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  1. 1 day ago · Belarus. Belarus, landlocked country of eastern Europe. Until it became independent in 1991, Belarus, formerly known as Belorussia or White Russia, was the smallest of the three Slavic republics included in the Soviet Union (the larger two being Russia and Ukraine ). Belarus. While Belarusians share a distinct ethnic identity and language, they ...

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    Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe.It is bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest.

  3. Mar 11, 2022 · Belarus was part of the Soviet Union and became an independent country in 1991, after the USSR collapsed. Since then, it has maintained close economic and political ties with Russia.

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  4. Sep 8, 2020 · A 73-year-old great-grandmother has turned into an unlikely hero for demonstrators in Belarus. At major state-owned enterprises around the country, workers called strikes and joined the protests ...

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  5. Feb 26, 2024 · Belarus has been heavily criticised by rights bodies for suppressing free speech, muzzling the press and denying the opposition access to state media. TV is the main news source. National channels ...

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    Feb 26, 2024 · Former Belarus 'hit squad member' found not guilty Yury Garavsky is acquitted of involvement in the forced disappearance of three opposition figures in 1999. Europe

  8. Jun 22, 2023 · At a recent conference in Slovakia, President Emmanuel Macron of France called Belarus a “vassal state,” but said Europe bore some of the blame. “We put him in a situation to be trapped in ...

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