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 have 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 and only directly elected president, Aleksandr LUKASHENKO has steadily consolidated his power through authoritarian means and a centralized economic system. Government restrictions on political and civil freedoms, freedom of speech and the press, peaceful assembly, and religion have remained in place. The situation was somewhat aggravated after security services cracked down on mass protests challenging election results in the capital, Minsk, following the 2010 presidential election, but little protest occurred after the 2015 election.
Belarus is a presidential republic in name, although in fact a dictatorship.
Source: CIA World Factbook
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Displaying 1 - 5 of 70Presidential Decree No. 365 “On the promotion of agro-ecotourism”.
The President, with a view of creating favorable conditions for the development of agro-ecotourism, improve living conditions of citizens in rural areas, small urban settlements and improvement of rural infrastructure, decrees that provision of services in the sphere of agro-ecotourism can be performed by natural persons permanently residing in single-family residential house or in a townhouse in rural areas or small urban areas, manufacturing agricultural commodities on agricultural land, or smallholders; or agricultural organizations.
Decree No. 38 of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food amending Decree No. 16 of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food validating the Instruction on financing out of national budget agricultural production, fishfarming and processing of agricultural comm...
Item 4.9 shall be amended to add the following wording: “National budget shall finance mapping of the boundaries of land plots allotted to peasant farms for family farming, legalization of rights to agricultural land plots and bonus payment to purchase prices applicable for purchase of agricultural commodities form smallholders”.
Amends: Decree No. 16 of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food validating the Instruction on financing out of national budget agricultural production, fishfarming and processing of agricultural commodities. (2016-04-29)
Agreement between the State Property Committee of the Republic of Belarus and the State Committee on property issues of the Republic of Azerbaijan on cooperation.
This Agreement provides for cooperation in the field of state property management and privatization, land relations, sectoral geodetic activities, state registration of immovable property, rights thereto and transactions therewith, land valuation, keeping of relevant inventories, registers and records will be implemented in accordance with national legislation of the Parties in the following areas: (a) exchange of information on the normative legal acts of the Parties on the issues of public administration of property and privatization, land relations, industrial geodetic activity, state re
Agreement between the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Belarus and the Administration on earthquakes of the People's Republic of China on cooperation in the field of prevention and elimination of earthquakes and other emergencies.
The Parties, in accordance with the legislation of the Parties, and within the limits of their competence, will cooperate in the following areas: (a) exchange of information, periodicals, methodical, scientific- technical literature, the results of scientific research, video, photo and other materials; (b) planning, developing and conducting of joint workshops, seminars, conferences, training courses, exercises, research projects and other activities; (c) organization of training of specialists in the educational institutions of the Parties, (d) exchange of trainees, specialists and other r
Decree No. 26 of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection amending Decree No. 94 of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection regarding some issues of management of protected areas.
Item 6 shall be amended to add the following wording: “State bodies (other state institutions) managing protected areas shall submit protection areas management plant to public hearing”.
Amends: Decree No. 94 of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection regarding some issues of management of protected areas. (2008-10-29)