YANUKOVICH AT THE UN – LET’S SEND HIM A MESSAGE – UKRAINE IS NOT FOR SALE!

On September 22-23, Ukraine’s president Viktor Yanukovich will be in New York City to address the General Assembly at the United Nations. Since his election to office, the pro-Russian President has taken alarming steps to compromise Ukraine’s national identity and sovereignty. In the past few months we have witnessed:

- the unconstitutional extension of the lease for the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Crimea;

- the rising dependence on Russia to provide for Ukraine’s security and stability which poses a definite threat to Ukraine’s sovereignty

- the denial of the Holodomor as an act of genocide and its removal from the official presidential website;

- recent censorship of the press, particularly targeting several independent Ukrainian television stations;

- the new government’s move to control the judicial system by granting the president power over the hiring and firing of judges;

- the non-block status of Ukraine which threatens Ukraine’s EuroAtlantic integration and future NATO membership.

 

Let us show our disdain for the president’s policies and tell him that, as proud Ukrainians, we firmly uphold and vehemently defend a strong, self-sufficient, independent state where Ukrainians are free to express their opinions, are cognizant of their culture and history and are proud of their unique heritage!