BELARUSIAN PRESIDENT GAINS IN POPULARITY.

President AleksandrLukashenko’s populist program has won him new support, accordingto a poll reported by Interfax July 19. Thirty-six percent ofBelarusians say his actions are "good" or "excellent,"a far higher percentage of support than he has garnered in thepast and a dramatically higher rating that the country’s otherpolitical bodies enjoy.

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