(1 Apr 1997) T/I 11:12:29


Facing an outcry over plans to rapidly integrate Russia and
Belarus, the Kremlin announced Tuesday that it would endorse
only a shorter version of a union treaty due to be signed
Wednesday.
The opposition, led by the Belarussian Popular Front, organised
numerous meetings and demonstrations to protest the closer ties
with Russia.


SHOWS:

MOSCOW, RUSSIA 01/04
0.00 CU Lukashenko toasting the signing of the agreement with
champagne, smashing glass, and walking across podium to embrace
Yeltsin;

NEAR MINSK, BELARUS, RECENT
0.16 WS of farmer out of stable into farmyard and seated;
0.22 CU of potato peeling;
0.27 CU cow feeding from bucket;

MINSK, RECENT
0.33 Riot police out of vehicles;
0.39 Riot police attacking demonstrators;
0.46 Policeman with bloodied nose;

VILNIUS, LITHUANIA
0.50 GV Belarusian Popular Front leader Zyanon Pazynak;
0.55 SOT (Russian) Paznyak :"Moscow wants to swallow Belarus,

MINSK, RECENT
1.03 Trams in city centre;
1.09 Zoom out from cracked paint-work to hammer and sickle
statue;

1.16 ENDS

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