04/11/2008 | sybiriachka

Тимошенко позбулася останнього комуніста в уряді [10.04.2008 20:37]
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A oсь достовірна інформація з гарвардських джерел:

В новому уряді віцепримєр міністр Васюник курує посаду голови Деркомархіву. Відомо, що ще на початку січня пані Ґінзбург дали змогу оминути запрошення на розмову в Кабмін, де вона повинна була подати заяву про відставку. Але вона "захворіла" і пішла на лікарняний. Не цілком зрозумілу чому, але факт є, що Васюник "кришував" Ґінзбург.

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Derzhavnyj Komitet Arxiviv Ukrajiny is the executive governmental body responsible for state archives. Since mid 2007 it functions under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism (see Postanova Kabinetu Ministriv Ukrajiny vid 11.VII.07 No. 899). Prior to that it was under the Ministry of Justice and prior to 2005 it functioned as an independent DerzhKomitet reporting to the Vice Prime Minister for humanitarian affairs within the Kabinet Ministriv structure.

Dima Tabachnik appointed the Communist O. Ginzburg to head the DerzhKomArxiv when he was Vice Prime Minister. The current Vice Prime Minister, Ivan Vasjunyk, still oversees this position. It was generally known that in early Jan. 2008 Ms. Ginsburg was allowed to dodge an invitation for a talk in the Kabinet Ministriv during which she would have had to submit her resignation. Fortuitously, she became "sick" just before the meeting and proceeded to take a month's leave for "medical" reasons. Ukrainian regulations do not allow the removal of personnel while on medical leave.

Mr. Vasjunyk is the only person in the Kabinet Ministriv today who apparently continues to protect Ms. Ginzburg. He became Vice Prime Minister under the Nasha Ukrajina quota just this December and before was closely associated with Mr. Victor Baloha as his first deputy head of the Presidential Administration. It is hard to imagine what compels Mr. Vasjunyk to protect Communists and allow them to shortchange President Yushchenko's programs of Holodomor remembrance and reconciliation of the past. This is why it makes sense to direct questions about all of this to Mr. Vasjunyk or the Presidential Administration since it appears they are players here.

Concerned individuals can express dissatisfaction with Mr. Vasjunyk and the durable Ms. Ginsburg by withholding support of official Ukrainian government efforts to commemorate the Holodomor (such as the upcoming conference this April 5th at the Embassy of Ukraine in Wash. DC entitled "The Famine of 1932-1933 and the Ukrainians: History and Literature"). Withholding support makes sense until the government terminates the Ginzburg farce. Business cannot be as usual if the authorities do not prosecute the violations of Ukrainian law that apply to Ms. Ginsburg's efforts to promote her party's agenda from high government office. It would also not hurt to suggest to the Tymoshenko Block that their silence in this situation may be deleterious in the long run.

The present circumstances at the DerzhKomArxiv are likely to encourage more scholars to leave. Helping these individuals continue scholarly work in Ukraine will be just as important as registering disapproval with political or government officials. Providing the means to migrate the content of the very important DerzhKomArxiv web site (www.archives.gov.ua <http://www.archives.gov.ua> ) to a safe place will also be timely in light of the unannounced engagement of a crew of young people (apparently at the behest of the Communist Party) to "redesign" the site. We should also be vigilant about personnel changes initiated by Ms. Ginsburg within the DerzhKomArxiv, her attempts to place trusted individuals in key positions at the oblast and rajon archives, and her efforts to gain control over oblast archive finances. Intervention at the local level appears to be the Communist party's preferred method for gaining control of historical memory and society. Their chances of succeeding are greatly enhanced as long as they hold on to the DerzhKomArxiv.

Roman Procyk
Ukrainian Studies Fund