Belarus Introduction 2012, CIA World Factbook

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Belarus Introduction 2012

SOURCE: 2012 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES

Page last updated on February 23,

Background:
After seven decades as a constituent republic of the USSR, Belarus attained its independence in 1991. It has retained closer political and economic ties to Russia than any of the other former Soviet republics. Belarus and Russia signed a treaty on a two-state union on 8 December 1999 envisioning greater political and economic integration. Although Belarus agreed to a framework to carry out the accord, serious implementation has yet to take place. Since his election in July 1994 as the country's first president, Aleksandr LUKASHENKO has steadily consolidated his power through authoritarian means. Government restrictions on freedom of speech and the press, peaceful assembly, and religion remain in place.

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Belarus Introduction 2012 SOURCE: 2012 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES