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One-Year Countdown

BY M A R K R AC H K E V Y C H RACHKEVYCH@KYIVPOST.COM

Markiyan Lubkivsky is a veteran diplomat who is facing his toughest job yet: being an ambassador to his own nation.

In July 2009, Lubkivsky – then ambassador to Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina – put his 14-year Foreign Ministry career on hold to start work for the Union of European Football Associations, coordinating efforts to help Ukraine prepare to co-host the Euro 2012 soccer championship with Poland. Æ9

Ukraine makes its big entry onto the world stage of hosting major events when the Euro 2012 soccer championships kick off on June 8, 2012. The games, to be co-hosted with Poland, are expected to draw at least 700,000 tourists to Ukraine during the three-week run. Above, people gather in front of the Kyiv City Administration building on Kreshchatyk Street, where on June 8 the countdown clock was unveiled. (Yaroslav Debelyi)

Dynamic young leader takes helm of Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church

BY N ATA L I A A . F E DUS C HAK FEDUSCHAK@KYIVPOST.COM

LVIV, Ukraine – The names of two esteemed religious figures resonate when Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, the new head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, speaks.

One died well before the archbishop was born. The other when he was rooted in his religious career.

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The spirits of Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky – the pious, savvy and bold leader of Ukraine’s Greek Catholic Church during World War II – and Pope John Paul II promise to be guiding forces as Shevchuk embarks on his journey of leading a global church which numbers five million faithful.

At 41, Shevchuk is one of the youngest people to head the church, which adheres to Catholic tenets but prac-

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tices Byzantine rites. He is only a few years older than Sheptytsky was when he took office in 1901. Born in Stryi and educated in Italy, the archbishop appears surprisingly at ease with the weight of responsibility that has been put on his shoulders.

In an interview held in a simple office just steps from Sheptytsky’s former residence at St. George’s Cathedral in Lviv, Shevchuk is cheerful, speaks

eagerly of bringing more young people into the church’s fold and does not sidestep questions like how can he ensure he won’t be corrupted by the power now in his hands.

After two months in office – he was inaugurated in Kyiv on March 27 – Shevchuk said he is filled more with impressions than lessons. The first impression is how important the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Æ11

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Tyahnybok: Nationalists are popular B Y SV I TLA N A TU C H Y N SK A TUCHYNSKA@KYIVPOST.COM

Oleh Tyahnybok, the 42-year-old leader of the nationalist Svoboda (Freedom) Party, surprised many when his party’s candidates won the majority in three oblast local councils, the mayoral seat in Ternopil and a smattering of seats in local councils all over the country. Tyahnybok, the controversial leader of the party considered ultraright by many, spoke to the Kyiv Post by phone. Topics including his movement’s growing popularity, the clashes in Lviv between Svoboda members and those waving Soviet-era flags during the May 9 Victory Day celebration and accusations that he is the sanctioned opposition of the pro-presidential Party of Regions.

Kyiv Post: After clashes in Lviv on May 9, your party has accused police of abuse and pressure, accusations that police deny. Do you plan to proceed and take legal action?

Oleh Tyahnybok: Of course. We have the whole legal department of the party working on this. Around 50 members have received, or are going to receive, police notices. Interrogations usually include violations from the police. For example they often detain people at home, without any court orders or summons from the police station. It’s obvious that police, prosecutors and courts have an order from Kyiv against Svoboda. Even members of the party who own small businesses are being pressured now. They are told – sorry, guys, but we have an order. Æ10

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Many skeptical as Yanukovych vows to fight corruption B Y Y U R I Y O N YSH K I V ONYSHKIV@KYIVPOST.COM

Ukraine’s taxpayers are losing billions of dollars annually due to corruption, while the real fight against these crimes is barely on the horizon.

At a June 8 meeting of the National Anti-Corruption Committee, President Viktor Yanukovych said that corruption robs the state budget of Hr 20 billion, or some $2.5 billion, in revenues every year.

On top of that, Yanukovych said, shady purchases by government rob the state of even more billions of dollars.

“Through corrupt dealings in the sphere of public procurement, from 10 to 15 percent of the state budget, ends up in the pockets of officials.

That is – $7.4 billion,” Yanukovych said. “That’s why in the last 15 months we have worked hard on the eradication of corruption.”

The president mentioned the new anti-corruption law that he recently signed as an example of the measures taken by authorities to fight corruption. The law obliges public officials to declare their incomes and those of relatives, but not expenses.

While omnipresent corruption is undermining the nation’s investment climate and makes it impossible for the country win a visa-free regime with the European Union, many are skeptical that those in power are committed to its eradication.

Despite the adoption of new legislation, international organizations and the Ukrainian opposition share the opinion that the current Ukrainian government is part of the problem.

“Adopting the anti-corruption law alone will probably not be sufficient to have positive results,” said Nataliya Borodchuk, an analyst at the Kyivbased International Center for Policy Studies.

Borodchuk would not classify the Yankovych administration’s fight against corruption as effective. “The steps taken by the authorities to eradicate corruption are not very flattering,” she said.

The president himself became a target of corruption allegations for the controversial way the state resi-

President Viktor Yanukovych

dence Mezhyhirya, a posh 140-hectare estate north of Kyiv, was transferred from public ownership to people in Yanukovych’s inner circle.

Yanukovych denies the charges and says he owns only a small piece of land and a house there.

Earlier this year, the European Union criticized Ukraine for the failure to adopt a public procurement law which is not in line with the international standards of transparency and competitive state purchases.

As a result of this failure to curb corruption in state procurements, the EU froze plans in February to give more than $100 million in financial assistance to Ukraine.

Experts from the anti-corruption organization Transparency International also expressed concerns regarding the public procurement law. In the Transparency International corruption perception index in 2010, Ukraine ranked 134th of 180 countries.

GRECO, a group of states against corruption, reported at the end of May that Ukraine has not taken sufficient measures to combat corruption.

Yanukovych said Ukraine is happy about its cooperation with GRECO and intends to heed its recommendations in the future.

Kyiv Post staff writer Yuriy Onyshkiv can be reached at onyshkiv@kyivpost. com

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n April 29, 2011 the President of Ukraine has approved the National Action Plan for 20112014 on implementation of economic reforms for the country to achieve its full growth potential. National Action Plan summarizes the top priorities of the midterm country’s development and sets out the guidelines vital for steering the economy.

State programme named “Prosperous Society, Competitive Economy, Effective Government” outlines a string of measures underpinning main sectors of country’s economy. Designed to contribute to the sustainable economic development, the National plan encompasses 21 policy vectors aimed at fiscal consolidation, improving public sector efficiency, trade competitiveness and investment climate.

Apart from persistent financial sector and national budget reforms, the strategy strategy-to-be shoulders the following planks: privatisation and state property management, taxation system remodel, health care and pension insurance systems development, agrarian sphere progress, oil and gas industry sustainable growth, infrastructure boost etc.

Particular attention should be paid to the

Ukraine intends to auction off 11 largest energy sector natural monopolies within 2011 changes in energy sector ownership envisaged by the National Plan. 2011 foresees privatisation of the energy majors as the top-priority. The privatisation takes shape by selling off 7-11 energy companies, including power stations and energy distribution companies.

Currently, 19 power generating and power supply operators, producing more than 40 % of the overall electric power of Ukraine, are state-owned. However, the industry will soon turn over a new leaf.

On April 11, 2011 the Parliament finally approved the list of electric power companies with the state-owned stakes to be sold.

Ukraine thus intends to auction off 11 largest energy sector natural monopolies within 2011, including the selling of: 50 % shares of Dniprooblenergo 50 % of Zakarpattyaoblenergo 50 % of Vinnytsyaoblenergo 45 % of Zakhidenergo 45 % of Krymenergo 45 % of Chernivtsyoblenergo 40 % of Donetskoblenergo 25 % of Dniproenergo 25 % of Kyivenergo 25 % of Ternopiloblenergo 21 % of Cherkasyoblenergo

Current state of country’s energy production assets being in the doldrums requires viable investments’ flow, which can be obtained as a result of successful privatisation.

Statistics indicate, that 72.6 % of energy assets need modernization to bring them into compliance with international standards. Energy segment's EBITDA (Earnings before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization) margin, at -1.6 to 10.4 percent, contrasts with 23-25 % of the European electric powers.

The privatisation in power sector will be appreciated by investors if it is carried out with a fair price and in a clear and transparent manner.

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More than of the total electricity is produced by state-owned power sector

The European Business Association supports the initiative as the investments, enhanced as a result of privatisation, can contribute to the modernization and sustainable development of the nation’s electrical power industry.

Ukrainian energy operators undoubtedly belong to the blue chips on the Ukrainian market and sure enough attract healthy flow of investments.

However, the EBA underlines, that the energy sector privatisation process should be as transparent as possible and outlines the following milestones necessary to conduct a successful large-scale privatisation and to prop local energy market: • fair selling price of the privatisation object, calculated in accordance with the market demand and supply statistics; • clear privatisation procedure; • transparent investors’ selection criteria.

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lectricity Distribution sector can be compared with the road from Manufacturer to Customer. This road now is worn-down and it causes risks that the product will not be delivered to the customer or delivered of poor quality.

The Ukrainian energy distribution sector infrastructure is 65-85% depreciated which makes the existing network very unreliable and its capacity does not meet the expectations of growing demand. It is already a constraint for development of businesses and with economy pick up energy sector will become a bottle neck for Ukrainian economy development in the whole. To solve these problems sizeable investments should be attracted to the sector to repair “the road”.

Clear criteria and rules of privatisation would motivate solid strategic investors, who have good experience in power sector to participate in privatisation process in Ukraine. Post-privatisation guarantees of the state are of key importance and they should include the following fundamental principles:

Sustainable investments could be successfully accomplished under guarantee of return of investments, profitability of business, stability and predictability of regulatory environment. Incentive tariff methodology is an effective tool to attract investments into the sector. Such methodology should be based on the best world practices; to balance the interests of consumers and the state, it also should stimulate efficiency in performance and encourage customer service quality improvement.

It is important that the preferred bidder is socially responsible and transparent company, which has ability to provide people with jobs and salaries, with proven operational capability.

• implementation of incentive tariff methodology aimed at attracting investment, improving quality of service and incentives for efficiency in performance; • clear investment obligations; • guaranteed transparent pricing in power sector without price distortions.

Successful privatisation and implementation of the full scope of declared Presidential plan of reforms is a step forward to solve existing problems of Ukrainian energy sector and bring the sector to the new stage with prospects of further energy independency, efficiency, reliability and conservation.

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EBA General Meeting with Mr. Ihor Kaletnik in Brussels

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n June 1, 2011 the EBA held the initial meeting of its newly-created Electronic Payment Task Force. In the course of the meeting 6 EBA member companies whose main sphere of activity is banking and electronic payments’ system discussed the main goals and future objectives of the task force, its charter and leadership structure.

Task Force on Electronic Payments provides a platform for respective businesses to present their strategic issues, to seek practical advice, introductions and contacts to help them address the challenges essential for this sector. By tapping into a wide array of expertise, member companies can share expertise and receive constructive feedback from colleagues and experts.

Task Force on Electronic Payments’ FOCUS - Active dialogue with Ukrainian authorities aimed at promoting relevant initiatives on cashless payments’ development; - Ongoing exchange of experience among EBA Committee member companies; - Reform-seeking direction and new legislation design in the field of non-cash payments; - Assisting the formation of progressive agenda of Ukrainian regulators and legislators for the electronic payment market; - Networking and educational events.

BA General Meeting "Open Dialogue between Ukrainian Customs and Business "Facing People" with the Chair of the State Customs Service of Ukraine Mr. Ihor Kaletnik will be held on June 15, 2011 in Brussels (Belgium) at «DIAMANT BRUSSELS» Conference & Business Centre (Bd A. Reyerslaan 80 ~ Bruxelles 1030).

Round Table will be devoted to the discussion of the following issues: • Customs value of goods; • Customs classification of goods; • Taxation of temporary imported goods; • Temporary exportation of goods for repair; • Amendments to the customs declarations; • E-declaration of goods; • Draft of the new Customs Code of Ukraine.

Mrs. Anna Derevyanko, EBA Executive Director, will moderate the Round Table.

The officials of the European Commission, representatives of the diplomatic bodies, the World Customs Organization, non-governmental organizations and European business community operating in Ukraine or intending to open offices in Ukraine as well as the European and Ukrainian mass-media will attend the Round Table.

Details at www.eba.com.ua

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Start with yourself

WESTERN CRITICISM

June 8 could have become the turning point in Ukraine’s ill-fated fight with corruption. After all, President Viktor Yanukovych publicly acknowledged that corruption annually costs the budget at least $2.5 billion in lost revenues. Additionally, nearly 15 percent of the budget – or $7.4 billion – gets stolen by state officials through shady public procurement procedures.

“In the last 15 months we have worked hard on corruption eradication,” Yanukovych said, in what was meant to be a sign of hope for Ukraine, one of Europe’s poorest nations but also home to some of the continent’s richest billionaires.

To eradicate corruption, Yanukovych should start with himself and his close allies.

For starters, it would be nice if Yanukovych and first Vice Prime Minister Andriy Kluyev, could comment on the investigative article published by the online Business New Europe publication. The investigation shows that the same shell companies and intermediaries that have been used for importing flu vaccines by the Yulia Tymoshenko government are also used by the current government. One of the cases involves allegations of an $150 million overpayment for purchase of an oil rig.

Yanukovych could also shed some light on the procurement deals involving DTEK Trading, owned by Ukraine’s richest individual Rinat Akhmetov, also his close ally and member of pro-presidential Party of Regions. As Ukrainian Week reports, this year DTEK managed to win state coal supply tenders worth $1.4 billion.

Akhmetov will supply coal to the very power companies he holds minority stakes in. It appears to be at least a conflict of interest.

This list could go on, casting serious doubts as to the sincerity of Yanukovych’s intentions.

His silence in regard to these and many other controversial deals, starting with the story of how he got to live in his luxurious Mezhyhirya residence, make it look like he is willing to ignore them completely. The president shows no interest in investigating cases leading to his close allies, nor any interest in making government dealings more transparent and competitive.

The current people in power seem to see corruption everywhere – except where they should be seeing it, which in their own backyards. With this attitude, Yanukovych’s anti-corruption campaign will end up the same way as those of his predecessors -- in failure.

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Only one choice Ukraine should take a look at what is happening in Belarus and redouble its efforts to avoid the same fate as its 10 million neighbors ruled by a loud dictator. Alexander Lukashenko has spent 17 years crushing his domestic opponents, keeping the economy in a Soviet-time warp and taunting the West while cozying up to the Kremlin.

Now we can see where this policy has gotten the nation: The currency has been sharply devalued and its tinpot leader has had to give away control over key assets to Russia in exchange for emergency loans. After thumbing his nose at the West, he’s back with his hat out seeking a multi-billion-dollar loan from the International Monetary Fund. The West should refuse to lend Lukashenko anything while at the same time help ease the suffering of ordinary Belarusians.

To Ukraine, the message is: There is only one path, neither Western nor Eastern.

That path is democracy.

Despite President Viktor Yanukovych’s statements that his administration will pursue integration with the European Union, he is taking the nation down the opposite path.

Crony capitalism and corruption are running amok. The politically motivated prosecutions of opponents haven’t fooled anyone. Moreover, the nation is still left begging Russia for cheaper prices on natural gas while its leaders cannot articulate what they are willing to give up in return.

The example of Lukashenko shows that there is no benefit in dealing with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. He has never respected Ukraine’s independence. He doesn’t think this nation is a real country. He doesn’t think the Allies needed Ukraine’s contribution to win World War II. He tries to stifle democratic advancement by pressuring Ukraine to join the Russian-led Customs Union rather than pursue a free trade deal with Europe.

Any economic concessions from the Kremlin would come with unacceptable demands. The Yanukovych administration, however, is quickly painting itself into a Lukashenko-like corner by allowing corruption to flourish, by paying only lip service to democracy and remaining deaf to complaints of investors and regular citizens alike.

Ukraine’s leaders may find that the democratic world has tuned them out, leaving them to strike deals with the likes of Putin.

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NEWS ITEM: Former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko came close to being arrested on April 24 on many charges, including exceeding her authority while signing gas contracts with Russia in 2009. But she said that General Prosecutor Viktor Pshonka fears jailing her because of the international criticism it would generate Tymoshenko has until June 25 to read 150 volumes of her criminal case before the Pechersk district court in Kyiv starts hearing the charges. She says the criminal cases against her are illegal political persecution.

Why journalists get treated badly OL ENA TREGUB

The other day one of my friends, who is an adviser to a Ukrainian member of parliament, expressed her low opinion of Ukrainian journalists: “Nobody likes them. They are always sniffing around for some ‘kompromat,’ noticing only bad stuff. They are poor and unhappy, and jealous of the more successful people in this country.”

Increasingly, in Ukraine, journalist investigations into the luxurious lifestyles of Ukrainian civil servants and other power holders are looking like a class conflict.

A June 6 action of Kyiv journalists from the Stop Censorship campaign looked to be part of this class conflict.

They tried, unsuccessfully, to get access to the luxurious presidential Mezhyhirya residence outside Kyiv. On the official Day of the Journalist holiday in Ukraine, about 60 journalists trekked 15 kilometers north of the capital, uninvited, to the president’s luxury mansion, the former state-owned estate privatized under mysterious circumstances.

The trip came in response to Yanukovych’s unfulfilled impromptu promise made a year earlier, during a press conference, to bring journalists by bus to Mezhyhirya.

Yanukovych’s Mezhyhirya residence became a symbol and object of intense journalistic interest. Allegedly, Yanukovych acquired control of these 140 hectares of state land as prime minister through complicated financial schemes and without paying the full price for it.

Currently, Mezhyhirya as a presidential residence, is a high security compound of several buildings where no pho-

Æ Investigations of corruption are done because the public deserves to know the truth tographs are allowed. An investigation by Ukrainska Pravda news site revealed that Yanukovych adores leading the glitzy lifestyle of pop stars and gangsters. Somewhat like Michael Jackson, Yanukovych has, in his residence, created a private zoo that reportedly used to include such strange creatures for Ukraine as kangaroos.

In Ukraine, corruption remains a major topic for journalists who are trying to prevent powerholders from stealing from their own people. Ukraine’s biggest problem might be that society and the authorities do not trust each other.

While the people try to not pay taxes, those in power seem bent on looting the country – with independent journalists serving as the only hindrance.

Surprisingly, perhaps for an outsider, Ukrainian civil servants are not even trying to hide their wealth. To the contrary, they tastelessly flaunt it. The post-Soviet generation of the Ukrainian elite was, in their youth, deprived of material wealth. Now they are trying to compensate with shamefully expensive cars, with Dior or Zilly written on their chests. They wear massive and expensive jewels dur- Æ12

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Men look for love in all the wrong places

Femen activists explain to foreigners that Ukraine is not a brothel during one of the group’s 2009 Kyiv rallies. Numerous Internet acquaintance agencies exist to promote Ukrainian women for marriage, but both unsuspecting women and men complain of being scammed in searching for love. (Yaroslav Debelyi)

of me, I do not understand why men go to agencies that advertise “hot sexy nude Ukrainian models for dating” in the company’s title. And then the men don’t understand why they were scammed. Men constantly see banner ads on the Internet with bikini clad women with their body parts hanging out and click on the banner!

The men choose these half-nude models and receive letters such as: “I don’t care how you look, how old you are, or what race you are but in fact when I look in your eyes I am already falling in love with you! Oh, did I tell you I have a sick grandmother that needs an expensive operation?”

The agencies write letters pretending to be the ladies. If you don’t believe it, just do an Internet employment search and you will see marriage agencies advertising for such employees!

The fact is, real Ukrainian women write terrible boring letters without openly and loudly professing their immediate love for you. Why? Because they are REAL. With all the foreign men coming here, it is hard to believe that 50 percent of the ladies in my agency will NEVER meet a foreign man through my agency. In fact, the number one reason why they ask to have their profiles removed is nothing happens and they are uncomfortable to have their profile on the Internet.

Almost all of the male clients who use my agency are successful but that is just a handful of men a month. Unfortunately, the odds are against the aver-

age lady finding a foreign husband.

That is precisely why I am shocked that more men do not choose my help, but instead choose the path to be scammed. Again, these men really don’t have an excuse.

If you Google “marriage agency” my site is usually in the top three. Men can easily find my help, but can’t help but click on the photo of the nearly naked woman who already loves them!

The vast majority of Ukrainians are kind people who work hard and would do anything to help a foreign guest to Ukraine. The problem is not with this 98 percent who are honest people, but with the 2 percent who are looking to take advantage of foreigners and think it is great to steal from them.

I am proud to call Ukraine my new chosen home.

Ukraine has been VERY good to me. I have a wonderful wife who loves and appreciates me for who I am. It is literally impossible to write with mere words how fantastic my wife is. She is literally my everything and six months ago gave me the gift of a Ukrainian daughter.

I feel for Wright, but I personally know that the vast majority of Ukrainian women are good and kind just like the Ukrainian people and should not be judged by the very few who want to take advantage of foreign men.

Brett Ousley is the American owner of the Kiev Connections (http://www.kievconnections.com) marriage agency.

How to avoid love scams K E V I N H AY E S

This is in response to Roger Wright’s Kyiv Post May 27 column “American comes up empty-handed in 10-year search for Ukrainian wife.”

As an agency owner of khersongirls.com acquaintance agency in Kherson, Ukraine, I do not hire or allow ladies to join in order to make money.

In fact, I don’t allow my male clients to send ladies money though my agency in order to avoid these type of “working ladies.” There are many agencies out there that do. Most often, if you find an agency site and the agency owners or office address is missing, it is best not to join.

VOX populii WITH ALEXANDRA DMITRIYEVYCH

Where is the best place to meet people in Kyiv and why?

Yevgeniy Beloshenko student “I like meeting new people, and as for me, festivals are the best place to meet interesting people and get acquainted. I travel a lot and don’t spend much time in one place. At festivals, everybody there has common interests, so it’s like you’re already connected.”

BR E T T OU S L E Y

Roger Wright’s article about marriage agencies being a scam (Kyiv Post, May 27, “American comes up empty-handed in 10-year search for Ukrainian wife”) is absolutely true and I should know. I have lived in Kyiv and run a marriage agency for almost 10 years.

The marriage agency industry is a scam industry that makes lawyers look like angels.

What Wright mentioned is just the proverbial tip of the iceberg. He wrote that the agencies are full of “professional daters” and “no quality Ukrainian women would use an agency.” Why would an agency want genuine women? Real women, most times, will not want to meet a client because they do not see him as a potential future husband. What the agencies want are “ringers” and what Wright calls “professional daters.”

Ringers will always want to meet with the client.

Why? Because they are getting paid to meet the client of course! This is not to mention that the agency will make money for the introduction too. With real girls, it is hard for the agency to arrange meetings and get paid. Ringers don’t have any intention of marrying the client. But she will want him to take her to bars and restaurants that she could never afford, as well as take him on a big spending spree.

I know you frequently see foreign men trailing two meters behind some beauty in the local shopping centers with arms full of her bags. Also, they pretend to be boyfriend and girlfriend, so that when the client returns to his home country he will send her several hundred dollars each month. If the lady has several “boyfriends” like this, she is making a good living!

What is alarming is the result of scamming agencies. What is being scammed from the man? Money is important, but what is really getting scammed is the man’s chance at finding happiness and building a family. His life is literally being stolen from him. The real tragedy is the collateral damage.

By scamming this man, the agency is keeping him from meeting a nice Ukrainian lady. The agency is also stealing the ladies’ future and happiness. If the lady has children, they are stealing the chance of the lady having a father and a happy family.

Lastly, because people are not finding each other, children that would have been born from the resulting happy family are never being created!

That is precisely why I started my agency almost 10 years ago. I was being scammed A to Z and saw men getting scammed around me. I have created a real agency with real ladies. My wife Alla and I have dedicated our lives to helping men and women just like Roger. I am proud to say we have hundreds of happy couples and many new babies born!

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For those men -- and I meet a lot of them --- who “buy” the ladies and then get upset when they don’t get their “money’s” worth, I can only say: I’m sorry, I wish you had taken my advice.

No agency can make a claim that the ladies on their site are sincere. I don’t make such a claim. I can only advise the men on how to deal with the ladies and what to do if “money” becomes an issue. I have removed many ladies and men from my site because of “money” issues. Typically, the men will make the offer to the lady and the lady, having no money, will accept it. I have never seen a poor person reject money from anyone.

It is very unprofessional to classify all agencies as scam agencies. Take time and research a site. Look at their engagement photos. Make sure the site is current and contact the owner. And most important: don’t send a stranger money.

If you want to buy a lady, there are agencies for that.

When looking for marriage, treat the lady the same as you would treat a lady to whom your mother introduced you.

I’ve been married for 10 years and have two children with my Ukrainian wife. Here is my advice: 1. Keep the wallet closed.

2. Treat the lady the same as you would any lady from your hometown.

3. Go looking for a best friend. Once you find her, then marry her. I did.

4. Follow the top head and not the bottom head in making decision about a lady.

5. Don’t use a website that doesn’t provide you with the owners' name and phone number.

6. Use google.com to research any site or lady for comments.

I hope this helps.

Kevin Hayes lives in Florida with his wife who is from Kherson, Ukraine. Their dating agency website is at http://www.khersongirls.com/index.htm

Sergiy Omelchenko engineer “I usually meet new people on the streets or in social networks.

Social networks are the easiest way for me because you can find out what are the interests of the person and find some common ground to get acquainted. As for people on the streets, you know nothing about them, so it’s sometimes hard to start conversation and make friends.”

Nastya Skrypka student “I usually meet new people through the Internet.

People there are more open. They are not afraid that anyone will judge them. So it’s easier to meet with anyone you want and not to feel shy.

During summer, I also like getting acquainted on the streets because people are more cheerful and open, and spend more time outside.”

Olena Pokas homemaker “I’m meeting new people mostly through social networks, especially through dating websites, because I spend a lot of my time on the Internet. I met my boyfriend with the help of a dating website, so I’m sure now that it’s the best place to meet new people.”

Emilia Dubrovska pensioner “At my age, I’m not making new acquaintances any more. To meet new people you should be involved in some social activity or visit some places like cinemas and theatres. Today, it is way too expensive for me. When I was young, the best place to meet new people was at work.”

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Billionaire looks abroad to expand travel empire

BY S V I T L A N A T U C H YN S KA TUCHYNSKA@KYIVPOST.COM

Owning at least half of the nation's aviation market, Ukrainian billionaire Ihor Kolomoisky is now expanding his European holdings.

According to the Danish newspaper Borsen, Kolomoisky, whom they call the “mystery Ukrainian billionaire,” is buying Danish low-cost carrier Cimber Sterling.

The newspaper’s sources in the Danish government claim that the billionaire plans to join Cimber Sterling with another low-cost carrier, Swedish Skyways, which he bought in December.

Neither company is willing to confirm anything. “We are in negotiations with several investors… But we cannot disclose their names yet,” said Jacob Krogsgaard, CEO of Cimber Sterling.

The Kyiv Post was not able to reach Ihor Kolomoisky. Despite the lack of official confirmation, stocks of Cimber Sterling are up recently.

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Ihor Kolomoisky

In December, it was widely reported that Kolomoisky bought struggling Swedish low-cost carrier Skyways.

The official new owner is Manswell Enterprises Limited, a Cyprus company which is said to be owned by Kolomoisky.

ÆOn the move OLGA POGREBENNYK joined the Kyiv office of AstapovLawyers, a Ukrainian law firm, as an associate specializing in international arbitration and litigation.

Prior to joining AstapovLawyers, Pogrebennyk worked as a lawyer at the Kyiv City Council law department and interned at a number of leading Indian law firms, in particular Rajinder Narain & Co, as well as at international law firm India Juris.

Pogrebennyk holds a master’s degree in law and a Ph.D. in political sciences from Kyiv’s Taras Shevchenko National University.

Lars-Ake Bertilsson, the CEO of Skyways, while not talking about Kolomoisky, said that the airline is expanding under new ownership.

“We are increasing our business with new routes to Norway and the Baltics and just recently we acquired another Swedish Operator, City Airline, that will complement our route network in a very good way,” Bertilsson said.

Bertilsson says the company has big expansion plans, but would not disclose details yet.

Kolomoisky already owns three carriers in Ukraine – Aerosvit, Dniproavia and Donbasaero. Together they constitute 48.5 percent of the Ukrainian market. He is also believed to own another Ukrainian carrier, Windrose, which he denies. The company is owned by two Cyprus companies, two Kyiv companies and one from Dnipropetrovsk.

Kyiv Post staff writer Svitlana Tuchynska can be reached at tuchynska@kyivpost.com

Putin says West’s actions increased energy prices MOSCOW, (Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on June 7 the West was largely responsible for high energy prices, citing unrest in North Africa and the U.S.led invasion of Iraq in 2003.

“It is not we who are creating conditions that lead to price growth in global markets,” said Putin, who has repeatedly accused the United States and its allies of undermining global stability over the past decade.

“Who is doing North Africa? Us? No. Who is doing Iraq? Us? No? ... We have nothing to do with it,” Putin said after talks with his Ukrainian counterpart Mykola Azarov, who expressed dissatisfaction at the prices Ukraine pays for Russian gas.

At a news conference with Azarov, Putin defended the pricing mechanisms used in existing agreements with Ukraine and said resource-rich Russia, which relies heavily on energy exports, was not setting global prices.

He also lashed out at speculators.

“Is it we who speculate on the market, where only 12 percent of trade is physical volumes (and) the rest is

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin

just paper?”

As president in 2003, Putin vehemently opposed the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, where Russia had stakes in oil fields.

He has also been a vocal critic of the NATO-led air strikes against Muammar Gaddafi’s forces in Libya.

Putin has criticized U.S. efforts to promote democracy abroad, accusing the United States of meddling in the internal affairs of Russia and other countries in order to advance its own geopolitical aims.

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OLEG TRYKOZ was appointed director of development at the Ukrainian office of BDO, an international audit and consulting firm. Trykoz will be responsible for attracting new and retaining existing customers, marketing of audit and other services provided by the company, competitiveness, for the formation and maintenance of the company’s image and BDO brand.

Trykoz has 15 years experience in banking. He was in charge of a Dnipropetrovsk branch of OTP Bank and headed the representative office of European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in Eastern Ukraine.

Trykoz completed an engineering degree at Dnipropetrovsk State University and an economics degree at the State Mining Academy.

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Before joining ArcelorMittal, Schetinin held the position of chief executive officer at Suha Balka, an iron mining complex in Kryviy Rih. His exploration surveys, inventory preparations, construction of large underground complexes, extraction of raw materials, processing, enrichment, finished products sale, reorganization of internal reporting process and business-planning.

Shetitin has previously worked as the main specialist of mining production management at Evraz Group, one of Russia’s largest steel groups. Schetinin completed a mining engineering degree at Moscow Geological Survey University.

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Business Sense

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Hydrofracking for shale gas stirs environmental worries With the price of Russian natural gas set to skyrocket from around $300 per 1,000 cubic meters to $400 or more by the end of this year, the need to explore Ukraine’s shale gas resources with the help of foreign companies is becoming more and more urgent.

Ukraine, according to different estimates, has two to 30 trillion cubic meters of shale gas – a type of natural gas trapped in rocks beneath the earth’s surface. If Ukraine did have 30 trillion cubic meters of the shale gas, it would be enough to satisfy the demand for gas in Ukraine for 600 years.

International oil and gas majors Chevron, Shell, Exxon Mobil and TNKBP have shown interest in exploring shale gas in western Ukraine and coal bed methane in Donetsk Oblast using hydraulic fracturing – or hydrofracking -- a controversial technology that has helped the U.S. become a world leader.

However, the technology raises serious environmental concerns, including pollution of water sources, such as rivers and underground aquifers.

The Ukrainian government is taking necessary steps to ensure that legislation favorable to these international companies is in place. However, it has made little effort so far to establish strict regulations for hydrofracking in order to protect the Ukrainian environment and people from possible negative consequences.

The involvement of foreign companies in extracting Ukrainian shale gas is important because they have the necessary technologies and experience, and the funds to invest in researching shale gas deposits. The primary hurdle on their way to the Ukrainian gas market is unfavorable tax legislation for foreign investors.

Parliament passed tax laws in May

that will make the Ukrainian gas market attractive for foreign companies. A Canadian company Transeuro Energy Corp. has already taken advantage of them by testing a well in the “Karlivske-101” deposit and is going to use vertical drilling and hydrofracking to extract gas.

The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources asked the deputies of Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk and Ternopil oblast councils to allow the foreign companies to extract shale gas. They were asked to pass a few resolutions about the technical and ecological regulations of shale gas extraction that will also become criteria for the tender. The deputies of these regions, however, are not acquainted with hydrofracking and need to study the technology before passing resolutions.

Hydrofracking is part of a new drilling method that involves injecting a mixture of millions of liters of water, sand and chemicals into a well to keep fractures in the rock open and allow gas trapped in shale or coal to come up to the surface. The well has a cement casing to protect groundwater from contamination. The waste water, or produced water, that comes up to the surface is stored in a pit.

But there are possibilities for contamination. Fractures made by the blasting of the mixture can connect to natural fractures that can go up to the surface or into the groundwater, potentially contaminating water or air with gas, which can escape via these routes.

Another possible reason for contamination is that the pressure of injecting the mixture can be so high that the cement casing breaks, allowing the gas to escape through cracks. The greater the depth of the gas deposits, the greater the pressure required. Deposits

View of a drilling rig exploring for shale gas in the eastern Polish village of Grzebowilk on April 27.

Initial estimates suggest Poland and Ukraine have huge reserves of shale gas. Both nations hope development of the sector will boost national energy security. (AFP)

in Ukraine are deeper than in the U.S. The waste water, which could contain chemicals, is a further problem. It is stored in a pit until it is moved to a sewage water treatment facility, but if it stays outside for a long time, it can evaporate or leak into the environment if heavy rain floods the pit.

Furthermore, most of the chemical mixture remains underground, posing unknown risks to the environment and people’s health.

A study by U.S. scientists published in May showed that methane gas levels in water wells close to the drilling zone were 17 times higher than in areas further away. The U.S. Department of Interior said that the concentration of methane was “dangerous and requires urgent hazard mitigation. The scientists, from Duke University, concluded there was a link between the gas

extraction and water contamination.

In 2005, the U.S. Congress exempted hydrofracking from most environmental regulation, meaning that oil and gas companies could use hydrofracking without being responsible for the consequences. Since that year, the number of reported water contaminations has increased dramatically. Water in some people’s wells and houses is so polluted that it bursts into flames when lit.

Because of the failure of national lawmakers to regulate hydrofracking, many states are conducting their own studies and recommending appropriate regulations. These states have been avoiding the most serious problems by imposing strict regulations.

If Ukraine considers using hydrofracking, it should first adopt some of these regulations: First, companies should be obliged to

disclose all fluids and chemicals used during hydraulic fracturing. Although the effect of some of the chemicals on the environment is unknown, it’s important to know what they are for future studies.

Second, the pressure of injected fluid should be reported, and allowed only at safe levels.

Third, thick, high-quality cement casings should be installed to protect groundwater from contamination.

Fourth, the method of storing waste water should be reported, and it should be transported for treatment within a short period. This pit should be constructed in a way that will protect the environment from leakages.

These measures are particularly important as the government plans to permit hydrofracking in western Ukraine, a region that is known for its pure mineral water and health resorts visited by many tourists. Any water contamination caused by hydrofracking could endanger these industries.

It seems like everything is in place for Ukraine to lessen its dependence on Russian gas: the tax laws are fixed, the coal bed methane and shale gas deposits are promising, and the foreign investors are eager to invest millions of dollars in exploring these resources.

The Ukrainian government is gaining foreign experience of shale gas extraction through hydrofracking and is ready to rely on foreign technologies and experts.

But the final piece in the jigsaw – learning from the U.S. experience with hydrofracking and passing certain regulations to prevent environmental problems – must not be forgotten.

Oksana Polhuy is researching the consequences of hydrofracking at DePauw University in Indiana. She can be reached at oksanapolhuy_2014@depauw.edu

Gazprom won’t cut Ukraine’s gas price; Azarov talks up energy independence (Staff and wire reports) Ukraine’s attempts to secure a cheaper price for natural gas from Russia failed again this week, with the Kremlin continuing to play hardball.

The refusal by Russia to offer Ukraine a discount comes as relations between the countries turn increasingly prickly, with Kyiv so far resisting pressure from Moscow to join its customs union, despite much cajoling and offers of cheaper gas in exchange for membership.

On a visit to Moscow on June 7, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov repeated complained that the rising price of Russian gas was damaging Ukraine’s economy, still limping after it crashed during the financial crisis.

But Russia showed no signs of budging. Nonetheless, on June 9, Azaroz sounded upbeat and announced the formation of a negotiating team, say-

ing: “We are confident that the talks will be positive.”

Azarov also told Russian Information Agency News (RIA Novosti) that Ukraine is taking measures to diversify its energy supplies away from a dependence on Russia, Azarov said on June 8.

"The energy prices we are dealing with are not, in my opinion, the best for us, so we are taking very serious steps to ensure energy supplies from other countries," Azarov said.

Ukraine is paying $295.6 per 1,000 cubic meters of Russian gas in the second quarter and expects to pay $350 in the third quarter.

However, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin told Azarov at the Moscow meeting that the agreements, which he reached with the previous Ukrainian government of Yulia Tymoshenko, should be followed.

Ukraine’s current government has

provided little public indication of what it could offer its neighbor in return.

A discount was sealed last year in exchange for allowing Russia’s Black Sea Fleet to remain based at the Ukrainian port of Sevastopol until 2042. Russia has made several public suggestions as to what could secure a cheaper price – merging the two countries’ state energy companies, handing over Ukraine’s gas pipelines that carry 80 percent of Russian gas to Europe, or Kyiv joining a customs union which Russia has established with Belarus and Kazakhstan.

But the Ukrainian government has balked at these offers and is instead pursuing a free-trade agreement with Europe, which would preclude membership in the Russian-led union.

Putin also urged Ukraine to choose its customs union rather than join a free trade zone with the European Union.

Analysts expect Ukraine to continue pushing for a cheaper gas price, but with little hope unless officials sweeten any deal.

“Despite Gazprom’s unwavering stance, we expect Ukraine to continue demanding more favorable gas supply terms, but think it will achieve little without offering some significant concessions,” wrote Dragon Capital business analysts.

Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller also told reporters on June 6 the company would not consider revising the gas price.

“We are not going to invent any kind of new (pricing) formula for anyone or link it to (the price) of any other type of fuel,” Miller told journalists in Russia’s Black Sea resort town of Sochi.

Ukraine, through which 80 percent of Russian gas flows to Europe, has been trying for months to renegotiate the price of its imports of Russian gas and also wants to raise the price for the

transit of gas to the European Union as it comes under threat from the new Nord Stream pipeline.

Azarov said earlier on June 6: “If the price of gas has risen, that should be reflected in transit fees.”

Gazprom’s Miller said last month the company would redirect around 20 billion cubic meters of gas currently transited through Ukraine to Nord Stream, which would carry gas under the Baltic Sea to Germany. It is slated to start operation this fall.

Last year 95.4 billion cubic meters of Russian gas crossed Ukraine into Europe, and at current rates analysts estimate that Ukraine stands to lose $700 million if Russia cuts 20 billion cubic meters.

Price disputes between Moscow and Kyiv have in the past led to disruption of gas supplies in winter through pipelines across Ukraine to consumers in the European Union.

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Microsoft: Technology key to corruption fight

Visitors check out the newly opened Gap store in Kyiv on June 8. (Alex Furman)

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Adidas

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Ecco

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Collin’s

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Nike

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Columbia

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Zara

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Sela

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Puma Ostin

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Reebok

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After three years of eyeing the Ukrainian market, global casual wear giant Gap opened its first store in the nation on June 8. The U.S.-based company picked a prime retail spot on Kyiv’s main street of Khreshchatyk.

Amid stagnating sales in the highly saturated North American market, Gap has been repositioning its brand internationally by modernizing its signature look amid plans to close 200 stores worldwide by 2013. It plans to convert some to discount outlets, leveraging these with expansion of international and online sales.

Ukraine, with 45 million people, represents one of the largest and fastest growing retail markets in Europe. With few international players present, Gap’s market entry appears to be timed well for its international strategy.

“It’s an exciting time for Ukraine … and Ukraine has a very fashion-conscious consumer culture,” said Stefan Laban, franchising manager for Gap’s international unit. “One reason why we came right now is having the right real estate and right store, which makes a statement.”

Ukraine’s total retail market sales in 2010 were $66 billion, with $8.5 billion in Kyiv alone, according to NIKO Asset Management, based in the capital.

Laban said that he has received “really good feedback” from Ukrainian online consumers who he said appear drawn to the American aesthetic of modern laidback wear.

Two more Gap stores are lined up, another one in Kyiv and one in Dnipropetrovsk by the end of the year.

While Gap’s domestic stores are struggling – the company’s net sales in 2010 were down $1.3 billion from 2006 – it has emphasized more trendy products in addition to its perennial pieces that include chinos, jeans and white shirts.

In recent years, it has participated in high-end collaborations with renowned designers to push the brand’s offerings in new directions. It has had dresses designed by Roland Mouret, and last season it worked with Italian couture house Valentino, where signature Gap khakis were embellished with ruffles and zips.

The 836 square-meter store in Kyiv has the mainstay khakis and white shirts plus more trendy “black pants”, a “perfect trouser” to go with women’s

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The way to end corruption and speed economic development in Ukraine may lie in technology -- especially the emerging field of “cloud computing.”

At least that was the pitch from Orlando Ayala, chairman of emerging markets for Microsoft, who was in Kyiv this week to speak about the role communication technology will play in Ukraine’s future. He believes Ukraine’s relatively good educational system and large number of software developers are factors that could make the country a key player in the international technology market. But to move forward, the country must change the way it does things.

“You can have all the technology in the world, but if you don’t have the political willingness to change policy and produce reform, it’s very hard to make this jump,” Ayala said.

Recommendations for exactly what steps Ukraine should take are outlined in a report put together by Microsoft under Ayala’s supervision. Ayala presented these ideas to presidential chief of staff Serhiy Lyovochkin in a June 8 meeting. The next step, Ayala said, is actually implementing policy that will make this possible.

Improved information and communication technology is the best way to both further government transparency and help Ukraine become more competitive in global markets, according to the Microsoft report. Cooperation between private and public sectors is necessary to bring Ukraine up to date with access to Internet and communication technology in the future.

“Cloud computing” -- an emerging technology that would centralize all government data on the Internet -- is the best way for governments to maximize efficiency and transparency, according to Ayala. With “cloud computing,” citizens can easily access public information from all sectors of the government.

This should also increase efficiency in paperwork reduction and communications that, Ayala believes, will lead to less corruption within government.

Several countries have already started using technology to speed efficiency. In the United States, The Office of E-Government and Information Technology is dedicated to improving public access to information. In February, the U.S. government established a “Cloud First” policy to begin streamlining government information technology resources using cloud computing.

If Ukraine is to develop a successful e-government plan, it needs to specify a political entity that is responsible for information technology, according to the Microsoft report. Government should also improve access to computers and information-technology education in primary schools and secondary schools and provide training to all public sector workers.

Ayala was optimistic about Ukraine’s future, but said that progress will only take place when government commits specific funding and oversight to its technology goals. “I have very serious doubts that you can actually make progress unless you commit yourself to use technology to enable the changes in public policy,” he said.

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lingerie and sleepwear, the latter of which Gap doesn’t offer in many of its North American stores, said Laban.

Although Gap usually targets the 25-to 30-year-old demographic, Laban said Gap offers something for everyone.

The store also has baby and kids clothing that Laban said should appeal to consumers with their “entirely new colors, design, look and competitive pricing.”

The franchising manager said Gap offers competitive prices in comparison to other clothing retailers in Ukraine.

According to a late 2010 Gfk Ukraine market study of Kyivans, 16 percent of respondents said they purchase clothes or footwear in brand-name shops.

In the same study, 39 percent said they prefer Collin’s, 28 percent prefer Columbia and 24 percent prefer Sela, all casual wear retailers.

Last year international and online sales made up 22 percent of Gap’s $14.7 billion in sales. It plans to make up 30 percent of that share by 2013 and plans to reach 400 franchised stores by 2012, up from the current 180.

The Kyiv Gap store is franchised to Turkey’s Fiba Holding A.S., which also manages the company’s locations in Turkey (Gap and Banana Republic) and Russia (Gap brand).

The reason for Gap’s growing overseas success, experts say, is that the product and stores appear new and novel to consumers abroad.

Started in 1969, the San Franciscobased company has 3,100 company-operated stores and 180 franchise stores. It has 520 stores in 32 countries.

Kyiv Post staff writer Mark Rachkevych can be reached at rachkevych@kyivpost. com.

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June 10, 2011

One year before games: Will Ukraine be ready? Æ1

The first match kicks off in Warsaw on June 8, 2012; Ukraine hosts its first game in Kyiv a day later.

“This is the hardest diplomatic experience I’ve ever had,” Lubkivsky said in an interview just one year before the soccer tournament starts. “On the one hand, I’m a Ukrainian patriot, I was born in this country…, on the other, I have to represent UEFA’s interests.”

All the hard work is paying off with a resounding vote of confidence on June 7 from Lubkivsky's UEFA boss.

“Thanks to the commitments made by all concerned parties in Ukraine, our doubts have been wiped out,” said Gianni Infantino, UEFA general secretary.

Besides working closely with government officials, Lubkivsky works with the four host cities of Lviv, Kyiv, Kharkiv and Donetsk on a variety of difficult issues. There are currently 57 UEFA-mandated projects in the pipeline, ranging from transportation, accommodation and venues to safety and security.

“The only opportunity to succeed

UEFA Euro 2012 soccer championship calendar Date

Event 2011

June 8

One year to kickoff

Sept. 2,3 and 6

Qualifying matches

Oct. 7, 8, and 11

Qualifying matches

Oct. 13

Playoff draw

Nov. 11, 12

Qualifying playoffs

Nov. 15

Qualifying playoffs

Dec. 12

Final draw in Kyiv 2012

Feb. 29

100 days to kickoff

June 8

Games kick off in Warsaw

June 9

Games kick off in Kyiv

July 1

Final match in Kyiv

Source: Union of European Football Associations

and survive is to find a way to communicate to different groups and to be the go-between,” Lubkivsky said. “I’m this kind of manager.”

Ukraine’s preparations faced setbacks because of the global economic crisis that cut the nation’s gross domestic product 15 percent in 2009, requiring the nation to turn to the International Monetary Fund for a $16 billion bailout.

Coupled with the political deadlock between ex-President Viktor Yushchenko and ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, Ukraine wasn’t moving forward as fast with Euro 2012 preparations as UEFA would have liked.

Consequently, Ukraine was in danger of losing its position as a co-host as construction projects stalled and UEFA’s trust waned.

“This period of preparation was extremely hard,” said the 40-year-old Lviv native. “This is a unique and new project for Ukraine. We've never organized something like this.”

But two years later and 28 kilograms lighter, Lubkivsky said the worst is behind him – and Ukraine.

Once President Viktor Yanukovych took office on Feb. 25, 2010, the government shifted into high gear to overhaul its creaking Soviet infrastructure. Construction of new roads, hotels, airports and stadiums took off, at a cost of several billions of dollars in public and private money.

Medical personnel, police officers and customs and border guards are learning English. Up to 12,000 volunteers are being recruited in the host cities, 2,500 of whom UEFA will manage.

“I think we’ve overcome all major problems…I’m absolutely confident we’re on track,” Lubkivsky said.

“They [previous government officials] lost a lot of time and these guys [in the current government] aren’t happy because they have to run, they’re in a tunnel and the train is coming.

A farmer grazes his cows in front of a 30,000-seat football stadium under construction in Lviv on June 7. One year before it hosts the biggest event in its two decades of independence, Ukraine is showing signs that it will be ready.

While construction of stadiums in Lviv and Kyiv remains sluggish, backers are confident. “Ukraine is ready. There is no chance it will not be ready,” said Kharkiv billionaire Oleksandr Yaroslavsky. (AFP)

And I understand them. Things are very complicated … they really have no time,” Lubkivsky said of the huge tasks ahead.

UEFA wants to start leasing the four stadiums in each host city by next May. Euro 2012 tourists are expected to start trickling in by that time. According to UEFA ticketing statistics, Dutch, Russians and Germans favored matches in Kharkiv and Doenetsk while Poles expressed interest in Lviv. Ukrainians and Poles purchased roughly 80 percent of the 580,000 tickets made available to the general public.

At least 700,000 visitors are expected to visit Ukraine between June 8 and July 1, 2012.

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November. That is when it is scheduled to play a friendly match against Germany.

Kyiv plans to finish its international airport terminal D by December, while

Donetsk is still working on having enough hotel rooms available. Kharkiv still needs to improve roads in the city, install signage with Latin letters and bolster the number of five-star hotels.

Lviv is building a new arena, which is more than 50 percent completed, and still needs to improve the 80 kilometer road to Truskavets where tourists will stay to make up for the shortage of hotel rooms in Lviv.

“These are open issues … but we’re focused. …The most important thing is not finalizing construction but to make everything operational in time,” said Lubkivsky.

He’s got one year left, as of June 8, with the clock ticking. Asked what he plans on doing after Euro 2012, Lubkivsky said he’ll “take a very long vacation.”

Kyiv Post staff writer Mark Rachekvych can be reached at rachkevych@kyivpost. com.

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Tyahnybok: Conflict between rich, poor Æ1 Old-fashioned Stalin methods of intimidation are in use.

KP: Speaking about the May 9 Victory Day clashes between your supporters and those waving Soviet flags. There are witnesses and photos which prove that some members of Svoboda were hitting people and throwing stones.

OT: There were probably only 20 percent of Svoboda members among people who gathered in Lviv. Mainly they were Svoboda members of local councils. The rest of the crowd were Lviv dwellers who have nothing to do with Svoboda. May 9 was a clearcut message for those in power. They have to understand that if they do not follow the law and their own court’s orders – then Svoboda or no Svoboda, the street will have its say. We do not radicalize society, as some accuse us of. Officials radicalize society with their nonsensical actions: when they raise prices, introduce such a [punitive] tax code, pension reform. When a person is hungry and sees no future for the children, what will he or she do? Sit and wait for death to come?

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KP: Svoboda has a council majority in three oblasts of the country and the mayoral seat in Ternopil. What do these people do? Many have the impression all you do is self-promotion?

OT: Svoboda takes very concrete action. And that is the reason we are being pressured. We implemented public hearings in local councils and all the decisions about property selling and renting go through those hearings. For the first time in the history of Ukrainian local governance, we put the list of Lviv Oblast communal property online. It stopped stealing and embezzlement immediately. Authorities do not like that. So they pressure us. The most important thing for us now is to stand up to the pressure.

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Journalists celebrate with trek to Yanukovych’s luxury estate

KP: Svoboda is often accused of being sponsored by Party of Regions for playing the bad guy and creating the illusion of the opposition…

OT: Svoboda did not start in 2011; we started 20 years ago. And back

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The 60 journalists came, looked, nearly got run over by a speeding presidential motorcade and then left – all without succeeding in their mission to see the inside of President Viktor Yanukovych’s Mezhyhirya luxury estate.

Kyiv journalists chose the morning of June 6, the professional Day of Journalists holiday in Ukraine, to pay Yanukovych a visit and remind him of his year-old, unfulfilled promise to open the doors to Mezhyhirya and let the public see how he lives.

Yanukovych made the promise – perhaps impulsively and perhaps insincerely, as events have shown – during a press conference at which he was trying to deflect questions about how a multi-million-dollar state-owned estate ended up under his private control for his private use.

The visit 15 kilometers north of the capital was the idea of the Stop Censorship movement.

A series of investigative articles by the Ukrainska Pravda website chronicled how companies close to Yanukovych took control of the 140-hectare residence through complicated schemes and paying a small price for it. Earlier this year, the Kyiv Post reported that two firms close to Yanukovych’s inner circle in 2010 alone imported goods worth nearly $20 million, allegedly to make the living easier at Mezhyhirya.

After journalists informed local authorities about the planned picket, a court issued a ruling banning pickets in the village on the grounds that “it would bother the locals.”

The journalists went anyway. Although the state security (1) near the entrance to the residence was quite relaxed, even allowing journalists to peak into the residence over its gates (3). However, the journalists never got to meet the president. Around 9 a.m., Yanukovych took off from his place and whizzed past reporters in his high-speed, four-car motorcade.

Instead, presidential press secretary Darka Chepak stopped to greet the journalists by attempting to give out flowers (2) and tempt them with a huge cake. Later in the day, Yanukovych reaffirmed his promise to invite journalists to Mezhyhirya “when the time comes,” but noted he’s a very busy man.

Kyiv Post staff writer Yuriy Onyskhiv can be reached at onyshkyiv@kyivpost.com

Key facts about Oleh Tyahnybok: Personal: Born in Lviv on Nov. 7, 1968; married to physician Olha Tyahnybok; three children.

1991: Joins Svoboda Party.

1993: Graduates from Lviv Medical Institute as a surgeon.

1991-1994: Head of Lviv student union.

1993-1996: Surgeon in Lviv emergency care hospital.

1994-1998 Member of Lviv Oblast Council from Svoboda.

1998-2002: Elected to the Verkhovna Rada (with Social National Party of Ukraine) 1999: Receives law degree from Lviv National University.

2002: Re-elected to parliament as part of Our Ukraine, former President Viktor Yushchenko bloc.

2004 – Expelled from faction for “xenophobic statements,” such as Ukraine needs to be cleared of “Russians, kikes [derogatory term for Jews]…and other evil.”

2004 – Becomes head of Svoboda Party.

2006 – Losses parliamentary re-election 2010 – Elected to Lviv Oblast Council, where he heads Svoboda faction.

Svoboda leader Oleh Tyahnybok attends Stepan Bandera commemoration rally in Kyiv on Oct. 14, 2009. (Yaroslav Debelyi)

then we had the same principles, the same values. Nobody accused us of playing for somebody then. We have a newspaper where we print two posters from 1942-1943 about [Stepan] Bandera [leader of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalist until his death in 1959]. The first one was a Soviet poster and it said that Bandera was playing for Hitler. Another one was a Nazi and said that Bandera serves Stalin and Russia. These are typical manipulations. By the way, I don’t think Svoboda is playing for the Party of Regions more than the Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko [led by the ex-prime minister] and Our Ukraine [founded by former president Viktor Yushchenko] who supply the ruling coalition with votes every week.

KP: Speaking about votes. After very impressive results in 2010, what are your goals for the 2012 parliament elections?

OT: First of all we have no law on the elections yet. The biggest problem of this law might be that only parties represented in parliament will have the right to form election commissions.

In this case, we will have the same situation as last year when these parties stole other parties’ votes, including ours. Our goal is to form a faction in parliament. If this happens, it will be the first time in Ukrainian history that nationalists have their faction.

KP: Have recent events influenced Svoboda’s popularity?

OT: We are growing, especially after May 9 [Victory Day clashes]. I just spoke to the head of the Kyiv party division.

He says the number of people willing to enter the party has tripled. We've also grown in eastern and central regions.

During our recent protest in Lviv, 80 percent of people who showed up were not organized by us. People are ready to stand up, ready to protest. This is the most important thing.

KP: Despite the growth, ultraright parties usually do not have support from the majority of people.

OT: Absolutely false. Take Finland.

Nationalists practically won parliament elections. Take Scotland where nationalists have a majority in parliament.

Hungary – second biggest faction in parliament. Belgium, France. French leader of National Front, Marine Le Pen, with whom I met recently, is leading in polls.

KP: Why do you think nationalists are growing in Europe now?

OT: People feel financially insecure.

And people are unhappy with globalization destroying their national identity. Until liberals kept the illusion of a

rich life, nobody wanted to speak about it. But now it became clear that it was a soap bubble. Plus illegal immigration is threatening Europe.

KP: While you are usually quite politically correct, some Svoboda members make contradictory statements. Iryna Farion [Lviv Oblast lawmaker from Svoboda] accused children in kindergarten of having non-Ukrainian names.

Is this her personal initiative or the position of the party?

OT: I have a daughter named Daryna. And I will never call her Dasha [Russian version of Daryna]. All members of the party agree with Farion. If you name your child Jokonda or Misha – it’s alright, but everyone should know this name has no Ukrainian roots. As a political party we have to promote everything Ukrainian.

KP: Another contradictory idea of Svoboda is the nuclear status of Ukraine. Why would we need this?

OT: Back in 1994 Ukraine gave up its nuclear weapons in return for guarantees from the United States, Britain and Russia. They promised to protect us from any external enemy, not to intervene within our domestic issues.

But neither of them kept the promise, especially Russia. So what we should do is to sign a new agreement with USA and Britain. No shallow promises this time. We suggest they help us to secure our borders, finance our military sphere and place anti -missile defense system in Ukraine. If they refuse – then we have no choice but to consider obtaining nuclear status again. This is the only way we can protect our country.

KP: What do you think about the idea, voiced by some intellectuals, that Ukraine would be better off if it would become a federation or split into autonomous parts?

OT: If we start playing with federalism and autonomy we will lose the country. Obviously many of our neighbors are interested in that. There are no reasons for separatism – Ukrainians constitute 78 percent of this country and people are the same in all regions.

Despite the fact that half of the country was under Russia and half under Poland and Hungary, I can assure you people I meet in Lviv, Kharkiv, Chernihiv, Crimea and elsewhere are the same and have 99 percent of the same problems. There is no division between east and west. There is a division between rich thieves and common people.

Kyiv Post staff writer Svitlana Tuchynska can be reached at tuchynska@kyvipost.com

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June 10, 2011

Shevchuk says youth key to expanding Greek Catholics Æ1 Church has become. Followers span from Ukraine into the Americas, yet trace their roots mostly from western Ukraine. “Our church is a very strong and respected church in the world,â€?

Shevchuk said. At the same time, “today we are looked at perhaps with some distrust because of certain stereotypes that the Soviet regime formed, but I think with large respect.�

The church – which preached to a largely nationalistic and anti-communist population – was banned during the Soviet period, with many priests arrested, deported and sent to labor camps in Siberia. Although it continued to exist underground for decades, it was aggressively attacked in the Soviet media.

Another important impression is that people are looking to the church for stability, not only as an institution but as a defender of Ukrainian statehood. “Ukraine as a state is going through a very tumultuous time,â€? Shevchuk said. “Perhaps our people are tired of the storm. ‌What the regular Ukrainian, and perhaps what all people in Ukraine, are awaiting from our church is to be a foundation for Ukrainian society and Ukrainian independence. Perhaps we with our presence will give a certain stability.â€?

To create that stability, high on the church’s agenda will be to reach out to young people. “There is something [we can] learn from Pope John Paul II,� Shevchuk said.

The recently beautified and Polishborn pontiff had a long history of outreach to young people and the disaffected during his 26-year tenure of as head of the Catholic Church. His jamborees with young people, held throughout the world, drew millions. “These meetings should always stimulate some common action,â€? Shevchuk said. “In fact, these weren’t meetings to calm everyone. ‌These were meetings to say – Do it!â€?

In as much as he plans to use social networking tools to reach out to youth, Shevchuk said it was important for the

Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, the new head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, blesses people in Kyiv on April 24. (Ukrainian photo/Valentyn Ohyrenko)

church to nurture human contacts.

The world may be more globalized, but in that process, people have built their own communities which often shut out larger society, creating isolation. “We have a need for a united community,� he said.

Shevchuk said he hopes to build on his experience in Argentina, where he headed the church before becoming archbishop. There, communities, some remote and without regular priests, would meet periodically. The number of young people who attended those gatherings grew exponentially, he said. “They looked forward to those meetings‌.It was a challenge to dialogue,â€? he said.

An idea Shevchuk is entertaining is a suggestion made recently that he hold public audiences, similar to the

Æ Pope John Paul II, Sheptysky were big inuences type the pope has in Rome. “I thought, why not?â€? he said. He said it is important the church be “open.â€?

That means also being more visible to a larger world.

Shevchuk’s predecessor, Lubomyr Husar, moved the church’s headquar-

ters to Kyiv after being based in Lviv for many decades. Previous regimes had essentially relegated the church to one that only catered to western Ukrainians and its diaspora. It had, however, long been a dream for its leaders, including Sheptytsky who headed the church for over 40 years and who Shevchuk called “my protector,� for it to be based in Kyiv. “We’ve come into a new stage of building our church,� Shevchuk said. “We returned to Kyiv. We returned there and with our presence there, are beginning to build. For me, this return means the exit out of a regional status, that [everyone] always wanted to close us in.�

Shevchuk is younger than many of Ukraine’s other church leaders and that is likely to work in his favor; he

has the opportunity to truly shape the direction of the church for many years to come. Sheptytsky, for instance, with his four-decade rule made it a force to be reckoned with.

Does that mean Shevchuk could become a modern-day version of Sheptytsky?

Shevchuk smiled when reminded he could be in office a long time, but noted Ukrainians still don’t understand Sheptytsky’s “greatness.�

Liliana Hentosh, a leading Sheptytsky scholar said the metropolitan was “a big person and a person of his situation. Now it is a different era.�

Still, people want to see a leader in Shevchuk. “He will have to decide many questions. ‌The one thing to remember is that side of Sheptytsky that was his humanity. He could easily understand another person‌ But the hope is put on [Shevchuk] that he will be a worthy continuation of Sheptytsky.â€?

The Rev. Peter Galadza, a professor at the Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies in Ottawa, has known Shevchuk since the 1990s. He said the archbishop has all the qualities to become a modern-day version of the church head. “A great leader is not necessarily the one who gives people what they want, but what they need. I believe that’s the kind of leader Sviatoslav can be,� he said.

Shevchuk said he does not have all the answers to Ukraine’s problems. He clearly, however, understands how his actions are interpreted will be a reflection on the church itself. “The credit of faith our church has today, this is a certain assignment that also stands before me as the head of our church,� he said.

As for that question about being corrupted by power, Shevchuk said with a smile: “I would like to answer this question by putting forward this phrase of St. Augustine who told his faithful, ‘For you I am a bishop and along with you, I am a Christian.’�

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Rights judge: Torture common in Ukraine

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Many Ukrainians view the European Court of Human Rights as the only place to seek justice and redress of rights’ violation. Thousands of Ukrainians apply to the court every year for help. Ganna Yudkivska, a judge of the European Court of Human Rights from Ukraine, told the Kyiv Post about the most outrageous cases,

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the failure of law enforcement to protect the fundamental rights of citizens and what should be done in order to improve the legal system of Ukraine.

Kyiv Post: Have you ever examined cases of human rights violations in Ukraine?

Ganna Yudkivska: The national judge is always a member of the chamber that examines the case. That’s written in the convention. So I do participate in all the cases lodged against Ukraine except for those cases that are examined by a single judge, namely inadmissible applications.

KP: Could you name a couple of the most outstanding cases concerning violation of human rights in Ukraine?

GY: Most of the cases impress by their blatant violation of fundamental human rights. Unfortunately, the cases on torture of detainees have become common practice. One of the most shocking cases was Davydov and others v. Ukraine (2010). It revealed that special police forces were training their fighting skills on detainees in jail. The European Court of Human Rights even sent a special delegation to Ukraine on a fact-finding mission, which happens only in extraordinary situations. Speaking of recent cases, I can mention Mikhalkova v. Ukraine – the applicant’s son was brought to a detoxication center, where he was [so] ill-treated by police officers [that he died]. A very recent case – Nechyporuk and Yonkalo [v. Ukraine] -- is also worth mentioning. The court found 14 violations of the convention in the criminal proceedings against the applicant, among which were torture

and unreasoned judgment. Of course, torture in custody is not the only type of violation of human rights in Ukraine, but these are the cases that are striking by their medieval cruelty.

KP: The data of the European arbitrary chamber say that Ukraine as a defendant loses almost 97 percent of cases submitted by its citizens. Why is this number so high? Does it mean that Ukraine can’t protect the rights of its citizens?

GY: It’s not quite right. More than 80 percent of cases against Ukraine are inadmissible – they either lack substantiation or do not meet formal admissibility criteria. As for the admissible cases – indeed, the court usually finds violations. Well, yes, it means that people can’t protect their rights on a domestic level. But there is no country that can boast of a perfect legal system.

Ukraine ratified the convention 14 years ago so it didn’t have enough time to reform its legal system according to European standards. The rulings of the court that recognize violation of human rights by Ukraine should not be considered as punishment. On the contrary, they help to identify some gaps in the legislation and show ways to improve.

KP: Do you think that Ukraine has done everything possible within the framework of judicial reform in order to ensure protection of human rights on a domestic level?

GY: I think Ukraine is making its first steps in judicial reform. The priority task is to ensure real, not declarative, inde-

pendence for the judicial branch. We desperately need a new code of criminal procedure and reform of the public prosecutor’s office and to pass a new bar law. I am sure that Ukraine desperately needs to introduce trial by jury.

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KP: How would you evaluate the job of Ministry of Justice lawyers who represent Ukraine in trials in Strasbourg? If they are really good, why does Ukraine lose the cases so often?

GY: I don’t think it will be appropriate to evaluate the quality of their performance. But I always say that this department has a very noble job – these lawyers protect the state, so they are the most experienced and qualified ones. But often the violations of human rights are so obvious that they face trouble in choosing a proper defense line and finding proper arguments.

KP: Do you monitor the execution of the court’s rulings by Ukraine?

GY: No, the court doesn’t do that.

This is a task for the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe.

According to amendments introduced

by Protocol No. 14 to the convention, if the Committee of Ministers considers that a state refuses to abide by a final judgment, it may refer this issue to the court.

KP: What does the court do if Ukraine doesn’t execute the judgment? Are there any tools to make Ukraine follow the recommendations and rulings issued by the court?

GY: Those tools do exist – up to the

termination of a country’s membership in the Council of Europe, but I hope the situation won’t go as far as that.

Now Ukraine chairs the Committee of Ministers so it has to be a model for the other member countries in fulfilling its international obligations.

KP: How do other judges react to the specifics of cases coming from Ukraine?

GY: Unfortunately, we still deal with cases that the Western world has already forgotten about – failure to execute court rulings, poor conditions in jails, excessive and illegal detention. Western applicants are mostly concerned with issues that our citizens don’t even think about – like religious freedoms, euthanasia, same-sex marriages, issues like respecting some religious traditions in cooking food for inmates [of different faith]. At the same time, some cases coming from Ukraine raise very important issues for Europe.

Like one of the recent cases – Editorial Board Pravoe Delo v. Ukraine, that concerned lack of adequate safeguards in the domestic law for journalists using information obtained from the Internet. Ukrainian lawyers are getting more and more familiar with the tools of the convention, so the quality of applications submitted to the court is improving.

Tregub: Change will come Æ4 ing the daytime, for no special reason other than to proclaim they have money.

Recently there have been positive developments, like the adopted law for access to public information or the new website “Our Money” (http:// nashigroshi.org/) that analyzes the transparency of governmental tenders.

These small steps forward will hopefully help journalists to address the topic of corruption in a more effective way.

When one compares journalists in the capitals of the United States and Ukraine, differences are right on the surface.

In Ukraine, journalism is seen as a calling or as civic activism, rather than as a profession. This is why, unlike its clear-cut professional category in Washington, D.C., the journalistic class of Kyiv comprises a more broadly defined, expansive and numerous group.

When one compares high civil servants and journalists in Ukraine, their very looks already indicate that they belong to two different, even polarized strata of society.

It feels as if journalists constitute a “ghettoized” community. Unlike their counterparts in Washington, Ukrainian journalists stick to each other at conferences or receptions. This is because Ukrainian officials only rarely mingle

This clubhouse is one of many buildings in President Viktor Yanukovych’s residential-entertainment complex in Mezhyhirya. Questions remain about how a formerly state-owned property ended up in his control. (Alex Furman)

with journalists, as happens in Western societies. A climate of antagonism and mutual disrespect characterizes their relationship.

Certain officials, like for instance Party of Regions deputy Yan Tabachnik, assert that 85 percent of journalists are nothing more than slaves of their masters, and no watchdogs of democ-

racy. (http://www.pravda.com.ua/ news/2011/04/10/6092787/).

Indeed, many Ukrainian media outlets are not sustainable businesses.

They are owned by oligarchs as possessions of prestige and instruments of influence. However, recent developments in Ukrainian politics have shown that by owning a media

outlet in Ukraine can also be risky. As media owners are dependent on the government, it is hard for journalists to perform their watchdog function.

Indeed some of them are writing “paid-for” articles to supplement low salaries.

With all that criticism, one of the achievements remains of the 2004

Orange Revolution that overturned Viktor Yanukovych’s rigged presidential election. There is more solidarity among journalists now; they have become a powerful actor in Ukrainian civil society.

To be sure, most of the journalistic investigations revealing crime and corruption among Ukrainian officials are being ignored by the law enforcement agencies as well as by the accused.

Nevertheless, this journalistic work is not in vain and will have long-term consequences for Ukrainian society.

Eventually, Yanukovych will understand that it is not journalists who are jealous of him living in Mezhyhirya, but the whole Ukrainian people. Journalists are not pre-paid hit men. They represent the moods and interests of society and act as voices of the common people. There is a feeling in Ukraine’s impoverished society that power holders acquired their wealth dishonestly.

Such acute social injustice cannot last long in a relatively free country.

Even in authoritarian countries like Tunisia, journalists and citizens eventually managed to see the interior and the wealth of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali’s residence. Unfortunately, this only happened when massive protests ousted the president from the country earlier this year.

Olena Tregub is a freelance Kyiv Post correspondent in Washington, D.C.

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Secrets of Kyiv’s metro run deep

Kyiv metro workers are always on guard for late-night thrill seekers, like Dmytro (L) and his friend (above). They are mainly young people who like to sneak into the tunnels looking for adventure after the last trains have stopped their routes about midnight. (Courtesy)

BY K AT E RY N A PA N OVA PANOVA@KYIVPOST.COM

When the last subway train has rumbled down the tunnel, the final passenger has stepped off the escalator and the police officer has locked the station doors, the day is far from over for Kyiv metro workers.

At midnight, senior engineer Natalya Seleznyova, 58, pops the door open to the control center – a spacious underground office near metro Lva Tolstoho.

For some 15 operators surrounded by monitors, which broadcast live pictures from 49 stations, the night is about to begin. “The subway never sleeps,� said

ÆKyiv's metro, a mainstay of public transportation, opened in 1960. Even after the last train, workers stand guard all night.

Seleznyova, greeting her colleagues, some of whom she has known for decades. Working under ground for nearly 40 years, she is roughly the same age as the metro.

Built in 1960 at the height of the Cold War, metro stations were dug deeply to shelter Kyivans in case of an attack. Left from that time are also

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secret bunkers for the political elite, but Seleznyova would not talk about them.

Instead, she agreed to tell more about two types of unwelcome people – those who come to the metro to commit suicide and those known as “diggers,� who just seek illicit adventure.

Luckily, people who want to take their own life in the metro can be

numbered on the fingers of one hand.

Even in the daily flow of 1.38 million passengers, metro operators say they can recognize them. “Before jumping on the rails, they hesitate for a long time, missing a few trains,â€? said Tamara Potorocha, 56, a supervisor at the Syrets station. Sitting in front of the monitors feeding from 16 cameras, she looks intently at the passengers, studying their behavior. When they notice people who may take their own lives, they try talking them out of it, said Potorotcha. During her 12 years in the metro, no lethal accidents happened when she was on duty. “I only saw drunks scrambling down the tunnel to urinate. People Æ24

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It's hard d to beat Georgianstyle shashlyk and nature KANIV, Ukraine – The Kyiv Post caught up with a four-person Georgian cooking team over the weekend to learn how to make shashlyk, the beloved kebab savored year-round throughout Eurasia, especially during summer picnics.

Grilling shashlyk is as much fun as eating them. It is a symbol of carefree summer days. Kyivans love to escape to the surrounding woods or villages during this season, when all of Ukraine seems to be in a perpetual state of siesta.

Grilling the Caucasus way (where Georgia is located and kebab-making is a cherished pastime) usually means cooking skewered, marbled mutton over wooden embers or a charcoal-fired barbecue after marinating it in spices for several hours.

But since this was central Ukraine, the Georgian team chose to cook with mostly locally produced meat.

Master chef Tomaz Todashvili, who hails from Georgia’s Kakheti winemaking region, chose to make pork, chicken, minced veal and salmon shashlyk.

Juicy hunks of boneless pork cut from the neck, a tender area with fatty meat, were marinated in dry white wine for several hours with red onions, bay leaves, salt and black pepper.

Todashvili then got an evenlayered bed of charcoal heated in a square barbecue pit. This part should never be underestimated.

The charcoal needs to be kept at a consistent temperature as much as possible. Otherwise, the meat will have to be rotated to different areas of the barbecue to keep them from overcooking or being roasted for too long. You can always fan the charcoals to keep them burning.

The next step is to thread the meat onto heavy metal skewers and roast them over the smoking coals as the fire dies. Todashvili kept a bottle of water handy with several tiny holes punched through the cap to sprinkle on any flames that flared up during the process. “Cook for about 20 to 30 minutes at this stage of the dying fire and let the juices settle into the meat,� Todashvili said.

Done right, the outcome is a mouthful of succulently tender meat that doesn’t require any condiments that would take away the smoked flavor and mixture of ingredients.

Next came the lulya-kebabs.

Usually made out of minced mutton, the master chef used minced veal with white onions, salt, black pepper, red pepper, gar- Æ18

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Classical music showtime A modern-style event called “A Week of Classical Music with Roman Kofman” is determined to shake up the limits of classical music. Taking place in a gallery, it features nine high-quality concerts played by Ukrainian, as well as foreign musicians.

In charge of the show is Roman Kofman, a well-known Ukrainian conductor, whose work goes far beyond his native borders. With his zest for improvement, he always tries to bring back to Ukrainians some classical masterpieces.

The concert series will kick off with a theatrical music performance “All about Gideon,” featuring prominent Latvian violinist Gideon Kremer. More is coming, so stay tuned.

Jamiroquai Jamiroquai is a British jazz funk band. The tricky name comes from “jam session” and “iroquai,” which for its part stands for the Iroquois, a Native American tribe. Despite this comlexity, the band strives for simplicity in their music. To achieve that, the Brits follw some rules. Each of their songs has to pass a test: “if it doesn’t sound good with just a keyboard and a voice or a guitar and a voice, drop it,” or “it’s not brain-wrenching stuff, but it is heart-wrenching stuff,” as they mention on their website.

During their two decades on stage, the band won a Grammy Award and 25 million album copies sold all over the world.

Apart from music, the leader of the band, Jay Kay, is known for his obsession with hats. That’s why he is often referred to as “a cat in the hat” musician.

Tuesday, June 14, 7 p.m., Palats Sportu, 1 Sportyvna Sq. Tickets: Hr 500-750.

Thursday, June 16-27, Lavra gallery, 1 Lavrska St., metro Arsenalna, 280-0290. Tickets: Hr 150-800.

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The summer’s best non-music festivals This summer, the harvest of festivals is rich with non-musical ones. This is the Kyiv Post’s review of the ones worth visiting:

will play medieval music to entertain the guests, capped by a fire show.

Kyiv's Fire Festival will rock on June 10-11.

(Yaroslav Debelyi)

Date: end of the June 2011

Odessa Film Festival

Kyiv Fire Festival

Odessa Film Festival presents a great opportunity to watch masterpieces of both national and foreign filmmakers.

There will be a few pleasant surprises during the festival. The first one is guest John Malkovich, the American actor, producer and director. Jezhy Shtur will head the jury. Another surprise from the organizers of the festival is the inclusion of an open-air cinema performance of the George Melies Show.

Melies is a French magician, actor and producer. He is famous for the invention of cinema special effects. The show's performers are descendants of this distinguished moviemaker.

The show consists of a movie screening accompanied by live music and narration.

In a few days, Kyiv will be on fire: acrobats, jugglers, artists on stilts, dancers and festivalgoers will march the streets of Kyiv. Everyone is invited to take part in the parade. You only need to take something extraordinary with you, like a bright costume, a mask or balloons.

Across different stages, you can visit workshops of fire schools, circus performances, play the drums and even draw fire graffiti. The program also includes performances from national and foreign teams, as well as legends of the fire and circus genre from Scotland, France, Bulgaria, German, Finland and the United States.

Date: June 10-11 Venue: Kyiv, June 10, Poshtova Square; June 11 Spartak Stadium, 105 Frunze St. Official site: www.firefest.info Price: June 10 – free, June 11th – Hr 45

Mussels’ Express The Mussels and Wine Festival will be held in Balaklava. It turns out that mussels inhabit not only foreign seas, they can also be found in the Black Sea. Their meat is healthy. It contains natural antioxidants and vitamins. White wine is a perfect fit for this nutritious

and tasty marine product, and that’s why this delicious combination will be represented during the festival.

It is hard to resist the walks on the evening esplanade, exquisite dishes cooked by the chef of a Moscow restaurant and the best Crimean wines served by a sommelier. You could also visit workshops on mussel preparation, wine degustation and also buy medicine and souvenirs made of mussels.

Date: July 5-6 Venue: Balaklava, Krimea Price: free

Trypilske Kolo Delicious mussels taste twice better in the historic Balaklava bay in Sevastopol.

This eco-cultural ethnic festival is held not far from Kyiv, in a place where there is lots of spring water and lush vegetation. This year, the festival finishes the cycle of the

four elements – this time, air, rather than fire, water and earth. To point out the importance of the problems with global warning, the logo of the festival is: “Breathe with Chest Full!” Different fairs, fire shows, theatre performances, dance studios and extreme entertainment events are waiting for you. The venue is the territory of mysterious Trypillya, the area which in ancient times was inhabited by one of the earliest agricultural civilizations in the world.

Date: June 30-July 3 Venue: Rzhyschiv, Kyiv Oblast Official site: http://tkfest.com.ua Price: Advance tickets Hr 90-130; for students – Hr 75-105

Ancient Lviv This festival of medieval culture

will turn the wonderful city of Lviv and its people into brave knights, charming ladies, fools and hangmen.

Representatives of various Ukrainian and international knight clubs will visit the celebration. Guests will have an opportunity to try their hand at archery, try on the knight’s armor and medieval dresses, buy different souvenirs or try some food cooked according to ancient recipes in a real medieval tavern. The culmination of the festival is the tournament of knights, with the winner choosing the Queen of Love and Beauty. Ukrainian bands Date: end of the June 2011 Venue: Lviv, Pototsky Palace, 15a Kopernika St. Official site: http://www.lviv-old.org.ua/ Price: single day: Hr 25; children: Hr. 15; children under 7 years old: free.

Date: July 15-23 Venue: Odessa Official site: http://www.oiff.com.ua/ Price: season ticket: Hr 700-1000; summer school ticket: Hr 300-500, VIP ticket: Hr 5,000.

Odessa film festival by the Black Sea strives to become Ukraine’s version of Cannes.

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Pop-rock band Gouache (Courtesy)

Paul Newman and Robert Redford in the classic movie “Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid.” (tsimbal.livejournal.com)

BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID USA 1969 Language: English with English subtitles Directed by: George Roy Hill Starring Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Katharine Ross If you are in the mood for a Western movie, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance

Kid is a classic. It tells the story of two robbers, Butch and Sundance, on the run. Robbing trains and banks, they look invincible and plain lucky. Butch is always full of ideas while Sundance is good in carrying them out. One day they come up with a plan to run away to Bolivia. See if they succeed.

The film seems to have it all: comedy,

adventure and witty dialogues. No wonder the film won an Acedemy Award for Best Writing.

MASTERCLASS CINEMA CLUB 34 Mazepy St., 594-1063.

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid June 16 at 7 p.m.

More concerts • Sunday, June 12: Jazz with Kenny Garrett Quartet at 8 p.m., Sullivan Room Kiev, 8 Prorizna St., (066) 485-5555, www.jazzinkiev.com. Tickets: 200-400.

Sunday, June 12: opera singers from Mongolia, Kazakhstan, France, Georgia and Russia will perform pieces by Puccini, Rossini, Vagner among others at 7 p.m., National Music Academy, 11 Khreshchatyk St., metro Maidan Nezalezhnosti, 279-1242. Tickets: Hr 30-390.

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ART CLUB 44 44B Khreshchatyk St., 279-4137, www.club44.com.ua Concerts traditionally start at 8 – 10 p.m.

June 10 Carte Blanche, Hr 50 June 11 Gouache, Hr 50 June 12 Soiuz 44 Jam Session, free admission June 13 City Light, free admission June 14 Summer Jazz Nights: New Generation, Bohdan Kravchuk, Hr 30 June 15 Rabbit in the hat, Singleton, free admission June 16 Grablia, Hr 50 DOCKER’S ABC 15 Khreshchatyk St., 278-1717, www.docker.com.ua Concerts traditionally start at 9:30-10 p.m.

June 10 Motor Rolla, Tres Deseos Latino Party, Hr 70 June 11 Mr Och, Red Rocks, Hr 70 June 12 Animals Session, free admission June 13 Voctochny Express, free admission June 14 Tres Deseos Latino Party, Hr 20 June 15 Rockin’ Wolves, Hr 30 June 16 Ruki v Bryuki, Hr 30 DOCKER PUB 25 Bohatyrska St., metro Heroyiv Dnipra, www.docker.com.ua Concerts traditionally start at 9:30-10 p.m.

June 10 Symfomania, Tex-Mex Company, Hr 70 June 11 Motor`Rolla, Karnavalnaya Zhara, Hr 70 June 12 Antitela & beatboxer, More Huana, Hr 50 June 13 Gera and Second Breath, free admission June 14 Crazy Train, free admission June 15 The Magma, free admission June 16 Gosha Kutsenko, Partizanskie Vytivky

• Tuesday, June 14: American pianist Alexander Taras De Sina and singer Stephen Barchi will perform pieces by Tchaikovsky, Lysenko, Beethoven and others at 7 p.m., Budynok aktora, 7 Yaroslaviv Val St., 235-2081, www.actorhall. com.ua. Free admission.

• Wednesday, June 15: Jazz concerts with American singer Sherry Williams, trumpeter Jim Linahon and German pianist Markus Birger at 8 p.m., Cultural center Master Class, 34 Mazepy, metro Arsenalna, www.masterklass.org/eng, 594-1063. Tickets: Hr 50-80.

• Thursday, June 16: Irish step dance show “Celtic Light”, 7 p.m., Budynok Ofitseriv, 30/1 Hrushevskoho. Tickets: Hr 100-300.

• Friday, June 17: Jazz singer from Georgia Nino Katamadze at 9 p.m., Arena Concert Plaza, 2A Beseyna St., 492-0000. Tickets: Hr 250-1000.

BOCHKA PYVNA ON KHMELNYTSKOHO 4B-1 Khmelnytskoho St, metro Teatralna, 390-6106, www.bochka.com.ua Concerts traditionally start at 9-10 p.m.

June 10 Hot Guys, Carte Blanche June 11 Red Rocks June 16 Alisa Band PORTER PUB 3 Sichnevogo Povstannya St., 280-1996, www.porter.com.ua Concerts traditionally start at 7:30 p.m.

June 10 Ace Ventura June 11 Gravity June 12 Portmen June 15 Ivan Bliuz June 16 Max Vatutin JAZZ DO IT 76A Velyka Vasylkivska St., 289-56-06, http://jazz-doit.com.ua Concerts traditionally start at 8:30 p.m.

June 10 Tatiana Arefieva June 11 Jazz Inside Other live music clubs: GOLDEN GATE IRISH PUB, 15, Zolotovoritska St., 235-5188, http:// goldengatepubkiev.com/ TO DUBLIN IRISH PUB, 4 Raisy Okipnoi St., 569-5531, http://www.to-dublin.com.ua/ PIVNA NO.1 ON BASEYNA, 15 Baseyna St., 287-44-34, www.pivna1.com.ua DRAFT 1/2 Khoryva St., metro Kontraktova Ploshcha, 463-7330 KHLIB CLUB 12 Frunze St., www.myspace. com/xlibclub CHESHIRE CAT 9 Sklyarenko St., 428-2717 O’BRIEN’S 17A Mykhaylivska St., 279-1584 DAKOTA 14G Heroyiv Stalinhrada St., 4687410 U KRUZHKI 12/37 Dekabrystiv St., 5626262.

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Editor’s Note: The Kyiv Post continues its “World in Ukraine” series with a look at Italy, home to at least 400,000 Ukrainian expatriates. This seres comes after the June 2 celebration of Republic Day, or Festa della Repubblica, which celebrates the referendum in 1946 that gave the nation its birth as a republic after the defeat of fascism in World War II. Next stop: Sweden on June 17 in honor of its recent National Day holiday.

La Dolce Vita in Kyiv, but not for all Italians

BY Y UL IYA RA SKEV ICH RASKEVICH@KYIVPOST.COM

Alessandro Francesconi married Yulia, a Ukrainian woman, in Kyiv. (Courtesy)

While sitting at a fashion cafe in Mandarin Plaza and sipping fresh carrot juice, Maurizio Aschero, an Italian well-known in the vogue circles of Kyiv, raises his arms in emotional gestures and gives thanks to God that Ukrainians are undeveloped in retail.

“This country gave me a great opportunity to raise money. You have such a poor understanding of the retail business compared to European Union countries,” – said Aschero, the 49-year-old owner of the retail company Maas Markets Ltd., who introduced Helen Marlen and other fashion companies to Ukraine. But, at the same time, Aschero, also known as the international development director of Ukrainian Fashion Week, admits that Ukrainians are Europe’s future.

“Europe is dead. Italy is dead. It is just a bunch of degrading people clutching their mothers’ skirts. Ukrainians are not like that. They are fast and bright. You just need time to pass your Soviet transition period,” said Aschero, who has spent the last eight years in Kyiv.

Another Italian import to Kyiv is 37-year-old Cristiano Senesi, who has not only developed the fashion business, but came from Milan to the Ukrainian capital for love.

Three years ago Senesi, now a representative of the fashion company De Luca, which makes suits and shirts by custom order, visited a fashion exhibition in Kyiv. There he got acquainted with 25-year-old Yana. They had a long-distance relationship for a year until Senesi got an offer to develop a fashion branch in Kyiv. A month ago, the couple got married. They are now raising a 9-month-old son, Alexander.

“Business is developing. Now we have around 50 clients,” Senesi said, noting that buyers for his custom-made Italian clothes include politicians and businessmen of Kyiv and Donetsk. He has trouble communicating with his clients, however, because he is not fluent in Russian.

Aschero, despite a flourishing fashion business, wants to leave. “I am getting bored and I am planning to leave after Euro 2012 [soccer championship] is over,” said the tall, fashionable Italian.

Senesi’s friend, Alessandro Francesconi, is also thinking about leaving Kyiv after almost nine years.

“There is no money in Ukraine and this country has lost its perspectives for international investors,” said the Italian who speaks excellent Russian.

Francesconi came to Ukraine at the beginning of the 21st century as a representative of an Italian company that makes tiles. Almost a decade later, he is still in the tile business but it has nothing to do with Italy anymore. Now he is an export director of the Ukrainian company Inter Tile.

“Ukrainians have no money and banks are going to go broke soon. This year we are not down, but I don’t see any development. I will be pleased to leave,” said Francesconi. However, Italy is no better and suffers from the same bureaucratic hurdles as Ukraine. But a young wife and his own apartment are keeping him here.

“I bought an expensive flat in a new elite building. I received the keys in 2009 and guess what? Hot water and electricity started operating only couple of months ago. Before that we had them only for a couple of hours a day. The whole house is not finished. I can’t imagine the same could be seen in

Maurizio Aschero

Europe,” an indignant Francesconi said.

Aschero is not so hard on Ukraine.

He thinks that the young Ukrainian generation is one of the most progressive in Europe. “Your government in power is still [part of the] old Soviet regime. That’s your problem. Ukraine will change greatly when it is run by a new generation educated in Europe.

Believe me, you’ll love your country, but a lot of years will pass before then,” Aschero predicted.

Ukraine is unlikely to run out of Italians, as many of them enjoy the post-Soviet adventure that Ukraine offers.

“It is very simple to be a loser in Italy and to come here as a last thrill on the way to the cemetery,” Aschero said, predicting waves of newcomers.

“But for now, thank God I am here, in a country undeveloped in retail.”

Kyiv Post staff writer Yuliya Raskevich can be reached at raskevich@kyivpost. com

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Italian ambassador: Trade, ties rebounding for both nations

BY K AT YA G R U S H E N KO GRUSHENKO@KYIVPOST.COM

Pietro Giovanni Donnici, 57, has served as ambassador of Italy to Ukraine for three years. During an interview in the Italian Embassy, he discussed the finer points of Italian-Ukrainian relations. According to WikiLeaks disclosures, American diplomats in cables portray Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi as a mouthpiece and pup-

Italy at a glance Population: 61 million National holiday: Republic Day, June 2 Economy: Italy has a diversified industrial economy, which is divided into a developed industrial north and a lessdeveloped, welfare-dependent, agricultural south with high unemployment.

GDP: $1.774 trillion (2010 est.)

GDP - per capita (PPP): $30,500 (2010 est.)

Industries: Tourism, machinery, iron and steel, chemicals, food processing, textiles, motor vehicles, clothing, footwear, ceramics.

Ukraine-Italy relations • Bilateral trade turnover: $4.5 billion in 2010.

• Ukrainian exports to Italy: steel products, metals, chemicals, raw materials.

• Italian exports to Ukraine: machine tools, industrial equipment, furniture, textiles, food and beverages.

• Italians registered in Ukraine: 500.

• Ukrainians living in Italy: 400,000.

Sources: Italian Embassy in Ukraine, CIS fact book

pet for Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin – a closeness that may be damaging for Italian-Ukrainian relations.

For instance, Berlusconi has actively supported Russia’s South Stream gas pipeline that will bypass Ukraine’s gas transit network.

But Donnici said that bilateral relations between Italy and Ukraine are just fine. He also said that trade is higher than official statistics suggest and ties are close. Here are his views: Kyiv Post: How would you define the relations of our countries?

Pietro Giovanni Donnici: We are one of the major trading partners and investors in Ukraine from the European Union. After seven consecutive years of growth, our bilateral trade reached $7.1 billion, but then plunged 50 percent due to the economic crisis in 2008. Now trade is rebounding, with Ukrainian exports growing.

Ukrainians sell us mostly steel products, metals, and chemicals. As a matter of fact, the two steel mills of Ferriera Valsider and Trametal in Italy are Ukrainian-owned [by Ukrainian billionaire Rinat Akhmetov].

If you look at traditional statistics, where Cyprus and Virgin Islands take the top places, Italy is number 11 with $982 million of investment in Ukraine. We know, however, the that Unicredit Group alone put here something like $3 billion.

Unicredit being a multinational company, the bank invested through different countries where it has subsidiaries. Our assessment of Italian investment in Ukraine amounts to $4.5 billion. The biggest investors are Italian banks in Ukraine, with Unicredit owning Ukrsotsbank and Intesa Sanpaolo owning Pravex Bank.

Among small- and medium-sized PD: Italians see Ukrainians as people Italian businesses in Ukraine are com- that came to the country to earn honpanies that manufacture machine tools, est money and don’t cause any trouble. intermediate goods, food, textiles and According to the lowest estimates, there construction materials. Most of them are at least 400,000 Ukrainians who are green field investments or busi- live in Italy. Most of them work in faminesses that were on the verge of col- lies and factories, but some were able lapse. I just recently visited an Italian to defend their Ukrainian diplomas and p p company in Sumy that produces corks became specialists.

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KP: What potential do Italians see in Ukraine?

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KP: How do Italians view the large Ukrainian community in Italy?

t h e Italiaa n l a nla Italian language rather well and blend in easily.

According to our rough estimate, Ukrainians send around 3 billion euros every year to Ukraine to support their families. It’s through the Ukrainian community that Italians start to learn more about Ukraine, though it is still

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PD:: The two people do get along well. They do share sh are fam mily values. v share family They alsso al so aare re ffriendly riendly and easily also sttrike ike a conversation. conversation I’m sure strike krai kr aini nian ans also like IItaly’s warm that U Ukrainians climate.

KP: Many Ukrainians complain that the Italian embassy is troublesome in giving visas?

PD: Look, our refusal rate is not so high – only six percent. In 2010 we issued 54,000 visas to Ukrainians. I don’t think we close any doors.

Old port city of Genoa is great choice for tourists who want to see real Italian life

BY O K S A N A G RY T SEN KO GRYTSENKO@KYIVPOST.COM

GENOA, Italy – As a very popular tourist destination, Italy has all the necessary comforts for a traveler. But if you start feeling bored by the cozy streets with flowers on the balconies, long lines for museums, cafes and restaurants crowded by tourists, if you want to step out of your travel book and see an untouched part of the country – try Genoa. This old port city will allow you to see the true Italy.

Capital of the mountainous Liguria region, Genoa is like a set of giant steps leading down from the Apennine Mountains to the coast. On arrival, my friend and I turned by mistake out of the train station straight into the blue collar quarters, located high above the sea, and soon we were lost.

Our city map was useless as we walked through the maze of narrow streets and small yards, watched by bemused locals. At last we received help from an old man who spoke a few words of English, and with a few simple gestures, he showed us the way out.

We decided after that to stick close to the sea coast, a place that for cen-

turies has always been at the heart of the city’s prosperity. On the way to the port, the largest in Italy, we passed a fish market and an old-fashioned wooden schooner, perhaps remains of the once-strong Genoese fleet.

Medieval Genoa was a wealthy citystate. Its power stretched across the Mediterranean, reaching even the Crimea, modern Ukraine’s southern peninsula that juts out into the Black Sea. We crossed a noisy highway that sweeps along the coast and reached the medieval part of the city that looked like it had barely changed over the centuries. Beautiful palazzos built by rich tradesmen stand side-by-side with high dirty buildings where ordinary port workers lived. Some streets seemed so narrow that two people could hardly pass each other. Adjacent buildings were connected by rope serving as washing lines for Genoese housewives.

Genoa’s most famous and beautiful street Via Garibaldi – named after the 19th-century revolutionary – could be called a memorial of vanity: a 250meter long line of palazzos of the city’s rich men, who perhaps wanted to see only people enjoying similar prosperity through their windows. Lots of those

palazzos are now UNESCO heritage sites and accommodate museums, galleries or universities. But if go around the corner from this glamorous lane, you’ll reach the city’s darker underbelly where local immigrants live in poorer conditions.

The huge Genoese port supplies the city not only with goods but also with new people who, legally or illegally, enter Italy, mainly from Africa.

Newcomers settle close to the port and bring customs from their countries. Egyptian restaurants neighbor Senegalese eateries; graffiti on walls declares support for rebels in Libya and calls for public discussion of Arab revolutions. The smells of food, colors of clothes and sounds of music are all African – enigmatic and unusual but not hostile.

At the end of our long day we came back to the port to try a tasty Genoese focaccia bought in the nearby bakery. A group of Arab teenagers sitting nearby looked us over carefully and then, without further ado, started smoking weed.

It was at this point that we realized that Genoa had accepted us. And we valued its rough beauty in return.

Kyiv Post staff writer Oksana Grytsenko can be reached at grytsenko@ kyivpost.com

The beautiful narrow streets of Genoa, Italy, do no disappoint travelers. (Oksana Grytsenko)

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Rachkevych: How to make tasty shashlyk Æ13 lic and coriander. The trick, Todashvili said, is to mince the ingredients twice through the grinder for a finer consistency. Then form a roll and slice it into three-inch pieces and thread them onto the skewers. They cook faster since the ingredients are broken down and are spicier than their shashlyk counterparts.

Todashvili used the same marinade for the fillet of chicken breast and salmon: salt and black pepper, mayonnaise, and the kicker, tomato juice. Given that the meat is tenderer than pork or veal, soak the ingredients for no longer than 30 minutes. Cut them into chunks and repeat the skewering process. Make sure to place them over a dying fire that isn’t too hot, otherwise the meat will sear and you’ll

end up with a burnt outer edge and raw meat in the center. If properly cooked, the meat should melt in your mouth.

The other team members made Georgian flat bread and thin lavash, which had the consistency of a Mexican tortilla. Side dishes included tomato walnut salad, lobio – pureed kidney beans with nuts and coriander, freshly cut green onions and bell peppers, dalma –grapeleaf rolls stuffed with ground meat -- as well as a sour plum sauce or tangy vinaigrette for the meat dishes.

The dishes were, of course, washed down with chilled Georgian red and white wines.

Kyiv Post staff writer Mark Rachkevych can be reached at rachkevych@kyivpost. com

A tour guide points to the surrounding architecture on Independent Square.

(Anastasia Vlasova)

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Pork and chicken shahlyks along with lulya-kebab. (Mark Rachkevych)

Kyiv’s Independence Square isn’t just ground zero for staging protests and outdoor rock concerts. It’s also the starting point of the capital’s first free English-language walking tours.

Lasting around 2.5 hours and devoted to seeing the ancient part of Kyiv, tourists disembark daily from the base of the globe near the main post office. The tour guides are easily spotted, with a person hoisting a “Free Tours” flag.

After brief introductions, tour groups first take in the Stalinist architecture surrounding the square, then walk through

what was once Kyiv’s southern gate and today is the yellow arch with Kyiv’s patron, Saint Michael. He is also known as Batman because of his dark-colored body, perched atop glittering gold.

They then walk up the hill toward St. Michael’s Square, the site of many scenes in Mikhail Bulgakov’s “The White Guard.” Once the various monuments are described, including one dedicated to the Holodomor of 193233, the tour explores the cathedral’s compound. It exits where passersby try sticking a coin to a horizontal metal cylinder at a wishing well.

There, a brief lesson on the more than 100-year-old funicular is given.

Then the group stops at the classically

designed Foreign Ministry building.

The place gives a great feel for the enormity of the former Communist Party headquarters and how tiny a Soviet man must have felt in comparison to the party machine.

Next is Andriyivsky Descent and St. Andrew’s, the magnificent aqua, baroque-style church. But instead of walking down the serpentine market street, the group breaks for refreshments at a local cafe before heading for Sofia Square.

Here stands the statue of Cossack leader Bohdan Khmelnytsky. Erected in 1888, 900 years after the christening of Kyivan Rus, the guides explain why his battle mace isn’t facing towards Æ19

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Firm offers free Englishlanguage tours of Kyiv Æ18 Moscow whom he had fatefully asked for support against Polish pressure and the marauding Tatars. The reason is that such a positioning would have put the horse’s rear end facing St. Michael’s Cathedral, so it was rotated to a less offensive position.

The world heritage site of St. Sofia's Cathedral becomes the subject of the next lecture. Built by Prince Yaroslav the Wise in the 11th century, it housed Kyivan Rus’ first school and a library as well as other civic institutions.

Golden Gate is next but not before the ridiculous-looking Cossacksaddled statue is shown near the border guard building. At the city’s other entrance gate, the group is shown the statue of Yaroslav the Wise holding a model of St. Sofia Cathedral with outstretched arms.

It is obvious why Kyivans call the bronze statue: “The Waiter.”

The group then descends down Prorizna Street, past a few landmarks like the Leipzig Hotel and some more statues down the hill. The trek ends at Khreshchatyk Plaza, home to the company’s tourist information center.

Free Tours was founded by Marina Kryvunchenko who, after taking free walking tours in Budapest and Prague, wanted to emulate the practice and show Kyiv to visitors for free.

“As a trained interpreter, this was the perfect opportunity for me to show tourists our beautiful city, especially since there were no such services offered in Kyiv at the time,” Kryvunchenko said.

The walking tours were launched a year ago. They are given by fluent, recent graduates who also offer weekend evening pub crawls for Hr 100. The firm also cooperates with the double-decker bus tour company that runs daily 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Tips are encouraged following the walking tour. Walking tours are given daily at noon and 4 p.m. near the main post office on Independence Square. http://freetours.kiev.ua (066) 851-85-58; (044) 278-80-04 Kyiv Post staff writer Mark Rachkevych can be reached at rachkevych@kyivpost.com.

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British food designer Tom Wolfe after the show.

The food-fashion show offers unusual sights.

Iryna Olhowska (L), the evening’s host, talks to Playboy magazine ex-chief editor Vlad Fisun.

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Rich chocolate, plump strawberries and a succulent, red lobster. Are these the makings of a perfect fashion show? They are when the celebration combines cuisine and haute couture. The June 2 event marked the opening of Nebo, a new restaurant in the Arena City entertainment center. The “food fashion show” included creations by British designer Tom Wolfe. With the bar as a catwalk, models performed to the music of DJ Cosmos while wearing Wolfe’s creations. (Alissa Ambrose)

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Ringo Starr in Kyiv On June 4, Palace Ukraina welcomed Ringo Starr, the legendary musician and drummer of The Beatles. Starr, who wrote the lyrics for “Yellow Submarine” and “Octopus’s Garden,” is now 70 but still playing. He came with his All Starr Band. He is not the first ex-Beatle to grace post-Soviet Kyiv, though. Paul McCartney, the only other surviving Beatle, played in 2008. McCartney‘s classic “Back in the U.S.S.R.” from 1968 still remains one of The Beatles’ most famous tunes in this part of the world, 20 years after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

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Ticks can be deadly unless bites are treated promptly DR . R I C H A R D ST Y L E S

Summer is with us and I have already collected my first tick whilst working in the garden. It just fell onto the back of my neck from a beautiful silver birch tree I was standing under, thinking how magnificent the village looked in the morning light.

Luckily it was big and I felt it, so I got it, so to speak, before it got me. Usually it is the other way around. I’ve often come back from a shashlik gathering with the family only to realize later in the day that I, and some of the others, have collected a traveler en r o u t e .

With all this sunshine, we will all be out in the forestss for that weekend treat, so we ck should all become more tick aware.

We should worry about ticks. h the They are often infected with eri, which parasite Borrelia burgdorferi, ll d commonly causes a disease called Lyme’s disease in United Kingdom and the Americas. The tick injects this parasite in an almost similar way in which mosquitos gives you malaria -- passing on the borellia from deers and other wild animals to humans.

Lyme’s disease is an extremely seri-

ous condition causing an initial rash.

In fact, it is a very specific rash that spreads from the central bite and can cause joint pain and later brain damage, nerve damage and heart block.

This heart block occurs when the electrical impulses to the heart are blocked, causing it to beat very slowly and inefficiently. I remember seeing a very ill man with just this condition in the U.K. who had to have his heart restarted several times. Luckily, the illness can be treated with modern high dose antibiotics and many physicians recommend a single dose of a specific antibiotic after a bite, and I would agree with that.

The first problem is getting the tick to let go of you. It can’t be easily moved by knocking or pulling it off. It has feet made of super glue and will happily leave them behind if you do m manage to pull it off. Nothing w works better here than some g or cream or even if you are gel d desperate, a lump of very soft butter. The trick is to suffocate t tick until it lets go. These the techni techniques usually work well within a few m minutes. I’ve also tried to burn th f with matches and red hot them off paper clips, but the gel is the best I’ve come across. I’d go for the one-dose antibiotic if you have one clinging, but certainly seek help if you get a rash, fever or fall ill after a bite as you will need more intensive treatment.

Not happy with giving you borellia,

Warning signs about ticks can be seen in many forests of Ukraine in spring and summer. (Courtesy)

the tick can also give you something even more unpleasant called tick-borne encephalitis virus. This is a viral disease and there are European, Siberian and Far Eastern (Japanese) variants. The virus gives you a fever and headache, but then causes inflammation of the brain encephalitis - which will often land you in an intensive care unit for a week or so.

The death rate from the European variant is low at about 2 percent.

But the Japanese sort is much more dangerous, killing nearly 30 percent of those who have it. Luckily, you won’t

catch it outside Kyiv. However, about a third of people with the European sort will also have some permanent nervous system damage.

There is no treatment for the virus.

You just have to sit it out while the doctors support your vital systems and you hopefully recover. There are, however, good vaccinations against these diseases which can be organized in Ukraine.

Tick-borne encephalitis virus can also be passed through milk products from cows, sheep and goats that have been infected.

So how can we prevent these dis-

eases? The first thing is to be tick aware and to wear hats and longer clothing when out in the forests on that weekend shashlik, this goes a long way to help but rather detracts from the “get back to nature� feel of the event.

Obviously, regular campers and trekkers here in Ukraine need to carefully observe these precautions and also consider having a course of vaccinations against tick-borne encephalitis virus. Despite that, the ticks seem to have an ability to get to places behind your clothing and into your hair so after these events an all over body inspection and fine combing of the hair is important. I’ve personally found several ticks this way and would recommend it as good prevention. As I say, if you find one, suffocate it and seek out some medical help.

In general I think most ticks are probably OK as lots of people seem to collect them without any serious consequences, and the upside of an occasional lodger is a great day outside in some beautiful country. For most of us, just be “tick aware� and follow the advice above, and campers and trekkers, get your shots done properly.

Enjoy that shashlik and most of all have a memorable day in the Ukrainian sunshine with friends and family and don’t worry too much about the downside!

Dr. Richard Styles is a British family physician at American Medical Centers, http://amcenters.com/, a full-service clinic, in Kyiv.

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After last train, life goes on in metro Æ13 waving hands. Some even strip in front of the cameras,” she said, matter-of-factly describing her nighttime visitors. From her small office at the end of the platform, Potorocha can stop the train or inform the control room of any malfunctions.

For example, if something or someone falls on the rails, she can signal an oncoming train to stop. The rails themselves, however, are not dangerous. What can kill people is a deadly ledge, which lurks right under the platform – not far from the rails – and carries 825 volts. Potorocha can cut the power to prevent accidents if she notices someone fall.

But this extreme action is rarely needed. According to official figures, the metro is a safe choice: last year only 68 people got injured. Every third one of them got hurt on escalators, despite the fact that they run at only three kilometers per hour.

At night, the subway is even safer.

And Dmytro, a 27-year old computer programmer, knows this well. He is one of the “diggers” – thrill-seeking youngsters who sneak into tunnels to go exploring, throw parties for friends or draw maps of the underground metro world.

It’s also possible to squeeze into the subway through air pits, said Dmytro, showing one of his secret pathways near the Golden Gate.

“We used to climb down through it, but now they installed a motion detector, see,” he said, tossing a stone to test a barely-visible ray of light.

“The detectors are strong – even a fly wouldn’t go unnoticed,” said subway spokeswoman Nadiya Shumak.

But diggers seem to find their way around anyway. Scores of photographs and online videos on social networks show that they know how to trick the system.

The youngsters have made some interesting discoveries. They are desperately hoping to find secret places in the Kyiv subway system like the Metro-2 line in Moscow, built by Josef Stalin to transport the Communist Party elite from the Kremlin to bunkers in Moscow and suburbs.

Dmytro said he made some progress in the search. Near Arsenalna station – the oldest in the city – he found an inconspicuous door inside the tunnel, which he broke open. It led him to what looked like a shelter, presumably for the party elite. This digger hoped to discover a secret tunnel with ammunition or food supplies, given its proximity to government buildings and the president’s office. But he was left disappointed.

“There was nothing there except for military signs with warnings such as: ‘Put on masks,’’’ he said.

Shumak confirms there are bunkers and shelters inside the subway, but refuses to show them or comment on the topic for security reasons. “The tunnels are all the same. There’s nothing to investigate. You can see everything from a train during the day. Of course, there are those governmental objects, but even we know nothing about them,” she said, downplaying the value of the subway’s alleys and nooks.

The subway has to keep some of its secrets.

Kyiv Post staff writer Kateryna Panova can be contacted at panova@kyivpost. com

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Tamara Potorocha monitors images from 16 cameras at the Syrets station [1]. Mykola Kozyuka checks train wheels at the metro depot [2]. A worker repairs escalator steps in the nooks of the Shulyavka metro station [3]. The corridor underneath the escalator of the Syrets metro station [4]. The train wash at the Kharkivske metro depot [5]. (Alex Furman)