RUSSIANS, UKRAINIANS REACT TO LUKASHENKO ATTACK.

FollowingBelarusian president Aleksandr Lukashenko’s remark that the authorsof the December 1991 destruction of the USSR would be damned forwhat they had done, the Russian foreign ministry suggested thatMoscow would await clarification before issuing any response.But former Ukrainian president Leonid Kravchuk who participatedin the Beloveshchaya pushcha meetings said he remained proud ofhis role there, Russian television reported August 24.

IMF Praises Belarusian Economic Policies.