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“AGAINST THE VAMPIRES OF THE PAST" |
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The sign over the entrance gate to the Soviet Solovki concentration camp read: “We Shall Force Humankind into Happiness with an Iron Hand.” The sign over the main gate to a Nazi concentration camp read: “Arbeit macht frei” —“Work Makes You Free.” It is hard to say which of the two formulas is more cynical. They both are, because at the time an individual could only expect to find happiness and freedom in the afterlife. In early April 2008, a NATO summit took place in Bucharest, during which... |
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Published Wednesday, December 24 2008 |
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U.S.-UKRAINIAN MILITARIES WORK TO BRING REGIONAL PEACE, STABILITY |
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American and Ukrainian defense leaders are working together to assist Ukraine in its quest to develop modern, democratically managed armed forces, a senior U.S. military officer said here yesterday. The two-day U.S.-Ukraine Bilateral Defense Consultations played a large role in that endeavor, said Army Lt. Col. Gary D. Espinas, who works in international security affairs in the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Policy... |
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Published Wednesday, December 24 2008 |
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US, UKRAINE, SIGN PARTNERSHIP CHARTER |
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The United States and Ukraine Friday signed what was termed a Charter of Strategic Partnership calling for cooperation in defense, energy, trade and other areas. The United State will set up a diplomatic mission in Ukraine's Crimean region. State Department officials said the terms of the partnership accord are not unlike those of agreements the United States has with many other countries. But the signing comes at a politically-sensitive time, in the aftermath of the Georgia crisis, and officials said it is a signal to Moscow of U.S.-Ukraine solidarity... |
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Published Wednesday, December 24 2008 |
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WHY THEY [THE RUSSIANS] DO NOT WANT TO SEE US, OR HISTORY ON THE SERVICE OF AN IMPERIAL POLICY |
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Once Empress Catherine II felt she was sitting firmly on the Russian throne, she immediately instructed Prince Viazemsky to take a number of certain steps to force Ukrainians “to get Russified in a delicate way” as soon as possible. Just a hundred years later Russia’s interior minister Valuyev considered it necessary to persuade the entire world that “there were not, are not and cannot be” any Ukrainians. I recalled this when I read the book "The 1932-1933 Famine: a Tragedy of the Russian Countryside" by the Penza-based professor of history Viktor Kondrashin, which was recently published in Moscow... |
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Published Wednesday, December 24 2008 |
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RUSSIA BLOCKS UKRAINE UN FAMINE-GENOCIDE RESOLUTION AGAIN |
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Russia blocked Ukraine-initiated UN resolution claiming Holodomor in the Soviet Union in early 1930s was famine-genocide aimed against Ukrainians, rather than a common tragedy of many nations in the country. “We succeeded to bloc the inclusion of the item into the agenda of the current UN General Assembly,” Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vitaly Churkin said on Thursday, adding the United States and Great Britain backed the Ukrainian motion, which “ended in nothing.” |
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Published Wednesday, December 24 2008 |
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LUC and LUCW ATTENDS MP BORYS WRZESNEWSKYJ CHRISTMAS PARTY |
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 The League of Ukrainian Canadians is actively involved in federal politics and is a strong supporter of the only Ukrainian MP in GTA. In addition, LUC and MP Borys Wrzesnewskyj have a wonderful working relationship, especially on the issue of the Holodomor recognition.
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Published Wednesday, December 24 2008 |
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MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR |
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Your friends at the League of Ukrainian Canadians, Oleh Romanyshyn, Volodymyr Paslavskyi and the Board of Directors. |
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Published Wednesday, December 24 2008 |
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All good wishes for you at Christmas and through the year ahead. Wishing you Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year filled with happiness.|
RIGHTS-WATCHERS SAY NEW RUSSIAN TREASON LEGISLATION HARKENS BACK TO '30S TERROR |
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Rights activists in Russia say proposed legislation broadening the definition of espionage and treason will return Russia to the darkest days of the Stalinist regime. The legislation -- backed by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and the ruling Unified Russia party -- was submitted to the State Duma last week. In a joint statement, a number of Russia's most prominent human rights activists say the new government bill is "legislation in the spirit of Stalin and Hitler." The bill, which is expected to become law... |
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Published Tuesday, December 23 2008 |
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RUSSIAN FEDERAL SECURITY SERVICE GENERAL DENIES HOLODOMOR |
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A Federal Security Service general on Thursday dismissed as an "invention" a 1930s famine that Ukraine has asked Russia to recognize as genocide after Kiev urged the Kremlin to join in commemorations for millions of dead. The dispute over the Holodomor, or mass famine, of the 1930s, in which historians believe 7.5 million died, is one of many pitting the Kremlin against Kiev's pro-Western leaders... |
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Published Tuesday, December 23 2008 |
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US, UKRAINE LOOK TO STRENGTHEN TIES |
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The United States and Ukraine are looking for ways to strengthen cooperation in a rejection of Moscow's claim to a sphere of influence along its borders. A new strategic partnership statement is intended as a signal to Russia, according to Deputy Assistant Secretary of State David Merkel. The document, which U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Volodymyr Ogryzko were unveiling... |
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Published Tuesday, December 23 2008 |
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