RECOGNIZE
YUSHCHENKO AS PRESIDENT
Ukrainian News Agency, Kyiv, Ukraine, November 25, 2004 (17:38)
KYIV - Kyiv's Sviatoshynskyi district council has recognized the Our
Ukraine coalition's leader Viktor Yuschenko as Ukraine's president-elect.
The Sviatoshynskyi district council's Deputy Chairwoman Olha Lopushynska
disclosed this to Ukrainian News, citing the relevant resolution adopted by
the council.
"Deputies of the Sviatoshynskyi district council support the choice of the
Sviatoshynskyi community regarding recognition of Viktor AndriYovych
Yuschenko as the winner of the presidential elections," Lopushynska said,
reading the council's resolution.
The resolution was backed by 41 of the 45 deputies that attended the
council's relevant session. The Sviatoshynskyi district council has 60
deputies. According to Lopushynska, many deputies were unable to
attend the session because it was convened urgently.
Lopushynska added that the council's decision is about expression of the
council's support for the choice of the Sviatoshynskyi district's voters
and, according to her, not about recognition of Yuschenko as the president
of Ukraine in general.
The Sviatoshynskyi district council expressed the belief that the
presidential elections in the Sviatoshynskyi district were conducted
democratically.
At the same time, the Sviatoshynskyi district council expressed public lack
of confidence in the Central Electoral Commission because of numerous
complaints from citizens about falsification of the outcome of the
presidential elections. The Sviatoshynskyi district council proposed that
the Kyiv municipal council adopt a similar resolution. However, the Kyiv
municipal council only adopted a resolution expressing no confidence in
the CEC. -30- [The Action Ukraine Report Monitoring Service]
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14. 29 TOWN COUNCILS OF LVIV REGION DECLARE VIKTOR
YUSHCHENKO PRESIDENT
Ukrainian News Agency, Kyiv, Ukraine, November 25, 2004 (17:34)
KYIV - Twenty-eight town councils in the Lviv region declared Our
Ukraine coalition leader Viktor Yuschenko President of Ukraine at
their relevant session meetings on November 23-24 and reported
readiness to fulfill his instructions.
Representative of the Association of the Lviv regional branch of the
Association of Ukrainian Cities informed Ukrainian News about this.
In particular, decisions have been made by the town councils of Boryslav,
Brody, Busk, Velyki Mosty, Horodok, Dobrotvir, Dubliany, Zhydachiv,
Zhovkva, Zolochiv, Kamianka-Buzka, Komarno, Mykolaiv, Morshyn,
Mostyska, Novyi Rozdil, Novoyavorivsk, Pustomyty, Radekhiv, Skole,
Slavsk, Khodoriv, Chervonohrad, Yavoriv.
As Ukrainian News earlier reported, on November 22-23, Lviv, as well as
Sambir, Stryi, Drohobych, Truskavets town councils (all in Lviv region)
declared Yuschenko their President. -30-
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15. "UKRAINE'S ELECTIONS: THE FORCES IN PLAY"
By James Sherr, Conflict Studies Research Centre
Defence Academy of the United Kingdom [1]
THE ACTION UKRAINE REPORT
Washington, D.C., Thursday, November 25, 2004
1. The dynamics of revolution have displaced the dynamics of
politics in Ukraine. Whatever the complexity of earlier agendas, the
struggle has now assumed a black and white character. A middle position is
becoming an untenable as it was in Budapest in 1956 or Bucharest in 1989.
Fateful thresholds have been crossed: the immediate declaration of
fraudulent results by the Central Electoral Commission (22 November), the
swearing in of Yushchenko as President (23 November), the official
proclamation of Yanukovych as victor (24 November) and several reports that
Russian armed detachments have arrived in the country. Since 22 November,
large numbers of state functionaries are no longer playing the parts cast
for them.[i] Turbulence extends across eastern Ukraine. 'Third forces'
(e.g. Volodymyr Lytvyn, Speaker of Parliament) are rapidly losing their
ability to shape events. The most legitimate third force, Oleksandr Moroz,
leader of Ukraine's Socialist Party, has warned that the authorities risk a
Romanian revolution rather than a Georgian one if they do not back down.
The alternative could be a suppression of the opposition far more bloody
than that which occurred in Poland in 1981. The beneficiaries of such a
Pyrrhic victory would be obliged to govern in most of the country as an
occupying force.
2. It is important to understand who such an outcome would benefit
and who it would not. It would not benefit Prime Minister Viktor
Yanukovych, who has no more wish to be a 'vassal of Russia' than President
Kuchma. Although he is orientated towards Russia, Yanukovych seeks to
expand relations with the West; although he is no democrat, he seeks a broad
base of support in Ukraine.[ii] But such an outcome would benefit those who
fear the independence of Yanukovych and the strength and ambition of his
so-called 'Donetsk clan'. These include a small number of powerful groups
and individuals in Ukraine (notably but not exclusively Viktor Medvedchuk,
Chief of the President's Administration) and Russia's President, Vladimir
Putin. An isolated Yanukovych, dependent upon them, is a key, albeit hidden
objective of these notional allies. But their overriding objective remains
Yushchenko's defeat.
3. A Yushchenko victory would threaten a system that has afforded
Russia dominance in the CIS and Putin a congenial backdrop to the
construction of the 'administrative vertical' in Russia. A democratic,
Western orientated Ukraine would have reverberations across the CIS and
in Russia itself. Without Ukraine, the Single Economic Space loses its
rationale. The implications of a more open market in this vital energy
transport corridor are highly problematic for Russia's energy giants.[iii]
The prospect of NATO membership for Ukraine would undermine Putin's
project of a 'single security space' in the CIS and would be deeply
disturbing to Russia's Armed Forces. Whilst committed to a strategic
partnership with the West, Putin retains a remorselessly geopolitical view
of the world and equates security with well defined 'zones of interest'.
He has developed Russia's zone of interest as methodically as he has
advanced Western partnership. Even Yushchenko's partial success
would call this policy into question.
4. These concerns explain the intensity of Putin's intervention in
Ukraine as well as his willingness to raise the stakes now that the usual
'administrative resources' have failed. His determination has not been
diminished by US concentration on the 'war on terror', the perceived
importance of Russian cooperation over Iraq, Iran and North Korea and the
West's diminished attentiveness, post-9/11, to developments in Ukraine.
Much as Suez formed the backdrop for Hungary's suppression in 1956, Iraq is
part of the wider geopolitical context surrounding events in Ukraine,
whether we wish this to be so or not.[iv] During his 12-14 November visit
to Crimea, Putin possibly warned Kuchma that Russia would not accept an
opposition victory. Kuchma emerged very shaken from this meeting. The
possibility of such a warning (reminiscent of that given by Brezhnev to
Jaruzelski in 1981) is given credence by several reports since 23 November
of the deployment of Russian spetsnaz detachments to Ukraine.[v] Their
presence, not to say employment, creates the possibility of division, and
possibly turbulence, within Ukraine's pre-eminent but hitherto unpoliticised
force structure, the Armed Forces.
5. Russian armed intervention, however limited and covert, would not
only multiply dangers already present. It would call into question the
basis of the relationship that the West and Russia have established since
1991. If we seek to avert these disasters, it would be prudent to say so.
President Putin respects clarity, and Europe's interests now demand it.
Without it, there is unlikely to be restraint. -30-
ENDNOTES
[i] In many cities local police and SBU officers have been protecting voters
and demonstrators from hired thugs. Some local police have also set up 'hot
lines' in case Russian spetsnaz are sighted. By 23 November 150 serving
Ukrainian diplomats signed declarations of support for Yushchenko. On the
same date, the SBU reportedly declared its 'neutrality'. Although President
Kuchma dismissed eleven senior regional officials after the first round, and
although Yanukovych's campaign chairman (and Central Bank chairman) Serhiy
Tyhypko, called for the dismissal of 260 more, several city authorities and
at least one regional authority have taken oaths of loyalty to Yushchenko.
[ii] On 24 November, Yanukovych declared: 'I will not accept the results of
the presidential election until it is proved to be me and the Ukrainian
people that they are legitimate and credible in accordance with conditions
set down by the constitution..I need no fictitious victory, a result which
could lead to violence and victims. No position of authority, no matter how
important, is worth a single human life'.
[iii] It is widely reported that Yanukovych expended $600 mn on his campaign
(a sum, incidentally, equivalent to that expended by Bush's campaign in the
United States, whose official GDP is more than 50 times greater than Ukraine
's). Of this sum, $300 mn is reported to have come from Russian sources and
a large portion of this from Russian energy companies.
[iv] It might not be incidental that on 22 November, President Putin
accepted President Bush's proposal to forgive the debts assumed by Iraq
under Saddam Hussein's regime, the largest single portion of which were
owed to the USSR and Russia.
[v] On 23 November, it was reported that a Russian special forces
detachment had flown into the base at Irpin for unspecified deployment. On
24 November, a report from Nasha Urkaina (Yushchenko's political bloc)
stated that 'two Russian aircraft landed at the Kyiv International Boryspil
airport today carrying military personnel of the "Vityaz" special forces
unit. Approximately 1,000 in number, they were transported to Kyiv, but
their whereabouts are unknown'. Colonel Lyashenko, Assistant Commander
of Aviation, who services military aviation at Boryspil, refused orders to
service the aircraft and promptly resigned. Although 1,000 is an
implausibly high figure, Lyashenko's resignation was confirmed by the SBU,
which, however, stated that Russian spetsnaz had not landed at Boryspil.
According to several observers, including former Deputy Prime Minister Yulia
Tymoshenko and Oleksandr Zinchenko (Yushchenko's campaign chairman),
Russian spetsnaz are deployed at the headquarters of the Presidential
Administration on Bankova Street. According to www.maidan.org (source
of some of the most up-to-date online reports), the full deployment consists
of three special units armed with machine guns: a Ukrainian spetsnaz unit
from Irpin, a Russian spetsnaz unit and a unit of the Presidential Guard,
surrounded by a cordon of militsia (police) in full riot equipment.
According to the same source, the Ukrainian spetsnaz unit left its post and
has 'gone over to Yushchenko' (23 November). -30-
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[1. The views expressed are those of the author and not necessarily those
of the UK Ministry of Defence] Mr. Sheer is a well-known, respected,
writer and speaker on Ukrainian issues. Mr. Sherr can be contacted at:
James.Sherr@lincoln.ox.ac.uk.
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16. "UKRAINE II: EU HYPOCRISY MUST END"
Alexander J. Motyl, International Herald Tribune (IHT)
New York, NY, Friday, November 26, 2004
NEW YORK - Leading European Union officials have been quick to
reject the results of Ukraine's disputed presidential election. But there is
no disguising the fact that for 13 years the EU has been indifferent to
democracy in Ukraine. The Union should redeem itself by supporting the
Ukrainian population's democratic aspirations with the prospect of EU
membership.
.
Though Ukraine's elections were marred by extensive fraud, events this
week testify to a vigorous citizenry that is willing to fight, stubbornly
and peacefully, for its rights. The extent of popular mobilization after the
elections in support of the opposition leader, Viktor Yushchenko,
demonstrates that Ukrainians want real democracy.
.
Who, then, is opposed to democracy in Ukraine? President Leonid
Kuchma and his cronies, including his anointed successor, Prime Minister
Viktor Yanukovich. President Vladimir Putin of Russia, who has consistently
supported the most reactionary forces in all the non-Russian states as part
of a plan to extend Russian hegemony over the former Soviet space. And
Europe.
.
Europe is supposed to stand for democracy, human rights, civil society and
the rule of law, but EU policies toward Ukraine suggest that Europe is
indifferent to democracy - except when supporting democracy is easy and
accords with its crude self-interest.
.
The countries of Eastern and Central Europe were offered the prospect of EU
membership immediately after achieving independence, but Ukraine was not.
Indeed, the EU's partnership and cooperation agreement with Ukraine, like
its agreement with Russia, is explicitly premised on no future membership.
Why?
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Ukraine is as Slavic as Poland, Slovakia and the Czech Republic. It's as
Christian as any European country - and as secular as any European country.
Its population is urban, educated and technologically savvy. Its historical
and cultural connections with Poland, Hungary, Austria, Germany, Greece
and France are extensive.
.
So what's the problem? Yes, Ukraine was, and still is, a transitional
post-Soviet state. Yes, its politics are not yet fully democratic and its
economics are not yet fully market-oriented. But neither were Poland's and
Hungary's in 1990. If they could be invited to join the EU then, surely
Ukraine could be invited to join the EU now.
.
More important, the prospect of EU membership has been decisive in pushing
the east central European states, and Turkey, along the path of reform. And
what works for Poland and Turkey would work for Ukraine.
.
By not offering Ukraine that prospect, the EU has effectively undercut the
argument of Ukraine's pro-Western democrats, such as Yushchenko, that
Ukraine's only path of development lies in joining Europe.
.
Why doesn't the EU simply say that it wants Ukraine to join, on condition of
course that Ukraine meet all the demanding entry criteria? Ukraine is
decades away from such a goal, so Europe need not worry about subsidizing
another poor country and assimilating immigrants anytime soon. But getting
to democracy, the market and rule of law would be so much easier for
Ukraine if Europe simply extended a hand.
.
So why doesn't Europe do something so simple, effective and cost-free? Part
of the reason that many West Europeans are still appallingly ignorant about
their immediate neighbor, a country the size of France. Part of the reason
is that the EU has just admitted 10 new members and is wondering what to do
about Turkey. And part is purely geopolitical. The Europeans who fear
ruffling Russia's feathers, are happy to concede Ukraine to Moscow in
exchange for Russia's good will, oil and gas.
.
But isn't that just realpolitik? Isn't that sacrificing democracy, human
rights, and rule of law on the altar of self-interest? Isn't that a
repudiation of everything the EU claims to stand for?
.
If the EU fails to support democracy in Ukraine by offering EU membership,
then it repudiates its claim to being a new community of states that rests
on values. -30- {The Action Ukraine Report Monitoring Service]
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(Alexander J. Motyl is the author of ''Dilemmas of Independence: Ukraine
After Totalitarianism'' (1992) and co-editor of ''Russia's Engagement With
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17. DETROIT UKRAINIANS JOIN CAUSE FOR YUSHCHENKO
By Mary Owen, Free Press Staff Writer
Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Michigan, Thur, November 25, 2004
DETROIT - About 130 Ukrainian Americans from the Detroit area
were in Washington on Wednesday rallying for the pro-Western
Ukrainian presidential candidate, Viktor Yushchenko.
On the heels of a controversial outcome, the group urged the U.S.
government to intervene in the contested race that culminated in an
election Sunday, which many said was riddled with voter fraud. On
Wednesday, the country's election commission declared Russia-backed
candidate Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych the winner, but the United
States, which backs Yushchenko, dismissed the result.
Local organizers, who said the election represents the country's first
real opportunity for true democracy, traveled with the group in two
buses and several cars from Warren to Washington for an afternoon
rally outside the Ukrainian Embassy.
Galvanized by several thousand Ukrainian Americans from Chicago,
Philadelphia, New York and Boston, the crowd caused police to block
off the street in front of the embassy, said Troy resident Borys
Potapenko, president of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of metro
Detroit.
Potapenko said Ukrainian Americans fear that Yanukovych will ruin
democracy in the country. Ukraine was a republic within the communist
Soviet Union until its independence in 1991.
"Ukraine is being manipulated by Russia," said Potapenko, who
represented Michigan during talks Wednesday with the Ukrainian
ambassador Mykhailo Reznik.
After the rally, Potapenko and supporters marched toward the Russian
Embassy. The Michigan delegation is expected to return at 5 a.m. today.
On Tuesday, 600 people attended a separate rally at the Ukrainian
Cultural Center in Warren.
Warren resident Mark Liss, Royal Oak assistant deputy city attorney,
said he spent Wednesday monitoring the news from Ukraine. Liss, who
has relatives in the capital, Kiev, said he's worried about violence.
Liss' 62-year-old cousin visited Detroit in late October and was among
about 500 Ukrainian citizens in the Detroit area who traveled in 11
buses to the Ukrainian consulate in Chicago to cast their absentee
votes in the election.
This election was important to Ukrainians because Yushchenko is the
first candidate to represent true democracy and a desire to make the
country more Westernized, Liss said.
"He's been waiting for a democratic election all his life," he said of
his cousin, who has returned to Kiev. "It's taken 13 years for the
Ukrainian people to wake up. Boy, I think they've woken up." -30-
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18. "UKRAINE'S CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS"
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: The Action Ukraine Report
----- Original Message -----
From: Anthony_van_der_craats@hotmail.com
To: Morgan Williams; Cc: Kyiv Post Readers
Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2004 7:12 AM
Subject: Letter to the Editor - Ukraine's constitutional crisis
The current political standoff in Ukraine is damaging to Ukraine's
international and internal standing. The polls always indicated that the
Presidential race was going to be close. This is the risk and problem
that could always occur with a direct Presidential election model.
We only need to reflect on the 2000 United States Presidential
election where George W Bush hijacked the political process and
denied Americans the right for a judicial review and rerun of the
2000 election.
To give in to the demands of the Opposition Leader, Viktor Yushenko
under the existing circumstances would not resolve the problem and a
second ballot is not the way forward.
Does Ukraine keep going to the ballot box until the United States
executive is happy and the Our Ukrainian block manages to secure
a majority? If any thing this election has demonstrated the short
comings and divisions that exist with a direct Presidential election.
A better alternative solution is to recall the Ukrainian Parliament in
order to reconsider and support the recent proposed amendments
to Ukraine's constitution.
Support for the proposed amendments to Ukrainian's constitution
should be conditional on the requirement that the Parliament is
dissolved and a fresh election under the provisions of the new
constitution held as soon as practicable.
The proposed Constitutional amendments are worthy of support and
would strengthen Ukraine's Parliamentary democracy by reducing
the powers of the President.the President would subsequently be
would be appointed with the support and absolute majority vote of
the elected Parliament.
In the end it is the Parliament "The Duma" that should decide how and
under what conditions Ukraine is to be government and not the desire
for power to be given to one individual or foreign state.
The International Community should embrace the strengthening of a
Parliamentary democracy and the holding of a fresh Parliamentary
elections to reflect the true mandate of the people.
The proposed constitutional amendments are worthy of further
consideration and support and fresh election under the revised
constitution is the best way forward avoiding ongoing conflict and
division.
If Viktor Yushenko and the "Our Ukraine" block is sincere about
developing a long tern democratic government for Ukraine then they
should consider and support this proposal.
From: Anthony van der Craats, Australia
anthony_van_der_craats@hotmail.com -30-
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