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MARCH 17 - 23, 2022
Options are limited for refugees BY LAURA LANE llane@liherald.com
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U.S. REP. TOM Suozzi comforted Galyna Semenkova, a Ukrainian-American, while she spoke of her daughter Kseniia Isaien’s inability to obtain a visa to leave Ukraine and come to live with her in Oyster Bay. At left was Semenkova’s daughter Jenya.
Galyna Semenkova held a large posterboarded photo of her daughter Kseniia Isaien’s wedding last July 17 in Ukraine. The photo is typical — an exuberant bride with her new husband, surrounded by their family. Eight months later, the newlyweds are refugees on the run, seeking shelter from strangers in foreign lands. And Isaien’s family in Oyster Bay is powerless to bring the couple to the U.S. to live with them temporarily while the war rages on in Ukraine. Jenya Semenkova, 36, Galyna’s older daughter, asked for help at a news conference on Monday at St. Josaphat Ukrainian Basilian MonCONTINUED ON PAGE 12
Glen Cove barbershop is named ‘Moscow’ no longer BY LETISHA DASS ldass@liherald.com
For more than 30 years, customers knew it as Moscow Hairstyling. But as of Tuesday, the right side of the retail duplex at 260 Glen St., has a new name: Cove Hairstyling. Edward Gavriyelov, who took over the shop in 2014, made the change for two simple reasons — his dislike of Russian President Vladimir Putin, and his even greater dislike of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. “I just want to be far from this thing, because I am just not agreeing with what is going on over there,” Gavriyelov said.
The name honoring the Russian capital was coined by the barbershop’s original owner, Slava Yabek, who wanted to honor the city where he was born. “I am from Moscow, and that’s why I call it Moscow,” Yabek said. “I wasn’t afraid to call [it] Moscow because I had no doings with politics.” Yabek passed on the business after more than two decades of to Gavriyelov, a native of Uzbekistan who lives in Queens. Gavriyelov had worked with Yabek before his retirement, and originally kept the Moscow moniker. Yabek knows about the name change and has no problem with
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EDWARD GAVRIYELOV Owner, Cove Hairstyling
it. The barbershop belongs to Gavriyelov now, he said. Some 3 million people have fled Ukraine since Russia began its invasion Feb. 24, according to the United Nations. Some 1.8 million have sought refuge in Poland. Russia continues to bombard Ukraine, especially its capital, Kyiv, targeting in many cases residential buildings and Metro sta-
tions, according to news reports. “I hate what’s going on,” Gavriyelov said. “I hate the war.” Yabek was a refugee himself when he came to the U.S. Although he was born in Russia, he says he doesn’t care much for his ethnicity. In fact, he’s more likely to identify himself as Jewish.. “We [are] peaceful people. We [do] not support to be in war with
the politics,” Yabek said. “Politics bring people to the big problem … to global war, which nobody wins.” Although some businesses have suffered financially from names associated with Russia, according to reports, Gavriyelov says his customer base has remained stable. That’s because they appreciate his talent and skills. CONTINUED ON PAGE 5