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reprint from the magazine "Advertising Express #27"
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July 7, 2000 Donetsk
the regional council voted in favor
acceptance of the Application for... language=
to your question. Basically it's
The statement concerns deputies
Lviv ropcobeta, because
which is a day earlier = Thursday,
June 29 = they voted yes
the solution that is proposed
introduce a moratorium on "broadcast
u performance of vulgar unoya=
loud songs on the streets and squares
Dyax of Lvov". Note that in
previous version of the solution Lvov =
ropcobeta on this issue =
su instead of the adjective "ino=
paganx" was an adjective
"Russian-speaking". Moreover, don't
no one bothered to explain, by =
which at the same time are not prohibited
consumption Ukrainian-language "vul=
garish" songs, which are also su=
exist in nature.
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Here onthis decision and reacted to
German regional council. Reacted as already
was stated by the Statement in which, in
in particular, it is said that "The decision of the deputation
tats of the Lviv City Council are bearish
service to the Ukrainian language, which is compro-
compares Ukraine to international co-
society, violates the Constitution of Ukraine and
rights of citizens." It should be noted that
a good Statement is still a soft option
developments of events. Because at the beginning
In general, it was proposed to give Russian the language
ku on the territory of the Donetsk region status
official. But the deputies decided to postpone
consideration of this issue until the next
sessions. By the way, the decision of the Lviv City Council
the moratorium veto has not yet been signed there
by the mayor Vasily Kuibida. Maybe he
and won't sign it?
In the meantime, it would be appropriate to remember that
why did people suddenly start talking about language in Lvov?
So the question is, where did it all start? Pre-
We present to you an article by a famous political
th columnistDmitry Dzhangirov,who
ry has been following the topic from the very beginning.
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Over the pastten years in statements
political forces and public organizations
tions opposing national radicals,
we have often come across the term "national"
onalistic Sabbath." But only today
tracking developments in Lviv
after the tragic death of the composer Igo-
rya Bilozir, we fully realized
What is hidden behind this is quite confusing
salty concept. For those who are interested -
is social psychology, nothing new
go, no special “national specificity”
there is no "ki" in the behavior of the Lviv lumpen -
all this is described in the classic work
nineteenth century Italian scientist
Scipio Segele "Criminal Crowd", which
Raya was published in 1892. But some details
whether what is happening deserves special attention
mania, because they indicate a severe illness
diseases of Western Ukrainian society even in
to a greater extent than the pogroms themselves
buildings.
FACTS AND COMMENTS
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Hypothetical Objective Observer
(for example, a foreigner) who was in
Lviv cafe "Tsisarska Kava" in the evening
May 8, would describe those tragic events
as follows:two tipsy company
they clashed because they interfered
sing drinking songs to each other. B
in a fight, some turned out to be stronger than others, and in
the victim was taken to the hospital with serious
yellow head injury, from which he later
passed away. In general, the most typical "everyday life"
wuh" with no less typical loyalty to mi-
police to one of the attackers, who
turned out to be the son of the deputy city manager
Board of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. However, when the role follows
the ultra-right Lvov-
Russian politicians, then the determining factor for them
It was a completely random circumstance:
"winners" as opposed to victims,
were Russian-speaking. And now, in the inter-
speeches of national schizophrenics, all this
the tragic incident took on the character
ter of interethnic clashes, where
composer Igor Bilozir plays the role
a hero who entered into an unequal battle for
raine culture and who died at the hands of sub-
lyh "Muscovites".
On Lviv-inspired radicalism
lami with full connivance as local-
both national and central authorities surge
anti-Russian sentiments overlapped with the selection
ry to the Verkhovna Rada according to the Lvov election
body district N36, and hysterical scream
"Death to Muscovites!" became quite conscious
the main election slogan of the Nazis in
Social Nationalist Party (SNPU) andspiritually close to them strength. And spiritually close -
to SNPU in Lvov turned out to be very wide
wide range of parties - from UNA-UNSO and KUN to
both Rukhs. Its "international
even the leader exerted power" on the Ukrainian Nazis
French far-right Le Pen.
GRIMACES OF LUMPEN=NAZISM
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In this whole story, turned from
human tragedy into the disgusting
political show, the most blatant pre-
one is placed, carefully hidden
fact. During those 20 days that Igor Bilo-
zir spent in intensive care, on an open account
in a bank to raise funds for his treatment
received... 45 hryvnia. One hryvnia each
for every year of the composer’s life.
Yes, if everyone who came to the funeral
composer (100-150 thousand people), according to
donated one hryvnia, then, rather
In all, it wouldn’t be a matter of death
got it - for that kind of money it would be quite possible...
to perform the necessary operation, for example
measures, in Austria. Moreover, knowing the inert
number of people, such a fundraiser could
organize the same Rukh or social-national
nalisty. Plus your own party
shake with a mighty hand - issued to save a life
emerging nationalcomposer. But that-
something that never even occurred to anyone...
This is where, it seems, lies the terrible
according to its moral and ethical consequences
We have a clue, - Lvov National Radio
the Kals did not need a living Igor Bilozir,
they only needed it for the dead! Alive
Bilozir has already passed the peak of its popularity
tee. Full halls and crowds are a thing of the past.
fans, nor Lviv “patriots”,
nor, especially, the Lvov authorities, did not show
had no desire to support their
talented fellow countryman. Even creative
Igor Bilozir's evening at the Philharmonic has arrived
43 spectators. And he, like many others
people of art who were left out of work
In recent years, to put it mildly, it has not flourished.
By the way, in that same cafe "Tsisarska Ka-
va", where the tragedy occurred, and which in
the day of the funeral was destroyed by the exalted
bathroom crowd, Igor Bilozir throughout the
For several years, they were treated to free food.
All this does not harmonize with the image
a national hero, but an absurd death in
in the hands of political cheaters became a feat
in the name of the national language and culture, and
included in the list of murderers demanding vengeance
cafe (already destroyed), Russian music and
language (drafts of their actual
ban), as well as all Russians and Russian-
stentorian Lvov (up toluckily more pogroms
ours did not reach, but the appeals, with popular
government, sound increasingly louder).
DANGEROUS PARADOXES
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It is clear that politicians make up
just a small part of Lviv society, but
what makes thousands of ordinary citizens you
go to rallies and processions under pogroms
with our slogans? Why do they want to take revenge?
Russian and Russian-speaking? For death
Bilozira? But there is a specific killer there.
For insults and oppression? But elementary
statistics show that at 15-
A Lviv resident should accumulate 20% of Russians -
there are many more various grievances towards neighbors
dyam-Ukrainians. Where does such a significant
a strong charge of negative energy, stubbornly seeking
What exit?
The explanation should be sought in the results
takh of the 1999 presidential elections. For-
Western Ukraine is already in the first round of unconfident
defiantly supported Leonid Kuchma, in fact
having completely neglected “spiritually close ones” -
Marchuk, Udovenko or Kostenko. In the second
rum tour the degree of support has gone off scale
90%, and Galicia breathed a sigh of relief, -
for the first time her choice coincided with the general Ukrainiankim.
But the "reward" for loyalty and
collaboration followed very quickly:
in the form of rolling blackouts
at 15-17 hours in the winter of 1999-2000, in
in the form of a sharp rise in prices for bread and other
essential products, rising prices
for utilities. In poor Lviv with
remembering with more and more bitterness
find their “realism” of October-November 99
(remember the election posters "Be re-
alists, vote for Kuchma!"). And exactly
this anger at ourselves and our choices
Per is looking for a way out. Lviv residents cannot reconcile
come to terms with the fact that the authorities in Ukraine are not
are considered neither economic nor spiritual
revival of the country.
But the true culprits of all troubles are far away,
in Kyiv, so the easiest way is
declare your neighbor living as an enemy
nearby, within reach of threats and aggressive
actions. By the way, it’s not without reason that the Lvov authorities
you actually took the side of the pogrom
kov, and local officials responsible
for the collapse of infrastructure, in every possible way
warm passions by declaring political
the nature of the murder. The management is conscious
but channels the hatred of Lviv residents into a hundred
ron "foreigners", fearing that in one of
beautiful days, an angry crowd canvisit the mayor's office or the regional administrator
walkie-talkie and inquire about the functioning
not Ukrainian and Russian languages, but go-
city water supply, sewerage and gas
systems.
GUARANTEES AND GUARANTEES
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The Lviv situation has already interested me
Security and Cooperation Organization
Honor in Europe (OSCE), whose Commissioner
Van der Stoel visited the "Ukrainian Vendée"
(for some reason still called the national
radicals "Ukrainian Piedmont"). One-
to the central authorities - the president, prime minister
The government, the parliament, the Supreme Court are silent.
They are silent, despite obvious calls for
violence and incitement of ethnic hatred,
to attempts to trample the Constitution of the town-
your lawmaking. Unlike the refer-
of arbitrary directives, Kyiv did not deliver
gives the governor an extremely clear task:
ensure constitutional order and rights
justice in the city. The omnipresent E is also silent.
Marchuk. Obviously he doesn't realize
that the public hunt for culture, which
considered native by up to 50% of the country's population,
there is a very real threat to national
country security.And after all of the above, already from-
the question doesn’t sound crazy at all, but maybe so
it may be that the central authorities are also interested
rescued in clashes on the national
reason to divert the attention of the population
from the true culprits of devastation and devastation
of a once rich country?
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ChV editor's comment:but there will be no
any comments? Let this text become
no food for thought. Thoughts
information about what awaits Ukraine in the near future
future. In my biased opinion, then
nothing good - if the attacks continue
in Russian speakers, then we will receive our Pri-
Dniester If you don’t break it in the bud,
more Islamic extremism in Crimea, where
containers (Crimean) settle tightly on the rights
indigenous people, then in 5-7 years maybe
conflict breaks out, resulting in
will become its own Kosovo.
My forecast for the future - nationally
the shifted part of Ukrainian society early
or later will begin to seriously oppress
the rights of Russians and Russian-speaking Ukrainians,
which will entail the squeezing out of "foreign"
relatives" from Ukraine. Russiawill try to inter-
venture into the situation, but given its potential
cial economic and military weakness
+ a set of external circumstances (at-
example, the opinion of NATO and the “world community”
va" to the presence of a foreign army on the territory
tory of Ukraine) in addition, the possible volume
the relationship of the Crimean Tatars with our national
sheets in order to start sewing together
large-scale campaign to oust
Crimea of the Russian army, then such an intervention
most likely it will end in nothing and
may ultimately lead to the conclusion that
Ukraine, both the army and the reception of a large
flow of refugees. After this "victory" over
hated Russia, inspired by success
"indigenous inhabitants of Crimea" for half a century
within the next two years they will declare independence
dependence on Ukraine, which as a result
will end in civil war. Her last
events are unpredictable. Why not though? On
such a scenario is a natural ending
events - Ukraine will disappear from the map again
Europe. Or its territory will be reduced to
minimum. It may turn out that completely
valuable Ukraine existed only in
composition of the USSR, the collapse of which was initiated by
la herself in 1991. It will be in laughter
for the whole planet...
This scenario is quite
is real if the government does nothing
children to undertake. And infirst of all in
the country's economy. But judging by the above
in this article, I didn’t get my hands on economics
dyat. By the way, remember the appeal of George Bu-
sha (senior) in 1991, when he was still
was the President of the USA? He then spoke in
to the family of Ukraine about the inappropriateness of leaving
from the USSR. Many then regarded
it's like a sign of weakness, although
in my opinion these are really true
and the frank words of a wise man and
who had all the information about the situation
affairs at that point in time. Bush looked at
things are not through the eyes of a national idiot who
runs around with independence like that fool
with a stupa, but as a reasonable person, who
ry knows the “Slavic soul” with its irrepressible
craving for theft of official property, as well as eco-
Ukraine's nomic dependence on energy
carriers: there is no own forest, oil, gas and
There is no money to buy... But to steal from Gazprom
it didn't work out for a long time. The most interesting: by
Prison cries to all our rulers. If
not Ukrainian, but American - for sure!
In the current situation, rely on
the mind of national schizophrenics does not come -
Xia. Therefore, hope for Russia comes first
th, because The West doesn't need us. No one and no-
when they won’t take us seriously THERE
It’s obvious, but all this mess and internal politics
logical confusion is always beneficial to them. Why?
Because they will never forgive uscenturies-old fear of the looming
them with the power of the Russian Empire and the USSR.
Plus, no one needs 48 million
new beggars, wild and unpredictable barbarians
ditch, which they partly rightfully use us
they think. For confirmation of my statements -
there is no need to go far into history -
Kosovo and Russia with Chechnya. The Serbs tried
put things in order in their own home and were
beaten brutally and with impunity. Now
Russia's torture to restore order by force
todami (others with fanatics cannot
be!) meets fierce resistance from
all bourgeois under the pretext of violation
notorious human rights. But what about si-
situation in Ukraine? Why doesn’t PACE
raises the question of Ukraine's exclusion from
its ranks for the beginning oppression of the Russian-
skikh? Heh, double standards, motherfucker!
Well, I promised that without comments,
but it turned out completely differently. Just in my heart
It was boiling and I let off steam. It's a shame that...
what a developed country with educated and
talented citizens has turned into
third-rate. And this is of my own WILL
and STUPID!..
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