06-26-2004, 01:12 PM
I would think the ban on the exportation of foreign awards is aimed at those who would use Ukraine as a base/platform from which to smuggle third country items out. Given the relative ease of movement (still) between many of the former Soviet republics, I should think it easier to move things across CIS borders than across CIS/EU borders. Couple this with the fact that Russia has real (Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova etc) or de facto (Transnistria) military bases/deployments in several former Soviet republics, "foreign" awards are relatively plentiful throughout the CIS. As such, I think the ban on the export of foreign awards seeks to eliminate trafficking of these awards through Ukraine.











