The Kiev Times /June 2012/

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EUROZONE CRISIS

OSTAP STUPKA: PATRIOTISM – IT’S SPENDING MILLIONS ON A UKRAINIAN BLOCKBUSTER!

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CUSTOMS SAYS WELCOME...

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International Information and Analytical Edition | Ukraine | The Kiev Times | June, 2012

UKRAINIAN NATIONAL TEAM WON THE CUP OF NATIONS

THIS IS OUR EURO!

«WE READ THE KIEV TIMES»

During the football championship Euro-2012 Ukraine was discovered by the Europeans and at the same time remained a mystery: complete positivism from a fantastic atmosphere and the absolute lack of understanding of the causes of Ukrainians shortcomings

Norwegian city Drammen (Drammen, NOR) 21-24 July held CSIO4*held next round of the European Nations Cup League Promotion (2012 FEI Nations Cup Series European Promotional League). Total during 2012 the League will hold 5 rounds of team competitions and the finals of the League, which is scheduled for 20-23 September 2012 in Barcelona, Spain 5*. The European Promotion League consists of 12 teams. In the fourth round (in Drammen) met representatives of 10 countries (Spain, Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, Ireland, Italy, Qatar, Finland, Sweden and Ukraine). Of these, only 8 completed the race. Ukrainian team, represented by Alexander Onishchenko (President of Equestrian Federation, Ukraine), Catherine Offel, Bjorn Nagel and Cassio Rivetti won the first place. Under the Nations Cup rules the holder of the first place in each stage gets 10 points. In earlier start in the Linz-Ebelsberg 4 * (AUT) 1013.05.2012 and Copenhagen 4 * (DEN) 17-20.05.2012 our team got first and second place and already has 17 points. Today Ukraine is the leader and heads the League, once again confirming the status of one of the strongest teams in this sport. The second place goes to the representatives of Denmark, and the third – to Spain. Winning the Nations Cup European League Promotion entitles the team to take part in the Champions Cup of Nations in 2013. Looking forward to opening in Barcelona. In August in London Equestrian Ukrainian team will take part in the Olympic Games.

In June 2012 the world turned upside down for our country. Lviv residents embraced the Portuguese, and in Donetsk the locals danced in the pouring rain with the French. On the

streets of Kharkov an orange mood was created by their football jerseys of the marching Dutch. In Kiev the marching columns were yellow, these were the Swedes. In this

RENAT KUZMIN: ARE TIMOSHENKO, LAZARENKO AND KUCHMA MURDERERS?

KIEV MET THE LONG-EXPECTED «APOCALYPSE»

Interview with the First Deputy Prosecutor General of Ukraine Read on page 10

photo: Ukrainian News, Alexander Lobanov, meeting organizers, EP photobank

UNION RETURNS? The new Russian leadership headed by three time President Vladimir Putin will not miss the right moment and will do everything possible to restore the economic union of post-Soviet countries. Ukraine is the main goal of the project. Power in Russia has moved from Vladimir Putin ... to Vladimir Putin. The role of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev was revealed his visit 1820 May, to the summit of the Group of Eight (G8) at Camp David in the United States. The Russian Prime Minister was remembered when he conveyed a letter from a «friend Vladimir» to U.S. President Barack Obama, in which the old/ new Russian President outlined his view on Russian-American relations. «When the wind of change blows some build walls others

On May, 23d the museum «Mystetskyi Arsenal» started the first Kiev biennale of contemporary art; ARSENALE 2012. It took organizers only eight months to prepare for ARSENALE 2012. Usually preparation for such large scale exhibitions every two years requires 12 months or more. This leads to the assembly of installations partially without electric lighting, belated presentations of video works, and getting custom clearance for separate exhibits literally on the eve of the opening day. But still the global event has taken place. Its scope and success have stunned the most exacting experts of contemporary art. Even the worldlywise artists and art critics couldn’t hide their amazement, because the level of the first Kiev biennale has been found to be unexpectedly high both by its artistic content and by the

«ALEA IACTA EST» – THE DIE IS CAST

build windmills», – this ancient oriental wisdom, Vladimir Putin well comprehends. He intends to review foreign policy and to derive maximum benefit from the crisis that has rocked the modern world order, Putin intends to extend the main efforts of Russian diplomacy to the post-Soviet space. Read on page 8

The sacramental phrase of Julius Caesar, said by him while crossing the river Rubicon – «Aleaiactaest», today might well be used to understand the role and place of Ukraine in the modern world To its neighbors Ukraine is clearly a «chunk», which we are not willing to give, but no one is going to take it. Poland dreams about Ukraine, closely adjacent to its borders economically and politically. Germany sees Kiev as a buffer between Europe and Asia. Russia dreams of transportation networks and an energy sector, the EU is ready to seize the financial system of Ukraine. And finally, the U.S. does not object to draw Kiev into the risky game called «missile defence». Read on page 9

colorful movement of football fans from Europe was a place for blue and yellow colors – the state flags of Ukraine on cars on the roads, the people dressed in the colors of the

football team! All of this festive excitement is shared with co-host Poland of the Euro-2012 Our Euro! Read on page 4

Marius Klatt, Regional Manager Transfermarkt GmbH & Co, Kiev, Ukraine «My work involves review and coverage of world and European football events. I have been to many international football championships: World Championship in Berlin and the League Cup championships in Europe. I assure you, that the championship in Ukraine is organized well. When the stadiums were being built, I was in Ukraine. I was worried a little, that they wouldn’t make them on time. Stadiums opened in a timely manner. Football matches, especially international, are almost always and everywhere accompanied by the slaughter between the fans, chaos and collapse. In Ukraine, everything went surprisingly peaceful and quiet. People here are nice and friendly. And thank your newspaper for information about modern Ukraine. In the West, it is not enough. We read The Kiev Times and learn about your country!»

FINANCING OF THE UKRAINIAN BUSINESS: TO BE OR NOT TO BE?

decoration of the exhibition itself. «Biennale opening has attracted a large pool of foreign press and more than one and a half thousand guests. This is the audience, which determines the world art-tendencies. Many of the present curators and art critics have more than once lit the global stage. Perhaps, without such an important occasion as bien-

nale (for the world cultural life) these people would never have come to Ukraine. But today Kiev is recognized as one of the cultural centers of the world», says Natalia Zabolotnaya, organizer of ARSENALE 2012, the General Director of «Mystetskyi Arsenal» in a talk with The Kiev Times. Read on page 14

With the fall of the Soviet Union, the time of the national republics had come. With it came an uncontrollable desire for the new and the unknown. Business was one of those new things. Post-Soviet citizens were becoming more and more capitalistic. National business, as a phenomenon, was being born. People had realized that being a good businessman does not necessarily mean being smart and hardworking. Influence and power became the keys to success. The raider attacks began, as any business idea through the use of power could easily be turned into ones property. The population experienced the rise of the spirit, as if the burden fell off their shoulders. People could earn money, do private business, not realizing that private business could again be divided with the government or become dependent on government. Today, Ukrainian business, in contrast to our economy, almost keeps pace with global trends. Ukrainians have attracted foreign investment, begun cooperation with foreign partners, have been able to develop domestic manufacturing capacity, and have even gone to the IPO, to become more transparent and understandable to European markets. Ukrainian business can be divided into two groups. In the first group are the companies that follow the principles of transparency and reliability. These companies always fulfill their contractual obligations. In the second group are companies that do not try to meet their obligations to contractors. Companies in this group are doing their best to get hyper-profits, even through deception and fraud. Сontinued on page 2


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