Ivan Katchanovski
Born(1967-09-11)11 September 1967
Lutsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
NationalityUkrainian, Canadian
OccupationPolitical scientist
Academic background
Alma mater
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Ottawa[1]
Main interestsComparative politics, political communication, Russo-Ukrainian War

Ivan Katchanovski (Ukrainian: Іван Гнатович Качановський, romanized: Ivan Hnatovych Kachanovskyi; born 11 September 1967)[2] is a Ukrainian-Canadian political scientist.[3] He teaches at the School of Political Studies at the University of Ottawa.[1][4] Katchanovski's research focuses on democratization, comparative politics, political communication, and conflicts: in particular, in Ukraine,[5] and especially the origins of the Donbas War, which he has characterized as a civil war,[6][7] and the Russo-Ukrainian War.[8]

Academic career

Katchanovski graduated from the Economy and Social Planning programme at the Kyiv Instite of National Economy in 1990, going on to study Society and Politics at the Central European University until 1993. He moved to the US to pursue a master's degree in economics at George Mason University, which he completed in 1996. He stayed at the same university for his PhD studies in Public Policy under the direction of Seymour Martin Lipset, obtaining his degree in 2002.[2][9] He was a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Toronto and the Kluge Center at the Library of Congress, a visiting professor at the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, and assistant professor at SUNY Potsdam. Currently he teaches part-time at the School of Political Studies and the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa.[9]

False flag theory of Euromaidan

In public lectures in 2014[10][11] and 2015,[12] and subsequent publications,[13][14][15] Katchanovski argued that mass killing of protesters during the Revolution of Dignity "was done under the orders of Maidan leaders and former leaders of the pro-Western government of Mikheil Saakashvili in Georgia", and that the protesters were not shot by members of Ukrainian riot police Berkut.[16] He based these claims on his conclusions that a number of shots were fired at protesters from the Hotel Ukraine that he said was controlled by Maidan protesters. The directions of shots followed from video footage, TV and Internet broadcasting, radio intercepts, witness testimonies, and bullet hole locations, according to Katchanovsky.[12][17] He also suggested that "Maidan protesters may have shot police officers first, provoking a response that led to 100 deaths".[18].

While cited with approval by some scholars, such as Richard Sakwa[19] and Stephen F. Cohen,[20] his work has faced criticism from others, including David R. Marples,[10] Taras Kuzio[11][21] and Cathy Young.[22]

The shooting of Maidan protesters has been investigated, and the Ukrainian Bureau of Investigations concluded that the assault on the Maidan protesters was ordered by Viktor Yanukovych and his subordinates in the Ukrainian government.[23] A Ukrainian court has made a verdict and convictions for the case.[24][25][26] The court concluded that 40 of the 48 protesters were killed by the Berkut, while other perpetrators could not be ruled out in eight cases due to lack of evidence.[27] The court also ruled that some of the gunfire on the protesters came from the direction of the Hotel Ukraina, which was not controlled by the Berkuts.[28][27] According to Cathy Young, Katchanovski misstated "the court’s findings: he says the court concluded that shots were fired from the Ukraina Hotel, but the verdict actually says they were fired from the direction of the hotel", and the court's statements show a "dramatic leaps of bad faith" by Katchanovski: "from the finding that eight of the 48 slain protesters may have been shot by someone other than Berkut to "false flag operation.""[27]. She concluded that "The eight protester deaths that cannot be conclusively attributed to Berkut could have any number of explanations, from “friendly fire” in the pandemonium to shots fired by plainclothes cops. Even the presence of Russian operatives has not been “disproved” as Katchanovski asserts: The presiding judge, Serhiy Dyachuk, has told the press that “it’s theoretically possible, but there is no proof”.[27]

Commentary on the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine

Katchanovski has been active in providing commentary on the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Just before the invasion, on February 16, he had emphasized that "there is still a possibility for a peaceful resolution of the Ukraine conflict" and blamed "Western governments" for fueling the Russia-Ukrainian conflict.[16][8] According to Katchanovski, "Neo-Nazis are a relatively small segment of Ukraine", but "the fact that they are integrated in the Ukrainian armed forces and tolerated by Zelenskyy" has been exploited by Russian propaganda to justify the war.[4]

Books

  • Katchanovski, Ivan; Kohut, Zenon E.; Nebesio, Bohdan Y.; Yurkevich, Myroslav (2013). Historical Dictionary of Ukraine (2nd ed.). Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7845-7.
  • Katchanovski, Ivan (2006). Cleft Countries: Regional Political Divisions and Cultures in Post-Soviet Ukraine and Moldova. Ibidem Press. ISBN 978-3-89821-558-9.
  • Virchenko, Nina; Katchanovski, Ivan; Haidey, Viktor; Andrushkiw, Roman; Voronka, Roman, eds. (2004). Development of the mathematical ideas of Mykhailo Kravchuk (Krawtchouk). National Technical University of Ukraine, Kyiv and Shevchenko Scientific Society (USA). ISBN 978-0-88054-141-1.
  • Lipset, Seymour Martin; Meltz, Noah M.; Gomez, Rafael; Katchanovski, Ivan (2004). The paradox of American unionism: Why Americans Like Unions More Than Canadians Do, But Join Much Less. Cornell University Press. doi:10.7591/9781501727696. ISBN 978-0-8014-4200-1.

References

  1. 1 2 Cecco, Leyland (29 September 2023). "'Canada has a dark history with Nazis': political scandal prompts reckoning". The Guardian.
  2. 1 2 Качановський Іван Гнатович. Vol. 12. Інститут енциклопедичних досліджень НАН України. February 2012. ISBN 9789660220744. Archived from the original on 31 March 2023. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  3. ↑ "Un groupe ukrainien défend l'ancien membre de la Waffen-SS honoré au Parlement". Radio Canada International. 30 September 2023.
  4. 1 2 "Russia says it's fighting Nazis in Ukraine. It doesn't mean what you think". Christian Science Monitor. Archived from the original on 24 September 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  5. ↑ Katchanovski 2006.
  6. ↑ Katchanovski, Ivan (20 July 2014). "What do citizens of Ukraine actually think about secession?". Washington Post. Archived from the original on 15 May 2023. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  7. ↑ Katchanovski, Ivan (2022). "The Russia-Ukraine War and the Maidan in Ukraine". SSRN Electronic Journal. Elsevier BV. doi:10.2139/ssrn.4246203. ISSN 1556-5068. S2CID 253167666.
  8. 1 2 Katchanovski, Ivan (22 January 2022). "The hidden origin of the escalating Ukraine-Russia conflict". Canadian Dimension. Archived from the original on 25 January 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  9. 1 2 "Ivan Katchanovski". uniweb.uottawa.ca. Archived from the original on 12 June 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  10. 1 2 David R. Marples (23 October 2014). "The Snipers' Massacre in Kyiv" (blog). Current Politics in Ukraine. Archived from the original on 24 September 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2022. reprinted in Euromaidan Press Archived 24 September 2023 at the Wayback Machine
  11. 1 2 Kuzio, Taras (1 December 2014). "The Study of Ukrainian Nationalism at the University of Ottawa". Forum for Ukrainian Studies. Archived from the original on 9 December 2022. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  12. 1 2 Katchanovski, Ivan (2015). "The "Snipers' Massacre" on the Maidan in Ukraine". Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  13. ↑ Katchanovski, Ivan (2016). "The Maidan massacre in Ukraine: A summary of analysis, evidence and findings". In Black, J. L; Johns, Michael (eds.). The Return of the Cold War. doi:10.4324/9781315684567. ISBN 9781315684567. Archived from the original on 25 January 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  14. ↑ Katchanovski, Ivan (March 2020). "The far right, the Euromaidan, and the Maidan massacre in Ukraine". Journal of Labor and Society. 23 (1): 5–29. doi:10.1111/wusa.12457. ISSN 2471-4607. S2CID 213672444. Archived from the original on 24 September 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  15. ↑ Katchanovski, Ivan (21 June 2023). "The Maidan Massacre Trial and Investigation Revelations: Implications for the Ukraine-Russia War and Relations". Russian Politics. Brill Deutschland GmbH. 8 (2): 181–205. doi:10.30965/24518921-00802005. ISSN 2451-8913.
  16. 1 2 Katchanovski, Ivan (16 February 2022). "Lies About Ukraine Conflict Are Standing in the Way of a Peaceful Resolution". Truthout. Archived from the original on 25 January 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  17. ↑ Golinkin, Lev (18 February 2016). "The Heartbreaking Irony of 'Winter on Fire'". The Nation. ISSN 0027-8378. Archived from the original on 11 November 2022. Retrieved 26 November 2022. Katchanovski argues, with considerable forensic and other evidence, that far-right groups not only provoked fighting by shooting at the police but also carried out the murder of Maidan protesters in a false-flag operation.
  18. ↑ Channell-Justice, Emily (2016). Left of Maidan: Self-Organization and the Ukrainian State on the Edge of Europe (PhD thesis). City University of New York. p. 78. Archived from the original on 22 February 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  19. ↑ Sakwa, Richard (2014). Frontline Ukraine: Crisis in the Borderlands. Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 98–99. ISBN 978-0-85772-437-3.
  20. ↑ Cohen, Stephen F. (3 January 2018). "Four Years of Ukraine and the Myths of Maidan". The Nation. Archived from the original on 30 May 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  21. ↑ Kuzio, Taras (17 November 2020). Crisis in Russian Studies? Nationalism (Imperialism), Racism and War. E-International Relations. p. 79. ISSN 2053-8626. Archived from the original on 28 April 2023. Retrieved 28 August 2023. The second conspiracy is that the snipers who killed Euromaidan protestors were Ukrainian nationalists, not Berkut special forces from the Ministry of Interior. Russia later re-modelled this conspiracy theory by claiming that Georgian snipers, organised by former Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili, killed the protestors. This conspiracy theory was developed by Ivan Katchanovski (2016), who is the only source cited by all Putinversteher scholars for this alleged false flag operation on the Euromaidan. Katchanovski's (2016) work reflects that of a political technologist more than that of a scholar through his highly selective compilation of sources gleaned from conspiratorial corners of the Internet and YouTube.
  22. ↑ Young, Cathy (9 March 2023). "No, Critics of Western Aid to Ukraine Aren't Being Silenced". The Bulwark. Archived from the original on 9 July 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  23. ↑ ДБР завершило розслідування щодо найбільшої справи Майдану. Перед судом постане Янукович та весь тодішній силовий блок за розстріл «Небесної сотні» The SBI has completed the investigation into the biggest case of the Maidan. Yanukovych and the entire force bloc at the time will appear before the court for the shooting of the "Heavenly Hundred", an official conclusion by State Bureau of Investigation (Ukraine)
  24. ↑ Ukrainian court sentences ex-police officers over 2014 Maidan shootings by Reuters, October 18, 2023
  25. ↑ Суд виніс вироки ексберкутівцям у справі розстрілів на Майдані by RFE/RL
  26. ↑ Decade-long Euromaidan massacre trial ends with life sentence for 1 officer by Euromaidan Press
  27. 1 2 3 4 False Flag Fantasies in Ukraine, by Cathy Young, The Bulwark, November 9, 2023
  28. ↑ "Категорія справи № 759/3498/15-к". Archived from the original on 29 October 2023.
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