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"[PM Yanukovych] I consider such attempts to be unacceptable,
senseless and extremist, just as I regard all the one-sided, negative
appraisals of the Soviet period in our history as being immoral. It
should not be forgotten that virtually all the existing economic,
scientific, educational, medical and cultural potential in Ukraine was
created during the Soviet years.
All sorts of things happened at that time - both vast achievements
and great suffering. That is all a part of our history, the story of each
of us individually and all of us taken together. Other times have now
begun. But to try to condemn all that legacy indiscriminately is simply
to shamelessly insult the memory of our parents." [article three]
"THE ACTION UKRAINE REPORT" Year 04, Number 134
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, SUNDAY, August 8, 2004
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"Major International News Headlines and Articles"
1. SECRETARY DONALD RUMSFELD COMING TO UKRAINE?
Willard News Service (WNS), Kyiv, Ukraine, Sat, Aug 7, 2004
2.UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT DOWNPLAYS CHANGES TO MILITARY
DOCTRINE WHICH DROPPED EU AND NATO ACCESSION GOAL
Kuchma denies u-turn on EU, NATO
Fakty i Kommentarii, Kiev, Ukraine, in Russian 6 Aug 04; p 5
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Friday, Aug 06, 2004
3. UKRAINE'S PRIME MINISTER URGES SOCIAL COHESION,
SLAMS EXTREMISM, SAYS CAPITALISM 19TH CENTURY WORD
Interview with Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych
By Oleksandr Shyshov, Ukrpartinform Agency
Den newspaper, Kiev, Ukraine in Russian 6 Aug 04; p 4
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Saturday Aug 07, 2004
4. UKRAINIAN PRIME MINISTER INSISTS ON PRIVATIZATION
OF STATE PROPERTY DESPITE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Novyy Kanal television, Kiev, Ukraine, in Ukrainian 7 Aug 04
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Saturday, Aug 07, 2004
5. UKRAINE OUTPACES RUSSIA IN ECONOMIC GROWTH
Ukraine showed the largest growth of 12.7 percent among CIS members
The Russia Journal, Moscow, Russia, Friday, August 06, 2004
6 GERMAN CEMENT GIANT PLANS EXPANSION IN UKRAINE
HeidelbergCement now controls 20% of the Ukrainian market
Willard News Service (WNS), Kiev, Ukraine, Thursday, Aug 5, 2004
7. EBRD TO ORGANIZE SYNDICATED LOAN OF $11 MILLION
FOR PROCREDIT BANK TO INCREASE LOAN CAPACITY
Bank owned by EBRD, IFC, WNISEF, IMI and GKW
Viktor Riasnyi, Ukrainian News, Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, August 5, 2004
8.ENERGY ALLIANCE COMPLETES SUCCESSFUL COGENERATION
PROJECT AT UKRAINE'S NO. 1 GLASS BOTTLE MAKER
Energy Alliance, Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, July 30, 2004
9. OBOLON STARTS EXPORTING ITS OKSAMYTOVE AND
PSHENYCHNE BEERS TO POLAND AND GREAT BRITAIN
Obolon is the largest beer exporting company in Ukraine
Khrystyna Protsiv, Ukrainian News, Kyiv, Ukraine, Wed, Aug 4, 2004
10 . UKRAINIAN LADY OLDEST PERSON LIVING ON EARTH
Ukrainian female still drinks strongest alcohol beverages at age 114
PRAVDA.Ru, Moscow, Russia, August 6, 2004
11. POLAND TO SEEK ACCESS TO 1940 KATYN MASSACRE
FILES HELD IN UKRAINE
Polish Say The Crime Was An Act Of Genocide
PAP news agency, Warsaw, Poland, Friday, 6 Aug 04
12. POLISH SIDE FURIOUS AS RUSSIA REFUSES TO CHARGE
KATYN MASSACRE SUSPECTS
Polish say infamous massacre was a genocide
Andrew Osborn in Moscow, The Independent, London, UK, Aug 7, 04
13. "THE ACTION UKRAINE REPORT"
The Action Ukraine Program, Washington, D.C., Mon, August 2, 2004
14. GEESE PROVIDE NEST EGG FOR POLISH TOWN
It has been a bumpy transition from communism to capitalism
By Adam Easton, BBC correspondent, Poland
BBC NEWS EUROPE, UK, Thursday, August 5, 2004
15. PEACE CORPS: TEACHER TO TAKE HER SKILLS TO UKRAINE
Diana Wheelen is chucking it all and taking off for Ukraine
By Robin Heflin, Correspondent, The Spokesman-Review.com
Spokane, Washington, Saturday, July 24, 2004
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1. SECRETARY DONALD RUMSFELD COMING TO UKRAINE?
Willard News Service (WNS), Kyiv, Ukraine, Sat, Aug 7, 2004
KYIV - U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld is going to be in
Ukraine on August 12th, according to the Ukrainian weekly Zerkalo
Nedeli, which cites "informed sources."
On August 13th, Rumsfeld will meet Ukrainian Defense Minister Yevhen
Marchuk in Crimea, where the two men are expected to discuss the
withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from Iraq, the paper said.
"We cannot stay there (in Iraq) without a set deadline," Marchuk told
journalists in Kyiv on July 29th, WNS reported. http://www.wns.kiev.ua
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FOOTNOTE: We have been able to confirm through a number of sources
that U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld will be going to Ukraine,
barring an unexpected change in the schedule. It is not clear if he will
also be meeting with President Leonid Kuchma who is staying in Crimea.
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2. UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT DOWNPLAYS CHANGES TO MILITARY
DOCTRINE WHICH DROPPED EU AND NATO ACCESSION GOAL
Kuchma Denies u-turn on EU, NATO
Fakty i Kommentarii, Kiev, Ukraine, in Russian 6 Aug 04; p 5
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Friday, Aug 06, 2004
KIEV - Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma has denied that his decision to
drop the EU and NATO accession goal from the national military doctrine was
a major policy U-turn. Interviewed while vacationing in Crimea, he said it
has nothing to do with appeasing Russia, merely a realistic re-evaluation.
He flatly denied any intention to withdraw Ukraine's navy from Sevastopol
and leave the bay for the Russian Black Sea fleet.
The following is an excerpt from the interview Kuchma gave to the
editor-in-chief of the Ukrainian tabloid Fakty I Kommentarii, Oleksandr
Shvets, published in the paper on 6 August; subheadings have been inserted
editorially:
[Shvets] Mr Kuchma, tell me honestly, is it really true that you do "your"
10-11 km on Crimean paths every day? I heard this the day before from the
guards and, frankly speaking, I had my doubts.
[Kuchma] There's no need for you to doubt. If we add to that my daily dips
and sessions in the gym... [ellipsis as published] And then there's work
too. Let me tell you, that's enough, and newspaper publications sometimes
present such "surprises"!
[Shvets] What sort of "surprises"? Are you talking about an interview by a
famous Ukrainian politician with Nezavisimaya Gazeta? [Probably a reference
to opposition presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko's interview of 30
July] By the way, Mr Kuchma, how would you comment on his assertion that
during the recent Yalta meeting between the presidents of Ukraine and
Russia, Kuchma signed changes to the military doctrine stating that Kiev, so
it goes, would not join NATO and did not intend to integrate into the EU?
[Kuchma] Well, first of all I should note that the definitive text of the
military doctrine was confirmed at a meeting of the National Security and
Defence Council [NSDC] back on 6 July. Later, on 15 July, I signed the
decree putting the NSDC decision into effect. And strange as it may seem,
before I met with President
[Vladimir] Putin here in Crimea on 26 July, nobody even paid any attention
to the changes. And then "suddenly" they noticed! Hardly had I managed to
have my meeting with the Russian president than immediately on the Internet,
in a number of newspapers and statements by some of our politicians simply
out and out speculation started appearing.
[Shvets] What do you mean?
REASONS FOR MILITARY DOCTRINE CHANGES
[Kuchma] I'll explain what I mean. Pay attention to what it is, frankly
speaking, all about. The thing is that the changes to the military doctrine
that caused a sharp outburst of political emotions were not at all prompted
by a subjective, momentary fancy, as some claim, referring to the results of
the examination of "the Ukrainian question" at the Istanbul [NATO] summit.
The changes were prompted by an objective assessment of a whole range of
factors of international politics and, consequently, a more precise
definition of approaches in the external policy of Ukraine itself.
Yes, we fully realize that the present world system is undergoing a serious
crisis. The EU is forced to decide difficult questions connected with the
accession of new members, and it is now simply not ready seriously to decide
questions directly affecting the interests of Ukraine. As you see, an
extremely palpable confrontation has arisen between "old" and "new" Europe
(and this was especially sharply displayed in connection with the adoption
of the European Union constitution). It is no secret to anyone that NATO too
is going through a crisis because of the war in Iraq. Note that in order to
overthrow the regime of Saddam Husayn, the USA had to create an absolutely
new coalition of states, since NATO institutions were essentially blocked by
the concerted attitude of Germany and France.
So, whereas earlier we proceeded from the assumption that thanks to close
cooperation with European and Euro-Atlantic structures, problems of
socioeconomic and political development could be decided more effectively,
recent experience of the discussion of Ukrainian constitutional reform for
example has shown that our Western partners do not always and not entirely
have an appropriate perception of today's Ukrainian reality.
[Shvets] So you have had essentially to react to the situation that has come
about?
[Kuchma] Of course. Let's be frank. The original edition of the military
doctrine adopted back in 2003 in some ways was very reminiscent of a key
provision in the CPSU [Communist Party of the Soviet Union] programme of
Khrushchev's time - "The present generation of Soviet people will live under
communism". It would be wrong to pretend that that point of our military
doctrine did not smell slightly of that sort of facile optimism [Rus:
shapkozakidatelstvo] (maybe you remember that old Soviet word?).
We did not understand it immediately. But better late than never.
By the way, time also gave us an answer to the question of why countries
close to Ukraine's level of development have become part of NATO and
the EU. The reason first and foremost is their geographical position in the
relationship pertaining between the West and Russia.
REALISTIC ATTITUDE DOES NOT MEAN REJECTION
This is the reality. That is the prose of life. We don't want to be
considered naive romantics in such a crucially important matter as
international relations. The time has come to descend from heaven to the
sinful earth.
[Shvets] This all sounds really beautiful. But still, how would you have us
understand it literally, specifically? What does it actually mean?
[Kuchma] It means that full-fledged membership of the EU and NATO is
still an important component of our strategy. However, corrections are being
made to working plans for the immediate future, reflecting the current state
of affairs not only taking account of our Ukrainian realities, but also the
position of things now existing in the Euro-Atlantic commonwealth.
That's it, basically. Not a single outlined measure of developing our
relations with the EU and NATO is being cancelled. There can be no
question of that.
[Shvets] By the way, your opponents have accused you of changes of a
specifically strategic nature.
[Kuchma] It seems to me that I have shown fairly convincingly that we have
given absolutely no grounds for such accusations. It is quite another matter
if some people interpreting the decision imagine something of the sort...
[ellipsis as published] You know, it was amusing to watch how some of them
made amazing haste to start their wishful thinking. But pay attention - the
people who are making those assertions at times do not themselves believe
their own words. After all, it is populism pure and simple.
Believe me, I understand perfectly that now each one of the many Ukrainian
presidential candidates, which also applies, incidentally, to the hero of
the interview you mentioned in Nezavisimaya Gazeta, is striving at any cost
to gain more points in the eyes of potential voters. I only want to stress
that nobody and nothing in today's Ukraine provide grounds for such a crude
distortion of the facts. And I don't much believe in the success of those
presidential candidates that are trying to catch their "golden fish" by
playing the Ukrainian foreign policy card in such a useless way.
As for the "newspaper hero" who resorted not only to criticism, but also,
I'm sorry, to out and out crudeness, believe you me, he has done irreparable
damage by such statements first of all to himself as a public politician. In
essence he is putting himself beyond the pale of the political life that
will start after the presidential elections. Regardless of the results.
SEVASTOPOL REMAINS UKRAINE'S NAVAL BASE
[Shvets] Mr Kuchma, according to a report on Ukrayinska Pravda, [leading
opposition presidential candidate] Viktor Yushchenko made an assumption
that the topic of transferring Sevastopol to the Russian Black Sea Fleet and
relocating Ukrainian naval ships from there to Donuzlav might be a
provocation by the authorities, so the story goes. Are you prepared to
assess that statement?
[Kuchma] Yes, it is indeed the latest political provocation. But not by the
authorities! By those who themselves are declaring it. It is surprising that
such statements come from the lips of a presidential candidate. A candidate,
what is more, whose vocabulary contains a lot of words about morality,
honesty and decency... [ellipsis as published] Something else,
unfortunately, is not surprising - the fact that it was reported by
Ukrayinska Pravda, which recently has simply stopped being Ukrainian,
And this is already becoming apparent to many people.
As far as Sevastopol is concerned, I want to state firmly that it is and
will remain the main base of the Ukrainian navy.
I have already said more than once that our presidential campaign will be
very hot. I think that there will be inventions much more stinging than this
Sevastopol one. I will not be surprised if someone announces that we
have a plan to transfer the capital of Ukraine somewhere else, say, closer
to Washington. Or on the contrary, closer to Moscow. But after all, the
figures in such political provocations are all the same familiar faces...
[ellipsis as published]
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES
[Shvets] I'd be interested to know how you relate to the fact that the
Central Electoral Commission has already registered 24 presidential
candidates. There has never been such a record number of contenders for
the presidential race.
[Kuchma] In my opinion, it is not at all a case of the more the merrier. For
me, for example, it is obvious that there are both realistic players and
extras in that long list. You know, people fairly often remember the folk
saying: if you have two Ukrainians, you have three hetmans [traditional
Ukrainian leader]. This is, so to speak, a specific feature of the Ukrainian
hunt for the mace. But this national hunt, alas, has not always turned out
well. It is well known what it led to, for example in 1918-20.
[Shvets] The list of presidential candidates contains quite a few "veterans"
of the movement. I mean [Socialist Party leader] Oleksandr Moroz,
[Communist Party leader] Petro Symonenko and [Progressive Socialist
Party leader] Nataliya Vitrenko. At the same time, some political analysts
were somewhat surprised by the appearance in that list of Kiev mayor
Oleksandr Omelchenko. By the way, not many people know that you
and Mr Omelchenko were born not only in the same year and same month,
but almost on the same day.
[Kuchma] It's true. The Kiev mayor and I were born in the year of the tiger
under the sign of Leo. There is much that unites us and we have known each
other for a long time. But it looks as if Mr Omelchenko is more tigerish
than me!... [ellipsis as published] However long I've known him, I still
can't entirely predict his decisions. But as a manager he is truly strong.
You know, many of the current contenders are guided by the well known
Olympic principle: it's not the winning that counts, but the taking part. I
have to note that this principle is far from being so unequivocal in
politics. I would quote one more folk saying characterizing some
participants in the presidential race. But I'm frightened of offending
someone.
[Shvets] Perhaps you won't offend anyone?
[Kuchma] Oh, all right then, I'll say it. What is it that they also say? I
may not catch up, but at least I'll warm up... [ellipsis as published]
[Passage omitted: Kuchma to celebrate his birthday soon; poetry] (END)
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3. UKRAINE'S PRIME MINISTER URGES SOCIAL COHESION,
SLAMS EXTREMISM, SAYS CAPITALISM A 19TH CENTURY WORD
"It should not be forgotten that virtually all the existing
economic, scientific, educational, medical and cultural potential
in Ukraine was created during the Soviet years."
Interview with Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych
By Oleksandr Shyshov, Ukrpartinform Agency
Den newspaper, Kiev, Ukraine in Russian 6 Aug 04; p 4
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Saturday Aug 07, 2004
KYIV - The following is the text of an interview given by Prime Minister
Viktor Yanukovych to Oleksandr Shyshov of the Ukrpartinform agency and
published in the Ukrainian daily Den on 6 August, entitled "Viktor
Yanukovych: 'The major financial-industrial groups must sense their
state-forming role'":
So far, the main presidential candidates have avoided making statements that
have a more or less specific ideological colouring. In the interview
published below, Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych has clarified some of the
finer points of his political and ideological views.
[Shyshov] A number of commentators have been keeping an eye on how the
election campaign is proceeding and have recently concluded that there is no
substantial difference between the positions of the two main presidential
candidates. They are both said to be right-wing politicians who are pursuing
the aim of upholding a bright capitalist future in Ukraine. What's your view
of such statements?
[Yanukovych] Quite honestly, I was amazed by all that. I've never seen
myself as a right-wing politician, and I never will be. I regard myself as a
Ukrainian patriot, but certainly not as a nationalist. For me, any
manifestations of enmity, vilification and confrontation are unacceptable.
Let's be frank. Throughout the 13 years that an independent Ukraine has
been in existence, we have maintained peace and stability by restraining the
extremist forces.
As a presidential candidate, I am supported at the elections by the moderate
centrist and left-of-centre political parties. My followers are not liberal
dogmatists. We don't regard some sort of "capitalism" as being ideal, but an
effective European social market model.
In general, I think that "capitalism" is a word from the vocabulary of the
19th century. A social state, in which the interests of all social strata
and groups are represented, social guarantees are provided and a social
partnership is developing, is something more important than "capitalism" or
any other "ism". That's why the main emphasis in my manifesto is placed on
overcoming poverty and raising wages and pensions. That's the main thing.
At the same time, it is important to move towards accommodating the
legitimate and fair demands of businessmen as regards simplifying
registration and overcoming predatory tax gathering and the mania for
checks and so on. There is one further aspect to this issue: the major
financial-industrial groups must sense their state-forming role by aligning
their interests with the strategic aims of the Ukrainian state.
[Shyshov] Supporters of the right-wing opposition - Our Ukraine and the
Yuliya Tymoshenko Bloc - have often urged the banning of left-wing parties,
and primarily the Communist Party of Ukraine. How would you comment
on that?
[Yanukovych] I consider such attempts to be unacceptable, senseless and
extremist, just as I regard all the one-sided, negative appraisals of the
Soviet period in our history as being immoral. It should not be forgotten
that virtually all the existing economic, scientific, educational, medical
and cultural potential in Ukraine was created during the Soviet years.
All sorts of things happened at that time - both vast achievements and great
suffering. That is all a part of our history, the story of each of us
individually and all of us taken together. Other times have now begun. But
to try to condemn all that legacy indiscriminately is simply to shamelessly
insult the memory of our parents.
[Shyshov] One can often hear grumbling from your rivals about the possible
use of the so-called "administrative resources" by Viktor Yanukovych's
backers. Is there any justification for such fears?
[Yanukovych] I must stress personally that my allies and I aim to win in a
fair and transparent contest. I urge all my supporters to abide precisely
and consistently by the requirements of the law. I take the view that, even
if he is seeking to help me, any person who tries to use administrative
powers for that purpose turns, objectively, into an ally of my opponents.
Everything must be within the legal framework. (END) (ARTUIS)
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4. UKRAINIAN PRIME MINISTER INSISTS ON PRIVATIZATION
OF STATE PROPERTY DESPITE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Novyy Kanal television, Kiev, Ukraine, in Ukrainian 7 Aug 04
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Saturday, Aug 07, 2004
KIEV - The [October] presidential election should not affect the
privatization of state property, Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych has said.
Yanukovych was attending festivities dedicated to the 70th anniversary of
Kryvorizhstal [Kryvyy Rih-based steelworks].
The head of government also said that fulfilling the privatization programme
makes it possible to earmark additional funds for social protection.
[Passage omitted: Yanukovych presents awards.]
[Kryvorizhstal was sold in June to a company linked to President Leonid
Kuchma's son-in-law Viktor Pinchuk, drawing criticism from the Ukrainian
opposition and foreign bidders, who said their offers were much higher than
the 800m dollars paid by the winner.
The sale of Ukraine's telecommunications company Ukrtelekom is expected
to go ahead in the next few weeks. The opposition has called for a complete
halt of privatization until after the presidential election, see Ukrayinska
Pravda web site, Kiev, in Ukrainian 5 Aug 04.] (END) (ARTUIS)
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FOOTNOTE: The best use by a country of funds generated from the sale
of state assets is to pay down international debt or to invest the funds in
long-term infra-structure development. That is unless there is a
presidential election in progress and the authorities need to "earmark
additional funds for social protection" and pay them out to citizens right
before the election. (Editor)
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5. UKRAINE OUTPACES RUSSIA IN ECONOMIC GROWTH
Ukraine showed the largest growth of 12.7 percent among CIS members
The Russia Journal, Moscow, Russia, Friday, August 06, 2004
MOSCOW - Ukraine and Tajikistan have outpaced Russia in economic
growth. The Russian Federation ranks 7th among the CIS members in
GDP growth rate shown in the first half of this year, according to the data
released today by the Interstate Statistics Committee of the CIS. The
Russian economy expanded at a 7.9-percent annual rate over the first six
months of 2004.
. Tajikistan ranked second benefiting 11.1-percent growth. Azerbaijan
followed Tajikistan with 10.6-percent growth. Belarus, Georgia and
Kyrgyzstan outpaced Russia as well, benefiting from a 10.3-percent, a
9.4-percent and a 9.2-percent expansion respectively. Data on Moldovan
and Kazakhstani GDP growth has not been released as yet.
The economic growth among the CIS members averaged 9 percent in
the first half of this year. At the same time the inflation rate averaged 10
percent in the CIS in the first half of 2004. Belarus showed the highest
inflation rate of 20.8 percent. Kyrgyzstani 4.1-percent inflation was the
most moderate among other CIS members. Russia ranked third in the
increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) in the first six months of 2004.
Consumer prices in Russia advanced 10.4 percent. Moldova showed the
second highest inflation rate of 13.6 percent. CPI index jumped 7.5 percent
in Armenia. Ukraine showed a 7.4-percent increase in the CPI. Kazakhstani
consumer prices advanced 6.6 percent over the first half of 2004.
Azerbaijani consumer prices increased 6 percent. Georgia showed a
5.5-percent increase in the CPI. Tajikistan showed a 5.2-percent increase.
As Russian Economy Minister German Gref announced yesterday, one
should not rule out the possibility of Russian economy showing 6.8-7.1
percent expansion if oil prices average over $30.4 a barrel this year.
According to Gref, the average monthly rate of economic growth is fore-
casted to decrease by 0.2 percent in the second half of this year. Thus,
it is expected to fall to 0.5 percent from 0.7 percent in the first half of
this year.
However, the Russian Economy Minister considers this rate to be high.
Experts with the Russian Economy Ministry forecast a 6.7-percent economic
expansion for this year. The Russian Economy Ministry has revised upward
its estimates of the Russian economic growth for 2005, Gref said. It
forecasts a 6-percent expansion compared to earlier estimates of a 5.9-
percent economic growth. (END) (ARTUIS)
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6. GERMAN CEMENT GIANT PLANS EXPANSION IN UKRAINE
HeidelbergCement now controls 20% of the Ukrainian market
Willard News Service (WNS), Kiev, Ukraine, August 5, 2004
KIEV - HeidelbergCement plans to build a plant in Kyiv that will be capable
of producing 100,000 tonnes of cement a year, UNIAN news agency reports.
The business project has already been prepared and construction will begin
as soon as the city gives the green light, Andrzej Balcerek, chief operating
officer in Poland and Ukraine, reportedly told a press conference yesterday
in Dniprodzerzhinsk.
In September 2001, the company bought the Kryvyi rih cement works,
followed by the purchase of the Dniprotsement plant (also in Dnipropetrovsk
region) in March 2002, WNS has learned.
HeidelbergCement currently controls 20% of the Ukrainian market. The
Dniprotsement plant has an annual capacity of 600,000 tonnes, while the
Kryvyi plant can produce another 1.4 million tonnes.
HeidelbergCement has operations in nine central and east European countries.
In 2001, the company sold 45 million tonnes of cement for a turnover of 6.7
billion euros. (LINK: http://www.wns.kiev.ua) (END) (ARTUIS)
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7. EBRD TO ORGANIZE SYNDICATED LOAN OF $11 MILLION
FOR PROCREDIT BANK TO INCREASE LOAN CAPACITY
Bank owned by EBRD, IFC, WNISEF, IMI and GKW
Viktor Riasnyi, Ukrainian News, Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, August 5, 2004
KYIV - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
intends to organize a syndicated loan for ProCredit Bank (former Micro-
finance Bank) worth a total of USD 11 million. Ukrainian News learned this
from a representative of EBRD's Kyiv-based office.
The EBRD is expected to provide to the bank a credit worth USD 4 million,
and the other participant of the syndicate, the Canadian International
Finance Participation Trust, a loan of USD 7 million. The agreement on a
syndicated credit is expected to be signed in August. The purpose of the
project is to increase ProCredit Bank's crediting resources.
As Ukrainian News earlier reported, the net assets of the bank were valued
at UAH 423.5 million, its balance-sheet capital totaled UAH 49.8 million,
while its loan portfolio amounted to UAH 378.3 million as of April 1.
The bank ended the January-March period of this year with a net profit of
UAH 2.775 million, and ended the year of 2003 with a profit of UAH 1.4
million.
The bank's shareholders are the European Bank for Reconstruction and
Development (20%), the International Finance Corporation (part of the World
Bank group, 20%), the Western NIS Enterprise Fund (20%), Germany's IMI
investment company (20%), and Germany's Kreditanstalt fur Wiederaufbau
(20%). LINK: http://www.ukranews.com (END) (ARTUIS)
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8. ENERGY ALLIANCE COMPLETES SUCCESSFUL COGENERATION
PROJECT AT UKRAINE'S NO. 1 GLASS BOTTLE MAKER
Energy Alliance, Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, July 30, 2004
KYIV, Ukraine - Energy Alliance, the country's first privately owned energy
services company (ESCO), commissioned a natural gas-fired cogeneration
power station at Hostomel Glass Plant today. Manufactured by F.G. Wilson,
the power station is comprised of two generators capable of producing a
combined total output of 2,000 kilowatt/hour of electricity and 2.15
Gkal/hour of heat.
The power station, engineered, financed, and installed by Energy Alliance,
will significantly improve the energy efficiency and lower the cost of
production of Ukraine's leading glass bottles manufacturer. Representatives
of Ukrainian federal and local government bodies, the business community,
the U.S. diplomatic mission and international financial institutions
operating in Ukraine attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony.
"This is a highly cost-effective solution for an energy-intensive enterprise
such as Hostomel Glass Plant," said Chairman of Supervisory Council of
Hostomel Glass Plant Dmytro Oliynyk. "Through the use of this power
station, we will be able to meet approximately 57% of our overall energy
needs while significantly reducing our energy costs, making our products
even more competitive. At the same time, heat generated by the
cogeneration unit will be supplied to residents of adjacent apartment
buildings."
Energy Alliance was founded in 2003 as a full service provider of energy
efficiency solutions to Ukrainian commercial industrial enterprises, which
operate in one of the most energy intensive economies in the world. The
company offers customized turnkey solutions, including financing, to help
reduce the energy costs of its clients. In February 2004, Energy Alliance
received a $10 million loan from the European Bank of Reconstruction
(EBRD) to finance such projects.
Energy Alliance's Director Maxim Burtovy stated, "We are very pleased
with the outcome of our first cogeneration project. The professional work
of our engineers, high quality equipment provided by our suppliers, and
long-term financing provided by our company, have all contributed to an
excellent solution to Hostomel Glass Plant's challenging energy needs. We
look forward to providing similar results at other Ukrainian companies in
the near future."
Energy Alliance is owned by a group of companies, including Western
NIS Enterprise Fund (WNISEF); Hostomel Glass Plant; and Turbo-
Spektr. WNISEF (www.wnisef.org) is the largest private equity fund in
the region, investing in securities of private companies with outstanding
growth potential and the ability to build competitive advantages in the
marketplace.
Since inception, the cumulative investment commitment of WNISEF totals
$93.4 million to 28 companies (23 companies with $79.4 million in Ukraine
and five companies with $14 million in Moldova), employing over 18,000
people.
OJSC Hostomel Glass Plant (www.gostomelglass.com) is the largest glass-
ware manufacturer in Ukraine. The company's sales amounted to UAH70
million in H1 2004. The quality management system is certified for
compliance with ISO 9001:2000. Hostomel Glass Plant undergoes annual
nternational audits, and business accounting is performed in accordance
with International Accounting Standards (IAS).
The company received two loans from the European Bank for Reconstruction
and Development (EBRD) for business expansion. In 2004 the company has
been recognized by the State Tax Administration of Ukraine as "One of
Ukraine's 100 Most Diligent Taxpayers - 2003".
For additional information, please contact: Maxim Burtovy, Director, Energy
Alliance, Phone: +380 (44) 537-2517; Fax: +380 (44) 537-2517
E-mail: mburtovy@wnisefk.com. (END) (ARTUIS)
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9. OBOLON STARTS EXPORTING ITS OKSAMYTOVE AND
PSHENYCHNE BEERS TO POLAND AND GREAT BRITAIN
Obolon is the largest beer exporting company in Ukraine
Khrystyna Protsiv, Ukrainian News, Kyiv, Ukraine, Wed, Aug 4, 2004
KYIV - Kyiv-based Obolon plant, one of the five largest producers of beer
and beverages in Ukraine, has started exporting its Oksamytove (Velvet) and
Pshenychne (Wheat) beers to Poland and Great Britain. Honorary president of
the company Oleksandr Slobodian made this statement to the press. He said
the export to the new consumer countries was launched in July.
Oksamytove and Pshenychne are made at Fastiv-based brewery (Kyiv region),
a subsidiary of the Obolon company. As Ukrainian News earlier reported, in
2003 Obolon boosted output by 7.1% or 4.3 million decaliters compared with
2002, to 61.1 million decaliters. Its best-traded brands are Obolon Light
beer and Zhyvchyk soft drink. Analysts estimate the annual size of the
Ukrainian beer market at 145-150 million decaliters.
In 2003, Obolon increased beer exports by 39% or 3.5 million decaliters over
2002 to 12.5 million decaliters. Russia accounted for 80% in the total
export structure of the plant. Other major consumers were in Moldova,
Poland, Germany, Portugal and Baltic States. Kyiv-based Obolon plant is
the largest beer exporting company in Ukraine. (http://www.ukranews.cm)
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10.UKRAINIAN LADY OLDEST PERSON LIVING ON PLANET EARTH
Ukrainian female still drinks strongest alcohol beverages at age 114
PRAVDA.Ru, Moscow, Russia, Friday, August 6, 2004
Ukrainian female resident Yevdokia Vyshimirskaya is the oldest person living
on planet Earth. The woman is 114 years old. She is almost one year older
than Netherlands-based Hendrikje van Andel, whose name can be found in
the Guinness Book as the oldest individual living on Earth.
Yevdokiya was born in 1890. She has been through three centuries, one civil
war and two world wars. Now she is having a hard time too, because "they do
not pay any money now," the woman says. The Ukrainian woman has outlived
her children and even grandchildren. Unlike the Dutch woman, Yevdokiya can
still drink alcohol - the traditional Ukrainian strong drink known as
gorilka. She still works in her vegetable garden. To crown it all, Yevdokiya
is known as the most skilful embroideress in the region.
Yevdokiya currently lives with her grandson, his wife and their child. The
old lady does not suffer from any diseases - she has never been to
hospitals, she has never asked for doctors' help. Yevdokiya was not lucky
with her family life. Her parents did not let her marry her man in 1910 -
they stated he was poor. "I cried and cried and then decided not to marry
anyone ever," says she. Yevdokiya kept her word until she turned 39.
There was always something wrong with Yevdokiya's looks: she looked 20
at her forties, she looks 70 in her hundreds. However, the woman can easily
feel the difference between strong alcohol drinks of 50 and 60 degrees. The
woman can make wine and brew beer, although she does not drink them. "I
started drinking strong alcohol beverages only in my thirties - my parents
never let me have a shot of vodka," the woman says.
Extremely strong drinks do not show negative influence on the woman - she
is not an alcoholic at all. She says one should have a very good substantial
appetizer after a strong drink Yevdokiya prefers Siberian pelmeni (meat
dumplings). Food has always been important for her: "I used to have bulls
and cows and hens and pigs and four children," Yevdokiya said jokingly.
Yevdokiya was 41 when she gave birth to her first child. She delivered the
baby in her own house, without any doctors. "It was very easy. It was like
spitting something out from beneath." She has outlived all her dear people:
her husband, her first love, her friends, sisters, brothers, her children
and almost all her grandchildren.
According to research conducted by French scientists, the majority of
people, who reach more than just respectable age, are not tall, they do not
weigh much. As a rule, they do not suffer from serious diseases. They all
stand out for easy temper, positive outlook, conflict-free character.
Scientists say the number of people over 100 years of age will grow in the
future. They will reach the level of 2.2 million in the beginning of the
XXII century. (END) (ARTUIS)
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11. POLAND TO SEEK ACCESS TO 1940 KATYN MASSACRE
FILES HELD IN UKRAINE
Polish Say The Crime Was An Act Of Genocide
PAP news agency, Warsaw, Poland, Friday, 6 Aug 04
WARSAW - Head of the National Remembrance Institute (IPN) Leon
Kieres has said he would like to meet with the Ukrainian authorities to
accelerate the transfer of files on the 1940 Katyn crime that had been
requested by the Russian military prosecution.
"If the Russians claim that Ukraine's delay in transferring files is the
main problem for concluding the investigation by their military prosecution,
I state that I will spare no effort to meet with our partners in Ukraine as
soon as possible," IPN head told a news conference in Warsaw on Friday
[6 August].
The Russian side has failed to disclose what type of documents it demanded
from Ukraine. IPN Investigations Section chief Witold Kulesza assumes the
files may be related to bodies of 270 Polish officers, murdered by the
Russian NKVD and recently unearthed near Kiev.
Presenting results of two-days talks in Moscow, Kieres and Kulesza said the
most important achievement was the consent of the Russian side to grant
Poles access to 156 volumes of files of the Russian investigation.
According to Kulesza, the Polish investigation does not allow for drawing-up
a list of those responsible for the Katyn crime. "Our request for a list of
names of accomplices has been left unanswered," he said. Kulesza believes
this can be tied with the fact that Russians do not want to acknowledge that
the crime was an act of genocide.
International penal law defines genocide as a murder committed on members
of an ethnic group to annihilate the entire group or its part. "We've been
fed with an argument that Katyn crime victims account for 10 per cent of all
Poles taken prisoners after 17 September 1939 and that the number is too
small to be considered as genocide," Kulesza said.
Adviser to IPN head Andrzej Rzeplinski believes cooperation in investigating
the crime was easier during the presidency of Boris Yeltsin. The IPN head
did not preclude that Polish-Russian political relations may cool down as a
result of a thorough investigation. (END) (ARTUIS)
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12. POLISH SIDE FURIOUS AS RUSSIA REFUSES TO CHARGE
KATYN MASSACRE SUSPECTS
Polish say infamous massacre was a genocide
By Andrew Osborn in Moscow, The Independent, London, UK, Aug 7, 2004
MOSCOW More than 60 years after 22,000 unarmed Polish soldiers were
murdered by the Soviet secret police in one of the Second World War's
most infamous massacres, Russia has infuriated Poland by refusing to
prosecute the surviving suspects.
The so-called Katyn atrocities, which were personally ordered by Stalin in
1940, saw the NKVD (the forerunner of the KGB) kill 21,587 Polish Army
reservists in cold blood on the spurious grounds that they were "hardened
and uncompromising enemies of Soviet authority".
The killings took place at three different locations but the massacre took
its name from just one, the Katyn Forest near Smolensk in western Russia.
The murders decimated Poland's intelligentsia; among the dead were
officers, chaplains, writers, professors, journalists, engineers, lawyers,
aristocrats and teachers.
The event has soured Russo-Polish relations for the past six decades with
Warsaw accusing Moscow of deceit, a lack of remorse and brutal
indifference. It was only in 1989 that the then President Mikhail Gorbachev
admitted that the killings had been perpetrated by Stalin's secret police.
Before that the then USSR blamed the atrocities on the Nazis, even going to
the trouble of reburying bodies and bulldozing evidence in an elaborate
attempt to deflect the blame. Poland, which regards the killings as a crime
against humanity, has long been pressing for a proper investigation and
wants the surviving suspects prosecuted.
Professor Leon Kieres, head of Poland's Institute for National Remembrance
of the War, came to Moscow this week with Polish war crimes prosecutors.
He was cruelly disappointed. Russian prosecutors told him that the crimes
took place too long ago to be acted upon and refused to even divulge how
many of the suspects were still alive. While promising to share some
information with Warsaw, the Russians insisted that the crime could not be
classified as genocide, a move that would allow prosecutions to go ahead.
The Polish side was furious. "This was genocide, whether they want to
call it that or not. That is the reality, the painful reality for us and for
them," Anna Wolinska, who lost her father and uncle in the massacres, told
TV Polonia. Professor Kieres said Poland may now begin its own inquiry.
The incident is the second serious blow to Russo-Polish relations in as
many weeks. On the recent 60th anniversary of the 1944 Warsaw
Uprising in which 200,000 civilians and 10,000 soldiers were massacred
by the Nazis, Poland's Foreign Minister demanded an apology from
Russia. The Red Army, close to Warsaw, halted its advance and did not
help the Poles.
The Russian Foreign Ministry said, however, that there would be no
apology. "We consider it inappropriate and blasphemous to the memory
of the fallen to get into public polemics on this score," it said. (END)
LINK: http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/story.jsp?story=548796
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14. GEESE PROVIDE NEST EGG FOR POLISH TOWN
It has been a bumpy transition from communism to capitalism
By Adam Easton, BBC correspondent, Poland
BBC NEWS EUROPE, UK, Thursday, August 5, 2004
RODAKI, Poland - For many people in Poland, it has been a bumpy
transition from communism to capitalism. There has been economic up-
heaval, many industries have closed down and unemployment is rife.
Geese have boosted the town's community spirit Rodaki is a small town
like many others in Poland. Until 14 years ago, it was relatively
prosperous. Its residents worked in the coal mines and a paper mill in
the southern industrial Silesian heartland. Life was comfortable.
Now those industries, unable to keep pace with Poland's new market
economy, are winding down or have shut already. Today unemployment,
unknown during communist times, stands at 20%.
But now the locals have come up with a plan to regenerate Rodaki. The
project was even given a theme song by a local church organist. Now the
streets are spotless and its gardens are carefully tended. Money has again
come back to the town of Rodaki. But where has it come from?
The answer - geese. The local authorities have bought hundreds of goslings
and given them to the town's unemployed and pensioners.
CASH DOWN
One of them is Kazimiera Mogila, a retired school teacher. "The geese
provide money for my home's budget, and something to eat," she said.
"I've used the feathers to stuff all the pillows and duvets. The rest I
sell. It's a good deal because you can get a lot of money for the feathers.
It pays off, but you've got to want to work and like geese of course."
Selling the feathers from 20 geese can bring in the cash equivalent of two
tonnes of coal. Mrs Mogila can make 547 euros (£361) if she sells the
feathers from her 40 white geese. That's a handy supplement to her small
state pension. One-fifth of Rodaki's houses now have geese. But why did
they choose geese? What is so special about geese to the people of Rodaki?
The organiser of the project is local councillor Halina Ladon. "We chose
geese because we have a lot of grass - it's their basic food. There's much
more work with pigs and you need to keep them in secure pens. And rabbits
get sick a lot. Geese are a good choice because they're healthy."
She says geese used to be a symbol of the town and were a common sight in
the 1950s. But then the factories opened and Rodaki's women went to work
in them. Ms Ladon says the return of the geese have boosted the town's
community spirit. One example, she says, is that everyone has taken part in
a clean-up campaign.
SPREADING
There's now even a Goose Day festival. Children dress up as geese and live
birds are paraded through the streets in wooden carts. The project won
financial backing from the Rural Devlopment Foundation after it won second
prize in a competition on "ways to fight poverty in the countryside".
In fact, the project has been so successful that it is spreading to other
parts of Poland, says the Foundation's Monika Slotwinska-Lychota. "There
were a lot of questions about geese and lots of questions about the idea of
how to duplicate this project in small villages, other villages," she said.
"It can spread into different parts of Poland."
Raising geese is not going to solve unemployment in Poland's countryside,
but it does provide much-needed income and food for those in need. Flocks
of white geese could soon be a much more common sight in the poorer parts
of the Polish countryside. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3538752.stm)
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15. PEACE CORPS: TEACHER TO TAKE HER SKILLS TO UKRAINE
Diana Wheelen is chucking it all and taking off for Ukraine
By Robin Heflin, Correspondent, The Spokesman-Review.com
Spokane, Washington, Saturday, July 24, 2004
One day you may hear about Diana Wheelen walking on Mars. But first,
there's the Peace Corps to experience. At a time in her life when many
people would settle in and enjoy the fruits of their efforts, Wheelen is
chucking it all and taking off for Ukraine.
The 45-year-old teacher quit her job with the Lakeland School District and
sold her house and all her possessions. Sitting on the floor of her empty
house just days before the close of escrow, she joked, "Once you get
yourself homeless and unemployed, you don't worry about much." For
Wheelen, the call to service came from a desire for adventure.
"I've done so much of what I thought I should or would do as a person, a
human, an American, a woman, in this society. I grew up, graduated high
school, got a job, got married, had a kid, went back to college. It was
almost a checklist."
Divorced, with her 18-year-old son out of high school and in the Air Force,
Wheelen realized she had choices. She considered moving to North Carolina
to be near her sisters, but she realized that she would have the same kind
of lifestyle there as she had here.
"I'm getting ready to turn 46. I thought, what about the other 30 years? I
can get a bigger house, a bigger car, a title. It felt like more of what I
had already accomplished."
Wheelen went online and did a search for teaching opportunities overseas
and English as a second language. "There was all kinds of stuff," she said.
"When I signed onto the Peace Corps Web site, it clicked.
"I'm not married. My son graduated. I have a degree in education. You have
to have three years experience. I've traveled all over the United States.
I'm not afraid to travel. It fit exactly."
Then began the lengthy process to join the Peace Corps. First she filled out
an application. The corps "nominated" her by reviewing her background and
ensuring she was a good fit, and then it finally "invited" her to join. "I
had to put in my resignation at school before I received the invitation
(acceptance). That was a little scary," she said.
First the Peace Corps told her she would be sent somewhere in Eastern
Europe. She signed up for a Slovak language and culture class through North
Idaho College Workforce Training and Community Education, thinking it
would helpful. Later, the Peace Corps told her she would go to Uzbekistan
in August. Recently, because of security concerns, it changed her assignment
again, this time to Ukraine. She's now supposed to leave in September.
The changes set the tone for her experience in the corps. All the Peace
Corps materials stress the need for flexibility. Wheelen has no difficulty
being flexible and said her entire life has prepared her for this. She
spent four years in the Air Force herself and later moved from state to
state with her then-husband, who was in the military. She graduated from
the University of Idaho in 2001.
It took her 14 years, attending seven schools in five states, to get her
degree. She worked in a real estate office. She taught middle school at
Lakeland School District for three years, working many more years as a
substitute while she got her degree.
"Funny and outgoing" is how Dustin Burtis, 15, a former student, described
her. Burtis and Wheelen have kept in contact since he was in her class two
years ago. "She was really a good teacher. She improved (a student's) way
of thinking."
Pandora Logsdon, one of Wheelen's sisters, predicted her sister will be a
"tremendous asset" to her students, and said that the Peace Corps is a good
fit for her sibling. "She has always done everything just a little more and
before everyone else," Logsdon said. "She's always had a sense of adventure
. she likes to learn."
Said friend David Carson: "She's very caring. Very giving. She puts everyone
first. She's an excellent mother . she's very special to give up two years
of her life to help someone."
Though she's called by adventure, Wheelen wants to help people. "I would
like to do some good, not save the world, but I would like to know that when
I look back, the world was a little better, that something moved in a
positive direction, that I helped humanity."
Wheelen will spend 27 months in the Peace Corps: three months in training,
then two years teaching secondary education. After her stint is up, she
doesn't know what she'll do, but she's open to anything. "My mom and I were
joking about NASA. The only thing left is go to space . I'd like to do the
John Glenn thing," Wheelen said.
Jokes aside, she's serious. "I'd love to be the first woman, the first
person on Mars." Will she really try for it? Said her sister: "I believe
it." LINK: http://www.spokesmanreview.com/local/story.asp?ID=17327
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