REFORMER RETURNS TO POWER IN KIEV.

President Leonid Kuchmahas reappointed prominent economic reformer Viktor Pynzenyk tothe cabinet and placed him in charge of strategic economic planning,Ukrainian media reported August 2. Such a move should smooth Kiev’srelations with the IMF and World Bank, which had been unhappywhen Pynzynek earlier had been displaced by the more conservativeRoman Shpek.

New Transdniester Commander Promoted.