BELARUSIAN TRANSIT TAX BACKFIRES.

Belarusian presidentAleksandr Lukashenko will probably be forced to repeal a tax onthe movement of goods through his country because Russian andother traders have been avoiding the tax by traveling throughneighboring countries rather than Belarus, Vechernyaya Moskvareported August 16.

Ukrainians Protest Court Hearing on Banning Militant Group.