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 31 - 35 of 70Presidential Decree No. 213 regulating the transfer of land to citizens for private ownership.
The Presidential Decree stipulates that plots of public land shall be transferred to citizens for private ownership according to their cadastre value, except for plots transferred at a preferential price or by auction for individual construction.
Repealed by: Presidential Decree No. 667 regarding expropriation and allotment of land plots. (2007-12-27)
Decree No. 28 of State Property Committee validating the Regulation on cadastre valuation of agricultural land and updating its data.
This Decree establishes the modalities of cadastre valuation of agricultural land and updating its data related to plots of agricultural land allotted to agricultural organizations, including peasant farms and for subsistence farming purposes. Cadastre valuation of agricultural land shall be conducted on 1 January of the year of performance of cadastre valuation. Cadastre valuation of agricultural land shall be performed by initiative of State Property Committee at least once in 10 years.
Decree No. 17/1 of the Ministry of Public Health validating the Regulation on maximum permissible concentration rates of oil products (petrochemicals) in land and soil.
This Decree establishes maximum permissible concentration rates of oil products (petrochemicals) in land and soil for different land and soil categories.
Presidential Decree No. 671 on certain aspect of expropriation and allocation of land.
This Presidential Decree regulates certain aspects of expropriation and allocation of land to legal persons and individual entrepreneurs in Minsk and regional cities for construction in cases where there are no land use planning projects and where tender for leasehold concessions is not required by law. Applicants must: (a) specify the purpose of the lease and the location and approximate size of the plot of land; (b) demonstrate the property right to the land plot; and (c) provide banking instructions. The city council shall examine each application within ten days of its submittal.
Decree No. 7 of the Chief Sanitary Inspector validating hygienic requirements for the contents of phenanthrene, Tilt Fungicide and cadmium in soil.
This Decree establishes hygienic requirements for the contents of phenanthrene, Tilt Fungicide and cadmium in soil calculated in mg/kg of soil. It establishes maximum allowable concentration and approximate allowable concentration. It also establishes limiting factors such as phytotoxicity.
Implements: Law No. 1982-XII of 1992 on protection of the environment. (1992-11-26)
Implements: Law on sanitary and epidemiological well-being of the population. (2000-05-23)