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.
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Displaying 21 - 25 of 70Ministerial Decree No. 227 validating the Regulation on the sale by auction of the right to lease land.
This Ministerial Decree regulates the sale by auction of the right to lease land and the modalities for transferring the land post-auction. Land lease auctions shall be held by local self-government authorities or authorized state land institutions. Plots of land proposed for transfer by lease shall be registered in the unified state register of immovable property. Auctions shall be open to legal and natural persons and individual entrepreneurs. Local administration bodies shall conclude the lease contracts following the auction.
Presidential Decree No. 81 validating the Regulation on the transfer of land titles to legal persons.
This Presidential Decree regulates the transfer of land owned by legal persons, including enterprises with foreign investments. It does not apply to non-residents. Transfers of land shall be carried out for payment by decision of the President. Proceeds from sale of land shall be used for soil conservation, improvement of soil fertility and land surveys.
Ministerial Decree No. 1397 regarding damages for harm caused to agriculture and forestry by the allotment of land.
This Ministerial Decree required the valuation of damages for harm caused to agricultural land and forests by the allotment of land. Natural and legal persons who were allotted plots of agricultural or forestland to increase their suitability for agricultural production and afforestation shall be pay compensation for losses to agricultural or forest production at an annual rate of four percent of the estimated total damages.
Decree No. 35 of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection validating the form of reports of sample selection and measurements of environmental indices.
This Decree validates the forms of reports of sample selection and measurements of environmental indices related to emissions to the atmospheric air from stationary and mobile sources, effluent waste water discharge to surface waterbodies, sources of pollution of groundwater, effluent waste water discharge to sewerage system, soil pollution and waste disposal sites.
Ministerial Decree No. 1736 implementing Presidential Decree No. 671 on certain aspects of expropriation and allotment of land.
This Ministerial Decree sets forth the procedure for carrying out tenders for land lease contracts for construction following a local decision authorizing the expropriation and allotment of land. Any legal person, individual entrepreneur or foreign legal person shall be authorized to participate in the tender. Damages resulting from the expropriation of land shall be compensated; amounts shall be based on: (a) the value of removed buildings and constructions; (b) removal cost; (c) losses due to the restriction of landowners’ and tenants’ rights; and (d) lost profits.