Pension reform in Ukraine.

The acception of Pension reform in the first voting (or reading) was probably the mainest event in the economical life of Ukraine on June, 2011. But it's also a question about the way of its acception in Ukrainian parliament, because many deputies vote often not only for themselves, but also for their absent deputies-friends. As the process of the voting for Pension reform wasn't shown on the TV, people must believe that all was honestly then.
And now about this Pension reform and why Ukrainians are against it. According to new Pension reform the pension age grew from 55 to 60 years for women and from 60 to 65 years for men. But many Ukrainian men live only to 63 years...Then it must be 30 years (instead of 20) for women and 35 years (instead of 25) for men of the official working experience to get a pension. But how many Ukrainians work illegally here in Ukraine or abroad for 5-10 and more years! They would be happy to work officially, of course, but work's legality is very often unfavorable for their employers, which say "or you'll work in such way (illegally) and will get money or you won't have any work". But finally what will be with these illegal workers according to Pension reform? They won't have any pension, will they? But they invest their money in the property, education, medicine etc. of their children and relatives...And Private Pension founds' creation is the most strange part in the new Pension reform. Now it is unique State Pension found in Ukraine. Why and for whom will such Private Pension founds create? It's the biggest question.

Constitution Day in Ukraine

Today Ukraine celebrates the 15-th anniversary of Ukrainian Constitution. But I must honestly say You, dear reader, that Ukrainians didn't celebrate this day. Because all citizens see and understand how state power breaks the main Law of the country every day. So I only wish people perform the laws. Then Constitution holiday will be in Ukraine.

Ivano-Frankivsk (chapter 2)

Monument to writer Ivan Franko

Monument's portrayal of Dmytro Vitovskyy

All-seeing eye and the figure of St. Mary on the church's facade.
















Orthodox chapel











St. Mary's sculpture in the city's centre















Jesus Christ's sculpture
















Classicism's example with the colums ionic












Ivano-Frankivsk National Medical University

Ivano-Frankivsk through my camera lens.

Jesus Christ Resurrection Greek Catholic Cathedral

Townhall

Monument dedicated to those heroes who fought and died for Ukrainian independence and state

Modern monument similar to sun

One of the libraries in the city














Ivano-Frankivsk Regional State Administration

Art Museum (former Church)








Orthodox Cathedral of the Kyiv Patriarchate (former Armenian Church)









Monument's portrayal of Yevhen Petrushevych, the President of Western Ukrainian People Republic













Memorable table to Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytskyy on the facede of Jesus Christ Resurrection Cathedral











Independence street, the mainest street of Ivano-Frankivsk










Hotel "Nadiya" (Hope)

Dangerous sect

Everyone has a right to choose religion by himself or to be atheist in this world. But everyone has also a right to protect his religion from different sects, which pull in many people by force. Sects use hypnosises or/and another aggressive psychologistic methods to influence men. One of the new sects created in 2004 year in the village Pidhirtsi, Lviv region. Antonin Illya Dohnal (Antonin Eliáš Dohnal) , a sect's founder, captured by force the ancient Cathedral of the XVIII-th century in Pidhirtsi, which is situated opposite Pidhirtsi castle and is considered Ukrainian architectural monument. Then A. Dohnal also turned out Greek Catholic priests from this Church, but official Ukrainian state power didn't say nothing! That sect began from criticizm of the official Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC), but nowadays this sect criticizes Pope and Catholic Church too! Four main sectarians proclaimed themselves the Greek Catholic bishops and said that they wouldn't be subordinated to the Pope and to the Head of UGCC - only their Church is true. And it could't be a problem when they would wish to be registered as Dohnal's sect. But no, these false bishops want to be registered like Ukrainian Rightfaithful Greek Catholic Church in Ukraine. Amazing thing, but three from these four "bishops" are foreigners, Czech citizens Antonin Illya Dohnal (Antonìn Eliáš Dohnal, sect's founder), Metodej Richard Shpirzhik  (Metoděj Špiřík), Samuel Robert Oberhauser, and they live illegally in Ukraine because their vise were finished a few years ago!!! And official Ukrainian state power doesn't say nothing again...
These false priests use screams instead of prayers, they just scream the words Jesus and God in the Church and they also use a type of fighting prayer, which hypnotizes people. Sectarians throw up a coin and tell fortunes using prayer rope to know what will be in the future. Is it Christianity? No way.
That all about Dohnal's sect is known thanks to the information which UGCC writes on its official sites and which Greek Catholic priests say in the Churches. Many thanks are also going to the official Czech state power which last year told and then confirmed the next information. That Antonin Dohnal is a former agent of communistic secret service StB in Czechoslovakia and his nickname was "Tonek" (how it's good that Czech republic had held communistic agents' lustration and the truth is known even in Internet, on the special Czech sites) and he is also a specialist in Neuro Linguistic programming.
It's dangerous situation not only for Greek Catholic believers, but for Ukraine generally, because during last monts these sectarians have already begun to pull in their sect Orthodox believers from nearby villages in Lviv region. Their biggest wish is to pull in the sect more and more youth. They opened so-called convent for women in Bryukhovychi, Lviv region too, where Dohnal's fellows, Slovak citizens!, pull young girls in that sect.
And since last year villages became too small places for sect's activity, that's why last autumn sectarians impudently wanted to get former Jesuit Cathedral in Lviv as their Church and on October they organized the meeting near the Jesuit Cathedral. Fortunately Lviv authority didn't permit them to get Jesuit Cathedral. But nowadays the rumours are afloat that these sectarians decided to reconstruct some old Lviv Church, so religious situation is still very difficult in Lviv and in its region.

Internet access as a human right

Ok, a few days ago the United Nations declared Internet access as a human right. Very well, it's beautiful decision. Because this my human right is broken every day by someone unknown. I have much problems with my facebook page - I very often can't nor log out neither write or post something on my page for a 20-25 minutes. Then I often have the problems with my mails, last week it was something incredible because I couldn't enter into all my mails at the same time! At least I often can't just open different news pages, so I can't even read the news of the day! I live in Ukraine and I can honestly say to the United Nations that such human right as Internet access is broken in the Ukrainian state. From the beginning of the 2011 year I have very huge problems with Internet connection, but my problems with Internet access began on August in 2008 after one my post on one Ukrainian forum about Russian-Georgian war of 2008. In that my post I supported Georgia and I was against Russian military intervention in Georgia. So since that time I had periodically problems with my Internet connection, but since 2011 I have horrible problems with my Internet. So I don't know how it will be in the future.

Several Transcarpathian views

Ukrainian Carpathians' view from a mountain's top.

View of the mountains when You're climbing on the top, sitting in the lifting.

The ruins of Khust castle, XIIth century.

The monument to fighters for Carpathian Ukraine (Ukrainian republic, proclaimed on 14th March1939 in Transcarpathia, Avhustyn Voloshyn was its president).

Narcissus valley - famous natural sightseeing in Ukraine.

Synevyr lake - another natural sightseeing of Transcarpathian region.

This lake is like a love symbol in Transcarpathia. According to the legend, many years ago one count's daugther Syn and one shepherd Vyr loved each other and wanted to marry. But Syn's father, a rich count, didn't want to have a poor son-in-law, so he ordered to kill a shepherd. And when Vyr had been killed, Syn cried very much and all her tears created such beautiful lake. Then people decided to denominate this lake Synevyr - as a connection of the names Syn and Vyr.

Today is Commemoration Day of the political repressions' victims of Soviet regime in the XX-th century in Ukraine.
And at present political repressions continue here. Yuriy Lutsenko, a former minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (Ukrainian police), stays in prison since December 26th, 2010 and must stay there till May 26th, 2011 according to court's decision. Though now he's in Kyiv's hospital because of his bad state of health after his lasting voluntary starvation. Today is the 24-th day of his starvation - there is a very dangerous situation for Lutsenko's health, but this starvation in prison was his own protest against the unfair decision of judge.
In the end of 2010 year Y. Lutsenko was arrested by police and was charged with a promotion for his driver in the career. Not bringing ex-minister's guilt yet, the court decided to imprison him till April 26th, 2011. But Yuriy Lutsenko said about such his unlawful imprisonment and then judges declared that unique reason of Lutsenko's staying in the prison is unread criminal affair by himself. So when he'll read all his criminal affair personally, then they'll let him out of the prison. What a reason to be imprisoned, yeh? Y. Lutsenko read his criminal affair till Easter, April 24th, but...The judges just decided to continue his arrest till May 26th. And former minister of Ukrainian police protested and began to starve against this unlawful decision.
...And now mr. Yuriy is in the hospital.
Let God give him health and force.

On May 1th, 2011 Pope John Paul II was beatified in Vatican and the next step will be a proclamation of his sainthood by Catholic Church. Pope John Paul II is always the symbol of peaceful existence between people for me, he is the example of human toleration and love toward men of another religions and nationalities.
I'll always remember Pope John Paul II visit in Ukraine on June 27-29th, 2001. He was wonderful man on this Earth!


p. s. Postcard-invitation of Lviv's meetings with Pope John Paul II is on the first photo and the monument to Pope John Paul II in Drohobych, Ukraine, is on the second photo.

The 25-th anniversary of nuclear tragedy in Chornobyl on April 26th, 2011...There were published so much articles in the newspapers and in the web and many TV-programmes were shown on the TV, that I'd prefer to write shortly about Chornobyl. Because it's also very sad Ukrainian event and because 1986 is a year of my birthday too. And I remember how some fool teachers named me and my schoolmates "Chornobyl children" only because of our birthday's year, though nobody from us was born in Chornobyl or nearby.
And in my opinion the biggest tragedy of Chornobyl disaster was cynical behaviour of the Soviet power after nuclear clash. Soviet power didn't say people the truth about dangerous Chornobyl situation on April 26, but a day after a soccer match was in Kyiv and on May 1 traditional parade was held in all Ukrainian cities! Can You believe in such power's cynism toward own citizens?
And how many boys arrived on the disaster's place from all sights of Ukraine "to save Chornobyl situation"! They didn't know certainly what happened there, they weren't saviours for their profession and they even knew nothing in the nuclear industry. These men were only a cannon-fodder for Soviet regime. But Soviet regime usually thought about people as about cannon-fodder and not as about human beings.
Nowadays the worst thing is the unknowledge about the true situation in the region after Chornobyl disaster. And though the URSS is in the past and Ukraine is an independent state now, but the Ukrainian power' style is like Soviet in all - the mainest is to show that "all is perfect" in the news, while there are growing huge problems in the country.