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Is billionaire Victor Pinchuk, who got rich while his father-in-law was president, the big philanthropist he portrays himself to be?
More of the world’s billionaires and millionaires are pledging to give away much of their fortunes for the betterment of society, while Ukraine’s richest prefer to keep a tight hold on their money. While some have started charitable foundations, critics say the comparatively small amounts involved show a stronger desire among Ukraine’s elite for public relations than for the genuine philanthropy needed to build a nation. The luxury lifestyles of Ukraine’s rich may be explained by how they acquired their fortunes. Many of them got rich by acquiring Soviet assets through privatizations widely Is Rinat Akhmetov, by far Ukraine’s richest seen as dubious. man, giving his fair share back to Ukrainian See story on Page 7. society?
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In 2010, Yanukovych takes complete control, swiftly routs out spirit of Orange Revolution BY MA R K R AC H K E VYC H RACHKEVYCH@KYIVPOST.COM
The year 2010 began with two faces – Viktor Yanukovych’s and Yulia Tymoshenko’s – pasted on billboards across Ukraine as they scrapped for the presidency. By the end, there was only one mug shot lining the capital’s streets – that of President Yanukovych. After just 10 months in power, Yanukovych has taken a firm grip over the country. Tymoshenko is sidelined and facing criminal charges for alleg-
edly abusing her powers as prime minister. The president’s allies control parliament, an institution whose powers are much weaker than they were at the start of the year. The courts, meanwhile, are seen as in the administration’s pocket. Moreover, presidential loyalists have been moved to such key positions as general prosecutor, head of the central bank and security service chief. Yanukovych’s increasingly marginalized political opponents accuse him of seeking to reverse the democratic
ideals of the 2004 Orange Revolution and install an updated version of exPresident Leonid Kuchma’s authoritarian decade. Already, most media have fallen in line and now toe the administration’s line. Human rights activists have been harassed and top members of Tymoshenko’s government have been jailed, detained or questioned in criminal probes. Yanukovych and his team insist they are democrats and moving the country towards the European Union. They also say consolidation of power allows
the administration to make overdue changes in the nation’s foreign and domestic policies. Abroad, relations with Russia have warmed up while, at home, the administration pursues reforms that would streamline government, curtail some subsidies (such as raising the price of natural gas for homeowners) and hike the pension age. A tax code has been adopted that Prime Minister Mykola Azarov says is one of the best in the world, but that critics say will let the rich continue with their offshore Æ6
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Ukraine’s parliament has approved the candidacy of a little-known 34-year old with reported close ties to President Viktor Yanukovych’s eldest son Oleksandr to head the central bank. The controversial appointment of Serhiy Arbuzov was submitted earlier this week by Yanukovych and was approved swiftly on Dec. 23 by 282 lawmakers. It was criticized roundly by opposition party leaders, as well as by the heads of independent banking associations, banking experts and political analysts. It took less than 30 minutes for deputies to oust Volodymyr Stelmakh as head of the central bank, replacing him with Arbuzov, who did not even address the parliament or answer questions before the vote. Opposition party factions boycotted the proceedings altogether. Arbuzov’s credentials for the job have been widely questioned by Ukrainian bankers and experts, but many feared going public about their concerns. The appointment came hours after Ukraine’s main foreign creditor, the International Monetary Fund, approved a $1.5 billion second tranche under a $15 billion stand-by lending package for Ukraine. The IMF, which has repeatedly urged Ukraine over the years to boost the central bank’s independence, was silent on Arbuzov’s appointment. Hours after Arbuzov’s appointment, Ukraine’s lawmakers moved to appease the IMF by adopting a budget for 2011 and government officials talked of moving fast on boosting retirement ages as part of a pension reform package sought by the Fund. Previously unknown on the national scale, Arbuzov was appointed first deputy head of the central bank in September after working six years for a small Donetsk-based bank, Ukrainskyi Biznes Bank (UBB). He landed the top job at the central bank solely for being a trusted friend of the Yanukovych family, said Volodymr Fesenko, a political analyst and head of the Kyiv-based Horshenin Institute of Management. “[Arbuzov] is widely regarded as a
Æ Karasyov: ‘Arbuzov is not a banker. He is a cashier with a large conflict of interest.’ member of ‘The Family,’ as President Viktor Yanukovych’s clan is now called in Ukraine,” said Fesenko. “Just like in Russia under former President Borys Yeltsin, Ukraine’s president has formed a ‘family.’ Arbuzov is now their representative at the central bank,” Fesenko added. Oleksandr Suhonyako, President of the Ukrainian Association of Independent Banks, said the Donbas native’s appointment is the aviation equivalent of looking for the black box recorder after a plane crash. “Ukraine’s central bank lost its political independence at the start of the world economic crisis in 2008, and it’s been all down hill since then,” he told reporters on Dec. 22. “Passengers on board a plane want an experienced pilot in the cockpit, not a novice. It will take Arbuzov a year to learn how to fly the central bank,” Suhonyako said. For economist Oleksandr Zholud, who specializes in monetary policy, financial sector development and pricing policy for Kyiv-based International Center for Policy Studies, Arbuzov is not an ideal choice. “He has relatively little experience in regulatory banking and his ties with the Yanukovych family pose huge potential problems,” he said. Vadym Karasyov, a political analyst, also took a dim view of Stelmakh’s replacement. The appointment of Arbuzov will open the door for the government to “use cash emissions by the central bank to cover the budget deficit,” said Karasyov, adding that Arbuzov’s appointment marked an end to central bank independence. “Arbuzov is not a banker. He is a cashier with a large conflict-of-interest problem,” Karasyov said.
Fast track to the top In May of 2010, the government appointed Arbuzov a seat on the advisory board of the state-owned Ukreximbank. His mother, Valentyna, was named months later head of the Ukrainian Bank of Development (VBR), a small Kyiv-based bank controlled by President Yanukovych’s son, Oleksandr, whose brother Viktor is a parliament deputy with the pro-presidential Party of Regions faction. The Ukrainska Pravda website revealed in a series of investigative reports during 2010 that many of UBB’s clients are companies involved with the privatization and renovation of Yanukovych’s 138-hectare estate outside Kyiv. Its investigation revealed that Oleksandr Yanukovych bought a controlling stake in UBB from Eduard Prutnik. The Presidential Administration did not respond to inquiries about possible conflict-of-interest issues arising from Arbuzov’s appointment. Neither would Arbuzov and the press service of the central bank. Before joining the central bank as deputy head in September, Arbuzov worked six years at UBB. Referring to Arbuzov’s sudden rise to the pinnacle of Ukraine’s banking sector, opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko recently said it symbolized how the central bank had been “de facto put into the hands of the Yanukovych family.” The Tymoshenko faction in parliament opposed Arbuzov’s candidacy. “If appointed to head the central bank, Arbuzov will threaten the stability of Ukraine’s banking system,” a party press release said. “Arbuzov has a reputation in banking circles as a specialist in illegal hardcurrency conversion, money launder-
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ing and tax scams,” the party said. Arbuzov earned a total $18 million (Hr 150 million) in 2009 in dividends, interest payments and royalties. He earned only $56,000 of the amount in salary for his work at UBB, according to his income declaration. Arbuzov replaces Stelmakh, 71, who worked as first deputy central bank chief during most of the 1990s and headed the bank during most of the 2000s. After a two-year hiatus [20032004] as advisory board chairman at the Kyiv-based Brokbiznesbank, Stelmakh returned to head the central bank under presidents Viktor Yushchenko and Yanukovych. Parliament in June approved changes in legislation regulating the bank, lengthening the term of central bank chief from five to seven years, reducing the bank’s board from 16 to 11 members. According to the Constitution, the head of the central bank is appointed and dismissed by parliament, according to the recommendation of the president. Board members of central bank are scheduled to meet on Dec. 24 to discuss further changes at the bank, which has been harshly criticized since the 2008 world economic crisis for selectively enforcing banking rules to benefit insiders and botching the bail-outs of several large commercial Ukrainian banks. Kyiv Post staff writer Peter Byrne can be reached at byrne@kyivpost.com
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NOT BECAUSE OF HIGH TAX RATES BUT RATHER BECAUSE OF UNEQUAL AND BIASED APPLICATION OF THE RULES o 7E ARE THE INDUS TRY THAT EVERY MORNING TOUCHES ALMOST ONE MIL LION OF PEOPLE COLLECTING MILK IN ALMOST EVERY VIL LAGE OF 5KRAINE FROM THE WEST TO THE EAST AND WE ARE VERY CLOSE TO THE SENTI MENT OF THE COUNTRYSIDElS INDIVIDUAL FARMERS WHO DARIO Marchetti, ACCOUNT TODAY FOR ALMOST Danone Ukraine OF THE MILK PRODUC TION IN 5KRAINE 7E HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS IN REGARDS TO PRICE STABIL ITY THERElS BEEN MUCH LESS INFLATION THIS YEAR THAN LAST YEAR BUT AT THE SAME TIME A LITRE OF MILK OF EQUAL QUAL ITY IS MORE EXPENSIVE IN 5KRAINE THAN IN %UROPE !S FOR THE NEGATIVE TREND WE WERE BIG PROPONENTS AND SUPPORTERS OF THE PREVIOUS SUBSIDY SYSTEM BASED ON 6!4 REFUND WHICH WAS TRANSPARENT AND ENCOUR AGED QUALITY AND QUANTITY OF MILK )TlS THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS WHEN THIS SUBSIDY DISAPPEARED 7E ARE OF COURSE VERY WORRIED ABOUT THE IMPACT THIS WILL HAVE ON THE OF THE MILK PRODUCED BY SMALL FARMERS INDIVIDUALS WITH THE FARM OF TO COWS 7HAT ) SEE IN THE SURVEY IS THAT THERE HAS BEEN SOME POSITIVE AND SOME NEGATIVE MOVEMENT BUT THE OUTCOME IS FLAT WHICH IS THE SAME WHAT HAP PENED IN DAIRY PRODUCTION INDUSTRY THE PLUSES AND THE MINUSES EQUALIZED EACH OTHER /N THE PLUS SIDE WE HAVE STABILITY AND ON THE NEGATIVE SIDE WE START HEARING ABOUT A LOT OF PRESSURE TIED TO CORRUPTION AND TECHNICAL BARRIERS )F YOU LOOK INTO THE SURVEY RESULTS THIS IS THE ISSUE THAT WORRIES OF BUSI NESS 4HIS ISSUE OF FIGHTING CORRUPTION SHOULD BE A PRIORITY NEXT YEAR o ) BELIEVE IT IS IMPOR TANT TO PASS THE MESSAGE FROM BUSINESS TO POPU LATION SO THAT 5KRAINIAN CITIZENS UNDERSTAND WHAT WE OFFER TO 5KRAINE AS INVESTORS AND WHAT THEY OBTAIN AS A RESULT )T IS NOT ONLY ABOUT MONEY THOUGH SINCE INVESTORS ALSO BRING KRZYSZTOF Siedlecki, CERTAIN STANDARDS OF DOING Astellas Pharma BUSINESS THE SYSTEM OF ITS Europe BV MANAGEMENT THE EMPLOY EESl TREATMENT THE SALARY LEVEL 7ITH THE INVESTMENT YOU WILL HAVE PENSION MONEY FOR THE OLD AND SALARIES FOR THE YOUNG !S FOR THE INVESTMENTS INTO PHARMA CEUTICAL INDUSTRY THEY VIRTUALLY DO NOT EXIST .ONE OF THE LARGE LOCAL PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES RECEIVE
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n November 4, 2010, the President signed the Law on Amending the Law of Ukraine “On Enforcement Proceeding” and certain other Legislative Acts of Ukraine regarding Improvement of Procedures for Enforcement of Courts Decisions and Decisions of other Authorities (Officials). Adoption of this Law is a step forward towards implementation of the EBA proposals, as the EBA report on “Barriers for Investment in Ukraine” issued in 2007 highlighted the issue of enforcement proceeding. As a result of the EBA and Ministry of Justice cooperation in summer of 2008, certain EBA proposals were included to the Draft Law on Amending the Laws of
SEE STRONG RESOLVE ON THE PART OF THE GOVERNMENT TO MAKE UNPOPULAR BUT VERY MUCH OVERDUE STEPS 4HE WILLINGNESS TO COOPERATE WITH THE )NTERNATIONAL -ONETARY &UND AND OPENNESS TOWARDS INTER NATIONAL CAPITAL MARKETS ARE VERY POSITIVE TRENDS TOMÁŠ Fiala, 7HAT THE GOVERNMENT Dragon Capital HAS TO WORK ON IS IMPLE MENTATION )T IS VERY GOOD TO HAVE THE RIGHT LAWS IN PLACE AND 5KRAINE CONTIN UES MAKING PROGRESS TOWARDS CREATING A FAVORABLE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT FOR BUSINESS ON PAR WITH THE MOST ATTRACTIVE COUNTRIES IN #ENTRAL AND %ASTERN %UROPE BUT IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LAWS IS SOMETHING WE HAVENlT SEEN MUCH PROGRESS ON 4HERE IS AN ISSUE OF CORRUPTION WHICH IS ALMOST EVERYWHERE THE ISSUE OF TAX AND CUSTOMS ADMINISTRA TION AND SOLVING THEM WILL BE MUCH MORE DIFFICULT THAN DRAFTING A RELEVANT LAW AND PASSING IT IN THE 0ARLIAMENT 4HIS IS BECAUSE THE IMPLEMENTATION AFFECTS PEOPLE WHO HAVE GOT USED TO CERTAIN PRACTICES FOR A LONG TIME AND THESE HABITS WILL BE QUITE DIFFICULT TO CHANGE )N THIS REGARD WE HAVE TO FOLLOW 'EORGIAlS EXAMPLE q THE COUNTRY USED TO HAVE A SIMILAR CORRUP TION RANKING WITH 5KRAINE BUT MANAGED TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM BY CUTTING THE NUMBER OF BUREAUCRATS THERE BY LIMITING THE OPPORTUNITIES TO ASK FOR BRIBES 4HE ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM HAS TO TARGET THIS PROBLEM /N THE ONE HAND INVESTORS APPRECIATE STABILITY AND PREDICTABILITY AS WELL AS THE NEW GOVERNMENTlS RESOLVE TO CARRY OUT REFORMS /N THE OTHER HAND THE SURVEY POINTS OUT VERY CLEARLY THAT WITHOUT ERADICATING CORRUP TION THWARTING UNLAWFUL TREATMENT BY TAX AND CUSTOMS AUTHORITIES AND ESTABLISHING A FAIR JUDICIAL SYSTEM ALL THE REFORM WORK WILL NOT GENERATE RESULTS THE AUTHORI TIES ARE HOPING TO ACHIEVE !T THE %"! WE PLAN TO GUIDE THE AUTHORITIES FURTHER IN MAKING 5KRAINE ONE OF THE MOST ATTRACTIVE INVESTMENT DESTINATIONS IN THE REGION o !LTHOUGH THE )NDEX HAS SLIGHTLY RISEN IN COMPARI SON TO THE THIRD QUARTER OF IN GENERAL BUSINESS ES ASSESS THE INVESTMENT CLIMATE IN 5KRAINE AS NEUTRAL 4O RECEIVE MORE POSITIVE RESPONSE FROM THE INVESTORS AND ACHIEVE SIG NIFICANT CHANGES CERTAIN ANNA Derevyanko, RESOLUTE ACTIONS ARE TO BE EBA Executive TAKEN SUCH AS REMOVAL Director OF TECHNICAL BARRIERS FOR TRADE CUSTOMS PROCEDURES FACILITATION 6!4 REFUND INTRODUCTION FOR THE EXPORTERS AND SO ON )T IS OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE TO DECREASE GOVERNMENTAL FISCAL PRESSURE ON BUSINESS AND TO IMPROVE GENERAL ATTITUDE OF THE CONTROLLING AUTHORITIES TOWARD BUSINESSES !LL OF THIS TOGETHER WITH THE CONTINUATION OF AN EFFICIENT DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND THE BUSINESS WILL POSI TIVELY INFLUENCE THE INVESTMENT CLIMATE IN 5KRAINE
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Ukraine concerning Enforcement Proceeding, elaborated by the Ministry. On July 17, 2008, this Draft was registered in the Parliament with No. 2782. After adoption of this Draft as a basis on March 19, 2009, the EBA forwarded the letter to the profile Parliament Committee on Justice supporting the adoption of the respective Draft.
Proceeding” as well as in amendments to the Commercial Procedure Code, the Code on Administrative Proceedings, the Criminal Code, as well as in the Laws on State Enforcement Service, on Banks and Banking, on Payment Systems and Transfer of Money in Ukraine and on Mortgage. The Law comes into effect on March 9, 2011.
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was regarded as a new version. In general, the amended version of the law can be considered as positive. It is widely known that the provisions of the Law of Ukraine “On Enforcement Proceeding” were out of date, did not serve its purpose and called for amendments to meet the current needs. The amendments to the Law “On Enforcement Proceeding” provided for changes in (1) order and grounds of an enforcement proceeding, (2) parties to an enforcement proceeding, (3) scope of rights and obligations of the participants to an enforcement proceeding, (4) terms and method of service of the documents of an enforcement proceeding, (5) scope of rights of state enforcement officers, (6) an order of appeal of decisions and acts of state enforcement officers. And these are only main changes. In my opinion, current version of the Law “On Enforcement Proceeding” gives grounds and instruments for enforcement proceeding to be improved; let’s see how it will work.
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Editorials
A bad year
Ho, ho, ho. Sorry, but nothing this year for you common folk or the opposition.
The good news is that 2010 is almost over. The year marked the death of the Orange Revolution and the end of the political careers of many of its heroes, who failed to deliver on the promises they made six years ago: “to put the bandits in jail,” ensure equal access to justice as well as prosperity for all citizens. Their places on town squares across the country were taken this fall by a new crop of civil activists, whose tenuous and brief alliance emerged as a reaction to injustice. But when Ukrainians look back, what will puzzle most is the strange triumph of the fallacy that democracy works best when there is “stability” and laws are “enforced.” But what if the laws are selectively enforced, or bad to begin with? The country’s stability-minded leader, President Viktor Yanukovych, has been wrong this year about almost everything, yet he now dominates the political scene more thoroughly than ever. How did it happen? How, after promising a five-year tax holiday for small businesses during the 2010 presidential election campaign, did Yanukovych end up accusing small business owners of trying to avoid paying taxes? Why, after promising to respect laws, did Ukraine’s new rulers roll back media freedoms, ban peaceful protests and put the fix in nationwide local elections? The answer is that the president and his closest confidants preoccupied themselves this year with acquiring power, rather than in using it to improve the lives of ordinary Ukrainians. The year 2010 saw the almost total subjugation of all branches of government to the president. The power grabs included reinstatement this fall of the 1996 Constitution which returned Ukraine to a presidential system of power. Ukraine this year also stepped back from Europe by agreeing to rent part of Crimea in exchange for cheaper gas, reinstalling the 11-year Soviet model of education, and by persecuting opposition politicians. The country remained hobbled by the same old economic and social problems Yanukovych promised to fix when he took office: top-level government corruption, billionaires who stifle both democracy and the economy, and dire poverty for as many as a quarter of its 46 million people.
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Big chill ahead Yulia Tymoshenko denies criminal charges that she, as premier, plugged a hole in the nation’s pension fund with $280 million that the government sold in greenhouse gas credits to other nations. The general prosecutor, a loyalist of President Viktor Yanukovych, says she did just so. True or not, Yanukovych would find himself in a more credible position if not for at least two glaring problems. First, in opposition before his Feb. 7 presidential election win, he championed unaffordable pension increases. Second, his anticorruption campaign is a farce. It targets political opponents; human rights and due process are trampled upon. What is happening now in Ukraine raises fears that the nation may not be a safe place for anyone but presidential loyalists in 2011. And this is a very scary and primitive bunch. The most credible accounts of the melee on Dec. 16 in parliament blame propresidential deputies for viciously attacking outnumbered Tymoshenko lawmakers, who were blocking legislative work to protest the criminal probe against her. Officially sanctioned gangsterism – as in Belarus and Russia – appears to be on its way to Kyiv. And stopping it won’t be easy. Leaders in Russia and Belarus will encourage the death of democracy in Ukraine, while many other nations tune out or continue treating Ukraine as a market, source of cheap raw materials, food and labor. One way to counter the chill under way is to latch on to the coming Euro 2012 soccer tournament, which Ukraine’s leaders are using to show off sparkling new stadiums, airports and roads to thousands of international visitors. If human rights and media freedoms continue to be oppressed, however, Ukrainians and friends abroad should threaten to skip the event in protest. This would hurt Ukraine’s elite in one of their weakest spots – their insecure, fragile psyches. Another way to resist the onset of authoritarianism is to keep reminding the world of Yanukovych’s own words. At the European Union-Ukraine summit in Brussels on Nov. 22, Yanukovych pledged that he would meet conditions for winning short-term, visa-free travel within six months. More than one month into that pledge, we see no evidence that Yanukovych is moving anywhere close to achieving many of the conditions, notably establishment of an independent, corruptionfighting law enforcement agency. “It’s high time for politicians to reach an agreement and raise the level of political culture from all sides,” Yanukovych said in response to the Dec. 16 fight in parliament. He could start by eliminating politically-tainted criminal investigations and punishing lawbreakers in his own camp.
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NEWS ITEM: Just about everyone close to President Viktor Yanukovych found something “under the Christmas tree” this year. Russia received a lease extension until 2042 for its Black Sea Fleet in Crimea and its natural gas company, Gazprom, is inching closer to gaining control of Ukraine’s strategically valuable gas pipeline system. Yanukovych’s inner circle of oligarchs also got what they wished for. Controversial gas trader Dmytro Firtash benefited from a Stockholm arbitration ruling that awarded a company he co-owns with Gazprom some $4 billion dollars worth of natural gas. And industrial titan Rinat Akhmetov closed sweet deals giving him control over a large steel mill and prized energy assets. In contrast, the political opposition and many ordinary citizens feel they got punished. Former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and nearly a dozen of her former officials are facing criminal charges. Meanwhile, a quarter of 46 million citizens still live in dire poverty in this nation blessed with abundant natural resources, fertile agricultural land and an educated workforce.
Has Ukraine lost its appetite for reforms? TOMA S VA L A SEK
In a study on Ukraine published in October, the Centre for Economic Reform (CER) gave President Viktor Yanukovych credit for passing difficult economic reforms but criticized his efforts to suppress political opposition. Since then, reforms have stalled while the concentration of power in the president’s hands has continued unabated. A recent visit to Kyiv has left me deeply worried. The government continues to amass power. This is in part due to the weakness of the opposition – former leaders of the 2004 Orange Revolution such as former President Viktor Yushchenko and former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko are genuinely unpopular with voters, who blame them for disappointing economic performance and failure to move Ukraine closer to the European Union. Even so, president Yanukovych seems intent on preventing free and fair elections. The October 31st regional poll was marred by widespread use of government powers to help the ruling Party of Regions. The European Parliament notes in its Nov. 25 resolution that “some parties, such as [Yulia Tymoshenko’s] Batkivshchyna, were unable to register their candidates.” Phil Gordon, the U.S. assistant secretary of state, said that the United States “does not believe that those elections met the standards of openness and fairness that applied to the presidential election earlier in the year.” The story is not much better on the economic front. Even
Æ A recent visit to Kyiv has left me deeply worried; EU leaders should speak out more forcefully in those areas, where progress had been made, the government has started to backpedal. For example, the new public procurement law, which the EU helped to draft earlier this year, is being riddled by exceptions: the country’s parliament has exempted work on sites for the 2012 European football championship. The EU has viewed the law as key to countering corruption, and its partial reversal dismayed EU ambassadors in Kyiv. Economists also say that the government cheated to comply with a key requirement from the International Monetary Fund: in order to cut tax refund arrears it simply stopped accepting claims. There has been little progress on reforming the country’s all-important natural gas sector. The government has increased domestic gas prices, which has helped to improve the finances of Naftogaz, the country’s state energy company – and perennially insolvent – importer and distributor of gas. But there has been no progress on making the company more efficient and transparent. Æ5
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December 24, 2010
Opinion 5
Selective probes: hallmark of undemocratic regime Prosecutors slap Tymoshenko with corruption charges
VOL ODY MY R YAVOR S K Y an d Y E V H E N ZA K H A R OV
The year 2010 has been marked by an increase in prominent criminal prosecutions. The Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union and the Kharkiv Human Rights Group welcome efforts by the authorities to fight corruption, misuse of power and impunity among members of the State apparatus. But we have major concerns that the criminal prosecutions are aimed exclusively at members of opposition political parties. We have in mind the current criminal cases against Yulia Tymoshenko, Bohdan Danylyshyn, Yury Lutsenko and others. Under similar circumstances, criminal cases against representatives of the current government have not been initiated. In some cases, members of the opposition are accused of actions which members of the present government are engaged in now and with impunity. For example, in one case the charge is of not returning a deposit made by a bidder during the privatization of the Odessa Portside Factory. This deposit has still not been returned by officials currently in power. With the entrenched tradition of lawlessness and abuses, disregard for laws and governance through individual diktat – which has been typical of the authorities over many years – selective criminal prosecutions solely aimed at members of the opposition spell the effective use of criminal court proceedings for political ends. Such practice runs counter to democratic values based on equality of all before the law and undermines the foundations of criminal justice. This seems especially unacceptable given the recent and unpunished violent assault on opposition lawmakers in parliament, as well as attempts by the government to block the work of branches of opposition political parties. Selective application of legislation is a typical weapon of undemocratic regimes. Fearing defeat in conditions of fair political competition and freedom, the regime in such countries removes opposition figures with the use of persecution. To make matters worse, selective presentation of news distorts the true reality of what is happening before the eyes of society. Justice is compromised and the rule of dictatorship is introduced when members of a political party that is in power carry out unlawful actions with impunity while their political opponents are prosecuted for the same actions. Such practices
Opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko is surrounded by journalists in downtown Kyiv on Dec. 20 after being questioned by investigators. On that day, Ukraine’s General Prosecutor’s Office formally brought upon criminal charges against the former prime minister and iconic Orange Revolution leader. Prosecutors said Tymoshenko, who was called in for questioning again on Dec. 22, was banned from travelling outside Kyiv. The 50-year old politician stands accused of misspending some $280 million in state funds while serving as prime minister in 2009. Tymoshenko denies the charges and insists the case against her as well as parallel investigations that have put nearly a dozen allies behind bars in recent months amount to political persecution from the side of her rival, President Viktor Yanukovych. It remains unclear if Tymoshenko will do jail time in connection with the charges. Her allies say the corruption charges are fabricated and aimed at squeezing her out of politics. Ukrainian legislation prevents citizens with a criminal record from holding public office. The president’s camp insists the investigations are genuine attempts to crack down on corruption. (AP)
undermine any public faith in the honesty of the regime’s intentions and its adherence to the rule of law. In conditions where there is an established court system and tradition dating back many years, there is hope that courts and judges could stand in the way of such manipulations. However, the judicial reform carried out this year in Ukraine has made judges highly dependent on politicians. Fully in power, President Viktor Yanukovych and his majority in parliament have all levers at their finger tips to exert influence on judges via the High Council of Justice. This body of power plays a key role in the appointment and dismissal of judges and in bringing disciplinary proceedings against them. The Prosecutor General stated immediately after his appointment that he would implement any order of the president. Later utterances clearly demonstrate his total dependence on the president. A member of the Party of the Regions has been appointed Head of the High Court on
Æ Ukraine’s president, authorities must put end to selective criminal prosecutions and halt the sharp decline in political freedom Civil and Criminal Cases, while his deputy is the Prosecutor General’s brother. All of this gives rise to well-founded doubts that the court proceedings in these political cases will be handled fairly. The president constantly asserts that his aim is to build a European-style democratic state. But to start on this path, he must stop persecuting political opponents.
The Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union and the Kharkiv Human Rights Group call on the authorities to end selective criminal prosecutions and halt the sharp decline in political freedom in the country. Volodymyr Yavorsky is executive director of the Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union. Yevhen Zakharov is co-chairman of the Kharkiv Human Rights Group.
Power grab continues unabated Æ4
In September 2010 Ukraine acceded to the EU’s “energy community,” which groups countries that pledge to uphold each other’s security of supply, on the condition that the government separates Naftogaz’s gas transit pipelines from other businesses. The Ukrainian parliament passed legislation in July that had ordered Naftogaz to do just that. But nothing has changed: Naftogaz remains untouched and important secondary legislation – to create an independent regulator, for example – is not even under consideration. Meanwhile, Naftogaz is descending into deeper financial trouble. A court in Ukraine has ordered the company to repay nearly $4 billion worth of gas to one of Ukraine’s most powerful businessmen, Dmytro Firtash, who had sued for damages incurred when the previous government cancelled the services of his company in brokering gas purchases from Russia. It is not obvious that Naftogaz has enough money or gas to reimburse Firtash.
The government recently passed a law that would make it easier to explore oil reserves in the Black Sea. These could in the long run lessen Ukraine’s dependence on energy imports from Russia. But to extract the reserves, Ukraine needs foreign expertise. So it is baffling that the government has recently imposed a new 40 per cent duty on imports of refined oil and increased royalties on gas and oil extracted in Ukraine. Foreign energy majors will have little reason to invest in the country. One representative of a Western energy major says that “there is plenty of gas here, in shale and under sea, but no one will tap it because there is zero confidence among investors that they would ever see their money back.” Non-energy companies are treated similarly. Deutsche Telekom and Norway’s Telenor have long eyed Ukraine’s national telecommunications operator, Ukrtelecom, but the Kyiv government excluded them from the privatization on a technicality. Curiously, while economic reforms have stut-
tered, relations with the EU have improved, though from a low point. At an EU-Ukraine summit in November, the parties agreed to a ‘road map’ which may eventually allow the Ukrainians to travel to the EU without visas. Talks on a new ‘deep and comprehensive free trade agreement’ (DCFTA) have also been resumed, after months of paralysis. When the European Commission had threatened in October to cut off talks altogether, Yanukovych ordered Prime Minister Mykola Azarov “to make all necessary concessions” to restart negotiations. But the order itself is symptomatic of what is wrong with the relationship: Kyiv only pays attention when talks are about to collapse. Nothing is being done to assess the economic impact of DCFTA on Ukrainian industries or to encourage the losers to move into new lines of business. This guarantees that some of the country’s politically powerful oligarchs will eventually revolt against DCFTA. The EU has limited tools to press for greater
political freedoms and proper economic reforms but it is not powerless. The Ukrainians do care what the EU states and institutions think. They have cheered the European Parliament’s November resolution, in which, for the first time, an EU institution (albeit one without decisionmaking powers in the matter) says that “Ukraine has the right to apply for membership” (something that the Council of Ministers has been reluctant to say). EU High Representative for Foreign Policy Catherine Ashton and senior national diplomats should speak out more forcefully about the state of democracy in Ukraine. EU governments should also use their influence in the IMF to demand real economic reforms. The IMF loans represent the most important leverage that the European governments and the US have in Ukraine today. The current government in Kyiv is capable of tough choices, but only when it feels real pressure. Tomas Valasek is director of foreign policy and defense at London's Centre for European Reform.
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December 24, 2010
After monopolizing power in 2010, Yanukovych may face more protest Æ1 tax-minimization schemes.
President Viktor Yanukovych holds a bulava in parliament on Feb. 25, a traditional Cossack symbol of power, during his inauguration immediately after receiving a blessing at the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra monastery. (Anastasiya Sirotkina)
Full control Political analyst Taras Berezovets said the defining moment of the year came in October when the Constitutional Court – after the installation of a few more president-friendly justices – handed the president more powers. The high court ruling nullified constitutional amendments made in 2004 as part of a compromise to end the 2004 Orange Revolution, which overturned a presidential election rigged that year in favor of Yanukovych. “It was the turning point of the whole political situation,� Berezovets said. “It gave Yanukovych the political levers he needed and turned parliament into another department in his administration as a rubber stamping legislature.� With Yanukovych in full control, nepotism and political favoritism flourished. Friends and relatives of officials increased their presence in government. The latest appointment to raise eyebrows came on Dec. 23, when parliament approved Yanukovych’s nomination of 34-year-old Serhiy Arbuzov to chair Ukraine’s central bank. Arbuzov is reportedly linked to the president’s son, Oleksandr, and previously served as head of a small regional bank. Despite years of foot-dragging and inactivity involving the nation’s greatest crimes, prosecutors moved fast to launch criminal probes against Tymoshenko, whose most recent stint as prime minister ended in March, and some of her allies. “The nail on the Orange politicians’ coffin has been hammered,� said Oleksandr Danylyuk, head of the Common Cause civic movement that took part in this year’s tax protests. Another of Yanukovych’s first moves was to extend the lease of Sevastopol to Russia’s Black Sea fleet until 2042 in exchange for a 30 percent discount on natural gas. Bilateral cooperation in nuclear energy, aviation and other strategic sectors also shifted into high gear. Ukrainian and Russian intelligence services started working in unison again. Once banned Russian politicians who questioned Ukraine’s territorial integrity were allowed to enter
burden to small- and medium-sized businesses. Thousands of privately registered entrepreneurs in November protested in Kyiv and other cities in the largest showing of civil protest since the 2004 Orange Revolution. They succeeded, for now, in convincing Ukraine’s authorities to preserve tax privileges for small businesses. But many fear the tax burden on Ukraine’s smallest and most vulnerable businesses will be increased soon. “This was also a turning point since we saw demonstrations being triggered by civil society groups who were not backed by any political groups, that civil society can function by itself without politicians,� said Berezovets.
What lies ahead?
again. Former prominent Ukrainian politicians who feared prosecution came out of hiding and returned home. Border demarcation proceedings have begun and plans to build a bridge from the Crimean city of Kerch over to Russia are moving forward. Ukraine’s pre-independence KGB archives, which exposed many crimes from the past against the Ukrainian people, were closed to the public. A Russian-Ukrainian commission was formed to write a common school history book, likely one which will take a Russian view of events.
Stability, but little reform Yanukovych has been keen to stress that he is bringing about political stability and economic recovery, after 2009’s 15 percent plunge in gross domestic product. The nation may, by contrast, show four percent growth this year. Macroeconomic targets were mostly met. The hryvnia remained stable as international financing came
to the rescue, including a $15 billion International Monetary Fund loan. To unlock badly needed IMF financing, Yanukovych’s government had little choice but to adopt unpopular austerity measures, such as a hike in utility prices. Plans also envision that the retirement age for women will increase in coming years from 55 to 60. Yanukovych promises that his government will soon be streamlined by 30 percent. But for many Ukrainians and opposition politicians, 2010 is the year of lost reform opportunities. “There are no stability and reform efforts, nothing but empty words,� said Anatoliy Hrytsenko, a member of the opposition Our Ukraine-People’s SelfDefense bloc. “Nothing has changed for the better. Just look at judicial reform, which killed a separate branch of power.� While the nation finally had its first tax code adopted this year, experts said it is far from perfect and many citizens took to the streets to prevent the government from shifting the tax
These kinds of protests could become the big story of 2011, according to politicians and experts. Danylyuk, the head of the Common Cause civic movement that took part in this year’s tax protests, predicted that a new wave a protests will follow this year. Opposition Kyiv city council member and world heavyweight boxing champion Vitaliy Klitschko, agreed. “Our political force is convinced that reforms in the state must be based on a broad social base, taking into account the interests of the people. Otherwise, another ‘Maidan’ is unavoidable ‌ events surrounding the controversial tax code showed that people are ready to fight for their rights,â€? Klitschko told the Kyiv Post. Vadym Karasyov, director of the Institute of Global Strategies, said a “revolution from the topâ€? could happen in which true reforms are taken for the benefit of the people based on the rule of law, democratic values and competitive market policies. “Or we might see a revolution from the bottom such as the protests we saw by the entrepreneurs who were against the tax bill, one that sees new leaders emerge calling for change,â€? Karasyov said. “The third option is the continuation of rolling back on democracy akin to what Belarus or Russia or a combination of both, resulting in a tightening of the screws.â€? Kyiv Post staff writer Mark Rachkevych can be reached at rachkevych@kyivpost. com
Yanukovych fumbles on Ukrtelecom sale B Y O K SA N A FA RY N A FARYNA@KYIVPOST.COM
The privatization of Ukraine’s fixed-line telephone monopoly – touted as the first big privatization tender under President Viktor Yanukovych – stumbled after receiving only one bid. With only Austria-based investment firm Epic expressing interest, the sale will be put off until the start of next year, officials said, while an appraiser sets a final price that the company could pay for Ukrtelecom. The sale was seen as the first major test of Yanukovych’s commitment to competitive privatizations, with critics concerned that state assets could be sold off at below market prices to wellconnected oligarchs, as happened when Yanukovych was prime minister in 2004. Ukraine’s stock market reacted negatively to the news of a lack of interest in the privatization, with Ukrtelecom’s shares dropping 10 percent after the announcement on Dec. 21. Analysts raised concerns as soon as the sale of Ukrtelecom was announced on Oct. 13 that the controversial tender rules prevented global telecoms giants which had previously expressed interest from taking part. Among potential bidders analysts named System Capital Management, owned by Ukrainian oligarch Rinat Akhmetov, and Russia’s telecom group Sistema with its regional mobile phone network operator MTS. Officials at MTS announced that their group did not bid because the starting price – $1.3 billion – was too high. In an official statement on its website, Akhmetov’s SCM said it didn’t bid because while "interesting," Ukrtelecom is a "complicated" asset. Even so, investment bankers believe Epic, which bid through its Kyiv affiliate ESU, is most likely representing Ukrainian or Russian oligarchs. SCM spokespersonAnatoliyYevtushenko said his company was not connected with Epic’s bid. He did not rule out, however, that SCM could buy Ukrtelecom if Epic were to sell it later on. Epic’s managing partner Peter Goldscheider said on Dec. 23 that his company would resell Ukrtelecom after restructuring it. Alexei Kredisov, managing partner of Ernst & Young in Ukraine, said Ukraine's government had failed to attract international companies who could have been interested in bidding.
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December 24, 2010
Numbers show Ukraine’s richest not that generous BY V L A D L AV R OV LAVROV@KYIVPOST.COM
When Pierre Omidyar, owner of the eBay online website trader, was propelled to billionaire status in 1997, he didn’t really know what to do with all the money he got. “It was a surreal experience,” Omidyar admitted, explaining that prior to eBay’s success he had lived rather modestly. When Forbes estimated that his wealth had reached some $4.6 billion by 2001, Omidyar and his wife Pam announced that they had made a bold decision: Most of their wealth will be given away to charity. “We have more money than our family will ever need. There is no need to hold on to it, when it can be used today to help solve some of the world’s most intractable problems,” the couple said. A growing number of the world’s richest people have in recent years announced that they will give a large share of their wealth away to charity – during or after their lifetime. The Giving Pledge, organized by Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, America’s richest men, encourages wealthy people to make a public promise to give away the majority of their wealth to charity organizations or causes of their choice. Pledges – from entrepreneurs as varied as New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg – have reached $125 billion. Such commitments made by the world’s richest people – many of whom succeeded as true entrepreneurs by transforming novel ideas into business success – continue to contrast starkly with the self-declared charity initiatives of Ukraine’s richest. Ukraine’s richest individuals are a totally different breed of billionaires to the likes of Omidyar. “Comparing Ukrainian and Western wealthy people is comparing apples to oranges,” said Taras Kuzio, a Ukraine expert at the Washington-based Center for Transatlantic Relations. “Rich people in the [U.S. and developed countries] in many cases achieved their wealth by creating something. In Ukraine, as well as in other post-Soviet countries, the wealth was acquired by a very small group of people often through
Great party, Victor! Where did you get all the money for this?
a massive grab of state property, for which none of them has ever been held accountable.” When Ukraine’s richest declare they are “giving back” to society, their annual donations rarely exceed one percent of the wealth they have accumulated. And usually, according to Kuzio, the money is spent more on “charity initiatives” that are heavy on self-promotion, rather than on lifting society. Kuzio doubts that Ukrainian oligarchs will give more back to society than they current do without pressure. “Until that happens, they’ll only tend to give money for PR reasons,” he said. Two of Ukraine’s richest billionaires, Rinat Akhmetov and Victor Pinchuk, declined to respond to questions from the Kyiv Post about the Giving Pledge initiative.
Charity crumbs According to a 2009 financial report by the Victor Pinchuk Foundation, its annual charity spending totaled $13.8 million. That’s approximately half a percent of the current estimated wealth of Pinchuk, who became one of Ukraine’s richest individuals under the authoritarian and notoriously corrupt presidential rule of his father-in-law, Leonid Kuchma. Today, Pinchuk, whose wealth is estimated in the Kyiv Post’s 2010 ranking of the richest Ukrainians at $2.2 billion, continues to live a lavish lifestyle and rubs shoulders with the world’s most influential individuals, such as former U.S. President Bill Clinton. Pinchuk reportedly spent more than $6 million in one shot this month to bring such influential friends together to celebrate his 50th birthday at a posh French ski resort. Pinchuk’s Foundation spokesperson said the party was a private event which they cannot comment on. Unable to reach Pinchuk, his foundation also declined to answer whether he would join the Giving Pledge initiative. With billions of dollars of assets spread across industry, energy and mass media, the amount spent on his birthday and charity could be considered pocket change for Pinchuk. Moreover, a close look at how Pinchuk spends for charity shows how it’s often less about giving back, and more about
Much more where this came from, Bill. I’ll give another fat check to your organization soon.
NEWS ITEM: Billionaire Victor Pinchuk celebrated his 50th birthday lavishly. According to reports, the posh celebration cost Pinchuk $6.2 million. Although the guest list was kept secret, La Stampa suggested that Bill Clinton, former U.S. President and recepient of Pinchuk’s donations, attended.
are increasingly expected to give back to their communities.
Giving times to come
U.S. billionaire Pierre Omidyar, the founder of eBay auctioning website, and his wife Pam, pledged to give away most of their fortune to charity.
making friends and polishing his rather tainted image. The healthcare and community outreach programs, as well as student scholarships, account only for about a quarter of the foundation’s total budget, or around $3 million. This is half of what the tycoon reportedly spent on his birthday party. The Ukrainian billionaire chose to spend almost onethird of his foundation’s annual charity dole outs outside of Ukraine, donating it to support Clinton’s Global Initiative. In addition, about $3.6 million went to finance PinchukArtCentre, the billionaire’s snazzy contemporary art center located in downtown Kyiv. The Pinchuk Foundation’s international projects, including Yalta European Strategy Summit (YES), an annual gathering of Ukrainian and foreign politicians and businessmen in a Crimean Black Sea resort, were worth $1.4 million, according to the Foundation’s annual report. It also showed that in 2009 the foundation spent $1.5 million on administrative expenses. In contrast, its program for improving pre-natal care had a budget of around $977,000. Meanwhile, the AntiAIDS foundation run by Pinchuk’s wife Olena (Kuchma’s daughter) spent around $1.5 million in 2009. The majority of these funds were used to fund its international projects and direct financial aid to hospitals, orphanages and HIV-positive people. According to Pavel Pimenov, the AntiAIDS foundation spokesperson, the international projects with the total budget of $500,000, are carried out jointly with the Clinton Global Innitiative and the Elton John Foundation, which received grants from Pinchuk to implement charity projects in Ukraine. Overall the Pinchuk Foundation claims to have spent $57.4 million on charity since 2006, while his wife's AntiAIDS Foundation reports an overall budget of $7.5 million. On Dec. 17, Olena and Viktor Pinchuk announced plans to give an additional $11.3 million for charity healthcare and educational projects. But Pimenov could not immediately provide the details and the time span of the Pinchuk’s pledged charitable contribution. Rinat Akhmetov, Ukraine’s richest man with a fortune estimated at $23.6 billion in a Kyiv Post ranking published this month, appears to spend even less than Pinchuk, despite having 10 times his wealth. According to information provided by Akhmetov’s Development of Ukraine Foundation, it spent $7.7 million on charity programs in 2009. More than 80 percent of this was spent on healthcare and educational programs, with administrative expenses totaling
$663,000. This amount equals to less than 0.05 percent of Akhmetov’s current wealth. In 2010, Akhmetov’s charity budgets appear to have decreased: In the first 10 months of this year, the Foundation spent $4.2 million. At the same time, its administrative expenses already exceeded those in 2009, totaling $850,000. Akhmetov's Development of Ukraine Foundation claims to have spent Hr 331 million since 2005, or about $41 million. Akhmetov’s foundation seems to have received much more as the recipient of a foreign grant this year than the amount it had spent this and last year. On Dec. 10, it received a pledge of $95 million from Swiss Global Fund to Fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. Daria Nepochatova, project manager with the Ukrainian Benefactors’ Forum, a nongovernmental organization uniting various charity groups in Ukraine, says that often “charity” in Ukraine is pure PR, with “people giving candies or bananas to orphans for St. Nicholas Day and having the media report about it.” In addition, she says, fund raising campaigns sometimes spend as much money on management and promotion as they end up collecting.
An example to follow Giving Pledge co-founder Gates, whose net worth is valued at some $54 billion and who has already committed most of his fortune to charitable programs, has also encouraged giving back among the wealthy individuals in other countries. In early December, he received his first response when India’s third-richest man, Azim Premji, transferred $2 billion to charity. His fortune is estimated at $17.9 billion. The initiative has also been followed by Russian tycoon Vladimir Potanin, whose wealth is estimated at $10.7 billion. In February, Potanin, ranked by Forbes as Russia’s 7th richest man, announced plans to hand his entire fortune to charity during the next decade. Experts, however, see Potanin’s move as an exception for post-Soviet billionaires. According to Anthony Kleanthous, senior adviser on Sustainable Development and Economics with the UK office of World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Eastern European countries simply haven’t reached the stage when caring for their communities is considered essential and necessary. “People in these countries are still living according to so-called Western ideals, which really don’t exist anymore,” said Kleanthous. He noted that after the financial crisis, selfish spending on luxury items, such as cars, yachts and expensive mansions is more and more considered obscene, as wealthy people
Both Akhmetov and Pinchuk have their supporters who widely praise their work as a breakthrough for Ukraine’s richest. In an article in TIME magazine, which named Pinchuk as one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2010, Elton John praised his work in the fight against HIV and anti-Semitism. “Through his work in all these fields, Victor shows his love of our planet and makes the world a better place to live,” he wrote. Nepochatova singles out Akhmetov’s foundation as a model of charitable work and PR mix. “When I see the results of Akhmetov’s work, I really start thinking more positively about Akhmetov personally, because we see systematic work, accountability, and concrete results. Even though there is also PR involved and his personal media appearances, we also see concrete results,” she said. The focus should not be on Akhmetov and Pinchuk alone, experts say. Ukraine has another 50 individuals whose net worth stands between $200 million and $6 billion. Many of them do not appear to be active in supporting charities. And none have come out pledging to give large portion's of their wealth to society. The practice of giving is generally weak in Ukraine, according to the World Giving Index 2010, a report on charitable behavior in different countries of the world published by London-based Charities Aid Foundation. In the report, Ukraine scored 150th out of 153 countries, on par with Serbia and only a little higher than Burundi and Madagascar. The survey shows that only 5 percent of Ukrainians are likely to give money to charity, while less than 20 percent are willing to donate their time or help a stranger. In comparison, 70 percent of people give to charity in Australia, which scored number one. Richard Harrison, who co-authored the report, says that much more should not be expected from Ukraine’s wealthy tycoons. He explained the extremely low giving levels by the difficulties Ukraine is experiencing as a nation caught up in crony capitalism after the fall of communism. Harrison said Ukrainian oligarchs shouldn’t be criticized for giving too little, or making their giving part of the self-promotion campaign. “This is what the earlier years of philanthropy should normally look like, as even as it is, wealthy people probably have good intentions,” Harrison said. “Would you rather prefer the money to stay in their accounts? People in Ukraine are just not at the stage when they treat giving seriously and expect it from their wealthy compatriots,” he said. Nepochatova is confident that the practice of donating and giving, especially among Ukraine’s richest people, will keep growing, not least because of the example set by the Giving Pledge initiative. The first professionally managed charity organizations only started to appear in Ukraine in mid-2000s, so there is still a lot of time for the oligarchs to catch up and sort out their priorities, Nepochatova added. In the coming years, “I am sure that at least one of Ukraine’s top 10 richest people will give away all of his wealth,” she said. “Keep in mind that our richest people only just started to turn 50, so they start thinking about such things as the meaning of life,” she added.
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Hunt for tales of Lviv castles this winter
First a playground for medieval nobility, a tuberculosis sanatorium in Soviet times and now a ghost of Renaissance architecture, Pidhirtsi castle is a short trip from Lviv. (PHL)
BY N ATA L I A A . F E D US C HAK FEDUSCHAK@KYIVPOST.COM
LVIV, Ukraine – Buckingham Palace they’re not, but castles in the Lviv region offer enough legends, intrigues and ghosts to captivate even the most seasoned traveler’s imagination. Some date back to the 13th century, while others offer stunning examples of how the Renaissance developed in Ukraine. Taken together, they offer an architectural and cultural smorgasbord that can be enjoyed any time of the year. Many of the region’s outstanding castles were constructed when the area was under the rule of the Habsburg and Polish empires. Some 75 kilometers from Lviv, which itself initially developed as a fortress city, one of the region’s bestknown and loveliest castles is Olesko.
It was first mentioned in 1327 and was likely constructed by one of the kings who ruled that era’s Kingdom of Galicia-Volhynia. Already then it boasted 10-meter high walls that were two-meters thick. The castle enjoyed the strategic location of being perched high on a hill and surrounded by impassable mud. Situated on the important Lithuanian and Polish border, for more than a century it was a desired trophy for many warring nations. Having withstood several attacks by the Tatars, in 1590 Olesko was restored by Stanislaw Zolkiewski, a nobleman, magnate and military commander. Fifteen years later, Olesko was owned by the noble Danilowicz family. Tour guides and books like to recite legends about Olesko, which entails a tragic love affair between Adam Zolkiewski and Danilowicz’s daughter, whose
name is unknown. Zolkiewski had on several occasions asked for the daughter’s hand in marriage. Although she appeared indifferent as to who became her mate, her father wanted a rich and powerful son-in-law. He immediately negated Adam’s candidacy. “One day, whilst enjoying a card game, Adam insisted on being put out of his misery and receiving an answer to his proposal, one way or the other,” writes Ilko Lemko in “The Legends of Old Lviv.” The father again declined the proposal and Zolkiewski committed suicide on the spot. Religious practices dictated that his suicide precluded a proper burial, so Zolkiewski’s body was thrown into a swamp near the castle. “They say, even today, that the moans of a poor soul unable to find peace can be heard at night beside the castle,” Lemko writes.
Another version of the legend says Zolkiewski and the daughter both took their lives and their ghosts can be seen wandering outside around the castle. The ghosts of another castle in Pidhirtsi village will be part of a television program called “Ghosts of the Eastern Bloc: Ukraine and Poland” that will air on the American Syfy cable channel on Jan. 12, 2011. One of the ghosts who might make a presence is the female spirit who has led several Ukrainian and foreign psychics to the place where her bones allegedly lie in the expansive Pidhirtsi Park. Built in the mid 1630’s by French and Italian engineers, Pidhirtsi is one of the finest examples of Renaissance architecture in Ukraine. “You won’t find in Ukraine a village where there are more such ancient memorials of culture than in Pidhirtsi,” writes Dmytro Chobit in a Æ11
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Food d ic Critic WITH ANTONINA A ARMASHULA
Before you binge eat this holiday, think of Ukrainian pensioners The sleigh bells are ringing, the carolers are singing, and Kyiv’s main street Khreshchatyk shines with Christmas lights. It’s that time of the year again: Christmas, New Year’s Eve, Epiphany and Malanka. It is, indeed, a jolly time, but it never ceases to amaze me how most of our festive occasions revolve around food. Parties to go to, family dinners to attend, and afternoon tea and cake with friends are high up on the holiday agenda. I and my food-loving friends have to buy new trousers with elastic bands hoping we won’t gain too much weight, yet we're preparing for the worst. Binge eating makes me think about people less fortunate than us. Some Ukrainians have to save several months in advance for a Christmas dinner or they won’t have one at all. The international poverty line now stands at $1.25, which is roughly the equivalent of Hr 10 per day. Can you come up with a daily one-dollar food plan? I tried my best and spent about two hours carefully planning it. So, for breakfast I can feast on two Artek waffles for Hr 1.79 and a cup of tea for Hr 0.47. For lunch, I’d have an omelet made of two eggs (Hr 2.38), some sunflower oil (Hr 0.20) to sprinkle the pan and a glass of milk (Hr 0.35). Meat balls for Hr 3, mashed potatoes for Hr 1.33 and a cabbage salad for Hr 0.26 will make my dinner plate. I won’t bore you with serving sizes but rest assured they are not large. My bill came up to Hr 9.78 with a few kopeks left for salt and pepper. Millions of people in Ukraine linger on a similarly meager budget: pensioners, families with many children and the homeless. What’s poignant though is that many of them are engineers, doctors, and teachers who earn very little working for the state. In the holiday spirit of giving and sharing, I urge you to think of them. Any contribution, however large or small, is welcome. Bake a cake for student interns in your office. Donate $10 to a charity fund, drop a hryvnia into a beggar’s hand, and cook more with less. I have a simple tradition of giving away all the food left over from the New Year’s Eve party to the homeless at the nearest metro station on Jan. 1 There is a popular saying in Ukrainian that teaches one how to maintain a healthy diet: eat breakfast by yourself, share lunch with a friend and give dinner to an enemy. I suggest we paraphrase the last part of it and take our dinner to those in need. Antonina Armashula is a marketing director at Mark Tapley Ltd., a consultancy in Kyiv. A culinary devotee, Armashula blogs about fine dining and cooking at www.edok.in.ua.
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Live Music In ‘Everyone Else’ film, relationships are never easy. (www.culturevulture.net)
EVERYONE ELSE Language: German with Ukrainian subtitles Drama/Romance. Germany (2009) Directed by Maren Ade Starring Birgit Minichmayr, Lars Eidinger and Hans-Jochen Wagner While on holiday in Sardinia, Chris and Gitti, a seemingly happy married couple, find their relationship tested. Chris is fretting over his career as an architect and getting annoyed with Gitti’s vague vows of support. Their privacy is violated by two other young couples, one of whom is about to have a baby, while the other is feeling broody as well. In this atmosphere of peer pressure, hidden fears and desires start to come out causing mutual irritation. SEX & DRUGS & ROCK & ROLL Language: English with Ukrainian subtitles Biography/Drama/Music. USA (2010) Directed by Mat Whitecross Starring Andy Serkis, Tom Hughes, Clifford Samuel A biopic of Ian Dury, the lead singer of the British band the Blockheads, is a nifty patchwork of Dury’s turbulent life on and offstage. As a young kid he contracted polio and had trouble walking all his life. Yet the disability never crept into Dury’s mind. Defying skeptics, he established himself in the 1970s as
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one of the founders of the punk-rock scene in Britain. Dury didn’t coin the phrase “sex & drugs & rock & roll,” but put it into the language through his 1977 hit song, which was a mode of life for many at that time. SCROOGE Language: English with English subtitles Fantasy/Drama. USA (1951) Directed by Brian Desmond Hurst Starring Alastair Sim, Jack Warner, Kathleen Harrison Based on “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens, the film tells the story of an old miser Ebenezer Scrooge. A rich and lonely businessman, one night he gets a chance for redemption. Visited by the ghost of his former partner and three other spirits, he is forced to reconsider his life and change his mind about many things. This Victorian-era masterpiece had been adapted onscreen a few times, but the 1951 Scrooge is arguably the best interpretation ever. GIGOLA Language: French with Ukrainian subtitles Comedy. France (2010) Directed by Laure Charpentier Starring Lou Doillon, Marie Kremer, Thierry Lhermitte Born to a Catholic family, young woman
ZHOVTEN 26 Konstyantynivska St., 205-5951 www.zhovten-kino.kiev.ua Everyone Else Dec. 24-29 at 1:30 p.m., 5:25 p.m., 9:25 p.m. Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll Dec. 24-29 at 3:25 p.m., 7:25 p.m., 9:30 p.m. Dec. 25-26 at 11:20 a.m. Gigola Dec. 24-29 at 9:40 p.m. A Single Man Dec. 24-29 at 2:30 p.m., 6:05 p.m. MASTER CLASS CINEMA CLUB 34 Mazepy St., 594-1063, www.masterklass.org/eng Scrooge Dec. 30 at 7 p.m. George refuses to live like everyone else. In her teens, she falls in love with her female teacher, who eventually commits suicide. Torn apart by her loss, George escapes reality giving herself up to the Parisian underworld. Wearing a men’s suit, George becomes an escort for women only. Changing her name to Gigola, she offers extravagant pleasures in return for big money. A SINGLE MAN Language: English with Ukrainian subtitles Drama. USA (2009) Directed by Tom Ford Starring Colin Firth, Julianne Moore In 1962, it was hard to admit you were gay. Teaching English literature in L.A., British native George struggles to come to terms with his partner’s death. His relationship with him lasted 16 years, but Jim’s family didn’t even allow George to attend their son’s funeral. In the course of one day in November, he meets all kinds of people who may just help him to get the answers he needs. .
Dec. 29 The Magma, Hr 50 Dec. 30 Partizanskie Vytivky, Hr 50
Pop-rock band Antitela will play in Docker’s ABC on Dec. 24 (img. moskva.fm) ART CLUB 44 44B Khreshchatyk St., 279-4137, www.club44.com.ua Concerts traditionally start at 8 – 10 p.m. Dec. 24 Diversanty, Hr 50 Dec. 25 Raving Saturday: G Sound, Hr 50 Dec. 27 Pink Fox, free admission Dec. 28 Antenna, Hr 50 Dec. 29 New Year Eve Party: Stiliagi, Hr 30 Dec. 30 Balkan Party, Hr 20 DOCKER’S ABC 15 Khreshchatyk St., 278-1717, www.docker.com.ua Concerts traditionally start at 9:30-10 p.m. Dec. 24 Antitela, Tres Deseos Latino Party, Hr 80 Dec. 25 Tabula Rasa, Red Rocks, Hr 80 Dec. 26 Foxtrot Music Band, free admission Dec. 27 Angie Nears, Hr 40 Dec. 28 Tres Deseos Latino Party, Hr 40 Dec. 29 Rockin’ Wolves, by invitation Dec. 30 Animals Session, Hr 40 DOCKER PUB 25 Bohatyrska St., metro Heroyiv Dnipra, www.docker.com.ua Concerts traditionally start at 9:30-10 p.m. Dec. 24 Mad Heads XL, Chill Out, Hr 100 Dec. 25 AC/DC Party: Easy Dizzy, More Huana, Dec. 26 Vostochny Express, Hr 30 Dec. 27 Second Breath, Hr 50 Dec. 28 Tex-Mex Company, Hr 50
BOCHKA PYVNA ON KHMELNYTSKOHO 4B-1 Khmelnytskoho St, metro Teatralna, 390-6106, www.bochka.com.ua Concerts traditionally start at 9-10 p.m. Dec. 24 Carte Blanche, Grazhdanin Topinambur Dec. 28 Hot Guys Dec. 29 Carte Blanche Dec. 30 Beefeaters PORTER PUB 3 Mazepy St., 280-1996, www.porter.com.ua Concerts traditionally start at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 24 Midnight Blues Dec. 25 Mescalero Dec. 26 RomaNika Dec. 29 Ivan Bliuz Dec. 30 Lemmons JAZZ DO IT 76A Velyka Vasylkivska St., 599-7617 http://jazz-doit.com.ua Concerts traditionally start at 8-9 p.m. Dec. 24 Jazz Inside Duo Dec. 25 ZheFo Duo Dec. 29 Maria Zubkova Du
Other live music clubs: 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., 468-7410 U KRUZHKI 12/37 Dekabrystiv St., 562-6262.
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Avoid holiday shopping frenzy by ordering online BY N ATA L I YA H OR B AN HORBAN@KYIVPOST.COM
Ukrainians would not be themselves if they didn’t overstock and stuff themselves with food during winter holidays. Making sure they don’t run out of supplies, Ukrainians are notorious for rushing to the supermarkets around holiday time, clearing them out of vodka, sausage, tangerines, and sweets. Check out lines in December and January become a living hell. So before you are hit by another trolley stocked with mayonnaise, get online and explore Ukraine’s food delivery services. They may not be as smooth as more experienced delivery companies across the border, but they can nonetheless save you time and hustle. If you order early enough, they will deliver on the same day for around Hr 30. But if you don’t speak fluent Ukrainian or Russian, make sure to have a native speaker nearby, since none of the websites have an English version yet.
Furshet One of the largest supermarket chains in Ukraine started delivering food seven years ago. Orders are placed via the phone or Furshet’s website, which unfortunately looks like Ukrainian roads on a snow day. Everything is hurdled together in very small print. Not every product is accompanied by a picture but you shouldn’t have too much trouble with this if you are an experienced shopper and know your brands. One of Furshet’s upsides is that you can pick up your grocery bags in person instead of receiving it by delivery. The downside is that they do not always answer the phone and can’t always guarantee same-day delivery.
Kabanchi.com When you see a small service charge on top of a regular delivery cost (Hr 30), you understand that a Westernminded businessman is behind this project. A small tip of Hr 12 to a person who packs your shopping will most likely ensure you get the freshest milk
and softest bread as opposed to running out-of-date products. The company works with two supermarkets: Magelan at Odeska Ploshcha and Furshet on Inzhenerna St. Their website has an easy and user-friendly design. Each product listed is accompanied by a picture, which you can twist and turn to read all labels and ingredients. You may order online or by phone and choose between a self-pickup and the supermarket’s delivery. If it’s a matter of life and death like an empty coffee jar in the morning, Kabanchi. com will quench your caffeine thirst for Hr 59 with a two-hour delivery. Another pleasant surprise: Assistants will call you back when you get your order to make sure you are happy with everything.
Allo24 More of an “errand boy,� this company is ready to take and deliver any orders 24/7. However, you’ll have to rely on your memory when placing an order, because there are no products or prices listed online. The service functions through a phone only. The company delivers from Auchan, Silpo, Velyka Kyshenia, and Metro, among other supermarkets. It takes about two hours to receive your delivery. Apart from groceries, they deliver McDonald’s burgers, sushi, cocktails, flowers, train tickets and medicine.
Gastronom Gastronom takes its name from the Russian word for a grocery, widely used in the Soviet days. Their shopping items and prices are not much different from other online delivery services. Working with many chains, they advertise their produce with nice photos and a user-friendly interface. If your order is more than Hr 400, you’ll get it delivered for free. You can also pay using Webmoney in addition to cash and credit card options. The downside is Gastronom’s working hours: Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Kyiv Post staff writer Nataliya Horban can be reached at horban@kyivpost.com
Lines can get very long and tiresome during the holiday season in Ukraine. (Joseph Sywenkyj)
Online shopping services, hours open and prices Company
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Days open
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Free if over Hr 600 Hr 30 if under Hr 600 Self pick up available
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12 p.m. – 10 p.m.
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Free if over Hr 600 Hr 59 for a two-hour delivery Hr 30 if under Hr 600 Hr 12 service charge Self pick up available
Every day
9 a.m. – 10 p.m.
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Kabanchi.com (from Magelan)
Hr 59 Hr 12 service charge Self pick up available
Every day
2 p.m. – 10 p.m.
3 p.m. – 11 p.m.
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Celebrate holidays in ‘Country of Dreams’
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Famous for his ethnic shows among other amazing stage gigs, Ukrainian musician Oleh Skrypka doesn’t stop whatever the weather. During the winter edition of his Country of Dreams (Krayina Mriy) annual festival, he has a bunch of celebrations to check out. The outdoor museum – a replica of a typical Ukrainian village, will play host to all the events. Friday, Jan. 7 – celebration of Orthodox Christmas with a holiday market, caroling and Skrypka’s concert. Thursday, Jan. 13 – celebration of the Old New Year’s Eve, the first day of a new year on the old calendar, which was in use until the 1917 October Revolution. Expect more carols, folk songs and traditional theatrical performances. Friday, Jan. 14 – Saint Vasyl Day will be marked by carol workshops followed by a chance to watch cartoons on a big screen. Wednesday, Jan. 19 – Epiphany will be celebrated as usual by plunging into ice water. Then you can warm up taking Ukrainian dance lessons and sing with TopOrkestra and Mad Heads XL bands. Mamayeva Sloboda, 2 Dontsya St., 361-9848, 590-5555, www.krainamriy.com. Tickets: Hr 10 children, Hr 40 adults
Best classical music picks (www.stlsymphony.org) • Tuesday – Wednesday, Dec. 28-29 – The New Year’s Strauss Concert at 7 p.m., National Opera House, 50 Volodymyrska St. Tickets: Hr 20-500 • Tuesday, Jan. 4 – Astor Piazolla’s Tango music concert at 7 p.m., National Philharmonic, 2 Volodymyrsky uzviz, 2781697 • Tuesday, Jan. 11 – The Trumpet Players' Parade at 7 p.m., National Philharmonic, 2 Volodymyrsky uzviz, 278-1697
Rich on magic and history, decaying Lviv castles need work Æ8 booklet about the castle and
A New Year’s Eve party in the heart of Kyiv • Saturday, Dec. 25 – Christmas Music, Blues S-tyle at 7 p.m., Budynok Aktora, 7 Yaroslaviv Val St., 235-2081.Tickets: Hr 40-70.
A 13-hectare park around the Olesko castle in Lviv region with sculptures, ponds, and rare plants make for a nice day out. (Courtesy photo)
To ring in the next year with a massive crowd of people, come to Kyiv’s Independence Square on Dec. 31. A tentative celebration program will start off with a festive parade near the Besarabsky food market around 9 p.m. To participate, bring a flashlight or anything else that glows. Around midnight, expect a laser show, a 3D video performance and, of course, fireworks. Among the celebrity singers rocking the stage that night will be Gaitana, Oleh Skrypka and duo Potap and Nastya Kamenskykh. The ban on public alcohol consumption will be lifted specially for the occasion. For better or for worse (most likely the worse), all types of alcohol from beer to vodka will be sold right on Maidan.
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surrounding area. Pidhirtsi was virtually ruined during Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky’s war for liberation from the Poles, but by the end of the 17th century, it underwent significant reconstruction. Pidhirtsi flourished under the Rzewuskis family, eventually becoming a must-see attraction for European aristocracy and a place where nobles could linger for weeks. In the 18th century, the family constructed an inn for guests and provided them with various amusements. This included a theatre and orchestra that was comprised of the property’s servants. St. Joseph’s Latin Church built near the castle is still an architectural tour-de-force, although decaying. The castle itself was adorned by paintings purchased from all over Europe. Many of these works were lost during the First World War, when soldiers rampaged through its halls and corridors. After the Second World War, the Soviets established a museum at the castle, and then a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients. In 1956, a large fire broke out at the castle, ruining much of its interior. Preservation work has been ongoing and in 2008, the castle was put on a list of 100 world memorials in desperate need of restoration. Other castles in Lviv that beckon
ÆThe Soviets established a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients at the Pidhirtsi castle. Restoration works are still on-going. include Zolochiv with its so-called rounded Chinese Palace, which offers a superb collection of Oriental art. Svirzh castle offers a superb balance of nature and architecture, and Brody and Zhovkva are both examples of what were called perfect cities. It is only a problem of where to start. All castles can readily be reached through Lviv tour operators that offer regular excursions to castles in the region. Kyiv Post staff writer Natalia A. Feduschak can be reached at feduschak@ kyivpost.com
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Let’s make chocolate
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1 It takes about 60 cocoa beans and 48 hours to make a chocolate bar (5). One of Ukraine’s chocolate giants, Korona, let the cameras follow its African beans on a mysterious journey to becoming a deliciously guilty pleasure (3). In the beginning, cocoa beans (4) are cleaned and disinfected to prevent any dangerous bacteria from creeping in. Then, they are roasted in gigantic stoves to a certain degree, which very much determines the taste of the final product. Roasted beans are next grounded into a special paste called chocolate liquor. Don’t let the name trick you – there’s no alcohol in it. Chocolate paste and butter then get extracted from the liquor only to be mixed together again, minus the byproducts. Then come milk, sugar, nuts and raisins, among other ingredients (1, 2). The dark mixture is then poured into special moulds to cool down and harden. Chocolate has not always been around the way we crave it now. Apparently, the ancient Maya tribes enjoyed it as a drink. Europeans knew nothing about it until the 16th century, when Spanish conquistadors brought it home from their voyages to the Americas. For many years chocolate was an expensive privilege that royalty and the rich enjoyed alone. Luckily, things changed in the 19th century. The British found a way to make chocolate bars, previously available only in liquid form. Soon thereafter, the Dutch set up mass production. Story by Nataliya Horban. Photos: Courtesy
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Gadget Guru
Top 10 gadgets of 2010 Some limitations (no camera, files sync exclusively through specialized software, etc.) will hardly turn off ordinary users from buying the iPad. AL E X E Y B ON DA R E V
2. Samsung Galaxy Tab
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Samsung’s device is the only serious rival yet for the iPad. By using Google’s Android platform, it escalates the Apple-Google warfare from the smart phones market to Tablets. Galaxy Tab is smaller than the iPad: It can be carried in a pocket. It has two cameras (the iPad has no camera at all) and supports Flash technology (Apple doesn’t support it on portable devices). The Android platform gives users more freedom in software installations and downloading content. Only its unbelievably high price can stop Galaxy Tab from becoming a true bestseller. Costing as much as the iPad, it loses in hype and stylishness associated with the Apple’s device.
Geeks and nerds had an unbelievable year. Apple unveiled at least three revolutionary gadgets. Samsung finished its evolution from “one more Asian manufacturer” to a global player. Google turned the phones’ market upside down with its Android platform. And to round it off, 3D TV became available after decades of hype. To look back at this ground-breaking year for informational technologies, Kyiv Post offers its own choice of the best gadgets that hit the market in 2010.
3. Apple MacBook Air
1. Apple iPad It wasn’t the first Tablet PC in history. But one can hardly remember any of its predecessors by now. Apple’s CEO Steve Jobs was right, when he predicted that the iPad would change computer industry. With the iPad, Apple simplified a personal computer to an unprecedented extent. People with very small computer knowledge can easily install software, browse the web and use social networks. From now on, you don’t need to know anything about how a computer works to use it.
Air was born in 2008. The ultra-thin and lightweight 13-inch notebook with a backlit keyboard was a revolution. Even though it was pricey, not too powerful, and its aluminum case was overheating while watching videos, it set new standards for the industry when first introduced. In 2010, Air became a much-hyped device once again. The new Air is equipped with SSD (flash memory) instead of traditional hard drives. The notebook now works faster, lasts longer and is much lighter. Moreover, it is now available in two versions: with 11 and 13 inch displays. The 11-inch model is by far the best lightweight notebook in the world, yet starting at $1,000, it’s pricey.
4. Microsoft Kinect Xbox video game console is the best Microsoft project in years. But Kinect, a video controller that allows you to rule the game with your body movements, is simply revolutionary. Kinect is like a window into the future. It gives a sneak preview of the type of interaction with computers
when keyboards and mouse devices become obsolete. Technologies of this kind will eventually help create a virtual reality.
What’s more, it has a slim and beautiful design. With so many new features, news over its poor signal quality wasn’t enough to prevent it from becoming another bestseller.
7. Amazon Kindle
5. Samsung 3D TV
In 2007, Kindle made a breakthrough launching a new era of e-reading. Since then, many companies have started to produce e-readers, but Amazon tries to be in the lead. Hitting the market in 2010, Kindle 3 has a 3G modem allowing users to download e-books directly from the Web. Kindle might not be the best e-reader in the world (Sony and some others have better displays and controls), but still it’s the flagship of e-reading.
The prospect of 3D pictures seemed exotic for decades. But James Cameron’s blockbuster movie “Avatar” demonstrated once and for all how much people want to see action in three dimensions. Since movie theaters went 3D, it was quite logical to assume that people might want to enjoy this technology at home. Samsung was the first to bring 3D TV sets to the market. They are expensive for now, and there’s not enough content to watch yet. But if you are eager to taste the technology that will take over the market in the next few years, it’s a good sample to start with.
6. Apple iPhone 4 Apple has been releasing a new iPhone each year as of late. And every reincarnation of the world’s best smartphone proved to be a knockdown punch for its rivals. This year Apple shocked its opponents with high resolution Retina display, which makes an otherwise simple menu look like it’s been painted on canvas. The new iPhone also has high productivity and a good camera.
9. Apple TV Apple has its own vision of the future. You no longer need to buy a movie or download it from the Web. Connected to your TV set, Apple TV can show videos you buy or rent from iTunes, an online Apple store. All you have to do is browse iTunes and click on a video you want to watch. It might seem useless in Ukraine, where most people don’t want to pay for movies simply because of the wide choice of pirate websites. But in the civilized world Apple TV is marketable. It seems that sooner than later Steve Jobs will come on stage in his black sweater and blue jeans to teach everyone how to watch TV.
10. Google Nexus One 8. Sony NEX-3/5 Mirrorless, interchangeable lens cameras are the new trend in digital photography. They are cheaper, smaller and simpler to use than usual SLR cameras, while providing better photo quality. In this respect, Sony’s NEX 3 and NEX 5 are stunning. They are small, easy to use and the picture quality is awesome. NEX 5 can even record video in HD quality. These gadgets are pricey. But if you are a fan of making your own high quality photos and videos and don’t want to spend big money on a professional camera, they might be a perfect choice for you.
Google’s first smartphone turned out to be an epic failure moneywise. Nexus One, a really cool smartphone produced for Google by a Taiwanese company called HTC, didn’t have huge sales. Nevertheless, Nexus One was the first smartphone to show the power of Android, a young platform developed by Google to compete with Apple’s iPhone. Android gained a huge share of the market in 2010. No doubt, it will become the most popular mobile platform in coming years. And despite its miserable sales, Nexus One is to be remembered for this accomplishment. Kyiv Post news editor Alexey Bondarev can be reached at bondarev@kyivpost. com
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December 24, 2010
Ladies in the making
Students in festive frenzy get ready for the ball.
Choreographers Dmytro Dykusar (L) and Olena Shoptenko lead their students
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Charity ball organizer and former model, Vlada Prokayeva
15 couples open the ball with the polonaise dance
Former top model Vlada Prokayeva hosted a charity ball for 300 girls from underprivileged families and orphanages in Kyiv's City Hall on Dec.18. For three months these young women have been attending classes on women's health, psychology, make-up and style led by famous writers, doctors, TV personalities and other celebrities. Fifteen girls took lessons in ballroom dancing to perform on closing night. The aim of the project was to raise the teenagers' selfconfidence and teach them some health and beauty tips. Head of the charity fund "Talented children are Ukraine's future" Prokayeva expressed hope that her ladies' school will become an annual event. On the festive closing, all attendees received gifts ranging from books and sweets to jewelry and make-up. (Roman Hrytsenko)