91. Belarus has one of the most unreformed economies in the former Soviet Union, and the government tightly controls industry. 92. Because of the small population, the government can control the consequences. 93. Belarus has perhaps the least reformed economy among the ex-Soviet states, and the government still controls much of the economy. 94. Besides TV, the government also controls the print media through a system of annual licenses, which can be revoked at any time without giving reasons. 95. Before the reign of the New Order government, the government controlled all foreign exchange by prohibiting any citizen from holding foreign currencies. 96. Besides the threat of license revocation, the government can control the press using other measures. 97. But Ivcher has charged that the government controls the judicial system. 98. But his bill was gutted overnight by the Senate, the upper house of Parliament which the government does not control. 99. But in reality, the government controls all unions and groups them together in a tightly monitored trade union congress. 100. But the government has failed to include powerful faction leaders who have private militias, so the government controls only a small portion of the country. |