Ukraine Digest. Issue 25 (October 18. 2013)

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Ukrainian Gas Pipe Among EUs Key EnergyInfrastructure Projects

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Ukraine expandsparticipation in spaceprojects

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Cambridge Makes Wayfor Ukrainian geniousTaras Shevchenko

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Page 2Ukraine Digest, Friday, October 18, 2013

www.UkraineDigest.co.uk

Te Days o Ukraine is the rstcultural event o such a scale thatwe hold in the very heart o Lon-don.

It is not just a estival, whichaims to showcase the countrys

vibrant contemporary art, lit-

erature, music and ashion. Wewant Britons to discover a brandnew Ukraine, a country whichshares the European values andis aimed at entering the amily oEuropean nations.

For almost twenty years we have witnessed the Eu-ropean integration success o our Eastern Europeanneighbours and soon Ukraine will be signing a uniqueAssociation Agreement with the EU which will shapeUkraines civilizational choice. In my view this eventmay be compared to the all o the Berlin Wall.

Tis is a conscious choice and it is irreversible. It

is in ull compliance with aspirations o the Ukrain-ian people and strategic vision or development o theUkrainian statehood.

Te relations o political association and economicintegration between Ukraine and the EU will con-tribute to ull potential o bilateral relations betweenUkraine and the UK, boost mutually benecial trade,investments, technological exchange and people-to-people contacts.

Tis year has also seen a signicant number oimportant Ukrainian-British bilateral events in thespheres o political dialog, economy, military and, o

course, cultural dimension.I strongly believe that the Days o Ukraine in theUK, which we launch here at the Parliament, will bea successul estival. And I truly hope that it will turninto annual event.

On October 17, 2013 the ocialceremony o the opening o the Dayso Ukraine was held at the BritishParliament.

Among guests o the event wereJohn Bercow, Speaker o the Houseo Commons, John Whittingdale,Chair o the British-Ukraine All-PartyParliamentary Group, Lord Risby,Chairman o the British UkrainianSociety, Mr Kostyantyn Gryshchenko,Vice Prime Minister o Ukraine, LeonidKravchyk, First President o Ukraine,Volodymyr Khandogiy, Ambassador oUkraine to the United Kingdom as wellas other ocials, representatives o the

Ukrainian and British business circles,media and think tanks.Te Days o Ukraine in the United

Kingdom are organized in Londonrom 17 to 19 October 2013 by FirtashFoundation, a charity, with the nancialsupport o Group DF, an internationalgroup o companies based in Ukraine. Aspart o the event London Stock Exchangewas opened by Ukrainian businessmanDmitriy Firtash on October 17.

Ukraine shares the

European values and is

aimed at entering the amilyo European nations

It is very

important

that we

begin the Days

of Ukraine in theUnited Kingdom

at the London

Stock Exchange.

London is the

nancial capital

of Europe; it is a

huge investment

potential for our

country.

Dmitriy Firtash,

the owner of

Group DF Volodymyr

Khandogiy, Ukraines

Ambassador
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economy

Once the ree trade re-gime between the EUand Ukraine is ully in-troduced the GDP o the

latter is bound to increase by more thansix percent annually. Such statementwas made by the European Commis-sioner or Enlargement and EuropeanNeighborhood Policy Stean Fule, pic-

tured, during the roundtable discussionin the Ukrainian parliament.In his address the EU Commissioner

talked about the new transitional pro-visions or the Ukrainian producersthat are going to be introduced to helpUkrainian economy adapt to the EUstandards. Negotiations on the liber-alization mechanisms provide or theprotection o Ukraines economy, sothat the changes dont come too ast,said Fule.

Reportedly, the international audit

company Ernst and Young estimatesUkraines current GDP growth at 1.1percent, while the IMF stated that theGDP o Ukraine in 2013 was expectedto remain at zero percent. Te 2013 statebudget estimates the nominal GDP in2013 to reach approximately UAH 1,576trillion (approx. USD 197 billion) main-taining the GDP growth at 3.4 percent.

Now that Ukraine goes through re-orms and is getting ready to sign theAssociation Agreement (AA) and theDeep and Comprehensive Free radeArea Agreement (DCFA) with the EU,the eastern European country claims itis ready to do all the homework thatmay arise while AA and DCFA are im-plemented, as noted by Prime MinisterMykola Azarov.

DCFA will undoubtedly createunique opportunities or accelerated

modernization o the Ukrainian econo-

my, improving its investment attractive-ness, and increasing competitivenesso Ukrainian manuacturers, said thePrime Minister. Te implementationo technical regulations and standardsrequires a lot o work and signicantinvestment, he noted, expressing hopethat the Commission would grantUkraine adequate nancial and techni-

cal assistance to support the competi-tiveness o domestic products.Te EU, on the other hand, was

ready to provide nancial assistance toUkraine in the amount o EUR 186 mil-lion, as noted by Commissioner teanFle. He also added that there was apossibility o allocating EUR 610 mil-lion aer all the conditions o the Eu-ropean Union are met. Besides, the EUocial promised to support Ukraine inits uture negotiations with the IMF on

the account o getting another loan.

EU Commissioner: Ukraines

GDP Will Increase 6% Afer

Signing Association Agreement

A PROJEC involving Ukraini-an gas transport system has madeit to the list o 250 key energy in-rastructure projects, adopted by

the European Commission onOctober 14, 2013. Te projectswill receive unding o EUR 5.85bln during 2014-2020. Financingthese energy inrastructure pro-jects would create most benetsto European consumers, accord-ing to EU Energy CommissionerGnther Oettinger.

Ukrainian energy inrastruc-ture project will involve theconstruction o a connecting

Adamowo-Brody pipeline. Itwill extend or 371 km joiningthe JSC Uktransnaas HandlingSite in Brody (Ukraine) and Ada-mowo ank Farm (Poland). Te

pipelines maximum technicalcapacity will reach 10, 20 and30 mln tonnes per year, respec-tively depending on the three

consecutive stages o the projectimplementation.

Te completion o the 250projects will help the EU mem-bers integrate their energymarkets, enable them to diver-siy their energy sources and helpbring an end to the energy iso-lation o some Member States,reads the europe.eu note. Moreo-ver, the projects will enable theenergy grid to uptake increasing

amounts o renewables, helpingreduce CO2 emissions.Ukraine is a major transporter

o imported Russian gas to Eu-rope. Its vast pipe network (near-

ly 40,000 km long) allows thecountry to transport, store, anddistribute gas to many Europeancountries. Ukraines pipelines go

rom Russia to Belarus, Hungary,Moldova, Poland, Romania, andSlovakia. Ukraine obtained itsrst gas pipe back in 1924. Its gastransport inrastructure has beendeveloping rapidly ever since.

Ukrainian underground gasstorage acilities constitute an-other subject o interest or theEU. Ukraine is not just a transitcountry or the Russian gas, the country also has a potential

to store gas, said Oettinger. Weare considering the possibility ostoring 35 bln cubic meters ogas [in Ukraine], maybe 60, headded.

Ukrainian Gas Pipe Among EUs

Key Energy Infrastructure ProjectsUkraine is

not just a

transit country

for the Russian

gas, thecountry also has

a potential to

store gas.

Gnther Oettinger,

EU Energy

Commissioner

Ukraine possesses 13

underground gas storage

facilities with total

capacity of more than

31 bln cubic meters


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Te gov-

ernmenthas ap-proved rais-ing an addi-tional 2.6 blnUSD in 2013required orthe Cyclone-4project, whichenvisions crea-tion o a spacerocket complex

at the launch siteAlcantara inBrazil under stateguarantees. Teproject is includedin the Ukraines Eco-nomic DevelopmentProgram (20132014).It was approved lastspring.

Te implementationo the joint Ukrainian-Brazilian project will help

strengthen Ukraines po-sition on the global spacemarket, increase volume oproduction o the domes-tic space industry and helpUkraine enter new regionalmarkets.

Creating a space rocketcomplex Cyclone-4 is includedin the long-term cooperationagreement signed by Ukraineand Brazil in 2003. Te complex

will enable the launch rom Al-cantara o spacecra into lowand medium Earth orbits.

In accordance with the agree-ment, Ukraine will develop the

launch vehicle and prepare the

necessary production acilities.Brazil will create a launch centerinrastructure at Alcantara.

Te Ukrainian-Brazilian Al-cantara Cyclone Space entityestablished in 2007 is in chargeo this ambitious high-tech pro-ject. It began construction oground based acilities or Cy-clone-4 in Brazil during theautumn o 2010. According tothe National Space Agency o

Ukraine, to date, constructionis more than hal nished. It isexpected that the rst launcho Cyclone-4 will occur atAlcantara in late 2014.

Ukraine has expandedcooperation with manycountries in the space sec-tor. Under the Russian-Ukrainian joint project,on August 22, 2013 theDnepr launch vehiclewas launched at the

Yasny launch base(Orenburg region,Russia). It deliveredinto orbit a SouthKorean remote sens-ing satellite Komp-Sat-5 weighing 1,400kilograms. his isthe 18th successullaunch o the Dne-pr launch vehicle,which helps dis-

pose o intercon-tinental missilesby using themto deliver spacepayloads.

It should be noted that the

Dnepr launch vehicle based onthe RS-20 missile is internation-ally popular and attracts inves-tors by its reliability, minimalimpact on the payload duringlaunch, as well as by its cost. Telaunch price is 31 mln euros,which is signicantly cheaperthan the nearest European com-petitor, the Vega launch vehi-cle, which costs 59 mln eurosto launch. A reliable Dnepr LV

has a 97% success rate (188 testlaunches), the best or missiles othis class.

Ukraine in 2013 urtherstrengthened its infuence on theglobal market or space prod-ucts by the successul launch oDnepr LV. Ukraines space enter-prises continue to play a key rolein technical support o the mostsignicant space program today.

Te government believes thatthe space industry has a poten-

tial to be a key to innovation de-velopment o Ukraine. Its sup-port will satisy the long-terminterests o the state in securityand deense, boost developmento undamental and applied sci-ence, and education.

Te Cabinet last year ap-proved the Concept o nationaltargeted science and technol-ogy space program 20132017.Te approximate unding rom

all sources (state budget unds,investment, public-private part-nerships) is 2.58 bln USD, in-cluding 140 mln USD rom thestate budget.

Ukraine expands

participation ininternational

space projects

space

Ukrainian

governmentaimed to

increase local

space industry

output by 50

percent over the

next ve years

through closer

cooperation

with investors.

We are setting

up a program

to implement

research and

development

projects in the

space industry

on the basis of

public-private

partnerships.

Mykola Azarov,

Ukraines PM

The space industry

has a potential to be

a key to innovation

development of

Ukraine


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Taras

Shevchenko

is one of the

most uncom-

promising and

unique voices in

modern Europe-

an culture. This

voice is becom-

ing increasingly

better known

in Great Brit-

ain. Since 2008,

Shevchenkos

poetry has beenstudied in the

Ukrainian origi-

nal by Cambridge

students.

Dr Rory Finnin,

University Senior

Lecturer

T

aras Shevchenko

(1814-1861) de-serves his own Hol-lywood blockbuster.

Ukraines cultural godather wasan orphaned ser who became apainter; a painter who became aearless poet; and a poet who en-dured imprisonment and exileto become the voice o a people.

His work led to the emer-gence o a country that is nowthe largest within Europe.

Over the course o the com-

ing year, the University o Cam-bridge will be joining the worldin celebrating the 200th anniver-sary o Shevchenkos birth.

oday, the University is an-nouncing that it has named acentral avenue on the SidgwickSite aras Shevchenko Way( ) orthe duration o the bicentennial.

Tis symbolic, temporarynaming o a well-travelled pas-

sage running east to west on theSidgwick Site is a rst or Cam-bridge.

Its location - at the intersec-tion o the Faculties o Law,

History, Divinity and Modern

and Medieval Languages - wasselected to speak to the poets en-during legacy.

aras Shevchenkos workshatters barriers between eastand west, explains Dr RoryFinnin, University Senior Lec-turer in Ukrainian Studies.

With a singular passion heappealed or justice or all op-pressed peoples, drew importantmoral lessons rom the past, andinterrogated the relationship be-

tween the human and the divinein a broken world.

His is one o the most un-compromising and unique voic-es in modern European culture.

Tis voice is becoming in-creasingly better known inGreat Britain. Since 2008, arasShevchenkos poetry has beenstudied in the Ukrainian origi-nal by Cambridge students inthe MML Faculty. Since 2011,

prints o his paintings have hungin seminar rooms in the RaisedFaculty Building.

For too long, arasShevchenko has been placed on

a granite pedestal and primarily

considered a Ukrainian nationalpoet, says Finnin. At Cam-bridge we read him as a poet oglobal stature and signicancewho happens to be Ukrainian.In his innovative use o a ver-nacular, he can be as powerulas Burns. In his conessionallyricism, he can be as intimate asRilke. In his mysticism, he can beas evocative as Blake. And in hishumanism, he can be as stridentas agore. Tis complexity can

be intimidating, but our studentsrelish the challenge.

Cambridge Ukrainian Stud-ies, a programme o the De-partment o Slavonic Studies,plans to use aras ShevchenkoWay or impromptu literaryreadings and musical peror-mances over the course o thebicentennial.

odays unveiling is con-nected with this weeks Days o

Ukraine estival in London (17-19 October), which is showcas-ing the best o contemporaryUkraines literature, music,ashion, and visual art.

An unveiling of a special commemorative pavement marker takes placeon the Sidgwick Site to commemorate the Bicentenary of the birth of apainter and poet known widely as Ukraines cultural godfather.

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For more information, please, contact

Oksana Kyzyma,

Press Secretary of the Embassy of

Ukraine to the UK

Tel.: 020 7727 6312

E-mail: [email protected]

Address: 60 Holland Park,

London W11 3SJ

In the preparation of this issue materials ofUKRINFORM, WNU, cam.ac.uk, ukraine-days.co.ukwere used

Issue #25, October 18, 2013

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aras Shevchenkohad never been to

England, but he wasond o English lit-erature and art. Te Ukrainiangenius Shevchenko was ondo the most prominent Englishgenius William Shakespeare.Te researchers note thataras Shevchenko always keptShakespeare verses in Russiantranslation with him.

Nowadays aras Shevchen-kos works and his name are wellknown to the world. Even

ar away in the outerspace there is anasteroid Kob-zar, which wasnamed aferthe outstand-ing Ukrain-ian poet andartist. TeShevchenkopoetry is trans-lated even to

Chinese and tomore than to twen-ty languages o thenations living in India.

Tere is no sucha city, town or evena village in Ukraine,which dont have its street,park named afer the Ukrain-ian genius. Tere are almost128 monuments to arasShevchenko outside our coun-try. Since today Cambridgealso has its aras Shevchenko

Way.In his times, Shevchenko

didnt get a chance to visit themotherland o his avouritepoet and playwright. He hadnever been to Cambridge aswell. Due to lecturers and stu-dents o Cambridge Univer-sity as well as to all those whosupport the Ukrainian Stud-ies at Cambridge University the name and works o arasShevchenko are settled in oneo the most prestigious Univer-

sities o Great Britain.

As Gaur Gu-lom, the Uzbek

poet said aboutShevchenko, heis a aithul andgenius son othe Ukrainianpeople, but hebelongs to allthe peoplesnotwithstand-

ing o the lan-

guage they speakand the part o the

world they live. Tisis so because he praisedthe high and noble ide-als, which are immortaland which express the

best thoughts and aspirationso all the peoples o the world.Te unveiling o the arasShevchenko Way in Cambridgeis another recognition o signi-cance o the Shevchenkos herit-age or the world.

Last year when Ukrainehosted the EURO ootballChampionship, the Guardiancompared the amous Ukrain-

ian ootball player, who has thesame surname as our nationalpoet Andrii Shevchenko withhis English colleague WayneRooney. Te British paper saidthen: His name has a particu-lar meaning. Just imagine thatWayne Rooney were born asWayne Shakespeare.

I believe that arasShevchenko should have lovedsuch a paralel with Shake-

speare, his avourite poet andplaywright o England.Im particularly proud

that due to all who study andpopularize the works o arasShevchenko in Great Britain the country o Shakespeareand ootball the name oShevchenko associates notonly with the modern sportbut with the classic literatureand art o Ukraine, the coun-try o a huge potential and richhistory.

culture

Shevchenko

belongs to

all the peoples

notwithstanding

of the language

they speak and

the part of the

world they live.

The unveiling

of the Taras

Shevchenko Way

in Cambridge is

another recog-

nition of sig-

nicance of the

Shevchenkos

heritage for theworld.

Volodymyr

Khandogiy, Ukraines

Ambassador

Self-portrait,

1840

by Volodymyr Khandogiy, Ambassador of

Ukraine to the UK

Kateryna (1842, Oil)
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