The dispute over relations among national-territorial formationsâespecially former Union-republic formationsâhas been going on for a long time in our country. But passions have never been as heated as they are today. This is in general entirely understandable. The old Union has disintegrated,...

Market reforms in Belarus, as in other countries arising as a result of the disintegration of the Soviet Union, are accompanied by sharply declining production, destabilization of the financial and monetary-credit system, and a lowering of the living standard of the majority of the population....