Belarus

Definitions

A country in Eastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Belarus. Capital and largest city: Minsk.

Equivalents

Examples

“At a signing ceremony in the Kazakh capital, Astana, on May 29, the presidents of Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan ratified the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) into existence. An EEU modeled on the European Union was first mooted back in 1994 by Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, but took off only after his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, seized upon its potential as a Moscow-centered, Asia-oriented alternative to the EU. […] Belarus was always going to be the most willing partner in Russia’s attempts at self-aggrandizement.”

“In addition to the violence, "pushbacks" towards Belarus are increasing.”

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