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"Yanukovych again emphasized the fact that the decision to send Ukrainian
troops to Iraq had been taken in a very difficult situation and it was still
hard to keep it in place because it was necessary to take differences of
public opinion into account.

However, it would be easier to shape public opinion on the issue if
Ukraine's contribution to the stabilization process in Iraq found an
adequate assessment on the part of the USA, he said." [article one]

"THE ACTION UKRAINE REPORT" Year 04, Number 88
Action Ukraine Coalition (AUC), Washington, D.C.
Ukrainian Federation of America (UFA), Huntingdon Valley, PA
morganw@patriot.net, ArtUkraine.com@starpower.net
Washington, D.C.; Kyiv, Ukraine, WEDNESDAY, May 26, 2004

----INDEX OF ARTICLES----
"Major International News Headlines and Articles"

1.UKRAINIAN PRIME MINISTER VIKTOR YANUKOVYCH URGES
USA TO RECOGNIZE UKRAINE'S ACHIEVEMENTS
Yanukovych speaks with US Congressman Doug Bereuter
Interfax-Ukraine news agency, Kiev, in Russian, 25 May 04
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Tuesday, May 25, 2004

2.US CONGRESSMAN, WHO IS ALSO A NATO OFFICIAL, CALLS
ON UKRAINE TO CONDUCT FAIR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
Congressman Doug Bereuter (R-NE) Visits Ukraine
TV 5 Kanal, Kiev, Ukraine, in Ukrainian, 25 May 04
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Tuesday, May 25, 2004

3. US CONGRESSMAN AND NATO OFFICIAL CALLS ON
UKRAINE TO CONDUCT FAIR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
Congressman says this is the only way for Ukraine to get closer to NATO
TV 5 Kanal, Kiev, Ukraine, in Ukrainian, 25 May 04
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Tuesday, May 25, 2004

4. MAJOR STEEL GROUPS LINE UP TO BID ON UKRAINE'S
BIGGEST STEELMAKER KRYVORIZHSTAL
By Rebecca Bream in London, Tom Warner in Kiev
and Arkady Ostrovsky in Moscow
Financial Times, London, UK, Wednesday, May 26, 2004

5. COMMON ECONOMIC ZONE POSES A REAL THREAT TO
UKRAINE'S ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE STATES TARASYUK
Press Service of the People's Rukh of Ukraine
Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, May 25, 2004

6.POLAND WANTS UKRAINE TO BE PROMISED EU MEMBERSHIP
Special EU Commissioner should be appointed for eastern enlargement
Polish News Bulletin, Warsaw, Poland, Tuesday, May 25, 2004

7. "THE AMERICANS ARE MORE DISAPPOINTED BY
UKRAINE THAN TIRED OF IT"
ANALYSIS By Valery Kostiukevych
The Day Weekly Digest in English, Kyiv, Ukraine, Tues May 25, 2004

8. "CARROT SCOUT"
[Visit of Former President George H. W. Bush to Ukraine]
COMMENTARY by Zerkalo Nedeli
Mirror-Weekly On The WEB, Kyiv, Ukraine, Sat, 22-28 May 2004

9 . "BUSH SENIOR PLEASED EVERYONE IN KIEV: KUCHMA,
YUSHCHENKO AND PINCHUK"
COMMENTARY By Danyla Pobut, Ukrayinska Pravda web site
Kiev, Ukraine, in Ukrainian, 24 May 04
BBC Monitoring Service,UK, in English, Tuesday, May 25, 2004

10. "FORMER U.S. PRESIDENT BUSH VISITS UKRAINE"
ANALYSIS By Taras Kuzio, Eurasian Daily Monitor
The Jamestown Foundation, Washington, D.C.
Volume I, Issue 17, Tuesday, 25 May 2004

11.UKRAINIAN OPPOSITION, JEWISH GROUPS HOLD ALTERNATIVE
RALLIES OVER COURT ORDER TO CLOSE DOWN NEWSPAPER
Interfax-Ukraine news agency, Kiev, Ukraine, in Russian, 25 May 2004
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Tuesday, May 25, 2004

12. UKRAINIAN MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT, JEWISH LEADER
DISAGREE OVER ALLEGEDLY ANTI-SEMITIC PUBLICATION
Inter TV, Kiev, Ukraine, in Ukrainian, 25 May 04
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Tuesday, May 25, 2004

13. YUSHCHENKO, WITH FAMILY AND COLLEAGUES, HONORED
TARAS SHEVCHENKO'S MEMORY AT CHERNECHA GORA
"Our Ukraine" Press, www.razom.org.ua, Kyiv, Ukraine, May 22, 2004

14. "JOURNEY TO THE HOMELAND TOUR:" UKRAINE AND GERMANY
10th annual journey being held June 1-14, 2004
North Dakota State Libraries, North Dakota State University (NDSU)
Fargo, North Dakota, Wednesday, May 5, 2004
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THE ACTION UKRAINE REPORT-04, No. 88 ARTICLE NUMBER ONE
Politics and Governance, Building a Strong, Democratic Ukraine
http://www.artukraine.com/buildukraine/index.htm
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1.UKRAINIAN PRIME MINISTER VIKTOR YANUKOVYCH URGES
USA TO RECOGNIZE UKRAINE'S ACHIEVEMENTS
Yanukovych speaks with US Congressman Doug Bereuter

Interfax-Ukraine news agency, Kiev, in Russian, 25 May 04
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Tuesday, May 25, 2004

KIEV - Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych and the chairman of the
NATO Parliamentary Assembly and head of the Subcommittee on Europe of
the US Congress Committee on International Relations, Douglas Bereuter,
have noted an enlivening of the Ukrainian-US dialogue lately.

The Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers' press service has told the
Interfax-Ukraine news agency that during a meeting in Kiev on Tuesday [25
May] Bereuter and Yanukovych discussed ways of overcoming obstacles to
a further rapprochement between the two countries' positions regarding
European integration.

The prime minister once again highlighted the possibility of Ukraine's
cooperation with NATO and the significance of the US vision of Ukraine as
a key geopolitical player, a possible NATO member and a nation that "is
naturally entitled to EU membership".

Yanukovych stressed the undoubted priority of the European and Euro-Atlantic
choice for Ukraine. He added progress on the path of Euro-Atlantic
integration was being accompanied by deep reforms of Ukraine's political,
economic and defence systems. He also noted the positive development of
the parliamentary dimension of Ukrainian-NATO cooperation.

In addition, the parties discussed the situation in Iraq and ways to
overcome the crisis in the Supreme Council [parliament], where discussions
are continuing on the stay of Ukrainian peacekeepers in that country.

Yanukovych again emphasized the fact that the decision to send Ukrainian
troops to Iraq had been taken in a very difficult situation and it was still
hard to keep it in place because it was necessary to take differences of
public opinion into account.

However, it would be easier to shape public opinion on the issue if
Ukraine's contribution to the stabilization process in Iraq found an
adequate assessment on the part of the USA, he said.

The prime minister recalled old problems in relations between Kiev and
Washington, in particular, an agreement on Ukraine's entry into the WTO,
the Jackson-Vanik amendment [on trade sanctions against the USSR and
post-Soviet republics] and recognition of Ukraine as a country with a
market economy.

Discussing all these issues, the parties noted an overall reviving of the
Ukrainian-US dialogue recently, the press service reported. (END)
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THE ACTION UKRAINE REPORT-04, No. 88: ARTICLE NUMBER TWO
The Genocidal Famine in Ukraine 1932-1933, HOLODOMOR
Genocide Gallery: http://www.artukraine.com/famineart/index.htm
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2. US CONGRESSMAN WHO IS ALSO A NATO OFFICIAL CALLS
ON UKRAINE TO CONDUCT FAIR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
Congressman Doug Bereuter (R-NE) In Ukraine

TV 5 Kanal, Kiev, Ukraine, in Ukrainian, 25 May 04
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Tuesday, May 25, 2004

KIEV - [Presenter] Another European official [as received; Bereuter is a US
congressman] who arrived in Kiev has called on the Ukrainian leadership to
conduct fair presidential elections. This time it was Douglas Bereuter, the
president of NATO's parliamentary assembly.

This is good news for all those who want NATO entry. If the presidential
election is free, transparent and open, Ukraine will get closer to NATO, the
international diplomat said.

The Supreme Council [parliament] speaker, [Volodymyr] Lytvyn, said that he
almost convinced the NATO guest that the Ukrainian election will be fair. As
to Ukraine-NATO relations, Kiev has always emphasized its desire to join the
alliance or get closer to it. NATO has been reacting to Ukrainian statements
rather cautiously. It is not known whether Ukraine will be invited to the
NATO summit in Istanbul in June at all. This is how the two politicians
discussed Ukraine-NATO relations.

[Bereuter, speaking in English overlaid with Ukrainian translation] It is
too early to make conclusions, as certain disagreements over Ukraine's
participation do exist between NATO countries. But if you speak with me
for 24 hours, then we will perhaps come to some agreement.

[Lytvyn] It is impossible to push Ukraine out of the Euroatlantic and
European processes. I think security problems will not improve because of
this. There is a need to look at this comprehensively, rather than waiting
for the elections to end, so as to start from scratch after that. (END)
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THE ACTION UKRAINE REPORT-04, No. 88: ARTICLE NUMBER THREE
Check Out the News Media for the Latest News From and About Ukraine
Daily News Gallery: http://www.artukraine.com/newsgallery.htm
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3. US CONGRESSMAN AND NATO OFFICIAL CALLS ON UKRAINE
TO CONDUCT FAIR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
Congressman says this is the only way for Ukraine to get closer to NATO

TV 5 Kanal, Kiev, Ukraine, in Ukrainian, 25 May 04
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Tuesday, May 25, 2004

This is good news for all those who want NATO entry. If the presidential
election is free, transparent and open, Ukraine will get closer to NATO, the
international diplomat said.

[Bereuter, speaking in English overlaid with Ukrainian translation] It is
too early to make conclusions, as certain disagreements over Ukraine's
participation do exist between NATO countries. But if you speak with me for
24 hours, then we will perhaps come to some agreement.

[Lytvyn] It is impossible to push Ukraine out of the Euroatlantic and
European processes. I think security problems will not improve because of
this. There is a need to look at this comprehensively, rather than waiting
for the elections to end, so as to start from scratch after that. (END)
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THE ACTION UKRAINE REPORT-04, No. 88: ARTICLE NUMBER FOUR
Major Articles About What is Going on in Ukraine
Current Events Gallery: http://www.artukraine.com/events/index.htm
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4. MAJOR STEEL GROUPS LINE UP TO BID ON UKRAINE'S
BIGGEST STEELMAKER KRYVORIZHSTAL

By Rebecca Bream in London, Tom Warner in Kiev
and Arkady Ostrovsky in Moscow
Financial Times, London, UK, Wednesday, May 26, 2004

LNM, the world's second largest steel producer, is to bid against Severstal
of Russia in the politically sensitive $1bn privatisation of Ukraine's
biggest steelmaker.

As well as competing with each other for a 93 per cent stake in
Kryvorizhstal, the foreign groups will be pitted against Ukrainian metals
group Interpipe.

Severstal has complained that the terms of the privatisation favour
Interpipe, which is controlled by Viktor Pinchuk, the son-in-law of Leonid
Kuchma, Ukrainian president. One requirement is that bidders must have
produced at least 1m tonnes of coke in Ukraine for the last three years, a
requirement only Interpipe could meet.

The Ukrainian government has set a starting price of $714m for the tender
but it is thought that the bidders will be prepared to pay up to $1bn for
Kryvorizhstal's iron ore mines and 6m tonnes of annual steel production.
Bids are to be submitted by June 4 and the government is expected to make
a decision by June 11.

Severstal has formed a consortium with minority partner Arcelor to bid for
Kryvorizhstal. "We think that these terms prevent an honest competition and
the participation of foreign investors in this tender," the company said.
"Ukraine is missing a chance to attract capital which it needs so badly and
to develop its metallurgy industry."

Arcelor, the world's largest steel producer, has said it wants to expand
outside western Europe and become more geographically diversified.

LNM, the steel conglomerate controlled by Indian-born entrepreneur Lakshi
Mittal, is teaming up with former rival US Steel to make its offer for
Kryvorizhstal. The two groups have competed in most of the steel
privatisations in central and eastern European over the past few years.

Last October LNM beat US Steel in the race to buy PHS, Poland's largest
steelmaker. The private group also owns steel plants in Czech Republic,
Romania and Macedonia. US Steel has steel assets in Slovakia and Serbia.

Plans to sell Kryvorizhstal have met protests from the Ukrainian parliament.
Opposition leaders have accused Mr Kuchma of trying to sell the steel
company too cheaply to "oligarchs" in order to guarantee their support in a
forthcoming presidential election.

Mr Kuchma, who is planning to step down, is supporting the campaign of his
prime minister, Viktor Yanukovich, a former governor of the coal- and
steel-producing Donetsk region.

Mr Pinchuk of Interpipe has formed a consortium to bid in the tender with
Rinat Akhmetov, a Donetsk-based steel and coal tycoon who is believed to
be Ukraine's richest man. If their consortium wins the tender, Mr Akhmetov's
companies would get 70 per cent of Kryvorizhstal's output and Mr Pinchuk's
companies would get 30 per cent. (END)
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THE ACTION UKRAINE REPORT-04, No. 88: ARTICLE NUMBER FIVE
Ukraine's History and the Long Struggle for Independence
Historical Gallery: http://www.artukraine.com/histgallery.htm
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5. COMMON ECONOMIC ZONE POSES A REAL THREAT TO
UKRAINE'S ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE STATES TARASYUK

Press Service of the People's Rukh of Ukraine
Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, May 25, 2004

Answering a question from a journalist from the Dutch publication
"Berlingske Tidende" as to where Ukraine sees its future - in the EU or in
Russia, the head of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on European Integration
Borys Tarasyuk noted that membership in the EU is a priority. "This means
that there can be no discussions about any institutional or organizational
union with Russia.

On the institutional level, we are to continue the course of European and
Euro-Atlantic integration, which was declared earlier. By becoming a member
of the EU and NATO in the future, Ukraine will not be able to join a union
with Russia or any other post-soviet states at the same time," stated
Tarasyuk.

"A summit of the presidents of Ukraine, Bilorus, Kazakhstan, and Russia was
held over the past few days in Yalta where the ways of implementing the
concept of the so-called Common Economic Zone (CEZ) were discussed. The
idea of creating CEZ contradicts the main principles of Ukraine's foreign
policy, i.e. becoming a member of the EU and NATO. These are two different
and, sometimes, even opposite directions. [NOTE: The CEZ is also named in
some news stories as the Single Economic Space (SES). ]

Ukraine and Russia, for example, have two different views of the EU and NATO
expansion since Ukraine, unlike Russia, has always welcomed the expansion of
the both establishments as well as the expansion of the borders of
prosperity and democracy to the east of the European continent," stressed
Borys Tarasyuk.

As far as the question why Ukraine cannot join the Common Economic Zone
with Belarus, Russia, and Kazakhstan and the EU at the same time, the
people's deputy stressed: "These are two opposed directions of foreign
policy.

Ratifying the CEZ treaty violates several articles of Ukrainian Constitution
and our legislation; adopting our legislation to European standards will
become more difficult as well. Furthermore, at least two articles of the
treaty on cooperation between Ukraine and EU are violated in the
same manner."

Borys Tarasyuk is convinced that, "signing the CEZ treaty, Ukraine is
violating its previous international obligations since the signing of the
treaty provides for the establishment of a Customs union, which is the
highest level of integration. The President and the government are trying to
convince the people of Ukraine that only the creation of a free trade zone
between Ukraine and three other states is being discussed. That is not the
truth, however; even though the term "Customs union" is never mentioned in
the text of the treaty, its creation is being concealed behind the "common
economic zone" combination.

It should be reminded that Russia refused to ratify a bilateral agreement
about a free trade zone between Ukraine and Russia and a multi-lateral
agreement about a free trade zone with the CIS member states in 1993-1994.

A treaty about the so-called common economic zone is, of course, yet
another step in fulfilling Russia's personal geopolitical interests,"
stressed the parliamentarian.

With signing the CEZ treaty, according to Tarasyuk, Ukraine will for the
first time face the real threat of losing its economic independence since
the treaty makes provisions for the creation of a joint regulating body in
which Russia will have 80% of the votes and, hence, Ukraine will be unable
to defend its rights and interests independently.

"By signing this Treaty Russia is attempting, first of all, to prevent
Ukraine's integration into the unified Europe, NATO, and the WTO, as well
as, secondly, renew its dominance in the post-soviet region," stressed the
people's deputy.

During the interview, Borys Tarasyuk noted that Ukraine did not see its
future outside the EU since we had always stressed our desire to become a
full member of the unified Europe and not just a minor part of a Eurasian
establishment." (END)
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THE ACTION UKRAINE REPORT-04, No. 88: ARTICLE NUMBER SIX
The Story of Ukraine's Long and Rich Culture
Ukrainian Culture Gallery: http://www.ArtUkraine.com/cultgallery.htm
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6. POLAND WANTS UKRAINE TO BE PROMISED EU MEMBERSHIP
Says special EU Commissioner should be appointed for eastern enlargement

Polish News Bulletin, Warsaw, Poland, Tuesday, May 25, 2004

WARSAW - Polish Prime Minister Marek Belka has asked EU member states
to offer Ukraine the promise of EU membership to prevent it from becoming
dependent on Russia yet again.

"Ukraine needs a European vision which will permit it to build a modern
country oriented towards the West as otherwise it will turn in the opposite
direction," explains a Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Boguslaw Majewski.

Consequently, Poland wants a new EU commissioner to be appointed who
would be exclusively responsible for enlargement to the East. Majewski hints
that Danuta Huebner, the first Polish EU commissioner, could be a good
candidate. However, Poland's initiative is likely to receive a lukewarm
reception in Brussels.

"The Ukrainian issue is not on the agenda," said Diego de Ojeda, an EU
commission spokesperson, bluntly, a few weeks ahead of a crucial debate in
the Council of Ministers on a new Eastern strategy. Nevertheless, according
to the Rzeczpospolita daily, the Polish proposal may be supported by Italy
and the UK. (END)
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THE ACTION UKRAINE REPORT-04, No. 88: ARTICLE NUMBER SEVEN
The Rich History of Ukrainian Art, Music, Pysanka, Folk-Art
Arts Gallery: http://www.artukraine.com/artgallery.htm
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7. "THE AMERICANS ARE MORE DISAPPOINTED BY
UKRAINE THAN TIRED OF IT"

ANALYSIS By Valery Kostiukevych
The Day Weekly Digest in English
Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, May 25, 2004

During his visit to Zhytomyr oblast, Ambassador Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary of the United States to Ukraine John Herbst had official
meetings with the head of the Oblast State Administration, Serhiy Ryzhuk,
and the mayor of Zhytomyr, Heorhy Buravkov. He also visited the Institute of
Postgraduate Pedagogical Education, where Peace Corps volunteers work,
and the Zhytomyr Confectionary Factory.

At the Zhytomyr Press Club the ambassador also met with local journalists
and regional NGO members. Ambassador Herbst then visited Brusyliv, where
he took part in a ceremony marking the issuance of state legal estate
certificates to farmers.

During his meeting with the media at the Zhytomyr Press Club, the US
ambassador, in particular, reiterated his country's well-known stand
regarding the need to move Ukraine toward a market economy and democracy.

At the same time, in answer to The Day's question as to how widespread
"Ukraine-fatigue" is in the US, Mr. Herbst said that this notion does not
mean that America is less interested or less involved in Ukraine.

According to the ambassador, one may speak rather of a certain
disappointment that was observed in American society both after the 1999
presidential elections in Ukraine, which in the Americans' view were not as
democratic as the elections of 1994, and after certain subsequent events.
The ambassador emphasized that the US clearly understands how important
Ukraine is, adding that he believes that bilateral relations have improved
as a result of his efforts.

In his opinion, these relations could be much improved if the next elections
are free and fair. Mr. Herbst also stressed that the US is not interested in
precisely who wins the elections. In his words, the potential candidates
from both the government and the opposition are serious, reliable people
with whom his country could successfully cooperate.

The latter statement may be regarded to a certain extent as the latest
nuance in US diplomacy toward Ukraine and a positive signal to certain
individuals in the current government. At the same time, it appears to be a
warning to those opposition candidates who used to see themselves as the
only potentially worthy partners of a global leader. Perhaps they should
also draw some obvious conclusions from this. (END)
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THE ACTION UKRAINE REPORT-04, No. 88: ARTICLE NUMBER EIGHT
Ukraine's History and the Long Struggle for Independence
Historical Gallery: http://www.artukraine.com/histgallery.htm
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8. "CARROT SCOUT"
[Visit of Former President George H. W. Bush to Ukraine]

COMMENTARY by Zerkalo Nedeli
Mirror-Weekly On The WEB
International Social Political Weekly
Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, 22 - 28 May 2004

Thirteen years after his first visit here, George Bush Sr. has arrived to
look at the country to whose independence he objected for fear of the ill
effects of leaving nuclear weapons in the territory of Ukraine. Kyiv gave up
its nuclear missiles long ago, easily and almost for nothing. So here he is
again. Viktor Yanukovych told the 41st US President a story of an impressive
growth in national macroeconomic indicators, while Viktor Yushchenko, Yuliya
Tymoshenko and Olexandr Moroz complained about the problems and challenges
of promoting democracy. Yet the key element of the visit was Mr. Bush's
meeting with the President of Ukraine, Leonid Kuchma, arranged about a year
ago by several mediators, including Ukraine's Ambassador to the USA.

However, one should bear in mind that the official invitation for George
Bush to visit Ukraine came from [MP and the Ukrainian President's
son-in-law] Viktor Pinchuk. Presumably, the former President's true
intention was to boost the Ukrainian authorities' morale and commitment to
the coalition's cause in Iraq. For the Bush family, preserving the coalition
is one of the main prerequisites for winning the elections. Again
presumably, George Bush Sr. offered Leonid Kuchma the same guarantees of a
quiet and graceful retirement which Messrs Armitage and Soros had alluded to
during their talks with the Ukrainian President. The peaceful life of a
retired dignitary in exchange for fighting terror under the US aegis and
transparent elections.

At the moment we have no information as to the outcome of Mr Bush's
rendezvous with the President. Yet we know that the former US President
looked satisfied after his meeting with Viktor Yanukovych. Of late, the USA
has evinced an increasingly keen interest in the Ukrainian Prime Minister.
Never caring to analyze the real and not-unselfish motives behind Yanukovych
and his team's behaviour, the Americans commend his role in supporting the
westward direction of the Odessa-Brody oil pipeline; give him credit for not
interfering with the media (while forgetting that the exercising of
governmental ideological dictates is in the purview of the Presidential
Office Head); turn a blind eye to Yanukovych's laissez faire stance in the
Mukachevo situation (while insisting on the fair and transparent elections,
with his participation).

George Bush thanked the Premier for the Ukrainian leadership's position on
Iraq. Little does he know of Viktor Yanukovych's hard dilemma: the man is
being torn between his desire to maintain warm relations with Washington and
the need to please 72% of voters who (according to the Razumkov Centre's
latest survey) favour the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from Iraq. Yet as
long as the "Regions of Ukraine" Party leader desists from this step, his
Washington-based promoters from a well-known American PR company,
lawyers Teawin and Donilon, have a good chance of raising the presidential
candidate's stakes. Today, the US Administration, preoccupied with Iraq and
its upcoming elections does not seem to differentiate between Yanukovych,
who supports their policy and Yushchenko who sometimes criticizes the
Ukrainian contingent's mission in Iraq.

One of George Bush's objectives may be to probe into Yanukovych's
trustworthiness as a US partner. However, the Russian President has already
claimed his right of a partner to Yanukovych. At his Moscow residence,
Vladimir Putin introduced the Ukrainian Prime Minister as a presidential
candidate to Condoleezza Rice, who happened to be having a meeting with the
Russian President. This brief tripartite encounter was reported to ZN by a
source in Yanukovych's entourage. One cannot rule out that the East and West
will start wrangling for a pig in a poke - the candidate whose platform,
post-election strategies and tactics are totally unknown to both parties, as
they are to us, Ukrainians. (END)
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9. "BUSH SENIOR PLEASED EVERYONE IN KIEV: KUCHMA,
YUSHCHENKO AND PINCHUK"

COMMENTARY By Danyla Pobut, Ukrayinska Pravda web site
Kiev, Ukraine, in Ukrainian, 24 May 04
BBC Monitoring Service,UK, in English, Tuesday, May 25, 2004

KIEV - Former US President George Bush appears to have pleased
everybody on his private visit to Ukraine, an independent web site has said.
The opposition was satisfied with his firm message on the need for free and
fair elections, while the government took heart from recognition of its
peacekeeping effort in Iraq.

The following is an excerpt from the article by Danyla Pobut, entitled "Bush
Senior pleased everyone in Kiev: Kuchma, Yushchenko and Pinchuk" and
published on the Ukrayinska Pravda web site on 24 May:

The president's son-in-law, Viktor Pinchuk, recently said that he had
decided to withdraw from politics. That may be so, but for some reason
Pinchuk previously used to organize guest tours by Moscow theatres and
violinists in Kiev, and now tours by retired American politicians and active
public figures. A week ago it was [former US National Security Adviser]
Zbigniew Brzezinski, and now - George Bush Senior. [Passage omitted:
background on previous US presidential visits to Ukraine]

It turned out that, unlike his son, Bush Sr has a big talent for leaving
everyone pleased from conversing with him. He is a very active grandfather,
tells good jokes and even makes some people take him as an example. "Well,
not bad for an 80-year-old," said [Our Ukraine leader Viktor] Yushchenko
with a smile after leaving the function room of the Shevchenko National
University, where Bush addressed students on Friday [21 May].

Yushchenko liked the fact that Bush intends to mark his birthday with a
parachute jump. Before that, the opposition, in the form of Yushchenko,
[Yuliya Tymoshenko Bloc- YTB - leader Yuliya] Tymoshenko and [Socialist
Party of Ukraine - SPU - leader Oleksandr] Moroz, conversed for almost an
hour and a half with the father of the US president.

Informed people say that some unknown person had originally planned for the
meeting at the residence of [US ambassador John] Herbst to last 10 minutes.
Later, through the efforts of other unknown people, the plans to limit the
morning meeting were discarded.

According to Ukrayinska Pravda sources, Bush came to the meeting not
very well aware of the problems that the opposition faces in Ukraine. For
that reason, the three had to tell him about the position of things in
domestic politics.

During the meeting with the opposition leaders, Bush listened to them
attentively and in response allegedly sent the only message: "Only don't
vote to pull troops out of Iraq." This message from Bush hit the target,
since he was sitting with the leaders of factions that want precisely that.
The SPU and the YTB categorically demand the withdrawal of troops
and half the Our Ukraine deputies favour it.

[President Leonid] Kuchma should also have been very pleased with his
meeting with the grandfather (incidentally, although the American had
arrived on a private visit, he was met at the airport, together with
Pinchuk, by Kuchma's first aide, Serhiy Lyovochkyn). On the eve of the
visit, the Supreme Council [parliament] failed to get a [yes vote on]
withdrawal of troops from Iraq, and so the president conveyed to Bush
Junior via Bush Senior a big coalition greeting. [Passage omitted: Bush
Senior says he has no influence over his son]

Kuchma can rejoice: his meeting with the US president in Istanbul [at
NATO summit] is almost guaranteed. [Passage omitted: students enjoyed
Bush's speech]

But it was Pinchuk who was most pleased with the visit. This is about
feelings and emotions, how incredible life can be. Picture this: the late
1980s, a 30-year-old pipeline engineer watches the "Vremya" programme
on TV and the news on the end to the Cold War, on operation Desert
Storm, on the blazing oil wells; and maybe he is even hoping the USSR
would get a contract to supply Soviet pipes to Iraq.

But never in his wildest dreams could Pinchuk have imagined that 15 years
later he would be receiving the most influential person of that time as his
guest; moreover, that he would be standing by the podium and fielding
questions to Bush from a student audience.

Here, Pinchuk emerged as a skilful censor. All questions to Bush were
delivered in writing, through Pinchuk who read them into the microphone,
even those in English. But it turned out that the difficult questions about
present-day Ukraine escaped Bush. Afterwards, journalists had a lively
exchange about the questions they had submitted (on the Gongadze affair,
on links between the former US president and the Ukrainian president's
son-in-law) - and how successfully the billionaire moderator ignored them.

But it wasn't the feelings of Bush he was sparing, but those of his wife's
father [Kuchma] -for Pinchuk allowed through his internal filter the
question unpleasant to the American guest: about Michael Moore's film on
the Bush family, "9/11 Farenheit" (the film won a Palme d'Or at Cannes last
Sunday). [Passage omitted: Bush dislikes Moore but respects his right to
free speech]

Bush also uncovered censorship at the Ukrainian presidential administration.

Very recently, on 30 September, the Kuchma press service circulated a letter
from Bush Jr where he was expressing his "admiration for Ukraine's
courageous and unchanging role in liberating the people of Iraq and
Afghanistan". The presidential administration went on in detail about Bush
Junior's deepest gratitude to Kuchma.

So, Bush Senior, unwittingly, revealed that the letter's main purpose was
something else. He said this letter was about "the importance of free and
fair elections for Ukrainian-US relations and for Ukraine's future".
[Passage omitted: more Bush quotes on this, Bush defends his "Chicken
Kiev" speech in 1991]

Speaking about the possibility of a visit by Bush Junior to Ukraine, his
father said: "That may happen some day, and he will be warmly welcomed
here." His son "would very much like to come to Ukraine, he is drawn to
countries where they are building democracy". [Passage omitted: Bush praise
for son]

About Ukraine: "During talks with the leadership I understood that the
situation was changing for the better." [Passage omitted: parting words to
students] (END)
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10. "FORMER U.S. PRESIDENT BUSH VISITS UKRAINE"

ANALYSIS By Taras Kuzio, Eurasian Daily Monitor
The Jamestown Foundation, Washington, D.C.
Volume I, Issue 17, Tuesday, 25 May 2004

Former U.S. President George Bush was the latest in a long line of senior
U.S. policy-makers to visit Ukraine on May 20-21. The visit should be
understood as part of the on-going election campaign in Ukraine. This visit
was Bush's first since July 1991 when he gave a speech to the Ukrainian
Supreme Soviet, recommending against Ukrainians adopting "suicidal
nationalism." The Bush visit was privately organised by President Leonid
Kuchma's son-in-law Viktor Pinchuk, who is one of Ukraine's wealthiest
oligarchs from the Dnipropetrovsk clan.

Pinchuk's lobbying of U.S. policymakers has separated him from the
anti-American and pro-isolationist wing of Ukrainian politics, represented
by the Communist Party (KPU) and Viktor Medvedchuk's Social Democratic
United Party (SDPU-o) (Ukrayinska Pravda, April 29). As head of the
presidential administration, Medvedchuk seeks to control which foreign
dignitaries are given access to Kuchma. Medvedchuk unsuccessfully attempted
to block a meeting between Kuchma and US billionaire and philanthropist
George Soros. Medvedchuk failed in that attempt after Pinchuk interceded.
Medvedchuk organised an anti-Soros campaign on three television channels he
controls (State Television 1, 1+1, Inter) and through physical provocations
against Soros in the Crimea and in Kyiv.

This month, Kuchma agreed to meet former U.S. National Security adviser
Zbigniew Brzezinski and former President Bush, who were both privately
invited by Pinchuk. At the same time, Kuchma refused to meet Deputy
Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and Eurasia and former U.S.
Ambassador to Ukraine Steven Pifer, as well as Jeffrey Hirschberg, a member
of the U.S. Broadcasting Board of Governors, which oversees all U.S.
non-military international broadcasting. Hirschberg had visited Kyiv to
attempt to intercede after two Ukrainian FM stations were prevented from
continuing to re-transmit Radio Liberty's Ukrainian-language service.

Hirschberg believes that this hostility to Radio Liberty stems from Kuchma's
determination "to prevent the people of Ukraine from listening to RFE/RL."
(Wall Street Journal Europe, May 21)

Why then is Pinchuk interested in only selectively lobbying US policy
makers? An optimistic explanation is demonstrated by recent trends in
oligarch gentrification. Pinchuk has been the most vocal of Ukraine's elites
in supporting the need for Ukraine's oligarchs to transform themselves into
normal businessmen, especially by separating themselves from politics. This
process is related to both this year's presidential and upcoming 2006
parliamentary elections.

The 2006 elections will be the first to be held with a fully proportional
election law. Opposition parties have traditionally fared better in
proportional elections, which were held for half of Parliament's seats in
1998 and 2002. Centrist, oligarchic parties have preferred single mandate
districts that will no longer be available in the 2006 election.

Pinchuk has left the Labor Party, which has begun a process of
de-oligarchization to improve its public image. The party is currently
viewed as a "business holding" for the Dnipropetrovsk clan. Other
pro-presidential parliamentary factions have also united as the first step
towards party consolidation. This reorganization and de-oligarchization of
the centrist camp is being undertaken with an eye to the 2006 elections.

On the surface, Ukraine's oligarchic camp is dividing into those seeking to
gentrify, such as Pinchuk, and those who wish to continue to play by the old
rules, such as Medvedchuk. In organizing Bush's visit, Pinchuk hoped, "to
clean up his reputation, (and) legalize himself and his activities, not only
in Ukraine but in the world at large," opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko
believes (Ukrayinska Pravda, May 24).

Nevertheless, Pinchuk's gentrification has to be treated with caution. As
Kuchma's son-in-law, he cannot break completely with Kuchma's legacy while
Kuchma remains in office. Organization of Bush's visit to Ukraine was for
the benefit of Kuchma and the pro-presidential camp -- not the opposition.
Invitations to events that included Bush were sent by the presidential
administration. Pinchuk also selected which student-written questions were
passed to Bush during the discussion that followed his speech at Kyiv's
Taras Shevchenko State University. Questions critical of Ukraine's human
rights record were ignored by Pinchuk.

Pinchuk sought to provide his guest with a positive image of Ukraine's
changes since 1991, when Bush last visited Ukraine, to counter Ukraine's
poor international image. Pinchuk believes that Ukraine should be judged
after it has been visited, and not by an image created abroad. "Ukraine is
far better than its image testifies", Pinchuk believes (Ukrayinska Pravda,
May 20).

Kuchma and the pro-presidential camp regularly blame the opposition for
blackening Ukraine's international image. The non-Communist opposition met
with Bush, discussing upcoming elections, democratization and human rights
in Ukraine. Opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko said after the meeting, "I
was very impressed by this politician who expressed a deep understanding of
our situation and who adequately reacted to that which is taking place in
Ukraine" (Ukrayinska Pravda, May 24).

A second and more crucially important reason for the visit was to lobby two
branches of the U.S. government: the U.S. National Security Council and the
Department of Defence -- which Ukrainian elites and some Western analysts
believe emphasize the global war on terrorism and Iraq over democratization.

In testimony provided during the "Ukraine's Future and United States
Interests" congressional hearings on May 13, Anders Aslund, director of the
Russian and Eurasian Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace, outlined the choice for U.S. policy towards Ukraine as being that of
Ukrainian troops in Iraq or democratization. Currently, Aslund claimed, "No
observer can draw any other conclusion than that troops in Iraq supersede
everything else." Aslund also believes, "This balance in U.S. policy toward
Ukraine needs to be redressed" (Action Ukraine Report, May 14).

Pinchuk sought to achieve two strategic goals in sponsoring the Bush visit.
The first goal was to lay a foundation for the first meeting between Kuchma
and Bush at the NATO Istanbul summit next month. Former President Bill
Clinton visited Ukraine three times in the 1990s and Kuchma visited
Washington. Bush has previously refused to meet Kuchma because of
Kuchmagate and Kolchugate.

The second goal is to obtain a quid pro quo from the U.S. Kuchma hopes
to use the presence of Ukrainian troops in Iraq to blunt U.S. criticism of
human rights abuses and potential election fraud later this year. Bush
warned the opposition against voting for the removal of Ukrainian troops
from Iraq. At the same time, he raised the importance of free elections and
democratization as a prerequisite for Ukraine's Euro-Atlantic integration
(Ukrayinska Pravda, May 24). (END)
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11.UKRAINIAN OPPOSITION, JEWISH GROUPS HOLD ALTERNATIVE
RALLIES OVER COURT ORDER TO CLOSE DOWN NEWSPAPER

Interfax-Ukraine news agency, Kiev, Ukraine, in Russian, 25 May 2004
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Tuesday, May 25, 2004

Several hundred supporters of the Ukrainian opposition are demonstrating in
Kiev today calling on an appellate court to reverse an earlier court order
to close down an opposition newspaper. A Kiev court ordered the closure of
Silski Visti, a publication close to the Socialist Party that is widely read
in the Ukraine's rural regions, in January after it published articles
deemed to be anti-Semitic.

The newspaper has continued to appear pending the outcome of the appeal. The
opposition has criticized the ruling, seeing it as part of a campaign by the
presidential administration to eliminate opposition media ahead of this
autumn's presidential election. Meanwhile, several hundred representatives
of Jewish groups are holding a rally nearby in support of the newspaper's
closure.

The following is the text of a report by the Interfax-Ukraine news agency:

KIEV - At least 600 people are demonstrating outside the Kiev appeal court
this morning demanding that it reverse the decision on Silski Visti.
The demonstrators are shouting "Shame!", "Get away!" They are holding up
banners with the text "Hands off Silski Visti!"

Among the meeting participants are representatives of the Socialist Party,
the Fatherland party, the Ukrainian Republican Party Sobor, the UNA-UNSD
[right radical organisation Ukrainian National Assembly-Ukrainian National
Self-Defence], and the Communist Party. Judging by the banners, people have
come to Kiev from other Ukrainian cities like Chernihiv and Zhytomyr.

Traffic along Volodymyrska Street from St Sofia's Square to St Michael's
Square is currently blocked.

The Shevchenkivskiy district court in Kiev on 28 January ruled to close
Silski Visti. The law suit was brought by the International Anti-Fascist
Committee (chaired by Oleksandr Shlayen), which accused the newspaper of
inciting inter-ethnic hostility by publishing articles by Vasyl Yaremenko, a
professor at the Interregional Academy of Personnel Management, entitled
"The myth of Ukrainian anti-Semitism" and "Jews in Ukraine today: reality
without myths". The newspaper challenged the ruling. The Kiev appeals court
is considering the appeal today.

The opposition considers that the authorities are using the International
Anti-Fascist Committee to close down the largest-circulation opposition
newspaper.

Meanwhile, according to police, around 500 people gathered this morning on
St Sofia's Square (the Kiev appeals court is located between St Sofia's
Square and St Michael's Square) for a meeting of solidarity in support of
ethnic peace and accord in Ukraine, which was arranged by the country's
Jewish community and the International Anti-Fascist Committee.

The meeting participants said they had assembled to say "No!" to xenophobia
and anti-Semitism in Ukraine. People are holding Ukrainian flags and banners
with slogans "No pasaran!", "No to anti-Semitism in Ukraine" and
"Anti-Semitism is socialism for fools".

Shlayen told the meeting, "Today the fate not just of the newspaper but of
Ukraine as a law-based state is being decided."

Shlayen said that Ukraine will only become a democratic state if the law is
strictly applied and "every one of us understands that no people can be
humiliated".

"We have come here for our voice to be heard by Ukraine, so that for the
first time in European history a newspaper is closed for anti-Semitism,"
Shlayen said. (END)
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Ukraine's History and the Long Struggle for Independence
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12. UKRAINIAN MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT, JEWISH LEADER
DISAGREE OVER ALLEGEDLY ANTI-SEMITIC PUBLICATION

Inter TV, Kiev, Ukraine, in Ukrainian, 25 May 04
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Tuesday, May 25, 2004

KIEV - A Ukrainian MP has denied that controversial articles published in an
opposition newspaper last year were anti-Semitic. Socialist MP Valentyna
Semenyuk was speaking at a rally outside a Kiev appellate court that is
today hearing an appeal against a court order to close down Silski Visti, a
publication close to the Socialist Party, for publishing the articles.

The opposition has depicted the ruling as part of a campaign by the
presidential administration to eliminate opposition media ahead of this
autumn's presidential election. Meanwhile, members of the Jewish community
held a counter demonstration nearby calling for the earlier ruling to be
upheld.

The following is the text of a report by Ukrainian Inter TV on 25 May:

[Presenter] Traffic in the centre of Kiev was blocked this morning. About
500 people assembled on St Sofia's Square for a rally of solidarity,
inter-ethnic peace and accord. With slogans of "No to anti-Semitism in
Ukraine!" and "Anti-Semitism is socialism for fools!", representatives of
the Jewish community and the International Anti-Fascist Committee [the
organization that brought the law suit against Silski Visti] attempted to
uphold their ideas.

Meanwhile, outside the [Kiev] appeal court, the opposition was calling for
the newspaper Silski Visti not to be closed down. They say it is the eyes of
the people, and not a publication that incites inter-ethnic and
inter-confessional hostility.

[Socialist Party MP Valentyna Semenyuk] We have Jews, Russians, Ukrainians
and other ethnicities here with us today. We have nothing to fight over. It
is they [presumably the authorities] who are sowing this discord, and not
us. Because the newspaper was against the oligarchs, and not against Jews.
The anti-Semites are not here in this column, but on the other side - where
they are standing.

[Vadym Rabynovych, captioned as leader of the Jewish community of Ukraine,
in Russian] Everything that Silski Visti writes is lies and paranoia. Why
did they do it? Because they want to set different groups of the population
against each other, to break up the people so it is easier to manipulate and
control them. [Rabynovych, a businessman, heads the United Jewish
Community of Ukraine.]

[Counter reading 0505-0600: Video shows the Jewish community rally calling
for Silski Visti's closure; opposition demonstrators with flags, banners
reading "Kiev Region is for Silski Visti"; a musician with a traditional
Ukrainian bandura; Semenyuk being interviewed; Rabynovych addressing rally.]
[Audio and video available. Please send queries to kiev.bbcm@mon.bbc.co.uk]
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13. YUSHCHENKO, WITH FAMILY AND COLLEAGUES, HONORED
TARAS SHEVCHENKO'S MEMORY AT CHERNECHA GORA

"Our Ukraine" Press, www.razom.org.ua, Kyiv, Ukraine, May 22, 2004

KANEV - On May 22, the 143rd anniversary of Taras Shevchenko's reburial,
Victor Yushchenko with wife Kateryna, son Taras, and two daughters Sophia
and Christina visited Taras's Mountain in Kanev.

Kobzar's burial place was also visited by people's deputies members of the
"Our Ukraine" coalition: Pavlo Movchan, Yuri Kostenko, Ivan Zayets, Yuri
Pavlenko, Oksana Bilozir, Yevhen Girnyk, and Mykola Chechel.

The leader of "Our Ukraine" along with his family and his colleagues laid
flowers on Taras Shevchenko's grave and participated in the civil funeral
rites.

Speaking at the memorial rally dedicated to Shevchenko, Yushchenko noted:
"Kobzar chose the word to be his profession and his weapon in hard times
since that was the only way of fighting for Ukraine."

"Every state begins with language. When the language is lost, the people
lose culture. As a result, territorial integrity is lost; the nation is
lost. Taras's choice was a wise one, therefore," noted Yushchenko. "Being
today close to Taras Shevchenko at Chernecha Gora means knowing what the
future of Ukraine will be like," stressed Victor Yushchenko. (END)
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14. "JOURNEY TO THE HOMELAND TOUR:" UKRAINE AND GERMANY
10th annual journey being held June 1-14, 2004

North Dakota State Libraries, North Dakota State University (NDSU)
Fargo, North Dakota, Wednesday, May 5, 2004

FARGO - Michael M. Miller, North Dakota State University (NDSU) Germans
from Russia Bibliographer, leads the 10th "Journey to the Homeland Tour"
sponsored by the NDSU Libraries, Fargo, to Odessa, Ukraine and Stuttgart,
Germany, from June 1-14. Tour members from North Dakota, USA and
Canada will visit their ancestral German villages near Odessa, Ukraine.

While in Odessa, Miller will meet with officials at the Odessa State
Archives to review plans for their visit to California, North Dakota and
NDSU during July, 2004.

In Germany, Miller will meet with German officials of the
Bundesministerium regarding future cooperative programs between the NDSU
Libraries and Prairie Public Broadcasting. In July, 2003, these German
officials visited NDSU.

The NDSU Libraries will sponsor on June 12, the "Amerika Haus" information
tables at the large gathering of the German-Russians, the Bundestreffen,
at Karlsruhe, Germany. This event held is every three years and is expected
to have an attendance of 30,000 persons many who have immigrated to
Germany from the former Soviet Union since 1989.

Since the late 1980s, more than three million ethnic Germans have
immigrated from the former Soviet states to Germany. Many of these
immigrants are searching for their relatives in North and South Dakota and
throughout North America.

The 11th Journey to the Homeland Tour sponsored by the NDSU Libraries is
scheduled for May 24 - June 6, 2005. For further information about the
Homeland tour, visit this website page:
www.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu/grhc/outreach/journey/tours/index.html, or contact
Michael M. Miller, 701-231-8416; E-mail: michael.miller@ndsu.nodak.edu.
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