Belarus - An Overview Topic of White Paper From CRS
August 13, 2025
August 13, 2025
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF10814) on Aug. 11, 2025, by Cory Welt, Russian and European affairs specialist.
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Belarus, located in eastern Europe, is a close ally of Russia. Belarus's authoritarian leader, Alexander Lukashenko, has served as president for 31 years. Lukashenko increased Belarus's dependency on Russia starting in 2020, when . . .
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Belarus, located in eastern Europe, is a close ally of Russia. Belarus's authoritarian leader, Alexander Lukashenko, has served as president for 31 years. Lukashenko increased Belarus's dependency on Russia starting in 2020, when . . .