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 61 - 65 of 70Agreement between the Government of Belarus and the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on cooperation in the area of geodesy, cartography and distant zoning of the earth.
The authorized state institution responsible for the implementation of the present Agreement shall be the State Committee on Land Resources, Geodesy and Cartography of Belarus and the Department of Geodesy, Cartography and Land Cadastre of Ukraine. The Parties have agreed to cooperate in the following areas: (a) topography, geodesy and cartography; (b) exchange of scientific and technical information and cartographic publications; (c) training of specialists; and (d) exchange of information regarding modifications of administrative borders.
Agreement between the Committee on Land Resources, Geodesy and Cartography of Belarus and the State Committee on Land and Cartography of Azerbaijan on cooperation in the areas of geodesy, cartography, land surveys and land cadastre.
The Parties have agreed to cooperate in the following areas: (a) topography, geodesy, cartography and land cadastre; (b) exchange of information in the sphere of land surveys and land cadastre; (c) geographic research on the territory of the Parties regarding changes in the administrative and territorial division; and (d) exchange of cartographic publications.
Agreement between the Committee on Land Resources, Geodesy and Cartography of Belarus and the Chief Directorate on Geodesy and Cartography of Poland on cooperation in the spheres of geodesy and cartography.
The Parties have agreed to cooperate in the following areas: (a) exchange of information regarding geodesy and cartography; (b) exchange of information on geographic research on the territory of the Parties regarding changes in administrative and territorial divisions; (c) joint topographic and geodetic projects; (d) exchange of geographic publications; and (e) mapping of boundaries.
Presidential Decree No. 20 on transfer of the plots of land in private ownership under mortgage for obtaining land based credit.
The President decrees that plots of land allotted for construction shall be transferred under mortgage exclusively with edifices and constructions located thereon. Transfer of the plots of land in private ownership under mortgage for obtaining land based credit shall be legalized in the form of notarized written contract subject to compulsory registration by the local state authority in the sphere of immovable property.
Ministerial Decree No. 292 validating the form of land lease contract.
This Ministerial Decree validates the form of land lease contract. The contract envisages the purposeful use of the plot of land, the amount of rent, the boundaries of the plot of land and establishes terms and conditions of lease.