September, 1998
THE TROUBLED TIMES
What is the cost of coal in Ukraine? Vandalism again
CRISIS
Unemployment Protest actions Circulus viciosus Pay arrears are growing
POLITICAL LIFE
Election has begun
HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTION
Who will stop the arbitrary actions? Evhen Zakharov
VIOLATIONS OF LAW
’Democracy’ triumphs in Odessa Yu. Kornilov, Odessa Again tortures A funeral parlor of laws Aleksandr Bukalov, Donetsk Are they mere court mistakes? R. Mukhamedjanov, Dnepropetrovsk A judge’s complaint is not satisfied
ON THE BOTH SIDES OF PRISON BARS
Militia officer detained V. Lubchenko, Vinnitsa Subsequent amnesty B. Aleksandrov, Donetsk
MASS MEDIA
Journalism is a dangerous profession, not only in Ukraine The second most dangerous profession
ARMY
First alternative servicemen Lieutenant-colonel v. private Another suicide ’Kievskiye vedomosti’, 7 July 1998 The number of AIDS-infected servicemen grows ’Kievskiye vedomosti’, 8 July 1998
MEDICINE
Further reduction of the medical personnel
RELIGION
Nontraditional confessions Clashes among different confessions
MISCELLANEOUS
A piece of recollection Georgiy Sushko, Zhaporozhye Toponymy Yuri Podkolzin, Kerch Lenin will live! N. Bezhina, Kharkov Between the Prut and the Dniester V. P. Kyrmyzy, Odessa region School textbooks will cost money Charity from the Dutch G. Maryanovskiy, Kharkov Plans of Jews from Zaporozhye G. Sushko, Zaporozhye
RESTITUTION IN UKRAINE
How "enemy of the people’s" property was returned