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Re: Yegor Gaidar past away on December 16

andrew.grigore...@gmail.com (Andrew Grigorenko) — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 18:39:27 UT

Russia say farewell to Yegor Gaidar: [link]

Yegor Gaidar past away on December 16

andrew.grigore...@gmail.com (Andrew Grigorenko) — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:30:25 UT

Yegor Gaidar, architect of the controversial shock therapy reforms
administered in Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union, past away on
December 16 in Moscow.
Read about him at [link]

Peter Vail Dies At 60

andrew.grigore...@gmail.com (Andrew Grigorenko) — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:48:00 UT

Peter Vail, Veteran RFE/RL Broadcaster, Accomplished Author, Dies At 60
<[link]>
Peter Vail was one of RFE/RL's signature voices.
December 08, 2009
PRAGUE (RFE/RL) -- Peter Vail, a longtime pillar of RFE/RL's Russian
Service, died late on December 7 in Prague following a long illness. He was

Sad News: Ludmilla Thorne passed away on December 15, 2009

andrew.grigore...@gmail.com (Andrew Grigorenko) — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:43:13 UT

Ludmilla Thorne passed away on December 15, 2009 at 2:25PM . Service
will be 12/17 Thurs. 7:00 PM and 12/18 Fri. 9:00 a.m. followed by burial at
Novo-diveevo cemetery around 11:00 a.m. Funeral Home is: Union Funeral Home
Lytwyn & Lytwyn, 1600 Stuyvesant Ave., Union, NJ. Driving Directions from:

Myroslav Marynovych protest against visa humiliation

andrew.grigore...@gmail.com (Andrew Grigorenko) — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:38:36 UT

attached is the English translation of my protest against visa
humiliation published (in a shorten form) first in the Polish "Gazeta
Wyborcza" and, later, in many Ukrainian media. I understand that the
Christmas time is not the best one for asking to disseminate the text
among your friends and, eventually, media. But I would be grateful

Fwd: Appeal on behalf of MEMORIAL (St. Petersburg)

andrew.grigore...@gmail.com (Andrew Grigorenko) — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 02:22:37 UT

December 13, 2009

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

We are writing to you with our annual appeal for donations to ****MEMORIAL**
in St. Petersburg, an organization dedicated, along with other Memorial
societies across the former Soviet Union, to bringing to public awareness
the many unknown victims of Soviet terror and to advancing human rights in

Fwd: Dec 11th - Presentation - THE FAMINE THAT STALIN TRIED TO HIDE: DEMOGRAPHIC ASPECTS

andrew.grigore...@gmail.com (Andrew Grigorenko) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:22:21 UT

The Ukrainian Studies Program
at the Harriman Institute, Columbia University

invites you to a presentation entitled:

THE FAMINE THAT STALIN TRIED TO HIDE: DEMOGRAPHIC ASPECTS

Dr. Oleh Wolowyna

Research Fellow at the Center for Slavic, Eurasian and Eastern European
Studies, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

Andre Gluksmann

andrew.grigore...@gmail.com (Andrew Grigorenko) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:59:28 UT

As reported by Elena Bonner and *Tatiana Yankelevich*
Andre Gluksmann is collecting signatures under petition against sale of
"Mistral" by France to Russia.
To read petition and sign go to:
[link]

--
Andrew P. Grigorenko
President of General Petro Grigorenko Foundation

Upcoming Ukrainian Events at Columbia

andrew.grigore...@gmail.com (Andrew Grigorenko) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:24:42 UT

Upcoming Ukrainian Events at Columbia Monday, November 16, 2009
Harriman Institute's Ambassadors' Forum
CHALLENGES FOR UKRAINIAN FOREIGN POLICY
a talk to be given by
H.E. Oleh Shamshur, Ambassador of Ukraine to the USA
Room 1512 International Affairs Building
2PM
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The Department of Slavic Languages, Columbia University is proud to co-present the screening "The Living"

andrew.grigore...@gmail.com (Andrew Grigorenko) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:01:52 UT

The Department of Slavic Languages, Columbia University is proud to
co-present
the screening The Living, at the 33rd Annual Margaret Mead Film & Video
Festival, November 12-15! All screenings are held at the American Museum of
Natural History.
*The Living (Zhyvi)
Serhiy Bukovsky
2008 . 75 min . France, Ukraine U.S. Premiere

Fwd: November 20, 2009 - Conference - THE ORANGE REVOLUTION: FIVE YEARS SINCE

andrew.grigore...@gmail.com (Andrew Grigorenko) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:28:19 UT

The Ukrainian Studies Program at the Harriman Institute, Columbia University
invites you to the conference
THE ORANGE REVOLUTION: FIVE YEARS SINCE
When: November 20, 2009.
Where: International Affairs Building, Room 1512
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
10:00 AM
Introduction: Timothy Frye
10:15 AM-12:00 PM
Panel 1 UKRAINE AFTER THE ORANGE REVOLUTION

Memoirs of Stella Krenzbach – «I Am Alive Thanks to the UPA». English translation

andrew.grigore...@gmail.com (Andrew Grigorenko) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 01:16:54 UT

From the blog of Moses Fishbein mosesfishbein.blogspot.com
*I Am Alive Thanks to the UPA*
*By Dr. Stella Krenzbach*
[Originally published in *V Riadakh UPA: Zbirka Spomyniv buv. Voiakiv
Ukrainskoi Povstanskoi Armii* (In the Ranks of the UPA: A Collection of
Memoirs by Form[er] Soldiers of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army), ed. by Dr.

ROBERT L. BERNSTEIN: "Human Rights Watch has lost critical perspective ..."

andrew.grigore...@gmail.com (Andrew Grigorenko) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:01:20 UT

On October 20,2009 the New York Times published an articale by Robert
L. Bernstein, the former president and chief executive of Random
House, who was the chairman of Human Rights Watch from 1978 to 1998.

October 20, 2009
Op-Ed Contributor

Rights Watchdog, Lost in the Mideast
By ROBERT L. BERNSTEIN

Fwd: Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute Conference - POLTAVA 1709

andrew.grigore...@gmail.com (Andrew Grigorenko) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:10:23 UT

The Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute is pleased to announce a
Two-Day International Conference,
POLTAVA 1709: REVISITING A TURNING
POINT IN EUROPEAN HISTORY.
The Conference will be held
Tuesday, November 10 and Wednesday, November 11 on the Harvard campus.
The academic community and the general public are invited to attend..

GOLDSTONE REPORT' UPDATE

andrew.grigore...@gmail.com (Andrew Grigorenko) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:06:28 UT

*From:* Julian RAPAPORT
*Subject:* Fw: 'GOLDSTONE REPORT' UPDATE: Protest New UN Anti-Israel
Campaign
To: "Julian Rapaport" <jul...@yahoo.com>
UPDATE:
- *BREAKING NEWS: Just Confirmed *- UN Human Rights Council convening
Special Session on 'Goldstone Report' Thursday in Geneva - the 6th time