61.   Lukashenko, a former state farm director and an open admirer of the Soviet Union, has amassed nearly unlimited powers in Belarus.

62.   Many state farms and factories have closed down and many items are in scarce supply.

63.   Lukashenko, a former state farm director openly nostalgic for the Soviet past, has aroused intense opposition with his attempt to merge with Russia and his authoritarian policies.

64.   Lukashenko, a former state farm director, has cracked down on dissent and independent media in the former Soviet republic.

65.   Lukashenko, a former state farm director, has little tolerance for dissent and does not conceal his nostalgia for the Soviet Union.

66.   Lukashenko, a former state farm director, his ruled Belarus with an iron hand.

67.   Lukashenko, a hard-line former state farm director, has responded to opposition criticism with a wave of arrests and a media crackdown.

68.   Most of the winners were state farm directors and officials loyal to Lukashenko.

69.   President Askar Akayev of Kyrgyzstan said Tuesday that the former Soviet republic will complete its handover of all state farms to private ownership next year.

70.   Rebel legislators along with opposition parties and movements accused the former state farm manager turned populist politician of trying to establish a dictatorship.