Apparently Russia was offended that it was not included in the Allied commemoration of D-Day last month. La Russophobe empathetically agrees with Russia http://larussophobe.wordpress.com/2009/06/20/editorial-forgetting-russia/: Their behavior in World War II should not have been forgotten. It was so loathsome, vile and contemptible that it must be made to live in infamy right along with the cowardly Japanese sneak attack on Pearl Harbor.

To all supporters of M. Lennikov. Just a few words from someone who knew this guy personally in the 80s. He was a very active Komsomol leader of the Oriental Faculty of Far East University in Vladivostok where he studied the Japanese language in late 70s early 80s. No wonder he was invited to join KGB as an officer upon his graduation from the Uni. His representations that he was made to join the service is absolute nonsense, any Russian would confirm you that.

The following Members of Parliament have signed the appeal to allow Mikhail Lennikov the failed refugee applicant now seeking sanctuary in an East Vancouver church in defiance of a deportation order over his past employment by the KGB. Something to keep in mind at election time.

The Ukrainian Congress Committee of America (UCCA) welcomes the recent White House announcement of Vice President Joe Biden's upcoming trip to Ukraine at the end of July 2009. His discussions in Ukraine would prove fruitful for enhancing the bilateral dialogue between Ukraine and the United States.

On 25 - 27 November 2009 the International Contest on Ukrainian Studies for Students and Young Scientists will be held by Ukrainian Studies Research Institute and Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine.

YURIY FEDKOVYCH CHERNIVTSI NATIONAL UNIVERSITY 27-29 NOVEMBER 2009 The Ramon Hnatyshyn Canadian Studies Centre at Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University in cooperation with the Embassy of Canada in Ukraine is pleased to announce a conference First Bi-annual Conference on Canadian Studies, to be held from 27 to 29 November 2009 at Chernivtsi National University ( 2 Kotsiubynskyj Str., Chernivtsi, Ukraine).

Marco Levytsky The unfortunate comments Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff made about Ukrainians in his 1993 book, Blood and Belonging, are a recurring nightmare that never goes away. Most recently, Manitoba's senior cabinet minister, Vic Toews, sent flyers out to his constituents in which he reprinted a couple of excerpts from that book, which included the comments: "Ukrainian independence conjures up images of embroidered peasant shirts, the nasal whine of ethnic instruments, phoney Cossacks in cloaks and boots, nasty anti-Semites;" and, "Somewhere inside, I'm also what Ukrainians call a Great Russian, and there is a trace of old Russian disdain for these 'little Russians.'"

EDMONTON -- Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff says comments he wrote about Ukrainians 15 years ago have been misinterpreted by the federal Conservatives. He told reporters after a town hall meeting in Edmonton on Tuesday night that some of the terminology he used was derogatory, but said it was done in an "ironic" manner to describe some of the prejudices about Ukrainian people.

Professor Harry Reicher is wrong about John Demjanjuk and wrong about the U.S. Justice Department's Office of Special Investigations (which he mistakenly calls the Office of Special Prosecutions). ["Demjanjuk deportation: a milestone," NLJ, June 8 http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202431360012.]

One of the great difficulties of the Mikhail Lennikov case is the shortage of detailed information and direct evidence of exactly what he did - or didn't do - for the KGB for five years. Lennikov, of course, is the failed refugee applicant now seeking sanctuary in an East Vancouver church in defiance of a deportation order over his past employment by the KGB, the notorious spy agency and secret police of the former Soviet Union.

The Canadian Press The Canadian Press title given to Mr.Odynsky in this article is incorrect. Being Ukrainian, Wasyl Odynsky, could not have been "a former SS guard" - only Germans could belong to the SS. OTTAWA -- The Federal Court of Canada has rejected a Jewish group's attempt to revoke the citizenship of a former Nazi guard, saying the decision to allow the man to stay in Canada was reasonable and in keeping with the Charter of Rights.

A Jewish-Canadian author is in a battle of words with the Canadian Jewish Congress after alleging the organization props up neo-nazi groups to get "hate crime" legislation passed and expand the role of the country's Human Rights Commission. Neo-conservative author Ezra Levant claims in his latest book, Shakedown, that the Canadian Jewish Congress hired ex-cop John Garrity to work for the Canadian Nazi Party in the 1960's. In 1965 and 1966, Garrity was put in charge of membership for the group and organized the dozen or so "rag-tag band of losers" into an outfit that garned a lot of press coverage.