A parliamentary hearing was convened here in March to consider an odd remnant of Ukraine's corrupt, pre-revolutionary government. Three years ago, Ukraine filed an international legal challenge against Australia, over Australia's right to enact anti-smoking laws on its own soil. To a number of lawmakers, the case seemed absurd, and they wanted to investigate why it was even being pursued.
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Ukrainian public health activists rally to call on Economy Minister Aivaras Abromavicius to stop lobbying the interests of the tobacco industry in the World Trade Organization .
