Stories about Ukraine from May, 2006
Ukraine: Persecution of the Baptists
Leo Finkel reports that the Prosecutor General's Office is investigating “the Ukrainian Union of Baptist Churches, the largest Protestant congregation in Ukraine, with more than 2,500 communities and equal in number to the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church's parishes.” Allegedly, the Baptists forged documents to privatize a building in the center...
Russia, Georgia, Ukraine: The Future of CIS
Vilhelm Konnander shares his analysis of the situation around the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).
Ukraine: Motorcyclist Set to Reach India
Leo Finkel writes about Roman Bilyk, a Ukrainian man riding his Jawa motorcycle all the way to India “to promote inter-cultursl understanding.” Right now, he is in Armenia.
Russia, Ukraine: Victory Day
A WWII veteran in Kyiv, Ukraine – by Veronica Khokhlova On May 9, former Soviet states marked the 61st anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in WWII. Veterans and troops (as well as ultra-nationalists and Stalinists) marched in Moscow, Kyiv and other cities. LJ user drugoi has posted photos...
Ukraine: Folk Music Instruments Scam
Pawlina of Nash Holos writes about an Australian internet scam that involves Ukrainian folk music instruments.
Ukraine: May Celebrations
Scott W. Clark of Foreign Notes writes about May celebrations in Ukraine.
Ukraine: Rock Sich Festival
Mat Savelli of Roma Roma writes about a rock festival taking place in Kyiv, Ukraine, that may inspire some U.S. musicians to refer to the Cossack history in their bands’ names.
Ukraine: March 26 Vote in the United States
Lyndon of Scraps of Moscow gives a somewhat belated photo-tour of the Ukrainian Embassy in Washington, D.C., on the day of the March 26 parliamentary vote.
Ukraine: Irene Zabytko's Stories
Greg of Reflections on Ukraine shares his impressions of a book of stories by a Ukrainian author Irene Zabytko: “All of the stories are narrated by the central character, Luba, a Ukrainian in her early twenties of the post-WWII displaced persons (DP) group of immigrants who lives with her parents...
Ukraine: Naftogaz vs Pinchuk, Donbas Clan, Etc.
LEvko of Foreign Notes writes about varying approaches of “Ukraine's most powerful businessmen” and those who run “Naftogaz, the Ukrainian state-owned gas company.” He also posts an update on the lack of progress in the coalition talks.
Poland: Anti-Semitic Deputy Prime Minister
The beatroot writes about Andrzej Lepper, Poland's new deputy prime minister, who received an honorary degree from a private Ukrainian college with a dubious reputation and is considered an anti-Semite.
