Lazarenko's Canadian connections (06/29/97)

Lazarenko's Canadian connections

EDMONTON - Prime Minister Pavlo Lazarenko of Ukraine has at least several relatives in Canada. One of these is Winnipeg City Councillor Harry Lazarenko, a distant cousin. He discovered the family ties last September when the prime minister came to Winnipeg as part of the Ukrainian delegation attending the G-7 summit on Ukraine. Others are members of the Romas families in Ottawa and Montreal. They have common great-grandparents from the village of Vyshenky in Kyiv Oblast. And, at the June 15 banquet in Calgary, Mr. Lazarenko was buttonholed by a large group of people who told him: "We're all Lazarenkos." The prime minister observed: "I now have 19 business cards from Lazarenkos." (Ukrainian News)

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